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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update. The
latest use this hour In just four minutes.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
Former Trump National Security advisor John Bolton has been indicted.
President Trump speaking at the Oval Office this afternoon when
he got the news, and.

Speaker 1 (00:17):
I think he's a bad person.

Speaker 3 (00:20):
I think he's a bad guy.

Speaker 1 (00:23):
Yeah, he's a bad guy, too bad.

Speaker 2 (00:25):
But that's the where it goes.

Speaker 4 (00:27):
That's the where it.

Speaker 2 (00:27):
Goestan is facing eighteen counts of alleged mishandling of classified documents.
He became a strong critic of President Trump after he
left the administration in twenty nineteen. There's no end insight
to the government shutdown after the Senate voted down again
the House GOP's spending bill for the tenth time. Meanwhile,
the Senate held a procedural vote on a measure that's

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meant to fund the Department of War. Democrats blocked that
legislation as they want discussions to begin on an extension
of subsidies related to the Affordable Care Act. President Trump
wants to make in vitro fertilization more accessible. The President
announcing a plan that will allow Americans access to fertility
drugs at reduced prices and make IVF treatment less expensive,

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lowering drug costs was one of mister Trump's campaign promises.
President Trump, at the meantime says he has authorized the
CIA to take action in Venezuela.

Speaker 1 (01:20):
The authorized speak for two reasons.

Speaker 2 (01:22):
Julie. Number one, they have emptied their prisons into the
United States of America.

Speaker 1 (01:27):
They came in through the.

Speaker 2 (01:30):
Well, they came in through the border. In confirming the authorization,
mister Trump told reporters at the White House that the
second reason was the amount of drugs coming in from Venezuela.
And a related story, flight tracking data shows B fifty
two bombers were flown near the coast of Venezuela. According
to the data, the B fifty twos took off from
Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana Wednesday flew near Venezuela's

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coast for hours in what appears to be a major
show of force by President Trump. F two is a
long range heavy bomber also capable of carrying nuclear weapons.
I'm Jim Roop. The Marine Expiditionary Force is gearing up
for a live fire amphibious capabilities demonstration this Saturday at
Camp Pendleton, marking the Marine Corpse, two hundred and fiftieth

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birthday and America's two hundred and fiftieth year of Independence.
John Fink has details.

Speaker 1 (02:21):
The event will showcase high powered Navy and Marine Corps
teamwork across air, land and sea. It's all happening on
approved training ranges, and despite previous reports, no roads will
be closed. After the demo, families and service members will
head to delm Our Beach for a Beach Bashed celebration,
and the White House Production Office will film the action
for a national broadcast airing on November ninth. I'm John Fink.

Speaker 2 (02:43):
An autonomous vehicle company is getting into the food delivery business.

Speaker 4 (02:47):
Mattin Mattinson explained Weimo Indoor Dash both announced the partnership
on Thursday. The delivery app is set to use the
robotaxis for food and grocery orders. It's currently being tested
in the metro Phoenix area until the end of the
year year, with a larger rollout expected in the future.
This comes after door Dash announced its own robot delivery
service called dot late last month that's also currently in

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its testing phase.

Speaker 2 (03:10):
If you don't want to cook this Thanksgiving, one company
is offering a holiday kitchen workaround breed tennis with more.

Speaker 3 (03:18):
If cooking a big holiday meal is not your thing,
this in Foods has your back. They're offering two new
flavors to its line of cup noodles just in time
for Thanksgiving. Turkey Dinner noodles features herbed turkey broth, sweet corn, cranberries,
and green beans, and for dessert, pumpkin pie noodles, both
available at Walmart. We'll set you back about a dollar

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eighteen each. I'm pre tennis.

Speaker 2 (03:41):
Any case you're wondering where to go on Thanksgiving, go
where apparently everybody else is. The most popular travel destination
for Thanksgiving this year is South Carolina. That's according to
data from Google Flights, which says the most searched destination
in the US for the week of Thanksgiving is Columbia.
South Carolina's believed it's because the Palmetto Bowl is being

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played there on Saturday. I'm Jim Roope.