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. No King's
protests are happening nationwide today against the Trump administration. This
woman explains why she's taking part in today's march and
rally in Atlanta.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
I'm sixty eight and I don't want to live in
a country with a dictator.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
This is America.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
We're supposed to be free.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
I want to be free.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
Pro democracy protests are being held in more than twenty
five hundred cities across the US, including in New York, Chicago,
Los Angeles, Austin, and Washington.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
DC.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
Organizers stress that today's events will be peaceful, with millions
expected to take part. Several governors have activated the National
Guard and have warned that violence or property damage won't
be tolerated. The House of Representatives has canceled another planned
session for Monday. During a brief pro forma session on Friday,
the chambers set all of next week as a district
work period for the House. Just before the session gabbled out,
(00:55):
the acting speaker refused to recognize Democrats on the floor
who were pushing for the swearing in of Arizona. This
new representative elect House Speaker Mike Johnson has said he
won't swear in Arizona Congressman elect Atelitea Grijalva until the
government reopens. The federal government shutdown is now in its
eighteenth day with no end in sight. A joint will
allow cameras in the court room for former football player
Mark Sanchez's criminal case. Jim Forbes has the latest.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
Sanchez faces multiple charges in connection with an October fourth
incident that left him stab 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.
(01:39):
I'm Jim Forbes.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
In a report from Kelly Bluebooks, as Ford Motor Company
issued the most safety recalls among automakers in twenty twenty five,
Ford issued over one hundred alerts, and with a third
of the year remaining, the company has already exceeded its
previous annual record of seventy seven recalls. If a vehicle
fails to meet Federal motor vehicle safety standards due to
safety or related defects, manifact are required to notify consumers
(02:02):
about the issue. Ford has been fined in the past.
I'm Mark Nefield. A Vermont state senator, has resigned after
participating in an offensive Young Republican group chat that was
leaked last week. Scott Carr has more.
Speaker 4 (02:14):
Vermont State Senator Sam Douglas announced his resignation Friday after
Republican Governor Phil Scott called for him to step down.
That now infamous Young Republicans group chat was filled with
racist and anti Semitic remarks, including a remark from Douglas
himself suggesting that people of Indian heritage don't bathe often.
Douglas says his decision to resign will upset many and
(02:37):
delight others, but that as a young person, he says
he has a duty to set a good example for others.
I'm Scott Carr.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
President Trump says a US will repatriate the survivors of
Thursday's vote strike in the Caribbean. In a post on
truth Social Trump said the administration will send the two
survivors to their home countries, Ecuador and Columbia, for detention
and prosecution. The survivors were taken into US US custody
after the strike and what Trump says was a submarine.
Trump called those on board Narco terrorists and claimed they
(03:06):
were trafficking drugs to the US. This was the sixth
strike on an alleged drug vessel in the Caribbean in
recent weeks. Americans are set to spend a record amount
on Halloween this year, details from Lisa Cartin.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
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 from last year.
This year's total includes three point nine billion dollars on
candy and four point three billion dollars on costumes. Data
from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show the cost of
(03:43):
candy has jumped eight percent compared to last year. I
Have a Great Halloween. I'm Lisa Carton and.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
The Black Phone two is off to a solid start
at the box office. The sequel film starring Ethan Hawk
as a serial killer known as the Grammar, is expected
to make twenty three to twenty nine million dollars in
its first weekend in theaters. I'm Mark Mayfield
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest views this hour in just four minutes. No King's
protests are happening nationwide today against the Trump administration. This
woman explains why she's taking part in today's march and
rally in Atlanta.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
I'm sixty eight and I don't want to live in
a country with a dictator.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
This is America.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
We're supposed to be free.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
I want to be free.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
Pro democracy protests are being held in more than twenty
five hundred cities across the US, including in New York, Chicago,
Los Angeles, Austin, and Washington.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
DC.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
Organizers stress that today's events will be peaceful, with millions
expected to take part. Several governors have activated the National
Guard and have warned that violence or property damage won't
be tolerated. The House of Representatives has canceled another planned
session for Monday. During a brief pro forma session on Friday,
the chambers set all of next week as a district
work period for the House. Just before the session gabbled out,
(00:55):
the acting speaker refused to recognize Democrats on the floor
who were pushing for the swearing in of Arizona. This
new representative elect House Speaker Mike Johnson has said he
won't swear in Arizona Congressman elect Atelitea Grijalva until the
government reopens. The federal government shutdown is now in its
eighteenth day with no end in sight. A joint will
allow cameras in the court room for former football player
Mark Sanchez's criminal case. Jim Forbes has the latest.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
Sanchez faces multiple charges in connection with an October fourth
incident that left him stab 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.
(01:39):
I'm Jim Forbes.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
In a report from Kelly Bluebooks, as Ford Motor Company
issued the most safety recalls among automakers in twenty twenty five,
Ford issued over one hundred alerts, and with a third
of the year remaining, the company has already exceeded its
previous annual record of seventy seven recalls. If a vehicle
fails to meet Federal motor vehicle safety standards due to
safety or related defects, manifact are required to notify consumers
(02:02):
about the issue. Ford has been fined in the past.
I'm Mark Nefield. A Vermont state senator, has resigned after
participating in an offensive Young Republican group chat that was
leaked last week. Scott Carr has more.
Speaker 4 (02:14):
Vermont State Senator Sam Douglas announced his resignation Friday after
Republican Governor Phil Scott called for him to step down.
That now infamous Young Republicans group chat was filled with
racist and anti Semitic remarks, including a remark from Douglas
himself suggesting that people of Indian heritage don't bathe often.
Douglas says his decision to resign will upset many and
(02:37):
delight others, but that as a young person, he says
he has a duty to set a good example for others.
I'm Scott Carr.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
President Trump says a US will repatriate the survivors of
Thursday's vote strike in the Caribbean. In a post on
truth Social Trump said the administration will send the two
survivors to their home countries, Ecuador and Columbia, for detention
and prosecution. The survivors were taken into US US custody
after the strike and what Trump says was a submarine.
Trump called those on board Narco terrorists and claimed they
(03:06):
were trafficking drugs to the US. This was the sixth
strike on an alleged drug vessel in the Caribbean in
recent weeks. Americans are set to spend a record amount
on Halloween this year, details from Lisa Cartin.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
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 from last year.
This year's total includes three point nine billion dollars on
candy and four point three billion dollars on costumes. Data
from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show the cost of
(03:43):
candy has jumped eight percent compared to last year. I
Have a Great Halloween. I'm Lisa Carton and.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
The Black Phone two is off to a solid start
at the box office. The sequel film starring Ethan Hawk
as a serial killer known as the Grammar, is expected
to make twenty three to twenty nine million dollars in
its first weekend in theaters. I'm Mark Mayfield
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