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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
The latest use this hour in just four minutes.

Speaker 1 (00:08):
Illinois governor condemns a report that President Trump's planning to
send federal troops to the streets of Chicago. Saturday, The
Washington Post reported the Pentagon's been planning a military deployment
to the city for weeks and that a few thousand
National Guard members could arrive as soon as next month.
In a statement, Governor JB. Pritzker says Trump is attempting

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to manufacture a crisis and politicize Americans who serve in
uniform extreme heat warnings for over fifty million Americans in
place across the West. Forecasters warn of dangerous heat this
weekend from Phoenix to Seattle, Spokane, and Boise, where temperatures
could reach the triple digits, and the heat continues to
raise wildfire concerns. Twenty twenty five has seen the highest

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number of measles outbreaks in the US in over thirty years. Now,
health officials in New Jersey are warning commuters about possible exposure.

Speaker 3 (01:01):
This after a Hudson County resident with a confirmed case
of measles rode the rails between August thirteenth and fifteenth,
specifically the Hudson Bergen light rail. Writers who think they
may have been exposed are being told to watch for
symptoms including high fever, cough, red eyes, running nose, and

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a rash that appears a few days after symptoms start.
I'm Sarah Lee Kessler.

Speaker 1 (01:27):
President Trump's borders are Tom Holman is defiant After a
federal judge ordered the closure of Florida so called Alligator Alcatraz,
Holman tells News Nation the order is not going to
stop the operations of immigration and customs enforcement. The judge
ordered the Immigration Detention Center and the Everglades to close
within sixty days. The horror movie Weapons has reached the

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one hundred million dollar mark of the domestic box office.
I don't understand at all.

Speaker 2 (01:56):
Why just her class? Why only her for children?

Speaker 1 (02:00):
The Warner Brothers thriller has been the number one movie
at US theaters for the past two weeks. I'm Scott Carr.
A federal lawsuit's now been filed challenging the new congressional
map drawn in Texas approved by the Texas legislature Saturday.
The Texas Tribune reports the plaintiffs claim the new map,
which is expected to give the Republican Party five more

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seats in Congress was drawn in a way that's racially discriminatory.
The lawsuit also claims redrawing congressional maps in the middle
of a decade is unconstitutional. Texas Governor Greg Abbotts indicated
he'll quickly sign the new redrawn maps into law. As
in California, the governor there, Gavin Newsom's redistricting effort, designed

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to counterbalance the sudden redrawing of congressional maps in Texas,
has raised just over six million dollars in just a week. Well,
we've an overwhelming sport, including former President Barack Obama, So United,
the Democratic Party, Independence.

Speaker 3 (02:56):
I think Radley recognized what's at stake.

Speaker 2 (03:00):
Put a stake in the ground.

Speaker 1 (03:01):
We're giving the people the opportunity to side. The governor's
office says there's been more than two hundred thousand individual
donations to the campaign ahead of a November fourth special election,
President Trump hosts to social media he'll know in about
two weeks if he's made any progress in bringing peace
to Ukraine. Two weeks we're going to find out which
shway it's going to go. And I'd better be very happy.

Speaker 2 (03:23):
Trump has attempted to broker a piece deal, meeting with
Russia's Vladimir Putin, then with Ukraine Zelensky and US European allies. Friday,
from the White House, Trump was asked about new Russian
strikes against Ukraine and said he wasn't happy about anything
with the war. I'm Lisa Carton.

Speaker 1 (03:40):
A man's under arrest after allegedly trying to break into
singer Lionel Ritchie's home in Beverly Hills with the intent
to steal property. The seventy six year old music legend
was at home at the time, but no one was
hurt and nothing was taken. They say security alarms scared
the intruder off. After a search of the neighborhood, they
arrested thirty eight year old and Michael bond On suspicion

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of residential burglary. I'm Scott Carr.