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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
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Speaker 2 (00:08):
President Trump is suing The Wall Street Journal after it
reported that he sent Jeffrey Epstein a letter for Epstein's
fiftieth birthday in two thousand and three. After the story
was published last night, Trump called it fake and immediately
threatened to sue owner Rupert Murdoch. Today, he followed through
on his threat, alleging libel against Murdoch, the Journal's publisher,

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Dow Jones, and the story reporters in a lawsuit filed
in Florida. Reports indicate it was military style ordinance that
exploded and killed three La County Sheriff's deputies Friday morning.
The explosion happened at a training facility and rock the
surrounding East La neighborhood. La County Sheriff Robert Luna. Tragically,

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they were three sworn members who were fatally killed that
were assigned to our Arson Explosives detail. Tulsey Gabbert is
calling for the prosecution of former officials from the Obama administration.
In a recently declassified report, the Director of National Intelligence
alleged several former officials were part of a treasonous conspiracy

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connected to the twenty sixteen election. The fifty million dollars
civil lawsuit filed against Football Hall of Famer Shannon Sharp
is being dismissed. Chris Keraggio reports.

Speaker 3 (01:27):
He was accused of sexual assault and battery. The alleged
victim hired famed Texas attorney Tony Busby, who says the
pair were in a long term, consensual and tumultuous relationship.
He announced on social media that there has been a
mutually agreed upon resolution and the matter is closed. Sharp
previously called the lawsuit a shakedown and had stepped away
from his role at ESPN while the trial played out.

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I'm Chris Carracio.

Speaker 2 (01:50):
American songwriter Alan Bergman is dead at the age of
ninety nine. Bergman and his wife, Marilyn, wrote lyrics for
Academy Award winning songs like The Way We Were for
the film of the same name and The Windmills of
Your Mind. I'm Brian shook, A, Maryland man has been
arrested after allegedly making threats against Georgia Republican Congresswoman Marjorie

(02:13):
Taylor Green. DC's US Attorney's office announced the arrest of Edgewater,
Maryland residence. Seth Jason, the former Voice of America employee,
allegedly called Green's congressional offices in Georgia and threatened the congresswoman,
her staff, and her family. A salmonilla outbreak is being
linked to frozen sprouted beans that have been recalled in Washington,

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Bradford reports.

Speaker 1 (02:38):
The CDC says there has been one report in Washington
and nine other states. The recalls for packages of Deep
brand frozen Sprouted matt and Sprouted Moon products were recalled
over potential salmonella contamination that was discovered during routine testing.
Consumers with any of the recalled products are asked to
return them for a full refund.

Speaker 2 (02:57):
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy is signing legislation and to
boost pedestrian and cycling safety. Kristin Marx reports.

Speaker 4 (03:04):
Murphy was joined Thursday by crash victims, advocates, and local
and state leaders in Maplewood.

Speaker 5 (03:10):
In the past year alone, more than six hundred and
ninety New Jersey families have lost someone in a traffic crash.
One love, one taken is one love too many.

Speaker 4 (03:18):
He signed a bill that upgrades the state's driver's education program.

Speaker 5 (03:22):
By requiring drivers to be tested on how to safely
share the road with pedestrians and cyclists, including the rules
for passing them and the penalties for ignoring those laws.

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The law builds upon Murphy's Target Zero Commission, which was
created earlier this year with the goal of eliminating all
preventable traffic related deaths by twenty forty.

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Kristin Marx reporting the Pittsburgh Steelers are signing pass rusher TJ.
Watt to a record setting three year contract worth one
hundred twenty three million dollars. Multiple reports say Watt signed
the deal on Thursday and becomes the NFL's highest paid defender,
as well as as the highest paid non quarterback in

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league history. I'm Brian Schuck.