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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):
The Trump administration is defending the strike allegedly targeting survivors
of an alleged Venezuelan drug boat. During a cabinet meeting
at the White House, President Trump and Secretary of War
Pete haigk Seth were asked about the Washington Post report
that Navy Admiral Frank Mitch Bradley directed a second strike
to comply with hag Seth's order that no one be
left alive. Haggs Seth said he didn't know the second

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strike involved two people, but he backs Bradley's decision. Trump
said he hasn't gotten a lot of information on the incident.
We're saving hundreds of thousands of lives with those pinpoint attacks,
He says. He regards the operation as a justified attack,
not one or two strikes. A powerful winter storm is
hitting the Midwest and northeast, causing heavy snow and icy rose.

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NBC's Aaron McLaughlan reports travel disruptions are expected to be
widespread due to the poor conditions.

Speaker 3 (00:56):
Also expecting more chaos in the skies with more flos
cancelations more delays as the storm system is making its
way through the Northeast, also impacting schools, with school out
or delayed in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

Speaker 2 (01:11):
Millions are under some sort of weather alert as the
northeaster will last through at least tomorrow. Luigi Manngioni's back
in court as evidence suppression hearings continue in Manhattan. The
twenty seven year old Maryland man who was accused of
murdering United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Midtown last December,
was mostly expressionless as he came face to face with

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the Pennsylvania copp who recognized him at an Altoona McDonald's.
His lawyers are trying to get statements he made and
other evidence tossed out, claiming he was searched illegally and
wasn't read his Miranda rights in a timely way. The
US Marshals are asking for information that will help them
arrest a want It Virginia high school football coach. Five
thousand dollars reward is offered for Travis Turner, wanted on

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multiple child pornography charges. An attorney for the family says
on November twentieth. He went for a walk up the
woods with a firearm. That's the last contact anyone had
with him. I'm Jim Roop. Hunter Biden is facing a
hearing this month as the Connecticut Bar seeks to suspend
his law license.

Speaker 1 (02:11):
Hunter Biden became a member of the Connecticut Bar in
nineteen ninety seven after his graduation from Yale Law School.
Now grievances have been filed with the state bar against
the son of former President Joe Biden following his federal
convictions on gun and tax charges. The younger Biden was
pardoned by his father weeks before he was scheduled to
be sentenced. The Connecticut bar hearing is set for December fifteenth.

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I'm rury O'Neil.

Speaker 2 (02:36):
Charlie. Kirk's Wikipedia page has gathered the most views on
the site in twenty twenty five. The Wickamedia Foundation, which
operates the free encyclopedia, released its list of the most
popular articles on the site for the eleventh year and
finds that an estimated two point four billion hours were
spent reading English language content this year. Kirk's page garnered

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almost forty five million views, with all almost fifteen million
of those coming in the days after his assassination were
now twenty nine days until New Year's Eve, and a
New York tradition wants your wish to rain down on revelers.

Speaker 4 (03:10):
The New Year's Eve Wishing Wall has been a thing
in New York since two thousand. Closer to New Year's Eve,
all wishes will be collected, printed, and shredded to become
confetti that will be released in Times Square on New
Year's Eve. Millions of people, millions of wishes, one is
bound to come true. It's okay if you can't make
it to New York. You can even submit your wish
online at TSQ dot org. I'm pre tennis.

Speaker 2 (03:33):
Alogists are trying to raise awareness about the fact that
some people can be allergic to Christmas trees. Doctor Devon Preston,
with a Cleveland clinic, recommends you shake and wipe down
both live and artificial trees to cut down on allergens
hiding in the branches. He also says that running an
air purefire near your Christmas tree can help with the
pollen and other allergen reactions. Doctor Preston's also advising people

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to take the tree down right after the holiday season
is over to reduce the risk of mold having time
to grow. I'm Jim Roop