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White House Economic Advisor Kevin Hassett is defending President Trump's
decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor
Statistics following a week jobs report. Appearing on NBC's Meet
the Press, has said echoed sentiments made by the President
questioning the accuracy of the numbers, He said, we need
a fresh set of eyes at the agency.

Speaker 1 (00:28):
President wants his own people there so that when we
see the numbers, they're more transparent and more reliable.

Speaker 2 (00:33):
And if there are big changes in big revisions, we
expect more big revisions that.

Speaker 1 (00:38):
We want to know why.

Speaker 3 (00:39):
We want people to explain to us.

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The report said the US economy added just seventy three
thousand jobs last month, which is well below estimates. Trump
took to social media and implied the Labor Statistics chief
manipulated the data for political purposes. Federal officials are investigating
the former Department of Justice prosecutor who oversaw two cases
against President Trump. Scott Carr has more from Washington.

Speaker 3 (01:03):
The US Office of Special Council says its investigating former
prosecutor Jack Smith for possibly violating the Hatch Act that
bars federal officials from engaging in political activity or attempting
to influence elections. As part of his job, Smith prosecuted
two cases against Trump, one centering around allegations Trump tried
to block former President Biden's twenty twenty election victory, and

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another where Trump was accused of mishandling classified documents. Neither
case went to trial, and Smith resigned from the Department
of Justice shortly before Trump's second inauguration.

Speaker 2 (01:35):
The manhunt continues in Montana for a suspect who gunned
down four people in a bar. Police say forty five
year old Michael Brown is still on the loose after
killing four people in the small mountain town of Anaconda.
Authorities have found what they believe is Brown's abandoned vehicle
west of town. Police in southwest Montana are urging folks
to remain on high alert, and former celebrity judge and

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Fox News host jeaneine Piro has been confirmed as the
next US attorney for the District of Columbia. I'm Lisa Carton.
A laundry list of charges for a New jerseyman who
got into an hour's long standoff with police and Newark
this week. Andrew Whitman reports.

Speaker 1 (02:14):
For four hours Monday, official say Chakuan Landrum faced off
with US Marshals and Newark police as they tried to
arrest him for attempted murder. The thirty four year old
from Hillside even shot a police car that was protecting officers.
Landrum was shot and wounded. Among the many charges he
now faces attempted murder, child in danger men. Reports say

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he used a child as a decoy to fire at
police and using a ghost gun.

Speaker 2 (02:41):
Also in New Jersey, actor Gary Busey is pleading guilty
to criminal sexual contact in connection to an incident at
a convention three years ago. Jim Forbes has.

Speaker 4 (02:50):
More appearing virtually at a hearing in Camden County Superior
Court on Thursday. The eighty one year old admitted to
groping a woman at the DoubleTree Hotel in Cherry Hill.
In August of twenty twenty two. Two women alleged Bucy
touched them inappropriately during a meet and greet at the
Monster Media Cohn. The Malibu, California resident told the judge

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it was not an accidental touching. Bucy was booked as
a guest at the horror themed convention. He faces one
to five years of probation and finds under the Plea Deal.

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And Ohio baby has been born from an embryo that's
been frozen for thirty years Thatdeus Pearce was born last
weekend after a procedure at a fertility clinic in Tennessee.
Lindsay and Tim Pierce say they adopted an embryo obtained
through in vitro fertilization that was one of four created
back in nineteen ninety four. One of the embryos is

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now a thirty year old woman, and the other three
were kept for research or to donate to another family.
It's thought to be the longest an embryo has been
frozen before a successful live birth. South Park says it's
leaving HBO Max next week, but now the streaming rights
for the long running animated comedy have become a global
exclusive now on Paramount Plus. I'm Lisa Carton