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

Speaker 2 (00:05):
In just four minutes, an indictment's been handed up to
former Trump National Security advisor John Bolton. Justice Department officials
in Maryland brought the charges, which were all related to
alleged mishandling of classified documents. He's facing federal accounts, eighteen
of them connected to the Espionage Act. His Maryland home

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and DC office were searched by the FBI in August.
Bolton became a strong critic of President Trump after he
left the administration in twenty nineteen. A government shutdown continues
after the Senate once again denied a spending measure. It's
the tenth time lawmakers have attempted to pass the legislation
that's backed by Republicans and has already made it through
the House. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, we.

Speaker 3 (00:47):
Are fighting for the American people. We see the anguish
they face everywhere we go in our districts, in our states.
People are not just oh, this is something new and
not so good. They saying it's horrible.

Speaker 2 (00:59):
Republicans say they've given the Democrats a clean bipartisan stopgap
spending plan and they're the ones holding things up. Meanwhile,
the Senate also held a procedural vote on a measure
that's meant to fund at the Department of War. Democrats
blocking both pieces of legislation as they want discussions to
begin on an extension of subsidies related to the Affordable
Care Act. Kentucky Republican Mitch McConnell has fallen in the

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basement of a Senate office building. Video shows the eighty
three year old walking while answering questions as he was
headed to vote at the Capitol. When he fell to
the ground. He was helped up by aids and smiled
and waved at the camera once he got back on
his feet. In February, the GOP senator announced he would
not seek another term. It all comes as McConnell has
suffered a number of falls and health scares in the

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last couple of years. The Great Planes are facing a
severe weather threat. Areas of Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas may see
thunderstorms bringing heavy winds and hail. The storm system will
then shift east tomorrow. Strong thunderstorms may be seen from
Oklahoma to Missouri. Over the world weekend, over thirty million
people from Ohio to Texas will be at risk of

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severe weather starting Saturday. I'm Jim Roop. Vice President JD.
Vance downplaying offensive language seen in a group chat of
young Republicans.

Speaker 1 (02:14):
Vice President JD. Vans describing some of the posts as
young men telling edgy jokes. A political report found thousands
of messages with racist, sexist, and violent language, including praise
for Adolf Hitler. Band said kids do stupid things and
telling an offensive joke shouldn't ruin their lives. Many members
of the group chat are in their twenties and thirties,

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including young Republican vice chairs from New York and Kansas.
I'm Rory O'Neil.

Speaker 2 (02:39):
FIFA officials say the US government has final authority over
the safety of twenty twenty six World Cup cities. This
follows President Trump's threat to move matches from cities like
Boston over safety concerns. FIVA says all sixteen host cities
in the US, Canada, and Mexico meet safety rules and
will be ready. The JM. Smucker Company is taking Trader

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Joe's to federal court. Michael Kassner with this.

Speaker 4 (03:04):
Smucker is filing suit against the grocery chain over concerns
that Trader Joe's new frozen peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
are too close in design an appearance to Smucker's on Crustables.
Smucker suggests that even the box that the Trader joe
sandwiches come in is similar to theirs. Smucker wants restitution
and all of the Trader Joe's packaging in sandwiches to

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be destroited. I'm Michael Cassner.

Speaker 2 (03:27):
A couple of first in the nation laws for California. First,
Sharon Reardon reports Governor Gavenussom has signed the Youth Sports
for All Act into law.

Speaker 5 (03:36):
The measure calls for new commission to study how to
expand access and participation in sports for all children, regardless
of race, gender, disability, income, oer location. The law also
creates a special state fund to support the Commission's research
and recommendations for making youth sports more inclusive.

Speaker 2 (03:52):
California is also the first state in the US to
require restaurants with twenty or more locations to list major
food allergies on their menu use. This includes ingredients like milk, eggs, shellfish,
and tree nuts. I'm Jim Roop