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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, President
Trump is confirming he may declare a national housing crisis.
At the White House Tuesday, Trump told reporters high interest
rates are the problem.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
But it makes it very hard for people to get mortgages.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Trump again went after Fedschair Jerome Powell for not cutting rates.
His comments come after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent suggested during
an interview that the administration may declare a national housing
emergency in the fall. Vice President Vance is set to
visit Minneapolis on Wednesday following the shooting last week at
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Annunciation Catholic School. Vance will be joined by Second Lady
Yusha Vance as they hold a series of private meetings
to convey condolences to the families of those affected by
the tragedy. The number of those injured in this shooting
now stands at eighteen children and three adults, while two
children were killed. Victims of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
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and Geelane Maxwell are speaking out on Capitol Hill Wednesday.
It's the latest chapter in what's turned into the contentious
investigation into the so called Epstein Files. The victims will
be joined by Democratic Congressman Roe Coana of California and
Republican Congressman Thomas Massey of Kentucky. The city of Seattle
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has filed a lawsuit against gun maker Glock because its
handguns can easily be converted into rapid fire guns. Brad
Ford reports.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
The lawsuit names Glock and its parent company in Austria,
along with three local retailers. A device called a Glock
switch modifies the semi automatic handgun to fire automatically. While
switches are also available for other handguns. The lawsuit argues
the glock switch conversion is much easier to use than
the other brands. They want Glock to modify its guns
to eliminate the switch.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Huntsville, Alabama councilman says his city will be a great
home for Space Command. Bill Klings said the Air Force
used an objective process for selecting the site of the
command's headquarters. I'm Brian Shook. The International Association of Genocide
Scholars claims Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Israel's Foreign
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Ministry denies the accusations, calling them an embarrassment to the
legal profession and saying that they're based on Hamas's Campaign
of Lives, but the world's largest association of scholars studying
genocide contends that Israel has met the legal criteria for
genocide and crimes against humanity. The FAA is blaming staffing
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issues for the latest ground stops issued yesterday at Newark
Airport as folks traveled for the Labor Day weekend. Scott
Pringle reports.
Speaker 4 (02:43):
Officials had to order a ground stop early Monday afternoon
and then another one late in the afternoon that caused
delays on arriving flights on a very busy travel day.
Staffing issues to blame. Newark also had disruptions last Thursday
when a groundstop was issued. Over recent months, the airport
has been plagued by staffing and equipment issues, leading to
many disruptions.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
Scott Pringle reporting. Robbie Krieger is set to celebrate The
Door's nineteen seventy album Morrison Hotel with a show in
Los Angeles. Mark Mayfield has more.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
The event is being dubbed a sixtieth Anniversary Doors Celebration
and will feature performances of the bandskits such as Roadhouse Blues,
Waiting for the Sun and Peace Frog The concert takes
place at the Los Angeles Greek Theater on Thursday, October
the thirtieth Trip Form featuring Pablo Manzaric will kick off
the night with Kreeger and his band taking the stage
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for a night of doors hits. I'm Mark Mayfield.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
No one won the Big Powerball prize from Monday's drawing,
but ten tickets around the nation matched all five white
balls for a one million dollar prize each. The estimated
jackpot for Wednesday's drawing is now one point three billion dollars.
I'm Brian Shook.