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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest use.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
This hour in just four minutes.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
California Governor Gavenusom has declared a state of emergency for
several southern California cities as the region gets pounded with
heavy rain. Millions in the state are under some sort
of floodwatch. Evacuation warnings have been issued for some areas,
including San Bernardino Mountain communities about seventy five miles northeast
of Los Angeles. San Bernardino County Fire has reported swift
water rescues as well. Los Angeles gets about fourteen inches
(00:31):
of rain a year, with this storm is expected to
dump between four to eight inches over the next couple
of days. The US Coast Guard is waiting for additional
forces before making another attempt to seize another oil tanker
link to Venezuela. According to Reuter's a US official and
a source familiar with the matter, so the tanker has
refused to be boarded by the Coast Guard now the
task is likely to fall on an elite Coast Guard
(00:51):
unit known as Maritime Security Response Teams, which can board
vessels under these circumstances. New national data shows the US
murder rate is on a major crime statistics expert Jeff
Asher's Real Time Crime Index found the country could see
the biggest single year decline in murders ever recorded. Year
over year data shows murders down nearly twenty percent compared
to last year, which marks a major reversal after the
(01:13):
COVID era crime search. Congress, the White House, the Supreme Court,
and the Fed are all getting a thumbs down from
most Americans. That's according to a new Gallup poll that
found just seventeen percent approve of the job Congress is doing.
A new poll has Home Alone three is the most
hated holiday film. Jim Roup has more.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
That ranking, according to a new poll from Talker Research.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
No matter how they are, it can't beat me here,
It can't beat me at home.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
None of the original cast from the Home Alone franchise,
including McCauley culkin as Kevin McAllister, appeared in that nineteen
ninety seven movie, which was the lowest grossing film in
the trilogy, coming in at number two as the most
hated festive films. Jim carreyes how the Grinch stole Christmas? Oh,
who's a hard prosal Max fucked?
Speaker 2 (01:55):
We did our work, and that's all the un.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
Rowning out the list Arnold Schwarzenegger's jingle All the Way,
followed by Tim Allens Christmas with the Cranks, I'm Jim
Roope and.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
I'm Chris Carashio. A coalition of nineteen states is suing
to block the Trump administration from ending gender related care
for minors. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior has announced
a plan to end Medicaid and Medicare payments to any
hospital that provides the treatments. New York's ag says the
administration is trying to interfere in decisions that belong in
(02:25):
doctor's offices. The Trump administration is preparing to garnish the
pay of student loan borrowers in default. According to an
email from the Department of Education, beginning the week of
January seventh, roughly one thousand borrowers who are in default
will receive notices informing them of their status. The email
did not contain any details about the nature of the garnishment,
but the number of notices will increase monthly. The Trump
(02:47):
administration began enforcing its repayment efforts earlier this year, and
mark the end of a five year reprieve on student
loan repayments. In May, somebody might be getting over a
billion dollars for Christmas. One point seven billion dollars will
be on the line in tonight's Christmas Eve powerball drawing.
If there is a lucky winner or winners tonight, it
would mark the first time the jackpot's been hit since
(03:08):
September sixth, when it was also worth about one point
seven billion dollars. Ever, wonder why Norad tracks Santa every
Christmas Eve. As Sarah Walter's reports, it started by accident.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
In nineteen fifty five. The folks at Norad in Colorado
were working a typical night shift when Air Force Colonel
Harry Shop received a phone call from a child. The
boy had called a number he saw in a newspaper ad,
promising he'd reach Santa directly, but the number was wrong
and instead he called the military. Soup was no Scrooge
and entertained all calls from kids that night, beginning a
(03:41):
new tradition.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Santa Claus came early this year to win Texas Grocery
Store in the form of a computer glitch. Monday morning
in HGB and Burlison had a problem that shut down
all the cash registers. A store representative told customers what
was going on and thanked them for their patients. She
then told them to take the items in their carts
and have a merry Christmas. It took a moment, but
customers soon realized she meant they were getting free groceries.
(04:03):
I'm Chris Karaji.
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest use.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
This hour in just four minutes.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
California Governor Gavenusom has declared a state of emergency for
several southern California cities as the region gets pounded with
heavy rain. Millions in the state are under some sort
of floodwatch. Evacuation warnings have been issued for some areas,
including San Bernardino Mountain communities about seventy five miles northeast
of Los Angeles. San Bernardino County Fire has reported swift
water rescues as well. Los Angeles gets about fourteen inches
(00:31):
of rain a year, with this storm is expected to
dump between four to eight inches over the next couple
of days. The US Coast Guard is waiting for additional
forces before making another attempt to seize another oil tanker
link to Venezuela. According to Reuter's a US official and
a source familiar with the matter, so the tanker has
refused to be boarded by the Coast Guard now the
task is likely to fall on an elite Coast Guard
(00:51):
unit known as Maritime Security Response Teams, which can board
vessels under these circumstances. New national data shows the US
murder rate is on a major crime statistics expert Jeff
Asher's Real Time Crime Index found the country could see
the biggest single year decline in murders ever recorded. Year
over year data shows murders down nearly twenty percent compared
to last year, which marks a major reversal after the
(01:13):
COVID era crime search. Congress, the White House, the Supreme Court,
and the Fed are all getting a thumbs down from
most Americans. That's according to a new Gallup poll that
found just seventeen percent approve of the job Congress is doing.
A new poll has Home Alone three is the most
hated holiday film. Jim Roup has more.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
That ranking, according to a new poll from Talker Research.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
No matter how they are, it can't beat me here,
It can't beat me at home.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
None of the original cast from the Home Alone franchise,
including McCauley culkin as Kevin McAllister, appeared in that nineteen
ninety seven movie, which was the lowest grossing film in
the trilogy, coming in at number two as the most
hated festive films. Jim carreyes how the Grinch stole Christmas? Oh,
who's a hard prosal Max fucked?
Speaker 2 (01:55):
We did our work, and that's all the un.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
Rowning out the list Arnold Schwarzenegger's jingle All the Way,
followed by Tim Allens Christmas with the Cranks, I'm Jim
Roope and.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
I'm Chris Carashio. A coalition of nineteen states is suing
to block the Trump administration from ending gender related care
for minors. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior has announced
a plan to end Medicaid and Medicare payments to any
hospital that provides the treatments. New York's ag says the
administration is trying to interfere in decisions that belong in
(02:25):
doctor's offices. The Trump administration is preparing to garnish the
pay of student loan borrowers in default. According to an
email from the Department of Education, beginning the week of
January seventh, roughly one thousand borrowers who are in default
will receive notices informing them of their status. The email
did not contain any details about the nature of the garnishment,
but the number of notices will increase monthly. The Trump
(02:47):
administration began enforcing its repayment efforts earlier this year, and
mark the end of a five year reprieve on student
loan repayments. In May, somebody might be getting over a
billion dollars for Christmas. One point seven billion dollars will
be on the line in tonight's Christmas Eve powerball drawing.
If there is a lucky winner or winners tonight, it
would mark the first time the jackpot's been hit since
(03:08):
September sixth, when it was also worth about one point
seven billion dollars. Ever, wonder why Norad tracks Santa every
Christmas Eve. As Sarah Walter's reports, it started by accident.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
In nineteen fifty five. The folks at Norad in Colorado
were working a typical night shift when Air Force Colonel
Harry Shop received a phone call from a child. The
boy had called a number he saw in a newspaper ad,
promising he'd reach Santa directly, but the number was wrong
and instead he called the military. Soup was no Scrooge
and entertained all calls from kids that night, beginning a
(03:41):
new tradition.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Santa Claus came early this year to win Texas Grocery
Store in the form of a computer glitch. Monday morning
in HGB and Burlison had a problem that shut down
all the cash registers. A store representative told customers what
was going on and thanked them for their patients. She
then told them to take the items in their carts
and have a merry Christmas. It took a moment, but
customers soon realized she meant they were getting free groceries.
(04:03):
I'm Chris Karaji.
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