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Speaker 2 (00:08):
The White House is paying tribute to late conservative activist
Charlie Kirk. Today. President Trump will host what he described
as a big celebration honoring Kirk's life in the East Room.
Erica Kirk will appear at the ceremony as Trump awards
the Presidential Medal of Freedom to her late husband. President
Trump warns that the US will get involved if Hamas
does not disarm. He told reporters that he sent a

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clear warning to the militant group, and.

Speaker 3 (00:33):
They will disarm, and if they don't diss we will
disarm them, and it'll happen quickly and perhaps violently.

Speaker 2 (00:40):
He wouldn't offer any more details when pressed. Hamas laying
down their weapons is the next phase of Trump's Middle
East peace plan. Reports say Hamas has not yet agreed
to those terms. Trump said he spoke to Hamas directly
and that the group told him they intend to disarm.
President Trump says he's in the process of closing programs
popular with Democrats as the government shutdown continues. He told

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reporters today he's going to release a list of the
programs on the chopping Block Friday, he said the programs
are socialist and semi communist, and they're never coming back.
The shutdown is now in day fourteen as Democrats and
Republicans remain deadlocked on how to end the stalemate. The
Supreme Court has rejected an attempt by conservative media personality

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Alex Jones to block a one point five billion dollar
defamation judgment against him. Jones was hit with the massive
judgment over his false claims that the twenty twelve Sandy
Hook school shooting was a hoax. The parents of the
child victims secured the judgment. Instagram is overhauling how teenagers
experience their app. Matt Mattinson has more.

Speaker 1 (01:42):
The social media app announced a series of changes on
Tuesday aimed at making teens his experience similar to viewing
PG thirteen movies by limiting sexualized content or other similar material.
The changes apply only to teen specific accounts. Other apps
like YouTube have also rolled out similar methods to restrict
access to certain content. I'm at Mattinson and I'm Chris Caracio.

Speaker 2 (02:07):
Brinkley Hill has received a spot on Delaware's historical map.
The location is where brothers William and Nathaniel Brinkley would
meet runaway slaves, including Harriet Tubman, and transport them as
part of the underground Railroad. They're credited with helping over
one hundred enslaved individuals. The sign commemorates the history of
Brinkley Hill. In the early nineteenth century. The spot emerged

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as one of Delaware's earliest free black settlements and a
beacon for freedom seekers traveling north. No injuries for either
Alec Baldwin or his brother Stephen after a car accident
yesterday in the Hamptons. Andrew Whitman reports.

Speaker 3 (02:38):
Alec Baldwin was driving an East Hampton Monday afternoon, he
said in a video when he claims a garbage truck
cut him off, forcing him to crash into a tree.
The garbage truck company denies any fault. The Baldwins were
there for the Hamptons International Film Festival. Video shows the
brothers talking with police. Baldwin thanked them in the video.
No report of any site. Andrew Whitman, New York.

Speaker 2 (03:02):
Police in Clearwater, Florida, are credited with wrangling an unusual
suspect over the weekend. A five foot boa constrictor. Officers
were called out after someone spotted the snake camped out
on a car hood. A sergeant used a snake hook
to safely capture the reptile, which appeared to be dehydrated.
He was taken to a local pet store in hopes
of finding it.

Speaker 1 (03:20):
A proper home.

Speaker 2 (03:22):
October baseball pushes on as both the league championship series
are now underway. Yesterday, the Mariners blue out the Blue
Jays in Toronto ten three and are now heading back
home with a commanding two o lead. Game three will
be tomorrow in Seattle. Meantime, in the NLCS, the defending
champion LA Dodgers edged the Brewers in Milwaukee Monday two
to one in Game one behind a great pitching performance

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by Blake Snell. Game two is today. Week six of
the NFL season wrapped up last evening with a Monday
night doubleheader. The Falcons shocked the Bills twenty four to
fourteen in Atlanta to open the night. The Bears wrapped
up the week by walking off with a twenty five
to twenty four victory over the Commanders. Week seven will
kick off Thursday night in Cincinnati, Mandy, with the two
and four Bengals hosting the four and one Steelers.

Speaker 1 (04:03):
I'm Chris Kracio,