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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
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Speaker 1 (00:08):
The Midwest and Central Plains are dealing with severe weather
this weekend, with at least one person dead. Parts of
Wisconsin got hit with severe flash flooding after heavy rains,
even forcing the State Fair to close early and cancel
a Leonard skinnerd concert over safety concerns. Meanwhile, in Nebraska,
a line of powerful thunderstorms brought winds of over ninety
miles per hour and left thousands without power. Officials confirmed

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one woman was killed and a man suffered life threatening
injuries after a tree fell onto a car. Some of
the highest rainfall totals were in the Milwaukee area, where
west of the city recorded eight to eleven inches of rain.
NATO Secretary General Mark Ruda said Friday's meeting between President
Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin could be an important
step to ending the war in Ukraine. Ruda spoke with

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ABC's this week.

Speaker 2 (00:54):
It will be about territory. At will be of course
about security guarantees, but also about absolute need to acknowledge
that Ukraine decides on his own future, that Ukraine has
to be a sovereign nation deciding on his own geopolitical future.

Speaker 1 (01:09):
President Trump did not say where in the state the
meeting will be held, but said further details will follow.
He also has not said if Ukrainian President Zelenski will
be involved or not. The office of Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Nettan Yaho says a call was held with President
Trump today. According to the Prime Minister's office, the two
discussed Israel's plans to take over the remaining Hamas strongholds

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in Gaza. That Yahoo also thanked Trump for his support
of Israel since the start of the war. It comes
as many of Israel's allies have been calling for a
negotiated ceasefire to secure the hostages release and to help
resolve the humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian territory. The NBA's
Christmas slate has reportedly been revealed. Multiple sources say it
will kick off with the Cleveland Cavaliers at the New

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York Knicks. The San Antonio Spurs will visit the Oklahoma
City Thunder, while the Los Angeles Lakers will host the
Houston Rockets. The Dallas Mavericks will take on the Golden
Sie State Warriors. And the Minnesota Timberwolves will play the
Denver Nuggets, and the NFL will have three games on
Christmas Day. I'm Rob Martyr. The official portrait of former
President Obama is now reportedly out of view from thousands

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of White House visitors. That's according to CNN, which obtained
a photo of the Obama portrait now hanging in a
corner at the top of the stairwell of the Grand Staircase.
The portraits of former President George W. Bush and former
President George H. W. Bush have also been moved, CNN reports.
Sources said the moves were directed by President Trump. The

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area where the portraits are now displayed is heavily restricted
to the First family, secret Service agents and a limited
number of White House staff. The FDA has approved a
new device for rheumatoid arthritis. The device is a neck
implant called the set Point System, which gives a small
zap of electricity to the vagus nerve once a day
to lessen inflammation. The company behind the set Point System

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says the device will be available in some US cities
later this year and nationally in early twenty twenty six.
The company said late stage clinical trial of the set
Points system found that after a year with the implant,
seventy five percent of patients no longer needed medication for
their rheumatoid arthritis. Legendary New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera
needs surgery after tearing his achilles during the Old Timers

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game at Yankee Stadium. Details from Lisa Carton.

Speaker 3 (03:21):
The New York Daily News says the fifty five year
old Hall of Famer tour and achilles tendon while going
after a Willie Randolph flyball to center field. His agent
says Rivera will have surgery in the coming week. Rivera
spent his entire nineteen career with the Yankees and dominated
relief pitching, with six hundred and fifty two career saves,
the most in baseball history. He's considered the greatest reliever

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of all time.

Speaker 1 (03:45):
Weapons is scaring up a huge opening weekend at the
box office. The horror film earned forty two and a
half million dollars in the first three days, more than
ten million above expectations, and it's another win for Warner Brothers,
which had seven movies open at number one this year. Year.
Disney's Freaky or Friday also had a nice opening with
twenty nine million dollars. I'm Rob Martyr