August 20, 2025 • 4 mins
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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 in just four minutes. Hurricane Aarin is expected
to affect millions of people along the East coast, even
though it's not likely to make landfall on the US mainland.
NBC's Aaron Gilchrist reports from North Carolina, where a state
of emergency has been declared.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
North Carolina's outer banks do expect to see tropical storm
conditions before the sun goes down today. It's what people
here have been preparing for for the last several days.
We know that evacuation orders have already been executed. Really
as you look at Hatteras Island and Oqua Coke Island
along the outer banks.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Here, people are being warned to stay away from east
coast beaches because of the risk of life threatening surf
and rip currents. Aaron has maximum sustained winds of one
hundred miles an hour. It's four hundred miles southeast of
North Carolina. The White House is reportedly talking about Budapest
as the location for new peace negotiations between Russia, Ukraine,
and the US administration. Sources told Politico yesterday that the
(00:58):
Secret Services preparing for a tri lateral summit in Hungary,
which is led by Trump Ally Victor Orbon. White House
Press Secretary Caroline Levitt would neither confirm nor deny the report.
California Republicans have filed a petition to stop democrats redistricting efforts.
The petition was filed with the state Supreme Court. It
alleges us the redistricting bills being pushed through the state
legislature violates the state's constitution by ignoring a thirty day
(01:21):
review requirement. Governor Newsom's office says it's neither surprised nor
worried about the petition. Washington, DC residents are overwhelmingly opposing
President Trump's police takeover. The Washington Post released a survey
today showing sixty nine percent of participants strongly opposed the decision,
another ten percent somewhat opposed, and nine percent strongly approved.
Trump has deployed hundreds of National Guard troops to assist
(01:44):
in street patrols. The President has appointed to violent crime
and carjackings as the reason for the takeover. Cruise and
Oregon are working to save one of the tallest trees
in the world. The Dierner fur in Coos County, stands
at three hundred and twenty five feet and it caught
fire over the weekend and firefighters have been working around
the clock to prevent it from being lost. The trees
at least four hundred and fifty years old. I'm Chris Craju.
(02:06):
An estimated six hundred and forty three million dollars will
be up for grabs when tonight's Powerball drawing takes place.
That means one lucky winner taking the cash option would
walk away with nearly two hundred and ninety one million.
Of course, they'll have to beat the odds first, which
are roughly won in two hundred and ninety two million.
Today is National Radio Day. Pree Tennis with everything you
need to know about the magic of radio.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
Radio was invented in the eighteen nineties and moved into
most homes by the twenties. It was Chevrolet who first
put them in cars in nineteen twenty two, and we've
been hooked ever since. Radio's our friend. We get up
to date on local news and world events, we sing along,
shout opinions when concert tickets, and stay close for emergency updates.
Nilsen Media Research says eighty eight percent of us listen
(02:50):
every week and for that, we thank you. I'm pre Tennis.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
Next year's Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Vienna.
Austrian broadcasters announced that their capital city will host the
annual song contest next May. Austria won the international competition
this year with the song Wasted Love, performed by JJ.
Vienna's mayor, Michael Ludwig, says they're proud to be selected
as the host city for one of the world's largest events.
Dozens of European countries are expected to enter the song
(03:25):
competition next year, as well as europe adjacent countries like
Russia and Israel and Iowa. Man will spend four months
in federal prison after racking up one hundred and forty
thousand dollars in company credit card charges on Pokemon cards
and gaming items. Justice Department says thirty four year old
Mitch William Gross used his company's credit cards for his
personal shopping sprees between September of twenty twenty one and
(03:46):
October of twenty twenty two. He was working for Ruwan
Transportation Corporation at the time. Gross used falsified receipts to
try to cover up the purchases. After his four months
behind bars, he'll be placed on supervised release for three years,
and we'll have to pay back more than one hundred
and forty six thousand dollars in restitution. I'm Chris Gracio
This is your twenty four to seven use update. The
latest use.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
This hour in just four minutes. Hurricane Aarin is expected
to affect millions of people along the East coast, even
though it's not likely to make landfall on the US mainland.
NBC's Aaron Gilchrist reports from North Carolina, where a state
of emergency has been declared.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
North Carolina's outer banks do expect to see tropical storm
conditions before the sun goes down today. It's what people
here have been preparing for for the last several days.
We know that evacuation orders have already been executed. Really
as you look at Hatteras Island and Oqua Coke Island
along the outer banks.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Here, people are being warned to stay away from east
coast beaches because of the risk of life threatening surf
and rip currents. Aaron has maximum sustained winds of one
hundred miles an hour. It's four hundred miles southeast of
North Carolina. The White House is reportedly talking about Budapest
as the location for new peace negotiations between Russia, Ukraine,
and the US administration. Sources told Politico yesterday that the
(00:58):
Secret Services preparing for a tri lateral summit in Hungary,
which is led by Trump Ally Victor Orbon. White House
Press Secretary Caroline Levitt would neither confirm nor deny the report.
California Republicans have filed a petition to stop democrats redistricting efforts.
The petition was filed with the state Supreme Court. It
alleges us the redistricting bills being pushed through the state
legislature violates the state's constitution by ignoring a thirty day
(01:21):
review requirement. Governor Newsom's office says it's neither surprised nor
worried about the petition. Washington, DC residents are overwhelmingly opposing
President Trump's police takeover. The Washington Post released a survey
today showing sixty nine percent of participants strongly opposed the decision,
another ten percent somewhat opposed, and nine percent strongly approved.
Trump has deployed hundreds of National Guard troops to assist
(01:44):
in street patrols. The President has appointed to violent crime
and carjackings as the reason for the takeover. Cruise and
Oregon are working to save one of the tallest trees
in the world. The Dierner fur in Coos County, stands
at three hundred and twenty five feet and it caught
fire over the weekend and firefighters have been working around
the clock to prevent it from being lost. The trees
at least four hundred and fifty years old. I'm Chris Craju.
(02:06):
An estimated six hundred and forty three million dollars will
be up for grabs when tonight's Powerball drawing takes place.
That means one lucky winner taking the cash option would
walk away with nearly two hundred and ninety one million.
Of course, they'll have to beat the odds first, which
are roughly won in two hundred and ninety two million.
Today is National Radio Day. Pree Tennis with everything you
need to know about the magic of radio.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
Radio was invented in the eighteen nineties and moved into
most homes by the twenties. It was Chevrolet who first
put them in cars in nineteen twenty two, and we've
been hooked ever since. Radio's our friend. We get up
to date on local news and world events, we sing along,
shout opinions when concert tickets, and stay close for emergency updates.
Nilsen Media Research says eighty eight percent of us listen
(02:50):
every week and for that, we thank you. I'm pre Tennis.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
Next year's Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Vienna.
Austrian broadcasters announced that their capital city will host the
annual song contest next May. Austria won the international competition
this year with the song Wasted Love, performed by JJ.
Vienna's mayor, Michael Ludwig, says they're proud to be selected
as the host city for one of the world's largest events.
Dozens of European countries are expected to enter the song
(03:25):
competition next year, as well as europe adjacent countries like
Russia and Israel and Iowa. Man will spend four months
in federal prison after racking up one hundred and forty
thousand dollars in company credit card charges on Pokemon cards
and gaming items. Justice Department says thirty four year old
Mitch William Gross used his company's credit cards for his
personal shopping sprees between September of twenty twenty one and
(03:46):
October of twenty twenty two. He was working for Ruwan
Transportation Corporation at the time. Gross used falsified receipts to
try to cover up the purchases. After his four months
behind bars, he'll be placed on supervised release for three years,
and we'll have to pay back more than one hundred
and forty six thousand dollars in restitution. I'm Chris Gracio
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