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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):
Recovery efforts turnout and away in Central Texas. In Currville
and surrounding areas, historic flooding is left at least one
hundred and twenty people confirmed dead and more than one
hundred and seventy still missing. Officials are conducting a methodical
search operation, saying no stone is being left unturned. President
Trump and the First Lady are set to visit the
state tomorrow to assess the damage firsthand. The President's telling
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Canada he plans to impose a thirty five percent tariff
on the country in August.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
Mark Mayfield has the details.
Speaker 4 (00:37):
In a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney, Trump said
that starting August first, a thirty five percent tariff on
Canadian products sent into the US will be imposed. Trump
said it comes as part of a response to Canada's
retaliation and ongoing trade barriers. In the letter, he went
on to accuse Canada of failing to cooperate on key issues,
including the flow of fentanyl into the US.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
I'm Mark Mayfield, President Trump and Senate Majority Leader John
Thuner and talks about Senate races that story from Brian Shook.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
According to the Hill, the two met and broadly discussed races,
including Texas Senator John Cornyn's primary against Texas Attorney General
Ken Paxton. Paxton and Cornyn are both Trump allies, However,
the President has not endorsed either in the primary. Their
meeting comes as polls show Paxton leading Cornyn, and Cornyn's
allies believe a Trump endorsement would help him close the
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gap with Paxton. I'm Brian Shook.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Paul McCartney is getting back on the road the Rock Icon,
announcing he'll continue as Got Back to Our starting September
twenty ninth in Palm Desert, California, and he'll visit sixteen
cities across North America, including Las Vegas, Denver, Minneapolis, and Atlanta.
The tour wraps up on November twenty fifth in Chicago.
As can register now for ticket pre sales at start
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July fifth teenth, while a general on sale happens July eighteenth.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
I'm Tammy Trihiello.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
Pro Palestinian activist Macmood Khalil is filing a twenty million
dollar false imprisonment claim against the Trump administration.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
Sarah le Kessler reports.
Speaker 5 (02:14):
The claim, which is a precursor to a lawsuit, names
the Department of Homeland Security, ICE, and the State Department. Khalil,
a Columbia University graduate who helped organize pro Palestinian protests
at the Ivy League School, was arrested in New York
by ICE agents last March and held at a Louisiana
detention center for months. He claims he was falsely imprisoned,
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maliciously prosecuted, and smeared as an anti Semite. I'm Sarah
le Kessler.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
President Trump is urging Republican lawmakers to defund public broadcasting networks.
In a post on truth Social Thursday, Trump threatened any
Republican that opposes a recisions package that cuts nine billion
dollars from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in various foreign
aid programs. This would cut funding from both PBS and NPR.
Congress has until July eighteenth to approve the package. Chocolate
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maker for Rerero is agreeing to buy cereal company w K.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
Kellogg. That story from Michael Kassner.
Speaker 6 (03:12):
Right and rich Tony. The deal is valued at three
point one billion dollars shares of Kellogg, the maker of
popular cereals like fruit loops and frosted flakes rose sharply
after the deal was announced. It's expected to be completed
later this year after approval from shareholders and regulators. I'm
Michael Cassner.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Hundreds of thousands of Ford and Lincoln vehicles are being recalled,
according to a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration notice. The
problem is a low pressure fuel pump that could fail
and that could lead to an engine stalling while driving
and increase the risk of a crash. Affected models include
the Ford Bronco Expedition must Stang In F one fifty,
as well as Lincoln aviators and navigators. The company said
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it doesn't have a fix for the issue yet, but
it plans to start notifying owners about the safety risk
by mail next week.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
I'm Tammy Trho