June 27, 2025 • 4 mins
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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.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
President Trump is threatening lawsuits against both CNN and The
New York Times over reporting surrounding recent US air strikes
in Iran. Mark Mayfield with his story.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
A lawyer forign Trump sent letters to both the news
outlets saying they had damaged Trump's reputation, demanding a retraction
and apology for reporting that the attack on Iran had
set back the country's nuclear program by only a few months.
The Times posted a response on Thursday, rejecting the demands
and saying that they had told the truth to the
best of their ability. ACNN spokesperson also confirmed the letter
(00:38):
was responded to with rejection a Mark Mayfield.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Members of the US House will get an INTEL briefing
today on the recent Iran strikes. Thursday's briefing in the
Senate didn't appear to change anyone's mind. After the briefing,
Republican Tom Cotton said the air strikes were an extraordinary success,
while Democrat Chris Murphy said Iran's nuclear program was damaged,
but not obliterated. Severe summer weather is slamming parts of
the US as the heat wave continues in the Midwest
(01:04):
and mid Atlantic. Shaquill Brewster reports of portions of New
Mexico experienced flash floods, while a funnel cloud was spotted
in southern Minnesota yesterday.
Speaker 4 (01:14):
The severe weather thread in the Midwest coming less than
twenty four hours after doorbell video captured a tornado ripping
through Largo, Florida, and then this one of the homes
lifted right off its foundation.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
In addition, hundreds of temperature records were smashed during this
week's heat wave. The Weather Prediction Center reports at daily
heat records were set in two hundred eighty locations, including Baltimore,
which climbed to a record temperature of one hundred five degrees.
US and China reached a deal over rare earth elements,
materials critical to the production of everything from automobiles and
(01:48):
electronics to fighter jets. Rebecca Bunden reports. President Trump says
an agreement was signed on Wednesday.
Speaker 5 (01:54):
Although he didn't provide any further details on what this involved.
News agency Routers reports a White House official saying that
the US and China have reached an understanding.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Bym Michael Kassner, investigators have begun analyzing data from the
Air India flight that crash shortly after takeoff from the
city of Ahmetabad earlier this month. Chetti Nagar reports information
from the plane's two black boxes has now been downloaded.
Speaker 6 (02:20):
Accessing the data for the black box is key as
investigators begin piecing together details that led to the crash.
India's Aviation Ministry said in the statement that it would
quote help reconstruct the sequence of events leading to the accident.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
A preliminary report is expected to be released in thirty days.
Just one passenger survived the crash, which killed more than
two hundred and sixty people, including two hundred and forty
one who were on board. Fanny May and Freddie mc
may soon start counting cryptocurrency assets in considering mortgage applications.
Matt Mattinson explains.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
Bill Poulty, who oversees the two government created mortgage guaranteurs
hosted on social media, that the move is in keeping
with President Trump's vision to make the US the crypto
capital of the world. He said he's ordered the businesses
to prepare for the new policy. It's a change for
Freddie and Fanny, which under President Biden were barred from
considering crypto due to high levels of uncertainty in the
(03:17):
digital currency market.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Just to get a Boy, the actor who played Deputy
Cleatus Hogg on The Dukes of Hazzard has passed way.
Rick Hurst was a common figure on nineteen seventies television,
having appeared in dozens of shows including Mash, Happy Days,
and Kojak. In the nineteen eighties, he appeared in films
including The Karate Kid and Steele Magnolia's, but most people
(03:41):
remember him as a deputy who was always getting into
car crashes with the Duke Boys on The Dukes of Hazzard.
His wife says rick Hurst died unexpectedly Thursday in Los
Angeles at the age of seventy nine, and the twenty
twenty five NBA Draft as wrapped up in New York.
The next major event on the NBA calendar will be
the start of free agency negotiations on June thirtieth. A'm
(04:02):
Michael Cassner.
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest use this hour in just four minutes.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
President Trump is threatening lawsuits against both CNN and The
New York Times over reporting surrounding recent US air strikes
in Iran. Mark Mayfield with his story.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
A lawyer forign Trump sent letters to both the news
outlets saying they had damaged Trump's reputation, demanding a retraction
and apology for reporting that the attack on Iran had
set back the country's nuclear program by only a few months.
The Times posted a response on Thursday, rejecting the demands
and saying that they had told the truth to the
best of their ability. ACNN spokesperson also confirmed the letter
(00:38):
was responded to with rejection a Mark Mayfield.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Members of the US House will get an INTEL briefing
today on the recent Iran strikes. Thursday's briefing in the
Senate didn't appear to change anyone's mind. After the briefing,
Republican Tom Cotton said the air strikes were an extraordinary success,
while Democrat Chris Murphy said Iran's nuclear program was damaged,
but not obliterated. Severe summer weather is slamming parts of
the US as the heat wave continues in the Midwest
(01:04):
and mid Atlantic. Shaquill Brewster reports of portions of New
Mexico experienced flash floods, while a funnel cloud was spotted
in southern Minnesota yesterday.
Speaker 4 (01:14):
The severe weather thread in the Midwest coming less than
twenty four hours after doorbell video captured a tornado ripping
through Largo, Florida, and then this one of the homes
lifted right off its foundation.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
In addition, hundreds of temperature records were smashed during this
week's heat wave. The Weather Prediction Center reports at daily
heat records were set in two hundred eighty locations, including Baltimore,
which climbed to a record temperature of one hundred five degrees.
US and China reached a deal over rare earth elements,
materials critical to the production of everything from automobiles and
(01:48):
electronics to fighter jets. Rebecca Bunden reports. President Trump says
an agreement was signed on Wednesday.
Speaker 5 (01:54):
Although he didn't provide any further details on what this involved.
News agency Routers reports a White House official saying that
the US and China have reached an understanding.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Bym Michael Kassner, investigators have begun analyzing data from the
Air India flight that crash shortly after takeoff from the
city of Ahmetabad earlier this month. Chetti Nagar reports information
from the plane's two black boxes has now been downloaded.
Speaker 6 (02:20):
Accessing the data for the black box is key as
investigators begin piecing together details that led to the crash.
India's Aviation Ministry said in the statement that it would
quote help reconstruct the sequence of events leading to the accident.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
A preliminary report is expected to be released in thirty days.
Just one passenger survived the crash, which killed more than
two hundred and sixty people, including two hundred and forty
one who were on board. Fanny May and Freddie mc
may soon start counting cryptocurrency assets in considering mortgage applications.
Matt Mattinson explains.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
Bill Poulty, who oversees the two government created mortgage guaranteurs
hosted on social media, that the move is in keeping
with President Trump's vision to make the US the crypto
capital of the world. He said he's ordered the businesses
to prepare for the new policy. It's a change for
Freddie and Fanny, which under President Biden were barred from
considering crypto due to high levels of uncertainty in the
(03:17):
digital currency market.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Just to get a Boy, the actor who played Deputy
Cleatus Hogg on The Dukes of Hazzard has passed way.
Rick Hurst was a common figure on nineteen seventies television,
having appeared in dozens of shows including Mash, Happy Days,
and Kojak. In the nineteen eighties, he appeared in films
including The Karate Kid and Steele Magnolia's, but most people
(03:41):
remember him as a deputy who was always getting into
car crashes with the Duke Boys on The Dukes of Hazzard.
His wife says rick Hurst died unexpectedly Thursday in Los
Angeles at the age of seventy nine, and the twenty
twenty five NBA Draft as wrapped up in New York.
The next major event on the NBA calendar will be
the start of free agency negotiations on June thirtieth. A'm
(04:02):
Michael Cassner.
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