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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 will be placing severe
tariffs on Russia if there's no peace deal in Ukraine
in fifty days. While meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Ruda,
Trump also announced a new deal to sell top of
the line weaponry to NATO, including defensive patriot missiles meant
for distribution in Ukraine.

Speaker 3 (00:25):
Billions of dollars worth of military equipment is going to
be purchased from the United States, going to NATO, et cetera,
and that's going to be quickly distributed to the battlefield today.

Speaker 2 (00:38):
The President said the tariffs would amount to one hundred
percent on Russia if Putin doesn't come to the bargaining table.
Trump had been blaming both sides for the continued war,
but lately he's been putting most of it on President Putin,
adding that he thought he had a deal in place
about four times. Nine people have died and thirty others
injured following a fire and an assisted living facility in

(00:59):
Fall River, Massage, s Housts last night. Fire Chief Jeffrey
Bacon says firefighters did all they could to try to
rescue those trapped inside the Gabriel House.

Speaker 4 (01:08):
We had at least a dozen people rescued over ladders.
The police department fired apartment and ems were able to
enact dozens of rescues to save multiple lives.

Speaker 2 (01:20):
Authorities said several residents were hanging out of windows yelling
for help when firefighters arrived about nine to thirty last night.
The cause of the five alarm blaze is under investigation.
Heavy rains are causing issues in central Texas again after
the deadly fourth of July weekend floods that killed about
one hundred and thirty people. Governor Greg Abbott said water
rescues were carried out yesterday in three counties and some

(01:42):
communities were under evacuation orders. In Kerrville, which saw massive
devastation in the earlier flooding, water was seen rushing over
the city streets this weekend. The chance of storms is
starting to decrease in the region beginning today into tomorrow,
although any storm that does develop could create one to
two inches of rain quickly. Recovery missions are still ongoing

(02:02):
as over one hundred and sixty people remain missing. I'm
Chris Kragio, a Connecticut man, is thanking his family pet
for finding a loss to one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars lottery ticket. Mark Mayfield explains.

Speaker 1 (02:15):
Russell Roff said the winning ticket had been missing for weeks.
Ruff eventually founded after his sixteen year old cat decided
to crawl behind the bed, leading Rough and his sons
to move the furniture. The ticket matched four out of
the five winning numbers, plus the power ball. Rough added
power play, making his prize jump from fifty thousand dollars
to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. I'm Mark Mayfield.

Speaker 2 (02:36):
We're celebrating a classic comfort food today its National mac
and Cheese Day. The earliest known recipe for macaroni and
cheese is believed to have come from a thirteenth century
Italian cookbook. The dish gained modern day popularity in the
US when Kraft Foods boxed it up and began selling
it in the nineteen thirties. Superman is a hit at

(03:10):
the box office. The first film in James Gun's DC
universe stars David carn Sweat as the Man of Steel.
At raked in close to one hundred and twenty three
million dollars in its opening weekend, securing the number one
spot ahead of blockbusters like Jurassic World Rebirth and f
One the movie, and doing so, it also became this
year's third biggest debut, after only a Minecraft movie in

(03:32):
Leelo and Stitch. Famed Hollywood director producer George Lucas will
make his first ever San Diego Comic Con appearance at
this year's event. He is set to help close out
the convention with a panel that will also feature a

(03:53):
preview of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, expected to
open next year in Los Angeles. Comic Con twenty twenty
five is sold out. I'm Chris Karagio.