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Episode Transcript

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 in Kirk County. There
are reports of additional deaths in neighboring counties as well.

(00:22):
Kirk County Judge Rob Kelly I got to see firsthand
many of the body bags. Many of the missing are
children from a private Christian camp northwest of San Antonio.
Heavy rain and the threat of dangerous flash flooding continues
for the area today. California's largest wildfire of the year
continues to burn. The Madre Fire started on Wednesday afternoon

(00:44):
and has now burned nearly eighty thousand acres and is
only ten percent contained. Cal Fire says more than six
hundred personnel are fighting the blaze, with numerous air tankers
from throughout the state flying fire suppression missions. Tropical Storm
schan Tell is approaching the U. Carolina's The storm is
packing top winds of forty five miles an hour, with

(01:04):
higher gusts less than one hundred miles southeast of Charleston,
South Carolina. The latest update from the National Hurricane Center
says the storm is slowly tracking to the north and
could make landfall Sunday morning. Seven people in Georgia were
hurt on the fourth of July after a boat exploded
on Lake Lanier north of Atlanta. Lisa Taylor reports.

Speaker 2 (01:23):
With flames of up to five feet tall caught on camera.
Witnesses tile Atlanta News. First they were crying, screaming, and
you could see.

Speaker 1 (01:32):
That they had been burnt.

Speaker 2 (01:33):
According to authorities, the twenty three foot cabin cruiser was
being towed at the time when it blew up around
seven pm. Five of the seven victims had to be
taken to nearby hospitals. Officials also confirmed those injured suffered
second and third degree burns. There's no word on what
caused the explosion. I'mly Se Taylor.

Speaker 1 (01:50):
A new survey reveals that almost all of gen Z's
students are using AI to do their work. A new
Scholarship OWLS survey of over twelve thousand high school and
college students found that ninety seven percent have used AI
in one way, shape or form. I'm Rob Bartier, a
member of the Philadelphia Eagles, first Super Bowl championship team,
is battling a rare, an aggressive form of cancer. Brian

(02:13):
Brahman played seven seasons in the NFL from twenty eleven
to twenty seventeen. The linebacker spent his first three seasons
with the Houston Texans before finishing his career with the Eagles.
After missing most of the twenty seventeen regular season, Brayman
played in all of Philadelphia's postseason games, including the eagles
forty one to thirty three win over the Patriots in
Super Bowl fifty two. Brayman has undergone multiple surgeries, and

(02:37):
his agent tells KPRC that the thirty eight year old
athlete is in the fight of his life. Now that
the fourth of July is over, rush to get home
is expected to hit today. Natalie Migliori has more tsa
spokespirst in Jessica Melee SA 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

(02:59):
a little more conscient traded. So if you're flying on Sunday,
July six, pretty much anywhere across the country, make sure
you give yourself.

Speaker 2 (03:05):
Plenty of time.

Speaker 1 (03:06):
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. Kelly Clarkson has
pulled the plug on the weekend opener of her Las
Vegas residency.

Speaker 2 (03:25):
Shows.

Speaker 1 (03:26):
The car started up first. The show was postponed just
hours before the first performance was scheduled. Clarkson announced the
change on Instagram, writing quote, I'm devastated to have to
postpone tonight and tomorrow's opening at Caesar's. The residency, titled
Kelly Clarkson's Studio Sessions, was originally set for eight pm
on July fourth and fifth. Scary Spice is now married.

(03:49):
Mel B walked down the aisle this weekend marrying hairstylist
Rory McPhee. The two tie the knots in the crypt
of Saint Paul's Cathedral in London, England on Saturday. The
reception was held at the Shangri La Hotel inside the Shard,
the UK's tallest building. I'm Rob Martyr