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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):
Iran is suggesting it will continue to control the Strait
of horror Mouz, even after agreeing to a ceasefire with
the US. President Trump announced yesterday Iran had agreed to
a two week ceasefire, but under the condition the Straight
Bee reopened to oil shipping in the Persian Gulf. Iran's
foreign minister later posted on x that for a period
of two weeks, safe passage through the Strait of Horrormos
(00:30):
will be possible via coordination with Iran's armed forces. The
Wall Street Journal reports before the war, more than one
hundred ships used to pass freely through the strait every day,
and as we hear from Mark Mayfield, the Israeli Prime
Minister Menumin Netanyahu says the two week ceasefire does not
extend to Lebanon.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
In a post Tuesday night, President Trump canceled his eight
pm Eastern deadline for Iran to make a deal or
face a new attack and announced the ceasefire. It comes
after Pakistan sent Trump a ten point piece proposal from Iran.
I don't call a workable basis on which to negotiate well.
Israel reportedly will stop bombing around during this time. Nan Young,
who said in a statement the seasfire does not apply
to fighting between Israel and the Lebanese militant group has Malah.
(01:11):
This despite Pakistan's Prime Minister saying the seasefire proposal does
extend to Lebanon, where hundreds of thousands had been displaced
due to the fighting.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
I'm Worknefield, the wife of a US Army soldiers being
released from ICE custody. Annie Ramos is married to Staff
Sergeant Matthew Blank, who's stationed at Fort Polk, Louisiana. Ramos
was arrested by ICE agents April second when she showed
up at Fort Polk to register as a military spouse.
Ramos was born in Honduras and brought to the US
(01:38):
as a toddler. Her detention drew backlash from groups who
argued deporting Ramos does nothing to make the country safer.
NASA is preparing for the return of the four astronauts
aboard the Artemis two mission. The crew made history by
flying deeper into space than any human before and becoming
the first to see the entire far side of the Moon.
The Orion spacecraft is now headed back to Earth due
(02:01):
to splash down in the Pacific near San Diego early
Friday evening. 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 win the seat, having
defeated Democrat Sean Harris, a retired army officer. Tuesday's election
a runoff after both candidates came out on top of
(02:22):
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 post Tuesday, in which Trump wrote,
a whole civilization will die tonight in Iran if Iran
(02:44):
doesn't make a deal to end the war.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
He's threatening the entire destruction of a civilization.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
He is calling Iranians animals.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
He is showing a total disregard for the humanity of
people in Iran and Gaza in Juba.
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 plea 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's scheduled to appear 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):
Iran is suggesting it will continue to control the Strait
of horror Mouz, even after agreeing to a ceasefire with
the US. President Trump announced yesterday Iran had agreed to
a two week ceasefire, but under the condition the Straight
Bee reopened to oil shipping in the Persian Gulf. Iran's
foreign minister later posted on x that for a period
of two weeks, safe passage through the Strait of Horrormos
(00:30):
will be possible via coordination with Iran's armed forces. The
Wall Street Journal reports before the war, more than one
hundred ships used to pass freely through the strait every day,
and as we hear from Mark Mayfield, the Israeli Prime
Minister Menumin Netanyahu says the two week ceasefire does not
extend to Lebanon.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
In a post Tuesday night, President Trump canceled his eight
pm Eastern deadline for Iran to make a deal or
face a new attack and announced the ceasefire. It comes
after Pakistan sent Trump a ten point piece proposal from Iran.
I don't call a workable basis on which to negotiate well.
Israel reportedly will stop bombing around during this time. Nan Young,
who said in a statement the seasfire does not apply
to fighting between Israel and the Lebanese militant group has Malah.
(01:11):
This despite Pakistan's Prime Minister saying the seasefire proposal does
extend to Lebanon, where hundreds of thousands had been displaced
due to the fighting.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
I'm Worknefield, the wife of a US Army soldiers being
released from ICE custody. Annie Ramos is married to Staff
Sergeant Matthew Blank, who's stationed at Fort Polk, Louisiana. Ramos
was arrested by ICE agents April second when she showed
up at Fort Polk to register as a military spouse.
Ramos was born in Honduras and brought to the US
(01:38):
as a toddler. Her detention drew backlash from groups who
argued deporting Ramos does nothing to make the country safer.
NASA is preparing for the return of the four astronauts
aboard the Artemis two mission. The crew made history by
flying deeper into space than any human before and becoming
the first to see the entire far side of the Moon.
The Orion spacecraft is now headed back to Earth due
(02:01):
to splash down in the Pacific near San Diego early
Friday evening. 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 win the seat, having
defeated Democrat Sean Harris, a retired army officer. Tuesday's election
a runoff after both candidates came out on top of
(02:22):
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 post Tuesday, in which Trump wrote,
a whole civilization will die tonight in Iran if Iran
(02:44):
doesn't make a deal to end the war.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
He's threatening the entire destruction of a civilization.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
He is calling Iranians animals.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
He is showing a total disregard for the humanity of
people in Iran and Gaza in Juba.
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 plea 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's scheduled to appear before the committee for an
interview about Epstein. On May sixth. I'm Scott Carr
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