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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
This since your twenty four to seven use update the
latest use this hour. In just four minutes. Stocks are
surging on Wall Street. It comes after Federal Reserve Chairman
Jerome Powace book this morning and suggested interest rate cuts
are coming soon. The Dow Jones has been up over
eight hundred points at times today. The FBI rated former

(00:21):
Trump National Security advisor John Bolton's Maryland home this morning.
NBC's Alice Barr reports that, according to a source familiar
with the matter, agents were looking for classified records.

Speaker 2 (00:31):
Bolton and President Trump have sharply criticized each other since
parting ways in twenty nineteen, Bolton often slamming the president's
foreign policy moves. When of President Trump's first acts this
term was to cancel Bolton's Secret Service detail despite his
receiving death threats stemming from Iran.

Speaker 1 (00:48):
Bolton had previously been accused of leaking classified material, and
an investigation was launched but later dropped. Bolton previously served
as US Ambassador to the United Nations under President George W. Bush,
and Trump says he didn't know about the FBI raid
this morning.

Speaker 3 (01:03):
The MLB Neil Griffin probably today.

Speaker 1 (01:05):
Sometimes speaking to reporters. Trump said that he's not a
fan of Bolton and went on to say that as president,
it is his right to know what's going on, but
he feels it's better if he's not kept in the
loop on matters like this. The US is putting a
pause on employment visas for commercial truck drivers.

Speaker 4 (01:22):
It's part of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's push to enforce
English proficiency standards on truck drivers. Secretary of State Marco
Rubio announced the new policy on x Thursday.

Speaker 1 (01:33):
He said the increasing number of foreign drivers operating large
tractor trailer trucks on US roads is endangering American lives
and undercutting the livelihoods of American truckers. Dangerous waves and
rip currents are still a concern along the Eastern Seaboard,
even as Hurricane Erin moves away from the US. Aerin
is forecast ahead south of Atlantic Canada later today and tomorrow.

(01:54):
At last check, the storm, now a Category one with
maximum sustained winds of ninety miles an hour, is about
four hundred and twenty five miles south of Nova Scotia.
I'm Chris Kragio. Gas prices are expected to remain low
for the upcoming Labor Day weekend. Triple A says the
national average for a gallon of regular should stay below
last year's average of three dollars and thirty three cents,

(02:16):
and should remain relatively low for the rest of the
summer as long as Gulf Coast refineries are not hit
by hurricanes. Labor Day is for many the last big
holiday weekend of the summer. The vice president at Triple
A Travel says the top destination cities of the holiday
weekend this year are Seattle and Vancouver, both port cities
for Alaska cruises. The website realtor dot com is out

(02:37):
with a list of the most expensive zip codes in
the country. Seven of the top ten aor in California.
For the most part, we're looking at places that have
general access to the coast, even if it's not right
on the coast. The studies author Anthony Smith says the
top ZIP code in the country is Fisher Island in
Miami Beach. The median listing prices a staggering eleven point
nine million dollars. Number two is Newport Coast and bel

(02:59):
Air number four. He says that several of the California
zip codes are areas that were hit by this year's wildfire,
so it will be interesting to see what effect that
may have. Today is National Tooth Fairy Day. There's actually
two of those a year. One's also in February. Pree
Tennis now with more on a day designed to get
kids brushing, but it's really about the tooth fairy swap out.

Speaker 3 (03:20):
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 in twenty twenty five is about

(03:41):
five bucks, and that's a mouthful of cash. I'm Bree Tennis.

Speaker 1 (03:44):
Billie Bobby Brown and her husband Jake Bongjiovi are welcoming
their first baby together. In an Instagram post yesterday, the
couple announced they adopted a baby girl. The Stranger Things
star and the son of rock musician John Bonjovi were
secretly married in May of last year. The new parents
say they're excited to start their family life in peace
and privacy. I'm Chris Kragio.