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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.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
Hurricane Aaron is kicking up high surf as it moves
along the Eastern Seaboard this morning. Rory O'Neill reports.

Speaker 1 (00:17):
Storm surge warnings are in place along the outer banks,
and tropical storm warnings now fly over the North Carolina
and Virginia coastlines as the eye of Aaron passes two
hundred miles Offshore. Swimmers and surfers are advised to stay
out of the water as Aaron starts to pull away
from the US main lead. High surf and dangerous rip
currents are expected in coastal New England into the weekend

(00:39):
as Aaron moves into the North Atlantic.

Speaker 2 (00:42):
New York Governor Kathy Hochel is pledging to retaliate against
President Trump and the Republican led redistricting effort in Texas
if she can, Andrew Whitman reports.

Speaker 3 (00:53):
Hochl fired off a statement moments after legislators in Texas
pasted a new congressional map Wednesday aimed at anning five
red seats in the House ahead of the midterms next year,
calling it quote a last gasp of a desperate party
clinging to power local pledged action. She said, quote will
confront Trump's legal insurrection head on, will meet him on

(01:13):
the same field and beat him at his own game.
Mid decade redistricting in New York is not allowed under
the state constitution, and amending it usually takes years.

Speaker 2 (01:23):
The Jeffrey Epstein grand jury records will remain sealed. Mark
Mayfield with that story.

Speaker 4 (01:29):
A judge on Wednesday denied the Justice Department's bid to
get the records unsealed that led to Epstein being indicted
on sex trafficking charges. Public interests in the case reignited
after the Justice Department announced that Epstein did not have
a client list and confirm the sex offender's death was
a suicide. Evidence that was seen and heard by grand
juries is not allowed to be released without approval from

(01:51):
a judge. Last month, President Trump ordered Attorney General Pam
Bondy to get court approval to release the grand jury material.

Speaker 2 (01:57):
With no winner. On Wednesday, the power ball jack pot
is rolling over, pushing the total to seven hundred million
dollars ahead of Saturday's drawing. I'm Michael Kassner. A lawsuit
is being filed against two construction companies and the City
of New York in connection with a deadly Legionnaire's disease
outbreak in Harlem. More from Scott Pringle.

Speaker 5 (02:17):
Attorney Jared Scotto represents sickened construction workers who were working
on Harlem Hospital. One of twelve Harlem buildings were cooling
towers were infected with the bacteria that causes legionnaire's disease.
Scatto says the suit against Rising Sun Construction in Skanska,
USA building alleges negligence.

Speaker 6 (02:34):
We believe that the construction companies were on notice that
Legionella bacteria contamination was a possibility based on bulletins that
were given out at the beginning of July. There were
no protections in place for the workers.

Speaker 5 (02:47):
Five people have died and more than one hundred have
gotten sick from the outbreak.

Speaker 2 (02:50):
An investigation is underway after a French online streamer died
as others watched. Ross Cullen reports.

Speaker 7 (02:59):
Raphael Gra, known online as Jean Poormaneuve, died during a
life broadcast on the Kick platform. The forty six year
old had featured regularly in videos in which he appeared
to be assaulted or humiliated as viewers watched online. France's
digital technology minister said the death of Jean Poormanouv and
the violence he suffered are absolutely horrific. The Kick platform

(03:21):
said it would cooperate with authorities and was undertaking a
review of its French content.

Speaker 2 (03:26):
The kids are back to school and that causes a
lot of anxiety. Pree Tennis with who is suffering.

Speaker 8 (03:32):
Hill's pet nutritions as animals get depressed when kids go
back to school. They say the change in interaction and
stimulation causes separation, anxiety, and dogs suffer more than cats.
They suggest enriching the environment with interactive toys and puzzles
to prevent boredom, because a board cat or dog can
plot an attack on your stuff and make it look
like an accident.

Speaker 2 (03:54):
Astronomers say there will be a rare black moon this
Saturday night. A black moon occurs when there are two
new moons in a single month, and it won't happen
again until August of twenty twenty seven. I'm Michael Kassner.