June 29, 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. At just four minutes, the Senate
is voting to begin debate on President Trump's Big Beautiful Bill,
hours after Majority Leader John Thunne called up a procedural
vote while makers approved emotion to open debate on the legislation.
It's unclear if Senate Republicans have enough votes to pass
(00:23):
the bill ahead of their self imposed July fourth deadline,
as the vote to begin debate only passed fifty one
forty nine. Meanwhile, in an effort to delay proceedings, Senate
Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has said he'll force the reading
of the entire nearly one thousand page bill on the
Senate floor. President Trump is pushing back on claims Iran
moved its uranium stockpiles ahead of US strikes on its
(00:46):
nuclear facilities. In an interview with Fox News Sunday Morning Futures,
Trump said it would have been difficult for Iran to
transport its enriched uranium out of the site struck by
American bunker buster bombs last week.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
It's a very hard thing to do.
Speaker 3 (00:59):
Plus, we didn't give much notice because they didn't know
we were coming. Until just you know then, and nobody
thought we'd go after that site because everybody said that
site is impenitrable.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
You.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
Trump's comments come as his administration denies reports that Arounds
nuclear program was only set back months as a result
of the recent strikes. Trump has maintained the program has
been destroyed, calling it a total obliteration. The president of
the University of Virginia is stepping down after pressure from
the Trump administration over the school's DEI efforts. Lisa Carton
has details.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
The New York Times says Virginia President James E. Ryan
has told the university's board that he will resign after
demands by the Trump administration to step aside to help
resolve an inquiry by the Justice Department. His resignation prompted
a mass protest by hundreds of students and faculty members
at the university.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
One of Major League Baseball's greatest outfielders, Dave Parker, is
dead at age seventy four. The Pittsburgh Pirates announced on
social media. Parker died following a long battle with Parkinson's disease.
Here in the nickname the Coop from Pirates manager Danny Murtau,
Parker was set to be inducted into the National Baseball
Hall of Fame next month. I'm Rob Bartier. A study
from the University of California Davis says e cigarettes, known
(02:10):
as vapes, may pose a greater danger than traditional cigarettes.
It found hazardous levels of several toxic heavy metals in
vapes could cause a high cancer risk. Researchers tested three
popular vape brands, elf par Flume, Pebble, and Esco. These
A cigarettes are not FDA authorized for use in the
United States, but are sold by retailers. Lead and nickel
(02:31):
were detected in all heavily flavored and lightly flavored devices
that were tested. As the summer temperatures rise, health experts
are warning parents and caretakers about the risk of heatstroke
to children left inside hot vehicles. Lisa Taylor has.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
More Kids in Car Safety, which collects data on hot
car deaths, says already this year, nine children have died
after being left alone in cars in California, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland,
New Mexico, New Jersey, and North Carolina. Five of those
deaths were in June. Last year, at least thirty nine
children died after being left in hot cars.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
I'm me Sa Taylor. Americans are getting ready for the
Fourth of July holidays. Next week will be a short
one for many working Americans as Independence Day falls on
a Friday this year. For some, the holidays start this weekend.
Triple A is expecting a record number of travelers this year,
with over seventy two million people expected to travel fifty
miles or more for the holiday. That includes over sixty
(03:26):
million hitting the roads. Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett will
donate another six billion dollars of the company's stock. It's
Buffett's largest annual donation since he began giving away his
fortune in two thousand and six. The Gates Foundation will
receive over nine million shares, while nearly nine hundred and
fifty thousand shares will go to the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation.
(03:48):
Another six hundred and sixty thousand shares each will go
to three charities led by his three children, Howard, Susie
and Peter. The donations will be made on Monday, based
on reported shares Buffets Dilone's almost fourteen per cent of
Berkshire's stock. I'm Rob Artyer
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest use this hour. At just four minutes, the Senate
is voting to begin debate on President Trump's Big Beautiful Bill,
hours after Majority Leader John Thunne called up a procedural
vote while makers approved emotion to open debate on the legislation.
It's unclear if Senate Republicans have enough votes to pass
(00:23):
the bill ahead of their self imposed July fourth deadline,
as the vote to begin debate only passed fifty one
forty nine. Meanwhile, in an effort to delay proceedings, Senate
Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has said he'll force the reading
of the entire nearly one thousand page bill on the
Senate floor. President Trump is pushing back on claims Iran
moved its uranium stockpiles ahead of US strikes on its
(00:46):
nuclear facilities. In an interview with Fox News Sunday Morning Futures,
Trump said it would have been difficult for Iran to
transport its enriched uranium out of the site struck by
American bunker buster bombs last week.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
It's a very hard thing to do.
Speaker 3 (00:59):
Plus, we didn't give much notice because they didn't know
we were coming. Until just you know then, and nobody
thought we'd go after that site because everybody said that
site is impenitrable.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
You.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
Trump's comments come as his administration denies reports that Arounds
nuclear program was only set back months as a result
of the recent strikes. Trump has maintained the program has
been destroyed, calling it a total obliteration. The president of
the University of Virginia is stepping down after pressure from
the Trump administration over the school's DEI efforts. Lisa Carton
has details.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
The New York Times says Virginia President James E. Ryan
has told the university's board that he will resign after
demands by the Trump administration to step aside to help
resolve an inquiry by the Justice Department. His resignation prompted
a mass protest by hundreds of students and faculty members
at the university.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
One of Major League Baseball's greatest outfielders, Dave Parker, is
dead at age seventy four. The Pittsburgh Pirates announced on
social media. Parker died following a long battle with Parkinson's disease.
Here in the nickname the Coop from Pirates manager Danny Murtau,
Parker was set to be inducted into the National Baseball
Hall of Fame next month. I'm Rob Bartier. A study
from the University of California Davis says e cigarettes, known
(02:10):
as vapes, may pose a greater danger than traditional cigarettes.
It found hazardous levels of several toxic heavy metals in
vapes could cause a high cancer risk. Researchers tested three
popular vape brands, elf par Flume, Pebble, and Esco. These
A cigarettes are not FDA authorized for use in the
United States, but are sold by retailers. Lead and nickel
(02:31):
were detected in all heavily flavored and lightly flavored devices
that were tested. As the summer temperatures rise, health experts
are warning parents and caretakers about the risk of heatstroke
to children left inside hot vehicles. Lisa Taylor has.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
More Kids in Car Safety, which collects data on hot
car deaths, says already this year, nine children have died
after being left alone in cars in California, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland,
New Mexico, New Jersey, and North Carolina. Five of those
deaths were in June. Last year, at least thirty nine
children died after being left in hot cars.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
I'm me Sa Taylor. Americans are getting ready for the
Fourth of July holidays. Next week will be a short
one for many working Americans as Independence Day falls on
a Friday this year. For some, the holidays start this weekend.
Triple A is expecting a record number of travelers this year,
with over seventy two million people expected to travel fifty
miles or more for the holiday. That includes over sixty
(03:26):
million hitting the roads. Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett will
donate another six billion dollars of the company's stock. It's
Buffett's largest annual donation since he began giving away his
fortune in two thousand and six. The Gates Foundation will
receive over nine million shares, while nearly nine hundred and
fifty thousand shares will go to the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation.
(03:48):
Another six hundred and sixty thousand shares each will go
to three charities led by his three children, Howard, Susie
and Peter. The donations will be made on Monday, based
on reported shares Buffets Dilone's almost fourteen per cent of
Berkshire's stock. I'm Rob Artyer
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