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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):
Police say two people are dead after a gunman opened
fire at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. The
Decab County Police Department says officer David Rose was responding
to the incident Friday afternoon at the CDC campus at
Emory University when he was shot by the gunman. The
thirty three year old later died of his injuries. Police
say the shooter was also killed, and atlantamir Andre Dickens

(00:31):
says the alleged gunman was known to authorities. A storm
system is causing a major flood threat in parts of
the Upper Mississippi River Valley this weekend. More from Monica Nelson.

Speaker 3 (00:42):
The threat of excessive rainfalls expected to reach northern Minnesota
into Iowa.

Speaker 1 (00:46):
Southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois.

Speaker 2 (00:49):
Areas between Des Moines and Chicago are forecast to see
the worst of it, with parts of Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri,
and Iowa all on watch for excessive rainfall. Some thunderstorms
may be severe, with heavy winds and tornadoes possible as well.
The flood threat is expected to last through Monday. Texas
Attorney General Ken Paxton is calling on the state Supreme

(01:09):
Court to expel thirteen House Democrats who fled the state
in a political standoff over redistricting.

Speaker 3 (01:16):
Not necessarily trying to handcup them, but get them back
to the state of Texas, hold them in contempt, and
if they refuse to come, hopefully put them in jail.

Speaker 2 (01:23):
Paxton made the request a state Republicans attempt to redraw
congressional maps so they benefit the GOP. Over a dozen
Democratic lawmakers fled the Lone Star state to keep the
state House from having the minimum number of members needed
to proceed on Friday. Paxton argued that thirteen Democrats have
abandoned their office by refusing to show up. The Texas

(01:44):
Tribune says Texas lawmakers have been taking quarum breaks since
the eighteen seventies and have never been expelled. The NBA's
Christmas slate has reportedly been revealed. Multiple sources say it
will kick off with the Cleveland Cavaliers at the New
York Knicks and it will be a busy sports day
this Christmas, as the NFL will feature three games on
the holiday as well. I'm Lisa Carton. Six people are

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now under indictment in Ohio in connection with a violent
brawl in downtown Cincinnati. The suspects have been indicted on
eight charges each, including three counts of felonious assault and
two counts of aggravated riot. If convicted on all charges,
they face nearly thirty years in prison. US Senator Chris
Van Holland is opposing President Trump's plan to exclude illegal

(02:30):
immigrants from the census. Count details from Lisa Taylor.

Speaker 3 (02:33):
The Maryland Democrat says Trump's plan is unconstitutional because the
Fourteenth Amendment states the census must include the whole number
of persons in each state. Trump says he has directed
the new census be based on the results from last
year's election, though it's not clear why the election results
would matter in the census. Trump tried unsuccessfully to include
a census question about every individual citizenship status during his

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first term.

Speaker 2 (02:58):
California and nineteen other states are asking a federal judge
to block the US Department of Health and Human Services
from allowing ICE and Homeland Security to access Medicaid recipients
private information. Jim Forbes says more.

Speaker 1 (03:11):
A San Francisco US District judge has not yet ruled,
but has indicated that large scaled data sharing could be
quote arbitrary and capricious under a federal law that guides
how US agencies update and enforce rules. The judge suggested
that ICE should request information only about people in the

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country illegally, particularly their addresses, rather than accessing all medical records.
The judge appeared unconvinced by the States argument that sharing
the data is illegal.

Speaker 3 (03:43):
This is a true story that happened right here my tongue.
A lot of people die in a lot of freely
weird ways in this story.

Speaker 2 (03:51):
The new horror hit Weapons is the top film at
the box office this weekend. The movie, starring Josh Brolin
and Julia Garner, made seventeen million bucks on front and
is headed for a thirty eight million dollar weekend. I'm
Lisa Carton.