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This is your twenty four to seven use update.
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The latest use this hour in just four minutes.
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New video of the suspect in the assassination of Charlie
Kirk has been released. At a press conference Thursday night,
official shared footage. It shows the suspect jumping from a
building near the scene of the shooting. Utah Governor Spencer
Cox with the update, we cannot.
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Do our job without the public's help. Right now, the
public has.
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Answered our call for action. So far, we've received more
than seven thousand leads and tips.
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Kirk died after being shot in the neck while speaking
in an outdoor turning Point event at Utah Valley University
on Wednesday. The Utah Department of Public Safety says it's
recovered a high power Bold Action rifle. Comedy Central's pulling
a recent South Park episode that made fun of Kirk.
Chris Keragio has details.
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The animated series premiered an episode on August sixth titled
Got a Nut, which included a character aimed at mimb
Gang dec conservative commentator Now In the wake of Kirk's death,
Comedy Central has decided not to air reruns of that episode,
but it's still available to stream. On Paramount Plus. Despite
the episode appearing to poke fun at Kirk, he brushed
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off the parody when asked about it during an interview
and said, we as conservatives need to be able to
take a joke. We shouldn't take ourselves so seriously. I'm
Chris Karazio.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
The trial of the man accused of attempting to assassinate
President Trump is underway in a federal court in Florida. Thursday.
Defendant Ryan Ruth was cut off after six minutes during
his opening statement, with the judge accusing him of making
a mockery of the courtroom. Ruth is representing himself. He's
accused of staking out Trump for twelve hours with a
rifle on Trump's golf course in September of twenty twenty four.
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Investigators are still combing through the evidence at Evergreen High
School near Denver following a shooting Wednesday that left two
students injured. The suspect is identified now as sixteen year
old Desmond Holly, and investigators believe he was radicalized by
some type of extremist network. The suspect died of a
self inflicted gunshot wound. I'm Tammy Trihello, high ranking Democrats
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are calling for major concessions from Republicans to repair what
they describe as a national healthcare crisis. Sarah Lee Kessler reports.
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Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer claims GOP health proposals aren't
good enough for the American people. Schumer calling for true
bipartisan negotiation as lawmakers worked to keep federal departments funded
past September thirtieth. Schumer, along with fellow New Yorker House
Democratic Leader Hakim Jeffries, are meeting for talks with other
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House and Senate members on shaping their demands ahead of
the looming deadline. I'm Sarah le Kessler.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
The Federal Trade Commissions looking into seven companies that make
ai chatboss aimed at children. The agency wants to see
how the companies are evaluating safety and working to limit
potential risks a negative impact on children and teens. The
inquiry includes Alphabet, character Ai, Instagram, Meta, open Aia, Snap
and Xai. OpenAI and character Ai are currently the targets
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of lawsuits after children committed suicide after allegedly being encouraged
by the chatbots. The twenty twenty five NFL season is
off to a hot start after the league set viewership
records for Week one games. Ryan Shook has details.
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League officials say the opening slate of games averaged more
than twenty two million viewers per game. The biggest audience
was drawn by the season opener between the Philadelphia Eagles
and Dallas Cowboys, with over twenty eight million viewers. Sunday
Night's game between the Baltimore Ravens and the Buffalo Bills
was the second most watched, with nearly twenty five million.
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I'm Brian Shook.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Paramount Skydance is reportedly preparing a bid to acquire Warner
Brothers Discovery. The Wall Street Journal reports a bid is
backed by the Ellison family and will consist mostly of cash.
The offer would cover wbd's entire business, including its cable
TV channels and its film studio in Bank, California. I'm
Tammy Trujillo.