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July 11, 2025 4 mins
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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, President Trump and First Lady Malania
Trump have touched down in San Antonio. They'll be traveling
to Kerrville just survey the devastation from the historic floods.
The White House says the President will meet with first responders,
receive a briefing from local officials, and meet with some
of the family members affected by the tragedy. NBC's j
Gray reports the visit comes as the search for victims continues.

Speaker 3 (00:28):
Teams out and working through the rubble the debris left
behind from that flooding. We now know tragically, more than
one hundred and twenty have died as a result of
what's happened here. One hundred and sixty or more are
still missing.

Speaker 2 (00:42):
Governor Greg Abbott and other officials are vowing to keep
the search going until every victim is found. FEMA reportedly
won't be abolished by President Trump. That's according to The
Washington Post, citing a senior White House official. The Post
reported that any changes to the agency would be more
of a rebranding to emphasize state life leader's roles in
disaster response. A federal judge hasn't decided yet if alleged

(01:04):
would be Trump assassin Ryan Routh can represent himself a trial.
Routh was in a Florida court room yesterday asking for
the right to fire his court appointed attorneys and what
Judge Aileen Cannon asked if he wanted her to appoint
new lawyers. He said no, I will represent myself, but
he did agree to accept standby lawyers to assist him
if necessary. Officials say at least twenty five people have

(01:25):
been hospitalized after a mass overdose event in West Baltimore.
Five people are in critical condition. Mayor Brandon Scott says
officials haven't yet determined the exact source of the overdoses,
and the incident remains under investigation. Fire and EMS crews
called to the scene yesterday morning found several overdose victims
and began to search for others. Mayor Scott says first

(01:45):
responders and community partners remain on the ground distributing NARCAN
test strips and other harm reduction resources. Superman is off
to a flying start at the box office. The first
film in James Gunns DC universe made twenty two and
a half million from Thursday preview. It's expected to make
between one hundred and twenty and one hundred and thirty
million dollars in its first weekend in theaters. I'm Chris Kracio.

(02:07):
The week is winding down today with a handful of
reasons to celebrate. First up, due to it being July eleventh,
seven to eleven is offering customers a free small slurpee.

Speaker 1 (02:16):
If you prefer a different kind of drink.

Speaker 2 (02:17):
It's also National Mohito Day, and it wouldn't be the
second Friday in July without it being National French Fry Day.

Speaker 1 (02:24):
Fun fact.

Speaker 2 (02:24):
Back in two thousand and three, a Republican representative directed
three house cafeterias to change the name of French Fries
to Freedom Fries. We're also observing National Collector Car Appreciation
Day and All American Pet Photo Day. Vacation renners are
likely wasting billions in food each year across the country.
According to a study published in Waste Management, Researchers projected

(02:46):
an annual estimate of up to two point three billion
dollars spent on food that was not consumed by the
end of vacations. The study found that produce in pantry
staples topped the charts of most discarded vacation groceries. Researchers
suggest short term rental host associations could help individual hosts
to include information about compost and donation options, as most

(03:07):
travelers expressed a willingness to receive the information from their
rental hosts. YouTube is reworking its policy on what type
of content can earn creators money and what cannot.

Speaker 1 (03:17):
Tamutrhio explains the goal is to.

Speaker 4 (03:19):
Crack down on inauthentic content, including mass produced and repetitive
videos created with artificial intelligence. A page on YouTube's website
says creators can only upload original material. The updated policy
is expected to be released this coming Tuesday in detail
what authentic content actually is.

Speaker 2 (03:36):
Today's last day of Amazon's Prime Day this year stretched
out to a four day sales event. Adobe Analytics predicts
that customers will have shelled out nearly twenty four billion
dollars over Prime Day, some nine point six billion more
than last year. The biggest drivers behind the increase were
expected to be school and office supplies. Momentum Commerce manages
sales for some retailers on the platform, and is that

(03:56):
sales were down more than forty percent on the first
day compared to last year, but was still projecting.

Speaker 1 (04:01):
An overall growth in sales. I'm Chris Karagia.
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