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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:08):
President Trump's confirming there might be a possible swap of
American Tomahawk missiles for Ukrainian drones. The topic was raised
during the oppressive event at the White House between mister
Trump and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, who said he'd like
to get missiles that can travel over one thousand miles
to fight the Russians. Zelenski tells reporters he'd swap Ukrainian

(00:28):
drones for the Tomahawks, to which mister Trump said the
US is interested. Zelenski also says for his people, there's
another priority. Security guarantees between me and President Trump is
very important. Yesterday, mister Trump said he had a very
productive phone call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. He'll be
meeting him in Hungary soon. The White House is asking

(00:49):
the Supreme Court to allow the deployment of National Guard
troops to Chicago. Last week, a federal judge temporarily blocked
that deployment. A judge partially granting a temporary restraining order
requested by lawyers representing Democrat Governor J. B. Pritzker. Today,
the Justice Department filed an emergency application at the High
Court requesting a pause to that order to allow troops

(01:10):
to enter Illinois. Former Trump Administration National security advisor John
Bolton has pleaded not guilty to his federal charges. He
was indicted yesterday on charges related to alleged mishandling of
classified documents. He surrendered to federal authorities in Maryland this morning.
As the government shutdown is winding down a seventeenth day,
Rory O'Neil reports staffers of US senators are not getting paid,

(01:33):
but their bosses are.

Speaker 1 (01:34):
The financial clerk of the sent out a letter this
week saying that the October twentieth paycheck would be missed
unless the shutdown was resolved By the close of business Thursday.
The government remained shut down with no end in sight.
Senators are still being paid because their compensation is mandated
by the Constitution. Many of those senators from both parties
have asked to have their paychecks withheld until the shutdown ends.

Speaker 2 (01:57):
Wall Street ended the week on a positive note. Stock
Stan highs after President Trump said he expects to meet
with China's president later this month. I'm Jim Roop a
gym owner and Aspen, Colorado, says a pair of black
bears recently broke into his business.

Speaker 3 (02:13):
Monica Nelson reports Ajax Fitness owner David Mills says surveillance
video showed the bears pulling opened the door to get in.
Once inside, the bears went after protein shakes and protein mix.
No humans were inside at the time, and the bears
were not hurt.

Speaker 2 (02:27):
The good news is grizzlies are the most aggressive bear.
Black bears still dangerous, though we have Snoop Dogg is
releasing a new children's song called Love Is Love after
drawing some backlash over the summer for his comments about
same sex parents. A fifty three year old rapper was
on a podcast when he said he was scared to

(02:49):
go to the movies now after his grandson asked how
two women in a Pixar movie had a baby together.
His remarks to criticism from the LGBTQ community. So now
Nupe has released a new song on his animated children's
YouTube series Doggie Land, which he says celebrates families of
all shapes and sizes. We're getting close to Halloween, no stress,

(03:11):
but Breed Tennis has details on one thing you might
not have considered what's selecting your costume.

Speaker 4 (03:16):
The National Retail Federation says fifty one percent of all
adults we'll dress up for Halloween this year. They say
the average costume will set you back about fifty bucks.
That's a lot of cash if you end up changing
your mind about your costume, and Psychology Today says that
happens about nineteen percent of the time to adults. Kids
are more secure with their choices because there's less social

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anxiety about the choice and the reward is candy. I'm
Bree Tennis.

Speaker 2 (03:41):
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 Kelly Hopkins Encounter of nineteen
fifty five. Multiple members of the Sutton family claim they
had an hour's long standoff with three foot tall glowing
beings they called Goblin outside their home during this supposed

(04:02):
paranormal incident. I'm Jim Roop.