July 17, 2025 • 4 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest dukes this hour in just four minutes, A package
of nine billion dollars in DOGE spending cuts is the
focus of the House. The cuts would be to public broadcasting,
global health programs, and some foreign aid. Republican senators narrowly
(00:20):
passed a package earlier this morning. President Trump says people
in the Republican Party are wasting time on what he
calls the Epstein hoax.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
The president on social media, also arguing his quote past
supporters have bought into this BS hook line and sinker,
calling them weaklings, prompting rare defiance from some allies.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
NBC's Gave Gudiera's reporting. Trump also said he was surprised
that some Republicans got duped. The President again stood by
Attorney General Pam Bondi, saying she only released what she
thought is credible from the Epstein files. Former Vice President
Mike Penn says any files related to Epstein need to
be released to the public, saying the time has come
from the facts to be given to the American people.
(01:02):
House Speaker Mike Johnson is also on record saying that
the files should be released. Thousands are hitting the streets
to protest against the Trump administration across the country today,
the Good Trouble Lives On. Demonstrations are honoring late congressmen
and civil rights activist John Lewis. Lewis made the phrase
good Trouble popular when he spoke of non violent protests
and challenges to civil rights infringements. Cities where protests are
(01:25):
taking place include New York, LA, Washington, d C, Chicago, Phoenix,
and Moore. The Department of Justice has fired Maureen Comy,
the federal prosecutor and the shan Titty Coombs and Gilaine
Maxwell cases. According to multiple reports, Comy, the daughter of
former FBI Director James Comy, was fired from the US
Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. The
(01:45):
reason for the firing was not immediately clear. She's been
with the US Attorney's office for almost a decade. The
search for missing flood victims is back under way in
Central Texas after efforts were halted the past three days
due to more heavy rain. Cruis are searching for the
bodies of nons ninety seven people across the entire state.
At least one hundred and thirty four have died due
to the floods. I'm Chris Gragio. The biggest chunk of
(02:07):
Mars ever found on Earth, sold for five point three
million dollars at auction Wednesday. Sothebe's in New York says
the winning Bitter wishes to remain anonymous for now. It
was found in the Sahara Desert in twenty twenty three
and is more than twice the size of any other
known Martian rock. Sothebe says the meteorite has a reddish
brown effusion crust, which gives the item an unmistakable Martian
(02:30):
Hugh Connie Francis, the iconic singer who was one of
the top selling female artists of all time, has died.
Michael Kashner reports.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Begins the Flat Days.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
She died Wednesday night, two weeks after being taken to
the hospital and extreme pain. Francis sold millions or records
throughout the nineteen fifties and sixties with hits like Who's
Sorry Now and Where the Boys Are? And she was
the first woman to have a number one hit on
the Billboard Hot one hundred with the nineteen sixties song
Everybody's Somebody's Fool. Francis made it into the Spotify charts
(03:04):
just this year thanks to a TikTok trend using your
nineteen sixty two song pretty Little Baby. Connie Francis was
eighty seven. I'm Michael Cassner Sean Diddy.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
Combs is looking to rehabilitate himself before he receives his
sentence this fall. According to a report by TMZ, the
hip hop mogul has entered two programs to combat his
issues with drugs and domestic violence. One of the programs
is known as STOP, which stands for Specialized Treatment for
Optimized Programming and it's meant to prevent sexual assault and
domestic abuse did He is also participating in a drug
(03:37):
abuse program and is undergoing therapy. He was found guilty
on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. Combs
is expected to remain behind bars in New York while
awaiting sentencing. On October third, police are investigating after a
home owned by Arizona diamondbackstar Catel Marte was robbed while
he and his family were at the All Star Game
in Atlanta. Scottsdale Police are calling it a high dollar
(03:59):
residential burglar and say several personal items and jewelry were stolen.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
I'm Chris Karrajio
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest dukes this hour in just four minutes, A package
of nine billion dollars in DOGE spending cuts is the
focus of the House. The cuts would be to public broadcasting,
global health programs, and some foreign aid. Republican senators narrowly
(00:20):
passed a package earlier this morning. President Trump says people
in the Republican Party are wasting time on what he
calls the Epstein hoax.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
The president on social media, also arguing his quote past
supporters have bought into this BS hook line and sinker,
calling them weaklings, prompting rare defiance from some allies.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
NBC's Gave Gudiera's reporting. Trump also said he was surprised
that some Republicans got duped. The President again stood by
Attorney General Pam Bondi, saying she only released what she
thought is credible from the Epstein files. Former Vice President
Mike Penn says any files related to Epstein need to
be released to the public, saying the time has come
from the facts to be given to the American people.
(01:02):
House Speaker Mike Johnson is also on record saying that
the files should be released. Thousands are hitting the streets
to protest against the Trump administration across the country today,
the Good Trouble Lives On. Demonstrations are honoring late congressmen
and civil rights activist John Lewis. Lewis made the phrase
good Trouble popular when he spoke of non violent protests
and challenges to civil rights infringements. Cities where protests are
(01:25):
taking place include New York, LA, Washington, d C, Chicago, Phoenix,
and Moore. The Department of Justice has fired Maureen Comy,
the federal prosecutor and the shan Titty Coombs and Gilaine
Maxwell cases. According to multiple reports, Comy, the daughter of
former FBI Director James Comy, was fired from the US
Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. The
(01:45):
reason for the firing was not immediately clear. She's been
with the US Attorney's office for almost a decade. The
search for missing flood victims is back under way in
Central Texas after efforts were halted the past three days
due to more heavy rain. Cruis are searching for the
bodies of nons ninety seven people across the entire state.
At least one hundred and thirty four have died due
to the floods. I'm Chris Gragio. The biggest chunk of
(02:07):
Mars ever found on Earth, sold for five point three
million dollars at auction Wednesday. Sothebe's in New York says
the winning Bitter wishes to remain anonymous for now. It
was found in the Sahara Desert in twenty twenty three
and is more than twice the size of any other
known Martian rock. Sothebe says the meteorite has a reddish
brown effusion crust, which gives the item an unmistakable Martian
(02:30):
Hugh Connie Francis, the iconic singer who was one of
the top selling female artists of all time, has died.
Michael Kashner reports.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Begins the Flat Days.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
She died Wednesday night, two weeks after being taken to
the hospital and extreme pain. Francis sold millions or records
throughout the nineteen fifties and sixties with hits like Who's
Sorry Now and Where the Boys Are? And she was
the first woman to have a number one hit on
the Billboard Hot one hundred with the nineteen sixties song
Everybody's Somebody's Fool. Francis made it into the Spotify charts
(03:04):
just this year thanks to a TikTok trend using your
nineteen sixty two song pretty Little Baby. Connie Francis was
eighty seven. I'm Michael Cassner Sean Diddy.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
Combs is looking to rehabilitate himself before he receives his
sentence this fall. According to a report by TMZ, the
hip hop mogul has entered two programs to combat his
issues with drugs and domestic violence. One of the programs
is known as STOP, which stands for Specialized Treatment for
Optimized Programming and it's meant to prevent sexual assault and
domestic abuse did He is also participating in a drug
(03:37):
abuse program and is undergoing therapy. He was found guilty
on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. Combs
is expected to remain behind bars in New York while
awaiting sentencing. On October third, police are investigating after a
home owned by Arizona diamondbackstar Catel Marte was robbed while
he and his family were at the All Star Game
in Atlanta. Scottsdale Police are calling it a high dollar
(03:59):
residential burglar and say several personal items and jewelry were stolen.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
I'm Chris Karrajio
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