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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. Texas Governor
Greg Abbott says the FBI is tracking down House Democrats
who fled the state to stop a vote on Republican
led redistricting efforts. Abbot made the comment on AX and
said they will be taken directly to the Texas State Capitol.

(00:24):
The suspect in the attempted assassination of President Trump will
be in court on Friday. Ryan Ruth will attend a
pre trial conference in Florida. The judge in the case
previously granted permission for Ruth to defend himself. President Trump
is using charts put together by a Fox Business analyst
to defend his firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics

(00:45):
Commissioner in the Oval Office on Thursday. Stephen Moore told
Trump the fired stats chief overestimated job growth by one
point five million jobs over the last two years of
the Biden administration, z an Eerra.

Speaker 2 (00:57):
It would be one thing.

Speaker 1 (00:58):
I don't think it's an Eerra. Trump fired Erica macintar
for after the Bureau released the revised May and June
reports Downward, a Miami federal judge has ordered a temporary
pause on construction at the immigration detention facility known as
Alligator Alcatraz. Chris Keragio reports.

Speaker 3 (01:16):
The ruling is a victory for the Mikasuki tribe and
the Friends of the Everglades environmental advocacy group, who are
calling for a shutdown of the facility until an environmental
study can be completed. District Judge Kathleen Williams issued a
temporary order blocking any construction at the site for two
weeks after hearing two days of testimony. The Trump administration
is still able to house the detainees at the facility

(01:39):
during the construction pause.

Speaker 1 (01:40):
Chris Keragio reporting US officials are doubling a reward for
information that leads to the arrest of Venezuela's president. Attorney
General Pam Bondi has announced a fifty million dollar reward
for anyone that can assist in the arrest of Nicholas Maduro.
Bondi is accusing the Venezuelan leader of being a narco

(02:00):
trafficker and says he has been directly linked to drugs smuggling.
I'm Brian Shook. New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo's
team is disputing a New York Times report that the
former governor had a phone call with President Trump regarding
the mayoral race. Natalie Migliori reports.

Speaker 2 (02:20):
President Trump has sparsely commented on the crowded race in
a competition to replace incumbent Mayor Eric Adams. However, the
Times reports the President spoke to Cuomo as he considers
getting involved with the general election, taking several calls with
polsters and businessmen to figure out who has the best
chance a beating Democratic nominee zor On Mom Donnie. Cuomo
and Trump have not always gotten along, but the President

(02:42):
said last month that Cuomo has a good shot of
winning and he should stay in the race. Cuomo's campaign
spokesperson says the pair hasn't spoken in some time, while
the President himself said he hasn't spoken to Cuomo. I'm
Natalie mcgliori.

Speaker 1 (02:54):
More Americans than expected found themselves filing first time claims
for unemployment benefit last week. The Labor Department says it
received two hundred twenty six thousand initial requests in the
week ending August second. That's an increase of seven thousand
from the previous week's revised total. A new study out
of China links poor sleep to more than one hundred

(03:16):
and seventy diseases, including diabetes, dementia, and Parkinson's. Sarah Lee
Kesler reports.

Speaker 4 (03:22):
Researchers analyze the medical data of more than eighty eight
thousand adults in the UK Biobank. They found that sleep deprivation,
poor sleep patterns, and inadequate sleep duration also increased the
risk of hypertension, acute kidney failure, cirrhosis, and even gangreen.
The studies co authors say the good news is that

(03:43):
modifying behavior and getting good sleep can improve health and longevity.
I'm Sarah Lee Kessler.

Speaker 1 (03:50):
Latin music pioneer Eddie Palmieri has passed away. Paulmieri and
his band La Prefecta were trailblazers in the nineteen sixties
in creating a new style of Latin music that mixed
also with jazz. I'm Brian Chuck