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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
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Speaker 2 (00:05):
In just four minutes, President Trump's former National security advisor
John Bolton's home was rated by the FBI this morning.
Officials aren't saying exactly why at this point, but former
FBI Special Agent Ron Demko says it's believed agents may
have been on the hunt for classified documents. He also

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explains why the raid was carried out so early.

Speaker 1 (00:29):
He always want to.

Speaker 3 (00:30):
Do him early in the morning.

Speaker 1 (00:32):
There's a number of reasons, but most likely that the
person's asweep and not in a position to really react
quickly to if they're at the tour.

Speaker 2 (00:40):
Not that you're going to be able to destroy a.

Speaker 4 (00:42):
Lot of documents and stuff, but that's always the time
you look at doing it.

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Bolton is a frequent Trump critic and was previously accused
of leaking classified material. FBI Director Cash B. Bettel wrote
on x about the raid in Bethesda, Maryland, and said
that no one is above the law. The Trump administration
preparing to hand documents over to a House committee related
to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Department of Justice

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will begin delivering files today that could include all documents
and communications in their possession connected to Epstein and his
co conspirator Elaine Maxwell. Hurricane Aaron is moving away from
the US, but its impact is still being felt along
the East Coast. Aaron McLoughlin with more.

Speaker 5 (01:26):
The monster storm remaining offshore, dangerous rip currents up and
down the coast ahead of the summer weekend, and water
rushing and overnight high tides flooding streets of coastal communities
in New Jersey.

Speaker 2 (01:38):
New Jersey remains under a state of emergency as air
and forces evacuations in the Atlantic City area that includes
motel guests and residents in low lying areas of Egg
Harbor Township. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy is urging people
to stay out of the water today amidlife threatening rip
currents and dangerous surf conditions. Coastal flood warnings will remain

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in effect through tomorrow for much of the shore after
the opening. Bell stocks are on the rise. I'm Michael Kassner.
Officials say reports of an active shooter on the campus
at Villanova University were a hoax.

Speaker 4 (02:12):
There was a call that came in around four point
thirty this afternoon to law enforcement in nine one one center,
saying that there was an active shooter in the building
in the law school building and that there was a victim,
at least one victim who was wounded. That has turned
out not to be true.

Speaker 2 (02:25):
That's Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stolstneimer. School president Reverend
Peter Donahue emailed students less than two hours after the alert,
calling it a cruel hoax. So far, there's no word
on who was responsible, and law enforcement is investigating. The
district attorney called the hoax a crime. Thousands of Boeing
workers in the Saint Louis area remain on strike as

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another workweek comes to a close. About thirty five hundred
members of the Machinists and Aerospace Workers union walked off
the job earlier this month following failed negotiations over a
new contract. Striking workers are mainly responsible for the building
of jets and weapons systems. The Grand Champion Ham fetched
a near record amount at the Kentucky State Fair auction.

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More from Paul Miles all Right.

Speaker 1 (03:10):
It four mayion one mon Mont a dear record price
for the Grand Champion Country Ham at the Kentucky State Fair.
And we have Solt sold at ten million dollars. Two
ways Central Bank and Kelly and Joe Kraft combined their
bids and will each donate five million dollars to charities
across Kentucky.

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Today is National Tooth Fairy Day. There's actually two a year,
one in February three Tennis with more on a day
designed to get kids brushing, but it's really about the
tooth fairy swap out.

Speaker 3 (03:40):
The Chicago Tribune claims to have invented the tooth Fairy
in nineteen oh nine as a way for kids to
dispose of their lost teeth for about five cents a tooth,
but according to Norse legend, we've been exchanging teeth for
a fee since the thirteenth century. Delta Dental says the
average child loses twenty teeth from ages six to twelve.
The price per tooth and twenty twenty five is about

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five bucks A that's a mouthful of cash.

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A Michael Kassner