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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:08):
Bundle up. That's the advice for millions of Americans this weekend,
as another wave of freezing Arctic air as expected southward
into the US today. The polar plunge will put the
northern Plains and the Upper Midwest into a deep freeze,
and below freezing temperatures are expected as far south as Louisville.
Forecast lows today include twelve degrees in Minneapolis, twenty five

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in Chicago, and twenty six in Pittsburgh. The cold will
reach as far south as Atlanta, which will be at
chilly forty two this morning. In Dallas, which could get
down to thirty nine degrees, forecasters warned that some areas
could get even colder on Sunday and Monday. Two people
who survived the US attack on an a ledged drug
boat in the Caribbean were reportedly seen waving before being

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killed in a second strike. Video of the air strike
on September second shows two survivors of the attack on
top of the overturned boat and waving overhead. Multiple reports
say it's unclear if the survivors were calling for help
or attempting to surrender. The California Secretary of State's websites
are the latest victims of a nationwide cyber attack. Daniel

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Martindale has this story.

Speaker 1 (01:15):
On Thursday, the state of California's official elections and business
registration websites were compromised. Google users searching for information related
to the sites were directed to links and PDFs with
ads for pornography and cash apps. Users who open the
links are then directed to pornographic sites. Both affected websites
are overseen by the Secretary of State's office. The Los

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Angeles Times reports similar cyber attacks have hit thirty eight
government agencies in eighteen states in recent weeks. I'm Daniel
Martindale and.

Speaker 2 (01:44):
Netflix has reached a deal to buy the studios and
streaming assets of Warner Brothers Discovery for about eighty three
billion dollars. Netflix said Friday the deal would be completed
by the second half of next year, after Warner Brothers
spends off its cable asset. Like CNN, T and T
in Discovery, the deal will need to be approved by regulators.

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I'm Jim Forbes. As protesters demonstrated outside US Education Secretary
Lenda McMahon addressed students Friday and a new Jersey middle
school on the inside. Larry Kofsky has this story.

Speaker 3 (02:18):
McMahon spoke to students at Cedar Drive Middle School in
Coltsnek for about six minutes. It was the third stop
on her fifty state History Rocks Trail to Independence tour.
In her remarks, McMahon did not speak about politics, according
to nj dot com, but she emphasized the importance of
civics in education. Outside demonstrators voiced their opposition, citing involvement

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with the tour by prominent conservative groups. McMahon denied that
the school visit or her tour were political. I'm Larry Kofski.

Speaker 2 (02:46):
Homeland Security Secretary Christy Nome has indicated an expansion could
be coming to the Trump Administration's travel ban that could
impact nearly a dozen additional countries. Secretary Nomes shared the
Trump administration's plan, which follows a deadly shooting against National
guardsmen in Washington, d C. And said quote, the President

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is continuing to evaluate countries. President Trump thinks soccer should
be called football in the US and is suggesting the
NFL should change its name. Jim Roop has this story.

Speaker 4 (03:19):
The President, making those comments Friday during the FIFA World
Cup draw. He says, this is football, there's no question
about it, and now we have to come up with
another name for the NFL. Soccer is called football Outside
the US, the NFL got its name in nineteen twenty two,
changing from the American Professional Football Association to the National
Football League. A World Cup begins June eleventh. It'll be

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played in stadiums across the US, Canada, and Mexico. I'm
Jim Roop.

Speaker 2 (03:47):
And former NBA star Elden Campbell died of an accidental
drowning in Florida. Broward County officials say Campbell died Monday
after suffering a medical emergency during a fishing trip. Campbell
was drafted by his hometown Los Angeles Slackers in nineteen ninety.
He was fifty seven years old. I'm Jim Forbes