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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. House Speaker
Mike Johnson is taking aim at Democrats ahead of today's
expected House vote to release the Jeffrey Epstein files. He
said Democratic lawmaker has had the files for four years
under President Biden, but did nothing with them. Johnson says

(00:21):
Democrats are pushing the Epstein files now only to villainize
President Trump. And President Trump is hosting Saudi Arabia's crown
Prince at the White House. Prince Mohammed bin Salman last
visited Washington in twenty eighteen. Today's meeting comes after Trump
announced yesterday that he planned to move forward with a
weapons deal that would allow the Kingdom to purchase F
thirty five stealth fighter jets from the US. Travel is

(00:42):
returning to normal at the nation's airports now that the
FAA has ended its flight reduction order. NBC's Emily Akda
reports that major airlines say they're ready as the Thanksgiving
holiday approaches.

Speaker 2 (00:53):
American says it will operate more than eighty thousand flights
between this Thursday and December second, including an additional late
night flights to help passengers returning home to American hubs
in Phoenix and Chicago.

Speaker 1 (01:05):
The flight cutsat dozens of major airports began a week
ago to help address fatigue and staffing shortages among air
traffic controllers during the record long government shutdown. It led
to thousands of flights being de later canceled. President Trump
says he would only consider approving legislation that provides a
pathway for direct healthcare payments.

Speaker 3 (01:23):
The President took two truth social, writing in part quote,
the only healthcare all support or approve is sending the
money directly back to the people. He added, the people
will be allowed to negotiate and buy their own much
better insurance. Trump's comments come as Affordable Care Act premium
subsidies are set to expire at the end of the year,
which will cause healthcare costs to skyrocket.

Speaker 1 (01:44):
Tom Cruise finally has an oscar. The sixty three year
old was honored with an Academy Honorary Award at this
year's Governor's Awards on Sunday night in La Cruz told
the audience making films is who I Am. Cruz has
been nominated for Best Actor for Born on the fourth
of July and Jerry maguire Best Supporting Actor for Magnolia
and Best Picture as a Producer on Top Gun Maverick,

(02:04):
I'm Chris Caangio. The Trump administration is fighting back against
California's No Secret Police and No Vigilantes acts. The White
House says it will not comply with the state's new
laws banning federal agents from wearing masks while on duty,
and has filed a lawsuit challenging laws. The lawsuit, filed Monday,
claims California is unfairly targeting the federal government and could

(02:26):
endanger immigration agents. The FBI is confirming that Cash Ptel's
girlfriend is being granted protective detail. Officials have reportedly tapped
SWAT Team members for Alexis Wilkins protection instead of the
FBI detail typically provided. The FBI said Wilkins is receiving
a protective detail because she has faced hundreds of credible
death threats related to her relationship with director Patel, whom

(02:48):
she has been dating for three years. Door Dash says
hackers got their hands on some phone numbers and physical
addresses in its database. The online food ordering and delivery
company insists this type of day is insensitive because it
doesn't include things like social Security numbers. They say the
crooks got in when an employee fill for a social
engineering attack. There's a generation of people who are not

(03:10):
showing any love to the letter T. Breed tennis with more.

Speaker 4 (03:14):
There are twenty six letters in the alphabet, but one
is just not getting in off love. Linguists say the
letter T is being dropped from words like kitten, mountain
and interview coast to coast, and no one knows why,
but they have named it. It's called T glottalization and
it's a speech error that's happening mostly in the under
twenty five age range. A reminder from your friends at

(03:35):
Sesame Street. I love the letters that loves that come
to it, and you should too.

Speaker 1 (03:42):
More than half of consumers say they won't make changes
to Thanksgiving this year to try to save money. That's
according to Butterball's annual Thanksgiving out Look. The survey found
eighty nine percent of consumers plan to celebrate the holiday
and eighty four percent will do so with a turkey.
Consumers express concern about inflation, but most said they wouldn't
compromise when it comes to Thanksgiving. I'm Chris Krajio