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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Bion News this hour, Doug Davis coming up.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
It's not shocking that this prosecutor did that.

Speaker 1 (00:06):
A former black DA ways in after the Republican prosecutor
who took over Georgia's Trump racketeering case when Fonnie Willis
was disqualified drops the case. Plus, another young black high
school student with a bright future is gunned down and
killed after breaking up a fight at the Jacksonville, Florida
Burger King. We hear from classmates, and Transportation Secretary Sean
McDuffie calls for air travelers to ditch the pjs and

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dressed to impress this Thanksgiving. But first, here's bin news Now.

Speaker 3 (00:32):
Millions of Americans are on the move for Thanksgiving. Triple
a's Robert Sinclair, who's black, expects a record seventy three
million people driving, making up ninety percent of travelers.

Speaker 1 (00:41):
Wednesday afternoon is particularly busy as you get commuters mixing
with those who are going to their destination.

Speaker 3 (00:49):
Another eight million are flying is a strong storm threatens delays.
A winter system is already hitting the Upper Midwest, with
blizzard warnings in northern Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Paramount
is moving forward with Rush Howur four. After pressure from
President Trump, he pushed the studio on behalf of director
Brett Ratner, who'd been sidelined after twenty seventeen misconduct allocations.
Rattner was now back to lead the sequel, with Jackie

(01:11):
Chan and Chris Tucker expected to return, and billionaire philanthropist
Mackenzie Scott just gave Dillard University a record nineteen million dollars.
It's the largest gift in the school's history. She also
donated five million dollars in twenty twenty to support scholarships
and student success programs at the historic HBCU. I'm Amber
Payton with Bi in News. Now back to you, Doug.

Speaker 1 (01:30):
All right, thank you, good afternoon, and Happy Thanksgiving Eve.
Republican prosecutor Pete Scandaculus, who heads Georgie's Prosecuting Attorney's Council,
stepped into a political sensitive role when he appointed himself
as special prosecutor afterda African American Fonnie Willis was disqualified
from the racketeering case against President Trump. Well today, despite
charges a few years ago that Trump sought to overturn

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Georgia's election, Scandaculus dropped the case. Former Manhattan, DA. African
American Catherine Christian wayhs in on that decision with MS Now.

Speaker 2 (01:59):
It's not shock that this prosecutor did that in the
discretion of the prosecutor. Also, remember this case was indicted
before the Supreme Court said that a president is immune
for official acts, So there may have been testimony evidence
presented to that grand jury that later on the Supreme
Court said should not have been presented.

Speaker 1 (02:17):
Scandakolous, who took over the case, recently boasted about the
demand for justice. But Christian believes that, well.

Speaker 2 (02:23):
He had to show, and I don't know him at all,
that he was taking it seriously. He couldn't have immediately
said I'm just not going to prosecute this. So he
had to at least, I don't want to say pretend,
but he had at least show that he looked at
the facts, he looked at the evidence. And now he's
come to this decision.

Speaker 1 (02:36):
So it appears that President Trump has dodged another bullet.
The decision marks a significant moment in American history regarding
election law enforcement. Meanwhile, students at one Jacksonville, Florida High
school are still shaken after a black senior was fatally
shot while working at a Burger king trying to break
up a fight.

Speaker 2 (02:53):
He was a good person, and the principal actually came
to our classroom discussed about that, and they said, if
you can go to the media center and stuff like that,
if you're going through things.

Speaker 1 (03:02):
That's A fellow student of eighteen year old Matthew Jackson,
speaking to news for Jack's students who weren't too familiar
with Jackson, said he had a kind heart.

Speaker 2 (03:09):
I met him once or twice working at the burger king.
He was pretty sweet.

Speaker 3 (03:12):
He was a good kid.

Speaker 1 (03:13):
The student with a bright future was headed to the
Marine Corps after high school. Jackson's mother is honoring her
son's courage and compassion, calling him a light who cared
deeply for family and friends. Alasa arrested twenty eight year
old African American the Wood Burrett in connection with the
shootings and Foley. Transportation Secretary Sean McDuffie is asking air
travelers to consider what they wear to airports and a

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board plane, saying that dressing well can ease Thanksgiving travel headaches.

Speaker 4 (03:38):
How do we maintain maybe some of that frustration we
have as we travel this Thanksgiving season? Maybe we should
say please and thank you to our pilots and to
our flight attendants, maybe dressing with some respect, whether it's
a pair of jeans and a decent shirt. Let's try
not to wear slippers and pajamas as we come to
the airport.

Speaker 1 (03:55):
The reminder comes as the busy holiday travel period sometimes
comes with tension running high. He says the simple act
of putting on respectable attire can change a person's attitude,
which could ease frustrations. Stay informed, stay connected, and subscribed.
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