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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest use this hour in just four minutes. The death
toll is rising after last week's devastating floods in central Texas.
So far, more than one hundred and twenty people have died,
with most of the fatalities happening in Kirk County. Officials
there say at least one hundred and three have died,
(00:21):
including thirty six children. At least one hundred and sixty
people are still missing. President Trump visited the area of Friday,
saying he's never seen anything like that. President Trump not
happy with questions about possible issues with warnings before the
floods hit Central Texas. While in Kerrville, Texas, to survey
the damage, Trump was asked by a reporter about possible
issues with alerts getting out fast enough. Only a bad
(00:44):
person would ask a question like that. To be honest
with you, I don't know who you are, but only
a very evil person would ask a question like that.
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.
President Trump says he's satisfied. With the investigation into his
attempted assassination at a rallyan Butler, Pennsylvania, almost one year ago,
(01:06):
Jim Forbes says more.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
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 (01:30):
A Los Angeles federal judges temporarily blocking immigration agents from
carrying out stops and arrests that advocates say violate the law.
The judge issued an order Friday that bars agents from
relying on race, Spanish speaking, type of work, or location
when detaining suspects. Attorney with Public Counsel and the ACLU
argued that recent ICE operations in the Los Angeles area
(01:52):
amounted to racial profiling, and there have been more than
twenty one hundred UFO sightings reported so far this year.
That's according to the National UFO ver Reporting Center, which
says the number is forty five percent higher than reports
this time last year. I'm Mark Neefield House Democrats are
expressing concerns about the government's preparedness for future flood disasters
(02:12):
and extreme weather events. Brian Shuok explained.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
Three House Democrats sent a letter to President Trump and
two officials involved in weather infrastructure, addressing their concerns and
seeking details on how officials planned to adapt federal weather
services going forward. The letter comes as President Trump visited
Texas Friday to assess damage from the flooding. I'm Brian Shook.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
The US government saw a fiscal surflus 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
deficit in May. The numbers brought the nation's a year
to date one point three trillion dollar deficit, down about
a percent. Spending is up six percent compared with this
(02:58):
time last year. A preliminary report on last month's Air
India crash is focusing on the actions of the pilots.
Tom Costello with more on what the report reveals.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
Seconds after Flight one seventy one took off, the fuel
cutoff switches for both engines went from run to cut
off within one second. The engines lost power. The report
stage in the cockpit voice recording, one of the pilots
assert asking the other why did he cut off?
Speaker 1 (03:24):
The other pilot responded he did not do so. These
switches were turned back on, but it was too late.
Both engines lost thrust, and the Boeing seven eighty seven
crashed moments later, killing two hundred and sixty people. There
are reports that a Palestinian American has been killed in
the West Bank. The family of Sefe La Camelle and
Mosellette told The Washington Post he was beaten to death
(03:45):
by Israeli settlers. The Israeli Defense Forces set officials or
investigating reports of a death during an altercation between Palestinians
and Israelis. And Superman is soaring to a tremendous start
at the box office, the first film in James Gunns
DC universe, twenty two and a half million dollars from
Thursday Previews. I Mark Mayfield
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest use this hour in just four minutes. The death
toll is rising after last week's devastating floods in central Texas.
So far, more than one hundred and twenty people have died,
with most of the fatalities happening in Kirk County. Officials
there say at least one hundred and three have died,
(00:21):
including thirty six children. At least one hundred and sixty
people are still missing. President Trump visited the area of Friday,
saying he's never seen anything like that. President Trump not
happy with questions about possible issues with warnings before the
floods hit Central Texas. While in Kerrville, Texas, to survey
the damage, Trump was asked by a reporter about possible
issues with alerts getting out fast enough. Only a bad
(00:44):
person would ask a question like that. To be honest
with you, I don't know who you are, but only
a very evil person would ask a question like that.
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.
President Trump says he's satisfied. With the investigation into his
attempted assassination at a rallyan Butler, Pennsylvania, almost one year ago,
(01:06):
Jim Forbes says more.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
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 (01:30):
A Los Angeles federal judges temporarily blocking immigration agents from
carrying out stops and arrests that advocates say violate the law.
The judge issued an order Friday that bars agents from
relying on race, Spanish speaking, type of work, or location
when detaining suspects. Attorney with Public Counsel and the ACLU
argued that recent ICE operations in the Los Angeles area
(01:52):
amounted to racial profiling, and there have been more than
twenty one hundred UFO sightings reported so far this year.
That's according to the National UFO ver Reporting Center, which
says the number is forty five percent higher than reports
this time last year. I'm Mark Neefield House Democrats are
expressing concerns about the government's preparedness for future flood disasters
(02:12):
and extreme weather events. Brian Shuok explained.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
Three House Democrats sent a letter to President Trump and
two officials involved in weather infrastructure, addressing their concerns and
seeking details on how officials planned to adapt federal weather
services going forward. The letter comes as President Trump visited
Texas Friday to assess damage from the flooding. I'm Brian Shook.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
The US government saw a fiscal surflus 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
deficit in May. The numbers brought the nation's a year
to date one point three trillion dollar deficit, down about
a percent. Spending is up six percent compared with this
(02:58):
time last year. A preliminary report on last month's Air
India crash is focusing on the actions of the pilots.
Tom Costello with more on what the report reveals.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
Seconds after Flight one seventy one took off, the fuel
cutoff switches for both engines went from run to cut
off within one second. The engines lost power. The report
stage in the cockpit voice recording, one of the pilots
assert asking the other why did he cut off?
Speaker 1 (03:24):
The other pilot responded he did not do so. These
switches were turned back on, but it was too late.
Both engines lost thrust, and the Boeing seven eighty seven
crashed moments later, killing two hundred and sixty people. There
are reports that a Palestinian American has been killed in
the West Bank. The family of Sefe La Camelle and
Mosellette told The Washington Post he was beaten to death
(03:45):
by Israeli settlers. The Israeli Defense Forces set officials or
investigating reports of a death during an altercation between Palestinians
and Israelis. And Superman is soaring to a tremendous start
at the box office, the first film in James Gunns
DC universe, twenty two and a half million dollars from
Thursday Previews. I Mark Mayfield
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