July 5, 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. At least
forty three people are dead and many remain missing following
catastrophic flooding in central Texas. So far, the dead include
twenty eight adults and fifteen children. Many of those who
are missing are children from a private Christian camp in
(00:22):
Kirk County, northwest of San Antonio. Texas Governor Greg Gabbott
says eight hundred and fifty people have been rescued and
every missing person will be found. Texas Emergency Management official
nim Kid says rescuers are working around the clock.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
History would tell us that after a certain time period
those chances diminish. Our hope and prayer is that there
are still people alive that are out there, and we
are still actively searching for them, and we will continue
and listen that will turn into recovery at some point.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Homeland Chief Christy Nomes says the Coastguard will assist in
search and recovery efforts. Heavy rain and the threat of
dangerous flash flooding continues for the area. Today. Tropical Storm
Chantel is approaching the Carolinas. The storm is packing top
winds of forty five miles an hour, with higher gusts
less than one hundred miles southeast of Charleston, South Carolina.
(01:12):
The latest update from the National Hurricane Center says the
storm is slowly tracking to the north and could make
landfall early tomorrow morning. Elon Musk is forming a new
political party. He announced the creation of the America Party
on x a day after posting a poll asking users
if they support making a new party. Musk said the
party will give Americans quote back your freedom. The world's
(01:33):
richest man. Went on to say the party would caucus
independently and could focus on just a few seats in
the Senate and the House of Representatives. It's unclear if
the party has beneficially registered. Novak Djokovic is adding to
his legendary resume with his one hundredth career singles win
at Wimbledon. Djokovic notched the win at the All England
Club in the third round against Miyomir Ketchmanovich. The milestone
(01:56):
wind ties Djokovic with tennis legends Martina Nevattelhov and Roger
Federer as the only players who have won one hundred
singles matches at the competition I'm Rob Martyr. Several were
taken into custody after an ice rate at the Santa
Palm car wash on Friday. A manager at the facility
says immigration enforcement officers storm the facility around eleven o'clock
(02:17):
and took several longtime employees of the business into custody.
One of the employees was tackled in a nearby alley,
according to the manager. The number of people taken into
custody by agents has not been released. Now that the
Fourth of July is over, the rush to get home
is expected to hit Sunday. Natalie Migliori has more.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
TSA spokespirst in Jessica Melee says security checkpoints are prepared
for the surge of flyers trying to get home. I
think sometimes the departures are spread out, but that return
is a little more concentrated.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
So if you're flying on Sunday, July six, pretty much
anywhere across the country, make sure you give yourself plenty
of time.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
Meantime, Triple A spokesman Robert Sinclair says noon to six
pm is going to be the worst time to be
on the roads, as a majority of the sixty one
million people driving try to return home.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Australian actor Julian McMahon has died at age fifty six
after a battle with cancer. His wife confirmed he died
on Wednesday. McMahon was widely known for his role as
Marvel Comics supervillain Doctor Doom in two thousand and five's
Fantastic four and its sequel. He was also known for
his role as doctor Christian Troy on the show Nip Tuck,
where he was nominated for a Golden Globe. McMahon began
(03:27):
his career as a model in the late nineteen eighties
before moving into acting. A band called The Velvet Sundown
currently has over nine hundred thousand monthly listeners on Spotify
and is speculated to be AI. The group has officially
admitted in a revision to their Spotify bio that their
music is AI generated. The band went viral after popping
up in June on Spotify playlists. The Spotify bio says
(03:50):
all characters, stories, music, voices, and lyrics are original creations
generated with the help of AI. The band's bio also
says they're not quite human, not quite machine. The Velvet
Sundown lives somewhere in between. I rob martyr,
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest use this hour at just four minutes. At least
forty three people are dead and many remain missing following
catastrophic flooding in central Texas. So far, the dead include
twenty eight adults and fifteen children. Many of those who
are missing are children from a private Christian camp in
(00:22):
Kirk County, northwest of San Antonio. Texas Governor Greg Gabbott
says eight hundred and fifty people have been rescued and
every missing person will be found. Texas Emergency Management official
nim Kid says rescuers are working around the clock.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
History would tell us that after a certain time period
those chances diminish. Our hope and prayer is that there
are still people alive that are out there, and we
are still actively searching for them, and we will continue
and listen that will turn into recovery at some point.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Homeland Chief Christy Nomes says the Coastguard will assist in
search and recovery efforts. Heavy rain and the threat of
dangerous flash flooding continues for the area. Today. Tropical Storm
Chantel is approaching the Carolinas. The storm is packing top
winds of forty five miles an hour, with higher gusts
less than one hundred miles southeast of Charleston, South Carolina.
(01:12):
The latest update from the National Hurricane Center says the
storm is slowly tracking to the north and could make
landfall early tomorrow morning. Elon Musk is forming a new
political party. He announced the creation of the America Party
on x a day after posting a poll asking users
if they support making a new party. Musk said the
party will give Americans quote back your freedom. The world's
(01:33):
richest man. Went on to say the party would caucus
independently and could focus on just a few seats in
the Senate and the House of Representatives. It's unclear if
the party has beneficially registered. Novak Djokovic is adding to
his legendary resume with his one hundredth career singles win
at Wimbledon. Djokovic notched the win at the All England
Club in the third round against Miyomir Ketchmanovich. The milestone
(01:56):
wind ties Djokovic with tennis legends Martina Nevattelhov and Roger
Federer as the only players who have won one hundred
singles matches at the competition I'm Rob Martyr. Several were
taken into custody after an ice rate at the Santa
Palm car wash on Friday. A manager at the facility
says immigration enforcement officers storm the facility around eleven o'clock
(02:17):
and took several longtime employees of the business into custody.
One of the employees was tackled in a nearby alley,
according to the manager. The number of people taken into
custody by agents has not been released. Now that the
Fourth of July is over, the rush to get home
is expected to hit Sunday. Natalie Migliori has more.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
TSA spokespirst in Jessica Melee says security checkpoints are prepared
for the surge of flyers trying to get home. I
think sometimes the departures are spread out, but that return
is a little more concentrated.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
So if you're flying on Sunday, July six, pretty much
anywhere across the country, make sure you give yourself plenty
of time.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
Meantime, Triple A spokesman Robert Sinclair says noon to six
pm is going to be the worst time to be
on the roads, as a majority of the sixty one
million people driving try to return home.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Australian actor Julian McMahon has died at age fifty six
after a battle with cancer. His wife confirmed he died
on Wednesday. McMahon was widely known for his role as
Marvel Comics supervillain Doctor Doom in two thousand and five's
Fantastic four and its sequel. He was also known for
his role as doctor Christian Troy on the show Nip Tuck,
where he was nominated for a Golden Globe. McMahon began
(03:27):
his career as a model in the late nineteen eighties
before moving into acting. A band called The Velvet Sundown
currently has over nine hundred thousand monthly listeners on Spotify
and is speculated to be AI. The group has officially
admitted in a revision to their Spotify bio that their
music is AI generated. The band went viral after popping
up in June on Spotify playlists. The Spotify bio says
(03:50):
all characters, stories, music, voices, and lyrics are original creations
generated with the help of AI. The band's bio also
says they're not quite human, not quite machine. The Velvet
Sundown lives somewhere in between. I rob martyr,
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