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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):
It's been a week since raging floodwaters took central Texas
by surprise, leaving at least one hundred twenty people dead
and more than one hundred sixty still missing. President Trump
and First Lady Malania Trump are expected to visit the
region today, where they'll see the damage firsthand and get
a briefing on ongoing recovery efforts. Dozens of people are
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in custody after ice raids at two cannabis farms in
southern California. Mark Mayfield with the story.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
Workers and undocumented miners were among those who were arrested.
The immigration sweeps happened on Thursday morning at Glasshouse Farms
in came Rio and another Glasshouse facility thirty five miles
off the coast in KERKPENTERREEA Ice agents were assisted by
federalized California National Guard troops. The rains drew hundreds of
protesters to the farms. Several violent clashes with officers continued throughout,
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with tear gas being deployed on protesters. I'm Mark Mayfield.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Today, a federal judge is expected to issue a ruling
that could halt ice raids in the Los Angeles area.
Daniel Martindale reports immigrant advocates are asking for a temporary
restraining order that would restrict the US Department of Homeland
Security from running immigration enforcement operations in the area. Attorneys
with the Public Council and the ACLU are calling for
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an end to so called roving patrols, where agents are
allegedly detaining people without warrants or probable cause and instead
based on their appearance. Advocates also want people who are
detained to be given their legal right to meet with
a lawyer. They say immigration stops should only be allowed
when agents have reasonable suspicion of criminal activity. At least
twenty five people have been hospitalized after a mass overdose
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event in West Baltimore, Maryland. Five people are in critical condition.
Mayor Brandon Scott's as officials have not yet determined the
exact source of the overdoses, and the incident remains under investigation.
Mayor says first responders and community partners remain on the
ground distributing Narkan I'm Michael Kassner. Thirty Rookie NYPD officers
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are being fired over faulty hiring standards. Sarah Lee Kessler
reports they're.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
Being forced to resign because they didn't meet recruitment criteria
and never should have been hired in the first place.
There are multiple reports that some rookie cops have arrest
and conviction records, while others lied about previous job terminations
or have disqualifying psychiatric issues. All were hired in twenty
twenty three and twenty twenty four. Their guns are being seized.
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NYPD Inspector to Roll Anderson headed the recruitment effort, and
he's been transferred out of the police academy. The PBA, meanwhile,
is seeking a temporary restraining order to stop the rookie
cops firings. I'm Sarah Le Kessler.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
Brazil is out with a warning about retaliation after President
Trump suggested a fifty percent terrifright in part due to
what he calls a witch hunt against the country's former president,
Chaire Balsonaro Tony Waterman with more.
Speaker 4 (03:06):
Brazil's President Luez and Nacio Lula da Silva condemned the threat,
saying on social media that Brazil is a sovereign country
and warned against interference in the nation's judicial system. Like
President Trump, Bolsonaro claimed electoral fraud after he lost his
twenty twenty two reelection bid. He then tried to convince
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the military to take control of the government. Trump has
drawn parallels with his own criminal charges, saying on social media,
it happened to me times ten. The US is Brazil's
second largest trade partner, and unlike most countries, the US
enjoys a trade surplus with the South American nation Tony
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Waterman Washington.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
The first Burkin bag ever created by Ermez has been
sold at auction. The scuffed black leather bag was designed
for British actress and singer Jane Burkin. On the auction block,
the price tag ten million dollars. I'm Michael Kassner.