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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.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
Search teams in central Texas are racing defined more than
one hundred seventy people still missing after last week's devastating floods.
The death toll has climbed to at least one hundred
and twenty, and among the unaccounted for are five campers
and a councilor swept away when a girls camp along
the Guadalupe River was destroyed. There are growing questions over
the use of an emergency alert system in Texas just

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as the floods were hitting. New reports indicate a volunteer
Hill Country firefighter asked for what is called a Code
red hours before the flooding hit, but it wasn't immediately
sent out. I believe those questions need to be answered
to the family of the misloved ones, to the public.
Sheriff Larry Lithas says questions over the alert system will

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be answered eventually, but said that their focus now is
on recovering the nearly two hundred people missing. Democrats are
pushing back on President Trump's tariff strategy as nearly two
hundred lawmakers back a lawsuit challenging his use of emergency powers.
Led by New Hampshire Senator Jeene Shaheen. They argue Trump

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unlawfully invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose
tariffs under the guise of national emergencies related to trade
in fentanyl. The CEO of X is stepping down Ira
Spitzer with more.

Speaker 3 (01:28):
Linda Yakarino announced her departure in a post on X,
thanking Elon Musk and without giving a reason for the move.
The former NBC Universal executive oversaw a tumultuous period in
the company's history, which began with Musk's forty four billion
dollar purchase of Twitter in twenty twenty two, and that
saw the staff reduced by around seventy five percent and

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a loosening of speech restrictions on the platforms, all directives
from Musk himself. Yakarino then had the difficult task of
appeasing advertisers who were nervous about the uptick in divisive
and offensive content on the platform.

Speaker 2 (02:05):
I'm Michael Kassner. White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles
says President Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk had a
great thing until their troublesome ending Brian shook with More.

Speaker 1 (02:18):
Trump and Musk engaged in a public feud last month
after the billionaire left his role at the White House
and blasted the Republican back to megabill recently signed into
law by the President. Wiles was asked how she would
describe the relationship and express that she didn't understand what
went wrong between them.

Speaker 2 (02:37):
Los Angeles could see the fewest homicides since nineteen sixty eight.

Speaker 4 (02:42):
Jim Roup with More La Mayor Karen Bass posted a
Los Angeles Times article that says while violent crime is
consistently up, the number of murders continues to decline. In
the first half of this year, one hundred and sixteen
homicides recorded, compared to one hundred and fifty two during
the same period last year. The Times reports homicides have
been on a downwards re rejectory since twenty twenty one.

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That's when during the pandemic, homicides peaked at four hundred.

Speaker 2 (03:07):
McDonald's snack wraps are back, Tammy triheeo with details.

Speaker 5 (03:11):
The popular menu item featuring chicken, lettuce, cheese, and sauce
wrapped in a tortilla is back on the menu starting today.
The snack Wrap was taken off the menu in twenty sixteen,
and fans have been calling for its return ever since.
McDonald says snack wrap fans are responsible for it coming back.
The company says fans, comm inspetitions, and tweets created a
movement so powerful that well they finally won.

Speaker 2 (03:33):
Today's cluster of national days is sure to make anyone happy.
Pree tennis with more.

Speaker 6 (03:39):
Today is National Cashew Day. It's not a nut, it's
officially a seed. Then we move on to National Kitten Day.
Oh so cute and fluffy and probably some available at
an animal shelter near you. Then we press onto the
day that represents Vaka. If you like pa, today is
National Pina Colada Day. Creamy coconut pineapple juice. It's all

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you need to make it a great day.

Speaker 2 (04:05):
I'm Michael Kassner.