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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest use this.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
Hour in just four minutes. Two federal judges want the
Trump administration to partially fund SNAP. The food assistance program
is set to expire tomorrow unless the government reopens, impacting
forty two million low income Americans who are enrolled. A
Rhode Island judge and a Massachusetts judge said the administration

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must tap emergency funds that will cover some of this
SNAP program. Meantime, the government shot down is now in
its thirty first day and will continue until at least Monday.
President Trump continued to place the blame on Democrats, but
said he's willing to meet with leaders from the party.
Let him open up the country and we'll meet you.

Speaker 1 (00:44):
We'll meet very quickly. But they have to open up
the country. It's their fault. Everything is their fault. It's
so easily solved.

Speaker 2 (00:53):
The Senate adjourned yesterday and won't meet again until after
the weekend. President Trump has denied he's considering striking military
targets in Venezuela. When asked if the reports of the
US reading strikes were true, he simply said no. Multiple
reports earlier today said the US was preparing to hit targets,
including military facilities used for drug trafficking. Trick or treaters

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are set to deal with some wicked winds tonight. Strong
wind advisories are out for forty six million people beginning
this afternoon in places across the Northeast and mid Atlantic.
Some guests could reach forty to fifty miles per hour.
And the list of America's most haunted states is out
just in time for Halloween. Spooky details now from Mark

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Mayfield is something Strange oh.

Speaker 1 (01:45):
A study conducted by legal US poker sites dot com
has California in first place. According to the survey, California
has nearly four thousand reported ghost sightings. Rounding up the
top five are Delaware, Texas, New York.

Speaker 2 (01:59):
And Nevada. Boo, I'm Mark Mayphew and I'm Chris Karrahio.
If you are looking to scare up some cash on
this Halloween, Tonight's Mega Million's drawing is worth an estimated
seven hundred and fifty four million dollars. Mega Million says
that's the largest jackpot ever for a Halloween drawing. A
lucky winner or winners taking the cash option would walk

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away with nearly three hundred and fifty three million. The
odds of winning the Grand prize are about one in
two hundred and ninety million. Horror movies are a big thing,
of course this time of year. An analyst a site
Just Watch as a list of the ones we're streaming
the most. At the top of the list is The Substance,
starring Demi Moore as a fading celebrity who turns to
unorthodox methods to regain or fame. Also on the list

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this year, or Talk to Me twenty eight days later,
Long Legs, the Menu, Sinners, Late Night with the Devil, Nope, Pearl.

Speaker 1 (02:50):
And X.

Speaker 2 (02:51):
HBO is revealing the premier date for a new documentary
on John Lennon and Yoko Ono more Now from Mark Mayfield.

Speaker 1 (03:03):
Go. The HBO original documentary One to One John and
Yoko was first shown during several film festivals including Venice,
Telly Ryan, and Sun Dance. It offers an inside look
at Lennon and Ono's first year in New York City
in the early seventies. One to One John and Yoko

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premiers on November fourteenth at eight pm Eastern on HBO
and will be available to stream on HBO Max.

Speaker 2 (03:30):
Week nine of the NFL season kicked off last night
with a lapsided matchup on Thursday Night Football. Lamar Jackson
and the Ravens crush to a tongue of Ioloa and
the Dolphins twenty eight to six at hard Rock Stadium.
Jackson returned from a three game absence to throw for
two hundred and four yards and four touchdowns. The action
continues Sunday with several notable games, including the Packers hosting
the Panthers, the Colts paying a visit to the Steelers,

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and the Bills entertaining the Chiefs. Sunday will be capped
off with a showdown with the Commanders hosting the Seahawks.
Week nine wraps up with the Cowboys playing host to
the Cardinals on Monday Night Football. I'm Chris Krazio.