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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
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Speaker 2 (00:05):
In just four minutes, the Senate will take up dueling
partisan healthcare proposals today where the Affordable Care Act subsidies
set to expire at the end of the year. One
from the GOP would replace expiring ACA or Obamacare subsidies
with direct payments to individuals, and one from the Democrats

(00:25):
would extend the ACA subsidies for three years. Democratic Congresswoman
w Wasserman Schultz says if the plan is next, more
than two hundred thousand people in her Florida district will
see their health care costs increase by double digits next year.

Speaker 3 (00:40):
These are clients having to choose between whether or not
they're going to pay their rent or they're going to
be able to pay for their health insurance premiums.

Speaker 2 (00:47):
Neither the GOP or Democratic plan is expected to pass.
Julie Serkin on Capitol Hill.

Speaker 3 (00:53):
Republicans are getting antsy, especially those who have states where
there are a lot of Obamacare and release Florida, texasong them,
but no late at the end of the tunnel so far.

Speaker 2 (01:03):
A pre trial evidence hearing for the man accused of
assassinating United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson continues today in Lower Manhattan,
a judge made some body camera footage public from arresting
officers in Pennsylvania, so called by the Fleshier Suspicions oh
Numerous witnesses have already taken the stand as a defense

(01:24):
team for Luigi Mangioni tries to get key evidence tossed
from the upcoming murder trial because lawyers argue Mangione's rights
were violated during his arrest. An officer's search Mangione's backpack
without a warrant during the encounter, testifying there were concerns
that there might be a bomb inside, but testimony revealed
that the McDonald's was not evacuated because of those worries.

(01:47):
Tensions between President Trump and Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro are escalating,
Peter Alexander with more.

Speaker 3 (01:53):
Venezuelan government is accusing the United States of blatant theft
after the US seized a massive oil tanker off the
Venezuelan coast.

Speaker 2 (02:01):
Attorney General Pam Bondi says the tanker is being used
to transport sanctioned oil to Iran. I'm Michael Kassner bribery
at JFK Airport. Four executives now charged with greasing their
way to big money cargo contracts with a major airline
for their companies. Andrew Whitman reports the.

Speaker 1 (02:19):
Four men were arraigned in Queen's Criminal Court Wednesday on
charges of bribery, money laundering, and fraud. The State AG's
office as the four used a web of companies to
pay a Delta Airlines official more than a quarter million
dollars over five years, plus gifts and trips to Vegas
and Atlantic City. The Delta official has yet to be
named or charged. The four cargo company executives could face

(02:43):
fifteen years in prison if convicted.

Speaker 2 (02:45):
Holiday travel over Christmas and New Year's will break another record,
according to Triple A more from Rory O'Neil.

Speaker 3 (02:53):
In the thirteen day holiday travel period, Triple A estimates
one hundred and twenty two point four million Americans will
be ted. That's two point two percent higher than a
year ago, and a new record eight million will travel
by plane, with flyers paying on average about seven percent
more for a ticket than last year. Top domestic destinations
include Orlando, Miami, and Fort Lauderdale thanks to cruise traffic. Cancun,

(03:16):
Punta Kina, and Cazamel are the top FOIGN holiday destinations.

Speaker 2 (03:20):
Martha Stewart is revealing an unusual wish for her final
resting place.

Speaker 4 (03:24):
Kristin Markx with More the holemaking Guru recently told the
fifty plus and Unfiltered podcast that she wants her body
to be composted on the grounds of her farm in Bedford.
She says she wants to be buried like her horses,
wrapped in a clean, white linen sheet and carefully dropped
down into a deep poll in one of her fields.
Stuart flinched at the idea of being put in a coffin.

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Human composting is legal in New York as well as
neighboring New Jersey.

Speaker 2 (03:48):
A new Pew reports as Americans long slide in religious
affiliation may be leveling off, with about seventy percent of
adults still identifying with a faith since twenty twenty. Younger
Americans remain far less religious, with only fifty five percent
claiming a religion. I'm Michael Kassner.