August 2, 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. Flash flood
watches and warnings are in effect for parts of the Southeast.
Forecasters say a powerful storm system that triggered deadly flooding
in the Northeast and mid Atlantic is expected to bring
heavy rainfall to the Carolinas and parts of Georgia this weekend.
(00:22):
Cities like Charleston, Savannah, and Wilmington are likely to see
strong thunderstorms today. Forecasters say the flood threat will diminish tomorrow,
but the region can't expect showers into next week. President
Trump is deploying two nuclear submarines closer to Russia. In
a post on truth Social Friday, Trump said he made
the decision due to inflammatory statements made by former Russian
(00:44):
president Dmitri Medvedev. The former Russian leader claimed this week
that Trump's new deadline for Russia to end the fighting
with Ukraine was an additional step towards war. Trump later
told Newsmax that in response, he moved the submarines and
called it precautionary, saying the US is being careful just
in case a hunger strike at Alligator Alcatraz is in
(01:05):
its ninth day. Detainees are protesting poor living conditions at
the facility. Deportation flights began last week. Pope Francis opened
Saint Peter's Basilica's Holy Door for Jubilee twenty twenty five,
celebrating Catholic youth. We get more from Lisa Carton.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Rome is welcoming as many as one million young people
to celebrate the Jubilee of Youth this week. Pope Leo
the fourteenth is expected to hold a prayer visual with
a huge group this evening and celebrate the final Mass
for the gathering tomorrow. The Mega Youth Jamboree is held
every twenty five years and is a week long gathering
for Catholic youth. The estimated million young pilgrims visiting Rome
(01:48):
come from one hundred and forty six countries. I'm Lisa Carton.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Katie Ledecki has won the world title in the eight
hundred meter freestyle for a seventh consecutor of time. Ladecki
is the only woman to win the same individual event
at four Olympics in any sport. I'm Rob Martyr. NASA's
SpaceX Crew eleven has docked at the International Space station.
SpaceX posted a video on social media showing the spacecraft
(02:15):
docking at the ISS at two twenty seven am Eastern time.
Writing docking confirmed the team of four astronauts will be
starting a six month mission. They lifted off Friday morning
from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In the posted video,
the ISS crew can be heard welcoming Crew eleven by
saying quote, we have cold drinks, hot food, and us
waiting see you soon. Tesla is being ordered to pay
(02:37):
three hundred and twenty nine million dollars in damages related
to a fatal autopilot crash. Lisa Taylor has more.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
A jury in Miami found that the company should be
held partly liable for the twenty nineteen crash and should
compensate the family of the person who died, as well
as an injured survivor. Dana Griffin has details.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
Tesla's as it plans to appeal, writing, the driver is
solely at fault. Misty Marris is a an NBC News
legal analyst.
Speaker 4 (03:01):
For the first time, even though the driver of the
car admitted that he was distracted causing this fatal accident,
Tesla was still held responsible for safety failures.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
I'm Me Fit Taylor.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
The Texas Lottery Commission will pay almost forty six million
dollars to a woman who has denied her winnings for months.
Court records show that an agreement between the Lottery Commission
and Kristin Moriarty were filed on Thursday. The Lottery Commission
said the settlement was reached with help from Attorney General
Ken Paxton's office. Moriarty will receive forty five point eight
million dollars before taxes in a single lump sum. The
(03:38):
payout comes over five months after Moriarty bought the winning
Vado Texas tickets worth eighty three point five million. In February,
the mascot for the NHL Seattle Kraken, was chased by
a grizzly bear while shooting a promotional video. Cracking Forward.
John Hayden and the mascot were in a river fishing
when a grizzly entered the water on the other side
of the river. Video posted on x showed them walking
(04:00):
away from the bear, but the bear followed and began
to chase them before it turned away. I'm Rob Martyr
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest use this hour in just four minutes. Flash flood
watches and warnings are in effect for parts of the Southeast.
Forecasters say a powerful storm system that triggered deadly flooding
in the Northeast and mid Atlantic is expected to bring
heavy rainfall to the Carolinas and parts of Georgia this weekend.
(00:22):
Cities like Charleston, Savannah, and Wilmington are likely to see
strong thunderstorms today. Forecasters say the flood threat will diminish tomorrow,
but the region can't expect showers into next week. President
Trump is deploying two nuclear submarines closer to Russia. In
a post on truth Social Friday, Trump said he made
the decision due to inflammatory statements made by former Russian
(00:44):
president Dmitri Medvedev. The former Russian leader claimed this week
that Trump's new deadline for Russia to end the fighting
with Ukraine was an additional step towards war. Trump later
told Newsmax that in response, he moved the submarines and
called it precautionary, saying the US is being careful just
in case a hunger strike at Alligator Alcatraz is in
(01:05):
its ninth day. Detainees are protesting poor living conditions at
the facility. Deportation flights began last week. Pope Francis opened
Saint Peter's Basilica's Holy Door for Jubilee twenty twenty five,
celebrating Catholic youth. We get more from Lisa Carton.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Rome is welcoming as many as one million young people
to celebrate the Jubilee of Youth this week. Pope Leo
the fourteenth is expected to hold a prayer visual with
a huge group this evening and celebrate the final Mass
for the gathering tomorrow. The Mega Youth Jamboree is held
every twenty five years and is a week long gathering
for Catholic youth. The estimated million young pilgrims visiting Rome
(01:48):
come from one hundred and forty six countries. I'm Lisa Carton.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Katie Ledecki has won the world title in the eight
hundred meter freestyle for a seventh consecutor of time. Ladecki
is the only woman to win the same individual event
at four Olympics in any sport. I'm Rob Martyr. NASA's
SpaceX Crew eleven has docked at the International Space station.
SpaceX posted a video on social media showing the spacecraft
(02:15):
docking at the ISS at two twenty seven am Eastern time.
Writing docking confirmed the team of four astronauts will be
starting a six month mission. They lifted off Friday morning
from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In the posted video,
the ISS crew can be heard welcoming Crew eleven by
saying quote, we have cold drinks, hot food, and us
waiting see you soon. Tesla is being ordered to pay
(02:37):
three hundred and twenty nine million dollars in damages related
to a fatal autopilot crash. Lisa Taylor has more.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
A jury in Miami found that the company should be
held partly liable for the twenty nineteen crash and should
compensate the family of the person who died, as well
as an injured survivor. Dana Griffin has details.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
Tesla's as it plans to appeal, writing, the driver is
solely at fault. Misty Marris is a an NBC News
legal analyst.
Speaker 4 (03:01):
For the first time, even though the driver of the
car admitted that he was distracted causing this fatal accident,
Tesla was still held responsible for safety failures.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
I'm Me Fit Taylor.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
The Texas Lottery Commission will pay almost forty six million
dollars to a woman who has denied her winnings for months.
Court records show that an agreement between the Lottery Commission
and Kristin Moriarty were filed on Thursday. The Lottery Commission
said the settlement was reached with help from Attorney General
Ken Paxton's office. Moriarty will receive forty five point eight
million dollars before taxes in a single lump sum. The
(03:38):
payout comes over five months after Moriarty bought the winning
Vado Texas tickets worth eighty three point five million. In February,
the mascot for the NHL Seattle Kraken, was chased by
a grizzly bear while shooting a promotional video. Cracking Forward.
John Hayden and the mascot were in a river fishing
when a grizzly entered the water on the other side
of the river. Video posted on x showed them walking
(04:00):
away from the bear, but the bear followed and began
to chase them before it turned away. I'm Rob Martyr
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