USA Radio News 012023 Hour 12

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Speaker 1 (00:02):
The USA News. I'm Richard Johnson. It started as an
atmospheric river drenching California, then dumped enough snow on Denver
to cripple air traffic. Then it covered the Upper Midwest,
and now that same system is making life miserable in
New England.

Speaker 2 (00:17):
Perhaps six d additional inches of snow across portions of
interior New England. As that low pressure begins to kind
of wind down later on tonight.

Speaker 1 (00:26):
National Weather Service meteorologist Zach Taylor says the northeast will
get a break tomorrow, then another system will dump more
rain and snow on New England. The USA is sending
another two and a half billion dollars worth of military
equipment to Ukraine, but NBC's Raft Sanchez in Kiev says
the package does not include what the White House really
wants to send.

Speaker 3 (00:47):
Germany makes a very high quality tank called the Leopard.
It sends it to a number of NATO allies across
Eastern Europe, and they are eager to send it to
the Ukrainians. But because the tank is made in Germany,
they need Germany's permission first, and that is not a
step that Germany is prepared to take right.

Speaker 1 (01:05):
Now Germany wants the US to send its M one
Abrams tanks to Ukraine. The Pentagon says that's too costly
and too complicated. Could be a very different vibe at
the annual March for Life in Washington at this sour.
It's the first of the annual events since the Supreme
Court overturned Row versus Weighed. The annual anti abortion March
started in nineteen seventy three in response to the Row decision.

(01:29):
Warning the House Republicans who want spending cuts in exchange
for raising the debt ceiling, under.

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No circumstances should Republicans vote to cut a single penny
from Medicare or Social Security bud.

Speaker 1 (01:41):
Donald Trump is calling for cuts in foreign aid, immigration programs,
and what it calls climate extremism. National Association of Realtors
says sales of existing homes fell by one and a
half percent in December, eleventh straight month of declient's high
mortgage rates, low supply, get the blame. This is USA News.

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Elon Musk, in his role as CEO of Tesla, may
testify today in a San Francisco civil trial. Some Tesla
shareholders are suing muskover a twenty eighteen tweet that he'd
secured the funding to take Tesla private. The shareholders alleged
that tweet cost them millions in trading losses. An attorney
for the shareholders told the jury Wednesday, Musk lied when

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he sent that tweet. In California, two big counties and
some other public entities are suing the Golden State's biggest
power company, PG and E for damages that resulted from
the twenty twenty two Mosquito fire.

Speaker 6 (03:34):
The suit alleges PG and ease equipment was the cause
of the fire.

Speaker 2 (03:38):
In the aftermath of a devastating utility caused wildfire, public
entities and specifically local governments can suffer a suite of
damages as they respond to the emergency.

Speaker 6 (03:50):
That's attorney John Fisk, who says damages include loss of
revenue and assets. Most local roads are not equipped and
were never intended for large truck traffic like fire trucks,
debris removal trucks, and reconstruction trucks. I'm Victoria Idoni.

Speaker 1 (04:07):
Another crypto firm is out of business in the wake
of the collapse of FTX. Crypto lender Genesis filed for
Chapter eleven bankruptcy protection in New York City late yesterday.
It's real currency up for grabs in the Powerball drawing tonight.
The prize is now up to at least four hundred
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