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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:08):
President Trump says Washington d C. Police are now under
federal control as part of his major crackdown on crime.
Speaking at the White House Monday morning, he said he
will rescue Washington, d C, calling this Liberation Day. Trump
is activating the National Guard to help local law enforcement
as part of his plan, and added he will send
in the military if needed. He said they will be
allowed to do their job properly. The President went on

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to claim crime numbers in DC are worse than places
like Baghdad. The mirror of Washington, DC is reacting to
President Trump's crime actions, Brian Shook reports.

Speaker 1 (00:40):
Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser spoke out after Trump placed the
DC police under federal control and activated the National Guard
as part of his major crackdown on crime.

Speaker 3 (00:51):
And while this action today is unsettingly and unprecedented, I
can't say that given some of the rhetoric of the
past that were totally surprised.

Speaker 1 (01:02):
Bowser thinks Trump's current view on crime and DC is
shaped by rising crime rates during his first term, but
she says it's dropped since then. I'm Brian Shook.

Speaker 2 (01:12):
Three people are dead at a shooting that happened at
a target store in Austin, Texas. Police Chief Lisa Davis
as a suspect carjacked at car and then crashed as
he tried to escape.

Speaker 4 (01:21):
Then hijacked another car.

Speaker 3 (01:23):
He was then found by Austin Pete where he was
taken into custody after a tasing.

Speaker 2 (01:28):
She says the suspect has a history of mental health issues.
She did not give a possible reason for the attack,
which happened at about two in the afternoon. A flood
threat will remain in parts of the Midwest and Plains
through Tuesday. Blood watches are in place for areas of Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois,
and Wisconsin. It comes as severe weather swept through the
region over the weekend, leading to flash flooding in places

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like Milwaukee, and forecasters say Tropical Storm Erin could become
a hurricane toward the end of the week. The storm
is currently churning in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean and for
forming west of the Cabo Verde Islands. Hurricane Center set
on Monday afternoon that Aaron's maximum sustained wins were nearly
forty five miles per hour. I'm Mark Mayfield. President Trump
is extending the deadline for tariffs on China to go

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into effect. Chris Garagio has details.

Speaker 4 (02:12):
Multiple reports say he signed an executive order just hours
before his pause on the higher tariffs was set to expire.
The executive order pushes back the deadline ninety days until
November ninth. The extension comes after US and Chinese officials
met last month. Had the pause not been extended, tariffs
on Chinese goods would have gone back up to the
high levels seen in April. I'm Chris Garagio.

Speaker 2 (02:35):
The Trump administration is looking at reclassifying marijuana as a
less dangerous drug. President Trump said during a news conference
he estimates his administration will make a determination over the
next few weeks. Marijuana has been a Scheduled one drug
since nineteen seventy one, and Trump's potential reclassification would continue
efforts started by the Biden administration to make marijuana a

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Schedule three drug. A Schedule three designation would legalize Marriyllonna
on it, but it would lessen criminal penalties. The owner
of a Trump Burger restaurant in Houston is out on
bond following his arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Speaker 5 (03:09):
Michael Kasner reports Roland Biani came from Lebanon to the
US in twenty nineteen on a visa that required him
to leave the country by February twenty twenty four. ICE
arrested Beyanni in May for overstaying. Is Welcome, and an
immigration judge granted him bond as he waits for an
immigration hearing. I says the case proves the law applies
regardless of what restaurant you own or political beliefs you

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might have. I'm Michael Cassner.

Speaker 2 (03:35):
Officials now say two people were killed in Monday's explosion
at a steel factory near Pittsburgh. One person who had
been missing was confirmed dead Monday night. At least ten
people were injured when the explosion happened just before eleven
am local time. And Weapons is walking away from the
weekend box office after scarring up a major victory. The
horror film earned forty two and a half million dollars
in its first three days, more than ten million above expectations.

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It's another win for Warn Her Brothers, which has had
seven movies open at number one this year. I'm Mark Mayfield.