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

Speaker 2 (00:05):
Just four minutes, President Trump says Russian President Vladimir or
Putin would like to meet with him. Speaking from the
Oval Office, Trump said both Putin and Ukrainian President Zelenski
both want to meet with him. As a Friday deadline
for Russia to start cease fire talks approaches, Trump told
reporters it's not necessary for Putin to meet with Solensky.
Prior to meeting with him, he was asked if he

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would impose strict tariffs on Russia on Friday if Putin
doesn't come to the table, and the President would only
say that's up to Putin. A federal judge has ordered
a temporary halt to new construction at Florida's Alligator Alcatraz.
Attorneys for environmental groups argue that it could damage the
Everglades ecosystem. A Last spent it as an attorney with
the Center for Biological Diversity and says he ordered band's

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work for the next two weeks.

Speaker 3 (00:51):
We are relieved that Judge Williams has given us fourteen
days of reprieve for the wildlife, for the water quality,
and for the starry Sky Eyes out in Big Cyprus
National Preserve, and we are looking forward to going back
into our hearing next week and continuing to fight for
the evergrade.

Speaker 2 (01:08):
The facility can continue to operate whole detainees during the
two week period. President Trump is ordering federal law enforcement
officers to patrol Washington, d C. The White House made
the announcement Thursday, saying the effort will start as a
week long operation but could be extended. It comes a
day after Trump said he'd consider taking control of the
DC Police Department after an attack on a former Doge

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staff member. The move is led by the US Park
Police and includes officers and agents from the FBI, DEA,
ATF and ICE. The FedEx Cup playoffs are underway in Tennessee.
They begin with the Saint Jude Championship in Memphis at
TPC Southwind. Only the top seventy players earned a spot
in this week's event, with that number being cut down
to fifty for next week's BMW Championship. Finishing in the

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top fifty in the FedEx Cup will guarantee golfers entry
into next season signature events. Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy AND's
Zepstraca entered the first postseason event, sitting in the top three.
I'm Tammy Triheo. The FBI is firing its former acting director,
Brian Shook has details.

Speaker 4 (02:10):
According to multiple reports, Brian Driscoll, who led the bureau
at the start of the Trump administration, was asked to
leave by Friday. Driscoll has been viewed as a champion
of the bureau's rank and file staff. After declining to
turn over a list of agents who worked on January sixth, cases,
he penned a final note to staff explaining that he

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was not given a reason for his removal. I'm Brian Shook.

Speaker 2 (02:35):
A child in Pennsylvania will face charges after authorities say
he's severely burned his brother during a social media prank.
Lancaster County official say the twelve year old boiled water
in the microwave, then poured the water on his sleeping
nine year old brother. The child was participating in what's
known as the hot water challenge, where boiling waters dumped
on someone who's not expecting it. The child is charged

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with aggravated assault and reckless endangerment. We'll get ready for
maximum Metallica. Mark Mayfield explains.

Speaker 1 (03:10):
And that's the name of the upcoming serious XM channel
featuring Wall to Wall Metallica. Drummer Lars Ulric announced the
news on The Howard Stern Show. The channel is set
to debut on August the twenty ninth on Channel forty two.
Metallica is going to celebrate the channel's launch the day
before where the club show in the Hamptons. Ulrich told
Stern the show is going to be their normal full

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volume show and not an acoustic show. Ulrick mentioned that's
why the show is in the afternoon and not late
at night. I'm Mark Mayfield.

Speaker 2 (03:38):
The first trailer for the office spin off, The Paper
is out. It follows the staff of the struggling newspaper
The Toledo truth Teller. A journalist takes over as editor
in chief with ideas on how to bring the newspaper
back to life. The character Oscar Martinez from the original
series just so happens to work for the paper. The
first four episodes of the mocky Metory series hit Peacock

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on September fourth. I'm Tammy forr HEO