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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 3 (00:08):
Secretary of Defense Pete Heggsas says Americans should be celebrating
the success of US air strikes that targeted key Iranian
nuclear facilities last weekend.

Speaker 4 (00:19):
Those that understand, those that see, those that do proper.

Speaker 3 (00:23):
Assessments recognize that what the United States military did was historic.
His comments come today after a classified initial intelligence assessment
indicated the strikes only set back Iran's nuclear program by
a matter of months, not total obliteration like the Trump
administration claims. President Trump is standing by his assertion that

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the program was destroyed by US air strikes. Peter Alexander
reports the CIA now appears to be backing up the
president's claim.

Speaker 2 (00:52):
Citing new intelligence from a historically reliable and accurate source,
method Director John Radcliffe saying quote, Iron's new nuclear program
has been severely damaged, adding several key Iranian nuclear facilities
were destroyed and would have to be rebuilt over the
course of years.

Speaker 3 (01:08):
The president also says Iran was not able to move
nuclear materials before the strikes happened. Trump is now back
in the US after attending this week's NATO summit in
the Netherlands. Planned Parenthood is being blocked by the Supreme
Court from suing South Carolina over medicaid funding cuts. The
organization had sought to challenge the state from banning it

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from taking part in the medicaid program because it provides
abortion care. It was a six to three vote, with
the courts three liberal justices dissenting. Over sixteen hundred immigrants
may soon be deported after getting picked up in the
recent ice raids across La Jason Campedonia with more.

Speaker 5 (01:47):
Ice really started hitting the streets in early June, and
the immigrants that have been arrested are now being set
up to be sent out of the country. Officials with
Homeland Security have not said if those picked up have
criminal backgrounds or were just in the wrong place at
the wrong time. One study says that about seven percent
of those arrested have a violent criminal history.

Speaker 3 (02:05):
I'm Michael Casner, the Trump administration CDC director nominee is
stepping away from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior over vaccines.
Tammy Trehio reports.

Speaker 1 (02:17):
During her confirmation hearing, doctor Susan Minarez was grilled about
vaccines by Democrats, but was consistently clear in her support.

Speaker 6 (02:24):
Vaccines absolutely save lives and if I'm confirmed as a
CDC director, I will I commit to making sure that
we continue to prioritize vaccine availability.

Speaker 1 (02:35):
Minars added that she has seen no studies that link
vaccines to autism. Kennedy has expressed skepticism in the past
about the efficacy of vaccines.

Speaker 4 (02:43):
I'm Tammy tricheo. The cost of a Fourth of July
barbecue is going up. A new report from the Wells
Fargo Agrafood Institute says food and beverages for a typical
Fourth of July barbecue for ten people will cost one
hundred and thirty dollars this year. That's up a little
over two per from a year ago. The increase is
due in large part to the price of ground beef,

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which has risen over seven percent from last year. Another
survey from coupon follow shows that one in three Americans
will not be celebrating the holiday, with many saying they
aren't feeling patriotic or that they feel disconnected from American
culture right now, drag out the hand sanitizer. Today is
National Handshake Day. More from pre Tennis.

Speaker 7 (03:26):
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.

Speaker 1 (03:39):
But it's gross.

Speaker 7 (03:40):
The American Journal of Infection Control says a handshake transfers
twice as many bacteria as a high five and about
ten times as many as a fist bump. I'm pre tennis.

Speaker 3 (03:50):
Almost two million student long borrowers could see their wages
garnished this summer. TransUnion reports six million borrowers are classified
as newly delinquent as of April, meaning a borrower is
ninety days behind on their payments. I'm Michael Cassner.