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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. No kings,
rallies and demonstrations are drawing massive crowds across the nation today.
Pro democracy protests are being held in all fifty states,
including in major cities like New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Austin,

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and Washington, d C. This protester is in Atlanta. I'm
sixty eight and I don't want to live in a
country with a dictator. This is America. We're supposed to
be free.

Speaker 2 (00:31):
I want to be free.

Speaker 1 (00:32):
Organizers say today's events are peaceful, with no arrests reported.
Officials in several states have wrapped up security and are
warning that violence or property damage will not be tolerated.
The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow
the deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago. Last week,
of federal judge temporarily blocked President Trump's deployment to the

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Chicago area. The judge partially granted a temporary restraining order
requested by lawyers for Zending Democratic Governor JB. Pritzker. On Friday,
the Justice Department filed an emergency application at the High
Court requesting a pause to the order to allow troops
to enter Illinois. The DOJ says the lower court ruling
impinges on the president's authority. The federal government shut down

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is now in its eighteenth day. Earlier this week, the
Senate on Thursday once again shot down a spending measure
that would have ended the impass It's the tenth time
lawmakers have attempted to pass the legislation that's Republican backed
that's already been passed in the House. No new talks
are scheduled. South Carolina state health officials say a measles
outbreak has grown to fifteen cases. The state's Public Health

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Department said the newly identified cases were close contacts of
people who were quarantining at home and were not in
any school settings when contagious. Several cases have been confirmed
in Spartanburg County, which sits on the border with North Carolina.
Last week, at least two elementary schools in the county
sent more than one hundred and fifty unvaccinated sas students

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home to quarantine for twenty one days after being exposed
to measles. I'm Lisa Carton. A powerful storm system is
bringing severe weather to the central and northeastern US this weekend.
More from Scott Carr.

Speaker 2 (02:14):
Forecasters say the storm working its way through the Rockies
now will likely impact much of the country with heavy rain,
and that the Ozarks and Mississippi Valley in particular will
face a severe weather threat before the system reaches the
northeast by Sunday. Tornadoes, damaging winds, and large hail are possible.

Speaker 1 (02:30):
A Vermont state senator has resigned after participating in the
offensive young Republican group chat that was leaked last week.
State Lawmaker Sam Douglas announced his resignation Friday after Republican
Governor Phil Scott called for him to step down. The
group chat and was filled with racist and anti Semitic remarks,
including one made by Douglas suggesting that people of Indian

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heritage don't bathe often. Douglas said his decision to resign
will quote upset many and delight others, but that as
a young person, here as a duty to set a
good example for others. Police in southern California have arrested
a suspected porch pirate known as Postal Malone. The Irvine
Police Department arrested Jacob Daniel Rodriguez of Santa Anna. This week,

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officer say Rodriguez is responsible for a string of package
thefts from an apartment complex in Irvine. The rare corpse
flower is expected to bloom at New York Botanical Gardens
just in time for Halloween. Sarah Lee Kessler with the story,
It's a rare flower known for its futrid smell, and
believe it or not, hundreds of people turn out to

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see it and savor it every time it blooms in
the Bronx. That's just once every three to five years
after it first opens up, which the NYBG says can
take a decade. If you're into melodorous floral trees that
can grow up to nine feet tall. You can watch
the corpse flower bloom via live stream event catch it
in person at the New York Botanical Garden at Halloween time.

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The odor is comparable to rotting flesh. It's produced to
attract pollinators. I'm Lisa Cartin