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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest use this hour at.

Speaker 2 (00:05):
Just four minutes.

Speaker 1 (00:08):
Vice President J. D. Vance is giving details on the
visit that Ukrainian President Zelensky had at the White House
this week.

Speaker 2 (00:15):
President says, you know, we've had a pretty good meeting.

Speaker 3 (00:17):
I'm gonna cook.

Speaker 2 (00:17):
Call Vladimir Putin see what he says about it.

Speaker 3 (00:19):
And everybody's like, oh, you're going to call him next
week and he's like, no, what time is it in Moscow?
Let's call him right now.

Speaker 1 (00:25):
Vance said on Fox News Wednesday that he started things
off with an icebricker, telling Zelensky as long as he behaved,
Vance wouldn't say anything. He continued by seeing Ukrainians want
security guarantees while the Russians won a certain amount of territory.
Vance went on to say the conflict between Russia and
Ukraine is former President Biden's war. Texas Governor Greg Abbott
is praising the State House for passing a plan to

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redraw congressional maps. The governor said in a statement Wednesday
evening he'll sign the bill when it reaches his desk.
Abbott said, while Democrats shirk their duty and ran away
to other states, Republicans stayed the course, stayed at work,
and stayed true to Texas who congregional maps would give
Republicans five more seats in the US House. Abbitsd on
x the maps would make his state and Congress a

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brighter shade of red. The Israeli military will move forward
with plans to take over Gaza City, Brian Shook reports.

Speaker 2 (01:14):
According to an Israeli military official, troops reached the city's
outskirts and have begun moving tents in for people who
will be displaced. The nation's defence minister said he approved
mobilizing thousands more reservists and extending orders for others to
supply troops as Israel aims to prevent Hamas from planning

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future attacks. I'm Brian Schuk.

Speaker 1 (01:37):
And Evacuations have been ordered in parts of North Carolina's
outer banks as Hurricane Aaron moves through the Atlantic Ocean.
A state of emergency has been declared to see storm's
outer bands are expected to bring storm surge flooding to
the region. Swimming at most east coast beaches is being
advised against due to life threatening surf and rip currents.
Tropical storm conditions are forecast in Virginia starting today. Erin

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has maximum sustain wins of one hundred and ten miles
per hour and as around three hundred miles southeast of
North Carolina. I'm Markneyfield, California Democratic Senator Adam Schiff has
established a legal defense fund amid a federal investigation into
his finances. Tammy Trujillo has the update.

Speaker 4 (02:15):
President Trump recently claimed that Schiff may have committed mortgage
fraud for financial gain by falsely claiming his primary residence
was in Maryland. Shift denies the allegation. Trump's administration is
appointed pardon attorney and director of the DOJ's Weaponization Working
Group at Martin to investigate. I'm Tammy Truheo.

Speaker 1 (02:34):
Investors may get a clue for any possible interest rate
cut as the Federal Reserves Conference in Wyoming starts today.
That's where Jerome Powell will likely deliver his last address
as FED chair. Powell speech on Friday, and Jackson Hole
will be dissected for any hints on possible interest rate cuts.
He FED meets in September, and many economists expector rate cut.
President Trump has been a harsh critic of Powell over

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his refusal so far to cut rates. A newly passed
Texas law that requires public schools to post a picture
of the Ten Commandments in classrooms is now on hold.
Chris Karragio has more.

Speaker 3 (03:07):
A federal judge agreed with the ACLU, which argued that
it's unconstitutional.

Speaker 2 (03:12):
The Ten Commandment to slays are likely to pressure the
plaintiffs into religious observance and into suppressing expression of their
own religious or non religious background.

Speaker 3 (03:21):
That's ACLU attorney Tommy Booster Clancy. Judge Fred Berry wrote
in his ruling that exposing kids to a state approved
Christian version of the Biblical document was coercive. The ruling
will likely be appealed to the Fifth Circuit, which previously
put a similar to Louisiana law on hold for the
same reasons.

Speaker 1 (03:39):
I'm Chris Caratio and CBS Health's pharmacy benefit manager CAERMRK
is going to pay almost two hundred and ninety million
dollars for overcharging Medicare for prescriptions more than ten years ago.
Federal judge gave the order this week after the company
was found liable in June. Caermark was accused of manipulating
how drug costs were reported, leading to false reports back

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in twenty thirteen and twenty fourteen, I Mark Mayfield