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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. President Trump
says Vladimir Zelensky has been through a lot. He welcomed
the Ukrainian president to the White House today as part
of Trump's ongoing effort to end the years long Russia
Ukraine War. President Zelensky of Ukraine.

Speaker 2 (00:22):
As in do it a lot.

Speaker 1 (00:24):
I mean, he really has.

Speaker 2 (00:24):
He's been doing a lot, and we've been doing it
with him, to be honest. It's been a long time,
and I think we're making great progress.

Speaker 1 (00:33):
Yesterday, Trump said he had a very productive phone call
with Russian leader of Vladimir Putin, and told reporters that
two will meet in Hungary soon. Trump and Zelensky are
discussing the possibility of Ukraine receiving US Tomahawk missiles, a
topic the Kremlin has said is of extreme concern. Former
National Security advisor John Bolton has pleaded not guilty to
federal charges. He appeared in court today in Maryland after

(00:55):
being indicted on eighteen counts related to alleged mishandling of
classified documents. Bolton, who served in the first Trump administration,
says the indictment is politically motivated. No trial date has
been set. The federal government shutdown is now in its
seventeenth day. After the Senate once again failed to pass
a spending measure yesterday that would have reopened things, House

(01:15):
Minority Leader Hagem Jeffries once again placed a blame on Republicans.
We will not support a partisan Republican spending bill that
continues to gut the healthcare of the American people. Yesterday's
vote was the tenth time lawmakers attempted to pass the
legislation that's Republican back and has already made it through
the House. Democrats continue to hold firm in wanting to

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see healthcare subsidies preserved as a sticking point for any
conversation about making a deal. Arizona has executed a man
who was convicted of murder nearly thirty years ago. Richard
jeff was found guilty on four counts the first degree
murderer and sentenced to death in nineteen ninety six. He
died by lethal injection for killing four members of a
Phoenix family, including a five year old boy. He released

(01:57):
a handwritten statement last month saying he wouldn't be asking
for is life to be spared. This marked the fourth
execution in the country this week. I'm Chris Krazio. Apple
and NBC Universal will start offering a bundle subscription for
their streaming services next week. Starting Monday, customers will be
able to subscribe to a bundle with Apple TV and
Peacock Premium for fifteen dollars a month. An option that

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includes Apple TV and Peacock Premium Plus with limited ads
will be available for twenty dollars a month. The partnership
will also see a cross sampling of content be made
available to standalone subscribers for each service at no additional cost.
The bundle option comes as the streaming services look to
keep competing with Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. Nessley is
planning to slash sixteen thousand jobs over the next couple

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of years. Wendy Swanson has more.

Speaker 2 (02:44):
It comes as the food giant wants to focus on
products with the highest returns. It's a goal of the
new CEO, who said the food and beverage Giant has
to change faster to keep from losing market share. The
cuts will include twelve thousand white collar jobs and fourth
and other positions for what IT estimates will be a
savings of nearly a billion dollars.

Speaker 1 (03:04):
The first ever Goblin Con goes down in Hopkinsville, Kentucky,
this weekend. The two day UFO and Paranormal Expo marks
the seventieth anniversary of the Kelley Hopkinsville Encounter of nineteen
fifty five. Multiple members of the Sutton family claimed they
had an hour's long standoff with three foot tall glowing
beings they called goblins outside of their home during the

(03:25):
supposed paranormal incident. The Kelley Hopkinsville encounter helped to inspire
films like Et and the mid nineties comedy horror flick Critters.
Police in Ocean City, Maryland, are a bit taken aback
by the overwhelming response to a call for volunteers to
smoke weed in front of them. The request for adults
to take part in the smoking session at the upcoming
Maryland Highway Safety Offices DUI conference went out on social

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media Tuesday afternoon, but registration closed within hours when folks
came out of the woodwork to volunteer. The program gives
student officers a chance to observe real time cannabis impairment
so they can easily recognized when they hit the streets.
On their own. I'm Chris Krajio,