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

Speaker 2 (00:03):
The latest use this hour at just four minutes.

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More than one hundred and sixty people are still missing
in Central Texas, days after sudden heavy rains triggered catastrophic
flooding that killed over one hundred people. Kurrville Mayor Joe
Herring Junior says he's still processing everything that's happened. There's
an anger, of course.

Speaker 1 (00:25):
I lost two friends in this flood.

Speaker 3 (00:28):
And I would do anything to have warned them that
the rivers way.

Speaker 1 (00:35):
I would do anything.

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The flooding likely did eighteen billion to twenty two billion
dollars in damage, according to an acur weather estimate. President
Trump and First Lady Malania Trump will visit the hard
hit area on Friday. Passengers can once again keep their
shoes on at airport security. The decision was confirmed on
Tuesday and ends in nearly two decade old rule. Homeland

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Security Secretary Christie know Him says the change is nationwide
and takes effect immediately. President Trump is again threatening a
federal government takeover of Washington, d C. Tammy Triheo reports.

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The President offered his thoughts during a meeting with his
cabinet Trump said DC should be run flawlessly and that
a federal government takeover would reduce crime in the city.
He also said his administration has a good relationship with
Mayor Muriel Bowser that added, we're testing it to see
if it works. Trump has made several threats to take
over DC in the past, claiming the federal government could
do a better job of enhancing public safety and beautifying

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the city. I'm Tammy Triheo.

Speaker 3 (01:36):
A strike involving thousands of city workers in Philadelphia is
over after union officials confirmed a deal overnight. AFSME District
Council thirty three President Greg Buller had a message for
workers as he left negotiations early today.

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So you you stood up before for you, and we
did the best we could with the circumstances we had,
he with one of us.

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Union members must still vote on the deal. However, City
workers are expected back on the job today. I'm Michael Kassner.
The US wants to ban the sale of farmland to
buyers linked to China, Mark Mayfield reports.

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Thence according to Secretary of Agriculture Brook Rowlins, who told
reporters on Tuesday that the Trump administration will move to
banned sales to investors that are tied to foreign adversaries.
Rowlin said an executive order is likely coming soon, citing
national and food security threats. The Secretary was asked about
efforts to take backland currently owned by China linked byers,
saying her department is looking at every available option. A

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Mark Mayfield.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court is giving the green light for
the state to institute a ban on conversion therapy. Conversion
therapy is the practice of using therapy to convert LGBTQ
plus people to heterosexuality or traditional gender expectations. It's been
banned in more than twenty states. The court's four to
three ruling on Tuesday found that a Republican can controlled

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legislative committee's rejection of a ban was unconstitutional. President Trump
is calling Zora and Mondami a communist again and is
implying that if he's elected mayor of New York City
that could trigger a federal takeover. Sarah Lee Kessler with Moore,
who's not very capable in my opinion, other than he's
got a good line of books.

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President Trump trashing State Assemblyman Zora and mom Donnie, while
at the same time claiming he's not getting involved in
the race for the Big Apples mayor this November, but
at a Tuesday news conference, Trump warned voters not to
cast their ballots for the thirty three year old Democratic
Socialist who's leading in the polls.

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If a Communist gets elected to run New York, it
can never be the same.

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Trump also claimed the White House has tremendous power to
run places. Governor Cathy Hokle's response, the voters decide who'll
run New York City, not a president who wants to
be king.

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And actor Michael Madson's cause of death is being revealed
as heart failure, with alcoholism listed as a contributing fact.
The sixty seven year old Reservoir Dog star died on Thursday.
I'm Michael Kassner.