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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update. The
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Speaker 2 (00:08):
The White House is pushing back on claims made by
the Kremlin that a meeting between President Trump and Vladimir
Putin had been agreed to. ABC News reports that no
location has been set and the Russian president must meet
with Ukrainian President Zelensky for the meeting to happen. The
Kremlin has said a meeting would take place in the
coming days. This comes as the White House works to
reach a ceasefire in the war between Russia and Ukraine.

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President Trump's sweeping tariffs went into effect today just after midnight.
Eastern import taxes will reach levels not seen in the
country in almost one hundred years, with over sixty countries
and the European Union facing rates of fifteen percent or more.
A wide variety of products will be hit, ranging from
appliance as cars, food, and furniture. In a post on
truth Social just after things went into effect, Trump said

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billions of dollars are now flowing into the US. The
FBI has agreed to help track down a group of
Texas Democrats who fled the state in protest of redistricting.
The request was made by Senator John Cornyn.

Speaker 1 (01:05):
We cannot allow these rogue legislators to avoid their constitutional
responsibilities and make a mockery out of Texas.

Speaker 2 (01:13):
FBI agents will be assisting state troopers who were ordered
by the governor to arrest those involved in the quorum break.
Civil warrants have been issued, but local law enforcement can't
make arrests outside the state. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netnah,
who says his country intends to take full control of
the Gaza strip, but not retain it. He sat down
with Fox News Today, two months ahead of the two

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year anniversary of the start of the war with Amas.
Net Yahoo said the only way for a different future
for Gaza is with the removal of Amas, which he
called a neo Nazi army. The northern portion of the
countries on high alert the rest of the week for
severe thunderstorms. Tornadoes, hurricane force wind gusts, and hail are
all possible, with parts of North Dakota expected to be

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impacted the most today. The severe weather threat will shift
eastward tomorrow this weekend. Cities like Minneapolis, Chicago, and Green
Bay may get hit with storms. I'm Chris Krasio United
Airlines has resumed flights after resolving a technical issue that
forced the FAA to issue ground stops for all United flights.
The airline has confirmed that a system error caused an

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outage last night, which disrupted flights to Chicago and several
other major hubs. Today is National Sea Serpent Day, celebrating
the first known sighting of a snake like creature in
the ocean back in eighteen forty eight. Pre Tennis now
with more.

Speaker 1 (02:33):
That serpent was the dentalus in the South Atlantic. There
are sea serpent sightings in every ocean in the world.
Canada has Ogpogo, Scotland the loch Ness Monster, there's one
in Japan with eight tails, and don't forget the kraken.
But there's no scientific evidence proving they actually exist because
the government will not fund searches, which means they don't

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exist or they do. I'm pre Tennis.

Speaker 2 (02:59):
Brad Pitt is morning the loss of his mother. Jane Pitt,
passed away Tuesday at the age of eighty four. She
was a well known philanthropist whose family donated one million
dollars in two thousand and nine to help create the
Jane Pitt Pediatric Cancer Center. At Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri.
A private celebration of life for Jane Pitt will take
place at a future date.

Speaker 1 (03:19):
I'm going down South, but I'm going to have myself time.
Sendly bases everywhere, humble both for that davtation.

Speaker 2 (03:26):
Homeland Security Secretary Christy Nome is the latest target on
South Park. The satirical cartoon has been taking aim at
the Trump administration in its new season. The debuted last month.
Episode one brought in the largest share for South Park
in twenty five years and received more social media posts
than any other show in its history. Episode two aired
Wednesday and featured to cartoon a Christine Nome leading ice

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raids and shooting puppies in the street, including Crypto from
the Superman movie. It also featured mar A Lago as
Fantasy Island, with President Trump as mister O'Rourke and JD
Vance as his tiny assistant. I'm Chris Karagio.