July 20, 2025 • 4 mins
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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 Midwest
is dealing with a thread of flash flooding, while over
fifty million people from Kansas to the Carolinas are under
heat alerts. Floodwatches have been posted from Missouri to West Virginia,
with heavy rain expected over the next day. Flash floods
(00:21):
already hit parts of Iowa. As for the warm temperatures,
the heat index was close to one hundred and ten
degrees in Little Rock, Saint Louis, and Nashville. Monday is
expected to be around the same in cities such as Raleigh, Charleston,
and Jacksonville. Maryland County reported over one hundred rescue calls
in a two hour period during intense rainfall and flash floods.
(00:43):
Significant rainfall from storms caused flash flooding in parts of
Montgomery County, Maryland north of Washington, d C. On Saturday.
Montgomery County flood censors along Sligo Creek indicated that waters
rose ten feet in just thirty minutes. No injuries were reported,
but dozens of water rescues worked conducted throughout the evening.
Montgomery County park Police responded to a report of twenty
(01:04):
people trapped inside a Chevy Chase building and carried out
water rescues of those stranded inside. President Trump is marking
his first six months in office by proclaiming the United
States is the hottest and most respected country in the world.
Lisa Carton has details.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
In a Sunday post on truth Social Trump claimed his
second term as being hailed as one of the most
consequential of any president. He went on to list ending
major wars and took credit for what he called the
revival of the country that was dead one year ago.
Trump ended the post with Happy anniversary. I'm Lisa Carton.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
Billie Eilish has anounced she's working with filmmaker James Cameron
on a three D project. Eilish mentioned the project Saturday
during a show in Manchester, England, where Cameron was in attendance.
Eilish told the crowd quote, I'm working on something very
very special with somebody named James Cameron, and it's going
to be in three D. Venus Williams is making her
(01:58):
return to tennis this week, except that a wildcard berth
for the DC Open. She scheduled to play a singles
match against Peyton Stearns tomorrow. I'm rob Martyr. Pope Leo
is calling for an end to the quote barbarity of war.
After the shelling of the only Catholic church in Gaza,
the Pope spoke of his deep sorrow while rating out
the names of the people killed at the Holy Family
(02:19):
Church on Thursday. The Israeli attack killed three and wounded nine,
including a priest who took refuge inside the sanctuary. Health
officials are urging Florida swimmers to watch out for flesh
eating bacteria at the beach. Lisa Taylor has more.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
Four people have died and seven have fallen sick recently
from Vibrio vulnificus, a bacteria which thrives in warm coastal
areas and leads to rapidly expanding skin infections. It can
also cause vomiting and diarrhea. I'm mis Taylor.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
A new and Surify survey says dual income couples with
no children are going into debt for their pets. The
survey found that ninety four percent of these couples view
their pets as family members, with sixty eight percent of
these pet parents saying they have made financial sacrifices to
cover pedessentials. The couple surveys spend an average of nineteen
hundred dollars a year on their pets. Only eleven percent
(03:11):
of those surveyed said they don't splurge on their pets.
It's been almost forty years since the Catskills most famous
resort was closed and virtually abandoned. Now it's being resurrected
in a forthcoming TV series. Larry Kofski has more.
Speaker 4 (03:26):
It'll be called The Mountains, and Deadline reports it'll be
written by New Jersey writer alan's Ybell, who spent summers
at Grossinger's as a kid. It'll trace Grossinger's evolution starting
in nineteen fifty through its heyday and explore how it
became not just a resort but a stage for some
of the greatest entertainers of a generation, as well as
a place where Jewish families could go after facing discrimination elsewhere.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
American Scotti Scheffler is the winner of the twenty twenty
five British Open. Scheffler finished at seventeen under par. Harris
English finished alone in second at thirteen under par. Scheffler
needs the US Open to complete the career Grand Slam
I'm rob Martyr
This is your twenty four to seven use update. The
latest use this hour in just four minutes. The Midwest
is dealing with a thread of flash flooding, while over
fifty million people from Kansas to the Carolinas are under
heat alerts. Floodwatches have been posted from Missouri to West Virginia,
with heavy rain expected over the next day. Flash floods
(00:21):
already hit parts of Iowa. As for the warm temperatures,
the heat index was close to one hundred and ten
degrees in Little Rock, Saint Louis, and Nashville. Monday is
expected to be around the same in cities such as Raleigh, Charleston,
and Jacksonville. Maryland County reported over one hundred rescue calls
in a two hour period during intense rainfall and flash floods.
(00:43):
Significant rainfall from storms caused flash flooding in parts of
Montgomery County, Maryland north of Washington, d C. On Saturday.
Montgomery County flood censors along Sligo Creek indicated that waters
rose ten feet in just thirty minutes. No injuries were reported,
but dozens of water rescues worked conducted throughout the evening.
Montgomery County park Police responded to a report of twenty
(01:04):
people trapped inside a Chevy Chase building and carried out
water rescues of those stranded inside. President Trump is marking
his first six months in office by proclaiming the United
States is the hottest and most respected country in the world.
Lisa Carton has details.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
In a Sunday post on truth Social Trump claimed his
second term as being hailed as one of the most
consequential of any president. He went on to list ending
major wars and took credit for what he called the
revival of the country that was dead one year ago.
Trump ended the post with Happy anniversary. I'm Lisa Carton.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
Billie Eilish has anounced she's working with filmmaker James Cameron
on a three D project. Eilish mentioned the project Saturday
during a show in Manchester, England, where Cameron was in attendance.
Eilish told the crowd quote, I'm working on something very
very special with somebody named James Cameron, and it's going
to be in three D. Venus Williams is making her
(01:58):
return to tennis this week, except that a wildcard berth
for the DC Open. She scheduled to play a singles
match against Peyton Stearns tomorrow. I'm rob Martyr. Pope Leo
is calling for an end to the quote barbarity of war.
After the shelling of the only Catholic church in Gaza,
the Pope spoke of his deep sorrow while rating out
the names of the people killed at the Holy Family
(02:19):
Church on Thursday. The Israeli attack killed three and wounded nine,
including a priest who took refuge inside the sanctuary. Health
officials are urging Florida swimmers to watch out for flesh
eating bacteria at the beach. Lisa Taylor has more.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
Four people have died and seven have fallen sick recently
from Vibrio vulnificus, a bacteria which thrives in warm coastal
areas and leads to rapidly expanding skin infections. It can
also cause vomiting and diarrhea. I'm mis Taylor.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
A new and Surify survey says dual income couples with
no children are going into debt for their pets. The
survey found that ninety four percent of these couples view
their pets as family members, with sixty eight percent of
these pet parents saying they have made financial sacrifices to
cover pedessentials. The couple surveys spend an average of nineteen
hundred dollars a year on their pets. Only eleven percent
(03:11):
of those surveyed said they don't splurge on their pets.
It's been almost forty years since the Catskills most famous
resort was closed and virtually abandoned. Now it's being resurrected
in a forthcoming TV series. Larry Kofski has more.
Speaker 4 (03:26):
It'll be called The Mountains, and Deadline reports it'll be
written by New Jersey writer alan's Ybell, who spent summers
at Grossinger's as a kid. It'll trace Grossinger's evolution starting
in nineteen fifty through its heyday and explore how it
became not just a resort but a stage for some
of the greatest entertainers of a generation, as well as
a place where Jewish families could go after facing discrimination elsewhere.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
American Scotti Scheffler is the winner of the twenty twenty
five British Open. Scheffler finished at seventeen under par. Harris
English finished alone in second at thirteen under par. Scheffler
needs the US Open to complete the career Grand Slam
I'm rob Martyr
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