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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. President Trump
says Jeffrey Epstein was a sick pervert. He made the
comment to an ABC News reporter who asked the question,
then went on to chine her for bringing up the
subject of Epstein.

Speaker 2 (00:20):
Now, what the Epstein is is a Democrat hoax to
try and get me not to be able to talk
about the twenty one trillion dollars that I talked about today.

Speaker 1 (00:28):
It's a hoax, Trump claimed. The reporter asked the question
with anger and meanness and question why her network isn't
looking at, in his words, all the money Epstein gave
to Democrats. Trump added that ABC should have its broadcast
license pulled. Trump's comments come on the same day the
House is expected to vote to release all the files
from the DOJ investigation of Epstein. President Trump is meeting

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with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince at the White House. He
recalled calling Prince Mohammed ben Salman a brilliant man when
he first met him in twenty seventeen, and said the
Prince help bring stability to the Middle East. Today's meeting
comes after Trump announced yesterday that he plans to move
forward with a weapons deal that would allow the Kingdom
to purchase F thirty five stealth fighter jets from the US.

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US Border Patrol and ICE agents are expanding their operation
to Raleigh, North Carolina today. NBC's Ryan Chandler says it
comes after agents made about one hundred and thirty arrests
in Charlotte.

Speaker 2 (01:22):
Border Patrol agents have been searching the city since Saturday
in parking lots, outside homes, your community centers for immigrant children,
oh none were present. Homeland Security is calling it Operation
Charlotte's Web.

Speaker 1 (01:35):
Raleigh mayer Janet Cowell, confirmed last night that she had
been notified that federal agents would begin rounding up undocumented
immigrants and those with outstanding warrants across central North Carolina. Today,
things are getting back to normal on several popular websites
and apps that were impacted by a cloud flare outage.
The web services firm says a fix has been implemented
and the incident is now resolved. The outage that began

(01:57):
about seven am Eastern caused issues with apps and websites
like chat, gbt X, and the video game League of Legends.
I'm Chris Caraccio. The Supreme Court is agreeing to review
a San Diego based case challenging and now rescinded immigration
policy known as metering. John Fink reports.

Speaker 3 (02:16):
That policy limited how many asylum seekers could enter at
ports of entry, including San ye Cedro, at one of
the busiest crossings in the world. A federal appeals court
ruled last year that metering violated US law, which guarantees
anyone arriving in the United States the right to apply
for asylum. The Trump administration is insisting the Supreme Court
get involved to provide legal clarity, giving the likelihood the
policy could return. The case is set to be heard

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during the Supreme Court's current term, with oral arguments likely
to be set for late winter or spring in a
decision expected by summer. I'm John Fink.

Speaker 1 (02:46):
True to its nickname, Las Vegas is the most sinful
city in the US. Mark Mayfield explains.

Speaker 4 (02:59):
That's according to a recent study by the personal finance
company wallet Hub. The study compares more than one hundred
and eighty cities based on seven sinful behaviors like anger, hatred, jealousy, vices, vanity,
and laziness. Las Vegas is followed by Houston, Los Angeles,
Philadelphia and Atlanta.

Speaker 1 (03:17):
I'm Marktanfield. The halftime performers for this year's NFL Thanksgiving
Day games have been revealed. Newly inducted rock and Roll
Hall of Famer Jack White will perform for his native

(03:39):
Detroit Lions when they play host to the Green Bay Packers.
Down in Dallas, hometown Star Post Malone will perform when
the Cowboys take on the Kansas City Chiefs. Meantime, Little
John will take the stage at halftime in Baltimore for
the game between the Ravens and the Cincinnati Bengals. The rapper,
by the Way, will be pulling double duty on Thanksgiving,
as he will also be performing at the Macy's Thanksgiving

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Day Parade earlier in the day. I'm Chris Caractio.