October 18, 2025 • 4 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest use.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
This hour in just four minutes. Another massive nationwide rally
will be taking place this weekend. Organizers predict millions of
Americans will take part in Saturday's No King's protests against
President Trump and his use of executive power. Protesters planned
in more than twenty five hundred locations across the US,
(00:25):
including in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Austin, and Washington,
d C. Where organizers are expecting over one hundred thousand protesters.
A powerful storm system is expected to bring severe weather
to the central and northeastern US this weekend. Forecasters say
the storm is working its way through the Rockies and
will likely impact much of the country with heavy rainfall.
(00:48):
In that the Ozarks and Mississippi Valley will face a
severe weather threat before the system reaches the northeast by Sunday. Tornadoes,
damaging winds, and large hail are all possible. The six
people who were injured when Denver police fired shots at
a suspect back in twenty twenty two are getting a
big payout. Rob Dawson explains.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
A civil jury awarded nearly twenty million dollars to the
group were downtown in the early morning hours of July seventeenth,
twenty twenty two. The lawyers representing the sixth say this
award recognizes the suffering they've endured. This stems from a
lawsuit the group filed against now former DPD officer Brandon Ramos.
He pleaded guilty to third degree assault last year and
was sentenced to probation. The indictment revealed Ramos shot at
(01:33):
the suspect even though there were people around and the
suspect didn't directly threaten him. The suspect, Jordan Watty, was armed,
but dropped his gun on the ground.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
And a judge will allow cameras in the courtroom. For
the criminal case of former NFL football player Mark Sanchez,
Sanchez faces multiple charges in connection with an October fourth
incident in Indianapolis that left him stabbed multiple times. The
sportscaster was reportedly inebriated when he allegedly attacked a sixty
nine year old truck driver in a dispute over a
(02:04):
parking place. I'm Jim Forbes drama at a Wikipedia conference
in New York City Friday, when a man jumped on
stage and threatened to kill himself. Andrew Whitman has this story.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
It happened Friday morning inside Manhattan's Civic Hall that's a
community center near Union Square. At WIKI Conference North America
twenty twenty five, a man from Ohio jumped onto the
stage with a gun, made the threat as he pointed
it at the ceiling, and was tackled by organizers. The man,
who police say wore a sign reading anti contact, non
(02:36):
offending Pedophile, was taken into custody, no specific charges given.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Americans are set to spend a record amount on Halloween
this year. According to the National Retail Federation, Halloween spending
is expected to reach thirteen point one billion dollars in
twenty twenty five. That's up from eleven point six billion
dollars from last year. This year's total includes three point
nine billion dollars on candy and four point three billion
(03:01):
dollars on costumes. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
shows the cost of candy has jumped eight percent compared
to last year. President Trump has commuted the president sentence
of Representative George Santos. Liz Warner has more.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
The former GOP congressman from New York was released from
a New Jersey Prison on Truth Social The President called
Santos somewhat of a rogue, adding, but there are many
rogues throughout our country that aren't forced to serve seven
years in prison. The President went on to note that
Democratic Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal claimed to serve in Vietnam
that this had never happened. He called Bloomenthal a complete
(03:37):
and total fraud and said what he did is far
worse than what George Santos did. Santos pleaded guilty to
identity theft and wirefraud in August of twenty twenty four.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
And Prince Andrew will no longer use his royal titles. Andrew,
who's the younger brother to King Charles, issued a statement
via Buckingham Palace announcing he would no longer use the
honors conferred upon him after facing fresh questions over his
friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. I'm Jim Forbes
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest use.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
This hour in just four minutes. Another massive nationwide rally
will be taking place this weekend. Organizers predict millions of
Americans will take part in Saturday's No King's protests against
President Trump and his use of executive power. Protesters planned
in more than twenty five hundred locations across the US,
(00:25):
including in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Austin, and Washington,
d C. Where organizers are expecting over one hundred thousand protesters.
A powerful storm system is expected to bring severe weather
to the central and northeastern US this weekend. Forecasters say
the storm is working its way through the Rockies and
will likely impact much of the country with heavy rainfall.
(00:48):
In that the Ozarks and Mississippi Valley will face a
severe weather threat before the system reaches the northeast by Sunday. Tornadoes,
damaging winds, and large hail are all possible. The six
people who were injured when Denver police fired shots at
a suspect back in twenty twenty two are getting a
big payout. Rob Dawson explains.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
A civil jury awarded nearly twenty million dollars to the
group were downtown in the early morning hours of July seventeenth,
twenty twenty two. The lawyers representing the sixth say this
award recognizes the suffering they've endured. This stems from a
lawsuit the group filed against now former DPD officer Brandon Ramos.
He pleaded guilty to third degree assault last year and
was sentenced to probation. The indictment revealed Ramos shot at
(01:33):
the suspect even though there were people around and the
suspect didn't directly threaten him. The suspect, Jordan Watty, was armed,
but dropped his gun on the ground.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
And a judge will allow cameras in the courtroom. For
the criminal case of former NFL football player Mark Sanchez,
Sanchez faces multiple charges in connection with an October fourth
incident in Indianapolis that left him stabbed multiple times. The
sportscaster was reportedly inebriated when he allegedly attacked a sixty
nine year old truck driver in a dispute over a
(02:04):
parking place. I'm Jim Forbes drama at a Wikipedia conference
in New York City Friday, when a man jumped on
stage and threatened to kill himself. Andrew Whitman has this story.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
It happened Friday morning inside Manhattan's Civic Hall that's a
community center near Union Square. At WIKI Conference North America
twenty twenty five, a man from Ohio jumped onto the
stage with a gun, made the threat as he pointed
it at the ceiling, and was tackled by organizers. The man,
who police say wore a sign reading anti contact, non
(02:36):
offending Pedophile, was taken into custody, no specific charges given.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Americans are set to spend a record amount on Halloween
this year. According to the National Retail Federation, Halloween spending
is expected to reach thirteen point one billion dollars in
twenty twenty five. That's up from eleven point six billion
dollars from last year. This year's total includes three point
nine billion dollars on candy and four point three billion
(03:01):
dollars on costumes. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
shows the cost of candy has jumped eight percent compared
to last year. President Trump has commuted the president sentence
of Representative George Santos. Liz Warner has more.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
The former GOP congressman from New York was released from
a New Jersey Prison on Truth Social The President called
Santos somewhat of a rogue, adding, but there are many
rogues throughout our country that aren't forced to serve seven
years in prison. The President went on to note that
Democratic Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal claimed to serve in Vietnam
that this had never happened. He called Bloomenthal a complete
(03:37):
and total fraud and said what he did is far
worse than what George Santos did. Santos pleaded guilty to
identity theft and wirefraud in August of twenty twenty four.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
And Prince Andrew will no longer use his royal titles. Andrew,
who's the younger brother to King Charles, issued a statement
via Buckingham Palace announcing he would no longer use the
honors conferred upon him after facing fresh questions over his
friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. I'm Jim Forbes
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