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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update. The
latest Use this hour in just four minutes. President Trump
plans to patrol the streets of the nation's capital tonight
alongside law enforcement. In an interview, he said, I'm going
to be out tonight, I think with the police and
with the military. It comes after Trump ordered a federal
takeover of the city's police as part of his crackdown

(00:23):
on crime. Hurricane Aaron is pounding the North Carolina coast.
The storm is gradually moving away from the east coast,
but it is causing dangerous waves up and down the
eastern seaboard. North Carolina's outer banks are getting the worst
of errands so far, with coastal flooding and some damage
to structures, but no reports of injuries. The Menendez brothers
could soon learn whether they'll be freed after serving three
decades in prison. Lyle and Eric murdered their parents in

(00:46):
nineteen eighty nine in the highly publicized case that has
spawned movies and documentaries. They were re sentenced earlier this
year to allow for the possibility of parole based on
new evidence about sexual abuse from their father. Both are
appearing before the California Parole board. With Eric's hearing today
and Lyles tomorrow, the ultimate authority on the release rests
in the hands of Governor Newsom. President Trump will not

(01:09):
have to pay a half billion dollars to settle his
New York civil fraud case. He had been ordered to
pay three hundred and fifty five million in penalties, which
had grown to over five hundred million with interest in
the case involving possible lies on financial statements to lenders. Today,
an appeals court said the penalty is an excessive fine
that violates the Eighth Amendment of the US Constitution. Governor

(01:29):
Ron DeSantis is speaking out to Florida's second migrant detention facility,
dubbed Deportation Depot. The governor says there's plenty of support
for the facility, located at the old Baker Correctional Institution
about forty miles west of Jacksonville.

Speaker 2 (01:43):
Someone was like, Oh, it's our Baker County residence. You
know going to be mad this you're doing to deportation
deplayers like I got ninety percent of the vote in
Baker County, so probably they're probably excited about it.

Speaker 1 (01:54):
The prison, which closed four years ago because of staffing shortages,
has been converted to initially accommodate thirteen hundred detainees, with
the capacity to expand two thousand. I'm Chris Cragio. Labor
Day Weekend is coming up and people will be hitting
the road in skies for one last summer trip. New
York and Las Vegas remain popular destinations here in the States. Overseas,

(02:16):
people are also heading to Tokyo, London, and Rome. Hopper
reports that domestic airfare is six percent cheaper on average
than last year. TRIPAA reports hotel rates have also dropped
about eleven percent. The Powerball jackpot is rolling over once again.
Michael Kasner reports.

Speaker 3 (02:31):
With no grand prize winner on Wednesday night, the already
massive jackpot now stands at at least seven hundred million dollars,
with the next drawing set to take place on Saturday.
There were a couple of million dollar winners, however, in
Michigan and Oklahoma, as well as a two million dollar
winning ticket sold in Tennessee. I'm Michael Casner.

Speaker 1 (02:50):
Shaquille O'Neill is accepting a challenge to fight Will Smith's
former bodyguard, Charles Charlie mack Alston in the boxing ring.
Alston challenged the NBA legend to the bout on Instagram,
explaining the two first had an issue when O'Neil tried
to cut in an autograph line and Alston had to
chop him in his neck. O'Neil accepted the invitation in
the comments, saying he doesn't run from anybody. The fight

(03:13):
is being arranged through officially Celebrity Boxing, which promotes fights
between retired sports figures. Hertz's partnering with Amazon to sell
you used cars. The car rental company announced yesterday that
its pre owned vehicle sales will be hosted on the
Amazon Auto website. Customers seventy five miles within Dallas, Houston, LA,
and Seattle can start shopping now. Google has unveiled its

(03:35):
new Pixel smartphone. The tech giant introduced its new products
in a showcase yesterday, which included the Pixel ten series
of smartphones, the Pixel four watch, and a revamped set
of Pixel earbuds. The devices reportedly have new AI features. Fairfield,
Connecticut is advancing to the Little League World Series title
game this weekend. The team beat Las Vegas yesterday. Fairfield

(03:55):
has not lost a game yet in the tournament and
will play the winner of Today's game between Vegas and
South North Carolina. The US title game will be played Saturday.
I'm Chris Kraji.