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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):
West coast holiday travelers could be hindered due to unfriendly weather.
Areas of central and southern California are expected to see
heavy rain today. The desert southwest, including Las Vegas and Phoenix,
could also be impacted by that rain. Fewer Americans were
standing in the unemployment line last week. That's according two
numbers from the Labor Department. The figure fell by ten
(00:29):
thousand to two hundred and fourteen thousand claims in the
week ending December twentieth. That's a decrease from two hundred
and twenty four thousand a week earlier. The most recent
Jeffrey Epstein files released by the Justice Department make more
mention of President Trump. NBC's Julie Teerskin reports. Items of
note in the latest batch release yesterday include a twenty
twenty email from.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
A federal prosecutor claiming flight logs showed Trump flew on
Epstein's private jet at least eight times between nineteen ninety
three to nineteen ninety six, many more times prosecutor rights
then previously has been reported.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
It was also a twenty twenty one subpoena issued to
Trump's mar A Lago club seeking the employment records of
someone whose name had been redacted. The Justice Department says
some claims made about Trump and the Epstein files are
unfounded and that they do not have a shred of credibility. Congress,
the White House, the Supreme Court, and the Federal Reserve
are all getting a thumbs down from most Americans. That's
(01:23):
according to a new Gallup poll that found just seventeen
percent approve of the job Congress is doing. The poll
finds President Trump's approval rating at thirty six percent, though
it's eighty nine percent among Republicans. An explosion and a
fire at a Philadelphia area nursing home left two dead
and several others injured. There was some confusion initially about
the death toll, with the governor confirming the two had
(01:44):
died and then others saying three. At last Czech officials
had revised that number down to two. There's just one
bowl game on the college football schedule on this Christmas Eve,
the Hawaii Bowl. We'll see the California Golden Bears take
on the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors in Honolulu. The Rainbow Warriors
when eight four in the regular season, cal finished seven
to five, kickoff a set for eight pm Eastern. I'm
(02:05):
Chris Karragio. 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 doctor's offices.
(02:27):
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 administration
(02:47):
began enforcing its repayment efforts earlier this year, and marked
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 September sixth,
(03:09):
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 1 (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 2 (03:42):
Santa Claus came early this year to win Texas grocery
store in the form of a computer glitch. Monday morning
in HB 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 them on met
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 this hour in just four minutes.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
West coast holiday travelers could be hindered due to unfriendly weather.
Areas of central and southern California are expected to see
heavy rain today. The desert southwest, including Las Vegas and Phoenix,
could also be impacted by that rain. Fewer Americans were
standing in the unemployment line last week. That's according two
numbers from the Labor Department. The figure fell by ten
(00:29):
thousand to two hundred and fourteen thousand claims in the
week ending December twentieth. That's a decrease from two hundred
and twenty four thousand a week earlier. The most recent
Jeffrey Epstein files released by the Justice Department make more
mention of President Trump. NBC's Julie Teerskin reports. Items of
note in the latest batch release yesterday include a twenty
twenty email from.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
A federal prosecutor claiming flight logs showed Trump flew on
Epstein's private jet at least eight times between nineteen ninety
three to nineteen ninety six, many more times prosecutor rights
then previously has been reported.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
It was also a twenty twenty one subpoena issued to
Trump's mar A Lago club seeking the employment records of
someone whose name had been redacted. The Justice Department says
some claims made about Trump and the Epstein files are
unfounded and that they do not have a shred of credibility. Congress,
the White House, the Supreme Court, and the Federal Reserve
are all getting a thumbs down from most Americans. That's
(01:23):
according to a new Gallup poll that found just seventeen
percent approve of the job Congress is doing. The poll
finds President Trump's approval rating at thirty six percent, though
it's eighty nine percent among Republicans. An explosion and a
fire at a Philadelphia area nursing home left two dead
and several others injured. There was some confusion initially about
the death toll, with the governor confirming the two had
(01:44):
died and then others saying three. At last Czech officials
had revised that number down to two. There's just one
bowl game on the college football schedule on this Christmas Eve,
the Hawaii Bowl. We'll see the California Golden Bears take
on the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors in Honolulu. The Rainbow Warriors
when eight four in the regular season, cal finished seven
to five, kickoff a set for eight pm Eastern. I'm
(02:05):
Chris Karragio. 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 doctor's offices.
(02:27):
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 administration
(02:47):
began enforcing its repayment efforts earlier this year, and marked
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 September sixth,
(03:09):
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 1 (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 2 (03:42):
Santa Claus came early this year to win Texas grocery
store in the form of a computer glitch. Monday morning
in HB 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 them on met
but customers soon realized she meant they were getting free groceries.
(04:03):
I'm Chris Karaji
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