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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Bion News This Hour on Terry mcreeey coming up a
job well done by TSA agents during the government shutdown.
That board from the Homeland Security Secretary ice agents on
the ground in Charlotte, North Carolina upols showing Democrats are
more excited about voting than Republicans.

Speaker 2 (00:16):
But first, here's BIA News Now online. Security Secretary Christy
nom praised TSA agents for their patriotism during the record shutdown,
handing out ten thousand dollars bonuses.

Speaker 3 (00:26):
They were examples to the rest of the individuals who
worked with them and endured those hardships and continued to
shine a light on really what is special about America.

Speaker 2 (00:35):
The FAA has frozen flight cuts now that the shutdown
is over. President Trump is appointing Paul and Gracia as
Deputy General Counsel at the General Services Administration, weeks after
he withdrew from another post over racist comments and calling
for the end of Martin Luther King Junior day. The
White House calls him a healthful addition. And Cardi b
has announced the brother of her baby boy with NFL

(00:55):
star Stefon Diggs on Instagram. It's her fourth child, the
first with Diggsremy Winter calls it a new season with
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Here's More with Terry McCready.

Speaker 1 (01:10):
Secretary of Homeland Security Christy Nome is praising TSA agents
for their work during the longest government shutdown in US history.
During a news conference yesterday, Nome says agents stepped up
and showed outstanding patriotism and service.

Speaker 3 (01:24):
Stepped up every single day to make sure that those
individuals at our airports and at our transportation systems continued
to be safe and secure while they went about their
daily lives and limited the impact on those families that
relied so much on getting to where they needed to
be on time.

Speaker 1 (01:39):
She also announced in doled out ten thousand dollars bonuses
for agents who remained on the job during the shutdown.
The FAA has frozen flight reductions now that the shutdown
is over. Flights have been cut due to staffing shortages
as TSA agents and air traffic controllers have been working
without pay. Immigration authorities are headed to Charlotte, North Carolina.

(02:00):
To multiple reports, US Customs and Border Protection agents are
expected to arrive within the coming days. Mecklenburg County's Black Sheriff,
Gary McFadden says they have not been asked to assist
federal immigration agents during the planned operation. He said they
value and welcome the renewed collaboration and open communication with
federal partners. Charlotte is the latest Democratic led city to

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be targeted with immigration enforcement by federal authorities. More Democrats
are expressing higher levels of enthusiasm about voting compared to Republicans.
California Governor Gavin Newsom on CNN, touting the renewed Democratic
trajectory after the blue wave during this month's election, that what's.

Speaker 4 (02:38):
The beginning this comeback. This is the beginning of sort
of resurgence of energy. And you've seen it the No
King's Rally. You saw it obviously with the outcomes not
just in Virginia and New Jersey, but in Mississippi and
Pennsylvania and Georgia and elsewhere.

Speaker 1 (02:52):
A newly released Reuter's if SO survey found that forty
four percent of registered voters who identify as Democrats say
they are very enthusiastic about voting in the next election cycle,
while only twenty six percent of Republican voters echoed the response.
Results also show cost of living and the economy are
at the top of issues plaguing voters, as forty five
percent of respondents said the factors determine who becomes their

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candidate of choice. Slightly more Survey participants appear to believe
Democrats have a better plan to lower costs, but results
show voters favor the GOP on matters of immigration and
the economy. Alabama's Tuskegee University is launching a federal lawsuit
against the American Veterinary Medical Association. According to a complaint,
the AVMA's Council of Education recently placed the College of

(03:38):
Veterinary Medicine on the terminal accreditation status, and now the
university is appealing, with a hearing coming up next month.
Tuskegee is calling it a facade and accuses the association's
council of violating due process law and its own policies
that promise equality when rendering its terminal accreditation decision. Taskegee
alleges violation of due process by limiting the universe these

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ability to appeal the council's accreditation decision. Records from the
AVMA demonstrate that since a twenty twenty two, Tuskegee has
been on probationary accreditation due to significant financial deficiencies, clinical resources,
and student outcomes. I'm Terry McCready for the Black Information Network.