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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.

Speaker 1 (00:09):
Iran's Foreign ministry says the US has started a dangerous
war against Iran. This after the US military conducted airstrikes
against three nuclear facilities in Iran early Sunday, using bunker
buster bombs to destroy underground sites. Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Kaine says the US struck
a blow to Iran's nuclear ambitions.

Speaker 2 (00:30):
Final battle damage will take some time, but initial battle
damage assessments indicate that all three sites sustained extremely severe
damage and destruction.

Speaker 1 (00:40):
Iran's released a statement saying the US government bears full
responsibility for the grave consequences and dire repercussions of the attack.
A UN nuclear watchdog agency says there's been no increase
in radiation levels at the three bomb sites, as the
group has Belah says it's not getting involved. Jim Forbes
with more on that.

Speaker 3 (00:59):
Hey for the Lebanese Militant Group told Newsweek it didn't
have immediate plans to launch retaliatory attacks against the US
or Israel following President Trump's decision to launch attacks on
Iranian nuclear facilities. The Iran back group signed a ceasefire
deal with Israel last year after roughly a year of
back and forth strikes in the aftermath of the October

(01:21):
seventh attack. Both sides have accused the other of violating
the ceasefire, and Israel has launched strikes in Lebanon in
recent weeks.

Speaker 1 (01:29):
The Department of Homeland Security and its secretary Christi noemar
being sued by journalism and civil rights organizations for what
are called unconstitutional actions taken during the Los Angeles Ice
Raid protests. The suit accuses DHS officers of unnecessarily and
indiscriminately using munitions against reporters, protesters, and legal observers at

(01:51):
the demonstrations. Over one hundred and forty million Americans are
under the highest level of extreme heat alerts today. The
National Weather Service says they'll be major to extreme heat
risks in parts of the Midwest and East today. I'm
Scott Carr. One person is dead after a mass shooting
last night in South Carolina. Sheriff's deputies in Anderson County

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say it happened at a VFW post and that there
were a total of ten shooting victims reported. Police say
it happened during a Juneteenth celebration that the scene remains
active and details are limited. In New York City police
are still investigating death threats made against mayoral candidate Zorron
Mamdannie Kristen Mark, says Moore from New York.

Speaker 2 (02:33):
The Queen's Assemblymen was flanked by extra security when campaigning Friday.

Speaker 4 (02:37):
We are talking about threats to my life, threats to
the life of my family members, the people that I.

Speaker 2 (02:41):
Love, Donnie says. Flyers made by a super pack supporting
former Governor Andrew Cuomo are partly to blame.

Speaker 4 (02:47):
If you design mailers that artificially lengthen and darken my beer,
if you blanket the city's airwaves with language of me
being dangerous.

Speaker 2 (02:56):
Cuomo, still seen as the front runner in the Democratic
mayoral Murray, says he has nothing to do with the mailers.

Speaker 1 (03:02):
Today's parade and rally for winners of the Stanley Cup
the Florida Panthers, is set to start at noon today
on Fort Lauderdale Beach. Police Chief Bill Schultze's officers from
Palm Beach to Miami Dade, along with state and federal partners,
will be there to keep the events secure.

Speaker 4 (03:19):
You will see many hundreds of officers, both uniformed and
non uniformed, undercover and.

Speaker 1 (03:24):
Fire Chief Stephan Gullen asks revelers to arrive early with
lots of water and sunscreen on what'll be a hot
and humid day. We are looking at hundreds of thousands
of people potentially to celebrate this amazing victory. The Panthers
have won their second straight Stanley Cup with a five
to one win over the Oilers in Game six of
the finals on New York's Long Island of Virginia. Woman's

(03:47):
pleading not guilty in the hit and run death of
reality TV star and real estate agent Sarah Burrack, who
appeared in the Netflix series Million Dollar Beach House. The
New York Post Report's thirty two year old Amanda Kempton
was reigned in Southampton Saturday and released on bail. I'm
Scott Carr