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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 White
House is doubling down on its use of lethal force
against the lunch in Venezuelan drug boats. Press Secretary at
Caroline Levitt was asked about a Washington Post report that
Secretary of War Pete Henkseth ordered the killing of everyone

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aboard an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean, leading to
a second strike to eliminate two survivors.

Speaker 2 (00:26):
To the strikes in question. On September, Second Secretary heg
Seth authorized Admiral Bradley to conduct these kinetic strikes. Admiral
Bradley worked well within his authority and the law directing
the engagement to ensure the boat was destroyed and the
threat to the United States of America was eliminated.

Speaker 1 (00:44):
Levitt said all aspects of the September strike were legal,
but would not confirm if the second strike was specifically
targeting survivors of the first strike. US Special Envoy Steve
Whitcoff meets with the Russian President Vladimir Putin at the
Kriminalin today. Today's talks are coming as Ukrainian President and
Zelenski says important issues need to be resolved to reach
a deal to end the war with Russia. Ukraine and

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its European allies have been calling for a revision to
the Trump administration's peace plan that would see Ukraine give
up territory and abandon its goal of joining NATO. The
World Health Organization is now recommending golp one drugs as
a tool for managing obesity. Here's Jim Roup.

Speaker 3 (01:21):
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 with 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, preventable and treatable

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chronic disease. Growing evidence suggests that golp one drugs lower
the risk of high blood pressure, heart attacks, and strokes
linked to obesity.

Speaker 1 (01:51):
I'm Jim Roup, and today is Giving Tuesday, the charitable
follow up through Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The event,
launched in twenty twelve, ask people to get money, time,
or support to any number of causes, communities and nonprofit organizations.
I'm Marknyfield. Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer says three of
his New York offices were targeted with bomb threats.

Speaker 4 (02:12):
The bomb threats against my offices came with the email
subject line MAGA and from an email address alleging the
twenty twenty election was riaded.

Speaker 1 (02:23):
According to Schumer, his offices in Rochester, Binghamton, and Long
Island each received threatening emails on Monday. Security teams swept
all locations and found no explosives in estate. Ben Schumer
condemned the threats, saying that acts of political intimidation have
absolutely no place in our political system. West Virginia Governor
Patrick Morsey says the second National Guard member shop near

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the White House last week is making progress. Staff Sergeant
Andrew wolf is now out of a medically induced coma.
The suspect in the shooting is an Afghan national who
worked with US forces in Afghanistan. He was injured in
the incident and remains hospitalized, facing first degree murder and
other related charges for the death of Wolfe's colleague, Army
specialist Sarah Bestrom Arizona Senator Mark Kelly says President Trump

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has threatened to kill.

Speaker 5 (03:06):
Him, trying to silence me in proposing to court martial me,
in threatening to kill me for fighting back when our
democracy demands that we must fight back.

Speaker 1 (03:19):
It comes after killing and other Democratic lawmakers. We're featured
in a viral video urging service members to refuse unlawful orders.
Kelly told Report It's on Monday that since then, Trump
has said he and his fellow Democrats should be arrested, hanged,
and executed. Kelly said Trump is trying to bully him,
but it won't work. The Department of War says it's
open to review into allegations of misconduct by Kelly, who
is a former Navy captain, and Democrats are hoping to

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ride their blue wave in the latest off year election.
Today's special House election in Tennessee between Democrat Afton Baine
and Republican Matt Van Apps has unexpectedly turned into a
tight race. According to the latest polls. President Trump won
the state's congressional district by twenty two points in the
twenty twenty four election. The election comes after Democrats swept
key races in Virginia, New Jersey, and New York On

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November fourth, I'm Mark Neefield,