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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.

Speaker 3 (00:05):
In just four minutes.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
President Trump says he plans to patrol the streets of
the nation's capital with law enforcement tonight. In an interview,
Trump said, I'm going to be out tonight, I think
with the police and with the military. Trump met with
law enforcement in DC a while ago, but it's unclear
if he will be with them tonight. Hurricane Aaron is
moving away from the US East Coast. Aaron remains a

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large storm with maximum sustained winds of one hundred miles
per hour and is roughly three hundred and seventy miles
east of Cape Hatteras. Evacuation orders have been in place
in some areas of North Carolina, where a state of
emergency has been declared. Democrats in California are moving forward
with their own redistricting efforts. Governor Gavin Newsom signed the

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measure Thursday that calls for a special election aiming to
redraw state maps that would most likely give Democrats five
additional House seats. They fired the first shot Texas.

Speaker 1 (01:03):
We want to be here at Texas.

Speaker 3 (01:05):
Not done what they just did. Donald Trump didn't do what.

Speaker 1 (01:09):
He just did.

Speaker 2 (01:10):
The statewide vote will be held in November. The Menendez
brothers could soon learn whether they'll be freed after serving
three decades in prison. Lyle and Eric murdered their parents
in nineteen eighty nine in the highly publicized case that
has spawned movies and documentaries. Director of National Intelligence Tulsey
Gabbard is cutting around forty percent of her staff. Mark

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Mayfield reports.

Speaker 4 (01:34):
Yeah It announced a reorganization of her office on Wednesday,
an initiative that was dubbed OD and I two point zero.
The restructuring will reassign various roles and eliminate some Altogether,
the move aims to save seven hundred million dollars per year.
This comes after Gabbard revoked the security clearances of dozens
of intelligence officials at the direction of President Trump.

Speaker 2 (01:54):
The Southwest is broiling in excessive heat. The southern California
area is under any stream heat watch, with official saying
residents could see some of the hottest temperatures of the summer.
I'm Brian Schuk. At least twenty one state attorneys general
are pushing for a federal ban on Bromesa LAMB and
anti anxiety drug also known as designer is xanax.

Speaker 1 (02:17):
Promesea lamb, which is often bought online by teens and
young adults from phony pharmacies, is blamed for forty eight
desks in Kentucky last year. The Bluegrass Data has banned
the drug at the state level, with Governor Andy Basheer
leading the charge to get the Drug Enforcement Agency to
take emergency action to ban designer xanax. At the federal level,

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the DEA says the drug is often laced with fentanyl,
of which trace amounts can be deadly. In February this year,
the DEA says it sees three and a half million
designer xenx pills in New York City. I'm Sarah Lee Kessler.

Speaker 2 (02:52):
Irvine based La Fitness International is being sued by the
Federal Trade Commission. The FTC says the company and its
subsidiaries makes it nearly impossible for customers to cancel memberships
and related services. The agency also says La Fitness illegally
charged customers hundreds of millions of dollars in unwanted recurring

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fees because of the cancelation difficulties. The jury has convicted
a Navy sailor of spying for the Chinese government. Jack
Cronin has more.

Speaker 3 (03:24):
Twenty five year old Jinchow Way was assigned to the
uss Essex when he was arrested at naval based San
Diego in twenty twenty three, who was convicted on six
federal counts of taking thousands of dollars to send photos
and videos of the ship to a Chinese contact. He'll
be sentenced in December. His maximum sentence could be life
in prison. I'm Jack Cronnin.

Speaker 2 (03:42):
Labor Day Weekend is coming up and people will be
hitting the road and skies for one last summer trip.
New York and Las Vegas remain popular destinations here in
the States. Overseas, people are heading to Tokyo, London, and Rome.
Hopper reports that domestic airfare is six percent cheaper on
average than last year. I'm Brian Shook.