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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update. The
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Speaker 2 (00:08):
Transcripts and audio from the recent DOJ meeting with Jeffrey
Epstein associate Elaine Maxwell have been released. She said she
doesn't believe Epstein committed suicide while in jail, and also
described President Trump's relationship with him.

Speaker 3 (00:22):
I don't know how they met, and I don't know
how they became friends. I certainly saw them together, and
I remember a few times I was observe together.

Speaker 2 (00:31):
Maxwell also said she never saw President Trump get a
massage from Epstein's young female victims, adding that Trump was
a gentleman in all respects in the interactions she had
with him. The release comes as the Trump administration faces
pressure from both sides of the aisle to make public
the files connected with the convicted sex defender. Maxwell is
serving a twenty year federal prison sentence for sex trafficking.

(00:53):
Wall Street is closing sharply hired. To end the week,
stocks rallied with the Dow Jones addustrial average hitting an
all time high. Fed Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell signaled the
Central Bank could begin cutting interest rates next month. At
the closing Bell, the Dow gained eight hundred and forty
six points, the S and P five hundred rows by
ninety six points, and the NASDAK climbed three hundred and

(01:14):
ninety six points. The FBI has searched former Trump National
Security advisor John Bolton's Maryland home in office this morning.
Authorities were reportedly looking for classified records. Bolton, who became
a strong critic of President Trump after he left the
administration in twenty nineteen, had previously been accused of leaking
classified material, but an investigation did not find that. Kilmar

(01:35):
Abrigo Garcia has been released from a Tennessee jail as
he awaits trial on federal human smuggling charges.

Speaker 1 (01:42):
His lawyer says he's now on the way to Maryland
to reunite with his family. Abrego Garcia was originally deported
on what the White House said was an administrative mistake,
but later said he was a member of the MS
thirteen gang.

Speaker 2 (01:55):
His release could set the stage for him to be
detained once again by immigration authoraties. The Abrego Garcia case
has become a flashpoint for President Trump's immigration policies. I'm
Chris Caracio, A rainbow crosswalk dedicated to the forty nine
victims of the twenty sixteen Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando,
is gone. Michael Kashner reports.

Speaker 4 (02:15):
Mayor Buddy Dyer turned to social media to announce the
Florida Department of Transportation painted over the crosswalk on Orange Avenue.
He calls it a callous action without safety data and
a cruel political act. He says, in fact, the state
installed it and followed national safety standards while serving as
a physical reminder of the Pulse nightclub attack that killed

(02:37):
forty nine people. The Florida Department of Transportation as ordered
cities removed their rainbow crosswalks, claiming possible safety concerns. I'm
Michael Cassner.

Speaker 2 (02:47):
Chipotle's teaming up with zip line to test drone delivery
select customers in the Dallas area and now have the
option to use Zippoultley Delivery. Zipline's autonomous aircraft will deliver
orders to customers' homes from a role at Texas Chipolte location.
The drone delivery service will cost three dollars, with a
fifteen percent service fee capped at six dollars. Zip Line

(03:08):
said it'll be working with Sweet Green to determine a
future launch. Astronomers say there will be a rare black
moon tomorrow night. Tammy Trichillo has details.

Speaker 3 (03:19):
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. Like all new moons, the
sunlit side will be facing away from the Earth, so
you won't be able to see it, but moon enthusiasts
will be glad to know that on Sunday and Monday nights,
when the black moon begins waxing, it will create the
thinnest lunar crescent, which should appear on the western horizon

(03:40):
about thirty two forty minutes after sunset. I'm Tammy Triheo.

Speaker 2 (03:45):
Starbucks is expanding its test of coconut water beverages. The
coffee giant will be testing two new drinks, Coco Macha
and Coco Cold Brew. The drinks layer Macha foam or
cold brew foam over coconut water. More than four hundred
stores nationwide will carry the beverages as the company leans
into health and wellness. I'm Chris Caraccio.