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This is your twenty four to seven use update the latest.
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Use this hour in just four minutes. American farmers may
be getting a federal bailout. According to multiple reports, President
Trump is set to announce a twelve billion dollar aid
package for farmers impacted by trade policies during a White
House round table today. US farmers have lost billions this
year as China turn to South America for soybeans as
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trade talks were stalled. Millions of Americans are dealing with
snow and bone chilling cold. Temperatures are well below freezing
in parts of the Midwest and northeast. The Chicago area
is expecting another three to five inches of snowfall by tonight.
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green is doubling down on her breakaway
from the Republican Party. Appearing on cbs' sixty Minutes The
Georgia Republicans said the GOP needs to do more to
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fix affordability issues, while reiterating her concerns over President Trump's
focus on international affairs. Green, who plans to resign from Congress,
said many Republicans don't speak out against Trump because they're
terror of being targeted by the president. Former Trump lawyer
Alena Habba is stepping down as the acting US Attorney
for the District of New Jersey. Her decision comes after
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a court ruled she was serving in the position illegally.
In a statement, Hobbis said she has decided to resign
to protect the stability and integrity of the office, which
I love. She added that she awaits further review of
the ruling. She will continue to serve as the senior
advisor to US Attorney General Pam Bondi. Habbo was named
interim US Attorney for New Jersey earlier in the year,
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an appointment that expired after one hundred and twenty days.
The most popular Christmas movie in America has been revealed.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
Going for a new amateur recreational saucers lent Land Speed
Record Cark W Chris Wold Junior.
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The website pixel parade dot Com surveyed thousands of adults
across the country to determine which movie was the favorite
in each state. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation came bat on
top as the favorite movie in thirty one states. A
Christmas Story came in second, followed by Home Alone. Elf
came in fourth, with only one state Wyoming, choosing it
as its favorite. I'm Chris Krashio. Americans are piling up
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credit card debt at a slower rate than last year.
Here's Mark Mayfield.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
Wall at Home says US shoppers added sixteen billion dollars
so far, which brings the total credit card debt to
over one trillion dollars. Still, the additional amount of credit
card debt is twenty seven percent less than what was
added last year. The average credit card debt per household
heading into the holidays tops eleven thousand dollars. I'm Mark Mayfield.
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A new study is offering a glimpse at the life
expectancy in every state in the country. The money Geek
study found that the average life expectancy for Americans in
the US was seventy six years old. The states where
residents live the longest are Hawaii Massachusetts, with an average
life expectancy of seventy nine. States at the bottom of
the list include Mississippi with a life expectancy of seventy was,
Virginia seventy one, Alabama, Louisiana, Kentucky with seventy two. The
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Indiana Hoosiers are the top dogs with the field for
this year's college football Playoff now set. After winning the
Big Ten championship, Indiana has jumped Ohio State for the
top spot in the rankings, followed by Georgia and Texas Tech.
The top four teams receive a buy in the first round,
which begins Friday, December nineteenth, when Oklahoma hosts Alabama. Indiana's
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thirteen to ten victory overall Ohio State Saturday gave the
Hoosiers their first Big Ten title since nineteen sixty seven.
NFL divisions have a different look following Sunday's Week fourteen action.
The Steelers took down the Ravens twenty seven to twenty
two from Baltimore to reclaim first place in the AFC North,
while the Packers edged the Bears twenty eight twenty one
at lambeau Field in a great game to overtake Chicago
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for the top spot in the NFC North. The Jaguars
are kings of the AFC South following a thirty six
to nineteen beatdown of the Colts. Meantime, the Rams blew
out the Cardinals forty five to seventeen on the road
to maintain their NFC West lead, while the Broncos bullied
the Raiders twenty four to seventeen in Las Vegas to
stay in first place in the AFC West. The Sunday
slate ended last night with the Houston Texans downing the
Chiefs twenty to ten in Kansas City. Week fourteen ends
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tonight with a shit down between the Eagles and Chargers
from Englewood of Chris Krashio