The Latest: 08/26/2025 12:58pm ET

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Episode Transcript

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

Speaker 2 (00:03):
The latest Use.

Speaker 3 (00:04):
This hour in just four minutes. President Trump's cabinet is
meeting at the White House today. It comes as the
administration has been ramping up its crime cracked down in
the nation's capital. It also comes after the President said
he would remove Fed Reserve Governor Lisa Cook from her role,
whose lawyer said she will sue over the matter. A
federal judge is dismissing a Trump administration lawsuit against every

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federal judge in Maryland. The lawsuit stems from a standing
order that limits the government's ability to quickly deport immigrants.
Justice Department attorneys argued that the judge had no authority
to issue such a blanket order, but the latest ruling
determined that filing a suit against the judges was not
the correct avenue to challenge the order. A number of
universities across the country are being targeted by shooting hoaxes,

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and BC's Liz Kreutz reports this type of incident, referred
to as swatting, is not new.

Speaker 4 (00:54):
The Anti Defamation League estimates there were at least one
thousand swatting incidents in twenty nineteen, number that has only grown,
prompting the FBI to start keeping a swatting database to
help track and catch offenders.

Speaker 3 (01:06):
Yesterday, active shooter alerts were sent to students at several schools,
including the University of Arkansas, University of Colorado, Boulder, Iowa State,
Northern Arizona University, and Kansas State Police. Said many were
hoaxes in which somebody used a temporary phone number and
apps to mask their voice and cause panic. Fox Corporation
and Google owned YouTube are engaged in a carriage dispute

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that could impact viewers.

Speaker 2 (01:29):
YouTube said it may remove channels including Fox Broadcast Network,
Fox News, and Fox Sports from its TV streaming platform
if it doesn't reach an agreement with Fox Corporation. The
renewal data is set for August twenty seventh, and the
company has emailed YouTube TV subscribers about the potential fallout
with Fox.

Speaker 3 (01:46):
YouTube said it will provide a ten dollars credit to
users if Fox content does go offline for an extended period,
and members can also watch by signing up for Fox's
streaming service Fox One. Round one of the US Open
is back underway New York. On the men's side, American
Time Tommy Paul will be in action tonight meantime. On
the women's side, American Cocoa Golf will hit the court
this evening as well. I'm Chris Kragio. Kevin O'Leary says

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he's behind the nearly thirteen million dollar bid for the
rare Kobe Bryant Michael Jordan card recently sold at auction.
The Shark Tanks star told CNBC that he split the
purchase with two fellow investors. The one of a kind
TOPS cards surpassed the all time record for any sports
card at auction. It features NBA uniform logos and signatures
from both Hall of famers. United Airlines says it canceled

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the flight minutes before takeoff after a passenger smoked marijuana
in the bathroom. The flight had been delayed due to
technical issues, and the delay reportedly made one passenger restless.
Due to a concern over secondhand smoke exposure. The pilot
decided to cancel the flight. He announced to the passengers
that he was unwilling to risk the next thirty years
of his career over a drug test. Many passengers expressed

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frustration over the incident, calling the passenger's action selfish, Southwest
Airlines is changing its seating policy for larger customers. Tampa
Trehio has details.

Speaker 1 (03:00):
According to the Dallas based airlines, larger passengers who cannot
be accommodated in a single plane seat will be required
to purchase a second seat ahead of time and can
then request a refund after the flight. Refunds can only
be issued if both seats were in the same fair class,
the refund request is made within ninety days, and the
plane would have taken off with at least one extra
open seat. The changes are part of southwest broader shift

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to assigned seating. They're set to take effect on January
twenty seventh, the next year.

Speaker 3 (03:25):
Sales of new single family homes slowed more than expected.

Speaker 2 (03:28):
In July.

Speaker 3 (03:29):
Government figure show new home sales fell to a seasonally
adjusted annual rate of six hundred and fifty two thousand
units last month. Industry analysts say it's another sign the
housing market is struggling as mortgage rates remain high. The
average price of new houses sold in July was just
over four hundred and eighty seven thousand dollars. Phoenix is
cleaning up today after a massive dust storm hit the
area last night. A gigantic wall of dust made its

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way across the Phoenix metro area, knocking out power for thousands.
The monsoon storm also caused flight delays at Phoenix Sky
Harbor International Airport. Heavy rain, along with lightning also hit
the area. Phoenix could see more storms today. I'm Chris Karajio.