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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. The Kremlin
is dashing hopes the war in Ukraine will end anytime soon.
Appearing on NBC's Meet the Press, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei
Lavrov said no meeting is planned between President Vladimir Putin
and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenski. Lavrov said key issues, including

(00:24):
security guarantees and territorial disputes have yet to be resolved.
House Democratic leader Hakim Jeffreys is hinting at the possibility
of mobilizing redistricting efforts in more blue states. In an
interview with CNN's State of the Union, Jeffrey says Democrats
would be ready if more Republican led states aim to
redraw maps in their favor. We will continue to respond

(00:45):
when necessary across the country. Right now, this has happened
in Texas.

Speaker 2 (00:49):
California has responded.

Speaker 1 (00:51):
Vice President jd Vance told NBCs Meet the Press, the
redistricting is about balance. We're literally losing representatives for American
City in order to give congressional representation to illegal aliens.
Republicans are trying to balance out the scales a little bit.
The Texas Tribune says the map was adopted early Saturday
on a party line vote over fierce Democratic opposition. The

(01:13):
National Transportation Safety Board says the tour bus driver is
the focus in that deadly rollover crash in western New
York on Friday. Sarah le Kessler reports.

Speaker 3 (01:22):
The NTSB says it's ruled out driver impairment and is
looking at other factors that cost an M and Y
tour bus returning from Niagara Falls to New York City
to hit an I ninety median near Pembroke swerve into
a ditch and flip over.

Speaker 1 (01:37):
Are you in performance? Investigator is going to look at
the driver, particularly fatigue distraction.

Speaker 3 (01:43):
Five passengers were killed, Dozens of the fifty four people
on board were hospitalized. I'm Sarah le Kessler.

Speaker 1 (01:50):
A hopeful rookie on the Browns, is confident about securing
a roster spot for the pending NFL season. Jaanora Sanders
said he'll obviously make the fifty three man roster when
asked about surviving cuts. Final cuts for NFL teams need
to be made Tuesday by four pm Eastern time. I'm
Rob Bartier. Over fifty million Americans. Across the West are
under alert for extreme heat. Forecasters are warning of dangerous

(02:13):
heat today from Phoenix, Arizona, to Seattle, Washington. Unreasonably warm
temperatures are expected in Seattle through Monday, and Hies and
Portland could reach the upper nineties. Spokane and Boise will
also hit the mid nineties today, and the extreme heat
will continue to raise wildfire concerns in the Southwest, which
is also being hit with warm winds and low humidity.

(02:34):
The hit horror movie Weapons has topped the one hundred
million dollar mark at the domestic box office. The Warner
Brothers thriller has been the number one movie at US
theaters for the past two weeks and has already made
over one hundred and seventy million dollars in total global
ticket sales. It's a major win for Warner Brothers since
it cost just thirty eight million dollars to make. It
also continues a string of hits for the studio, which

(02:56):
is still making money off the film Superman and f One,
both of which have made nearly six hundred million dollars.
Chipotle is teaming up with Zipline to test drone delivery.
Monica Nelson reports.

Speaker 2 (03:08):
Select Customers in the Dallas area now have the option
to use zippultle a delivery. Zipline's autonomous aircraft will deliver
orders to customers' homes from a Texas Chipotle location. The
drone delivery service will cost three dollars, with a fifteen
percent service fee capped at six dollars. Zipline says it's
working with Sweet Green to determine a future launch. I'm

(03:29):
Monica Nelson.

Speaker 1 (03:30):
Sopranos actor Jerry Adler is dead at the age of
ninety six. Before his death, he spoke with NBC News
about how his role in The Sopranos came about.

Speaker 4 (03:39):
He had this plant that he wanted me to do
if I was available. I happened to be in New
York that week on the bit between the sitcoms, and
he said, you're gonna love it. It's called The Sopranos.
I said, I'd love to do it. I gotta warn
you events, I don't sing.

Speaker 1 (03:56):
According to an obituary from the Riverside Memorial Chapel in
New York, Adler died on Saturday, but no other details
were given. I'm Rob Martyr