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. New King's
rallies and demonstrations are drawing huge 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, Denver,
and Washington, DC, where more than one hundred thousand people
(00:22):
were expected for a rally on the National Mall. Organizers
say today's events are peaceful, with no arrest reported. Officials
in several states are ramped up security and more than
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 (00:40):
During a brief pro formace 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
(01:00):
Speaker Mike Johnson has said he won't swear in Arizona
congresswoman elected Adelita Grajavap until the government reopens. I'm Scott
Carr in Washington.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
Arizona has executed a man who was sentenced almost thirty
years ago. More from Lisa Carton.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
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. I'm
(01:36):
Lisa Carton.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
In South Carolina, state health officials say a measle's outbreak
has grown to fifteen cases. The state's Public Health Department
said the newly identified cases were close contacts of people
who are 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
(01:58):
sent more than one hundred and fifty the unvaccinated students
home to quarantine for twenty one days after being exposed
to the measles. I'm Mark Neefield. President Trump says Venezuela's
president doesn't want to mess around with the US. Jim
Forbes has more.
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, he has offered everything.
Speaker 5 (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.
I'm Jim Forbes.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
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 President Trump's deployment to the
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 an emergency application at the High
(03:11):
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 Supreme Court, as well
as federal courts across the country, are expected to run
out of funds due to the government shutdown. Jimroop explains.
Speaker 5 (03:27):
The Supreme Court's public information officer says the High Court
expects to run out of money on October eighteenth, while
officials also warn the federal courts are expected to see
their funding dry up by the twentieth with funds set
to expire. The Supreme Court building will be closed to
the public until further notice, but it will remain open
for official business. As for federal courts, judges will continue
(03:47):
to serve, but court staff may only perform certain permitted activities.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
I'm Jim Roop and the nation's midsections bracing for severe
storms that could produce tornadoes. Forecasters are predicting heavy thunders
horns with the possibility of tornadoes across the Mississippi Valley.
I'm Mark Mayfield.
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest views this hour in just four minutes. New King's
rallies and demonstrations are drawing huge 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, Denver,
and Washington, DC, where more than one hundred thousand people
(00:22):
were expected for a rally on the National Mall. Organizers
say today's events are peaceful, with no arrest reported. Officials
in several states are ramped up security and more than
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 (00:40):
During a brief pro formace 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
(01:00):
Speaker Mike Johnson has said he won't swear in Arizona
congresswoman elected Adelita Grajavap until the government reopens. I'm Scott
Carr in Washington.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
Arizona has executed a man who was sentenced almost thirty
years ago. More from Lisa Carton.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
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. I'm
(01:36):
Lisa Carton.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
In South Carolina, state health officials say a measle's outbreak
has grown to fifteen cases. The state's Public Health Department
said the newly identified cases were close contacts of people
who are 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
(01:58):
sent more than one hundred and fifty the unvaccinated students
home to quarantine for twenty one days after being exposed
to the measles. I'm Mark Neefield. President Trump says Venezuela's
president doesn't want to mess around with the US. Jim
Forbes has more.
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, he has offered everything.
Speaker 5 (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.
I'm Jim Forbes.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
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 President Trump's deployment to the
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 an emergency application at the High
(03:11):
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 Supreme Court, as well
as federal courts across the country, are expected to run
out of funds due to the government shutdown. Jimroop explains.
Speaker 5 (03:27):
The Supreme Court's public information officer says the High Court
expects to run out of money on October eighteenth, while
officials also warn the federal courts are expected to see
their funding dry up by the twentieth with funds set
to expire. The Supreme Court building will be closed to
the public until further notice, but it will remain open
for official business. As for federal courts, judges will continue
(03:47):
to serve, but court staff may only perform certain permitted activities.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
I'm Jim Roop and the nation's midsections bracing for severe
storms that could produce tornadoes. Forecasters are predicting heavy thunders
horns with the possibility of tornadoes across the Mississippi Valley.
I'm Mark Mayfield.
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