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"They got off a plane in fort belvoir in virginia to cheers from loved ones babak like namazi whose brother siamak namazi was held in iran for eight years we take it for granted having a family together we've been apart for eight years and finally we're together and it feels completely unbelievable and we're grateful for this moment really and then we're gonna start building our lives again namazi a businessman along with venture capitalist imad sarji and conservationist morad tabas were held on spying charges which the u .s government denies the real real hero of this story surviving eight years of brutal treatments but never never losing hope two other americans were released but wanted their names withheld in the deal president biden released five iranians along with unfreezing six billion in oil assets a move criticized by some republicans i'm julie walker it's tilled on america in the morning a special election for a seat in the pennsylvania state house has given democrats control of that keystone state chamber lindsey powell won the special house race in a district in pittsburgh and that victory gives democrats a one -seat majority 102 to 101 giving dems control of the state house and governor's office in a key battleground state pennsylvania governor josh shapiro also announced the state will now automatically register residents to vote when they get their driver's license or state -issued id youtube says russell brand will no longer make money from the video streaming site correspondent charles de la desma explains ellie tom said a senior lecturer in media and communications at birmingham city university in england who studies the stand -up circuit says it comes as no surprise that the shows have been pulled i think it was necessary in the make of any huge allegations i think the immediate responses we don't know how this is going to play out so i think a lot of people would have encouraged him to cancel it tom said ads brand is a product of a live comedy scene that was riddled with misogyny and still is despite progress made by women and others to diversify the comic landscape there's lots of ways that problematic people are recovered within the industry so there is a template there brand has denied allegations of sexual assault published by three uk media organizations charles dilladesma them another big government computer system has been hacked this time at the international criminal court that handles war crimes here's chuck palm with that in today's tech news news international the criminal court at the hague said on tuesday their computer systems have been hacked this is a breach of one of the world's most high -profile international institutions and one that handles highly sensitive information about war crimes in a statement the ICC said immediate measures were adopted to respond to the cyber security incident and to mitigate its impact highly sensitive documents that the ICC could include anything from criminal evidence to the names of protected witnesses though the court did not part of the system had been accessed lawyers for crypto kingpin sam bankman freeze said that his parents are fighting against back claims made by FTX which is now suing them lawyers for joe bankman and barbara freed said this this is a dangerous attempt to intimidate joe and barbara and undermined a jury process just days before their child's trial begins the filing claims that bankman lobbied his son to increase his salary from 200 000 a year to invoked invoked his mother to push this forward for more tech news visit all the top tech .tech i'm chuck nine till on america in the morning robert workman has a check of midweek sports the braves battered village the last night nine to three ronald lacuna jr hit his 38th and 39th homers and stole his 67th base he could become baseball's first 4070 player ever spencer schrider struck out 11 won and his 18th orioles clocked the astros nine five austin hayes hit two of their four home runs 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nationals and royals nfl defensive lineman julius peppers and tight end antonio gates each a three -time all -pro lead the list of nine first -time nominees for the pro football
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"WTOP News. I It's can do WTOP News. And yet to cheers from loved ones like Babak Namazi, whose brother Siamak Namazi was held in Iran for eight years. Finally, we're together and it's just completely unbelievable and we're grateful for this moment. Mazi, a businessman along with venture capitalist Imad Sargi and conservationist Morad Tabas were held on spying charges which the U .S. government denies. Two other Americans were released but wanted their names withheld. In the deal, President Biden released five Iranians along with unfreezing six billion in oil assets, a move criticized by some hawker. Sports at twenty five and fifty five powered by Maximus moving people and technology forward. Hey, George Wallace. What's going on with the NFC? Well, here's some numbers for you. So the NFC has, did you know the NFC has seven teams that are 2 and 0? Okay, Washington, San Francisco, Dallas, Eagles, Saints, Bucks and Falcons. First time in NFL history, seven teams in a conference starting 2 and 0 in the same season. No kidding. You would think that's not that big of a thing to start 2 and 0? No, but you're right. And apparently, you know, there were a lot of cross -conference games. True. And I think the NFC is dominated in this, right? And there are more undefeated teams in the NFC East, three of them, than there are in the entire right AFC now. So is the NFC back after two games? It's hard to say. Yeah. It's still too early. Yeah. But we just like talking about it. No. She says no. No. From the AFC person over here. Yeah. The commanders have the day off. They'll be back to work tomorrow. Bill's come to town on Sunday. Washington looking for 3 a 3 -0 start for the first time since 2005. That was Joe Gibbs 2 .0. Team went on to win a playoff game that year as the Bills and commanders kick off one o 'clock. Nick Chubb's season is over. Drone 4 will take now over as running back after that gruesome leg injury last night and the Browns lost to the Steelers. Nationals continue their series with the White Sox tonight. Jackson Rutledge will pitch for Washington Orioles and Houston again from Houston this evening as well. George Wallace, WTOB Sports. Volodymyr Zelensky speaks to the United Nations General Assembly. The story ahead 256. The future of sustainable low -carbon aviation starts in America's heartland. Mark my words, in the next 20 years,
Bloomberg Radio New York
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"There's definitely some challenges that the market's been working through. We're in kind of a much needed consolidation phase, I would say. We have a market pulse index that we like to look at, which is a sentiment indicator. It looks at six different signals across the market and kind of assesses risk tolerance. Risk taking into July was huge. Everybody was piling into risk assets within equities. So now, I think we're getting a little bit of a breather from that over the summer. And again, it's kind of just a much needed consolidation and a little bit of a blow -off steam. But longer term, things still look OK. So what's interesting today is that yields are jumping higher again. And I kid you not, dot, dot, dot, Canadian inflation. Really? So that literally is moving the market. Canadian inflation came in hotter than expected. They've been the central bank that suggested a pause first, and they kept hiking after that. And that is definitely moving the bond market. Five -year Treasury yields are rising to the highest or near the highest since 2022. Is a month of inflation priced into equities? I don't know about it being priced into equities, but certainly a lot of it already is priced in. So we run our fair value model on the S &P 500 and Russell and rates are a key component of that. And multiples, while a little bit high, if push you rates even a little bit higher than maybe the Fed's going to go on either model, not there's a lot of downside to stocks. So a lot has already been priced in. that's So a good sign, right? On the flip side, one of the things that we're closely watching as well is the yield curve, right? So the two's is the 10 -year minus three month curve. And can that eventually be supportive for maybe financials as that starts to steepen off of its low. On a factor side, are we big cap, small cap, momentum? What are we doing here at this stage of the market? So it's interesting that you bring up momentum. actually We put out a report last week on dispersion. See Paul reads. Paul pays attention. This is the takeaway. But basically we were watching stock dispersion. So within the S &P 500 and the Russell 2000, basically what's the standard deviation of returns across stocks in that index. And it's pretty high, especially in large caps. So we're in the top quintile of dispersion in the large cap market near in the Russell 2000. And when that's at a high level, kind it of signals what we call a momentum crash could be on the way. Now momentum crash isn't something to be totally worried about. It's usually that the bottom end of momentum, so the stocks that haven't worked as well start to pick up. So quite frankly, that could be a welcome sign for the market if some of the stocks that haven't gotten wind start to get wind and broaden out the market rally. 4 .5 % Paul, that's what I'm talking about. Five year yields hit that number, since 2007. Five year yields. I didn't know we were supposed to follow the five year. I followed the two year in the ten year. Now I have to do the five year as well? Whichever is going to make the best superlative, I think you can just take it. So I think it just depends. I think what this does point to is when you talk about momentum, we price in a lot when it comes to the Fed. And I'm just wondering where are we cheap enough that you need to start looking at pure valuation versus the macro headlines. So valuation is actually really interesting across the S &P 500. If you look at it versus a five year pre -pandemic average, which is how we like to look at it, just because 2020, 2021, obviously a lot of easy money in the system pumping valuations higher. But if you look at it that way, tech and discretion are the only sectors the in S &P 500 trading at a premium right now. Everything else has had a discount to that five year average, led by things like communications, financials, real estate. So there's plenty of discounting in the S &P 500. If you look at it on the Russell 2000 side, there's a little bit less. We tend to look at it on a price to sales basis instead of price to earnings basis, but still than more half of the sectors in the Russell 2000 are discounted. So plenty of discounts out there. All right, Michael, thanks so much for joining us. Michael Kasper, Bloomberg Intelligence Equity Strategist, joining us here to give us some thoughts on these markets. Again, the S &P 500 off about two tenths of 1%. Let's head down to Washington, DC. We'll get world and national news it. with Paul Sweeney, there were shouts of freedom and tears of joy as five Iranian Americans have been held in Iran for years, returned to US soil this morning after a prisoner swap at the White House hopes will lead eventually to further talks on Iran's nuclear program. Siamak Namazi was first off the plane at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. He had been held for eight years. We've taken for granted having a family together. We've been apart for eight years and finally we're together. Finally, we're together, says Siamak Namazi. And while President Biden allowed the release of nearly billion six dollars in Iranian oil assets to secure these Americans' release, White House national security spokesman John Kirby says this does not change the US posture against Iran. Last Friday, we designated some additional Iranian entities for the way they treat their protesters. And just yesterday, we designated more entities for wrongful detention. So we are still going to put sanctions on Iran as appropriate. John Kirby at the White House speaking there on ABC's Good Morning America. Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been back in a Moscow courtroom today. He is appealing an extension of his pretrial detention that's set to keep him behind bars into November. Gershkovich has been held since March on espionage charges. The US has said he is wrongfully detained in Russia. India has expelled a senior Canadian diplomat and is accusing Canada of interfering in its internal affairs. This comes a day after Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took to the floor of the House of Commons in Ottawa and accused India of being involved in the assassination of a Sikh independence advocate in British Columbia. Earlier this year India calls that allegation absurd. President Biden speaks at the UN General Assembly next hour and he'll be looking to build more support among world leaders for Ukraine in its war against Russia's invasion. A senior State Department official speaking on the sidelines of the UN gathering says the US and its G7 allies understand that the war will continue in the medium to long term and the planning needs to reflect that. Bloomberg Radio will have live coverage of the president's remarks. They're set to begin around 10 a .m. Wall Street time. Live from the Bloomberg Interactive Broker Studios as Global News 24 hours a day powered by more than 2 ,700 journalists and journalists in over 120 countries. I'm Nathan Hagar in Washington. This is Bloomberg. Paul and Alex. Nathan Hagar, thank you so much. We appreciate that. Thank you. It is. Blue, you know. That's usually a Matt Miller thing because apparently in Europe they do it for you, but... What? Well this is a really Rich Truman thing then. Like if he's not doing it for us, that's the problem. Well no, I like to do my own buttons.
Bloomberg Radio New York
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"So let's spread of credibility. If you do a credible pause, you enhance credibility your I'd expect sterling to strengthen against the major its major pairs against that backdrop if you deliver a message that says It says we understand how this economy is evolving. We're in front of the data. We're guiding the market Being reactive to each Each bit of pricing that they're saying we got a bunch of thugs asking questions of Jerome Powell here tomorrow. What question would you ask Jerome Powell? Well, I'd be fascinated to see what the And FOMC the come out in terms of long term R star. I think for me that's the key data point economic projections we get. Do they believe it's still in that two and a half to three and a half percent range given all way the out way to two years we're seeing potential Fed funds rate north of five. Have we reached a situation where actually the FOMC have got to throw in the towel in terms of long term R star and the repricing that that would have across equity markets fixed income markets markets. Do you think they're ready to do that. We'll ask the question. get a you You might might be surprised by their propensity to give you just didn't seem wanted to go there in Jackson Hole. Oh no. In the speech. It's the skill of the Bloomberg team to tease that out isn't it. Mike McKee is better than I am. Williams will go there. The New York Fed president. What's the guidance you would take from this might be going influence. So the degree with which a debate. You're right. Almost certainly you know J. Powell is far too good an operator to to to even get tempted into into that debate. The degree to which other members of the FMC can start to frame that debate and say actually part of and we've seen financial conditions loosen quite appreciably in the U .S. economy. Part of keep it. Yeah part of keeping those elevated actually is to have that debate in public such the markets can understand what that pathways for long term our style in the U .S. economy because at the moment the summary of economic projections do not tell you that story. Lizanne Saunders was brilliant on this yesterday. John looking at the Bloomberg financial conditions index it's screaming accommodation right now. This speaks to a phrase that Lisa used reacceleration and I think we're talking about the UK at the time In that conversation in that part of this conversation the prospect of reacceleration in the U .S. something that we've heard a few times from various guesses this current disinflationary trend is transitory. Would you go that far? Oh the dangers of using that word. Look there is no doubt I mean if we're talking in the context of the U .S. economy the oil price is more significant actually domestically in the UK the gas price is more significant which hasn't taken place or hasn't moved up in the same way. Would I? Look Look central banks have carved out in the last six to nine months a focus on core inflation and therefore are we now going to sort of pivot back to focusing on headline inflation and given the impulse seems to be through the oil and commodity markets that's going to be the first order impact in pushing headline it means like you feels like you're moving the target every single time the the data doesn't conform to your narrative that that's a very we're talking about credibility talking about the credibility of central banks you've got to be consistent through the cycle not just to fit your narrative if I could put you in a press conference right now wouldn't be the feds it would be the next Bank of England yeah decision in a couple of months time that decision is in November mm -hmm the November one with the news conference that is going to be what are those forecasts going to look like for inflation do you think well in terms of that this is why it's the opportunity to talk about how the relevance of gas wholesale gas on the UK economy being the more relevant one actually I suspect the the the expectations for inflation will actually be lower for 2024 that we saw last week from the ECB remember what spooked the the markets in terms of a north of 3 % inflation print in the eurozone in 2024 we go from the OECD today 2 2 .9 % in the UK I think the bank will back into that forecast a sub 3 % forecast for CPA because of the relevance of gas which on the two -year curve is about 80 % lower than it was in the summer of 2022 when UK macro became the front page story we had Yellen talking about it we told Larry Summers talking about it because of the mini budget but it was not just the mini budget it was the dislocation of gas prices and how impact that is on real incomes in the UK you're talking natural gas natural gas in America we would say petrol I I mean petrol we confuse that we say gasoline and yeah I allow you to translate my ropy narrative the leader of gas two hours we ago were talking about where does it hurt in the United Kingdom like where will it actually affect Bank of there it is John 757 per gallon two dollars per liter I also can't believe it's the the one -year anniversary of the mini budget isn't it it's Saturday it is Simon thank you always a pleasure always learn something Simon French there of Pandora Gordon if you are just tuning in welcome to the program your equity market on the S &P 500 is slightly negative we're down here by zero point now from Washington with the latest news around the world here's Nathan Hager Tom John Lisa thank you they are back on home soil five Americans who had been detained in Iran for years landed this morning in Fort Belvoir Virginia outside Washington DC it was a tearful reunion with loved ones among them with Siamak Namazi first off the plane after eight years in Iranian custody the nightmare is finally over I've dreamt about this moment and each time I've woken up and just think in disbelief like why am I dreaming these dreams are not happening and today and tonight happened it it happened after a politically risky deal President Biden allowed nearly six billion dollars in frozen Iranian oil assets to return to Iran to secure these Americans release day five of the United Auto Workers strike against the Detroit three automakers and UAW president Sean Fain is warning of a new deadline if there's no new movement from Ford General Motors or Stellantis we don't make serious progress by noon on Friday September 22nd more locals will be called on to stand up and join the strike Sean Fain with UAW announced that on Facebook live from the Bloomberg Interactive Brokers studios this is global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2 ,700 journalists in over 120 countries this is Bloomberg. 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Northwest Newsradio
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"Desk. Among our headlines that we're following today, jury selection begins today as three Tacoma police officers stand trial for the killing of Manny Ellis. Ellis's family saying saying that he was the victim of racially biased deadly force. The officers though arguing that Ellis had a heart. bad They say that methamphetamine was in his system and the United Auto Workers strike against the big three US automakers has reached a fourth day. Reports say the union met with Ford and GM the over weekend and were scheduled to meet with Stellantis today. Nearly 13 ,000 auto workers remain on strike at three plants in Ohio, Michigan and Missouri. That's about 8 % of the total A .W. membership. The United States swapping money and prisoners for five Americans who have been detained in Iran. Their release the product of a complex and controversial deal cut between Biden the administration and Tehran last month. Iran and the US each exchanging five prisoners with the US also agreeing to allow Iran to access roughly $6 billion in frozen oil revenue. Among the Iranian Americans are Siamak Namazi, million. The Iranians convicting each of espionage charges they in the US deny and then sentencing them to serve 10 years behind bars in Iran's notorious Evan prison. Once the deal was revealed last month, all five Americans were moved to house arrest. The White House says strict guardrails will prevent Iran from spending the $6 billion in unfrozen funds on anything but humanitarian causes. But Republicans are blasting the deal, accusing the administration of paying a ransom. And Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he's happy to take criticism when there's always the fear that others will be taken in hopes these countries get money. ABC's Martha Raditz, members of Congress race to avoid a government shutdown. They have just 13 days left strike to a deal, but the chaos and the infighting only seems to be getting a whole lot worse. A group of House Republicans have put forth a short term funding bill. This is now on the table. This would cut federal spending, increase the number of border agents and keep the lights on for another month. But hard right conservatives are already blasting that proposal, saying they will not vote for it and will likely go nowhere in the Senate. Missing from that bill additional funding for Ukraine, the White House and leaders in the Senate want $24 billion, but a growing number of House Republicans are saying that's a nonstarter. The push for Ukraine will take center stage in Washington this week. President Zelensky is expected to meet with President Biden at the White House on Thursday, and then he's expected to travel to Capitol Hill to make another election. ABC's Rachel Scott reporting the 2024 presidential race fired up with the Iowa caucus now just four months away. ABC's M Wynne is in Washington with the GOP candidates' recently busy schedules. GOP presidential candidates are pitching their electability hoping to make a dent in former President Trump's major lead. Today, Senator Tim Scott in Iowa to talk business and manufacturing and Vice President Mike Pence in Washington to talk Chinese foreign policy. And just Friday, also in the nation's capital, former President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis were dueling headliners at separate Christian conservative conferences, underscoring the importance of the evangelical vote while posing the question of whether anyone can attract any of Trump's base. M Wynne, ABC News, Washington. 150. Time for our StockCharts .com money update from Frank Miller. Stocks ran out of steam this Monday, giving up some early and gains finishing the day virtually unchanged. The lackluster trading comes as investors await the Fed's interest rate decision on Wednesday. Traders also keeping an eye on the big three automakers today as the UAW strike hits its fourth day In the commodity markets, oil futures finished higher for the third straight day as investors remain concerned about a tightening in global crude oil supplies. Also a weak dollar contributing to the uptick in oil. West Texas intermediate crude up $0 .71 to settle at $91 .48 a barrel, its highest this year. And that is your money now. Monday News of 20 and 50 past each hour. We have a traffic update next with summer coming to a close. Have you been putting off work on your roof that might not make it through a wet and windy fall? Valentine roofing just opened up availability on their schedule specifically for northwest news radio listeners. So it's not too late to get that roofing project completed before the weather turns. 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"Station with Mandefactor and Brian Calvert sponsored by Muckleshoot Casino Frank Lindsey at the editor's desk Manda is off on this Monday morning it is 15 California Governor Gavin Newsom says he plans to sign a landmark climate bill that passed the state's legislature last week the measure requires major companies to publicly disclose their greenhouse gas emissions it would apply both to public and private California businesses that make more than a billion dollars annually the closely watched Google antitrust trial is entering its second week in Washington DC the Justice Department accuses the tech giant spending of billions behind the scenes to secure agreements with mobile carriers smartphone makers and browser operators to become the default search engine the US is swapping money and prisoners for five Americans detained in Iran their release the product of a complex and controversial deal cut between the Biden administration and Tehran last month Iran and the US each exchanging five prisoners with the US also agreeing to allow Iran to access roughly six billion dollars in frozen oil revenue among the Iranian Americans are Siamak Namazi, Murad Tabas and Emad Sargi two other detainees wish to remain anonymous the Iranians convicting each of espionage charges they in the US deny and then sentencing them to serve 10 years behind bars in Iran's notorious even prison once the deal was revealed last month all five Americans were moved to house arrest the White House says strict guardrails will prevent Iran from spending the six billion dollars in unfrozen funds on anything but humanitarian causes but Republicans are blasting the deal accusing the administration of paying a ransom and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken says he's happy to take criticism when it comes to Americans getting out of jail who have been falsely detained but there's always a fear that others will be taken in hopes these countries get money that's ABC's Martha Raddatz reporting the search continues for a police officer killer in Southern California ABC's Matt Gutman has the latest an urgent manhunt underway for the killer of 30 year old LA sheriff's deputy Ryan Klinken -Broomer please I beg you somebody has information please make things right authorities say Klinken -Broomer was in his patrol car Saturday evening outside the Palmdale Sheriff's Station when he was ambushed investigators now zeroing in on surveillance video obtained by our station KABC trying to determine if it shows the moment of the attack calling the car that pulls up next to the deputies cruiser a vehicle of interest describing it as a 2006 to 2012 dark gray Toyota Corolla authorities public for help check your cameras check your cameras that could be the missing link to the information that we need Saturday Klinken -Broomer's colleagues lining up paying their respects to the third generation deputy as his body was to taken the coroner's office and overnight family friends honoring the
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"The time now on WTOP is 4 .40. Money news on WTOP at 10 and 40 past the hour brought to you Tuesday morning by PinFed. Great rates for everyone. Here's Jeff. The FDA has approved new COVID vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna. They still need CDC approval. Disney and Charter communications have ended their blackout fight, returning ESPN and other Disney channels to the cable service. Mobile sports betting apps in Maryland handled $250 million in wagers last month, including more than $8 million in promotional free bets. The Dow finished Monday's session up 87 points. The Nasdaq gained a little more than 1 points. The KOSPI is down 20 point this morning. The Hang Seng is down 71 and the Shanghai is off almost 6 points. The Nikkei is up by points. 309 Good morning. Welcome in. Glad you're with us. 441 on WTOP. This is WTOP news. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is now in Russia this week. Looking to exchange ammunition that Russia needs for its war right now in Ukraine for Russian weapon technology. CBS correspondent Tom Foti. Aboard a super high security train, North Korean dictator Kim Jong arrived Un in far northeast Russia expected to talk arms there in the next several days with Russian leader Putin with Washington keeping a close eye. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller. We're going to monitor very closely the outcome of this meeting. I will remind both countries that any transfer of arms from North Korea to be in violation of multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions. But as Kim's train was pulling into Russia the main Moscow government spokesman was dismissing such US warnings. Tom Foti, CBS News, Washington. administration clearing the way for the release of five American citizens detained in Iran it comes by issuing A blanket waiver for international banks to transfer 6 billion in frozen Iranian money in South Korea Without fear of US sanctions for doing so CBS News has learned that Secretary of State signed the waiver last week this was part of the process that Congress was notified about this is a step before the final pieces can actually move CBS News senior foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan says this morning it's all coming together in time for the upcoming General Assembly at the United Nations in the weeks coming the US will also swap five Iranian prisoners held in US custody for the five Americans that the US government considers wrongfully detained by Iran including Ahmad Sharkey Murad Tabas and Siamak Namazi the deal is moving on track with a mid September timeline that Biden officials set which may coincide with the upcoming visit of Iran's president to New York for the upcoming UN General Assembly you are listening to 103 .5 FM at the wtop .com wtop traffic center tracking the top trouble spots the biggest backups the major incidents the slowest traffic wtop traffic every 10 minutes on the 8th and when it breaks good Tuesday morning September 12 welcome in thanks morning for starting with us your in early the 4 morning a .m. hour here at wtop if
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"Hour brought to you by pin fed credit union great rates for everyone Arlington based RTX the former Raytheon technologies fell in Monday trading it'll take a three billion dollar charge for manufacturing flaws at its Pratt and Whitney engine division GM Smucker is buying Twinkies maker hostess for 5 .6 billion dollars Kroger is 10 selling DC area Harris teeter stores to the owner of the Piggly Wiggly chain as part of its merger with Albertsons the Dow finished Monday session up 87 points the Nasdaq gained just over 1 % WTOP news WTOP news North Korean later Kim Jong Un is now in Russia this morning looking to exchange ammunition that Russia needs its for war right now in Ukraine for Russian weapon technology CBS correspondent Tom aboard a super high security train North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un arrived in far northeast Russia expected to arms talk there in the next several days with Russian leader Putin with Washington keeping a close eye State Department Spokesman Matthew Miller, we're gonna monitor very closely the outcome of this meeting I will remind both countries that any transfer of arms from North Korea to Russia would be in violation of multiple United Nations Security Council But as Kim's train was pulling into Russia the main Moscow government spokesman was dismissing such US warnings Tom foodie CBS News Washington administration clearing the way for the release of five American citizens Detained in Iran it comes by issuing a blanket waiver for international banks to transfer six Billion in frozen Iranian money in South Korea without fear of US sanctions for doing so CBS News has learned that Secretary of State Lincoln signed the waiver last week This was part Process of the that Congress was notified about this is a step before the final pieces can actually move CBS News senior foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan says this morning. It's all coming together in time for Upcoming the General Assembly at the United Nations in the coming weeks the US will also swap five Iranian prisoners held in US custody for the five Americans that the US government considers publicly detained by Iran including Imad Sharghi, Murad Tabas and Siamak Namazi The deal is moving on track with a mid -September timeline that Biden officials set which may Coincide with the upcoming visit of Iran's president to New York for the upcoming UN General Assembly You are listening to 103 .5 FM at wtop .com. Timing is Everything and if you've been looking for a luxury vehicle look no further than select auto imports in Alexandria For 37 years select auto imports has saved you thousands off MSRP on pre -owned BMWs Mercedes Benz Audi and Range Rovers now we're expanding in need room for our new showroom that means lower prices just got lower check out hundreds of luxury vehicles that select auto imports calm or visit us on Van Doren Street Alexandria in these savings won't last forever select auto imports calm this let's wtop news talk tech stuff this morning at wtop there's been a lot talk of about artificial intelligence these days with some praising AI as a much needed tool to get online work done quickly and much quicker than usual others are very worried about AI instead being used to speed the up spread of misinformation and exploit the vulnerable on
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"In Bowie, 70 in Leesburg. Get a Vision AC tune -up for only $59. I'm now on WTLP Tuesday morning 12 40. As we bring you money news at 10 and 40 past here's Jeff. Silver Spring based Urban One has renamed its proposed Richmond Casino the Richmond Grand Resort. It gets another shot at voter approval in November. A Federal Reserve survey says 60 % of Americans think it is harder to get alone. That's in the most at least a decade. Year -over -year home equity gains in Maryland and Virginia averaged $5 ,000 in August. In the district it was 26 ,000 among the highest compared to states. The Dow finished Monday's session up 87 points. Jeff Klayball, WTOP News. And overseas this win Asian stocks mixed remain this hour. The Nikkei is up by 267 points. The KOSPI down 13. The Hang Seng is up by 2. The Shanghai is edged up just above a point. Good morning, welcome in 12 .41 on WTOP. Glad you're with us. This is WTOP News. North Korean leader Kim Jong -un is now in Russia this morning looking to exchange ammunition that Russia needs for its war right now in Ukraine for Russian weapon technology. CBS correspondent Kim Jong -un is expected to talk arms there in the next several days with Russian leader Putin, with Washington keeping a close eye. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller. We're gonna monitor very closely the outcome of this meeting. remind I will both countries that any transfer of arms from North Korea to Russia would be in violation of multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions. But as Kim's train was pulling into Russia, the main Moscow government spokesman was dismissing such U .S. warnings. Tom Foley, CBS News, Washington. The Biden administration clearing the way for the release African, of five that would be five American citizens detained in Iran. It comes by issuing a blanket waiver for international banks to transfer six billion in frozen Iranian money in South Korea without fear of U .S. sanctions for doing so. CBS News has learned that Secretary of State Lincoln signed the waiver last week. This was part of the process that Congress was notified about. This is a step before the final pieces can actually move. CBS News Senior Foreign Affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan says this morning it's all coming together in time for the upcoming General Assembly at the United Nations. In the weeks, coming the U .S. will also swap five Iranian prisoners held in U .S. custody for the five Americans that the U .S. government considers wrongfully detained by Iran, including Imad Sharghi, Murad Tabas, and Siamak Namazi. The deal is moving on track with a mid September timeline that Biden officials set, which may coincide with the upcoming visit of Iran's president to New York for the upcoming U .N. General Assembly. You are listening to 103 .5 FM at the OP dot com. When there's not enough coffee in all of Washington to get you going. You've got John and Michelle. Mornings on you. Good Tuesday morning,
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"Hawaii's governor says at least 53 people have died. CBS's Jonathan Vigliati is getting on Maui. in People helicopters used for tours to bring food into places and to get evacuees out. The military is also on the scene assisting with the search and rescue on the ground. Sources tell us that there are hundreds of homes and all of the wreckage that has yet to be sifted through. So it really is a race against the clock. President Biden has signed a disaster declaration. Our prayers for the but not just our prayers. Every asset we have will be available to them and we've seen, they've seen their business destroyed and some have lost loved ones and it's not over yet. Five Americans are no longer in prison in Iran. CBS News has learned the move comes in an exchange with Washington for access to billions of dollars frozen in South Korea. CBS's Margaret Brennan says the Americans include - an American businessman who has been held since 2018. Murad Tabas also held since 2018. He's an Iranian American environmentalist, Siamak Namazi, 51 years old, held for eight years, just released to house arrest. Nine of the 16 Michigan Republican Party electors accused of filing false election documents on behalf of former President Trump plead not guilty to felony charges. WWJ's John Hewitt. The arraignments via Zoom were in response to felony charges electors that the falsely claimed former President Trump won Michigan's 2020 presidential election. In this exchange, Attorney Dave Kallman, representing defendant William Choate of Cement City, asks Judge Kristen Simmons for a delay in the scheduled probable cause conference and preliminary exam. There's over 100 police reports. There's no discovery luminous I have to go through. I recognize that we have done at least one of the co -defendants cases already and they have the same issue there. Your client needs to appear for all the court dates. John Hewitt for CBS News Detroit. The Supreme Court temporarily blocks a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma. The settlement was reached last year with state and local governments, but the Biden administration had asked the High Court to block it. It said members Sackler of the family shouldn't be released from legal liability. The justices blocked the agreement for now, but scheduled arguments over whether to allow it to proceed. They said they want to decide whether bankruptcy law allows for a blanket shield for the family from lawsuits filed by all opioid victims. Christopher Cruz, CBS News, Washington. If you need to hire, you need Indeed. Their end -to -end hiring system helps you attract, interview, and hire candidates all in the same place. Visit indeed .com slash credit. 3 on WTOP. It's Thursday evening, August 10th, 2023. Hyattsville at 79 Hopping to the 60s in the suburbs. Good evening, I'm Dimitri Sotis with the top local stories we're following this hour. There's mounting concern surrounding a local teacher's disappearance. It's been almost two weeks since the Prince George's County woman went out
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"But now crews are going in and finding bodies in burned out homes and neighborhoods, able to people escape who were the flames. Alex Stone, EBC News. Tourists can. are trying It's hard to to leave camp as at quickly as they the minivan for a couple of days. Cindy Blanco from Oregon and her family are waiting for a flight home. Special counsel Jack Smith's lawyers asked a federal judge to set a trial date of January 2nd of next year for former President Trump's case that charges him with allegedly trying to overturn the 2020 election. That's two weeks before the Iowa caucuses. Five US citizens have been moved from a notorious prison in Iran to house arrest. Three of the Americans, Siamak Namazi held since 2015, Murad Tabas and Imad Sargi are accused of espionage, which they vehemently deny. The fourth and fifth Americans want to remain anonymous. All five now under house arrest in Iran until the terms of the agreement between Iran and the US are finalized. That deal calls for the release of $6 billion in oil revenue from South Korea that had been tied up by US sanctions. US officials saying the money must be used for humanitarian reasons. Global ABC's Affairs Chief correspondent Martha Raddatz. Inflation rose 3 .2 % from June to July, but from the 8 .5 % increase last year. You're listening to ABC News. Newsradio 1000
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"Us. Thanks for watching. Thanks A significant development in the effort to free five American citizens who've been in prison in Iran. They've all now been moved out of prison and have been put under house arrest. It is part of a deal to eventually grant them freedom in exchange for Washington's release of several imprisoned Iranians and the freeing of Iranian oil money. Well joining us live now with more details and insight Washington Post national security reporter John Hudson. John thanks for joining us and I'd like to know for you how to characterize this development because these negotiations have been going on for a while. Yeah well I would characterize it as a first step as a part of a larger agreement that has pretty significant implications for a very difficult relationship. I mean what we saw today for Americans coming out of one of the worst prisons in the world it's a big achievement but they're also being moved to house arrest they're still in Iran they're not free yet but that was the first step of a complex deal that is going to see the release of Iranians in the United States and the freeing up of six dollars billion in South Korean banks that Iran can access for humanitarian purposes such as food and medicine. Everyone involved in this deal says that it is you know tenuous given the acidic relations between Iran and the United States but is it in place and today we saw the the first moment of implementation. are John who these Iranian Americans and why are they being detained? Yeah so Iran has a reputation for imprisoning dual nationals and what we've seen in this group is we have a group of Siamak Namazi is one of the most well -known cases because he's an Iranian American and he's been behind bars for nearly eight years which is the longest immigration that an American has been jailed by the Islamic Republic. There's also Murad Ghaz, an Iranian American who also holds British citizenship and Ahmad Shargi, an American Iranian dual national and so those both were arrested in 2018. And so the United States has always opposed the reasons for why Iran imprisoned these people saying that it's baseless and that Iran is taking hostages to gain leverage over them but they've also said anything they'll do to to get Americans free and so these are the fruits of those efforts. John what do we know about Iranians that the US would be freeing? Very little and this is a question that I've posed to US officials and they're really not talking about it that much. in these cases you often see a push and pull between the State Department, the White House and the FBI. You know the FBI really values the people that they're able to prosecute and put behind bars and are reluctant to see those people come away. Meanwhile, the White House State Department wants to see Americans get freed so that's the tension that exists. What I've heard is that the Iranians involved are likely to be ones that were prosecuted for sanctions violations, less for you know being sort of hard and violent criminals, but a lot of those details still have to come out and we're going to be watching that closely. John, thanks for your help appreciate it. Yep, great to be with you. Washington Post national security reporter John Hudson. Traffic
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".30. This is WTOP News. Everything you need every time you listen. The WTOP Producers Desk is wired by IBEW Local 26 where electrical contractors come to grow. Good afternoon I'm Anne Kramer and I'm Shawn Anderson Alicia Abelson is our producer. Top story we're following for IBEW you this hour is the latest on the country's deadliest wildfires in years. At least 36 people people have have been killed on it means federal help is on the way to fight deadly wildfires. Our prayers with the people of Hawaii but not just our prayers every asset we have will be available to them. Homes have been destroyed this is the deadliest fire in in years the US. Speaking in Utah the president said I've ordered all available federal assets on the island including the US Coast Guard the Navy Third Fleet and the US Army to assist local emergency response crews tonight along with the Hawaiian National Guard. We're working as quickly as possible to fight these fires and evacuate residents and tourists. The fires have been fanned by strong winds from Hurricane Dora passing far to the south. There are also fires on Hawaii's Big Island but the mayor there says there have been no reports of injuries or destroyed homes. Ed Donahue Washington. In the meantime CNN news source national correspondent Mike Valerio is at an evacuation center in Honolulu. He says the centers are normally used to host people who need a safe place from natural disasters but what first responders here are telling us is that infernos are not in their playbook like this, not within the realm of possibility what we saw in Maui up until you know 48 hours ago so people here were just seeing stunned faces and really just trying to process what has happened. And Hawaii's political leaders say they've received assurances from Congress that the state will the get help it needs. More on that now from WTOP's Mitchell Miller today on the hill. This is truly an all hands on deck situation. Hawaii U .S. Senator Mazie Hirono who says the state's congressional delegation has spoken with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer about getting aid as quickly as possible to Maui. Hirono says she also spoke with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Do whatever they can to provide support. Hirono herself had originally planned to travel to Maui before the wildfires roared across the island. While FEMA is providing immediate assistance, Congress needs to replenish its funding when lawmakers return into session. On Capitol Hill, Mitchell Miller, WTOP News. Now to war the war in Ukraine. The Biden administration is expected to announce it'll ask Congress for another $13 billion in aid to Ukraine. There are those in Congress who think the US should scale back on what it's sending there, but the administration is said to be preparing to say that this money is an absolute necessity for Ukraine to win the war with Russia. WTOP national security correspondent JJ Green joins us live with more. JJ. Shaun, talking with Ukrainian officials today and US sources, this is a critical moment in the war, critical for several reasons. Ukraine, one, is using a lot of weapons and ammunition. They need money for that. Two, there are other essential functions that the government there needs to keep stable and keep running. Ukrainians are quick to remind as well this war is not just for Ukraine and they remind us as well that a lot of innocent people have been killed just this week, as they just have been since the beginning of this war. But they say it's also for the rest of Europe and realistically they need take to advantage of the fact that Russia's military is struggling. Also there's the near future. Winter is happening. Ukraine needs to change fighting gears to prepare to fight for the winter and also to keep its residents warm and fed. So it's a very complicated situation that this 13 billion and all of these nations are going to be responsible for. Reporting live, JJ Green, WTLP News. JJ, switching to the situation in Niger, the coup leaders say they will plan to kill the president if West African countries take military action against them. What's going on? Why are they going to this extreme? So, Anne, if you look, if we take a moment and just what's look at taken place here and just sort of step back in time, maybe a couple of weeks, they made this decision to remove this president from office being the most stable country in that part of the world. they Why did make that decision? That question is still open. Then there's this question about refusing to work with ECOWAS to return someone to a democratically elected position. Why did they make that decision? And now this decision to say that they will kill President Bazum if ECOWAS intervenes, it all seems to suggest that they've been influenced by someone else or some other entity. And the folks that I've spoken to say, if we look carefully and closely at this, this all smacks of disinformation. And we know that there is a significant Russian presence there. And the Wagner Group has been there for a while. So a of lot people are wondering if this is not something that they've been pushed into and essentially offering or saying they will kill the president, closes the door, because if they do that, there's no going back for any of these coup leaders. So this is where all of that stands right now. All right, WTOP's national security correspondent, J .J. Green. Meantime, a significant development in the effort to free five imprisoned American citizens. President Biden has signed off on a deal with Iran that will allow the country to get access to billions of dollars in blocked funds. No comment yet from the White House. Face the Nation host Margaret Brennan tells us about these Americans. Four of the five Americans are considered detained. wrongfully Of the three that we know were moved, according to one of these lawyers, Siamak Namazi. He is a 51 year old man who has been in Iranian custody for eight years. He will now be, according to his lawyer, transferred to house arrest in Tehran. She adds there will likely be political heat for this move. Negotiations to free the five Americans have been going on for some time. Well, coming up Money News after traffic and weather. The biggest development ever in Falls Church is lining up tenants. I'm Jeff Claiborne. And more ethical questions surrounding Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. It's 337. Imagine a world without breast cancer. A world where one in eight women with breast cancer. If we could raise one more dollar, take one more step, share one more story, of think the impact we could make. That's the power we have when