October 18, 2025 • 4 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest views this hour in just four minutes.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Today's pro democracy, No King's rallies are expected to draw
large crowds in all fifty states. Protests are planned in
more than twenty five hundred locations across the US, including
New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Austin, and Washington, d C.
Where organizers there are expecting over one hundred thousand protesters.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says he'll take part today.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
I will join the marchers to celebrate what makes this
country so great.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Speaking on the Senate floor earlier this week, the Senate's
top Democrats said, quote, we're a democracy in America. We
have no kings, despite the fact that President Trump has
even said he wants to become one. Former Trump Administration
national security advisor John Bolton has pleaded not guilty to
his federal charges. Tony Waterman reports Bolton was indicted on
(00:55):
charges related to the alleged mishandling of classified documents.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
Prosecutors claim Bolton used personal email accounts to share more
than one thousand diary like entries containing top secret information
with two relatives, including intelligence on foreign leaders and foreign
attack plans.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
The indictment claims classified information may have been exposed when
Bolton's personal email account was hacked by someone associated with
the Iranian government. A vocal critic of President Trump, Bolton
says the indictment is politically motivated. His Maryland home and
Washington d C. Office were searched by FBI agents in August.
The nation's midsection is bracing for severe storms that could
(01:35):
produce tornadoes or Castors are predicting heavy thunderstorms with the
possibility of tornadoes across the Mississippi Valley today, disrupting weekend
plans from northeast Texas to Indiana. The weather system may
produce supercell thunderstorms capable of damaging winds, large hail, and
flooding rain, and Americans are set to spend a record
amount on Halloween this year. According to the National Retail Federation,
(01:59):
Halloween space is expected to reach thirteen point one billion
dollars in twenty twenty five. I'm Lisa Carton. The New
York State Young Republicans chapter, has been suspended after reports
of racist and anti Semitic messages sent between members across
the country. Andrew Whitman reports.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Politico reported this week that the chats sent between Young
Republican leaders across the country included racial slurs about black
and Latino people, praise for Adolf Hitler, and jokes about
sending political opponents to gas chambers. Three officers in the
New York State Young Republicans were identified in the messages.
Two have since apologized. State gopachair ed Cox Set officials
(02:40):
voted to suspend the group Friday, saying such vile language
has no place in our party or its subsidiary organizations.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
Chevron is cutting one hundred and seventy five jobs at
two of its California offices. Sharon reared In reports.
Speaker 4 (02:55):
It's part of a company wide cost cutting plan. In
a notice to state officials, Chevron said it's roughly one
hundred positions will be eliminated at San Ramon Lakeside office
and another seventy five at its Bakersfield business unit in
the San Joaquin Valley. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that
the layoffs will begin next week and are permanent. I'm
Sharon Reardan.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
An online petition looks to replace Bad Bunny with country
singer George Straight at the Super Bowl halftime show in
Santa Clara experts the backlash against Bad Bunny super Bowl
performance shows what's happening in our society today that everything
is challenged.
Speaker 5 (03:29):
People are choosing to make the halftime show site the
site of contention around what should be presented to America
as Americana an American culture.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
James Taylor is a political professor 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
just on Spotify, George Strait has about eight million listeners.
(04:02):
I'm Lisa Carton.
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest views this hour in just four minutes.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Today's pro democracy, No King's rallies are expected to draw
large crowds in all fifty states. Protests are planned in
more than twenty five hundred locations across the US, including
New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Austin, and Washington, d C.
Where organizers there are expecting over one hundred thousand protesters.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says he'll take part today.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
I will join the marchers to celebrate what makes this
country so great.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Speaking on the Senate floor earlier this week, the Senate's
top Democrats said, quote, we're a democracy in America. We
have no kings, despite the fact that President Trump has
even said he wants to become one. Former Trump Administration
national security advisor John Bolton has pleaded not guilty to
his federal charges. Tony Waterman reports Bolton was indicted on
(00:55):
charges related to the alleged mishandling of classified documents.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
Prosecutors claim Bolton used personal email accounts to share more
than one thousand diary like entries containing top secret information
with two relatives, including intelligence on foreign leaders and foreign
attack plans.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
The indictment claims classified information may have been exposed when
Bolton's personal email account was hacked by someone associated with
the Iranian government. A vocal critic of President Trump, Bolton
says the indictment is politically motivated. His Maryland home and
Washington d C. Office were searched by FBI agents in August.
The nation's midsection is bracing for severe storms that could
(01:35):
produce tornadoes or Castors are predicting heavy thunderstorms with the
possibility of tornadoes across the Mississippi Valley today, disrupting weekend
plans from northeast Texas to Indiana. The weather system may
produce supercell thunderstorms capable of damaging winds, large hail, and
flooding rain, and Americans are set to spend a record
amount on Halloween this year. According to the National Retail Federation,
(01:59):
Halloween space is expected to reach thirteen point one billion
dollars in twenty twenty five. I'm Lisa Carton. The New
York State Young Republicans chapter, has been suspended after reports
of racist and anti Semitic messages sent between members across
the country. Andrew Whitman reports.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Politico reported this week that the chats sent between Young
Republican leaders across the country included racial slurs about black
and Latino people, praise for Adolf Hitler, and jokes about
sending political opponents to gas chambers. Three officers in the
New York State Young Republicans were identified in the messages.
Two have since apologized. State gopachair ed Cox Set officials
(02:40):
voted to suspend the group Friday, saying such vile language
has no place in our party or its subsidiary organizations.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
Chevron is cutting one hundred and seventy five jobs at
two of its California offices. Sharon reared In reports.
Speaker 4 (02:55):
It's part of a company wide cost cutting plan. In
a notice to state officials, Chevron said it's roughly one
hundred positions will be eliminated at San Ramon Lakeside office
and another seventy five at its Bakersfield business unit in
the San Joaquin Valley. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that
the layoffs will begin next week and are permanent. I'm
Sharon Reardan.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
An online petition looks to replace Bad Bunny with country
singer George Straight at the Super Bowl halftime show in
Santa Clara experts the backlash against Bad Bunny super Bowl
performance shows what's happening in our society today that everything
is challenged.
Speaker 5 (03:29):
People are choosing to make the halftime show site the
site of contention around what should be presented to America
as Americana an American culture.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
James Taylor is a political professor 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
just on Spotify, George Strait has about eight million listeners.
(04:02):
I'm Lisa Carton.
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