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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update. The
latest use this hour in just four minutes.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
The much anticipated transcripts of an associate of Jeffrey Epstein
have been released. During her interview with the Justice Department,
Gallaine Maxwell says there is no Jeffrey Epstein client list.
She also says she never saw President Trump get a
massage from Epstein's young female victims or do anything inappropriate.

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She said Trump quote was a gentleman in the interaction
she had with him. Trump has acknowledged he was friends
with the late sex offender Epstein, but had not spoken
to him in over fifteen years since a quote falling out.
Maxwell is serving a twenty year federal prison sentence in
Texas for sex trafficking. Meanwhile, records related to Epstein have

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also been sent to the House Oversight Committee. Lyele Menendez
has been denied parole. A San Diego parole board made
the decision Friday night, a day after his brother Eric
was also denied. Three months ago, Eric and Lyle were
re sentenced to fifty years to life for the nineteen
eighty nine shotgun killings of their parents. The brothers have

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maintained the killings were in self defense, claiming they were
sexually abused by their father. Their brothers will be able
to seek parole again in three years. President Trump is
saying the Intel CEO has agreed to give the US
a ten percent stake. Brian Shook explains.

Speaker 3 (01:29):
The President said on Friday he reached an agreement with
Intel CEO Lipbutan, giving the United States a company stake
worth ten billion dollars. Two weeks ago, Trump called for
Tan's immediate resignation following reports alleging a connection to China.
The model of this deal is something Trump hopes to
revisit with other companies. I'm Brian Shook and.

Speaker 2 (01:51):
Five people are confirmed dead following a tour bus crash
in western New York Friday afternoon. Police said the bus
overturned on the eastbound side of the New York State
Thruway in the town of Pembrooke after the driver lost control.
I'm Jim Forbes. Planned Parenthood is suing South Carolina over
its medicaid funding ban. The lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of

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Governor Henry McMaster's order blocking medicaid funding from clinics. Planned
Parenthood South Atlantic is asking a federal judge to block
the policy and allow it to receive the funding. A
recent Supreme Court decision allows states to restrict federal funding.
Medicaid is prohibited from paying for almost all abortions. Planned

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Parenthood also does not receive state or federal reimbursement for abortions.
Four teenagers shot in the Bronx Friday afternoon. Andrew Whitman
has this story.

Speaker 1 (02:47):
They're all stable and expected to be okay. A fourteen
year old girl was shot in the leg, a thirteen
year old boy was shot in his leg, a fourteen
year old boy was graised in the right foot, and
a fifteen year old boy was grazed on both legs.
It happened just after four pm Friday in a residential
area off Overing Street in the Westchester Square section Laisse.

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A large group of young people took off after the shooting.
They're looking for a gray vehicle that fled. Neighbors say
gun violence and fights among young people have been increasing
there in recent weeks.

Speaker 2 (03:21):
College football is back. A pair of ranked opponents duel
in Dublin for the College Football Classic on Saturday to
kick off Week zero. Number twenty Kansas State squares off
against twenty first ranked Iowa State. Four other games are
on the slate state side, Idaho State and ULV Clash
from Vegas. Kansas battles Fresno State at home, Sam Houston

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visits Western Kentucky and Hawaii, entertains Stanford, and Tomorrow's Powerball
jackpot is worth seven hundred million dollars that comes with
a cash value of three hundred and sixteen million dollars. Meanwhile,
the Mega Million's drawing feet a two hundred and thirty
four million dollar jackpot. I'm Jim Forbes