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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. National Guard
troops in Washington, d C. Are set to begin carrying
firearms this evening. NBC News is reporting the Guard members
will carry service issue M seventeen pistols, with a small
number armed with M four rifles. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth

(00:22):
on Friday authorized two thousand troops in DC to begin
carrying weapons, although Guard members will continue to focus their
work on protecting federal assets and providing a safe environment.
President Trump is threatening to send troops to Baltimore as
part of his national crackdown on crime. In a post
on truth Social Trump said that Maryland Governor West Moore's
record on crime is a very bad one, and he

(00:43):
said he'll send troops to the city if he thinks
it needs help. More responded during an appearance on CBS's
Face the Nation, saying while the President is spending his
time from the Oval office making jabs and attacks at us,
there are people on the ground already doing the work
to actually bring crime down. The powerball jackpot is rolling
over once again. Details from Lisa Carton.

Speaker 2 (01:02):
So the seven hundred million dollar jackpot will now roll
over to Monday's drawing, when the grand prize will be
worth an estimated seven hundred and fifty million bucks. Lottery
players are still being urged to check their powerball tickets.
Someone in New York matched five numbers to win a
million dollars, two people in Maine won a million bucks,
and someone in South Dakota won two million dollars because

(01:24):
they paid a dollar more for the power play option.
Just in case you were wondering about your chances of winning,
the odds of matching all five numbers and the powerball
number is one in two hundred and ninety two point
two million. Good luck.

Speaker 1 (01:38):
A hopeful rookie on the Browns is confident about securing
a roster spot. Chadur Sanders said he'll obviously make the
fifty three man roster when asked about surviving cuts. Sanders
threw for just fourteen yards and got sacked five times
in Cleveland's preseason finale against the Rams. The weight continues
for Nevada to win a Little League World Series title,
as the Summerland South Little League team lost to Chinese

(02:00):
Taipei seven to nothing. This is Chinese Taipei's first Little
League World Series title since nineteen ninety six, I'm Rob Martyr.
Over fifty million Americans across the West are under alert
for extreme heat. Forecasters are warning of dangerous heat today
from Phoenix, Arizona, to Seattle, Washington. Unreasonably warm temperatures are
expected in Seattle through Monday, and Hies and Portland could

(02:22):
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. 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

(02:43):
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 is still
making money off the film Superman and f One, both
of which have made nearly six hundred million dollars Chipotle

(03:03):
is teaming up with Zipline to test drone delivery. Monica
Nelson reports.

Speaker 3 (03:08):
Select customers in the Dallas area now have the option
to use Zippultle 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 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 between the sitcoms, and he said,
you're going to love it. It's called The Sopranos. I said,
I'd love to do it. I got to warn you advance,
I don't sing.

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