April 8, 2026 • 4 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest views this hour in just four minutes.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Wall Street opened the day with stocks sharply higher after
President Trump announced that Iran had agreed to a two
week ceasefire under the condition the Strait of Hormuz be
reopened to oil shipping in the Persian Gulf, though Iran's
foreign minister posted later on next that for a period
of two weeks, safe passage through the Strait of Hormos
will be possible via coordination with Iran's armed forces and
(00:30):
as we hear from Tammy Trahiel. Once the straight fully reopens,
officials say gas prices are still likely to keep going up.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
The US Energy Information Administration says that restoring full flows
of oil through the critical waterway will take months, keeping
prices higher until output can return to normal. The agency
said it expects the average gas price in the US
to peak at least four dollars and thirty cents a
gallon this month. Triple A puts today's nationwide average for
a gallon of regular unlettered at four sixteen. That's up
(00:57):
ten cents from a week ago.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
I'm Tammy in Georgia, a Republican will remain in the
seat vacated by former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green. In a
special election runoff Tuesday, Clay Fuller ended with a fifty
six to forty four margin over Democrat Sean Harris, with
all precincts reporting. There's reports of a new ransom note.
More than two months after the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie
(01:20):
in southern Arizona, TMZ reports it's received a note claiming
Guthrie is in the Mexican state of Sonora, which covers
the length of Arizona's border with Mexico. The tabloid says
the note came from somebody who sent previous notes in
the past, including one offering to identify the eighty four
year old's abductors in exchange for one bitcoin. Millions across
(01:41):
the country are dealing with frigid winter light temperatures today.
Windshills in the twenties and thirties are impacting parts of
the northern Plain States, the Midwest Ohio Valley, and Northeast
forecaster say temperatures could be back into the sixties and
seventies by this weekend. This after a clipper moved into
the northeast Tuesday, dropping about one d two three inches
of snow across upstate New York and up to seven
(02:03):
inches in parts of New England. I'm Scott Carr. The
AI research company Anthropic is saying its latest artificial intelligence
model is too powerful for public release. They say the model,
named Claude Mythos, proved to be extremely good at finding
critical vulnerabilities in operating systems and web browsers, and Fropic
officials said Tuesday it would instead use Mythos as part
(02:26):
of a cybersecurity program with a handful of trusted partners
like Google and Microsoft. The program was apparently able to
breach virtual containment on its own, showing a dangerous potential
for circumventing safeguards. In Southern California, a woman accused of
stalking and attacking the singer for Fleetwood, mac Lindsey Buckingham,
is being charged with several felonies.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
On March twenty fifth, Michelle Dick was arrested in Santa
Monica after throwing a substance at the musician. According to Rollingstone,
she's facing seven counts, including assault with a deadly weapon
involving a motor vehicle and fellon evandalism. Buckingham was granted
a restraining order against Dick in twenty twenty four. The
singer religious that she's been harassing him since twenty twenty one.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Our marketey Field.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Juniors trying
to widen the criteria from membership to the CDC's Advisory
Committee on Immunisation Practices. Jim Roupe has more.
Speaker 4 (03:25):
The panel currently has no members after a federal judge
deemed Kennedy's appointees unqualified. However, the AHHS Secretary published an
amended charter Monday, and it is likely to go into
effect soon. Eligibility will now involve geographical balance and a
balance of specialty areas that can include toxicology, immunology, pediatrics,
consumer issues, and academic perspective.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
In the NBA, the Phoenix Suns blew in early twenty
one point lead and lost to Kevin Durant on the
Houston Rockets one nineteen one oh five. Devin Booker scored
thirty one points to lead the Sons, who have dropped
three of four, now just two games ahead of the
Clippers for seventh place in the West. I'm Scott Carr
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest views this hour in just four minutes.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Wall Street opened the day with stocks sharply higher after
President Trump announced that Iran had agreed to a two
week ceasefire under the condition the Strait of Hormuz be
reopened to oil shipping in the Persian Gulf, though Iran's
foreign minister posted later on next that for a period
of two weeks, safe passage through the Strait of Hormos
will be possible via coordination with Iran's armed forces and
(00:30):
as we hear from Tammy Trahiel. Once the straight fully reopens,
officials say gas prices are still likely to keep going up.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
The US Energy Information Administration says that restoring full flows
of oil through the critical waterway will take months, keeping
prices higher until output can return to normal. The agency
said it expects the average gas price in the US
to peak at least four dollars and thirty cents a
gallon this month. Triple A puts today's nationwide average for
a gallon of regular unlettered at four sixteen. That's up
(00:57):
ten cents from a week ago.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
I'm Tammy in Georgia, a Republican will remain in the
seat vacated by former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green. In a
special election runoff Tuesday, Clay Fuller ended with a fifty
six to forty four margin over Democrat Sean Harris, with
all precincts reporting. There's reports of a new ransom note.
More than two months after the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie
(01:20):
in southern Arizona, TMZ reports it's received a note claiming
Guthrie is in the Mexican state of Sonora, which covers
the length of Arizona's border with Mexico. The tabloid says
the note came from somebody who sent previous notes in
the past, including one offering to identify the eighty four
year old's abductors in exchange for one bitcoin. Millions across
(01:41):
the country are dealing with frigid winter light temperatures today.
Windshills in the twenties and thirties are impacting parts of
the northern Plain States, the Midwest Ohio Valley, and Northeast
forecaster say temperatures could be back into the sixties and
seventies by this weekend. This after a clipper moved into
the northeast Tuesday, dropping about one d two three inches
of snow across upstate New York and up to seven
(02:03):
inches in parts of New England. I'm Scott Carr. The
AI research company Anthropic is saying its latest artificial intelligence
model is too powerful for public release. They say the model,
named Claude Mythos, proved to be extremely good at finding
critical vulnerabilities in operating systems and web browsers, and Fropic
officials said Tuesday it would instead use Mythos as part
(02:26):
of a cybersecurity program with a handful of trusted partners
like Google and Microsoft. The program was apparently able to
breach virtual containment on its own, showing a dangerous potential
for circumventing safeguards. In Southern California, a woman accused of
stalking and attacking the singer for Fleetwood, mac Lindsey Buckingham,
is being charged with several felonies.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
On March twenty fifth, Michelle Dick was arrested in Santa
Monica after throwing a substance at the musician. According to Rollingstone,
she's facing seven counts, including assault with a deadly weapon
involving a motor vehicle and fellon evandalism. Buckingham was granted
a restraining order against Dick in twenty twenty four. The
singer religious that she's been harassing him since twenty twenty one.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Our marketey Field.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Juniors trying
to widen the criteria from membership to the CDC's Advisory
Committee on Immunisation Practices. Jim Roupe has more.
Speaker 4 (03:25):
The panel currently has no members after a federal judge
deemed Kennedy's appointees unqualified. However, the AHHS Secretary published an
amended charter Monday, and it is likely to go into
effect soon. Eligibility will now involve geographical balance and a
balance of specialty areas that can include toxicology, immunology, pediatrics,
consumer issues, and academic perspective.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
In the NBA, the Phoenix Suns blew in early twenty
one point lead and lost to Kevin Durant on the
Houston Rockets one nineteen one oh five. Devin Booker scored
thirty one points to lead the Sons, who have dropped
three of four, now just two games ahead of the
Clippers for seventh place in the West. I'm Scott Carr
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