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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:08):
President Trump is reportedly pressing Russia and Ukraine to organize
a meeting between their leaders without playing a role. Any
talk about security guarantees for Ukraine must include negotiators from Moscow.
This according to one Russian official. More from Rory O'Neill.

Speaker 1 (00:25):
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov calls the European talks about security
guarantees for Ukraine a quote clumsy effort to sway Trump.
Russia has said it would not accept the deployment of
European forces to Ukraine as part of any peace deal.
President Trump and European leaders have been discussing ways to
guarantee Ukraine's safety long term, with President Trump promising no

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American boots on the ground to protect Ukraine.

Speaker 2 (00:50):
New York Governor Kathy Hochel is pledging to retaliate against
President Trump and the Republican led redistricting effort in Texas
if she can, Andrew Whitt reports.

Speaker 3 (01:01):
Hokel fired off a statement moments after legislators in Texas
passed a new congressional map Wednesday aimed at adding 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. Hocel pledged action. She said, quote will
confront Trump's legal insurrection head on. We'll meet him on
the same field and beat him at his own game.

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Mid decade. Redistricting in New York is not allowed under
the state constitution, and amending it usually takes years.

Speaker 2 (01:30):
Around forty million people are under coastal flood alerts as
Hurricane Erin churns in the Atlantic. Mark Mayfield reports.

Speaker 4 (01:38):
Evacuations have been ordered for North Carolina's outer banks and
a state of emergency has been declared as the 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, hoording the
storm about two hundred miles southeast of Cape Pederis, North Carolina.

Speaker 2 (02:06):
I'm Michael Casner, a California Parole Board will consider the
fate of the Menendez brothers today and tomorrow. Tammy Treheo
with More.

Speaker 5 (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 Treheo.

Speaker 2 (02:44):
A class action lawsuit has been filed against Atlanta based
Delta Airlines and Chicago base United Airlines by passengers who
claim the carriers sold them premium window seats without actual windows.
Liz Kennedy with More.

Speaker 6 (02:59):
The lawsuit ledges 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 2 (03:28):
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 High
one hundred. Wall and solo works have never been nominated
for any Grammy. A Michael Kassner