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Speaker 1 (00:01):
BIA News this hour. I'm Terry McCready coming up. DC's
attorney general is suing the Trump administration over the National
Guard deployment. Is New York's mayor preparing to ditch his
plans for re election in favor of a plumb role
in the Trump administration. We'll see. Immigration advocates are getting
ready for a mass infusion of federal ICE agents in Chicago.
But first, here's bin news now.

Speaker 2 (00:23):
Jeffrey Epstein survivors say they may release their own list
of alleged abusers. Speaking on Capitol Hill, Lisa Phillips, a
black survivor, said they know the names and want the
Justice Department to act us.

Speaker 1 (00:33):
Epstein survivors have been discussing creating.

Speaker 3 (00:36):
Our own list. We know the names, many of us
were abused by them.

Speaker 2 (00:39):
It comes after thirty three thousand heavily redacted Epstein files
were released this week. The House has blocked the GOP
led effort to censure Black Representative Lemanica mcgiver, who's charged
with assaulting ICE agents during a May visit to a
Newark detention center. Five Republicans joined Democrats saying it's premature,
while her trial, set for November is still pending, and
the NBA is investigating a secret endorsement deal between Kawhi

(01:02):
Leonard and a bankrupt startup backed by Clippers owner Steve Baumer.
Leonard's company was said to earn millions without doing promo work,
raising salary cap concerns. GIDBI in News Now on Demand
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Terry McCready.

Speaker 1 (01:17):
Washington d C. Attorney General Brian Schwabb is suing the
Trump administration over deployment of National Guard troops to the
nation's capital, claiming the move is unnecessary, dangerous, and harmful.
When asked about it, the city's black mayor, Muriel Bowser
referred questions to the ag, saying she's instead looking forward.

Speaker 3 (01:36):
My focus and the focus of our Emergency Operations Center
is on planning for the exit out of the emergency
next week in post emergency operations in the district.

Speaker 1 (01:49):
Schwab contending the deployment of federal troops to Washington, DC
violates several laws, including the Posse Coomatatis Act and the
DC Home Rule Act. The lawsuit comes as Congression Republicans
consider a bill that could eliminate Schwab's position as DC's
elected Attorney General, replacing him with a presidential appointee who
would not need to be confirmed by the Senate. New

(02:12):
York City's black mayor, Eric Adams is reportedly mulling it
over his reelection bid. That is this after telling friends
and advisors that he is seriously considering other job opportunities,
according to The New York Times, which reports Adams went
to Florida to meet with a Trump advisor, and I
don't think you can win unless you have one on
one because somehow he's gotten a little bit of a lead.

Speaker 4 (02:35):
I have no idea how that happened.

Speaker 1 (02:39):
Trump admits he wants two people to drop out to
make it a one on one race. After repeatedly criticizing
Democratic nominees Ron Mom Donnie Paul suggested would greatly increase
Andrew Cuomo's chances of defeating Mom Donnie. Adams suggested yesterday
that he's staying the course. Immigration rights groups are preparing
for a surge of federal ICE agents arriving at Chaos

(03:00):
for an enforcement crackdown.

Speaker 4 (03:02):
Governor JB. Prisker believes the operation will begin tomorrow, but
it could possibly start as early as today.

Speaker 3 (03:08):
They've got a protest peacefully, not give them any reason
to call in National Guard or military troops of other types.

Speaker 4 (03:15):
The governor said his office will immediately go to court
if military troops are sent to the city. A Mexican
Independence Day celebrations schedule for next weekend and Grant Park
has been postponed.

Speaker 5 (03:27):
I'm Perry Williams US immigration authority storming the Hyundai manufacturing
site in Savannah, Georgia yesterday during a raid that shut
down construction on a nearby factory being built to produce
EV batteries.

Speaker 1 (03:40):
In a post on X, the Atlanta Office of the
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said it joined HSI, FBI,
ICE and other agents in a major immigration enforcement operation
at the Hyundai Megasite battery plant in Bryan County. Four
hundred and fifty people were detained. The operation targeted one
of jorie Just largest manufacturing plants, touted by the governor

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and others as the biggest economic development project in the
state's history. Hyundai began manufacturing evs at the seven point
six billion dollar plant last year, which employs about twelve
hundred people. I'm Terry McCready for the Black Information Network,