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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Then news this hour, I'm Doug Davis coming up. It's
heartbreaking as a Thanksgiving holiday approaches. A black food bank
director says they are stretched to the breaking point.

Speaker 2 (00:10):
Plus, we've got to be the party offering the solution,
and that solution is making sure that American dream works.

Speaker 1 (00:15):
Kentucky Governor Andrew Busheer says Democrats must keep it real
with world America, especially black voters, to the civil rights
Titan returns home after being hospitalized for a neurological disorder.
But first, here's bin news.

Speaker 3 (00:27):
Now.

Speaker 4 (00:28):
A judge tossed federal cases against former FBI director James
call Me and black New York attorney generally Titia. James
call Me called the case' malevolent, while James says she's
heartened and called the charges baseless.

Speaker 3 (00:39):
I know that Donald Trump will probably come after me again,
and my attitude is going to be the same. I'm innocent,
I am not afraid, and I believe in an independent
federal judiciary.

Speaker 4 (00:50):
Both say Trump's pick for US attorney was unlawful. The
Los Angeles Police Department is disputing rumors about the death
of fifteen year old Celesti Ribus Hernandez, found in a
Tesla link to black singer David. Police say her body
was not decapitated or frozen, despite TMC reports. The Corners
records are under a security hold at LAPD's request while
the case is investigated. And eighty four year old civil

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rights leader Reverend Jesse Jackson has been released from the
hospital in stable condition. He was admitted for monitoring after
being diagnosed with a neurological disorder. His family denies reports
that he was ever on life support. I'm Amber Payton
with BIN News Now back to you, Doug.

Speaker 1 (01:26):
All right, thanks and happy Tuesday. While hunger is not
easing up and food banks are facing record demand, millions
of Americans are turning to food banks, even those who
hold jobs. Our recent twenty twenty Feeding America report shows
that fifty million people are facing food insecurity. African American
Karen Biasio, developing director at LA Saint Francis Center, told
MS now that families are waiting for food more than

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ever and there's an urgent need for support.

Speaker 5 (01:50):
Unfortunately, that's our new reality. It started earlier this year
and we saw maybe five families when we weren't turning
anyone away prior to that, and now in these last
few weeks where twin turning away thirty families at a time.
It's heartbreaking. You know, people depend on us. They depend
on us to provide those meals, the nutrition, the groceries
or you know Wi Fi now is something that their

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children need for homework and all of that, all of
that for schoolwork. So it's very tough to have to
turn people away knowing there may be nowhere else for
them to go.

Speaker 1 (02:20):
With eighty percent of food bank stretch thin, many are
operating a near breaking point due to reduce funding and
rising costs. The crisis hits harder for black families, underscoring
a long standing social and economic disparities that make putting
food on the table a daily challenge. Meanwhile, flip rural
America blue, while Kentucky Governor Andy Bursheer, who's won two
state wide elections in the southern state as a moderate Democrat,

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tells CNN that he's been working over time in rural
communities telling them that a Trump economy is like an
economic death sentence.

Speaker 2 (02:48):
I spent this last year trying to speak reason into chaos,
being a common sense, common ground, get things done type
of voice for the Democratic Party. But hopefully for America,
we are going to change the map when we win
some governor's elections that no one is expected be.

Speaker 1 (03:03):
Share also commentation on rumors that he might run for
president in twenty twenty eight.

Speaker 2 (03:07):
I'll sit down with my family and we'll see. What's
most important to me is that my kids get the
type of country that I grew up in, one that
is stable, one that doesn't have a constant us versus them.
We need to not only win this next presidential election,
but we need to heal this country for.

Speaker 1 (03:24):
Share calls out Trump's Big Beautiful Bill, saying it would
devastate real health care by closing hospitals and cutting coverage
for millions, many who are black and live in rural
communities with little resources. And finally, after almost two weeks
in the hospital, Reverend Jesse Jackson has returned home and
is in stable condition following treatment for a progressive super
nuclear policy, a rare neurological disorder impacting movement and speech.

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The eighty four year old protege of the late doctor
Martin Luther King Junior and founder of Rainbow Push Coalition.
It's been a powerful force for civil rights for decades.
While there's no cure for the condition. Treatments focused on
managing symptoms and maintaining a lite movable quality of life.
The Jackson families overseeing his care, with loved ones surrounding
him during his recovery period. Stay informed, stay connected, and subscribe.

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I'm Doug Davis for the Black Information Network. Have a
great Tuesday, and of course, stay safe out there.