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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest use this hour in just four minutes. Secretary of
State Marco Rubio says Operation Epic Fury was necessary because
there was an imminent threat to the US. Now this
comes as we hear six US service members now have
been killed. Rubio says, when the US learned of an

(00:23):
upcoming Israeli action against Iran, in his words, they meaning
Iran would immediately come after us. If we stood and
waited for that attack to come first before we hit them,
we would suffer much higher casualties. Rubio added. Epic Fury
is meant to eliminate the threat of Iran's short range
ballistic missiles and the threat posed by their navy. SATA

(00:45):
Minority leader Chuck Schumer says he'll try and pass our
resolution this week to enforce the War Powers Act amid
this military action against Iran. The nineteen seventy three Vietnam
War era resolution is meant to check the president's power
to enter into armed conflict without the consent of Congress.
The effort is largely seen as symbolic because even if
past Trump said he would veto it and Congress would

(01:07):
need then a two thirds majority to override that veto
which there is currently not meantime, Pope Leo says he
is deeply concerned over the escalating spiral of violence in
the Middle East. Speaking to a crowd at Saint Peter
Square yesterday, the Pope made what he called a heartfelt
appeal to the parties involved to assume moral responsibility to
stop the conflict quote before it becomes an irreparable abyss

(01:31):
end quote the Clinton's videotaped depositions before the House Committee
investigating sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein being released to the public.
At one point, Farmer Secretary of State Hillary Clinton became
angry after learning a photo taken of her in the
hearing room was released online.

Speaker 2 (01:45):
Oh for Heaven, it doesn't matter.

Speaker 3 (01:48):
We all are abiding by the same rules down. Yeah, well,
I would like to take a break at this.

Speaker 1 (01:54):
I'd like to guys that photo taken by Colorado Republican
Lauren Bobert in violation of the committee rule and sent
to a conservative influencer who then leaked the photo. I'm
Jim Roop. A key gun rights case now in the
hands of the US Supreme Court. That justice has heard
oral arguments today on whether marijuana users can be prohibited
from possessing the pistol. Habitual illegal drug users can regain

(02:17):
their arms through their own voluntary conduct, so Listener General
Sarah Harris says that marijuana use should be considered different
from alcohol or even prescription drug use because it's illegal
on the federal level. The case under reviews out of Texas.
Ali Himani, was arrested for possession of marijuana in his
home near Dallas. The FBI also found a pistol. His
lawyers argue the law violates the Second Amendment. Open AI

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has reached an agreement with the Pentagon on the use
of its AI models.

Speaker 2 (02:43):
CEO Sam Altman said late Friday that a deal was
reached after the Defense Department agreed to its safety red lines.
The announcement comes after President Trump ordered all government agencies
to stop using Anthropics AI systems. Anthropic was against the
Pentagon using AI to spy on Americans or to carry
out military operations autonomously. Altman said Friday at OpenAI also

(03:04):
prohibits domestic mass surveillance and calls for human responsibility for
the use of force. I'm Tammy Trihillo.

Speaker 1 (03:10):
There has been yet another incident of a way Mo
self driving taxi blocking emergency vehicles.

Speaker 3 (03:17):
There's an active uitor. A Waimo robotaxi is seen blocking
an EMS vehicle responding to a mass shooting in Austin,
Texas over the weekend. It took a police officer about
one minute to convince the car to exit the scene.
A few weeks ago, in Los Angeles, Away Mos stopped
in the road in the middle of a police standoff
before driving away. I'm Michael Casner.

Speaker 1 (03:39):
This year's first lunar eclipse, maybe just achieve the impossible.
Tomorrow morning's eclipse could see the rising of the Sun
and the eclipse of the Moon at the same time.
Areas near and around the Pacific Rim have the best
shot of seeing this strange occurrence. In North America, those
in the Eastern time zone, we'll get to see the
moon set during the early light of dawn. During the
total phase of the eclipse. Place is in the far West,

(04:00):
We'll be able to watch the eclipse from start to finish.
I'm Jim Roop.