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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
The latest use this hour at just four minutes.

Speaker 3 (00:08):
No damage is being reported after tsunami waves hit the
Hawaiian Islands. The tsunami warning issued for all of Hawaii
has been downgraded to an advisory, but Governor Josh Green
is still urging caution.

Speaker 2 (00:21):
People have been very thoughtful and very safe, and that's
something we appreciate. We're really hoping that we are out
of soon, out of harm's way.

Speaker 3 (00:30):
A massive earthquake off the coast of Russia triggered tsunami
warnings Tuesday night in Hawaii. Alaskan along the west coast
Hawaii saw four foot waves that pushed some boats onto
dry land, but no further damage. Jeffrey Epstein co conspirator
Gilan Maxwell's request for immunity in exchange for testimony is
being declined by a House committee. Kristen Marx reports and.

Speaker 4 (00:53):
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 declined 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

(01:13):
sentence in federal prison. She met with Deputy Attorney General
Tod Blanche for questioning last week. As the Trump administration
faces pressure to release all files related to the Epstein Caves.

Speaker 3 (01:25):
Investigators are looking into a second note written by the
gunman who killed four people and then himself inside a
midtown Manhattan building on Monday. More from Scott Pringle.

Speaker 5 (01:35):
There are reports the second note, located at Shane Tomorrow's
Las Vegas home, was an apology to his parents, and
he indicated he felt like a disappointment to them. Investigators
believe Tomorrow's first note indicated he was targeting the NFL.
The mayor, Eric Adams says he took the wrong set
of elevators and ended up on a different floor than
NFL headquarters. Tomorrow, a youth football player, claimed in that

(01:57):
note he suffered from a brain disease CTE and blame
the NAF fell.

Speaker 3 (02:00):
On Wall Street before the opening. Bell Stock futures are
little changed. I'm Michael Kassner. The Federal Reserve is expected
to hold rates steady again, even after pressure from the
President to lower them when a decision is announced later today,
Temi treheo with more bank rates.

Speaker 1 (02:18):
Greg McBride doesn't expect any changes until September at the
very earliest.

Speaker 3 (02:22):
There's nothing in the economy that's really screening for them
to cut rates. Unemployments still low, it's around four point
one percent, inflation still closer to three percent, he says.

Speaker 1 (02:32):
There's also uncertainty about the tariffs. Two members of the
governing board, both appointed by Trump, are expected to vote
in favor of cutting rates. That would mark the first
time that two people have voted against the chair since
nineteen ninety three. The rate remains between four and a
quarter and four and a half percent.

Speaker 3 (02:47):
More than half of Americans disapprove of Israel's military actions
in Gaza. Chris Carraggio reports.

Speaker 2 (02:55):
A new Gallup poll found only thirty two percent of
respondents approve of Israel's handling of Gaza, which marks the
lowest point recorded since the question was first asked in
November of twenty twenty three. Polling results diverge greatly along
partisan lines, with Democratic support at a low of eight
percent compared to seventy one percent of Republicans. The findings

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come as international outrage against Israel grows due to the
worsening humanitarian crisis. I'm Chris Krasio.

Speaker 3 (03:23):
Some sixty percent of liver cancer cases could be prevented
by losing weight, cutting down on alcohol, and getting a
hepatitis vaccine. That's according to new guidelines from the Lancet Commission,
which predicts policymakers could help reduce liver cancer two to
five percent each year through twenty fifty. Liver cancer is
the sixth most common cancer in the world and the

(03:44):
third leading cause of cancer deaths. Paul Mario Day, the
original lead singer for Iron Maiden, has died. The sixty
nine year old passed away yesterday. It had been dealing
with cancer for a few years. He joined the heavy
metal band in nineteen teen seventy five, but his stint
was short, leaving less than a year later. I'm Michael Cassner.