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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:08):
Luigi Mangioni was back in a New York courtroom Monday
as hearings continue over what evidence can be used in
his murder trial. Mangione's pleaded not guilty to killing United
Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson almost a year ago, and faces
both state and federal charges. One prison guard testified Mangione
who has kept on constant watch after his arrest in
Pennsylvania to avoid an Epstein's style situation. Another said Mangioni

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admitted he'd had a three D printed gun in his backpack.
Defense lawyers want that statement and other evidence thrown out,
arguing he was searched illegally and wasn't advised of his rights.
Secretary of Warpete Hegg set this facing blowback following a
Washington Post report that he ordered the military to kill
everybody in a boat strike in the Caribbean Sea. The
White House double down Monday on its use of lethal

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force against alleged Venezuelan drug boats, with Press Secretary Caroline
Levett saying all aspects of the September strike legal Lovett
would not confirm if a second strike was specifically targeting
survivors of the first strike. CENA Minority leader Chuck Schumer
says three of his New York offices were targeted with
bomb threats. Mark Mayfield reports.

Speaker 1 (01:13):
According to Schumer, his offices in Rochester, Binghamton, and Long
Island each received threatening emails on Monday.

Speaker 3 (01:19):
The bomb threats against my offices came with the email
subject line MAGA and from an email address alleging the
twenty twenty election was rigged.

Speaker 1 (01:31):
Security teams swept all locations and found no explosives. In
a statement, Schumer condemned the threats, saying that acts of
political intimidation have absolutely no place in our political system.
By Mark Mayfield.

Speaker 2 (01:43):
Drake May and the New England Patriots recorded their tenth
straight victory with a thirty three to fifteen takedown of
the New York Giants on Monday night football. May completed
twenty four of thirty one passes for two hundred and
eighty two yards and two touchdowns. The Patriots improved to
eleven and two with the win. The Giants have now
lost seven in a row and drop two two and
eleven on the season. I'm Tammy Trheo. The World Health

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Organization is now recommending golp one drugs as a tool
for managing obesity.

Speaker 3 (02:11):
Jim Roop reports the who's new guidelines are published in
the medical journal JAMMA. It says the drugs, which include
Eli Lilly's zep Bound and Novo Nordisk's wig Gofi, represent
a new chapter in the shift in how society approaches obesity,
rather than viewing it as a lifestyle condition. WHO officials
are hopeful that obesit will be viewed as a complex,

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preventable and treatable chronic disease. Growing evidence suggests that golp
one drugs lower the risk of high blood pressure, heart attacks,
and strokes linked to obesity. I'm Jim Roop.

Speaker 2 (02:45):
Ukrainian President Zelenski says important issues need to be resolved
to reach a deal to end the war with Russia.
He made the comment after US and Ukrainian officials held
talks in Florida. Meanwhile, special on boy Steve Whitkoff, we'll
meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. Ukraine and
its European allies have been calling for a revision to
the Trump administration's peace plan that would see Ukraine give

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up territory and renounce joining NATO. US consumers were expected
to spend over fourteen billion dollars on Cyber Monday shopping
this year. Chris Carraggio has more.

Speaker 4 (03:17):
According to Adobe Analytics, Americans are forecast to spend six
point three percent more online for Cyber Monday compared to
a year ago. Spending is set to build on strong
Black Friday momentum as AI powered shopping tools Push online
sales data found that over half of the online spending
is expected to be driven by three categories, which are electronics, apparel,

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and furniture.

Speaker 2 (03:41):
I'm Chris Karagio. The Powerball jackpots rolling over again. There
was no ground prize winner on Monday night, so the
estimated jackpot will now be at least seven hundred and
seventy five million dollars the next time the numbers are
drawn on Wednesday. The cash option on that jackpot would
be just over three hundred and sixty two million dollars.
I'm Tammy Truheo