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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:08):
Former Vice President Dick Cheney has died. He was eighty four.
Cheney's career in public service began in nineteen sixty nine
when he joined the Nixon administration. A former Republican Wyoming congressman,
Cheney also served as White House Chief of Staff for
President Gerald Ford and Defense Secretary under President George H. W. Bush,
but his most prominent role was as Vice President for

(00:30):
two terms under President George W. Bush. Cheney was influential
in shaping the US response to the September eleventh, two
thousand and one terror attacks. This is Cheney shortly after
the attacks on NBC's Meet the Press.

Speaker 3 (00:45):
The focus has to be not just on any one individual.
The problem here's terrorism, And even in this particular instance,
it looks as though the responsible organization was a group
called al Qaeda. It's a it's Arabic for the base.
That's how some have bin Lundon. He headed it up.

Speaker 2 (01:03):
He also helped push for the invasion of Iraq. Presidential
historian John Meechum. He called them as he saw them
in the service of the nation.

Speaker 4 (01:13):
He could be wrong.

Speaker 1 (01:15):
But he wasn't calling him for any other agenda, and
I think that there's a kind of a theme of
patriotism that runs through his life.

Speaker 2 (01:25):
In announcing his passing, Cheney's family said his death was
due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease.
It's election day with a number of key races on
the ballot. Voters are at the polls in New York
City to elect a new mayor. More from Brad Siegel.

Speaker 4 (01:39):
The front runner is Democratic nominees or on Mom Dummy,
as several polls show him ahead of former Governor Andrew
Cuomo and Republican Curtis Leewa. President Trump has made it
clear he's not a fan of Mom Donnie and has
threatened to withhold federal funding if he's elected. New York
City Mayor Eric Adams dropped out of the race and
threw his support behind Cuomo to be his successor.

Speaker 2 (01:58):
Poles have tightened in their used to be New Jersey's
next governor. Same can't be set for Virginia, where they're
choosing a new governor. I'm Michael Kassner. A majority of
Americans think political violence is going to get worse and
that it's likely a political candidate will be assassinated in
the next few years. Tammy Tricheo reports.

Speaker 5 (02:18):
A new poll from Politico and Public First found fifty
five percent hold that view almost equally along party lines, gender, age,
and education level. What's more, some twenty four percent believe
that political violence is justified in some cases. I believe
held more often by younger people. I'm Tammy Tricheo.

Speaker 2 (02:37):
Technology is causing the death of another form of payment.
More from bre Tennis on why the check is no
longer in the mail.

Speaker 1 (02:46):
Target says only three percent of their transactions are with checks,
so they banned them. So did all the old Navy, Lululemon,
Whole Foods, and a long list of other companies. The
Federal Reserve says it's good for business because credit or
debit cards have less fraud. They're also faster at the checkout.
It's the over fifty age group that still writes jacks,
and it's hard to give up like having cash in

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your wallet, something the younger generation also doesn't grasp. I'm
Bree Tennis.

Speaker 2 (03:12):
People Magazine's twenty twenty five Sexiest Man Alive is Wicked
and Bridgerton star Jonathan Bailey. The announcement was made Monday
night on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon.

Speaker 4 (03:24):
How does it feel if they love you?

Speaker 3 (03:26):
Come right? How does it feel to be.

Speaker 2 (03:30):
On the cover of People's Sexiest Man Alive? I mean,
it's an owner of a lifetime alien and I want to.

Speaker 4 (03:36):
Say, Jimmy, thank you so much for turning it down
so that I could be here.

Speaker 2 (03:38):
Yeah, that's exactly right. The thirty seven year old British
actor is the first openly gay man ever to hold
the title of People's Sexiest Man. Way More plans to
expand its robotaxi service to three more cities. The company
says it will launch its service on the streets of Detroit,
Las Vegas, and San Diego, likely in early twenty twenty six.

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Plans to expand in even more cities next year, including Seattle, Miami,
in London. I'm Michael Castner.