The Latest: 06/21/2025 03:59pm ET

All the latest national and international news. Topics also include finance, weather and entertainment.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
The latest use this hour in just four minutes. President
Trump is said to meet with top national security advisors
as he considers a possible military strike on Iran. Trump
says he'll make that decision within two weeks. The first
B two stealth bombers are being deployed as the Israel
Iran conflict rages for a ninth day. Six of the

(00:24):
long range warplanes reportedly departed Whiteman Air Force Base in
Missouri this morning, headed for the US military base on Guam. Meanwhile,
Israel and Iran traded more strikes overnight. California Senator Alex
Badia is slamming Vice President j D. Vance for referring
to him as Jose.

Speaker 3 (00:42):
He's the Vice president of the United States.

Speaker 4 (00:44):
Do you think he'd take the situation?

Speaker 1 (00:47):
In Los Angeles morse hears.

Speaker 2 (00:49):
Padia drew attention last week when he was put in
handcuffs and forcibly removed from Department of Homeland Security Chair
CHRISTINOMES press conference in Los Angeles Friday. Vance called the
Senator Jose Padia and accused him of trying to create
theater at NOMES presser. Padilla said today that DVANCEE knows
my name and said it's just an indicator of how

(01:09):
petty and unseerious this administration is. Jose Padia is the
name of a convicted American terrorist with ties to Al Qaeda.
Former Texas Congressman Blake Farenthold has died. Farenthold served eight
years representing the twenty seventh district, which includes Corpus Christi.
The Republican beat out fourteen term Democrat Solomon or Tees

(01:29):
in the twenty ten midterms and what many political analysts
called the biggest upset in the nation. Farenhold died on Friday.
He was sixty three. With the Independence Day holiday falling
on a Friday this year, a record breaking number of
Americans will be taking vacations. More from Rory O'Neil.

Speaker 4 (01:47):
A, record seventy two point two million Americans will travel
for Independence Day week. Car travels should be up two
point two percent topping sixty one point six million passengers.

Speaker 2 (01:58):
Triple A also says the cruise business is booming. Orlando, Seattle,
and the Big Apple are the top destinations over the
fourth of July. I'm Lisa Carton, Columbia University graduate student
protester Mamoud Khalil has been released from an immigration detention
center in Louisiana. Andrew Whitman reports.

Speaker 1 (02:16):
The federal judge on Friday ordered Khalil released on bail.
He had been detained three months after the Trump Whitehouse
declared him an anti Semitic Hamas supporter who should be deported.
Whether you are a US citizen, an immigrant, or just
a person on this land, does it mean that you
are less of a human. He was the first of
a number of students who ended up being taken into

(02:37):
custody over pro Palestinian protests. Khalil's a legal permanent resident
and was the last high profile demonstrator held in detention.

Speaker 2 (02:45):
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass as Vice President JD. Vance
spouted nonsense during a visit to the city Friday. In
a news conference, Bass responded to comments made by Vance
after he toured federal facilities in Los Angeles.

Speaker 3 (02:59):
Unfortunately, the Vice President did not take time to learn
about our city and understand that our city is a
city of immigrants from every country and continent on the planet.

Speaker 2 (03:10):
Mass pushed back on Vance's claims about recent anti ice protests,
saying local law enforcement were capable of handling the protests
without federal help. She went on to criticize the actions
of immigration agents, saying ice raids separated families and spread
fear in the city's immigrant community. Health experts are recommending
a wider use of weight loss drugs. GLP one drugs

(03:33):
are intended to treat type two diabetes, but are increasingly
used for weight management. The American College of Cardiology says
Americans looking to use the drugs should not be required
first to try healthier lifestyle changes. The report said, in
major trials, the drugs have been shown to reduce cardiovascular events,
improve heart failure symptoms, and help manage fatty liver disease.

(03:56):
Barriers to using the drugs include limited insurance covered ridge,
high out of pocket costs, and supply shortages. I'm Lisa Carton.