July 12, 2025 • 4 mins
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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.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
President Trump was not happy with questions about possible issues
with warnings before the floods get Central Texas. While in Kerrville, Texas,
to survey the damage, Trump was asked by a reporter
about possible issues with alerts not getting out fast enough.
Only a bad person would ask a question like that.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
To be honest with.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
You, I don't know who you are, but only a
very evil person would ask a question like that.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
I think this has been heroism. He added that it's
easy to sit back and ask about what could have
been done differently. Trump went on to praise the first responders.
The US government saw a fiscal surplus in June thanks
to President Trump's tariffs, The Treasury Department said Friday the
month brought in a surplus of more than twenty seven
billion dollars after a three hundred and sixteen billion dollar
(00:50):
deficit in May. The numbers bought the nation's a year
to date one point three trillion dollar deficit, down about
a percent. Spending is up six percent compared to this
time last year. President Trump says he's satisfied with the
investigation into his attempted assassination at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania,
almost one year ago. Jim Forbes says more.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
Trump told Fox News he's been briefed by multiple agencies,
and although he acknowledges the Secret Service breakdowns, he still
has the utmost respect and trust in his agents. Trump
added the rally was quote a rough day for the
Secret Service. This week, six Secret Service agents on Trump's
detail that day were suspended. I'm Jim Forbes.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
The Defense Department wants to know what exactly Japan and
Australia would do if the US and China go to
war over Taiwan. The Financial Times reports today that Elbridge Colby,
the US Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, has brought up
the matter in recent talks with both countries. Beijing considers
Taiwan to be a part of China. The US, which
provides weapons to Taiwan, maintains a policy of strategic ambiguity,
(01:55):
avoiding giving a clear answer what it would do in
the event of a Chinese attack on the island. And
the television series Scrubs is making a comeback with a
reboot sent for ABC. I'm Mark Neyfield. President Trump and
Senate Majority Leader John Thune have been in talks about
Senate races, Brian Shook explains.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
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 Cornan, and Cornan's
allies believe a Trump endorsement would help him close the
(02:35):
gap with Paxton. I'm Brian shuk, a.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
Federal Appeals Court panelist, tossing out a plea agreement that
would have allowed the alleged mastermind behind the tragic September
eleventh attacks to escape the death penalty. The lead Sheik Muhammad,
is accused of spearheading the attacks, and under the plea agreement,
he would have been able to plead guilty in exchange
for escaping the federal death penalty. The deal was negotiated
over two years and would have given Mohammad, as well
as two co defendants, life without parole. Former Defense Secretary
(03:01):
Lloyd Austin overwrote the agreement and reinstated the death penalty charge.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
A judge is.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Granted a temporary restraining order on immigration rates in southern California.
Jordan Christmas Fields is.
Speaker 4 (03:11):
In Immigration enforcement operations in Los Angeles and other parts
of southern California are being restricted following a federal judge's
ruling on Friday. The judge ruled to block the Trump
administration from using unconstitutional tactics. The order bars the detention
of people unless the officer or agent has reasonable suspicion
that the person to be stopped is within the United States,
(03:32):
in violation of US immigration law. The complaint centers around
three detained immigrants, several immigrant rights groups, and two US citizens,
one of whom was held despite showing agents his identification.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
And health officials in Arizona say a person is dead
from the plague. The unidentified patient came into the emergency
room at a hospital and flagstaff and died the same day.
Testing results confirmed Friday that the person died from pneumonic plague,
caused by the same bacterium as the bubonic plague that
devastated Europe in the fourteenth century. I Mark Mayfield
This is your twenty four to seven use update.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
The latest use this hour at just four minutes.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
President Trump was not happy with questions about possible issues
with warnings before the floods get Central Texas. While in Kerrville, Texas,
to survey the damage, Trump was asked by a reporter
about possible issues with alerts not getting out fast enough.
Only a bad person would ask a question like that.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
To be honest with.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
You, I don't know who you are, but only a
very evil person would ask a question like that.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
I think this has been heroism. He added that it's
easy to sit back and ask about what could have
been done differently. Trump went on to praise the first responders.
The US government saw a fiscal surplus in June thanks
to President Trump's tariffs, The Treasury Department said Friday the
month brought in a surplus of more than twenty seven
billion dollars after a three hundred and sixteen billion dollar
(00:50):
deficit in May. The numbers bought the nation's a year
to date one point three trillion dollar deficit, down about
a percent. Spending is up six percent compared to this
time last year. President Trump says he's satisfied with the
investigation into his attempted assassination at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania,
almost one year ago. Jim Forbes says more.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
Trump told Fox News he's been briefed by multiple agencies,
and although he acknowledges the Secret Service breakdowns, he still
has the utmost respect and trust in his agents. Trump
added the rally was quote a rough day for the
Secret Service. This week, six Secret Service agents on Trump's
detail that day were suspended. I'm Jim Forbes.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
The Defense Department wants to know what exactly Japan and
Australia would do if the US and China go to
war over Taiwan. The Financial Times reports today that Elbridge Colby,
the US Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, has brought up
the matter in recent talks with both countries. Beijing considers
Taiwan to be a part of China. The US, which
provides weapons to Taiwan, maintains a policy of strategic ambiguity,
(01:55):
avoiding giving a clear answer what it would do in
the event of a Chinese attack on the island. And
the television series Scrubs is making a comeback with a
reboot sent for ABC. I'm Mark Neyfield. President Trump and
Senate Majority Leader John Thune have been in talks about
Senate races, Brian Shook explains.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
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 Cornan, and Cornan's
allies believe a Trump endorsement would help him close the
(02:35):
gap with Paxton. I'm Brian shuk, a.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
Federal Appeals Court panelist, tossing out a plea agreement that
would have allowed the alleged mastermind behind the tragic September
eleventh attacks to escape the death penalty. The lead Sheik Muhammad,
is accused of spearheading the attacks, and under the plea agreement,
he would have been able to plead guilty in exchange
for escaping the federal death penalty. The deal was negotiated
over two years and would have given Mohammad, as well
as two co defendants, life without parole. Former Defense Secretary
(03:01):
Lloyd Austin overwrote the agreement and reinstated the death penalty charge.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
A judge is.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Granted a temporary restraining order on immigration rates in southern California.
Jordan Christmas Fields is.
Speaker 4 (03:11):
In Immigration enforcement operations in Los Angeles and other parts
of southern California are being restricted following a federal judge's
ruling on Friday. The judge ruled to block the Trump
administration from using unconstitutional tactics. The order bars the detention
of people unless the officer or agent has reasonable suspicion
that the person to be stopped is within the United States,
(03:32):
in violation of US immigration law. The complaint centers around
three detained immigrants, several immigrant rights groups, and two US citizens,
one of whom was held despite showing agents his identification.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
And health officials in Arizona say a person is dead
from the plague. The unidentified patient came into the emergency
room at a hospital and flagstaff and died the same day.
Testing results confirmed Friday that the person died from pneumonic plague,
caused by the same bacterium as the bubonic plague that
devastated Europe in the fourteenth century. I Mark Mayfield
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