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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest use this hour in just four minutes. President Trump
says the US has signed a trade deal with China.
Trump made the quick remark during an event for his
Big Beautiful Bill. Do you remember a few months ago
the press was saying, you really have anybody of any

(00:22):
injury as well? We just signed with China yesterday. The
White House has not confirmed a deal has been reached.
At the event meant to drum up support for the
Big Beautiful Bill, Trump was flanked by working Americans wearing
the uniforms of their employers. Trump said the spending bill
would benefit the middle class americans joining him. The White
House says President Trump has ended Iran's nuclear threat. Today.

(00:45):
Press Secretary Caroline Levitt said Iran was weeks away from
developing a nuclear weapon before Trump ordered their sites to
be obliterated by US bombers. Her comments come while questions
swirl about the effectiveness of the strikes. The Department of
Justice says kilmar A Brego Garcia will be taken into
ice custody for deportation proceedings as soon as he's released

(01:08):
from federal custody. This comes a day after a hearing
in Nashville where a judge said Abrego Garcia would remain
in federal custody at least through Friday for his human
smuggling charges. Wall Street is closing with stock sharply higher.
Kristin Marx has the details.

Speaker 2 (01:25):
The SMP five hundred came within a couple of points
of breaking its all time closing record. It all comes,
as Awi House said July tariff deadlines could be extended
at the closing bell. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained
four hundred and four points. The S and P five
hundred rows by forty eight points. The NASDAK gained one
hundred and ninety four points. I'm Kristin Marx.

Speaker 1 (01:46):
Veteran TV journalist Bill Moyers has died at the age
of ninety one. Moyers worked mostly at PBS for more
than forty years, where he won more than thirty Emmy awards.
The Texas raised journalist began his distinguished career as chief
White House spokesman for President Lyndon Johnson. I'm Brian Shook.

(02:06):
Congresswoman Lamonica McIvor, a New Jersey Democrat, is pleading not
guilty to three federal assault charges. Sarah Le Kessler has
the details.

Speaker 3 (02:17):
Those charges stem from mciver's visit to an ICE detention
center last month in Newark, the district she represents. There
was a rowdy protest going on, and the Feds are
accusing the congresswoman of assaulting ICE agents, charges that could
mean eight years in prison if convicted. Mcgiver is certain
she'll be vindicated, but we look forward.

Speaker 4 (02:36):
To the next time at court.

Speaker 1 (02:37):
They know they're wrong, and we're going to pull them onto.

Speaker 4 (02:40):
The facts on our side.

Speaker 3 (02:41):
Mcgiver outside the Federal courthouse in Newark on Wednesday, joined
by Mayor Ross Barako, who was initially arrested, but his
charges were later dropped. The congresswoman's trial is tentatively set
for early November. I'm Sarah Lee Kessler.

Speaker 1 (02:55):
The Social Network is getting a sequel. The twenty ten
films are Jesse Eisenberg as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and
earned three Oscars, including one for screenwriter Aaron Sorkin. Sorkin
will now direct The Social Network Part two. There's no
word yet on if Eisenberg will be returning as Zuckerberg.

(03:16):
Drag Out the hand Sanitizer. Today is National Handshake Day
pre Tennas says more.

Speaker 4 (03:22):
Shaking hands dates back to the fifth century BC as
a way for soldiers to ensure no hidden daggers were
in another soldier's hands. That simple task morphed into a
gesture of greeting and respect, but it's gross. The American
Journal of Infection controls ays a handshake transfers twice as
many bacteria as a high five and about ten times

(03:43):
as many as a fist bump. I'm pre Tennis.

Speaker 1 (03:46):
YouTuber turned boxer Jake Paul is becoming a Georgia resident.
Paul has purchased a five thousand acre ranch near Lake
Seminole in Decatur County. He said he used nearly thirty
million dollars from his fight with Mike Tyson last year
to purchase the property. I'm Brian Shuck.