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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.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
The Trump administrations claiming the oil tanker seized by the
U West near Venezuela was used to transport oil to Iran.

Speaker 3 (00:15):
We've just seized a tanker on the coasts of Venezuela
large tanker, very large, largest whatever seased action.

Speaker 2 (00:26):
In a post on ex Attorney General Pam Bondi said
the ship had been sanctioned for years over its alleged
involvement in an oil shipping network supporting terrorist groups. The
move comes as tensions have escalated between President Trump and
Venezuelan President Maduro. Arctic air could impact millions in the
central and northeastern U West this weekend. It could produce

(00:47):
the first snowstorm for the I ninety five corridor, but
the amount of snow that may fall is uncertain. The
current forecast suggests snow will be seen in the Midwest
on Saturday, it'll shift to the northeast by Sunday. It
all depends if the cold air will take hold in
the regions, which would create the possibility of high snow totals.
National Defense Authorization Act has been passed by the House

(01:08):
Speaker Mike Johnson managed to win over several holdouts to
send the bill to the Senate with a three to
twelve to one to twelve vote. The NDAA would increase
pay for service members, provide some military a to Ukraine,
and more. House GOP leaders are advancing a healthcare package
that doesn't include Affordable Care Act subsidy extensions. President Trump

(01:28):
wanted it passed.

Speaker 3 (01:29):
What we're doing is we want all of the billions
and billions of dollars that went to insurance companies to
go directly to the people and they can buy their
own healthcare. And people love it. I don't know if
the Democrats are going to approve it because they want
the insurance companies to make money. It was a scam.
Obamacare was a scam.

Speaker 2 (01:47):
House Speaker Mike Johnson says the legislation comprises GOP backed
ideas that every Republican agrees to and have already been
discussing across various House committees this year. Lawmakers expected to
vote on the measured next next week. As GOP remains
divided on how to address the looming healthcare issue. I'm
Jim Roop. Small business owners are citing inflation as one

(02:09):
of the biggest headaches they currently have.

Speaker 1 (02:12):
New polling shows forty five percent of small business owners
say inflation presents a challenge for them. The Chamber of
Commerce's quarterly Small Business Index also found fifty eight percent
of respondents expect to raise prices this holiday season despite
inflation woes. Nearly seventy percent of respondents reported their business
as being in somewhat or very good health. The findings

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come as the Federal Reserve lowered interest rates for the
third straight meeting, which will lower borrowing costs for small
business owners nationwide. I'm Chris Carancio.

Speaker 2 (02:42):
Rapper filmmaker Fitty sent says he spoke with one of
Ditty's children about appearing in the docuseries Sean Combs The Reckoning.
He told us Weekly at least one of Ditty's sons
was interested in showing his own perspective. The rapper said
the reason he made the docuseries was because he doesn't
have the fear that others have toward Diddy. According to

(03:02):
the Deadline, the docuseries garnered twenty one point eight million
views in its first week on Netflix. Well, I'm sure
this has been on the minds of many Americans, and
so let's put our minds at ease. The State Department
will go back to using Times New Roman typeface for
official papers. The order was made by Secretary of State
Marco Rubio. It's a reversal of the Biden era switch

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to Calibri. A spokesperson for the State Department says the
typeface is more formal, it's more professional. Serif typeface will
remain the standard in courts, legislatures, and other federal agencies.
A couple in San Diego say they were issued a
fraudulent ticket by an officer and the proof was captured
by their cameras on the tesla they own paid for

(03:43):
thirty minutes of parking outside of bakery. When they returned
twenty minutes later, they had an eighty five dollars citation
on their car. The couple says video from their tesla's
Century mode shows the officer marking the tire and immediately
issuing the citation. The San Diego Police Department launching an
internal investoragation into the incident and says the citation was dismissed.
I'm Jim Roop