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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. Ukrainian President
Vlodidmir Zelenski says he thinks Russia is afraid about the
possibilities of the US giving his country Tomahawk missiles. It
comes after President Trump confirmed there might be a possible
swap of American Tomahawk missiles for Ukraine drones. President Trump

(00:23):
says brokering peace between the two Putin and Zelenski would
be a challenge because they simply don't like each other.

Speaker 2 (00:30):
Tremendous bad blood. It's really is what is holding up
I think a settlement.

Speaker 1 (00:34):
Speaking after a meeting with mister Trump with the White House,
Elensky said discussions around territory will be tough, but he's
optimistic that progress will be made eventually. John Bolton says
he's innocent of federal charges levied against him. A former
national security advisor to President Trump, was indicted yesterday on
charges related to alleged mishandling of classified documents he surrendered

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to federal authorities in Maryland this morning. A vocal critic
of the president sident, Bolton says that the indictment is
politically motivated trial date not yet set. President Trump has
commuted the prison sentence of George Santos, the disgraced former
Republican congressman from New York pleaded guilty to identity theft
and wire fraud in August of twenty twenty four. Gave

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Gutierra's reports. Santos gained national attention in twenty twenty two. Well,
that's when The New York Times reported several lies he
told about his backstory during his congressional campaign. Now tonight,
the President, writing, George Santos was somewhat of a rogue,
but there are many rogues throughout our country that aren't
forced to serve seven years in prison, adding at least

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Santos had the courage, conviction, and intelligence to always vote Republican.
At a truth social post, Mister Trump implied that the
sentence was too harsh, adding that Santos will be released immediately.
This song called No King's protests scheduled across the country
tomorrow are expected to draw big crowds. There are more
than twenty five hundred such demonstrations scheduled with the goal

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of reminding the president and his enablers, say organizers that
America has no kings. I'm Jim Roop. A judge is
going to allow cameras in the courtroom for former football
player Mark Sanchez's criminal case.

Speaker 3 (02:12):
Sanchez faces multiple charges in connection with an October fourth
incident that left him stabbed multiple times. The judge's predecessor
in the proceedings had declined to permit cameras, but individual
judges have discretion to allow them. Multiple pre trial hearings
have been set in addition to a December eleventh trial date.
I'm Chris Kragio.

Speaker 1 (02:31):
An online petition seeks to replace Bad Bunny with country
singer George Strait at the Super Bowl halftime showing Santa Clara.
Experts say the backlash against Bad Bunny's Super Bowl performance
shows what's happening in our society today, that everything is challenged.

Speaker 2 (02:47):
People are choosing to make the halftime show cite the
site of contention around what should be presented to America
as Americana an American culture.

Speaker 1 (02:58):
James Taylor's politics for ffesser at the University of San Francisco.
The petition has nearly thirty two thousand signatures, with supporters
arguing the show should honor the roots of American music.
Bad Bunny Who's from Puerto Rico, which is a US territory,
has over eighty one million monthly listeners on Spotify. George
Strait has about eight million. An Oklahoma girls high school

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basketball team is showing what true sportsmanship is all about.
The girls of Academy High in Oklahoma City gave up
their championship title after they noticed a scoring error in
the final game. They thought they had beaten Apache High
School by one point with a buzzer beating three pointer,
but head coach Brendan King went home, rewatched the game
and noticed the error. His team decided to concede defeat,

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and King presented the championship trophy to Apache High School's team.
A rare and mysterious moth has made its way to Georgia,
just in time for spooky season. The Georgia Department of
Natural Resources Wildlife Division says follows the best time to
see the black witch moth. It's big, with pointed wings,
often mistaken for a back that. Officials say, although the
moth looks creepy, it's harmless to humans. I'm Jim Roop