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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:05):
In just four minutes, Police in Rhode Island are releasing
a man from custody who was held in connection with
Saturday's mass shooting at Brown University that killed two people
and injured nine. Mayor Brett Smiley of Providence spoke at
a late night news conference.

Speaker 3 (00:20):
We will be releasing the person of interest who had
been detained earlier today and the Attorney General can speak
a little bit about the rationale for that, but we
want to inform the community that that individual will shortly
be released from Providence Police.

Speaker 2 (00:40):
All remaining fall semester classes have been canceled at Brown.
President Trump's offering his condolences after a series of mass
shootings over the weekend. During an event at the White
House on Sunday, Trump paid tribute to the families of
the victims killed in Syria, Australia, and in Rhode Island.
At least two American soldiers were killed while on patrol
in Syria, while at least fifteen people were killed and

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forty others injured during a mass shooting at a Jewish
event in Sydney. The two people found dead inside a Brentwood,
California home from an apparent stabbing Sunday afternoon have been
identified as actor and director Rob Reiner and his wife
Michelle Lapd. Robbery Homicide is investigating. Reiner directed films such
as This Is Spinal Tap, Stand By Me, The Prince's Bride, Misery,
and A Few Good Men. He first came to national

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prominence on the iconic CBS sitcom All in the Family,
portraying Mike Meathead. Stavik films Reiner directed earned eleven Academy
Award nominations and nineteen Golden Globe nominations. John Cina says
he's stepping out of the ring once and for all.
The seventeen time WWE champion fought his last battle on
Saturday Night, tapping out after being put in a sleeper

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hold by three time Austrian champ Gunther. Sina announced his
retirement last year, saying his body hurts and was screaming
to close the chapter. Sina says he'll continue his acting
career with three Hollywood movies in the pipeline and will
still be part of the wrestling world. He raced signed
a five year deal to be a WWE ambassador I'm
Tammy Trheo. Arkansas will be the first state to cut

(02:07):
ties with PBS. Rob Martyr has details.

Speaker 4 (02:11):
The commission that oversees public television in the state voted
to end its contract with the broadcast company. The eight
member Arkansas Educational Television Commission announced it plans to disaffiliate
from PBS on July first. The commission said the decision
was made due to annual membership fees of about two
point five million, calling it quote simply not feasible. It

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also cited the loss of federal funding from the Corporation
for Public Broadcasting, which was defunded by Congress earlier this year.
I'm Rob Bartier.

Speaker 2 (02:40):
President Trump's approval rating is down slightly according to a
new poll. The NBC News Decision Desk poll found forty
two percent of those surveyed say they either strongly approve
or somewhat approve of Trump's job as president. That's down
two percent from early September. Fifty eight percent in the
new poll say they either somewhat disapprove or strongly disapprove
of his performance. Nobody won the billion dollar power Ball

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on Saturday night.

Speaker 1 (03:03):
Jim Forbes has an update Saturday night's powerball drawing was
worth a billion dollars, making it the seventh largest and
lottery game's history. The Powerball website says, however, that nobody
matched all six numbers and Saturday's drawing, so the jackpot
will roll over to Monday's drawing, when it will be
worth one point one billion dollars. But don't throw your

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ticket out just yet. There were seven tickets sold that
match five to the six numbers and could be worth
up to two million dollars each. I'm Jim Forbes.

Speaker 2 (03:33):
The NFL playoff picture is a little clearer following Sunday's results.
The Rounds stay atop the NFC West after beating the Lions,
while the Seahawks and forty nine Ers scooped up wins
to stay right behind their division rival. The Broncos now
hold sole possession of the best record in the AFC
following a win over the Packers. Coupled with the Patriots
lost to the Bills, the Vikings Delta blow to the
Cowboys slim playoff chances following a win on Sunday Night Football. Meanwhile,

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the Steelers will try to maintain their modest AFC North
lead and a Monday Night showdown against the Dolphins. I'm
Tammy TRUHILLO