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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.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
Full force flying. That's right. The FAA ending its flight
reduction order at airports across the country. A reduction in
flights at dozens of major airports began a week ago
to help address the fatigue and staffing issues among air
traffic controllers during the historic government shutdown. As a result, today,
around eighty cancelations roughly forty one hundred delays at last check.

(00:30):
The House is expected to take up a bill tomorrow
to order the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. President
Trump says now he would sign it if it passes.
He also said this morning that he has nothing to
do with the investigation nor the subject of the investigation.

Speaker 3 (00:45):
We have nothing to do with Epstein. And democrats too.
All of his friends were Democrats. You look at this
Redhoff and you look at Larry Summers, Bill Clinton. They
went to his island all the time. Many of this
oral democrats.

Speaker 2 (00:58):
He says, he's all for the Department releasing all of
the Epstein files, and he doubled down on his distance.

Speaker 3 (01:04):
They were with them all the time. I wasn't at
all this.

Speaker 2 (01:08):
In spite of pictures and videos of the two socializing,
He says the only thing he's really worried about is
he doesn't want it to draw attention away from the
great things he's doing on affordability. Reverend Jesse Jackson is
being transferred out of intensive care after receiving treatment for
progressive supra nuclear palsy, a neurological disorder he was diagnosed

(01:29):
with an April. Jackson remains in stable condition. They'll continue
receiving care at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. His family
thanked the medical team as well as those who have
been praying for him. In his statement, they released the
prices of the popular weight loss drugs we govy and
ozepic are being lowered starting today. Novo Nordisk, the maker

(01:52):
of both GLP one drugs, is announcing the monthly cost
for each of the two drugs is now three hundred
and forty nine dollars. That's down from four hundred and
ninety nine dollars for those not using insurance. I'm Jim
roop O. J. Simpson's estate has agreed to pay the
family of Ron Goldman fifty eight million dollars.

Speaker 4 (02:11):
According to court documents, The estate executors accepted the family's claim,
which was originally filed in twenty twenty one, for one
hundred and seventeen million. It's not clear how much the
estate will be able to raise from selling Simpson's assets.
Simpson died in April of twenty twenty four. He was
acquitted of the nineteen ninety four murders of his ex wife,
Nicole Brown Simpson and Goldman, but was found liable in

(02:32):
civil court. I'm tammy TRUHEO.

Speaker 2 (02:36):
Rain, Oh, but indeed it does. In fact, parts of
the state are bracing for even more stormy weather after
a powerful storm dumped heavy rains across the region and
left several people dead and forced evacuations over the weekend.
Jim Forbes has.

Speaker 1 (02:53):
More officials say that with more rain than the forecast
for today and tomorrow, problems with rock slides and burn
scars could get even worse. The National Weather Service sent
out a warning Sunday, saying quote, due to the abundant
rainfall the past couple of days, it will not take
as much rainfall to cause additional flooding or rock slides.
I'm Jim Forbes.

Speaker 2 (03:13):
National Food Days are great. National Alcohol Days are fun,
but Breed Tennis reports this national day is the foundation
of all great things.

Speaker 5 (03:22):
Today we are celebrating butter, the ingredient that makes everything
better because it comes from cream. According to the Dairy Council,
the average American needs two sticks per month. We've been
spreading it on stuff for over nine thousand years. It's
been used as currency, even medicine, and people go to
great lengths sculpting it. To celebrate today, Please pass the butter.

(03:43):
I'm bre Tennis.

Speaker 2 (03:44):
There will likely be plenty of butter on Thanksgiving, as
more than half of consumers say they're not changing anything
for Thanksgiving dinner this year, trying to save money. That's
according to Butterball's annual Thanksgiving Outlook. When Ashley about concerns
about inflation, most said they would not comp of eyes
when it comes to Thanksgiving food. I'm Jim Roop.