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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:06):
Minutes, A massive earthquake off Russia's coast has triggered tsunami
waves across the Pacific, Lora Westbrook, with.

Speaker 3 (00:16):
More tsunami alarms sounded in coastal towns across Japan's Pacific coast,
with authorities urging people to seek higher ground. Footage showed
people in the northern island of Hokkaido on the roof
of a building while Wakas evacuated the stricken Fukushima Nuclear plant,
where a meltdowne following the twenty and eleven tsunami caused
a radioactive disaster. Tsunami waves of between thirty and forty

(00:39):
centimeters have hit parts of northern Japan so far, with
authorities warning of largest subsequent waves. There were no injuries
or damage reported so far and no irregularities at nuclear plants,
according to Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary, Lora Westbrook.

Speaker 2 (00:55):
Hong Kong, Hawaii has seen waves pushing boats ashore, but
no damage. Warnings remain for Hawaii, Alaska, and the West Coast,
where the National Weather Service as its detected tsunami waves
off the coast of Mendocino County, California. National Weather Service
as waves could reach about four and a half feet
high in the overnight hours. The town is about one
hundred and thirty miles northwest of San Francisco. Jeffrey Epstein

(01:18):
associate Elaine Maxwell's request for immunity in exchange for testimony
is being declined by a House committee. Kristin Marx with Moore.

Speaker 4 (01:27):
In a letter Tuesday, Maxwell's lawyer said she would be
willing to testify before Congress if she was given formal immunity.
If not, her lawyer said she would invoke the Fifth
Amendment and decline to testify. The House Oversight Committee said
it will soon respond to the letter, but immediately ruled
out congressional immunity. Maxwell is currently serving a twenty year

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sentence in federal prison. She met with Deputy Attorney General
Todd Blanche for questioning last week. As a Trump administration
faces pressure to release all files related to the Epstein case.

Speaker 2 (01:59):
Stock futures are inching, hires, investors analyze earnings reports, and
a way to fed great decision. I'm Michael Kasner. We're
starting to learn more about the three people killed in
Monday's shooting rampage in Midtown Manhattan. In addition to the
fallen NYPD officer Sara Lee Kessler with Moore.

Speaker 5 (02:18):
Forty three year old Wesley Lapatner was a Blackstone real
estate executive, wife and mother. She was a Yale graduate
who served on several high profile boards, including the Metropolitan Museum,
UJA Federation of New York, and the Abraham Joshua Heschel School.

Speaker 6 (02:35):
Julia Hyman, a twenty seven year old Roudent Management employee
just five years out of Cornell University, was also murdered,
along with the beloved lobby security guard Allen Atn.

Speaker 2 (02:47):
The Senate has confirmed Email Beauvet to a lifetime position
on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, hours after a
third whistleblower came forward with claims that Beauvet lied to
the Senate about his role in the dismissal of federal
corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. More
from Andrew Whickman.

Speaker 1 (03:06):
The Washington Poe's reports it reviewed the evidence brought by
the latest whistleblower against Emil Beauvey. Beouve, a former Trump
personal attorney who was appointed acting US Deputy Attorney General
ended up dismissing the charges against Adams himself after prosecutors
on the Adams case resigned rather than dismissed themselves. The

(03:27):
whistleblower's claims, not spelled out on the report, are said
to contradict sworn testimony from Bouvy about the Adams dismissal
to the Senate Judiciary Committee last month.

Speaker 4 (03:38):
You can just set up Maybey because you hate America
and you love a voice it.

Speaker 2 (03:42):
South Park is bringing Donald Trump back for episode two
of their new season. The popular parody Cartoon released a
trailer Tuesday for its new episode, which airs next week.
It shows the Trump character attending a banquet with Satan
and groping his leg under the table. The trailer also
shows cart Mean turning into conservative podcaster Charlie kirk a

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Michael Cassner