Morning Edition: 07 July 2024

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
From the news talks had been newsroom, this is newsfacs,
and this update. Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer says
New Zealander Patricia MacKaye's death in California was senseless and
should never have happened to eighteen year olds in A
twenty six year old faced the death penalty if convicted
for dragging Mackay to death under their getaway car after

(00:27):
attempting to rob her and her husband, Shannon Johnstone with more.

Speaker 2 (00:33):
Spitzer says their shopping centers and malls have become hunting
grounds for criminals stalking innocent shoppers to rob them because
their governor and legislature refused to hold anyone accountable. He
says they won't accept this new normal and criminals will
be held accountable.

Speaker 1 (00:49):
And the US. Four people have been killed and three
others critically wounded and are shooting at a home in
northern Kentucky. Police say the suspect died after fleeing the
whole home and leading police on a vehicle pursuit that
ended with the suspect's car falling into a ditch. Back here.
Napier Council is supporting recovery funds being redirected, despite that

(01:11):
meaning they'll have less themselves. The government is funneling three
million dollars into Wide Hour after being ravaged by floods
and storms last week. It comes from the ten million
given to the Hawks Bay region to complete sediment removal
from Cyclone Gabrielle. And there are calls for New Zealand
to follow Australia's new vape laws. Vapes will be illegal

(01:36):
to sell outside of pharmacies over the Ditch from this week.
The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation is urging our government to
follow suit. Medical director Bob Hancock says, we still don't
know the long term health effects of vaping. We do
know that they will have harms, but we don't quite
know how bad those harms are going to be.

Speaker 3 (01:57):
And it's a real concern that we've now that appeared
to be.

Speaker 1 (01:59):
Allowing a generation of kids to become addicted to nicotine.
And that's news. I'm Donna Marie Lever to Sport. The
All Blacks under the new regime of Coach Scott Robertson
and Captain Scott Barrett have escaped with a jittery one
point when over England to indoneda despite Damien Mackenzie's timed

(02:20):
out penalty after using up as allotted sixty seconds, the
All Blacks hung on for a sixteenth fifteen win. England
coach Steve Borthwick says his team was close.

Speaker 3 (02:31):
There wasn't watching it for either team, theys or at
two tries apiece. Margin's very very fine and they that
second half turn into a proper arm wrestle in the
middle of the pitch for ball teams.

Speaker 1 (02:43):
And Wallabies have ushered in the Joe Schmidt era with
the tents twenty five sixteen when over Wales in Sydney.
The Warriors are in fourteenth place, three points outside the
NRL top eight after a thirteen twelve golden point loss
to the Bulldogs. And here we go for Ryan Fox's
and a tie for twenty eighth after a third round

(03:04):
two under pass seventeen at the BMW International in Munich,
and that sport.

Speaker 3 (03:12):
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