December 24, 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.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
The new poll shows most Americans are unhappy with the
current leadership in the US. The new Gallup poll showed
President Trump's approval rating at only thirty six percent overall.
It also found just seventeen percent approve of the job
Congress is doing. Only about one third of the US
will be having a white Christmas this year. More from
(00:28):
Mark Mayfield Agreement Love of what.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
Christmas.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Federal forecasters say only thirty eight percent of the lower
forty eight states will have an inch of snow on
the ground Thursday morning, mostly from North Dakota to Michigan.
The northeast from Maine and New Jersey also has a
good chance of a white Christmas as a snowstorm moves
through the area. For much of the US, however, Christmas
will be unusually warm, with high temperatures of the central
US to the southeast into the mid seventies.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
On Thursday.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
The remains of two National Guard soldiers who were killed
in Syria will return to Iowa today. Staff Sergeants William
Nathaniel Howard and Edgar Bryan Torres Tovar were killed in
an ISIS terror attack on December thirteenth. An honorable transfer
ceremony will be held once our caskets arrive at Des
Moines International Airport. The salvage will resume today of a
(01:25):
Mexican Navy medical aircraft that crashed off the coast of Texas.
The plane went down on Monday as it approached Shoals
International Airport in Galveston. Professional yacht captain Sky Decker lives
close to the crash site and raced to the scene
to find a badly injured woman trapped beneath the debris.
(01:47):
Six of the eight passengers on board were killed, and
a coalition of nineteen states is suing to block the
Trump administration from ending gender related care for miners. HHS
Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior to plan to end mediciated
Medicare payments to any hospital that provides the treatments. I'm
Michael Kassner. As we wind down the final week of
(02:09):
twenty twenty five, look back at the biggest stories of
this year. Here's Jack Crumley.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
Twenty twenty five started with a New Orleans truck attack
that killed fourteen on New Year's Day and delayed the
Sugar Bowl, a big snow in much of the US,
and the southern California wildfires.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
How all the.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Engines coming down here, they're bailing out because it's going
to be crossing the road pretty quickly. Here.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
President Trump was sworn into office January sixth.
Speaker 3 (02:31):
These are the hostages.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
Full part bringing Doge tariffs and a major immigration cracked down,
along with an executive order to provoke birthright citizenship that
will be decided by the Supreme Court next year. Global
conflicts between Russia Ukraine. You should be thanking the president
for try to bring it into this conflict and Israel Gaza.
Pope Francis died on Easter, leading to the first American
Pope Leo the fourteenth. The Eagles denied the Chiefs a
(02:54):
Super Bowl three peat, the thunder beat the Pacers for
the NBA title, and here in eleven to turn the
double play. The Dodgers won a dramatic World Series Game
seven against the Blue Jays. Anora won the Oscar for
Best Picture. They Not Like Us Kendrick Lamar Is Not
Like Us was Record of the Year and Beyonce one
Album of the Year for Cowboy Carter. I'm Jack Crumley, there's.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
A chance the government owes you money more from Bree Tennis.
Speaker 4 (03:20):
Treasury divisions across the country are trying to connect unclaimed
funds with rightful owners. They say the money is typically
from inactive bank accounts, overpaid bills, uncash checks, or unpaid benefits.
They estimate one in ten of us has some unclaimed property.
You can search the website missing money dot com to
see if your name is on the list and funds
(03:41):
are owed to you. I'm pre Tennis.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
Well, if that doesn't work, 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 that jack potspin hits since
September sixth. I'm Michael Kassner.
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest use this hour in just four minutes.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
The new poll shows most Americans are unhappy with the
current leadership in the US. The new Gallup poll showed
President Trump's approval rating at only thirty six percent overall.
It also found just seventeen percent approve of the job
Congress is doing. Only about one third of the US
will be having a white Christmas this year. More from
(00:28):
Mark Mayfield Agreement Love of what.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
Christmas.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Federal forecasters say only thirty eight percent of the lower
forty eight states will have an inch of snow on
the ground Thursday morning, mostly from North Dakota to Michigan.
The northeast from Maine and New Jersey also has a
good chance of a white Christmas as a snowstorm moves
through the area. For much of the US, however, Christmas
will be unusually warm, with high temperatures of the central
US to the southeast into the mid seventies.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
On Thursday.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
The remains of two National Guard soldiers who were killed
in Syria will return to Iowa today. Staff Sergeants William
Nathaniel Howard and Edgar Bryan Torres Tovar were killed in
an ISIS terror attack on December thirteenth. An honorable transfer
ceremony will be held once our caskets arrive at Des
Moines International Airport. The salvage will resume today of a
(01:25):
Mexican Navy medical aircraft that crashed off the coast of Texas.
The plane went down on Monday as it approached Shoals
International Airport in Galveston. Professional yacht captain Sky Decker lives
close to the crash site and raced to the scene
to find a badly injured woman trapped beneath the debris.
(01:47):
Six of the eight passengers on board were killed, and
a coalition of nineteen states is suing to block the
Trump administration from ending gender related care for miners. HHS
Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior to plan to end mediciated
Medicare payments to any hospital that provides the treatments. I'm
Michael Kassner. As we wind down the final week of
(02:09):
twenty twenty five, look back at the biggest stories of
this year. Here's Jack Crumley.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
Twenty twenty five started with a New Orleans truck attack
that killed fourteen on New Year's Day and delayed the
Sugar Bowl, a big snow in much of the US,
and the southern California wildfires.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
How all the.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Engines coming down here, they're bailing out because it's going
to be crossing the road pretty quickly. Here.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
President Trump was sworn into office January sixth.
Speaker 3 (02:31):
These are the hostages.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
Full part bringing Doge tariffs and a major immigration cracked down,
along with an executive order to provoke birthright citizenship that
will be decided by the Supreme Court next year. Global
conflicts between Russia Ukraine. You should be thanking the president
for try to bring it into this conflict and Israel Gaza.
Pope Francis died on Easter, leading to the first American
Pope Leo the fourteenth. The Eagles denied the Chiefs a
(02:54):
Super Bowl three peat, the thunder beat the Pacers for
the NBA title, and here in eleven to turn the
double play. The Dodgers won a dramatic World Series Game
seven against the Blue Jays. Anora won the Oscar for
Best Picture. They Not Like Us Kendrick Lamar Is Not
Like Us was Record of the Year and Beyonce one
Album of the Year for Cowboy Carter. I'm Jack Crumley, there's.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
A chance the government owes you money more from Bree Tennis.
Speaker 4 (03:20):
Treasury divisions across the country are trying to connect unclaimed
funds with rightful owners. They say the money is typically
from inactive bank accounts, overpaid bills, uncash checks, or unpaid benefits.
They estimate one in ten of us has some unclaimed property.
You can search the website missing money dot com to
see if your name is on the list and funds
(03:41):
are owed to you. I'm pre Tennis.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
Well, if that doesn't work, 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 that jack potspin hits since
September sixth. I'm Michael Kassner.
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