7.18.24 Billy's News

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Good morning. It is Thursday,July eighteenth. Forecast. The heat wave
is over. Maybe a few leftovershowers early this morning, No big deal.
Increasing sun today, Highs in theeighties. Definitely less humid Tomorrow picture
perfect sunny and nice highs in theeighties. Top stories. Former President Trump

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will accept the party's nomination tonight.He had a walk through last night in
Milwaukee. Last night, his pickfor vice president delivered his speech. Shouldn't
we be governed by a party thatis unafraid to debate ideas and come to
the best solution. That's the RepublicanParty of the next four years, united
in our love for this country andcommitted to free speech and the open exchange

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of ideas. JD. Van's rightthere. New information, by the way,
coming in on the shooter who triedto kill former President Trump. He
did kill one man, wounding twoother victims. By the way, a
new video shows the shooter skulking arounda building as long as an hour before
he scaled the roof and open fire, And a new report says the shooter's

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parents actually called police on the dayof the shootings. A vigil for former
fire chief Corey Comparatoi was held lastnight. To Other stories, President Biden
testing positive for COVID. He ishome in Delaware. Remember earlier this week
he told Lester Holtz a medical conditionwould be the only thing to keep him

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out of the race. Sure,he has some medical condition that emerged.
If somebody, if the doctors cameto me, said you got this problem,
that problem. This week, severalmore top Democrats, from Chuck Schumer
to Nancy Pelosi, to Adam Schiffto Hakim Jeffries, all asking Biden to
drop out, telling him he cannotwin in November. He is vowing to

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stay in the race. Other stories. Another good day on Wall Street yesterday,
the Dow climbing another two hundred andforty three points. Another record closed
yesterday with talk now the Fed mightbe ready for an interest rate cut.
Other stories. Emmy nominations announced yesterday. The Bear and Showgun got the most
overall. Show Gun picked up twentyfive nominations, The Bear with twenty three.

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Io Etaberry from Dorchester nominated Best Actressfor The Bear. She goes up
against Selena Gomez for only Murders inthe Building. More on the Emmys coming
up in the Entertainment Report, justafter six point thirty this morning. The
new Joe Jonas solo album comes outthis Friday. We'll talk about that as
well. Bruce Springsteen on the BillboardHot Country Charts for the first time his

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collaboration with Zach Bryan and Lisa Dunovan. Checks the Drive next