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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, Iran supreme
leader is declaring victory over Israel and the conflict between
the two countries. NBC's Matt Bradley reports. Ayatola ali Hamani
made the assertion in a video, his first public comments
since a ceasefire was announced.

Speaker 2 (00:21):
He said that the US only intervened because they were
worried that the Zionist regime, as he called it, would collapse.
He said that the US gained nothing from its intervention,
and he vowed that the resistance would continue.

Speaker 1 (00:34):
He also claimed that the Iranian attack on a US
military base and cutter earlier in the week was a
big slap in the face to the US. President Trump
has said that no damage was done by those strikes
and that Iran gave the US advance warning. The Senate
will receive classified briefings today regarding the US air strikes
on Iranian nuclear facilities. The House will be briefed tomorrow.
This comes after a classified initial intelligence assessment indicated the

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strikes only set back Around's nuclear program by a f
few months, not total obliteration, like the Trump administration claims.
Closing arguments are underway and the Sean Diddy Combs's sex
trafficking trial. The prosecution informed the court yesterday that it's
tossing some charges related to attempted kidnapping, attempt at arson,
and aiding in abetting sex trafficking. Comb still faces charges

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including racketeering, conspiracy, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution.
The Supreme Court is ruling that Planned Parenthood cannot sue
South Carolina over Medicaid funding cuts. The organization has sought
to challenge the state from banning it from taking part
in the medicaid program because it provides abortion care. It
was a six to three vote, with the court's three
liberal justices dissenting. A lower court had previously ruled Planned

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Parenthood could move forward with its lawsuit. The decision opens
the door for other conservative states to go after Planned Parenthood.
An intense heat wave felt by millions across the central
and eastern US is starting to lift today. For casts,
state temperatures will start falling in the Northeast, where places
like New York and New England have been reporting record heat.
High temperatures will start tapering off in the mid Atlantic

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and the southeast through Friday. I'm Chris Krajio. The cost
of a Fourth of July barbecue is going up. A
new report from the Wells Fargo agrafood institutes as food
and beverages, for a typical Fourth of July barbecue four
to ten people will cost one hundred and thirty dollars
this year. That's up a little over two percent from
a year ago. The increase is due in large part
to the price of ground beef, which has risen over

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seven percent from last year. Another survey from coupon follow
shows one in three Americans will not be celebrating the holiday,
with many saying they aren't feeling patriotic or that they
feel disconnected with American culture right now. Jeff Bezos and
Lauren Sanchez are getting married this week. The Amazon billionaire
and his fiancee were seen arriving yesterday in Venice, where
the lavish wedding will be held. Dozens of private jets

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are expected to land at local airports as celebrity guests
start to arrive, including Kim Kardashian, Chris Jenner, and Evanka Trump.
The forty five million dollars wedding will include three days
of parties ending Saturday Drag out the Hands Santa Tizer.
Today is National Handshake Day. Bree tennis with more.

Speaker 3 (03:03):
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 Control says a handshake transfers twice as
many bacteria as a high five and about ten times

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as many as a fifth bump.

Speaker 1 (03:26):
In June twenty sixth is apparently popular because today is
also National Chocolate Pudding Day, as well as National Bomb
Pop Day, and it's also National Coconut Day. The Social
Network is getting a sequel. The twenty ten film starring
Jesse Eisenberg as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, and earned three Oscars,
including one for screenwriter Aaron Sorkin. Insiders Tail Deadline that

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Sorkin will be back to direct The Social Network Part
two for Sony Pictures. Sorkin also wrote the screenplay for
the sequel, which is based on a series of articles
from The Wall Street Journal about the inner workings of Facebook.
No production date has been set yet there's no word
if Eisenberg will be returning as Zuckerberg. I'm Chris Karagio.