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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest use this hour in just four minutes.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
President Trump is calling Tuesday a big day for world peace,
posting the social media last night a statement saying that
Iran has had enough along with everyone else, adding that
the US will be helping with the traffic build up
in the Strait of Horror moves. This after Trump said
he would suspend the bombing of Iran for two weeks,
though Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahoo is saying a two
(00:31):
week ceasefire with Iran announced by President Trump but does
not extend to Lebanon.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
Post Tuesday night, President Trump canceled his eight pm Eastern
deadline for Iran to make a deal or face a
new attack, and announce the seasfire. It comes after Pakistan
sent Trump a ten point peace proposal from Iran that
Trump called a workable basis on which to negotiate well.
Israel reportedly will stop bombing Iran during this time. Nan
Yonghu said in a statement the seasfire does not apply
to fighting between Israel and the Lebanese militant group has
(00:59):
moll Ah. This despite Pakistan's Prime minister saying the ceasfire
proposal does extend to Lebanon, where hundreds of thousands had
been displaced due to the fighting.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
I'm knefield the President's meeting with the head of NATO
at the same time he's been bashing NATO's unwillingness to
support the US in the Iran war. Trump plans to
meet at the White House today with NATO Secretary General
Mark Ruddup, a meeting scheduled prior to the announced two
week ceasefire with Iran. Trump spent critical of NATO allies,
calling out France, Germany, Spain, and others for not helping
(01:30):
the US secure the Strait of Hormuz. A woman just
married to a US Army soldiers out of ICE custody.
The wife of Staff Sergeant Matthew Blank, Annie Ramos, was
arrested by ICE agents April second as she showed up
at Fort Polk, Louisiana to register as a military spouse
so she could receive benefits and begin the process of
obtaining a green card. Ramos was born in Honduras, but
(01:54):
came to the US as a toddler. Her detention drew
backlash from groups supporting people brought to the US ill
I legally as children, saying that deporting Ramos does nothing
to make the country safer. I'm Scott Carr. Voters in
the deep red Georgia district represented by Marjorie Taylor Green
have chosen her replacement. Republican Clay Fuller is projected to
(02:14):
win the seat, having defeated Democrat Sean Harris, a retired
army officer. Tuesday's election a runoff after both candidates came
out on top, and a crowded March tenth special election.
Fuller will serve out the remainder of Green's term following
her decision to quit Congress after a falling out with
President Trump. A Democrat from the Bay Area Rokana, wants
President Trump removed from office, calling unconstitutional the truth social
(02:39):
post Tuesday, in which Trump wrote, a whole civilization will
die tonight in Iran if Iran doesn't make a deal
to end the war.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
He's threatening the entire destruction of a civilization. He is
calling Iranian's animals. He is showing a total disregard for
the humanity of people in Iran, in Gaza in Cuba.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
And in calling for Congress's invocation of the twenty fifth
amendment to remove Trump from office. Conna joins former Republican
Representative Marjorie Taylor Green that amendment allows for the removal
of a president deemed unfit to serve. In New York,
the accused Gilgo Beach serial killer is now expected to
plead guilty to the murders of eight women, as Sarah
(03:20):
Lee Kessler reports that's expected to happen today.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
Rex Hwerman, a Messapequaman, is charged in the death of
seven women during a seventeen year killing spree on Long Island,
but there are multiple reports now that the sixty two
year old Manhattan architect will admit to murdering an eighth
victim during his flea hearing. She's Karen Vergata, a Manhattan
mother whose body parts were found ten years apart west
(03:45):
of Gilgo Beach and on Fire Island.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
Bill Gates is now scheduled to be interviewed by the
House Oversight Committee on June tenth about his relationship with
the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. President Trump's Commerce secretary
Howard Lutnick scheduled to a pear before the committee for
an interview about Epstein on May sixth. I'm Scott Carr,
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest use this hour in just four minutes.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
President Trump is calling Tuesday a big day for world peace,
posting the social media last night a statement saying that
Iran has had enough along with everyone else, adding that
the US will be helping with the traffic build up
in the Strait of Horror moves. This after Trump said
he would suspend the bombing of Iran for two weeks,
though Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahoo is saying a two
(00:31):
week ceasefire with Iran announced by President Trump but does
not extend to Lebanon.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
Post Tuesday night, President Trump canceled his eight pm Eastern
deadline for Iran to make a deal or face a
new attack, and announce the seasfire. It comes after Pakistan
sent Trump a ten point peace proposal from Iran that
Trump called a workable basis on which to negotiate well.
Israel reportedly will stop bombing Iran during this time. Nan
Yonghu said in a statement the seasfire does not apply
to fighting between Israel and the Lebanese militant group has
(00:59):
moll Ah. This despite Pakistan's Prime minister saying the ceasfire
proposal does extend to Lebanon, where hundreds of thousands had
been displaced due to the fighting.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
I'm knefield the President's meeting with the head of NATO
at the same time he's been bashing NATO's unwillingness to
support the US in the Iran war. Trump plans to
meet at the White House today with NATO Secretary General
Mark Ruddup, a meeting scheduled prior to the announced two
week ceasefire with Iran. Trump spent critical of NATO allies,
calling out France, Germany, Spain, and others for not helping
(01:30):
the US secure the Strait of Hormuz. A woman just
married to a US Army soldiers out of ICE custody.
The wife of Staff Sergeant Matthew Blank, Annie Ramos, was
arrested by ICE agents April second as she showed up
at Fort Polk, Louisiana to register as a military spouse
so she could receive benefits and begin the process of
obtaining a green card. Ramos was born in Honduras, but
(01:54):
came to the US as a toddler. Her detention drew
backlash from groups supporting people brought to the US ill
I legally as children, saying that deporting Ramos does nothing
to make the country safer. I'm Scott Carr. Voters in
the deep red Georgia district represented by Marjorie Taylor Green
have chosen her replacement. Republican Clay Fuller is projected to
(02:14):
win the seat, having defeated Democrat Sean Harris, a retired
army officer. Tuesday's election a runoff after both candidates came
out on top, and a crowded March tenth special election.
Fuller will serve out the remainder of Green's term following
her decision to quit Congress after a falling out with
President Trump. A Democrat from the Bay Area Rokana, wants
President Trump removed from office, calling unconstitutional the truth social
(02:39):
post Tuesday, in which Trump wrote, a whole civilization will
die tonight in Iran if Iran doesn't make a deal
to end the war.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
He's threatening the entire destruction of a civilization. He is
calling Iranian's animals. He is showing a total disregard for
the humanity of people in Iran, in Gaza in Cuba.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
And in calling for Congress's invocation of the twenty fifth
amendment to remove Trump from office. Conna joins former Republican
Representative Marjorie Taylor Green that amendment allows for the removal
of a president deemed unfit to serve. In New York,
the accused Gilgo Beach serial killer is now expected to
plead guilty to the murders of eight women, as Sarah
(03:20):
Lee Kessler reports that's expected to happen today.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
Rex Hwerman, a Messapequaman, is charged in the death of
seven women during a seventeen year killing spree on Long Island,
but there are multiple reports now that the sixty two
year old Manhattan architect will admit to murdering an eighth
victim during his flea hearing. She's Karen Vergata, a Manhattan
mother whose body parts were found ten years apart west
(03:45):
of Gilgo Beach and on Fire Island.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
Bill Gates is now scheduled to be interviewed by the
House Oversight Committee on June tenth about his relationship with
the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. President Trump's Commerce secretary
Howard Lutnick scheduled to a pear before the committee for
an interview about Epstein on May sixth. I'm Scott Carr,
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