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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update, the
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Speaker 2 (00:08):
President Trump will be holding a cabinet meeting later today.
It comes as the White House is maintaining its insistence
that using lethal force against alleged Venezuelan drug boats is
in keeping with the law. Press Secretary Caroline Levitt was
asked about a Washington Post report that at the Pentagon,
Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the killing of everyone on board

(00:30):
and alledged drug boat in the Caribbean, leading to a
second strike to eliminate two survivors. Levitt would not confirm
if the second strike was specifically targeting survivors of the
first strike. The second National Guard member shot near the
White House last week is showing signs of improvement. More
from Monica Nelson.

Speaker 3 (00:50):
The governor of West Virginia, confirm Monday that 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 Ghemistan. 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 Beckstrom.

Speaker 2 (01:09):
Accused killer Luisgi Mangioni, will be back in court today
as his attorneys look to potentially suppress evidence in his case.
Natalie Migliori with more.

Speaker 4 (01:20):
During Monday's hearing in a New York City courtroom, prosecutors
played the nine one one call that led to Mangioni's
arrest in Pennsylvania. In the call, and unidentified McDonald's manager
tells the nine one one dispatcher that some customers at
his restaurant believe they've spotted the CEO shooter from New York.
The female managers heard saying she's uneasy to approach mangione
and the dispatcher tells her that an officer is on

(01:42):
the way. Mangioni's lawyers are trying to get certain evidence
toss in the States case against him. He's accused of
assassinating United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson last December outside of
Manhattan hotel. The hearings are expected to take up much
of the week. I'm Natalie Magliori.

Speaker 2 (01:57):
The powerball jack pot is rolling over again. There was
no grand prize winner last night, so that jackpod jumps
to at least seven hundred and seventy five million. I'm
Michael Kassner, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly says President Trump has
threatened to kill him.

Speaker 5 (02:10):
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 2 (02:23):
It comes after Kelly and other Democratic lawmakers were featured
in a viral video urging service members to refuse unlawful orders.
Kelly told reporters 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. At the Pentagon, officials say they've

(02:43):
opened a review into allegations of misconduct by Kelly, who's
a former Navy captain and astronaut. Travelers without a real
I d. Will have to pay a forty five dollars
fee to go through TSA checkpoints starting next year. More
from Tammy True.

Speaker 6 (03:01):
The TSA announced Monday the new fee will go into
effect February first. An eighteen dollars fee had originally been
proposed last month to pay the fee travelers will need
to visit TSA dot gov to verify their identity before
they head to the airport. They will then get an
email confirmation to present at the TSA checkpoint. I'm Tammy
Trheo Hunter.

Speaker 2 (03:20):
Biden is facing a hearing this month as the Connecticut
Bar seeks to suspend his law license. More from Rory O'Neill.

Speaker 1 (03:29):
Hunter. Biden became a member of the Connecticut Bar in
nineteen ninety seven after his graduation from Yale Law School.
Now grievances had 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.

Speaker 2 (03:52):
Cyber Monday's sales results are rolling in. Adobe Analytics was
expecting total online spending to top fourteen billion dollars, and
by last night it already surpassed nine I'm Michael Cassner