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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:08):
President Trump is touting his economic policies. During a cabinet
meeting at the White House today, he recognized American workers
when noting the upcoming Labor Day holiday. He said the
average worker has gotten a five hundred dollars wage increase
since he took office, and said Americans are seeing lower
prices on food and energy groceries. A down. Energy is

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way down.

Speaker 3 (00:32):
Energy is way down.

Speaker 2 (00:33):
It was four and five dollars for a.

Speaker 3 (00:36):
Gallon of gas.

Speaker 2 (00:37):
Trump also praised the American military, calling it the greatest
on the planet. Political leaders in Illinois are telling President
Trump to keep the National Guard out of Chicago. Democratic
Governor JB. Pritzker says there is no reason to send
troops to the city to fight crime, calling the move
unconstitutional and Unamerican. The governor also urged residents to road

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test peacefully if troops are deployed, and said all legal
options are being explored. Consumer confidence dipped in August. Matt
Mattinson has more.

Speaker 1 (01:10):
The Conference Board's consumer confidence index fell by more than
a point from the July reading, as consumers became less
optimistic about the economy. The monthly survey noted concerns about
tariffs and higher prices including food and groceries, rose again
in August. Purchasing plans for homes remained stable, while discretionary
spending for dining out, entertainment, and vacations were all down.

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I'm at Mattinsen.

Speaker 2 (01:32):
President Trump is calling for the death penalty for any
murders in Washington, d C. While praising the National Guard
intervention in DC, Trump said today, if anybody murders someone
in the nation's capital, they get capital punishment. He then
called it a very strong preventative measure. At the closing bell,
the Dow Jones Industrial average gained one hundred and thirty

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five points to forty five four eighteen. The S and
P added twenty six points to six four sixty five,
and the NASDEK rose ninety four points to twenty one
five forty four. I'm Brian Shook. Venezuela is deploying some
fifteen thousand troops to its border with Columbia in a
stated effort to fight drug trafficking. Michael Casner reports.

Speaker 3 (02:16):
The move comes as the United States has sent warships
to the region. In an operation against drug cartels. The
Trump administration has accused Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro of working
with the cartels and has issued a fifty million dollar
reward for Maduro's capture. Maduro is accusing the US of
pushing for regime change and singled out Secretary of State

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Marco Rubio, accusing him of madness and extremism. I'm Michael Casner.

Speaker 2 (02:44):
Google is tightening security measures for app distributors. Google says
it will begin to verify the identities of developers who
distribute their apps on Android devices, both in and outside
the play Store. Google says this will helped to cut
down on bad actors who hired their identity to distribute malware.

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Friday marks the twentieth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina making landfall
in Louisiana. Rory O'Neill reports.

Speaker 4 (03:12):
Two decades later, Hurricane Katrina remains one of the most
devastating natural disasters in American history, killing over eighteen hundred people.
Most of those deaths were in New Orleans, particularly in
low lying areas like the Lower ninth Ward, after the
city's levy system collapsed. All told, Katrina caused an estimated
one hundred and twenty five billion dollars in damage in

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two thousand and five dollars. The government's poor response led
to a shakeup at FEMA and agencies still under scrutiny today.
I'm Rory O'Neil.

Speaker 2 (03:43):
Researchers are cautiously optimistic about a possible connection between popular
weight loss drugs and a reduced cancer risk. A study
published in Jama Oncology on the use of GLP one
drugs such as ozepic and Magovi showed the risks for
overall cancer dropped seventeen percent. I'm Brian Schuck