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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Bia News This Hour, Doug Davis coming up. President Trump
says crime will be a big issue in twenty twenty six,
but is it all about control? Plus Jasmine Crockett says
it's time for the political games to stop as victims
of Epstein's abuse demand justice and still ahead New York
City hot Boys old ran man Donnie is steeming under
the collar and responds to President Trump offering jobs to

(00:24):
mayoral candidates. But first, here's bi in news now.

Speaker 2 (00:27):
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior is expected to face
tough questions in the Senate over his decision to fire
the CDC director and received vaccine policy changes. Louisiana Republican
John Kennedy says he has concerns.

Speaker 3 (00:39):
What I'm most interested in is restoring the confidence of
the American people in public health in America, and so
far that hasn't been done.

Speaker 2 (00:48):
More than one thousand health and Human Services employees have
called for him to resign. Four young black sisters, ages
two to seven, died in a house fire in Columbus County,
North Carolina. The girls were home alone when the blaze
broke out. Two older children escaped. In called nine one
one the SBI is investigating the cause, and Beyonce turns
forty four today, a number deeply tied to her life

(01:09):
and career. She just wrapped a record breaking Cowboy Carter
tour and remains the most Grammy awarded artist in history.
Get BI in News Now on demand twenty four to
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thank you.

Speaker 1 (01:22):
President Trump is already shaping the narrative for the twenty
twenty six mid terms as he's making crime the top
topic of order. Speaking from the White House, Trump hinted
that he thinks crime will be a big subject of
the next election.

Speaker 3 (01:34):
We're making a determination, now, do we go to Chicago,
or do we go to a place like New Orleans,
where we have a great governor, Jeff Landry, who wants
us to come in and straighten out a very nice
section of this country that's become quite quite tough, quite bad.

(01:54):
And you have New Orleans which has a crime problem,
will straighten that out in about two weeks.

Speaker 1 (01:58):
Recent poll show that crime is a major issue for
voters and like Trump's aggressive tactics, but critics say this
is less about public safety and more about political theater. Polster,
Cornell Belcher whose Blacktails MSNBC.

Speaker 4 (02:12):
Traditionally, Republicans always had an advantage on the issues of crime. So, yeah,
Americans are concerned about crime. But from poll after poll,
crime is the number one issue that Americas are more
concerned about. We take the Wall Street Journal poll. It
was out just a day or so ago. They showed
increasing anxiety about the economy and a plurality of Americans

(02:33):
thinking that the time is growing worse. So, of course,
let's talk about line.

Speaker 1 (02:38):
Trump's strategy seems to mirror a similar one he took
in twenty eighteen, when he used crime and immigration to
pump up his base and pain Democratic led cities as
out of control when it comes to crime and immigration. Meanwhile,
the pressure is mounting on Capitol Hill today as a
bipartisan group of lawmakers pushed for full public release of
the Epstein files. Survivors stood alongside members of Congress yesterday

(03:01):
and are demanding justice and accountability. Critics believe Trump is
downplaying at all, calling it a hoax, and Jasmin Crockett,
who sits on the House Oversight Committee, was asked on
MSNBC if she thinks Trump is trying to protect his
wealthy friends.

Speaker 5 (03:14):
Listen. I mean, now, I've never been a conspiracy theorist
ever in my life. Okay, but I'm going to tell
you this is next level. The levels to this is
absolutely insane. I personally think this is about the people
that made sure that they can have puppets like Trump
in power that he is trying to cover for.

Speaker 1 (03:33):
The petition is just a few signatures shy of forcing
a House vote to release all of the files where
the names of the guilty are still hidden from the public.
As of now, the petition has two hundred and six signatures,
and finally, according to The New York Times, Trump's administration
insiders are allegedly considering offering jobs to mayoral candidates at
an effort to assure that Democratic Socialist candidate z O

(03:55):
ram Man Donnie loses the mayoral election. Man Donnie, who's
built a strong base among working class voters, including a
number of black voters, says he's outraged about the report.
He believes it's another Trump attempt to rigor race and
undermine democracy. Stay informed, stay connected, and subscribe follow Bin
News This Hour wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Doug

(04:16):
Davis for the Black information network,