December 8, 2025 • 4 mins
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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. More Arctic
air is affecting millions of Americans, with temperatures well below
freezing in parts of the Midwest and northeast. NBC's Maggie
Vespa has.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
More cold temps an arctic air hitting the East Coast today,
with some areas getting as much as five inches of snow.
This after a fast moving weekend systems brought bitter cold
and heavy snow from the Great Plains to the Northeast,
making roads treacherous.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
Meanwhile, areas of the Northern Plains, Midwest, and Ohio Valley
will see some snow today. The Chicago area could end
up getting three to five inches in total. Elsewhere, Southern
Virginia and West Virginia have gotten snow, with northern North
Carolina set to get some today as well. The Supreme
Court today is listening to arguments over whether President Trump
can fire members of an independent agency. It stems from
(00:52):
Trump's firing of Democrat Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, a member of
the Federal Trade Commission. The High Court will decide whether
in nineteen thirty five ruling that upheld those restrictions should
be overturned. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is defending US
military strikes against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean, but
NBC's gave Goudiera's reports it's unclear if he'll release a
video of the controversial second strike on a boat in September.
(01:15):
Despite the President last week's signaling he'd be willing to
publicly release the video.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
Whatever they have, which certainly released no problem, Hank Seth
this weekend was noncommittal.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
Whatever we were to decide to release, we'd have to
be very responsible about so we're reviewing that right now,
and defended the strike in a speech at the Ronald
Reagan Presidential Library in California Saturday. Hegg Seth claimed that
eighty people who have been killed in the strikes since
September were considered terrorists and that the president can take
military action as he sees fit. Paramount is still attempting
to buy Warner Brothers Discovery, despite losing a bidding war
(01:47):
to Netflix. In an announcement that the company said it
would pay thirty dollars per share to acquire the media company,
Netflix announced it planned to buy the historic studio and
its streaming assets in a seventy two billion dollars deal
last week, nearly eighty three billion when accounting for debt
that will require federal approval. I'm Chris Karajia. The eighty
(02:08):
fourth anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor was observed
yesterday without any survivors. This is the first year where
no survivors of the attack were present for the ceremony.
A one hundred and five year old veteran from Oregon
was expected to attend, but opted out due to health concerns.
He's the oldest of the twelve known remaining service members
who survived the attack. Children using the green Light Family
(02:31):
Money app invested more than seventy million dollars this year.
That's up sixty five percent from a year ago. The
company says the average age for its youth investors is twelve,
and they've been putting money into companies like Navidia, Apple, Amazon,
and Tesla. Acting legend Dick van Dyke turns one hundred
years old Saturday. That's the same day director Steve Betcher
(02:52):
is releasing the film Dick Van Dyke one hundredth celebration.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
It's one hundred years been making you think about it,
and we interview all the co stars that worked with
mister Van Dyke through his career. It's the Dick Van
Dyke Show cast, Mary Poppins, It's chiny Chity Bang Bang.
We're excited to bring this to theaters.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
You can see the film in theaters Saturday and Sunday.
Dick Van Dyke is expected to attend some of his
birthday events this weekend. Gene Simmons is heading to Washington Tuesday.
(03:34):
The KISS member will testify before the US Senate Judiciary
Committee's Intellectual Property Subcommittee in support of the American Music
Fairness Act. The bipartisan bill aims to ensure radio corporations
pay artists for their music. In a statement, Simmons said,
having spent my career in the music and entertainment industry,
I understand the vital importance of this issue, adding that
(03:55):
the Act represents sound public policy and artists must be
properly competent cited for their creative work. I'm Chris Kurangio
This is your twenty four to seven use update. The
latest use this hour in just four minutes. More Arctic
air is affecting millions of Americans, with temperatures well below
freezing in parts of the Midwest and northeast. NBC's Maggie
Vespa has.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
More cold temps an arctic air hitting the East Coast today,
with some areas getting as much as five inches of snow.
This after a fast moving weekend systems brought bitter cold
and heavy snow from the Great Plains to the Northeast,
making roads treacherous.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
Meanwhile, areas of the Northern Plains, Midwest, and Ohio Valley
will see some snow today. The Chicago area could end
up getting three to five inches in total. Elsewhere, Southern
Virginia and West Virginia have gotten snow, with northern North
Carolina set to get some today as well. The Supreme
Court today is listening to arguments over whether President Trump
can fire members of an independent agency. It stems from
(00:52):
Trump's firing of Democrat Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, a member of
the Federal Trade Commission. The High Court will decide whether
in nineteen thirty five ruling that upheld those restrictions should
be overturned. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is defending US
military strikes against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean, but
NBC's gave Goudiera's reports it's unclear if he'll release a
video of the controversial second strike on a boat in September.
(01:15):
Despite the President last week's signaling he'd be willing to
publicly release the video.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
Whatever they have, which certainly released no problem, Hank Seth
this weekend was noncommittal.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
Whatever we were to decide to release, we'd have to
be very responsible about so we're reviewing that right now,
and defended the strike in a speech at the Ronald
Reagan Presidential Library in California Saturday. Hegg Seth claimed that
eighty people who have been killed in the strikes since
September were considered terrorists and that the president can take
military action as he sees fit. Paramount is still attempting
to buy Warner Brothers Discovery, despite losing a bidding war
(01:47):
to Netflix. In an announcement that the company said it
would pay thirty dollars per share to acquire the media company,
Netflix announced it planned to buy the historic studio and
its streaming assets in a seventy two billion dollars deal
last week, nearly eighty three billion when accounting for debt
that will require federal approval. I'm Chris Karajia. The eighty
(02:08):
fourth anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor was observed
yesterday without any survivors. This is the first year where
no survivors of the attack were present for the ceremony.
A one hundred and five year old veteran from Oregon
was expected to attend, but opted out due to health concerns.
He's the oldest of the twelve known remaining service members
who survived the attack. Children using the green Light Family
(02:31):
Money app invested more than seventy million dollars this year.
That's up sixty five percent from a year ago. The
company says the average age for its youth investors is twelve,
and they've been putting money into companies like Navidia, Apple, Amazon,
and Tesla. Acting legend Dick van Dyke turns one hundred
years old Saturday. That's the same day director Steve Betcher
(02:52):
is releasing the film Dick Van Dyke one hundredth celebration.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
It's one hundred years been making you think about it,
and we interview all the co stars that worked with
mister Van Dyke through his career. It's the Dick Van
Dyke Show cast, Mary Poppins, It's chiny Chity Bang Bang.
We're excited to bring this to theaters.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
You can see the film in theaters Saturday and Sunday.
Dick Van Dyke is expected to attend some of his
birthday events this weekend. Gene Simmons is heading to Washington Tuesday.
(03:34):
The KISS member will testify before the US Senate Judiciary
Committee's Intellectual Property Subcommittee in support of the American Music
Fairness Act. The bipartisan bill aims to ensure radio corporations
pay artists for their music. In a statement, Simmons said,
having spent my career in the music and entertainment industry,
I understand the vital importance of this issue, adding that
(03:55):
the Act represents sound public policy and artists must be
properly competent cited for their creative work. I'm Chris Kurangio
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