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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven US update. The
latest use this hour in just four minutes.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
House Democrats who fled the state to stop a vote
on Republican led at redistricting efforts may soon be getting
a visit from the FBI. That's because Texas Governor Greg
Abbott says the agency is tracking them down, adding they'll
be taken directly to the Texas state capitol. Democratic lawmakers
fled to various blue states, including Illinois, earlier in the
week to block the vote. The Texas House is expected
to try to establish a quorum again tomorrow after failing

(00:31):
to do it twice this week. Two of the five
soldiers who were shot at Fort Stewart yesterday remain hospitalized.
Brigadier General John Lewis said the two soldiers are expected
to make full recoveries and one could be released this weekend.
The suspected gunman, an active duty military member, was taken
into custody following the attack. Sergeant Cornelius Radford was stationed
at the base and ended up being subdued by fellow soldiers.

(00:53):
Israeli Prime Minister of Benjamin Netyaho says his country intends
to take full control of the Gaza strip, but not
retain it. He sat down with five News today, two
months ahead of the two year anniversary of the start
of the war with Hamas.

Speaker 1 (01:04):
We don't want to be there as a governing body.
We want to hand it over to Arab forces that
will govern it properly without threatening us and giving Gazans.

Speaker 2 (01:13):
A good life. Ben Yah, who said the only way
for a different future for Gaza is with the removal
of Hamas, which he called a neo Nazi army. He
also claimed Amas is behind the starvation in Gaza in
Israel's trying to change that. The US has pledged to
help open more aid centers in Gaza. An active Atlantic
hurricane season is still being predicted by US meteorologists. Were
already two months into the twenty twenty five season and

(01:34):
the Atlantic Ocean has seen four tropical storms, only one
of which made a landfall in the US. In a
new update, the National Weather Service still expects to see
five to nine hurricanes and two to five major hurricanes
the season ends November thirtieth. The first female umpire in
a regular season Major League Baseball game will be standing
behind the plate this weekend. Jen Powell will umpire in
three of the four games between the Marlins and Braves

(01:56):
in Atlanta. Powell began her career as an umpire back
in twenty six sixteen in the minor leagues. Last year,
she became the first woman in seventeen years to umpire
a spring training game. I'm Chris Gragio. Uber is talking
with banks and private equity firms to get the cash
and wants to expand its robo taxi business. The company
has been making partnerships with automakers to build its footprint

(02:17):
in the self driving taxi industry. In the meantime, the
company says it'll use some of its annual seven billion
dollars in cash flow to deploy robotaxis. It currently offers
rides in Austin and Atlanta. Former White Stripes frontman Jack
White is celebrating the finish of his latest tour, and
it's got nothing to do with music. He posted on
Instagram that he and two friends completed their longtime mission

(02:39):
of seeing a baseball game at every Major League Baseball stadium.
The Instagram post shows him at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia,
his final stop. Shohei Otani has now one thousand hits
in his Major League Baseball career.

Speaker 1 (02:51):
Daniel Martindale reports he did it with a two run
home run in the third inning of Wednesday's game against
the Saint Louis Cardinals. He was also the starting pitcher,
allowing one run on two hits and striking out a
season high eight batters. The visiting Cardinals rallied late to
beat the Dodgers five to three. Otani is now the
third Japanese born MLB player with one thousand hits, joining

(03:12):
Hedeki Matsui and Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki. I'm Daniel Martindale.

Speaker 2 (03:17):
Mel Gibson's long awaited sequel to his two thousand and
four film The Passion of the Christ is on the way.
Lionsgate confirmed this week that The Resurrection of the Christ
will be released in twenty twenty seven and two parts,
with part one coming out on Good Friday and Part
two coming out forty days later on Ascension Day. Passion
star Jim Kvizel is expected to return as Jesus. Other

(03:37):
details about the films are being kept under wraps. Kelly
Clarkson is postponing the rest of her studio sessions concerts
in Las Vegas this month due to an illness her
ex husband is suffering from. Clarkson took to Instagram yesterday
to say that she was postponing the shows so she
could support her children, saying their father has been ill
this past year. She went on to apologize to those
who have bought tickets. Clarkson, her ex husband Brand and

(04:00):
the Blackstock, have been divorced since twenty twenty two. They
share two children. I'm Chris Kracio.