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Speaker 1 (00:03):
The IA News this hour. I'm Terry mccreey, coming up
reaction from Senators after their first intel briefing on air
strikes in Iran, statistical dead heat in New York's minoral race,
the Supreme Court ruling on planned Parenthood's challenge in South Carolina.
But first, here's bin News now.

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Doctor Susan Manarrez, Trump's PICTI lead the CDC voiced strong
support for vaccines during her Senate hearing, saying they save
lives and don't cause autism.

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I have not seen a causal link between vaccines and autism,
and if I'm confirmed to the CDC director, I commit
to making sure that we continue to prioritize vaccine availability.

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She distanced herself from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior's
past vaccine skepticism. The Golden Gate Bridge Agency in California
may scrap anti racism and DEI policies to avoid losing
four hundred million dollars in federal funds. CEO Dennis Mulligan
says it's a precaution under new Trump era rules. And
Tina Turner is being honored with a statue in her
hometown of Brownsville, Tennessee for Motor Company is donating one

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hundred and fifty thousand dollars for the seven foot bronze
tributes had to be unveiled this September during Tina Turner
Heritage Days at Heritage Park. Get bi in Needs Now
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back to Terry Macready.

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Senators are reacting to their first Intel briefing on strikes
on Iranian nuclear facilities. Republican Tom Cotton of Arkansas says
he's learned the US air strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities
were an extraordinary success. Conton added the vital components within
the chain for Iran to build a nuke were destroyed.
Blackhouse Minority Leader HAWKEM. Jeffries, weighing in on the issue

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earlier this week.

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There apparently are reasons to believe that that was a
blatant misrepresentation made by Donald Trump to the American people.

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Meanwhile, Connecticut Democrat Chris Murphy agrees. He says Iran's nuclear
program has been damaged, but not obliterated, as President Trump maintained.
Murphy noted Director of National Intelligence Telsey Gabbert was notably
absent from the briefing a new poll showing the New
York City mayoral race is a statistical dead heat between

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Assemblymen Zoron Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo. If the former governor
runs as an independent in the general.

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Election, Heevsorin Mandami, he gets to thirty nine percent of
the vote. At this point, Cuomo is at parody with
Mondami thirty nine percent, as.

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Poster Bradley Honan of the Honen Strategy Group, which conducted
the poll following the Ugandan born Mamdani's historic but still
unofficial win over Cuomo in the Democratic primary. That's if
Cuomo decides to run as an independent, a move he's considering.
If Cuomo ultimately packs it in, the poster says Mamdani
would lead by fifteen points. The survey also shows that

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if Black Mayor Eric Adams drops out of the race,
unlikely since he has just announced his reelection bit, then
Cuomo would win by four points. Adams is polling at
thirteen percent, with Republican Kurtis Liwa at seven percent. The
Supreme Court is rejecting Planned Parenthood's challenge to South Carolina's
attempt to bar the organization from participating in its Medicaid program.

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This clears the way for the state to strip the
organization of Medicaid funds. The Supreme Court ruled that Planned
Parenthood and a Patient cannot sue the State of South
Carolina under federal civil rights law to enforce a provision
of the Medicaid Act that aims to ensure a beneficiary
can obtain medical care from the provider of their choosing.

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The Court's conservative majority reversing a decision from the US
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit that allowed Planned
Parenthood's lawsuit against state officials to move forward and prevented
South Carolina from excluding the organization from its Medicaid program
Susan L. Taylor stepped down from Essence magazine as editor
in chief and beauty editor seventeen years ago. However, her

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vision to elevate and empower black communities endures. During an
interview this month with her Mentee Award winning author and
journalist Ashabandelli, Taylor touched on the divine power of service
and how it continues to inspire her writing and advocacy.
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for the Black Information Network,