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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):
More movement in the Jeffrey Epstein case by the White House.
The Justice Department is asking a federal judge to unseal
grand jury testimony in the Jeffrey Epstein case. In Friday's filing,
the DOJ said releasing the evidence was quote a matter
of public interest. This comes a day after President Trump
directed Attorney General Pambondi to have quote pertinent grand jury

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testimony released. Friday's request was filed in a federal court
in Manhattan. It could take months for the records to
be released. Millions are under the threat of potential floods
on the Gulf Coast and in the mid Atlantic. Arkansas, Florida,
and Louisiana up to areas in the Midwest were hit
overnight with heavy rains. Rain from tropical moisture will impact

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parts of Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, and Alabama. Flood watches are
in place in the mid Atlantic in areas of Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia,
and West Virginia. Meanwhile, nineteen million people are under heat
alerts in parts of the mid Atlantic. Southern Florida and
the Mississippi Valley. The White House is confirming it's looking

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to reopen Alcatraz in San Francisco as a federal prison.
Brian Shook as the latest.

Speaker 1 (01:22):
Attorney General, Pam Bondy and Interior Secretary Doug Burgham toured
the viacility.

Speaker 3 (01:27):
Alcatraz could hold the worst of the worst. It could
hold middle class violent prisoners. It could hold it could
hold illegal aliens. It could hold anything.

Speaker 1 (01:37):
Bondy says. The facility needs a lot of work, but
no one has been known to escape the island and survive.
Estimates to shift it back into a prison range from
the hundreds of millions to four billion dollars. I'm Brian Shook.

Speaker 2 (01:50):
And authorities are investigating an apartment complex in Santa Monica
in connection to the explosion that killed three La County
Sheriff's deputies Friday morning. The explosion happened at a training
facility and rock the surrounding East La neighborhood. I'm Jim Forbes.
Millions are under the threat of potential floods on the
Gulf Coast and the mid Atlantic this weekend. Arkansas, Florida,

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and Louisiana. Up to areas in the Midwest were hit
overnight with heavy rains. Rain from tropical moisture will impact
parts of Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, and Alabama. Flood watches are
in place in the mid Atlantic in areas of Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia,
and West Virginia. Meanwhile, nineteen million are under heat alerts

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in parts of the mid Atlantic, southern Florida, and the
Mississippi Valley. The White House is confirming it's looking to
reopen Alcatraz as a federal prison. Bryan Shook has this story.

Speaker 1 (02:47):
Attorney General Pambondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgham toured the vicility.

Speaker 3 (02:52):
Alcatraz could hold the worst of the worst. It could
hold middle class, violent prisoners. It could hold it could
hold illegal aliens. It could hold anything.

Speaker 1 (03:03):
Bondi says. The facility needs a lot of work, but
no one has been known to escape the island and survive.
Estimates to shift it back into a prison range from
the hundreds of millions to four billion dollars. I'm Brian Schuck.

Speaker 2 (03:16):
Tulsea 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 quote treasonoust conspiracy connected to the twenty sixteen election.
Gabert asserted that the Obama administration officials withheld intelligence from

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the public related to possible Russian interference in the election.
Gabert is alleging this was part of an effort to
harm President Trump as he faced allegations that Russia was
attempting to influence the election in his favor. And the
MLB is resuming play after taking a few days off
for the All Star break. All thirty teams are in

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action this weekend. And that's the latest. I'm Jim Forbes.