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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.

Speaker 2 (00:09):
President Trump is speaking on crime and beautification of the
nation's capital this morning. He was recently taking aim at
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, saying she has tried, but has
been given many chances, only for d C to get
dirtier and less attractive. He's also demanding the homeless move
out of d C immediately. Parts of the Midwest and

(00:31):
Plains will remain under a flood threat through tomorrow. Flood
watches are in place for areas of Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois,
and Wisconsin. Maggie Vespa reports heavy rain caused flooding in
parts of Wisconsin.

Speaker 1 (00:46):
The Wisconsin State Fairs shut down Saturday. Fair goers forced
to wade through flooded parking lots after parts of the
state were soaked with a potential record fourteen inches of
rain in twenty four hours.

Speaker 2 (00:58):
President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are meeting in
Alaska this week to discuss an end to the war
in Ukraine. More from Monica Nelson.

Speaker 3 (01:08):
Trump announced on Truth's social late last week he'll meet
with Putin face to face this Friday. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President
Zelensky says his country will not let Russia deceive the
US as the meeting looms. He said in an address
Sunday his team was working with the US and that
not a single day goes by without communication on how
to ensure real peace. No word yet on where Zelensky

(01:30):
will be as Trump and Putin meet. I'm Monica Nelson.

Speaker 2 (01:34):
The CDC workers' union wants the federal government to do
more to combat misinformation about vaccines. This comes after a
gunman blamed the COVID nineteen vaccination for making him depressed
and suicidal. This CDC worker points a finger at the
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy.

Speaker 4 (01:51):
Junior Secretary Kennedy likened CDC to a Nazi death camp.
He has a QCDC workers of del deliberately harming people.
He has spread disinformation about the vaccine.

Speaker 2 (02:05):
I'm Michael Kassner. A New York City mother is grieving
after learning that her son was killed while visiting Puerto
Rico for a Bad Bunny concert. Sara Lee Kessler with
Moore The.

Speaker 5 (02:16):
New York Daily News is reporting the twenty five year
old Kevin Marris, a Queen's man was hit by a
straight bullet when gunfire erupted at an after hours nightclub
early Sunday. Following the concerts Saturday night, Maris had flown
to Puerto Rico with his longtime girlfriend, who'd gone back
to their hotel for the night. Angiorguello is said to

(02:37):
be distraught after Maris's mother, Sandra, told her that Kevin
had planned to propose to her in the fall. The
man's heartbroken mom plans to fly her son's body back
to Umhurst for a funeral. I'm Sarah Lee Kessler.

Speaker 2 (02:51):
Vice president J. D. Vance is defending GOP led redistricting
efforts in Texas, saying they're necessary to ensure fair representation.
In an interview with Fox News Morning Futures, Vance claimed
that Democrats have tried to rig the game his words
in their favor for years, and that Republican efforts to
redraw congressional maps is essential to restore balance.

Speaker 6 (03:14):
We're just trying to rebalance the scales and frankly pushback
against a very unfair system created by the Democrats.

Speaker 2 (03:21):
His comments come after Texas House Democrats have fled the
Lone Star State to keep the state House from having
the minimum number of members needed to proceed or a quorum.
The FDA has approved a new device for rheumatoid arthritis.
More from Rob Martyr.

Speaker 6 (03:36):
The device is a nick 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 says the device will be available
in some US cities later this year and nationally in
early twenty twenty six. The company said a late stage
clinical trial of the set Point System found that after

(03:57):
a year with the implant, seventy five percent of patients
no longer needed medication for rheumatoid arthritis.

Speaker 2 (04:03):
I'm Michael Cassner.