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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update. The
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Speaker 2 (00:08):
National Guard troops in Washington, d C. Are now carrying firearms.
Rob Martyr has More.

Speaker 3 (00:14):
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 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. Meanwhile, President Trump

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is threatening to send troops to Baltimore as part of
his national crackdown on crime.

Speaker 2 (00:39):
I'm Rob Bartier, extreme heaaler thur in effect four millions.
In the western US, health officials are urging people to
stay hydrated and avoid strenuous outdoor activity. As the Mercury
source from Phoenix, Arizona to Seattle, Washington, the Pacific Northwest
is expecting hotter than normal temperatures through Monday, with highs
in the mid to upper nineties in Portland, Spokane, and Boise.
The extreme heat will continue to raise wildfire concerns across

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the Southwest. Lawyers for Kilmore Abrego Garcia say the government's
threatening to deport him to Uganda unless he pleads guilty
to human smuggling. In a court filing, Abrego Garcia's lawyers
claimed the Trump administration offered to deport the salvador An
immigrant to Costa Rica if he pleaded guilty, but if
he didn't agree to the plead deal, he'd be deported
to the African nation of Uganda. Abrego Garcia lived in

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Maryland until earlier this year, and he was accidentally deported
to El Salvador in what the White House had called
an administrative error. It later claimed he was a member
of a gang. SpaceX is once again scrubbing the launch
of its massive Starship rocket. The private space company stood
down from the launch of Flight ten Starship to allow
time to troubleshoot a ground systems issue. The uncrewed prototype

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was set to follow a similar flight plan to the
last three Starship missions, which all failed. SpaceX was hoping
the Starship would continue flying through space so it could
deploy eight satellite simulators. The company as yet to successfully
complete a mission with the stainless steel spacecraft, which is
being in neared to be fully reusable and able to
carry up to one hundred people to deep space destinations.

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I'm Tammy Trihio, a Democratic congresswoman, is criticizing the recent
release of Jeffrey Epstein related documents by the Justice Department.
Jim Forbes has details.

Speaker 1 (02:15):
In a statement Saturday, US Representative Summerlease said just three
percent of the more than thirty three thousand pages of
documents given to Congress contain new information. She says the
remaining ninety seven percent was previously released by the DOJ,
the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, or Palm Beach County
State Attorney's Office. Lee accuses the DOJ of only pretending

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to respond to a recent subpoena issued by a House committee.
I'm Jim Forbes.

Speaker 2 (02:44):
The Meninde's brothers, both Lyle and Eric, will remain behind
bars after being denied parole in California. San Diego Parole
Board turned down Lyle Menende's request for parole on 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 murders
of their parents. The brothers have maintained the killings were

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in self defense, claiming they were sexually abused by their father.
Utility bills across the US are going up. More on
that from Lisa Carton.

Speaker 4 (03:13):
Federal data shows electricity costs are up by more than
five percent and natural gas has risen by nearly fourteen percent.
An analysis from the Center for American Progress shows nearly
sixty utility companies will soon increase electricity rates this year
by more than thirty eight billion dollars, and that's affecting
over fifty seven million Americans. The US Energy Information Administration

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expects residential electricity rates to increase by a whopping eighteen
percent in the near future. I'm Lisa Carton.

Speaker 2 (03:44):
The Powerball jackpot is now a whopping seven hundred and
fifty million dollars for Monday Night drawing. The grand prize
will be the tenth largest of all time after no
one matched all six numbers and Saturday Nights drawing. But
lottery players are still being urged to check their powerball
tickets since tickets sold in New York, May in South
Dakota matched five numbers to when at least a million
dollars each. I'm Tammy t heo