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

Speaker 2 (00:04):
This hour at just four minutes. President Trump is hopeful
something will come from his meeting with Ukrainian President Vladimir
Zelenski to end the war with Russia. The two spoke
to reporters at the White House prior to their private
one on one today.

Speaker 1 (00:20):
Now, we've had a lot of good discussions, with a
lot of good talks, and I think progress is being made,
very very substantial progress in many ways.

Speaker 2 (00:29):
Several reports say Trump will ask Zelenski to seed land
to Russia in exchange for US backed security against any
further Russian aggression. European leaders have also come to the
White House today in a hastily arranged meeting about ending
the Russia Ukraine War. This comes after Trump's summit last
week in Alaska with Russian President Putin. The fighting between
Russia and Ukraine has been going on now for over

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three years following Russia's invasion. Both sides have lost thousands
of soldiers and over thirteen thousand Ukrainian civilians have died
in Russian attacks. Ukraine has publicly called for a ceasefire,
but for now Russia has refused and continues to attack
military and civilian targets. Hundreds of National Guard troops are
being sent to the nation's capital from Republican led states.

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The governors of Ohio and South Carolina are sending a
combined three hundred and fifty soldiers to d C to
assist federal law enforcement. This all comes after West Virginia's
governor announced he was sending hundreds of troops to d
C as well. Governor Gavin Newsom is demanding President Trump
explained the presidence of border patrol agents outside his Los
Angeles press event last week. During a news conference announcing

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a redistricting effort in California, border patrol agents amassed outside
the event. Homeland Security Secretary Christinome says it was a
planned operation, while Newsom says it was no coincidence. The
US Postal Service is set to honor former President Jimmy
Carter with a commemorative forever stamp. Carter died last year
at the age of one hundred. The Forever stamp will

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feature on nineteen eighty two painting of Carter by artist
Herbert Abrams. It'll be available on October first, on the
one hundred and first anniversary of his birth. I'm Chris Krajio.
A Canadian man who went blind over two decades ago
can see again thanks to a procedure called tooth in
eye surgery. Doctors in Vancouver took out one of the
man's teeth, put a plastic lens into it, and inserted

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it into his eye socket. Sounds odd, but the tooth
is so hard it decreased the chances of rejecting the lens.
The man is one of only three people now to
have undergone the surgery since it was developed in the
nineteen sixties, and says he feels fantastic. A climber is
recovering after two days a trap behind a waterfall in California.
Sequoian National Forest official say forty six year old Ryan

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Wardwell was solo repelling the dangerous sevent tea cups. When
he didn't return from the trip, a search was mounted.
He was found after drone equipped aircraft spotted him. Wardwell
was cold, dehydrated, and hypothermic in a cave like area
behind the falls. A helicopter hoisted him out and he
was treated for minor injuries and reunited with his family.
Today we celebrate a very special grape breed tennis. Now

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with what you should be reaching for.

Speaker 1 (03:02):
We're celebrating the magic of the Pino noir great, which
makes one of the world's most versatile wines. The grape
dates back to fourth century France, but it's grown worldwide.
Now France the number one producer, followed by the US,
then Germany. It is hints of cherry and raspberry and
it's known for good swirl ability in a glass. It's
easy to celebrate the day, just open, sip and enjoy,

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but do designated driver.

Speaker 2 (03:27):
Today's also on National faheta Day, and if you need
something to satisfy that sweet tooth, you're in luck there too.
It's National Ice Cream Pie Day. Weapons is still number
one at the domestic box office, bringing in twenty five
million dollars in its second weekend. That's a forty three
percent drop, but that's considered pretty good for an R
rated horror film. So far, the movie is brought in
one hundred and forty eight million dollars globally. In second

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place is Freaky or Friday, which brought in fourteen point
five million in its second weekend, rounding out the top five.
Nobody two with a nine point two million dollar debut
Marvel's The Fantastic Four First Steps with eight point eight million,
and The Bad Guys Too with six point nine million.
I'm Chris krajhio