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 this hour in just four minutes. New King's
Day demonstrations are drawing massive crowds from coast to coast.
Organizers say rallies against President Trump and his administration are
being held in more than twenty five hundred communities in
all fifty states. Huge grounds took to the streets in
(00:21):
major cities from New York to Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington, DC.
More than one hundred thousand people took part in a
rally on the National Mall amid the government shutdown. No
arrests were reported as officials ramped up security and wren
that violence or property damage won't be tolerated. The House
of Representatives has canceled another planned session for Monday. Scott
Carr has more from Washington.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
During a brief pro formance session Friday, the chambers set
all of this coming week as a district work period,
putting no end in sight to the ongoing federal government shutdown.
The acting speaker refused to recognize Democrats on the floor
just before the session gabbled out, who were pushing for
the swearing in of Arizona's new representative elect Republican House
(01:02):
Speaker Mike Johnson has said he won't swear in Arizona
Congresswoman elected Adelita Grahavap until the government reopens. I'm Scott
Carr in Washington.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
Arizona has executed a man who was sentenced almost thirty
years ago. Lisa Curtin has the store.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Richard Jerff was found guilty on four counts a first
degree murder and sentenced to death in nineteen ninety six.
He died by lethal injection Friday for killing four members
of a Phoenix family, including a five year old boy.
He released a handwritten statement last month saying he would
not be asking for his life to be spared. This
marked the fourth execution in the nation this week.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
I'm Lisa Carton and Ukrainian President Zelenski says he's still
holding out hope the US will provide his country with
Tomahawk missiles. President Trump declined to approve his request for
the long range missiles during Friday's meeting at the White House.
The Ukrainian leader had earlier said he thinks Russia is
afraid of the possibility. After Trump confirmed there might be
a possible swap of Tomahawk's for Ukrainian drones. Speaking after
(01:58):
meeting with Trump at the White House, Zelenski said discussions
around territory will be tough, but he's optimistic that progress
will eventually be made. I'm Mark Neefield. President Trump says
that Venezuela's president doesn't want to mess around with the US.
Here's Jim Forbes.
Speaker 4 (02:12):
Trump said that before a cabinet meeting Friday, using a
four letter expletive in place of the word mess when
he spoke.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
He has offered everything.
Speaker 3 (02:21):
He's offered everything.
Speaker 4 (02:22):
You're right, you know why, because he doesn't want to
fare around with the United States. Thank everybody, Thank you.
His comments come as tensions between Trump and Venezuelan and
President Maduro continue to rise. With another US strike against
a suspected drug boat in Caribbean waters on Thursday, Venezuela
says six people were killed, and multiple reports say the
(02:45):
US is holding survivors of that strike aboard a Navy ship.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
I'm Jim Forbes. The Trump administration is asking the Supreme
Court to allow the deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago.
Last week, a federal judge temporarily blocked to President Trump's
deployment to the show Chicago area. The judge partially granted
a temporary restraining order requested by lawyers representing Democratic Governor J. B. Pritzker.
On Friday, the Justice Department filed and emergency application at
(03:10):
the High Court requesting a pause to the order to
allow troops to enter Illinois. The DOJ says the lower
court ruling in pinges on the president's authority, and an
online petition seeks to replace Bad Bunny with country singer
George Strait at the Super Bowl halftime show. Experts say
that the backlash against Bad Bunny's Super Bowl performance shows
what is happening in our society today, that everything is challenged.
Speaker 5 (03:33):
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 (03:45):
James Taylor is a politics 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 listener
just on Spotify. George Strait has about eight million. I'm
Mark Mayfield.
This is your twenty four to seven use update. The
latest use this hour in just four minutes. New King's
Day demonstrations are drawing massive crowds from coast to coast.
Organizers say rallies against President Trump and his administration are
being held in more than twenty five hundred communities in
all fifty states. Huge grounds took to the streets in
(00:21):
major cities from New York to Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington, DC.
More than one hundred thousand people took part in a
rally on the National Mall amid the government shutdown. No
arrests were reported as officials ramped up security and wren
that violence or property damage won't be tolerated. The House
of Representatives has canceled another planned session for Monday. Scott
Carr has more from Washington.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
During a brief pro formance session Friday, the chambers set
all of this coming week as a district work period,
putting no end in sight to the ongoing federal government shutdown.
The acting speaker refused to recognize Democrats on the floor
just before the session gabbled out, who were pushing for
the swearing in of Arizona's new representative elect Republican House
(01:02):
Speaker Mike Johnson has said he won't swear in Arizona
Congresswoman elected Adelita Grahavap until the government reopens. I'm Scott
Carr in Washington.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
Arizona has executed a man who was sentenced almost thirty
years ago. Lisa Curtin has the store.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Richard Jerff was found guilty on four counts a first
degree murder and sentenced to death in nineteen ninety six.
He died by lethal injection Friday for killing four members
of a Phoenix family, including a five year old boy.
He released a handwritten statement last month saying he would
not be asking for his life to be spared. This
marked the fourth execution in the nation this week.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
I'm Lisa Carton and Ukrainian President Zelenski says he's still
holding out hope the US will provide his country with
Tomahawk missiles. President Trump declined to approve his request for
the long range missiles during Friday's meeting at the White House.
The Ukrainian leader had earlier said he thinks Russia is
afraid of the possibility. After Trump confirmed there might be
a possible swap of Tomahawk's for Ukrainian drones. Speaking after
(01:58):
meeting with Trump at the White House, Zelenski said discussions
around territory will be tough, but he's optimistic that progress
will eventually be made. I'm Mark Neefield. President Trump says
that Venezuela's president doesn't want to mess around with the US.
Here's Jim Forbes.
Speaker 4 (02:12):
Trump said that before a cabinet meeting Friday, using a
four letter expletive in place of the word mess when
he spoke.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
He has offered everything.
Speaker 3 (02:21):
He's offered everything.
Speaker 4 (02:22):
You're right, you know why, because he doesn't want to
fare around with the United States. Thank everybody, Thank you.
His comments come as tensions between Trump and Venezuelan and
President Maduro continue to rise. With another US strike against
a suspected drug boat in Caribbean waters on Thursday, Venezuela
says six people were killed, and multiple reports say the
(02:45):
US is holding survivors of that strike aboard a Navy ship.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
I'm Jim Forbes. The Trump administration is asking the Supreme
Court to allow the deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago.
Last week, a federal judge temporarily blocked to President Trump's
deployment to the show Chicago area. The judge partially granted
a temporary restraining order requested by lawyers representing Democratic Governor J. B. Pritzker.
On Friday, the Justice Department filed and emergency application at
(03:10):
the High Court requesting a pause to the order to
allow troops to enter Illinois. The DOJ says the lower
court ruling in pinges on the president's authority, and an
online petition seeks to replace Bad Bunny with country singer
George Strait at the Super Bowl halftime show. Experts say
that the backlash against Bad Bunny's Super Bowl performance shows
what is happening in our society today, that everything is challenged.
Speaker 5 (03:33):
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 (03:45):
James Taylor is a politics 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 listener
just on Spotify. George Strait has about eight million. I'm
Mark Mayfield.
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