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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest use this hour.

Speaker 2 (00:05):
In just four minutes, at least twenty seven people are
dead and more than twenty people are unaccounted for after
catastrophic flooding in the Texas Hill Country. More from Jim Forbes.

Speaker 3 (00:17):
Kirk County Sheriff's Department spokesman Clint Morris says search and
rescue efforts continue.

Speaker 4 (00:22):
Every resource available is being directed towards search and recovery.
This is a very wide response throughout all of Kirk County.

Speaker 3 (00:31):
Some of those unaccounted for our children from Camp Mystic,
a private Christian summer camp for girls near Kerrville, Texas.
Hundreds of children were at the camp when as much
as ten inches of rain fell, causing the Guadalupe River
to flood. The rushing water destroyed homes, campsites, and RV parks.

Speaker 2 (00:49):
Officials have conducted more than one hundred and sixty air rescues.
A total of eight hundred and fifty uninjured and eight
injured people so far been rescued. As of this morning.
Two people are dead and several others wounded in an
early morning shooting in downtown Indianapolis. Police say the gunfire
erupted just before one thirty am as they were already
investigating a separate disturbance in the area. One person was

(01:12):
dead at the scene. Six others, including three adults and
three juveniles, were taken to the hospital, where one of
the juveniles later died. Seven people were detained for questioning.
Indianapolis police say there were a large number of unsupervised
teens on the streets downtown when the shooting began. President
Trump says the US will soon begin notifying countries about

(01:33):
their new tariff rates. Trump told reporters early Friday that
over the next five days, the White House will send
letters to dozens of countries would take it in hundreds
of billions of dollars on tariffs. Trump speaking at the
America two fifty kickoff event in Iowa. The president's ninety
day tariff moratorium ends next week. He said Friday that
some countries could face rates as high as seventy percent.

(01:56):
The Carolina coast is bracing for tropical storm Chantal for
Caster say the storm conditions are expected to begin in
coastal portions of the Carolinas later today. I'm Lisa Cartin.
Tax credits for electric vehicles will expire September thirtieth under
the sweeping spending bill passed this week by Congress. Michael
Kashner reports.

Speaker 4 (02:16):
That includes a seventy five hundred dollars credit for buying
or leasing a new electric vehicle and the four thousand
dollars credit for US devs. A Harvard University analysis estimated
ending their credits will save the government about one hundred
seventy billion dollars over a decade while reducing electric vehicle
market penetration by six percent. I'm Michael Kasner.

Speaker 2 (02:38):
Boxer Julio Caesar Chavez Junior is in ICE custody and
set to be deported just days after losing a fight
to Jake Paul Morganchesky reports.

Speaker 1 (02:47):
The Department of Homeland Security confirming ICE agents arrested the
thirty nine year old Wednesday at his La County home.
DHS alleging the former Middleway World champion is involved in
organized crime and trafficking fire, ammunition and explosives.

Speaker 2 (03:02):
Federal immigration officials say Chavez will be deported to Mexico,
where he has an outstanding arrest warrant. He's accused of
having connections to the Sinaloa Cartel. The TSA is expecting
to screen more than eighteen million passengers by the time
the fourth of July holiday wraps up. Mark Mayfield with details.

Speaker 5 (03:20):
TSA spokesperson Jessica Male says fireworks our one item travelers
absolutely cannot pack in their carry on or checked luggage.
She says it's important passengers note what items are prohibited
to keep security lines moving, especially since the holiday can
come with extra wait times. Anyone traveling without a real
ID or compliant form of secondary ID should also budget

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extra time into their travel day since they will have
to go through additional security checks. I'm Mark Mayfield.

Speaker 2 (03:48):
Joey Chesnutt has reclaimed his title as the Nathan's Hot
Dog Eating Champion. Chestnut devoured over seventy hot dogs in
ten minutes on Friday to reclaim the Mustard Belt on
New York's Coney Island after missing last year's contest over
a sponsorship deal. I'm Lisa Carton.