December 8, 2025 • 4 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
The latest use this hour in just four minutes.
Speaker 3 (00:08):
Winter weather impacting millions of Americans. Temperatures are below freezing
in parts of the Midwest and northeast NBCES Maggie Vespa
has more.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
This after fast moving weekend systems brought bitter cold and
heavy snow from the Great Plains to the Northeast, making
roads treacherous.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
Meanwhile, around twelve million people are under some sort of
weather alert from eastern Kentucky to northern North Carolina, with
some areas possibly getting up to five inches of snow.
President Trump's unveiling his twelve billion dollar farm aid package.
This relief will provide much needed certainty to farmers as
they get this year's harvest to market and look ahead
(00:45):
to next year's crops. During a round table at the
White House, Trump insisted the money was not in response
to farmers being hit hard by his tariff policies, but
rather due to the Biden administration's bad policies. American farmers
have lost billions this year and soybean's sales after China
started going two South American suppliers as trade talks were stalled.
The announcement comes as the Trump administration says it's making
(01:08):
affordability it's number one issue. Jasmine Crockett is launching her
Senate campaign. The Democrat progressive congresswoman has been an outspoken
critic of President Trump, and several other clashes with Republicans
have gone viral. She followed her paperwork today and Krockatt
will enter the March Democrat primary against only one opponent,
after Representative Colin Alred of Dallas dropped out earlier. President
(01:31):
Trump says he has no problem releasing the full video
of the so called double tap strike on a suspected
drug boat from Venezuela today. He said, whatever Secretary of
War Pete Haigseth wants to do with regard to that video,
it is okay with him.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
That was a boat loaded up with drugs. I saw
the video. They were trying to turn the boat back
to where it could float.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
The controversy began after The Washington Post claimed haig Seth
ordered a second strike on a boat so there would
be no survivors. Navy Admiral Frank Bradley show the video
to lawmakers and said there were no orders from Haykeseth
to kill all survivors of the first strike. I'm Jim Roop.
President Trump is taking aim at a Texas Democrat that
he recently pardoned.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
In a post on truth Social Sunday, Trump criticized Congressman
Henry Quaar for opting to run as a Democrat in
twenty twenty six, calling it quote such a lack of loyalty.
The president pardon Quaar after he and his wife were
indicted on federal bribery and money laundering charges last year.
Trump said in a separate post that the case against
the congressman was one of the clearest examples of the
(02:32):
Biden administration weaponizing the justice system against its political opponents.
I'm Tammy Trihio.
Speaker 3 (02:38):
A new studies taking a look at life expectancy in
every state in the country.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
The money Geek study found that the average life expectancy
for Americans in the US was seventy six years old.
The states where residents lived the longest are Hawaii and Massachusetts,
with an average life expectancy of seventy nine. States at
the bottom of the list include Mississippi with a life
expectancy of seventy where, Virginia with seventy one, Alabama Louisiana
(03:02):
and Kentucky with seventy two. I'm Mark Neefield and we
know what affects life expectancy stress at A poll by
the American Psychiatric Association shows forty one percent of US
adults expect to feel more stress this holiday season than
last year.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
Clinical psychologist Carried Dietzel says, in order to help your
mental health during the holiday season, you may have to
say no to certain things.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
Take a minute to think about what you really want
to do. What is worth changing your routine for which party,
which person is going to bring you joy? And it's
worth the stress or the disruption.
Speaker 3 (03:40):
The poll also shows nearly half of adults say they
are worried about missing someone or grief. Nearly half also
say they are worried about affording or finding holiday gifts.
A new study says a marijuana extract could help soothe
aggressive dogs. Researchers report in the journal Frontiers and Veterinary
Medicine that dogs given see DBD supplements long term have
(04:02):
less aggression than other dogs. I'm Jim Roup
This is your twenty four to seven use update.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
The latest use this hour in just four minutes.
Speaker 3 (00:08):
Winter weather impacting millions of Americans. Temperatures are below freezing
in parts of the Midwest and northeast NBCES Maggie Vespa
has more.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
This after fast moving weekend systems brought bitter cold and
heavy snow from the Great Plains to the Northeast, making
roads treacherous.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
Meanwhile, around twelve million people are under some sort of
weather alert from eastern Kentucky to northern North Carolina, with
some areas possibly getting up to five inches of snow.
President Trump's unveiling his twelve billion dollar farm aid package.
This relief will provide much needed certainty to farmers as
they get this year's harvest to market and look ahead
(00:45):
to next year's crops. During a round table at the
White House, Trump insisted the money was not in response
to farmers being hit hard by his tariff policies, but
rather due to the Biden administration's bad policies. American farmers
have lost billions this year and soybean's sales after China
started going two South American suppliers as trade talks were stalled.
The announcement comes as the Trump administration says it's making
(01:08):
affordability it's number one issue. Jasmine Crockett is launching her
Senate campaign. The Democrat progressive congresswoman has been an outspoken
critic of President Trump, and several other clashes with Republicans
have gone viral. She followed her paperwork today and Krockatt
will enter the March Democrat primary against only one opponent,
after Representative Colin Alred of Dallas dropped out earlier. President
(01:31):
Trump says he has no problem releasing the full video
of the so called double tap strike on a suspected
drug boat from Venezuela today. He said, whatever Secretary of
War Pete Haigseth wants to do with regard to that video,
it is okay with him.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
That was a boat loaded up with drugs. I saw
the video. They were trying to turn the boat back
to where it could float.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
The controversy began after The Washington Post claimed haig Seth
ordered a second strike on a boat so there would
be no survivors. Navy Admiral Frank Bradley show the video
to lawmakers and said there were no orders from Haykeseth
to kill all survivors of the first strike. I'm Jim Roop.
President Trump is taking aim at a Texas Democrat that
he recently pardoned.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
In a post on truth Social Sunday, Trump criticized Congressman
Henry Quaar for opting to run as a Democrat in
twenty twenty six, calling it quote such a lack of loyalty.
The president pardon Quaar after he and his wife were
indicted on federal bribery and money laundering charges last year.
Trump said in a separate post that the case against
the congressman was one of the clearest examples of the
(02:32):
Biden administration weaponizing the justice system against its political opponents.
I'm Tammy Trihio.
Speaker 3 (02:38):
A new studies taking a look at life expectancy in
every state in the country.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
The money Geek study found that the average life expectancy
for Americans in the US was seventy six years old.
The states where residents lived the longest are Hawaii and Massachusetts,
with an average life expectancy of seventy nine. States at
the bottom of the list include Mississippi with a life
expectancy of seventy where, Virginia with seventy one, Alabama Louisiana
(03:02):
and Kentucky with seventy two. I'm Mark Neefield and we
know what affects life expectancy stress at A poll by
the American Psychiatric Association shows forty one percent of US
adults expect to feel more stress this holiday season than
last year.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
Clinical psychologist Carried Dietzel says, in order to help your
mental health during the holiday season, you may have to
say no to certain things.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
Take a minute to think about what you really want
to do. What is worth changing your routine for which party,
which person is going to bring you joy? And it's
worth the stress or the disruption.
Speaker 3 (03:40):
The poll also shows nearly half of adults say they
are worried about missing someone or grief. Nearly half also
say they are worried about affording or finding holiday gifts.
A new study says a marijuana extract could help soothe
aggressive dogs. Researchers report in the journal Frontiers and Veterinary
Medicine that dogs given see DBD supplements long term have
(04:02):
less aggression than other dogs. I'm Jim Roup
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