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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. The Texas
House is voting today in a map that creates five
more GOP friendly congressional districts. The legislation was laid out
by State Representative Todd Hunter. It's important to note that
redistrict thing can be done at any point and time.

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Democrats are trying to derail the process. State Representative Gen
wu is out with an amendment that would delay the
implementation of the new maps until the entire Epstein files
list is released to the public. He said in a
statement that President Trump is trying to shift attention away
from the investigation by pushing redistricting. Russia is continuing to
launch strikes on Ukraine, even as US officials are trying

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to arrange a face to face meeting between Russian President
Putin and Ukrainian President Zelenski. NBC's Alice Barr has.

Speaker 2 (00:54):
More finding where to meet no easy task, with Putin
facing arrest for war crime charges and many countries party
to the International Criminal Court. A White House official telling
NBC News President Trump spoke with Hungary's leader and that
Budapest is being considered as well as Geneva.

Speaker 1 (01:12):
Administration sources tell Politico the Secret Service is preparing for
a trilateral summit in Hungary. White House pre Secretary Caroline
Lovitt would neither confirm nor deny that report. It's still
not clear that the summit will even take place. Russia's
Foreign minister set on state run TV yesterday that Moscow
hadn't ruled out talks with Ukraine, insisting that the process
would unfold gradually. Hurricane Aaron is set to impact millions

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of Americans, even though it's not expected to make landfall
on the US mainland. The outer bands of the storm
are expected to bring poor weather conditions to the North
Carolina coast by this evening, where a state of emergency
has been declared. Archie and Gang will soon make the
jump from comic books to the big screen. Universal Pictures
is developing a movie based on the long running comic
book franchise. It's set to be produced by Spider Verse

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producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, with a script from
comic book writer Tom King. I'm Chris Caracio. Scientists have
found another moon orbiting Uranus. The new moon was found
by a team from Colorado using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.
They say the tiny moon is only about six miles
in diameter, which made it undetectable to other telescopes. It's

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the twenty ninth moon discovered orbiting Uranus and it doesn't
have a name yet, so for now it's being called
S twenty twenty five U one. Over in the UK,
the BBC pulled a new Ozzy Osbourne documentary just hours
before it was set to premiere. Mark Mayfield has details.

Speaker 3 (02:43):
Ozzy Osbourne Coming Home was supposed to air on Monday evening.
A BBC spokesperson told US Weekly that the film premiere
date was moved and they'll confirm a new date in
the future. Ozzy Osbourne Coming Home captures an intimate glimpse
into the os Wyne family's journey returning back to the
Osborne passed away on July twenty second, just over two
weeks after his final performance as a solo artist, and

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with Black Sabbath at their back to the beginning concert.
I'm Mark Mayfield cuz if you lie, Dolane, you look
that much, Oh baby, you should go love your seven.

Speaker 1 (03:21):
Justin Bieber impersonator is banned from a Las Vegas nightclub.
After tricking the staff and performing on stage, the staff
at the x S Nightclub believed the impostor was the
real thing and led him on stage Saturday night. He
went on to sing several of Bieber's hits, but it
wasn't long until the deception was realized and the impersonator
was escorted out and banned. A driver was pulled over

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by police in Washington State for speeding, and she told
the officer she was on her way to pay a
previous speeding ticket. The officer saw the driver illegally passing
another vehicle and going seventy four in a thirty five
mile an hour zone. The twenty one year old driver
was arrested and booked for reckless driving and not having
a license or insurance. I'm Chris Kragio.