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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest use this hour In just four minutes, The Senate
voted Monday night to end the record breaking government shutdown
and reopened federal agencies, passing a bipartisan measure after eight
Democrats joined the Republicans to break the stalemate. The final
vote was forty to sixty, with all Republicans except Ran

(00:22):
Paull of Kentucky supporting the bill. The legislation now heads
to the House, which could vote as soon as Wednesday
to approve the package and send it to President Trump.
The bill includes a minibus of three full year appropriations measures,
provides full funding for snap benefits through next September, and
keeps most of the government running through January thirtieth. President
Trump says he believes Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer went

(00:42):
over the top in the shutdown fight. Well, I think
he made a mistake in going too far. He going
too far. How Well, it just went too far. He
thought he could break the Republicans, and the Republicans broke him.
During an interview with Fox News, Trump said he knew
Schumer when he loved Israel, and now he's a Palestinian
saying he's never seen a politician change so much. Trump

(01:05):
discussed a series of topics, also saying he was not
pleased when he saw the air traffic controller staffing issues
in recent days, saying he wouldn't get the potential bonus
money he discussed for them. On a truth social from someplace,
there are warnings out in North Texas over an invasive
worm described as demonic Tammy Truehio has.

Speaker 2 (01:22):
Details hammerhead worms have invaded the area and are feasting
on earth worms that are vital to the health of
the soil. Native to Asia, the twelve to fifteen inch
long worms are hard to kill. If you cut one
up in pieces, each piece will simply regenerate and grow
into a new worm. They're toxic and a person will
usually break out in hives if they touch one. In
order to kill one, you have to trap it in

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a bag and freeze it for at least two days.
I'm Tammy Trihello.

Speaker 1 (01:48):
In today's Veterans Day, the day set aside to honor
the millions who have worn the United States Armed Forces uniform.
According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, more than forty
million men and women have served in the military over
the course of the nation's history. Today, the total number
of living US veterans is estimated at right around eighteen million.
I'm Murkneyfield. President Trump says the government will be opening quickly.

(02:09):
Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said he
approved of the deal struck between Republicans and a handful
of Democrats.

Speaker 3 (02:15):
The deal is very good.

Speaker 1 (02:17):
We're not going to be giving one and a half
trillion dollars to people that came in from jails and
from the gangs and drug dealers and all of these others.
The legislation now heads to the House, which could vote
as soon as Wednesday to approve the package and send
it to President Trump. A bid to overturn the right
to same sex marriages has been rejected by the Supreme Court.
The Justice has declined to take up the appeal from

(02:39):
former Kentucky County Clerk Kim Davis to overturn the twenty
fifteen landmark decision. The bid had been seen as a
long shot by analysts. Davis received national attention when she
refused to issue marriage licenses to a same sex couple
due to her religious beliefs. Canada is losing its measles
elimination status and America is at risk too. Sarah Lee
Kesseler explains the Pan.

Speaker 3 (03:00):
American Health Organization took action against Canada Monday after the
country failed to curb a measles outbreak for twelve consecutive months.
Pehoe is warning that the US could follow in January
if it doesn't stop its ongoing outbreak. America's measles problem
began in Texas in January of this year, spreading to
New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Kansas, with current measles cases in Utah, Arizona,

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and South Carolina. The reappearance of measles is blamed on
a declining vaccination rate. I'm Sarah Lee Kessler.

Speaker 1 (03:32):
Police say two people are dead after plane carrying hurricane
relief supplies to Jamaica crashed into a neighborhood outside of
Miami Airport. Spokesperson says a twin inch in turbo prop
took off from Fort Laudernale Monday morning. The two victims
have not yet been identified, and the powerball jackpot is
rolling over again. There was no grand prize winner in
Monday night's drawing, so the jackpot jumps to five hundred
and twelve million dollars ahead of the next drawing on Wednesday. Meanwhile,

(03:55):
Tuesday's Mega Million's drawing is worth a whopping nine hundred
million dollars. The cash option on that works out to
just over four hundred and fifteen million our Mark Mayfield