October 28, 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.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
In just four minutes, Hurricane Melissa has moved back into
the Caribbean after pummeling Jamaica. It was the most powerful
hurricane on record to strike the island, landing as a
catastrophic Category five storm, packing wins of one hundred and
eighty five miles per hour. NBC's Ed Augustin is in Cuba,
where Melissa is headed next. He reports storm preps there
(00:27):
are hampered by disease factors.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
Right now in Cuba, you've got an outbreak of Denghi
of oripuca, very difficult tropical diseases that are making it
very very difficult for kiebans to prepare for this impending peril.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
He expects catastrophic damage there as well. The Trump administrations
being sued by a group of Democrat states and Washington
d C. As millions are set to lose food assistance
on Saturday. Funding will run out November first for food
aid programs for more than forty million Americans as the
government shut down drags on. Meanwhile, flight delays are starting
(00:59):
to pile up as air traffic control towers deal with
staffing issues. President Trump, meantime, is in Japan for another
stop in his nearly week long visit to Asia. Earlier today,
he delivered remarks to American troops aboard the USS George
Washington aircraft carrier in Yokosuka, Japan, where he touted record
military spending and said he's supporting and across the board
pay race for every sailor and service member in the
(01:22):
United States Armed Forces.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
We're going to defend our country any way we have to,
and that's usually not the polity politically correct. Away from
now on, if we're in a war, we're gonna win
the war.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
We're gonna win it like nobody ever before. Those same
troops could end up going without pay by the middle
of next month. Two to the shutdown, The Federal Reserve
is widely expected to cut interest rates tomorrow. The FED
kicked off its two day meeting in Washington, DC today.
The group has indicated it will announce a cut following
a string of poor labor market reports coupled with news
(01:52):
that inflation has slowed. The Fed is expected to approve
a second consecutive quarter percentage point for twenty twenty five.
The FED cut has a trickle down effect on consumers
lowering mortgage, credit card, and auto loan interest rates. I'm
Jim Roop. America is getting skinnier, and weight loss drugs
may be a contributing factor. According to a self reported
Gallop poll, for the first time in more than fifteen years,
(02:15):
obesity rates in the US have fallen from almost forty
percent in twenty twenty two to thirty seven percent today.
That's an estimated seven point six million fewer obese adults.
The same poll reports fifteen percent of women and just
under ten percent of men are on golp one drugs
like ozempic, more than double the number who said they
used them last year. Cinemark and Imax are teaming up
(02:37):
to open more rare seventy millimeter screens next year.
Speaker 4 (02:41):
This comes out of Christopher Nolans highly anticipated The Odyssey
hitting theaters in July. Nolan's preferred format is IMAX seventy millimeter.
With the first showings of The Odyssey and that rare
format already sold out, there are currently just thirty Imax
seventy eight millimeter theaters in the world.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
I'm Tammy Trajeoh, Halloween is Friday, and brad Ford's Bereams
up some standard safety tips.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
Instead of using real candles, use electric candles to reduce
the risk of catching decorations or trigger treater's clothing on
fire costumes should be made of fire resistant material. Make
sure walkways don't have tripping hazards and that exits are
not blocked. Have kids going door to door carry a
flashlight or wear a glow stick so drivers can see them.
I'm brad Ford.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
And sticking with this theme. If you think you've lived
in a hanted house, you're not alone. Breed Tennis reports.
Surveys show one in four Americans say they have lived
in a hanted house, and twenty three percent say they
currently have a resident ghost.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
Science does not support the existence of ghosts, but many
people report lingering energy after death, cold spots, on explained noises,
even pets acting strangely. If you're selling, paranormal activity does
not legally have to be revealed, but in most states
death does. Nerd walle It says a ghost in the
house can lower its value up to twenty five percent,
(03:55):
but it can raise the value if a ghost is
someone famous. That is, if ghosts eat and exist.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
What was that?
Speaker 2 (04:02):
I'm Jim Roop
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest use this hour.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
In just four minutes, Hurricane Melissa has moved back into
the Caribbean after pummeling Jamaica. It was the most powerful
hurricane on record to strike the island, landing as a
catastrophic Category five storm, packing wins of one hundred and
eighty five miles per hour. NBC's Ed Augustin is in Cuba,
where Melissa is headed next. He reports storm preps there
(00:27):
are hampered by disease factors.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
Right now in Cuba, you've got an outbreak of Denghi
of oripuca, very difficult tropical diseases that are making it
very very difficult for kiebans to prepare for this impending peril.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
He expects catastrophic damage there as well. The Trump administrations
being sued by a group of Democrat states and Washington
d C. As millions are set to lose food assistance
on Saturday. Funding will run out November first for food
aid programs for more than forty million Americans as the
government shut down drags on. Meanwhile, flight delays are starting
(00:59):
to pile up as air traffic control towers deal with
staffing issues. President Trump, meantime, is in Japan for another
stop in his nearly week long visit to Asia. Earlier today,
he delivered remarks to American troops aboard the USS George
Washington aircraft carrier in Yokosuka, Japan, where he touted record
military spending and said he's supporting and across the board
pay race for every sailor and service member in the
(01:22):
United States Armed Forces.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
We're going to defend our country any way we have to,
and that's usually not the polity politically correct. Away from
now on, if we're in a war, we're gonna win
the war.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
We're gonna win it like nobody ever before. Those same
troops could end up going without pay by the middle
of next month. Two to the shutdown, The Federal Reserve
is widely expected to cut interest rates tomorrow. The FED
kicked off its two day meeting in Washington, DC today.
The group has indicated it will announce a cut following
a string of poor labor market reports coupled with news
(01:52):
that inflation has slowed. The Fed is expected to approve
a second consecutive quarter percentage point for twenty twenty five.
The FED cut has a trickle down effect on consumers
lowering mortgage, credit card, and auto loan interest rates. I'm
Jim Roop. America is getting skinnier, and weight loss drugs
may be a contributing factor. According to a self reported
Gallop poll, for the first time in more than fifteen years,
(02:15):
obesity rates in the US have fallen from almost forty
percent in twenty twenty two to thirty seven percent today.
That's an estimated seven point six million fewer obese adults.
The same poll reports fifteen percent of women and just
under ten percent of men are on golp one drugs
like ozempic, more than double the number who said they
used them last year. Cinemark and Imax are teaming up
(02:37):
to open more rare seventy millimeter screens next year.
Speaker 4 (02:41):
This comes out of Christopher Nolans highly anticipated The Odyssey
hitting theaters in July. Nolan's preferred format is IMAX seventy millimeter.
With the first showings of The Odyssey and that rare
format already sold out, there are currently just thirty Imax
seventy eight millimeter theaters in the world.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
I'm Tammy Trajeoh, Halloween is Friday, and brad Ford's Bereams
up some standard safety tips.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
Instead of using real candles, use electric candles to reduce
the risk of catching decorations or trigger treater's clothing on
fire costumes should be made of fire resistant material. Make
sure walkways don't have tripping hazards and that exits are
not blocked. Have kids going door to door carry a
flashlight or wear a glow stick so drivers can see them.
I'm brad Ford.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
And sticking with this theme. If you think you've lived
in a hanted house, you're not alone. Breed Tennis reports.
Surveys show one in four Americans say they have lived
in a hanted house, and twenty three percent say they
currently have a resident ghost.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
Science does not support the existence of ghosts, but many
people report lingering energy after death, cold spots, on explained noises,
even pets acting strangely. If you're selling, paranormal activity does
not legally have to be revealed, but in most states
death does. Nerd walle It says a ghost in the
house can lower its value up to twenty five percent,
(03:55):
but it can raise the value if a ghost is
someone famous. That is, if ghosts eat and exist.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
What was that?
Speaker 2 (04:02):
I'm Jim Roop
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