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

Speaker 2 (00:03):
The latest use this hour at just four minutes.

Speaker 3 (00:09):
Around forty million people are under coastal flood alerts as
Hurricane Erin churns in the Atlantic. More from Mark Mayfield.

Speaker 2 (00:16):
Evacuations have been ordered for North Carolina's outer banks and
a state of emergency has been declared as a storm's
outer bands look 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. Aaron has maximum
sustained winds of one hundred and five miles per hour,

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with the National Hurricane Center at last check putting the
storm about two hundred miles southeast of Cape Heteras, North Carolina.
A Mark Mayfield.

Speaker 3 (00:45):
Russia seems to be pushing back on post war Ukraine
security talks, with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov insisting Moscow must
be involved in any international discussions as European leaders explore
how to protect Ukraine after the conflict. Lavrov calls the
talks a clumsy effort to sway Trump and warrens that

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excluding Russia is a road to nowhere. Moscow also says
it won't accept any deployment of European forces to Ukraine.
Federal Reserve officials are concerned over tariffs, inflation, and labor markets.
More from Chris Karagio.

Speaker 4 (01:23):
Recently released minutes from the fed's July meeting showed a
divided board after two governors voted against the decision to
hold rate steady, marking the first time multiple governors rejected
a rate decision in more than thirty years. The governors
also noted rising threats to the economy that would warrant monitoring,
as well as the possibility of facing difficult trade offs

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due to more persistent inflation and a weakened labor market.
President Trump has pressured the FED for months to cut rates,
criticizing Chairman Jerome Powell and the board. I'm Chris Krajio.

Speaker 3 (01:54):
A strong majority of Washington d C residents were opposed
to President Trump's police takeover. The wash Post released a
survey on Wednesday showing sixty nine percent of participants strongly
opposed the decision. On Michael Kassner, a California parole board
will consider the fate of the Menendez brothers today and
tomorrow Tammy Treheo with more.

Speaker 1 (02:15):
The siblings, Lyle and Eric have spent the past thirty
years behind bars for the highly publicized murders of their
parents in nineteen eighty nine. They were resentenced earlier this
year to allow for the possibility of parole. A statement wednesday,
LA County District Attorney Nathan Hawkman said his office has
consistently opposed their release and will evaluate a final position
based on the evidence presented at the hearings. The Parole

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Board will make a recommendation that the ultimate authority rests
in the hands of California Governor Gavin Newsom. I'm Tammy Trijello.

Speaker 3 (02:44):
A class action lawsuit has been filed against Atlanta based
Delta Airlines and Chicago based United Airlines by passengers who
claim the carriers sold them premium window seats without actual windows.
Liz Kennedy with more.

Speaker 5 (02:59):
The lawsuit of lee is that some seats are next
to air conditioning ducks and electrical systems, with the airlines
failing to disclose this information, leading passengers to pay extra
for seats beside a blank wall. The plaintiffs argue that
the airlines misrepresented the seats they sold, despite resources like
seat Guru providing some seat details. I'm Liz Kennedy.

Speaker 3 (03:27):
Country superstar Morgan Wallen reportedly won't be submitting his latest
album for the twenty twenty six Grammy Awards. Multiple reports
say Wallen and his team will not be putting up
I'm the Problem or any of its songs for any
Grammy category. I'm the Problem has spent eleven non consecutive
weeks on the top of the Billboard two hundred chart.

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Three of its songs have hit number one on the
Hot Country Songs chart, while Wallin's duet with Tate McCrae
What I Want, reached number one on the Billboard Hot
one hundred. Wallin solo works have never been nominated for
any Grammy. A Michael Kassner