April 8, 2026 • 4 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven US update. The
latest use.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
This hour in just four minutes.
Speaker 3 (00:08):
Stocks are way up after President Trump announced a two
week ceasefire with Iran. The ceasefire comes under the condition
that the Straight of Horror Moves will be reopened to
oil shipping in the Persian Gulf. The Dow Jones has
been up over fourteen hundred points of times today. The
S and P five hundred and the Nasdaq have been
up over two percent as well. Meantime, President Trump says
he's considering a joint venture with Iran to set up
(00:29):
tolls in the Strait of Horn Moves. Scott Carr reports.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
The President tells ABC News Jonathan Carl, We're thinking of
doing it as a joint venture. When asked if he
approved of Iran's plan to charge vessels of fee for
passing through the strait, Karl says Trump called it a
beautiful thing, and he believes it's a way of securing
the Key Channel. While the President has signaled an openness
to the idea, a joint venture was not part of
Iran's ten point peace plan that the US agreed to.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
A man is now pleading guilty to eight murders on
Long Island dating back to the early nineteen nineties. Rex
Huerman was in court today in Suffolk County where he
admitted to the so called Gilgo Beach murders. The eighth
case involves Karen Vergatta and her body parts found ten
years apart west of Gilgo Beach. During the hearing, Hureman
said he killed some of his victims by strangulation. Millions
(01:17):
across the country today are putting up with frigid winter
like temperatures. Wind chills in the twenties and thirties are
impacting parts of the northern Plains, midwest Ohio Valley in northeast.
More than forty million across the Ohio Valley in mid
Atlantic have been put under freeze alerts this morning. Police
and the Bahamas are attempting to find the body of
a Michigan woman. Lynnette Hooker, fell from an eight and
a half foot boat Saturday night when she and her
(01:38):
husband were taking it back to their yacht and they
hit bad weather. He reported her missing at four am
Sunday after he paddled back to land because she fell
into the ocean with the key to the boat. The
Top Prospect in the upcoming NFL Draft won't be attending
the event in person. According to ESPN, Former Indiana quarterback
Fernando Mendoza is choosing to spend his draft experience with
his family in Miami. The expectation is for the law
(02:00):
ls Vegas Raiders to select the reigning Heisman Trophy winning
national champ with the number one pick, I'm Chris Kragio.
Gas prices will likely keep rising even after the Strait
of Horror Movez reopens. Tami Trijillo has the latest.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
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
(02:35):
ten cents from a week ago.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
There is reportedly a new ransom note concerning Nancy Guthrie,
more than two months after her disappearance in southern Arizona.
Wendy Swanson has more.
Speaker 4 (02:46):
DMC 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 said the note came
from somebody who sent previous notes in the past, including
one offering to identify the eighty four year old subductors
in exchange for one bitcoin. This new note came the
same day Savannah Guthrie returned to her duties as host
(03:08):
of the Today Show. Her mother was reported missing February first,
and leads in the case have gone cold in recent weeks.
Speaker 3 (03:15):
Anthropic says its latest artificial intelligence model is too powerful
for public release. The model cloud of Mythos proved to
be extremely good at finding critical vulnerabilities and operating systems
and web browsers. The company said Tuesday that it would
instead use Mythos as part of a cybersecurity program with
a handful of trusted partners like Google and Microsoft. The
(03:37):
AI was apparently able to breach virtual containment on its own,
showing a dangerous potential for circumventing safeguards. The Los Angeles
home owned by the late Ozzy Osbourne is up for sale.
It's located in LA's Hancock Park neighborhood, and it's listed
for seventeen million dollars. The Mediterranean style mansion has six
bedrooms and eleven bathrooms. It was originally built in nineteen
(03:58):
twenty nine and feature over ten thousand square feet of
living space. I'm Cris Coraggio.
This is your twenty four to seven US update. The
latest use.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
This hour in just four minutes.
Speaker 3 (00:08):
Stocks are way up after President Trump announced a two
week ceasefire with Iran. The ceasefire comes under the condition
that the Straight of Horror Moves will be reopened to
oil shipping in the Persian Gulf. The Dow Jones has
been up over fourteen hundred points of times today. The
S and P five hundred and the Nasdaq have been
up over two percent as well. Meantime, President Trump says
he's considering a joint venture with Iran to set up
(00:29):
tolls in the Strait of Horn Moves. Scott Carr reports.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
The President tells ABC News Jonathan Carl, We're thinking of
doing it as a joint venture. When asked if he
approved of Iran's plan to charge vessels of fee for
passing through the strait, Karl says Trump called it a
beautiful thing, and he believes it's a way of securing
the Key Channel. While the President has signaled an openness
to the idea, a joint venture was not part of
Iran's ten point peace plan that the US agreed to.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
A man is now pleading guilty to eight murders on
Long Island dating back to the early nineteen nineties. Rex
Huerman was in court today in Suffolk County where he
admitted to the so called Gilgo Beach murders. The eighth
case involves Karen Vergatta and her body parts found ten
years apart west of Gilgo Beach. During the hearing, Hureman
said he killed some of his victims by strangulation. Millions
(01:17):
across the country today are putting up with frigid winter
like temperatures. Wind chills in the twenties and thirties are
impacting parts of the northern Plains, midwest Ohio Valley in northeast.
More than forty million across the Ohio Valley in mid
Atlantic have been put under freeze alerts this morning. Police
and the Bahamas are attempting to find the body of
a Michigan woman. Lynnette Hooker, fell from an eight and
a half foot boat Saturday night when she and her
(01:38):
husband were taking it back to their yacht and they
hit bad weather. He reported her missing at four am
Sunday after he paddled back to land because she fell
into the ocean with the key to the boat. The
Top Prospect in the upcoming NFL Draft won't be attending
the event in person. According to ESPN, Former Indiana quarterback
Fernando Mendoza is choosing to spend his draft experience with
his family in Miami. The expectation is for the law
(02:00):
ls Vegas Raiders to select the reigning Heisman Trophy winning
national champ with the number one pick, I'm Chris Kragio.
Gas prices will likely keep rising even after the Strait
of Horror Movez reopens. Tami Trijillo has the latest.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
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
(02:35):
ten cents from a week ago.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
There is reportedly a new ransom note concerning Nancy Guthrie,
more than two months after her disappearance in southern Arizona.
Wendy Swanson has more.
Speaker 4 (02:46):
DMC 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 said the note came
from somebody who sent previous notes in the past, including
one offering to identify the eighty four year old subductors
in exchange for one bitcoin. This new note came the
same day Savannah Guthrie returned to her duties as host
(03:08):
of the Today Show. Her mother was reported missing February first,
and leads in the case have gone cold in recent weeks.
Speaker 3 (03:15):
Anthropic says its latest artificial intelligence model is too powerful
for public release. The model cloud of Mythos proved to
be extremely good at finding critical vulnerabilities and operating systems
and web browsers. The company said Tuesday that it would
instead use Mythos as part of a cybersecurity program with
a handful of trusted partners like Google and Microsoft. The
(03:37):
AI was apparently able to breach virtual containment on its own,
showing a dangerous potential for circumventing safeguards. The Los Angeles
home owned by the late Ozzy Osbourne is up for sale.
It's located in LA's Hancock Park neighborhood, and it's listed
for seventeen million dollars. The Mediterranean style mansion has six
bedrooms and eleven bathrooms. It was originally built in nineteen
(03:58):
twenty nine and feature over ten thousand square feet of
living space. I'm Cris Coraggio.
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