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"The Associated Press is reporting that Democrats in Virginia have swept legislative elections maintaining their majority in the Senate and retaking control of the house CBS News projects Kentucky's Democratic Governor Andy Beshear has won a second term this is our chance to build that Commonwealth we have always dreamed to stop the fighting to push away the division to recognize that we have more that unites us that can ever pull us apart CBS News projects that Ohio voters have approved a constitutional amendment guaranteeing access to abortion CBS is Jerrica Duncan I asked one woman why are you crying and she looked at me and she said because I used to be a former legislator and I told doctors who would call my office if you really want to end this in terms of taking away of access to abortion you've make got this to an amendment and she said and I can't believe we did it we actually did it CBS News special report I'm Christopher Cruz WTLP at 1238 which others with us in the WTLP traffic All center right Beltway work zones in Maryland on the inner loop issue at past 355 Rockville -Piton continued toward Connecticut Avenue but not quite all the way there two lanes to left get you by the works and you get by without delay no work on the outer loop tonight between 95 and 270 and even south of 270 headed down toward the Legion American Bridge and beyond you're in pretty good shape so far this morning now on the outer loop over an oxen hill between 210 and St. Barnabas Road bridge deck work returns you're down to a single lane to the right again as over you go top of St. Barnabas Road as of late delays have been briefed they are working on southbound Pennsylvania Avenue as you head toward actually to and past Woodyard Road single file gets you by the works I'm clear for a single file right or single file left but definitely only one lane getting through that work also working on US 301 between Central Avenue and Mitchellville Road I down to a single right lane in each direction past the paving for solutions to all your plumbing problems call the five -star plumbing experts at Crop Metcalf 1 -800 -GO Crop or visit CropMetcalf .com Rich Hunter WTF traffic seasonal temperatures
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"Lane. State patrol is on route. I'm Jay Phillips Northwest News Radio traffic. Did you know more than 80 million Americans depend on a .m. radio for their news traffic weather and a community connection each month A .m. radio is the backbone of the emergency alert system keeping Americans safe in dangerous times at Northwest News Radio we take seriously our commitment to our community we believe a .m. radio should be available for years to come if you agree text a .m. to 5 2 8 8 6 and tell Congress we need a .m. radio and cars from news radio 1000 FM 97 7 this is America in the morning on news radio 1000 FM 97 good morning this is America in the morning from Westwood one I'm John Trout it's Wednesday November 29th 2023 here's what's coming up on America in the morning Hunter Biden agrees to testify but some Republicans say they're against it I'm John Stoleness in Washington freed hostages describe conditions of captivity it was so emotional and unbelievable I'm Clayton metal the vote is possible soon in the house to expel New York Republican George Santos expelled from the House of Representatives and Donahue Washington Texas women who could not get abortions despite health risks have taken a challenge to the state's highest court by Norman Hall a Russian court has extended the detention of a u .s. journalist until January next year I'm Karen Chamas Sandy Hook families have offered to settle Alex Jones's 1 .5 billion dollar legal debt for a minimum of 85 million dollars I'm Lisa Dwyer all I had seven after going on the offensive hunter Biden says he will testify before the House Oversight Committee but Republicans who've been calling for to him testify say they will deny his request John Stolness explains an attorney the for president's son responding to a subpoena from the oversight before an open committee on December 13th rather than the closed deposition that Republicans had asked for chairman comer is against an open hearing claiming Democrats on the committee will use it as an opportunity to make a scene we where need to sit down and ask specific sensitive questions without filibuster without interruption without going five minutes back and forth with with jamie raskins and dan goldman and and little moskowitz jumping up and down uh filing motions and trying to disrupt the committee theories. His comments yesterday come in stark contrast to those he made two months ago about potential testimony from binder biden's hunter more than welcome to come in front of the committee if he wants to clear his good day if he wants to come and say you know these weren't 20 shell companies they actually did something he's more than he's invited today. In a statement ranking rat on the committee jamie raskin called comer's response quote an epic humiliation and said they have no confidence in their own case or their ability to pursue it. Republican senator josh holly believes that testimony should not be closed. my view is that the american people have a right to see and also you know they should evaluate this for themselves i mean private what happens is there's inevitably bunches of leaks and then it's it's you know well so and so said this and so and so said that it's like oh just do it in public and let the public see let open the door so y 'all can report on it. Biden attorney abby lol said a closed -door session would allow republicans to quote manipulate or even distort the facts and misinform the public comer says they still expect biden to sit for a deposition on december 13th but but did say he should have the opportunity for an open hearing down the road as for their evidence against hunter biden republican congressman lisa mclean tells fox news' maria barteromo they still don't have a smoking gun have been you able to identify any actual policy changes that joe biden made as a result of getting money from the short answer is no the house gop says they're still trying to gain evidence president biden legally helped his son earn big money deals with overseas companies and profited off of them no evidence provided of that so far john stoltz washington nine after more hostages were released by hamas and gaza on the fifth day of a truce between the palestinian terrorist group and the nation of israel correspondent platon neville has the latest since last friday hamas has released more than eighty hostages most of them israeli nationals nine women and a teenage girl were set free on tuesday night with two ties in return israel released more than two dozen palestinian prisoners close to hundred have been freed in recent days shira habron told the associated press that she was overwhelmed with relief when she learned her relatives who had been taken hostage were set free the moment we saw them on the news it was so emotional and so uh... unbelievable it's finally happening there are people that came from the dead i don't know freed hostages describe sleeping on plastic chairs with sheets in all rooms will be held captive some said hamas initially fed them but as the war continued food became here's doctor is not garages with the shamir medical center we were praying and longing for the return of the fifty remaining ties are still in captivity and of the ci a director was in qatar on tuesday meeting with katori and egyptian officials on continued hostage negotiations and on capitol hill senator mitch mcconnell had a stern stance on attacks on u s bases overseas by iran -backed forces the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism remains demonstrably turned he said that since october seventeenth iran -backed terrorists have launched at least 73 tax against u .s personnel in iraq and syria senate majority leader chuck schumer were ripped on republicans who he said are delaying legislation that would allow more american aid for israel land for ukraine in the indo -pacific all these national issues national security issues are related and should together senator mcconnell criticized a proposal by some democrats to condition aid to israel on the idea of following international law to cut back on civilian casualties in gaza he called that ridiculous i'm clinton metal it's twelve after the fate congressman george santos remaining in the house of representatives when america in the space swell've been
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"Beware of politicians who you agree with all the time, because 100%, they are lying to you. Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests and my fellow citizens, America's comeback starts right now, from the land of the free and the brave, I love my country, they can't take. Welcome back, Mike Speraza here in studio today, I have a special guest now, Sean Parnell, a combat veteran, a New York Times bestselling author, and host of Battleground on Red Voice Media. Sean, thank you so much for joining us. Hey Mike, thanks for having me. I'm going to get into your show in a little bit when we finish, because I want to hear about your show and all the good stuff that you're doing, but first I want to talk about this Israeli -Hamas conflict that we've seen now for the better part of the last two, two Pretty sad stuff all around, seeing what's going on to the people of Israel, the innocent people of Palestine too, there's innocent people getting hurt, killed, treated very poorly in that region, but I want to start with your thoughts today. Today we are recording this, Joe Biden is in Israel right now, your thoughts on him going out there, and again, I'm going to give you my thoughts quick, I don't know Sean how this guy is going to do any good there, he can barely talk to the people of America in I can't imagine it going very well when he's sitting there with a little reader. Yeah, there's a reason why, you know, when Joe Biden is giving a scripted speech, people say that the teleprompter writer or the teleprompter itself is the most powerful entity in the world at that specific moment, and it's because you're exactly right, Mike, Joe Biden can barely string together a coherent sentence, he can barely walk up a small flight of stairs, I often say on the show that he's just an animated corpse, I mean, it's like every morning they dip the guy in the Lazarus pit, and it's less effective as every day of his presidency goes on, and so it doesn't fill me with confidence that he's going into one of the most complex geopolitical situations in the world, and has been one of the most complex geopolitical situations in the world for the past hundred years, so in fact, as we've seen so far, it means it looks like almost all of our Arab partners in the area have canceled meetings with Joe Biden based on the propaganda that Israel hit a hospital, which of course now we know is not the case, and of course we saw the news this morning of Biden in a meeting with Netanyahu, I mean, honestly, Mike, just rambling about stuff that was just totally incoherent and didn't make any sense, he trailed off into the distance, and so it's not an overstatement to say, and it really upsets, I hate when members of Congress and politicians are like, World War III's on the horizon, it's like, isn't that a commentary on the world that we live in when people think World War III, oh my god, it's just a political talking point, but it is true that with this guy at the helm, it's very, very clear that our enemies see this and are taking full advantage of it, and that's why you see all the chaos happening around the world. Yeah, and obviously this isn't the first bit of chaos we've seen over the last three years, there's plenty behind it as well, and here's my thing too, like, the Joe Biden thing, like, I get it, if it's like a PR thing you gotta do, that's fine, but what's starting to really irritate me, Sean, is now we have people like my governor in New York, Kathy Hochul, that's like, I need to get to Israel and really meet with these folks, Kathy Hochul can't run New York State, what the hell is she gonna do in the Middle East? I mean, it's such a great point, and obviously New York has problems of its own, whether it's with Kathy Hochul or Eric Adams, the mayor of New York City, you know, who, by the way, just in the past month said that Israel was gonna, or, I'm sorry, that New York City was gonna collapse because of the migrant crisis, goes to Mexico, meets with Mexican leaders, and then comes back and promptly say that we need to keep our borders open, so I don't know how those two statements exist in the same world, but I'll tell you, like, something that concerns me greatly, circling back, like, Jen Psaki -style to the Israeli -Gaza conflict and the tragedy that happened there, a couple things on that, and let's just walk through this at 30 ,000 feet. When Hamas attacked Israel, I say this often, Mike, but it's not, it is underselling it that that's, it does not do, it does a disservice to what happened to the Israelis by calling it an attack, because it wasn't an attack, it was a massacre, a targeted massacre of innocent men, women, children, elderly, Holocaust survivors, seriously, take a second and just really let that sink in. Somehow you survived the Holocaust, you're in your 90s, and now you're captured by Hamas and being taunted on camera for the world to see? That is evil incarnate, it's horrific, it should not happen in our world. I mean, they murdered, killed babies, they raped women, they paraded these women around the streets, bleeding as if they're some sort of trophies, they took women, children, babies as hostages, they're using those hostages as human shields right now, I mean, all of these things, every single one of these things is considered a war crime of the highest order, you know, so Israel responds, right, and by the way, all these Republican politicians come out and immediately they start saying that Israel has a right to defend itself, but I think Republicans need to really hone their messaging here, because of course as we saw yesterday with the propaganda about the hospital, the public opinion fight in the messaging is critically important, it's not enough just to say Israel has a right to defend itself. Well, what does that mean, right? As a military tactical term, it means that Israel has a right, you know, to fire a few indirect fire attacks or bomb a few Hamas targets in Gaza, and that, hey, look, it's proportional, right? There should be a ceasefire now, and that's what you've heard from Democrat politicians taking advantage of the rhetoric that Republicans use with the whole phrase proportional response and ceasefire, okay? But what Republicans have to get comfortable saying is that Israel has a right to eradicate and destroy Hamas. I mean, and the reason for that is, is that Israel has proposed and extended an olive branch to Hamas into the Palestinian Authority multiple times in the past 75 years and proposed multiple two -state solutions with the Palestinian authorities, and Hamas have of course rejected each and every time. And so there comes a point in time where you have to say enough is enough. And I'd also say this, you know, the Palestinian Authority and Hamas, they demand a two -state solution, and what that means is they demand a country of their own. Well, if you're evaluating the potential of a country, right, and you're saying you're just like asking questions, and you're like, what's the charter, like, what's the mission of your country? And the number one mission of that country is to commit genocide against your neighbor. Maybe you don't deserve a country. I'm sorry, maybe you're not entitled to that. So the idea that the Palestinian Authority and Hamas are entitled to a country is I reject that premise right off the bat. So my point is, is that Israel made a commitment after that attack to go after Hamas and destroy them. And I said very publicly that two things need to happen in order for them to accomplish that mission. They have to have the military capability to do it, Israel has that, they have to have the tactical flexibility and the space and the freedom, which means free from international pressure to do it. And that is where Israel is going to have problems, and that is where the Biden administration has done everything they can to hamstrung the Israeli Defense Force in this way. Israel was poised to invade Gaza after surgical strikes on Hamas on day one. They were right on the border, and the Biden administration has done everything that they can to delay that, knowing full well that every day they delay, the percentage of Israeli casualties that will happen if a ground invasion actually happens goes up exponentially. Right now, and this is just military doctrine speaking, Mike, right now the Israelis are poised to take anywhere because of the delay between 33 % and 60 % casualties in the devastation that surrounds Gaza and what they call military operations on urban terrain. That's not Sean Marnell talking, that's U .S. military doctrine. Casualties will be high because Hamas has had time to set booby traps and place snipers, delaying complex ambushes, to put in IEDs, I mean, it's just going to be treacherous as hell. And ultimately, that's why I believe Biden is in Israel to delay that invasion further because Biden made his objective very, very clear, Mike, that he does not want Israel to invade Gaza. He said that on 60 Minutes on Sunday, so here we are. So I think what's frustrating for me, I'm a person that's never had military experience, so I'm speaking to the likes of, we should be trusting the people that have military experience, right? We should be talking to more people like you. I interviewed Joe Kent last week, too. People who have had experience, great guy. We should be listening to those types of people, not Joe Biden, not Rashida Tlaib, people that actually know the battlefield and what's going on out there, and Joe Kent said exactly what you just said, Sean, they're going to booby trap everything. And this is not combat like you see in a movie or something, he's like, this is the most dangerous of combat that you're going to face going into buildings, which you have no idea who's in or out of there, right? You have no idea if it's a bomb, if it's people, if it's hostages, you have no idea. And the level of complexity of it is off the charts, and that's what bothers me. We have all these talking heads on TV, on social media, everywhere that know nothing about it and don't care to, so they can just push a narrative. It drives me insane. You're exactly right, Mike. And I'll tell you just for your listeners, for your viewers, why it was critically important from a tactical standpoint and to minimize civilian casualties that Israel invade immediately after their airstrikes. There's something in the military called echelonment of fires. I've done this, I've fought in this terrain hundreds, if not thousands of times in Afghanistan. And the goal with echelonment of fires is you hit with your biggest bombs first, as you're moving as infantry, me is moving to the objective. And as you get closer to the objective, you diminish your firepower. So you go from maybe an airstrike to artillery. And then as you get even closer, you go from artillery to mortars. And once you get even closer to the objective, you turn off the mortars and then infantry hits the objective. The reason for that is you don't want to give your enemy even a second to breathe. And so every second that you delay gives them a second to consolidate, reorganize, and fortify their defenses and harden their defenses to make an invasion in Gaza, in this specific tactical example, almost completely untenable. And here's the deal, Joe Biden knows that, and there are people in our military that are telling him that, but he's just completely blowing it off. And so he's blowing it off and he's talking out of both sides of his mouth saying, is Israel has a right to defend itself while simultaneously freeing up $6 billion in sanction free money to Iran, who's then using that money to export terror around the world, crazy. And what scares me even as sometimes more than this is these people, you know, our, our American troops, they don't want to die when they go to war. They know that's a risk, right? But they, these guys on the other side with Hamas, they, they like praise dying out there and blowing up people and not caring what happened. And you're facing a much different enemy than I think a lot of American people, especially these Gen Z kids and millennials understand, like, this is not like love wins out there. This is the scariest of the scary, the most dangerous of the most dangerous. And you know, I'm going to move to my next point here with, with Rashida Tlaib, this, this attack on the hospital, I'll call it an attack, I guess, but on the hospital yesterday ended up being what it looks like right now from the actual data and evidence to be a, a, a, a weapon used by either Hamas or somebody like Hamas, a terrorist group that was misfired or shot there on purpose. I don't know, but here's my problem. We have American politicians coming out that moment, Sean, saying, you see, Israel did this. They killed, you know, innocent people. They went after a hospital. That's really dangerous. Is it not? It's incredibly dangerous. And not just that, you know, first of all, it was, it was strangely all at the exact same time that that hospital was hit. And I'll get into the tactics of how that happened in a second, but the exact time that the associated press, the Washington post, the New York times and Democrat politicians all echoed the same thing. They elevated terrorist propaganda. And that's exactly what it was. Terrorist propaganda, because who fired that rocket. Now it looks like it was Islamic Jihad, which is a state department declared terrorist group. Okay. They elevated terrorist propaganda and they immediately blamed Israel. And what happened is that that caused a chain reaction around the world, caused violence and uprisings and U .S. and Israeli embassies all throughout the Middle East. The blame for that, and there needs to be accountability for this, but the blame for that should be laid at the feet of these fake news media outlets and these journalists who are not just the enemy of the people, they're, they're an enemy of global stability. There needs to be accountability for that. And especially these Democrat members of Congress, I mean, why they haven't been expelled from You can bet that if it were Republicans doing irresponsible things like this, the Democrats would remove them from committees. If they had the majority and do everything they can to expel them from Congress, here's what kills me though. It's so anti -America in every stretch of the imagination. These people are the most anti -America humans of all time. You should not be representing our country if you hate the country. And that's what the Rashida Tlaib, the Elon, Omar's AOC, they hate America, Sean. They should not be in politics. I mean, I completely agree. And, and, and, and just look, if you look at the facts of yesterday's attacks, I want to make sure I touch on this. So I think like 30 to 40 % of rockets fired by these terrorist organizations from Gaza into Israel fall short. And that's because, I mean, people were wondering the Democrats are out there like AOC talking about collective punishment and how they're, how they're the Israelis cut off water. But the reason why the Palestinians don't have water is that Hamas dug up their water pipes and uses them as field rocket launchers. And that's why these rockets fall short. And that's also why the Palestinians don't have water right now because, because of Hamas and the moral responsibility for, for civilians caught in the middle on the side of Gaza and the civilians murdered in Israel is because of Hamas and not the Israeli defense force. Where does this end? Because they have not gone in yet. The IDF has not gone in yet. I would assume, and to your point, I would hope soon, because as the days go on, it gets more and more dangerous, but when do they go in and then how does this conflict start and finish? I don't know where to set, where to go from here. Yeah, it's a good question and it's a complicated answer. And I think, you know, is what, what the Israeli military, along with their, you know, is, you know, Bibi Netanyahu is going to have to decide and they're going to have to evaluate what's called the tactical risk and balance it with the mission objective. And what I mean by that is if the mission objective is to destroy Hamas, you have to look at the tactical risks and assess what the cost of that mission would mean for the Israeli military. And right now, 33 % to 60 % casualties. If you're a military commander in Israel, I mean, that's tough, man. That's tough to say that you're going to, you know, casualty doesn't necessarily mean death, but it could mean, you know, a severe injury or wounds that then the Israelis are going to have to take care of. And it's just, it's just a real tough decision. They're going to have to make that decision on their own, but here's the deal. If it ends up, if Israel does not destroy Hamas, the cycle of violence will continue. And you can bet that Iran is going to continue to fund and export terror around the world. They're going to fund Hezbollah. They might even attack Israel from the north, which that really scares me because if Iran and Hezbollah attack Israel from the north, it triggers the war powers act. It actually, it actually complies us by law to respond, uh, to respond to that invasion of, of an ally, which would be an escalatory possibility. That would just be a very, very scary thing, especially when you consider that the war in Ukraine seems to be going on in perpetuity, along with us taxpayer dollars, going to fund Ukrainian pensions with no end in sight and no mission. You add to that a war, essentially in the middle East against the Islamic world, because the war continues to escalate and if American troops find themselves dragged into the conflict, you can bet that that will galvanize the Islamic world against us. And so it's something, you know, like, and again, it doesn't exactly inspire confidence that Joe Biden's at the helm trying to navigate these really tough diplomatic times. So it's, we'll see, we'll see. That's exactly what I was going to end with there. Could there be a worst leader for us and really the world, right? There's not a worst leader for the world right now that a guy, you know, you mentioned before I called weekend at Bernie's, cause that's what we're dealing with here. Like we're just moving them around where, you know, uh, he's doing as he's told literally, it's just not very good.
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I'm Jay Phillips Northwest News you tried watching the talking heads on the financial channels but they just gave you stock advice that the real pros already knew about if it always feels like it's too little too late check out .com stockcharts and start your free one -month trial today at stockcharts .com you'll know how the market is behaving before the pros trusted by thousands of online investors stockcharts .com has the charting tools and resources you need to make smarter investing decisions start your free one -month trial today at stockcharts .com this is America in the morning on Newsradio 1000 FM 97 good morning this is America in the morning from Westwood One I'm John Trout it's Wednesday November 29th 2023 here's what's coming up on America in the morning Hunter Biden agrees to testify but some republicans say they're against it I'm John Stoleness in Washington freed hostages describe conditions of captivity it was so and emotional so unbelievable I'm Clayton metal the vote is possible soon in the house to expel New York Republican George Santos expelled from the House of Representatives Ed Donahue Texas women who could not get abortions despite health risk have taken a challenge to the state's highest court Norman by Hall a Russian court has extended the detention of a u .s. journalist until January next year I'm Karen Shemas Sandy Hook families have offered to settle Alex Jones's 1 .5 billion dollar legal debt for a minimum of eighty five million dollars I'm Lisa Dwyer all ahead 7 after going on the offensive hunter Biden says he will testify before the house oversight committee but Republicans who've been calling for him to testify say they will deny his request John Stoleness explains an attorney for the president's son responding to a subpoena from the oversight committee is proposing that hunter Biden appear before an open committee on December 13th rather than the closed deposition that Republicans had asked for chairman Comer is against an open hearing claiming Democrats on the committee will use it as an opportunity to make a scene where we need to sit down and ask specific questions without filibustering without interruptions without going five minutes back and forth with with Jamie Baskin's and Dan Goldman and and little Moskowitz jumping up and down filing motions and trying to disrupt the committee hearings his comments yesterday come in stark contrast to those he made two months about ago potential testimony from Biden under Biden's more than welcome to come in front of the committee if he wants to clear his day good if he wants to come and say you know these weren't 20 shell companies they actually did something he's more than he's invited today in a statement ranking Democrat on the committee Jamie Raskin called comers response quote an epic and humiliation said they have no confidence in their own case or their ability to pursue it Republican senator Josh Hawley believes that testimony should not be closed my view is that the American people have a right to see and also you know they should evaluate this for themselves I mean if you do this stuff in private what happens is there's inevitably bunches of leaks and then it's it's you know well so -and -so said this and so -and -so said that it's like oh just do it in public and let the public see but open the door so y 'all can report on it Biden attorney Abby Lowell said a closed -door session would allow Republicans to manipulate quote or even distort the facts and misinform the public comer says they still expect Biden sit to for a deposition on December 13th but did say he should have the opportunity for an open hearing down the road as for their evidence against Hunter Biden Republican congressman Lisa MacLean tells Fox News' Maria Bartiromo they still don't have a smoking gun. Have you been able to identify any actual policy changes that Joe made Biden as a result of getting money from China the short answer is no the House GOP says they're still trying to gain evidence President Biden illegally helped his son earn big money deals with overseas companies and profited off of them no evidence has been provided of that so far John Stoleness Washington nine after more hostages were released by Hamas in Gaza on the fifth day of a truce between Palestinian the terrorist group and the nation of Israel correspondent Clayton Neville has the latest since last Friday Hamas has released more than 80 hostages most of them Israeli nationals nine women and a teenage girl were set free on Tuesday night with two ties in return Israel released more than two dozen Palestinian prisoners close to 200 have been freed in recent days Shira Habron told the Associated Press that she was overwhelmed with relief when she learned her relatives who had been taken hostage were set free the moment we saw them on the news it was so and so unbelievable it's finally happening they're like people that came from the dead I don't know free hostages describe sleeping on plastic chairs with sheets in small rooms while being held captive some said Hamas initially fed them but as the war continued food became scarce doctor is not karash is with the Shamir Medical Center and they were praying and longing for the return of the 15 remaining ties that are still in captivity and of course to all the Israelis that are kept and should come home the CIA director was in Qatar on Tuesday meeting with Qatari and Egyptian officials on continued hostage negotiations and on Capitol Hill senator Mitch McConnell had a stern stance on attacks on US bases overseas by Iran backed forces the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism remains demonstrably undeterred he said that since October 17th Iran back terrorists have launched at least 73 attacks against US personnel in Iraq and Syria. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer ripped on Republicans who he said are delaying legislation that allow would more American aid for Israel and for Ukraine in the Indo -Pacific. all these national issues national security issues are related and should move together. Senator McConnell criticized that proposal by some Democrats to condition aid to Israel on the IDF following international law to cut back on civilian casualties in Gaza. He called that ridiculous. I'm Clayton Neville it's 12 after the fate of Congressman George Santos remaining in the House of Representatives when America in the morning continues after these messages. you brace yourself for the ultimate holiday
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"Did you know that the Associated Press produces news related books here's what's new and upcoming first pet presidential dogs cats and other deadly force fatal confrontations with police the Hubble telescope a universe of new discovery and many more visit ap .org slash books to purchase or visit Amazon Barnes and Noble .com or iBooks Thanks I'm Ben Thomas with an AP news minute Hawaii Governor Josh Greene says the number of missing on Maui following the wildfires there is getting smaller the FBI has reported that 66 of our people are potentially still unaccounted for based on calls and emails they've received and in many cases they only have names of these individuals on a list and no other realities our hearts have broken 115 times an elite federal drug prosecutor is in legal trouble Jennifer King has the story Tampa police body camera footage from a July investigation into a vehicle hit and run shows Assistant US Attorney Joseph Ruddy leaning on his truck he appears to be so he drunk can barely stand up his blood alcohol was twice the legal limit but he wasn't control enough hand to the officer his business card Ruddy's accused of sideswiping an SUV at a red light I'm Jennifer King and I'm Ben Thomas the group of 20 top world economies welcomed the African Union as a member and committed to global unity but differences remained over Russia's war in Ukraine the addition of the African Union gives power Indian to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's drive to give a greater voice to the global south India's minister foreign said all members of the group had unanimously approved a policy statement on global affairs planet people peace and prosperity all those eight paras have hundred percent however when it came to the war in Ukraine the final statement had softer language than the previous year and didn't mention Russia's invasion directly finally the US India the EU and others unveiled ambitious plans to build a rail and shipping corridor linking India with the Middle East and Europe President Biden hailed the project saying it's a real big deal the corridor is an attempt to strengthen economic growth and political cooperation throughout. I'm Karen Shemas. I'm Walter Ratliff with the religion minute Pope Francis has defended the decision to keep the discussions of a big Vatican meeting on the future the of Catholic Church behind closed doors. He says the three -week conference is a religious moment for the church and not a program television that's open to scrutiny. The Senate of Bishops will convene after an unprecedented two -year canvassing of rank -and -file Catholics around the globe and their hopes for the church. Catholic bishops in Ukraine are upset about Vatican's the diplomatic neutrality in that country's war with Russia. The 86 -year -old Pope told Russian Catholic youths in August that they are the heirs of the Great Mother Russia and he cited Peter the Great and Catherine II as examples. Moscow in turn praised the Pope's comments which the government in Kiev criticized as imperialist Ganda. The head of the Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine told Francis that the faithful are sensitive to every word from the Catholic Church. One minute Pope Francis has defended the decision to keep the discussions of a big Vatican meeting on the future of the Catholic Church behind closed doors. He says the three -week conference is a religious moment for the church and not a television program that's open to scrutiny. The Senate of bishops will convene after an unprecedented two -year canvassing of rank -and -file Catholics around the globe and their hopes for the church. Catholic bishops in Ukraine are upset about the Vatican's diplomatic neutrality in that country's war with Russia. The 86 -year -old Pope told Russian Catholic youths in August that they are heirs the of the Great Mother Russia and he cited Peter the Great and Catherine II as examples. Moscow in turn praised the Pope's comments which the government in Kiev criticized as imperialist propaganda. The head of the Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine told Francis that the faithful are sensitive to every word from the pontiff as the universal voice of truth and justice. I'm Walter Ratliff. I'm on a city street in Virginia standing in an empty space parking where just last night Bob's car was stolen. Did you see Bob's car get stolen? Probably not. But do you know who's been stealing cars in Virginia? You could get a reward of up to $25 5 ,000. Submit a confidential tip at heatreward .com or call 1 -800 947 -HEAT. The HEAT program from the Virginia State Police. Reported. Rewarded. Police in Pennsylvania continue searching for an escaped killer with more reported sightings of him. Meanwhile, a Chester County prison guard has been fired. Hundreds of law enforcement searching for Danilo Cavalcante in and around Longwood Gardens in East Marlborough Township. He was spotted twice Friday, says Pennsylvania State Police Lieutenant Colonel George Bivins. In area, this we've got tactical teams operating right now. Mounted canines Aviation audio courtesy WPVI. Cavalcante was convicted of killing his ex girlfriend. escaped He from prison August 31 by scaling a wall crab walking from the wreck yard, climbing over razor wire, running across the roof and jumping to the ground. The prison tower guard was fired. I'm Julie Walker. AP news for this Saturday, September 9th. I'm Jackie Quinn, President Biden overseas in India. Rescue teams have begun the difficult process of attempting to free an American researcher who became stuck in a cave in Turkey after falling seriously ill. Rescue helicopter blades were in the skies above the mauka cave in southern Turkey's Taurus Mountains. Mark Dickey was 3 ,000 feet below the cave's entrance when he began vomiting because of stomach bleeding. Local Governor Ali Hamza Berlivan told media that 190 rescue personnel are in the cave. He added, We have received reports from inside the cave that his condition is getting better. Rescuers say although the operation has begun, it could take days to get him out completely as he may need to rest at different camps set up on his way up. I'm Karen Chammas. Beachgoers on the US East Coast will need to watch for the progress of Hurricane Lee, which threatens to create dangerous surf conditions in days. Hurricane Lee is a huge storm which reached category
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"Did you know that the Associated Press produces news related books? Here's what's new and upcoming. First pet presidential dogs, cats and other critters. Deadly force, fatal confrontations with police. The Hubble telescope, a universe of new discovery and many more. Visit AP .org slash books to purchase or visit Amazon Barnes and noble .com or iBooks. Thanks for watching. I'm Ben Thomas with an AP news minute. The Labor Department kicked off Labor weekend Day with the release of the August jobs report. 187 ,000 added. Unemployment up was still low 3 .8%. In sports news, the Atlantic Coast Conference is going coast to coast, adding Stanford, California and SMU next year to become the latest super conference and getting cool ball on baseball's pitch clock. Major League Baseball is keeping the pitch clock the same for the postseason as it was for the regular season, brushing aside urging from some players. Following an MLB executive council meeting this week, the commissioner's office informed the competition committee there will be no change. The committee adopted the clock ahead of the 2023 season, along with restrictions on defensive shifts and larger bases. The average time of a 9 inning game has dropped from 3 hours 4 minutes last year to 2 hours and 39 minutes so far this season, on the fastest since 1984. I'm Gethin Coolbaugh. And I'm Ben Thomas. It's a 6 game winning streak in a 7 game overall lead for the Braves following a 4 -2 10 inning win over the Dodgers. Orlando Garcia launched a 3 run homer in the 10th, putting Atlanta on the brink of a 4 game sweep of the NL West leaders. I like feel I've always said I always go out during every at bat with focus and during those situations I just do everything that I can to help the team win. That was Arcea through an interpreter. Ronald Lacuna Homer Jr. for the third straight game. Bryce Elder works six strong innings as the Braves earn their 90th victory. Rysela Iglesias allowed a run in the 10th before netting the save. I'm Dave Ferry. The Orioles were staring at their third straight loss before erupting for six runs in the fourth inning of a 7 -3 downing of the Diamondbacks. Manager Brandon Hyde. We can score in bunches and do it quickly and kind of been missing that here lately but that was a that was a great offensive inning. Arizona led to nothing until Cedric Mullins unloaded a three Homer. -run Adam Frazier and James McCann added back -to -back RBI doubles in the inning and Adlai Ruchman followed with a run scoring single. That was more than enough offense for Kyle Bradish who's 10 -6 after allowing and four hits over six innings. I'm Dave Ferry. He's improving. Yeah, I'm not I'm not I can't I'm not I can't sound like disappointed with how he's played but he's got to get better. Thank you for listening to the AP P Radio Network. Did you know that you can purchase prints of AP's photography for your personal or small business use? Every day AP's photographers capture incredible
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Sinclair, AP Polls: Biden Is Not Fit to Serve Another Term
"I need to find something else that would be supporting evidence to it. See how much of an outlier that poll is. Well, there's been no other recent poll nationally. done That was exactly the language that was used in the one I just mentioned, but the one that got closed and also came down within the past week was from the Associated Press. The Associated Press asked the question differently. They asked if he is too old to serve another term. OK, so that's the way they frame questions. the Is he too old to serve another term? And 77 percent in the U .S. said yes. So basically, I mean, we're splitting here. Seventy seven. Eighty six percent. Bottom line is the overwhelming majority of Americans. And regardless of how you phrase the question, thank you. Business serving. And while that says something about President Biden in our perception of him, oh, boy, it says just as much about us or more specifically and correctly stated in the context of Joe, not Mitch. That's a whole other issue. But Joe. Democrats. Here was the next piece of this that just kind of blew my mind. I mean, not really, but it's just like in the grand scheme of. Come on, man. It's one of those. So in this Associated Press poll in which 77 percent of people said that Joe Biden is too old to serve a second term. That included 70 percent of Democrats, 70 Democrats percent of said, yeah, you know what? Too old to serve another term. But in the next breath and the
DerrickTalk
80 Reported Dead As Wildfires Ravage Through The Hawaiian Island Of Maui
"Tragic news out of Hawaii as the number of people missing in the midst of these fires, these wildfires, could be as high as 1 ,000. That is the report that we are getting. Now one woman, a Maui resident, hopes that her grandmother has escaped as she struggles to reach her. We don't know where she is. This is what the woman told NBC Nightly News. This is just very, very tragic. As of about 3 .14 p .m. Eastern Daylight Time, officials have confirmed about 80 deaths as these wildfires ravished through the island of Maui and Maui County Mayor Richard Bison warned the death toll could go up, it could rise. A total of about 2 ,200 buildings and other structures have been destroyed. This is as of Friday while 2 ,170 acres have been burned. So again, the death toll hits 80 as officials say rebuild efforts could top 5 .5 billion, not a million, we're talking billions. Six fires are burning in Maui and the Big Island, but officials say the Lahaina Fire is now 85 % contained. Many of the town's historic landmarks are lost. Hawaii Governor Josh Green said the fires are likely to be the largest natural disaster in the state's history. Of course, Lahaina is the most impacted area of the island. It's located in the western area of Maui. According to the Associated Press, Maui residents returned to their neighborhoods to find block after block of flattened homes and businesses, incinerated telephone poles, and ashy lots where apartment buildings once stood. I don't know what's going on with all these wildfires. We had a tremendous amount of wildfires, you know, I think it was Alaska that impacted the northwest, the region of the country where I live. Just a lot of smoke and just, you know, very dangerous breathing conditions and things like that. I think it's the global warming and I think, you know, when it comes to the environment, the Biden administration, him and his cabinet, they really need to get a grasp on what's going on with these wildfires. What is going on in the environment that is triggering, you know, these wildfires? Now, we know it's been, you know, a heatwave, you know, throughout different parts of the country and anytime there's hot weather and humidity, that means that, you know, it's dry. And of course, those conditions are very favorable for wildfires and they kind of trigger all of that. So we are definitely praying for the citizens of Maui that everything is okay. The loss of life has been tremendous already. Again, the death toll has reached about 80 people. So many buildings and structures have been flattened by these wildfires. Maui, you are definitely in our prayers. You guys have been locked into another edition of Convo Over Cigars on a Saturday. Of course, I'm your host, Derrick Andre Flemming. You guys take care.
DerrickTalk
"Wildfires Ravage Through Maui As The Death Toll Reaches 80"
"The number of people missing in the midst of these fires could be as high as 1 ,000. One woman, a Maui resident, hopes her grandmother has escaped as she struggles to reach her. This is what the woman told NBC Nightly News. As of about 3 .14 p .m. Eastern Daylight Time, officials have confirmed about 80 deaths as these wildfires ravaged through the island of Maui. Maui County Mayor Richard Bison warned the death toll could go up. A total of 2 ,200 buildings and other structures have been destroyed as of Friday, while 2 ,170 acres have been burned. The death toll hits 80 as officials say rebuild efforts could top 5 .5 billion. Six fires are burning in Maui and the Big Island, but officials say the Lahaina Fire is now 85 percent contained. Many of the town's historic landmarks are lost. Hawaii Governor Josh Green said the fires are likely to be the largest natural disaster in the state's history. Lahaina is the most impacted area on the island located in western Maui. According to the Associated Press, Maui residents returned to their neighborhood to find block after block of flattened homes and businesses. Incinerated telephone poles and ashy lots where apartment buildings once stood. We're hearing a lot about wildfires. We had some here in the Northwest. I think with the global warming and so many other factors that the Biden administration needs to tackle, they definitely need to get a grip on. We're seeing a lot of wildfires lately. Our prayers go out to the citizens of Maui. Hawaii is a beautiful place. I've been there multiple times. Very beautiful. The Big Island, Oahu, just a beautiful place. Very tropical. I mean, just a beautiful place. To hear that they're actually experiencing these catastrophic fires is very, very disheartening. We're going to keep you posted here on Combo Over Cigars. As we get the updates, so will you. You guys have been locked in to Combo Over Cigars on a Saturday. I'm your host, Derrick Andre Flemming. Be blessed.
The Voicebot Podcast
A highlight from Conversational AI Innovators at Project Voice 2023 with Lilypad, Dexer, ConverseNow, Speechly, CDI, and Calen - Voicebot Podcast Ep 341
"This is episode 340 of the VoiceBot Podcast. It is also the 24th edition of the Generative AI News Rundown. Top stories this week include Metta's Llama 2 launch, a report saying GPT -4 is getting worse, Apple's secret LLM project, and more. Hello to VoiceBot Nation and my fellow citizens of Synthetia. This is Brett Kinsella, your host of the VoiceBot Podcast. We have another update on Generative AI News for you this week. You can listen here or you can watch the show on VoiceBot's YouTube channel. If you'd like to access the recording and watch the video, just go to youtube .com forward slash the at symbol VoiceBot AI. There you go. That's VoiceBot's YouTube channel. Also, give us a like and really a subscribe while you're there. That would be great. Also, if you do want to have quick access to all the story links from this week's news, the easiest way to do that is just to go to bit .ly forward slash Synthetia and you'll find the post for this week's game. And they're all right in there. They're also in the podcast listing on voicebot .ai, but that usually comes out a couple days after this post. So you'll be able to find it in one of those two places, all the links, all the stories we talk about, we provide links for us. If you want to do your own research, you can just go right there. Okay. My guest host today, once again, is Eric Schwartz. You know him as the head writer at voicebot .ai. Today's story lineup includes Metaslama 2 is open source, available to anybody, offers no cost commercial licenses and is hosted on Microsoft's Azure cloud. Eric and I discussed the implications of the launch and how it may shake up the market dynamics of the LLM world. Also, a new research paper claims GPT -4 is regressing. We asked the question, is it true? And break down the details. The generative AI funding found continues to flow with news from several different companies. It also includes information from SAP. It revealed that it has invested over $1 billion in generative AI startups, including Anthropic. We also have stories from Apple and the leaked details about Apple GPT. Bing Chat introduces an enterprise version with new safety and privacy controls. Wix enables you to create an entire website based on a prompt and change it. It's pretty amazing. Jasper conducts layoffs. Too bad. Sad to hear that happen. AI21 introduces new hallucination reduction features. Why open AI's partnership with the Associated Press makes so much sense. And a couple more stories. We also conclude with the generative AI winners and losers of the week, so don't miss that. Next up, how Llama will impact the LLM market. Is GPT -4 really getting worse? And what are the prospects for Apple GPT? Let's get started.
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A highlight from Generative AI News - Llama 2 Shakes up LLM Market, GPT-4 May Not Be Degrading, Apple GPT, Wix, AP, AI21, SAP, and More - Voicebot Podcast 340
"This is episode 340 of the VoiceBot Podcast. It is also the 24th edition of the Generative AI News Rundown. Top stories this week include Metta's Llama 2 launch, a report saying GPT -4 is getting worse, Apple's secret LLM project, and more. Hello to VoiceBot Nation and my fellow citizens of Synthetia. This is Brett Kinsella, your host of the VoiceBot Podcast. We have another update on Generative AI News for you this week. You can listen here or you can watch the show on VoiceBot's YouTube channel. If you'd like to access the recording and watch the video, just go to youtube .com forward slash the at symbol VoiceBot AI. There you go. That's VoiceBot's YouTube channel. Also, give us a like and really a subscribe while you're there. That would be great. Also, if you do want to have quick access to all the story links from this week's news, the easiest way to do that is just to go to bit .ly forward slash Synthetia and you'll find the post for this week's game. And they're all right in there. They're also in the podcast listing on voicebot .ai, but that usually comes out a couple days after this post. So you'll be able to find it in one of those two places, all the links, all the stories we talk about, we provide links for us. If you want to do your own research, you can just go right there. Okay. My guest host today, once again, is Eric Schwartz. You know him as the head writer at voicebot .ai. Today's story lineup includes Metaslama 2 is open source, available to anybody, offers no cost commercial licenses and is hosted on Microsoft's Azure cloud. Eric and I discussed the implications of the launch and how it may shake up the market dynamics of the LLM world. Also, a new research paper claims GPT -4 is regressing. We asked the question, is it true? And break down the details. The generative AI funding found continues to flow with news from several different companies. It also includes information from SAP. It revealed that it has invested over $1 billion in generative AI startups, including Anthropic. We also have stories from Apple and the leaked details about Apple GPT. Bing Chat introduces an enterprise version with new safety and privacy controls. Wix enables you to create an entire website based on a prompt and change it. It's pretty amazing. Jasper conducts layoffs. Too bad. Sad to hear that happen. AI21 introduces new hallucination reduction features. Why open AI's partnership with the Associated Press makes so much sense. And a couple more stories. We also conclude with the generative AI winners and losers of the week, so don't miss that. Next up, how Llama will impact the LLM market. Is GPT -4 really getting worse? And what are the prospects for Apple GPT? Let's get started.
WTOP
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"The around a hundred dispensaries across the state need and you'll to be 21 bring cash or a debit card bring a good attitude and an open mind and products In Silver Spring, Luke Lucre, WTOP News. Horn Hub is blocking access to its website in for Virginia. users in It says it's making the move as a result of age verification legislation in Virginia that's now in effect. Back in May, Governor Youngkin signed a bill that requires users to verify their 18 through advanced methods to actually use sites like Pornhub. The Republican governor says the legislation is an effort to protect children from being exposed to adult content online, but new information suggests that users in Virginia may already be looking for workarounds avoid to the new law in Pornhub's response. Virginia's seen an increase in Google searches for VPNs. Those virtual are private networks that allow users to get around blocked sites. The porn website is also blocking access to users Mississippi, in where a similar law is in effect. It's 10 -05, days after the Supreme Court ruled that colleges and universities can no longer use affirmative action in their admission process. A group suing a public school system in our region says it plans to take its case to the high court. DOTOP's Scott Gelman tells us it involves a policy elite at an high school in Fairfax County. The case is about the constitutionality of a new admissions policy at Thomas Jefferson School High for Science and Technology. The policy implemented in 2020 removed a standardized test. The new process The Fairfax County Board School says the policy doesn't set racial goals or targets and it's race blind. In the lawsuit, some parents argue it discriminates against Asian Americans. Last year a federal judge struck down the policy but in May a circuit court of appeals in Richmond reversed the ruling. A George Mason University law professor tells the Associated Press that debate over the policy's constitutionality may depend on what can be proven about the county's motivations in implementing it. Mark Elman, WTOP News. And the Fairfax County Public School System tells us it doesn't have a negative action ruling. For the second time in three months a public school employee in Montgomery County ended up in court. 56 year old Todd Watkins who used to run the transportation department for Montgomery County Public Schools was accused of mishandling a contract for new school buses and for failing to properly manage the use of purchase cards in his department. The misconduct in office charge is a misdemeanor. He pleaded guilty on Friday. Prosecutors noted that former assistant director for transportation Charles Ewold stole $320 dollars. Ewold who's 37 and lives in Knoxville Maryland pleaded guilty to a felony theft scheme in the case in May. He'll be sentenced September 6th and faces up to 20 years in prison. who Watkins lives in Jefferson Maryland will be sentenced September 11th and faces probation up to 25 months in jail. Kate Ryan, WTOP News. Today was supposed to be the deadline for the federal government's plan to get all planes in the US retrofitted for new 5G equipment. But many airlines are struggling to update their fleets and that can mean delays and cancellations this holiday weekend. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg warns planes not outfitted with updated 5G interference equipment could struggle to land in bad weather. While 80 % of have planes been updated many are awaiting retrofitting and supply chain issues are holding things up even further. Planes device have a called a radio altimeter telling them how far they are above the ground when they're about to land. Aviation analyst John Nance chance tells ABC News. The concern is that there is a possibility of a bleed over close enough for this new 5G service says it could cause radar altimeters which are critical to certain types of landings and says they have procedures in place to guide landings even in planes not that are fully updated. Coming up here on WTOP after traffic and weather are you cutting back on eating out these days. Apparently it's happening as the cost of just about everything continues to be high. It's 1008. Get a Precision AC tune up for only $59. Traffic and weather on the 8th we say good morning to Rob Stallworth in the traffic center. Good morning to you and good morning folks and welcome into the midday where the getaway traffic still is in full effect at this point. If you're traveling right now on I -95 in Virginia or South bounty you're on the brakes mainly approaching Garrisonville and merge emerged from the express into the main lanes about a 3 mile back up in the express lanes to continue to merge with the main lanes but then your delays continue past the Sinoport Parkway as you head toward the Rappahannock River in Fredericksburg then further south delays in Fredericksburg headed toward Route 1 Spotsylvania may have a crash northbound on I -95 after 1 in Route Spotsylvania as you head toward Route 3 the Plank Road. Otherwise if you're traveling on the Beltway in Virginia your interloop slowdowns between Tysons and McLean the earlier crash near the Georgetown Pike is clear the travel lanes are open still delays going across the American Legion Bridge traveling in Hybla Valley southbound Route 1 near Arlington Drive that's where we had the report of some brushfire activity in Maryland the Beltway the interloop slowdowns briefly approaching I -95 we had the report of a downed tree along the left side of the roadway outerloop near the ramp to University Boulevard may have one stopped in roadway northbound and southbound on the BW Parkway slowdowns between 197 Devon and Powder Mill Road if you're traveling northbound on the BW Parkway inside the Beltway near DC I -95 and 201 Kenilworth Avenue the right lane we understand is blocked for the work zone delays going toward the Bay Bridge eastbound leaving Route 2 and Ritchie Highway but we do have three lanes east and two lanes west across the Chesapeake Bay if you're thinking about an electric car plug in the fitsmall .com and find your electric ride today check the out Hyundai IONIQ the VW ID4 or the Toyota BZ4X at fitsmall .com that's the Fitzway Rob Stalworth WTOP traffic now your forecast from 7 News first alert meteorologist Jordan Evans severe alert for the weekend because of those shower and thunderstorm chances during the afternoon and evening
AP News Radio
CEOs got smaller raises. It would still take a typical worker two lifetimes to make their annual pay
"The typical compensation package for chief executives who run S&P 500 companies rose just .9% last year to a median of $14.8 million. That's according to data analyzed for The Associated Press by equilar. That means half the CEOs in the survey made more and half made less. It was the smallest increase since 2015, still the drop is unlikely to quell mounting criticism that CEO pay has become excessively high and the imbalance between company bosses and rank and file workers to wide, Julie Walker, New York
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Most in U.S. say don't ban race in college admissions but that role should be small: AP-NORC poll
"As the Supreme Court decides the fate of affirmative action a new poll suggests what people in the U.S. think. 63% of adults surveyed in May by The Associated Press on the norc center for public affairs research say that the Supreme Court should not block colleges from considering race or ethnicity in their admission systems, but that factors such as grades and standardized tests should be more important, and there was little divide among political or racial lines. The poll reflects general support for affirmative action, even as the Supreme Court is about to rule on lawsuits challenging admission systems at Harvard and the university of North Carolina. It's unknown exactly how many colleges consider race in admissions. The practice has been outlawed in 9 states, including California, Michigan, and Florida, Donna border, Washington
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On this week's AP Religion Minute, the archbishop of Chicago wants more information from the Illinois attorney general about newly uncovered cases of abuse.
"This week's AP religion roundup. The archbishop of Chicago wants more information from the Illinois attorney general about newly uncovered cases of abuse. In an interview with The Associated Press, archbishop blaze sewage urged the attorney general to provide information about 125 newly uncovered cases of priests, who sexually abused minors. It really does highlight the terrible tragedy that took place in so many lives by priest who acted to responsibly, but also leaders in the church who did not respond appropriately. Cardinal sewage says he would gladly include the cases on his list of credibly accused clergy if the claims were substantiated. In his first interview, since the report was released, the cardinal expressed surprise that the report contained names he had never heard of. We are genuinely perplexed by the use of the word undisclosed reports because as far as we know and we verified this also with the state's attorney, we have gone ahead and been very careful about making sure that any accusation any allegation of sexual abuse of someone in the church has been reported to the state's attorneys. The nearly 700 page report said investigators found that more than 450 Catholic clergy and Illinois 6 diocese had sexually abused nearly 2000 children since 1950. It depicted the problem as far worse than the hierarchy had acknowledged in 2018 at the start of the state's review. The newly revealed cases wouldn't necessarily have been handled by the archdiocese, but rather the religious orders were the pre served. During the 5 years, we have constantly asked the attorney general. If you come across any accusations that have been substantiated, that we don't have who are religious orders or others, please tell us, and we will look into it and do it. So we were surprised by the new names on there. We thought we had that kind of relationship with the attorney general. And so our disappointed that we're hearing these for the first time. Super acknowledged that the report laid barrow problem in the way the Catholic Church has handled abuse cases. Religious orders such as the Jesuits franciscans and Maris often escaped scrutiny since they keep personnel files on their priests, not the diocese and leadership. I'm Walter ratliff.
AP News Radio
AP Religion Roundup interview on a Chicago church abuse investigation
"This week's AP religion roundup. The archbishop of Chicago wants more information from the Illinois attorney general about newly uncovered cases of abuse. In an interview with The Associated Press, archbishop blaze sewage urged the attorney general to provide information about 125 newly uncovered cases of priests, who sexually abused minors. It really does highlight the terrible tragedy that took place in so many lives by priest who acted to responsibly, but also leaders in the church who did not respond appropriately. Cardinal sewage says he would gladly include the cases on his list of credibly accused clergy if the claims were substantiated. In his first interview, since the report was released, the cardinal expressed surprise that the report contained names he had never heard of. We are genuinely perplexed by the use of the word undisclosed reports because as far as we know and we verified this also with the state's attorney, we have gone ahead and been very careful about making sure that any accusation any allegation of sexual abuse of someone in the church has been reported to the state's attorneys. The nearly 700 page report said investigators found that more than 450 Catholic clergy and Illinois 6 diocese had sexually abused nearly 2000 children since 1950. It depicted the problem as far worse than the hierarchy had acknowledged in 2018 at the start of the state's review. The newly revealed cases wouldn't necessarily have been handled by the archdiocese, but rather the religious orders were the pre served. During the 5 years, we have constantly asked the attorney general. If you come across any accusations that have been substantiated, that we don't have who are religious orders or others, please tell us, and we will look into it and do it. So we were surprised by the new names on there. We thought we had that kind of relationship with the attorney general. And so our disappointed that we're hearing these for the first time. Super acknowledged that the report laid barrow problem in the way the Catholic Church has handled abuse cases. Religious orders such as the Jesuits franciscans and Maris often escaped scrutiny since they keep personnel files on their priests, not the diocese and leadership. I'm Walter ratliff.
AP News Radio
Ja Morant is 'fine,' taking a social media break, police say after welfare check due to cryptic post
"Police in Tennessee conducted a welfare check Wednesday on suspended Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant and say he is fine after cryptic messages appeared on his Instagram account and were later deleted. The post from earlier Wednesday include pictures and messages of love for his family members, including his mother and father, a fourth message simply read by. Shelby county sheriff's office spokesman John Morrison told The Associated Press in a phone call that deputies checked on morant at his home Wednesday morning. Morant told them he is taking a break from social media. I'm geffen coolbaugh.
AP News Radio
Pills flowed for years as DEA dragged feet on disciplining opioid distributor
"There are concerns about how the revolving door between government and industry may be impacting the U.S. drug enforcement administration's mission to police drug companies blamed for tens of thousands of overdose deaths in the U.S.. The DEA has allowed one of the country's largest wholesale drug distributors to continue shipping highly addictive pain killers for nearly four years after a judge recommended the company be stripped of its license for a cavalier disregard of thousands of suspicious orders. The company is Morris and Dickinson and a high profile consultant it had hired after its registration to supply painkillers, was threatened in 2018, is now the DEA administrator's top deputy Louis milian, the DEA has not responded to repeated questions from The Associated Press about its handling of the case, but two people familiar with the issue say that last week after the AP reached out to the DEA, the agency abruptly notified Morris and Dickinson that it has decided to revoke its registration to distribute control substances. I'm down to water
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Michigan governor to sign red flag bill
"Michigan's democratic governor is set to sign a bill today, imposing a red flag gun law. The law would allow family members police, mental health professionals, roommates, and former dating partners to petition a judge to remove firearms from those they believe pose an imminent threat to themselves or others. Questions remain over whether Michigan would see better success in enforcing red flag laws than other states have local sheriffs have told The Associated Press, they won't enforce the law if they don't believe it's constitutional. Over half the state's counties have passed resolutions declaring themselves Second Amendment sanctuaries, opposing laws they believe infringe on gun rights. I'm Julie Walker
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Biden gets low ratings on economy, guns, immigration in AP-NORC Poll
"A new poll finds President Biden getting low ratings for his handling of the economy. President Biden's 40% approval rating hasn't budged much over the last year and a half, but with inflation higher mortgage rates and a potential government debt default, just 33% of Americans approve of his handling of the economy, and only 24% say the economy is in good shape. That's according to a new poll from The Associated Press, norc center for public affairs research, Biden also gets low ratings on guns and immigration, with the 31% approval rating on those hot button issues. Democrats escort Biden lower on the economy than on his job overall, but were more likely to rate the economy as good 41% versus Republicans, only 7%. Jennifer King, Washington
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Most say pair debt limit increase with deficit cuts, but few following debate closely: AP-NORC poll
"A new poll finds Americans are concerned about the impact of a U.S. debt default. 6 in ten Americans say they want any increase in the debt limit to be coupled with an agreement to reduce the federal budget deficit, about two thirds say they are highly concerned about the impact on the national economy if the U.S. debt limit is not increased. That's according to a new poll from The Associated Press, norc center for public affairs research, with the U.S. looking at a default deadline the Treasury Department says it could come as soon as June 1st, only about a quarter of those surveyed say they approve of how President Biden or congressional representatives from either side of the aisle are handling the negotiations 23% of Republicans but just 7% of Democrats say the national debt limit should not be increased under any circumstances. I am Jennifer King
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Republican wins state House special election in central Pennsylvania; GOP 1 seat away from control
"Voters in the suburbs of Philadelphia are deciding control of Pennsylvania's state House. A special election in Delaware county will determine which party has the majority in the Pennsylvania House. Republican Michael stender won another special election Tuesday for a vacancy in the central part of the state, giving the GOP 101 seats in the 203 member House. The Associated Press has not called the Delaware county election. If Republicans retake the house, they would control both chambers since the state Senate is firmly in GOP control. A Republican House could vote to put a proposed constitutional amendment limiting abortion rights before voters as a referendum. I'm Mike Hempen
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US to limit asylum at Mexico border as COVID-19 restrictions end - The Associated Press
"The Biden administration will start restricting asylum at the Mexico border tomorrow as COVID-19 immigration restrictions expire. The new rule would deny asylum to migrants showing up at the border without first applying online or seeking protection in a country they pass through. The change comes as Homeland Security chief Alejandro mayorkas prepares for the restrictions to end and some challenging days ahead, which have the potential to be very difficult. Officials expect a big jump in migrants trying to enter the U.S.. Like
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AP sources: US Rep. George Santos facing federal charges
"Sources tell The Associated Press that New York representative George Santos is facing federal charges. I Norman hall. Two people for meter with the case tell the AP that congressman George Santos has been charged with federal criminal offenses. Santos, who represents the New York district, has faced outrage and mockery over litany of fabrications about his heritage education and professional pedigree. The charges against Santos filed in the eastern district of New York remain under seal, the New York Republican has admitted to lying about having Jewish ancestry a Wall Street background college degrees in a history of star volleyball player. Serious questions about his finances have also surfaced. Norman hall, Washington
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"WTO P news. Two 53, Brittany griner is headed back to the Phoenix mercury. Griner, who was a free agent, re signed with the team on a one year contract. Now that's according to a source telling The Associated Press today. There's been no official announcement in Ajax. The 32 year old had said she would return to Phoenix at a social media post back in December after she returned home following her ten month prison time in Russia. She was released in a prisoner swamp. Reiner last played for the mercury in 2021, she helped the team reach the WNBA finals. The vaccine technology used to fight the coronavirus could also soon be used to treat other viruses. mRNA has been the staple in fighting COVID-19. The Australian development director Tim Mercer says researchers found there are greater uses. And we started to think maybe mRNA provides an additional tool or an additional strategy. And that strategy is to treat cystic fibrosis. They also want to go further by developing a melanoma jam. He says the vaccine technology is promising, and such treatment could become the norm in just a few years. Scott mayman for CBS News, Canberra, Australia. Well, if you're like most of us, you got a lot of water bottles laying around the house. You might want to check one out this afternoon because a popular recall is happening with a popular water bottle. It's been all over Instagram. It was one of Oprah's favorite things. And now it's been recalled. Bendel's sip and stash water bottle was found to contain alarmingly high lead levels. Consumer reports tested a ceiling dot found in the bottom storage compartment, which the company for years had described as being food safe. It measured over 1000 times the amount of lead allowed in many consumer products. So now bendel's doing a voluntary recall and telling people to not use the bottom storage compartment until they get a free repair kit. You can get that on their website. Stacy Lynn CBS News. The warmer than normal winter temperatures have confused many of us and are even confusing the cherry trees apparently. The National Park Service says it's very likely the cherry blossoms along the tidal basin will bloom early. Everything at this point certainly leads us to believe that it's going to be an earlier than average peak bloom. Mike litters with the National Park Service says they'll have the data to predict peak bloom in two weeks, but noted the indicator tree that's usually about ten days ahead of the pack is already active. The indicator tree reached stage one of the 6 stages that lead to being in bloom on the 13th, which was ten days, a couple of weeks earlier than it was last year. However, he says if the temperatures drop again, that could hold the trees from blooming early. Two 55 money news at 25 and 55 brought to you by Penn fed credit union. Great rates for everyone. Here's Denise Pellegrini. This is a Bloomberg money minute, luxury brands are hoping to be a cut above the rest on sustainability. The luxury industry is one of the most consumer centric industries. Michael ward is managing director at harrods in London. Everything that the customer tells us is that sustainability is on the top of their agenda. So we're leading the way with the luxury brands to be absolutely carbon neutral. And ward says luxury department stores have an advantage. When we talk about Kashmir for instance, people are sent out to Mongolia to train the farmers and herders of how to correct the
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"Of The Associated Press. Meanwhile, new data shows 26 states have fully vaccinated. More than half the residents and those with the highest rates have among the lowest cases of Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts of fully vaccinated at least two thirds of their population. Unsurprising. Those three have among the lowest covid cases per capita offensive. Dr John Patou will telling me states with low vaccination rates are obviously faring the worst. But if vaccination rates continue to climb, we could see manageable covid 19 numbers by October. That despite the new new variant that's been detected in almost every state your questions regarding how high you actually rated states where are failing was low accident states. The Anthonys were vaccination rates are low. Hospitals are filling up with unvaccinated orbit maintain cases. Some hospitals are reaching really close to their capacity limits, for example, saying that Anne's hospital instead In Petersburg thrown it out. 85% of the hospital's Covid 19 patients are unvaccinated and seven of 28 ICU but are occupied by Covid 19 patients. Now the good news is that despite the delta very into being more contagious vaccines are still effective. If the military in shows to be weaker than the delta variant, we can assume that the summer surge marks the peak of this virus of strength. In other words, If this trend holds up, the cases will start trending down by late September by mid October, and we could be in a very manageable place where infections will not be a real concern for the public. After that, we just have to treat covid as one of the 200 different diseases. Is that affect people? Without panicking and going over the case numbers so the good news is just allowed the corner, but to get there, we need to actually eat more of the currently unvaccinated people. Because they can provide the wider, say home to continue to grow and muted. The Biden administration, meanwhile, has been preparing to roll out Covid 19 booster shots September 20th. Assuming the FDA and CDC agree, however, internal tensions and timing questions between the FDA, White House and CDC are beginning to arise, according to Politico. Most agree booster shots will be needed. But there are questions on when advisors to the FDA will weigh evidence about an extra fighter shot on Friday at a key public meeting. Inbound flights of Afghan refugees to the U. S. Will remain suspended for at least another week after four cases of measles were discovered. Among recently arrived Afghans, officials say those who are diagnosed are being housed separately in accordance with public health guide lines in the CDC has begun enough for contact tracing. Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby. Operation Allies welcome flights into the United States remain paused at the request of the CDC for at least seven additional days from today. Because of recent diagnosed cases of measles among Afghans who recently arrived in the United States. Um and I think you asked about Uh, how many cases there? There have been five diagnosed cases of measles among new arrivals so far, and we are closely monitoring just in case more emerged. We already announced one case that was confirmed last week at Fort McCoy. And three cases were confirmed on Thursday night among new arrivals, who flew into Dulles Airport here in the DC area, and then one Has been found at Fort Pickett. Uh, they have been housed separately and are receiving medical care and the CDC is doing contact tracing and we'll ask people to self isolate as needed. Question. Are you saying.
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"A new Associated Press Norc Center for Public Affairs Research poll shows the majority of Americans who were socializing regularly before the pandemic, say they are returning to bars and restaurants traveling and attending live events. The CDC. Meanwhile, looking into 300 cases of heart inflammation among young people who are vaccinated, the director of the CDC doctor Rochelle Walensky, tells Good Morning America, her agency will hold an emergency meeting on this next week. Cases of mild heart inflammation the risk of that which are quite rare that are overwhelmed by the benefit of getting vaccinated. Meanwhile, CDC director Rachelle Wilensky says the delta variant of the virus has been confirmed now in 41 states. A bipartisan group of senators is pushing cybersecurity legislation after attacks on critical U. S infrastructure. Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal talking here about a national security crisis. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham's agrees and says the bill targets government actors in cyber criminals. Global news 24 hours a day on air and on Bloomberg. Quick, Take I Maybe. Morris, this is Bloomberg. Okay, buddy. Nice and simple. This time in a world of l team a fungicide five ft Range Supreme. Hey, remember less dramatic Five. Feed Just five. Ft. 5. Ft. Nope. 60 inches. Look, man. Just say Bill team of fungicide Let you treat corn as early as five FT. Nice ball team, a fungicide from BSF coming sooner to field near you always read and follow label directions. I don't know what I was thinking. When we named our dog Kitty and this sweeties become a true.
The Erick Erickson Show
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"The experts said there would be no gas shortages and then there are because they had to protect joe biden the constantly do this and as a result of this fewer people trust the experts and a large part of this is in and tom nichols who these controversial presence. I guess among the right these days definitely not a trump fan. He's written about the death of expertise and the need for experts. And one of. Tom nichols points that i think is a meritorious point. Even if you dislike. Tom nichols you can't dismiss the point by the way i like the guy just fine. I know some of you will hate me for saying that. Would've his his points. That i find to be meritorious. Torius is that when the experts start talking outside their expertise and are still claimed as experts. It undermines faith in all the experts because the media does this regularly that they find someone who's in an industry that person tells them something and they're given the label expert and they may or may not be an expert. You know. I i if i call the local mcdonald's and i asked them how their sales are going. They're not exactly an expert in the restaurant industry. They take orders at mcdonald's. That's different if i go to my local independent grocery store and ask them. What's going on their their opinion may be different from the chain grocery store that has a greater supply chain and yet the media doesn't distinguish these things and sometimes they're there are experts who have agendas and oftentimes the media there. They have an agenda to protect the president for example There is now a in in the politico. Which is really becoming a talking point a mouthpiece for the left of these days they're running stories on how Joe biden is teflon and the republicans have no attacks against him demon. There's no way. For republicans to combat him. The biden is teflon analogy teflon. joe muddies. gop midterm strategy. David ciders win. The national republican senatorial committee sought to attack four vulnerable senate democrats in a series of you ads. The spring president. Joe biden was nowhere to be found instead. The see juxtapose photos of the senators next to house speaker. Nancy pelosi it's a phenomenon that's becoming increasingly pronounced. As the outline of the twenty twenty mid-term election comes into focus. Midterms are typically a referendum on the party in power so the standard opposition party. Playbook is to make every down ballot about the city president but biden's elusiveness a target is forcing republicans to rethink the traditional strategy interviews with more than twenty-five gop strategist and party. Officials depict the president. Who's avuncular style and genial burying make you may less than ideal foil. He doesn't induce anger or rage and at the moment his white house is relatively drama free. Response republicans are preparing to break with the time-honored custom and cast the president less as the central character in the midterm elections than as an accessory to the broader excesses of the left biden is not a good bad guy..
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"Actually believes that he's actually concerned about that. If you read the newspaper you're fairly educated person and this educated person believes that the jeopardy contestants are now mad at the anti-defamation league for disabuse them of the notion that kelly donahue the jeopardy contestant he was actually flashing the number three wasn't actually flashing white supremacy simple. But they know it they know he was 'cause he's a magazine instead gypsy the left would have us believe that. Only the right descends into conspiracy and the entire media operations of the united states amplify that and lacked the self awareness to appreciate the left. Does it too and here. We have two examples. And now we have. This target in starbucks are joining walmart. Costco trader joe's and publix in allowing the unvaccinated to come into their stores without or. I'm sorry the the vaccinated coming into the stores without a mask and there's a left wing meltdown over this because you know people might lie and so everyone should have to wear a mask because there may be some liars out there. The common thread of all this is that people on the left. Do not trust by the way people in the right or guilty this as well but really the most vocal people in america right now of the issue of trusting their fellow citizens or people on the left do not trust their fellow citizens. They have them by the idea that this is a racist. A systemically racist nation. They look on this country and think things are bad and getting worse. They don't like people of faith they really drip with contempt. And because they're the cultural leaders in opinion setters in journalism right now it's reflected in journalism. There's a woman on twitter. And i you know i try not to nut pick on twitter on nut picking his repick. The one crazy person who says something. It's all everybody on the side. Believes it when you. When you pick a jay rosen. A journalism professor at nyu who's really prominent. And you say this guy really believes rather verge of becoming a fundamental white nationalist christian nation. He's nuts. This must be pretty prominent thinking among the intellectual. It's fair to do that when you pick the fringe burson with five dollars l. They all believe this. That's nut baking. But this person is a doctor. Britney james she's got twenty thousand followers. She's a physician and activist. Looks like she will. She's got npr. And the ellen show and pbs new york times. I guess she's got some dealings with them. She's the associate professor. She's got a prominent following she tweets. This must be my own business. Shopping in a middle aged white woman. Asked me if i worked there. When i looked at her blankly and answered back in a deadpan voice no she giggled it off and said i was wondering where to put this shirt back but if i am a bad but i'm a bad person if i go off kicking myself or not saying i'm a physician and letting her die of embarrassment but something tells me she wouldn't even have the decency to be embarrassed. Most of these types don't this what you call a micro aggression white woman comes up to black woman in a department store s if she works there and the woman says no and is offended that she was confused for.
The Erick Erickson Show
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"Stuck. It was a british territory called palestine and it was designated as a jewish homeland and they were allowed to return. They changed the name to israel in the arab refused to go along with it. I explained to my child the history of this and she commented that She's had the unfollowed number of people who she's realized just pushing propaganda not telling the truth of the situation. I explained to her that the media is deeply sympathetic to the palestinians in large part because so many members of the media have internalized left wing dogma about colonizers and the view the israelis white people colonizers and so the israelis are always the bad people. Nbc news sent out this. At least one hundred eighty eight palestinians including fifty five children have been killed in over the past week. According to figures from its health ministry in israel. Ten people have been killed. Did you know that the health ministry in gaza is run by hamas which also sent out a picture of one of the victims of israel and the israelis were quickly able to document. It's a five year old picture of a little girl who's not even in the area. They're running a propaganda campaign and the media is on the side of terrorists. Is it any wonder nobody believes them. I mean honest to goodness people we got an actual terrorist group trying to wipe out a nation and the media is on their side. The media has picked the bad guy in the bad guy are the israelis because they've internalized Anti-western left wing cinnamon about israel. This is absurd and yet this is where we are. This is why you can't believe our major institutions. Is it any wonder so. Many people are willing to believe conspiracy theories these days. You've got the american media citing with the terrorist group israel even the associated press reporter. Who worked in the hamas building noted gave them a heads up to get out of the building..
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"This conflict than an actor in it a role with consequences for the millions of people trying to comprehend current events including policymakers who depend on journalistic accounts to understand a region where they consistently seek and fail to productively intervene as an essay. I wrote for tablet on this topic in the aftermath of the war sparked intense interest in the article based off page into this part based on my experiences between two thousand six and two thousand eleven as a reporter and editor in the jerusalem bureau of the associated. Press one of the world's largest news organizations. I pointed out the existence of a problem and disgusted in broad terms using staffy numbers. I illustrated the disproportionate media attention devoted to this conflict relative to other stories and gave examples of editorial decisions that appear to be driven by ideological considerations rather than journalistic ones. Now he goes on to say. I'll provide begin with a simple illustration the above photo. There's above photo. It's it's of a is jihad. Al could university in east jerusalem. It's a rally. They're all dressed in black giving nazi salutes. The above photograph is a student. Rally held last. November could university mainstream palestinian institution in east jerusalem the rally in support of the armed fundamentalist group islamic jihad featured playing dead isreaeli soldiers and a row of masked men who stiff arm salute was returned by some of the hundreds of students in attendance. I'm not using the photo to make the case. The palestinians are not ceased. palestinians are not nazis. They are like israelis human beings dealing with difficult situation. I cited it now for a different reason. Such an event university like al qods headed at the time bhai well-known moderate professor and with ties to sister institutions in america indicates. Something about the wind's not blowing in palestinian society and across the world the rally is interesting for visual connections. It makes between radical islam here and elsewhere in the region. A picture like this could help explain. Why many perfectly rational israelis fear withdrawing their military from east jerusalem in the west bank. The image from the demonstrations were as photo editors like to say strong. The event took place a short drive from the homes and offices of hundreds of international journalists based in jerusalem journalists. Were aware of it. The sizable jerusalem bureau of the for example. Which can produce several stories on an average day was in possession of photos. Jerusalem editors decided the image in the rally were not news worthy and the demonstration was only mentioned by the ap weeks later. I mentioned these instances to demonstrate the kinds of decisions being made regularly in the bureaus of the foreign press covering the situation..
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"Cove in 19th, origins, zoologist and president of ICO Health Alliance, Peter Dacic, telling The Associated Press. They focused on animals and the wet market. He's got a bug expert from Japan E spent half an hour looking for that feces. Rat feces, said. This is the sort of stuff you can pick up really quickly get you clear about the market. His group plans to present its findings next week. Alex Stone ABC News, Senator Richard Shelby of Alabama has indicated to some confidence that he doesn't intend to run for re election next year. Some Republicans are urging the chambers fourth most senior member to reconsider. Others are preparing to run for his seat, spokeswoman Blair Taylor says. Shelby has not announced the decision but should make a decision in the coming weeks. Three teenage boys have been charged with the Carjacking Thursday in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side, a 17 year old and 2 15 year olds allegedly carjacked a delivery driver, a gunpoint in the 100 block of North LeMond Avenue. Chicago police say the teens are each charged with aggravated vehicular hijacking. There have been 218 Carjackings reported in Chicago. In January alone, a traveler flying out of O'Hare and heading back to India tried to illegally pass through customs with 3200 erectile dysfunction tablets. Customs and border agents say the £9 of pills worth nearly $100,000 were a generic Viagra brand sold over the counter in Indiana. When the man was asked why he had the pills, he said they were for his friends. WLS news time 605 time for W LS traffic. There are lots of accidents out there. It's getting icy, and it's getting cold and Glendale Heights. We have an accident. Army Trail Road at Bloomingdale Road and Woodridge and Accident 87 Street and Woodward Avenue in DeKalb. Annie Glidden Road North, bound from Trombley to Bethany Road, closed due to ice and snow build up. Now God Quinn, Still seeing those white out conditions to be extra Careful, Long Meadow Parkway, both eastbound and westbound between Huntley Road and Randal Road closed because of the snow in L Burn. Route. 47 both North bound and south, bound between route 38 route, 64 closed due to an accident that is an injury accident involving a jackknife semi Next traffic update in less than 15 minutes. Fever is the leading sign of covert 19 use an accurate thermometer for twice daily checks. Protect your loved ones with the accident. Temporal scanner. It takes an accurate reading in seconds and is the on Lee home thermometer recommended by hospitals, Physicians and clinics. Stay safe with extra gin. On Wall Street. The day the Dow closed up 92 points. NASDAQ Up 70 80 S and P 500 up 15 points. Get news on the hour, the half and when it breaks continuous coverage at wls am dot com.
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"Brian Seaway variants showing up. Ben Thomas within a P news minute. South Carolina is reporting its first known case of the Corona virus variant originally detected in England. The State Health Department says it involves an adult in the low country with an international travel history. This week. The first to US cases of a South African variant were also found in South Carolina. President Biden's chief medical advisor Dr Anthony Fauci, calls the case is a wake up call We as a government, the companies all of us that are in this together. We'll have to be nimble to be able to just adjust readily to make versions of the vaccine that actually are specifically directed towards whatever mutation is actually prevalent at any given time. As of Saturday afternoon, the number of confirmed covert 19 cases in the U. S has topped 26 million. That, according to Johns Hopkins University's tally, more than 438,000 Americans have died. Meantime, a racial disparity has emerged in vaccination efforts, Julie Walker explains. The gap is deeply troubling to some given the Corona virus has taken a disproportionate toll on black and associated Press analysis of the state's releasing data. For example, North Carolina Shows black people make up 22% of the population, but on Lee 11% of vaccine recipients similarly in Maryland, blacks or 30% of the population and get 16% of the shots, experts say there are several factors for the disparity, including inadequate access and distrust because of a history of discrimination. I'm Julie Walker. In other news, South Carolina Republicans have issued a formal censure of Congressman Tom Rice. He was one of 10 GOP representatives who voted in support of the second impeachment of former president Trump. I'm Ben Thomas. AP News Federal data shows the ranks of scientists who carry out environmental research enforcement and other jobs for the government fell sharply under former president Trump Government scientists say many veterans staffers retired, quit or move to other agencies amid pressure from an administration they regarded as hostile to science and beholden to industry. Hundreds of scientists have left the Environmental Protection Agency, the U. S Geological Survey and the U. S Department of Agriculture, hampering everything from enforcing rules against polluters to finishing vital climate research. Drain poses the challenge for President Biden, who must now rebuild a demoralized workforce if he's to meet his promises to protect the environment, tackle climate change and reduce pollution. And Thomas Washington government scientists say many veterans staffers were tired, quit or move to other agencies. Amid pressure from an administration they regarded as hostile to science and beholden to industry. Hundreds of scientists have left the Environmental Protection Agency, the U. S Geological Survey and the U. S Department of Agriculture. Hampering everything from enforcing rules against polluters to finishing vital climate research. The drain poses the challenge for President Biden, who must now rebuild a demoralized workforce if he's to meet his promises to protect the environment, tackle climate change and reduce pollution. And Thomas Washington. Data compiled by Johns Hopkins University shows more than 40,000. People have now died from covert 19 in California, and the rate has been accelerating. It took six months for the state to reach its 1st 10,000 deaths four months to add another 10,000 and then just five weeks. Now the toll has gone from 30,000 to 40,000 in just 20 days. California trails only New York and virus related deaths and appears sure to pass it. Even though new cases and hospitalizations have declined rapidly in the last two weeks, I'm Ben Thomas. Data compiled by Johns Hopkins University shows more than 40,000. People have now died from covert 19 in California. And the rate has been accelerating. It took six months for the state to reach its 1st 10,000 deaths four months to add another 10,000. And then just five weeks now, the toll has gone from 30,000 to 40,000 in just 20 days. California trails only New York and virus related deaths and appears sure to pass it even though new cases in hospitalizations have declined rapidly in the last two weeks. The victims have been young and old, though mostly older, some fit and healthy but many more with an array of underlying medical conditions. I'm Ben Thomas. The steep surge of coronavirus cases in California has begun to taper, but the state has passed a milestone for deaths. Data compiled by Johns Hopkins University shows more than 40,000. People have now died from covert 19 in California, and the rate has been accelerating. It took six months for the state to reach its 1st 10,000 deaths four months to add another 10,000 and then just five weeks. Now the toll has gone from 30,000 to 40,000 in just 20 days. California trails only New York and virus related deaths and appears sure to pass it even though new cases and hospitalizations have declined rapidly in the last two weeks. Victims have been young and old, though mostly older, some fit and healthy but many more with an array of underlying medical conditions. I'm Ben Thomas. The gap is deeply troubling to some given the Corona virus has taken a disproportionate toll on black and associated Press analysis of the state's releasing data. For example, North Carolina shows black people make up 22% of the population. But on Lee 11% of vaccine recipients, while white, sir 68% of the population and 82% of those vaccinated similarly in Maryland, blacks or 30% of the population and get 16% of the shots, while whites are 55% and 67% of those who have gotten shots, experts say there are several factors for the disparity, including inadequate access. And just trust because of a history of discrimination. I'm Julie Walker. I'm Julie Walker. A racial gap has opened in the nation's covert vaccination drive with black Americans in many places lagging behind whites in receiving shots. The gap is deeply troubling to some given the Corona virus has taken a disproportionate toll on black. And associated Press analysis of the state's releasing data. For example, North Carolina shows black people make up 22% of the population, but on Lee 11% of vaccine recipients, while white, sir 68% of the population and 82% of those vaccinated similarly in Maryland, blacks or 30% of the population and get 16% of the shots Lights are 55% and 67% of those who have gotten shots. Experts say there are several factors for the disparity, including inadequate access and distrust because of a history of discrimination. I'm Julie Walker and Associated Press analysis of the state's releasing data. For example, North Carolina shows black people make up 22% of the population but on Lee 11% of vaccine recipients, while white, sir 68% of the population and 82% of those vaccinated similarly in Maryland, blacks or 30% of the population and get 16% of the shots All whites are 55% and 67% of those who have gotten shots. Experts say there are several factors for the disparity, including inadequate access. I'm Julie Walker. AP News for Friday January 29th I'm Tim McGuire, CDC director, Dr Rochelle Wolinsky says coronavirus cases and deaths remain high. We continue to have over four times the daily number of cases as we have over the summer. Public health experts are also wary of the variance of the virus that have been emerging Be sarcoma. Ghani has the story, Dr Anthony Fauci says. It's just what viruses do. But they can on Lee mutate..
WCBM 680 AM
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"Chief law enforcement officer of the House says he's tightening security for traveling lawmakers. The moves come as Congress reassesses safety at a time of surging threats against House members. Even before the Capitol melee on January 6th. Timothy Blodgett is the acting house sergeant at arms. Blodgett says Capitol police officers will station themselves at Washington area airports and the city Union station. Train Depot on busy travel days. Lodge. It also says he set up an online portal so lawmakers can notify the agency about their travel plans. As correspondent Andrew Stewart reporting President Biden paid a visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center yesterday to meet wounded soldiers because welcome to watery national military action. The president was welcomed at Walter Reed, where he met with both active duty and retired service members receiving treatment. He referred to those at the hospital as real heroes, and he thank the staff for their work or you do wonderful work. Really, really After visiting with wounded soldiers that President toured a vaccination center at the facility, Greg Clugston, the White House The predominantly black farming communities of Florida's Lake Okeechobee will get a Corona virus vaccine station all their own. That move comes after the state gave public supermarkets so local distribution rights, leaving lower income families facing drives of 25 miles to reach the nearest store, the state emergency management director, told The Associated Press. It will set up a covert vaccine station in Belle Glade to serve the area. Palm Beach County's black residents are grossly underrepresented among its vaccine recipients. According to the State Health Department. About a third of the county seniors have received at least their first dose. But only 3.5% of those.
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"Championships. That's more than any coach that has ever done it cooks saving. Are you even able to process what that means? Not really. I'm just happy that we won tonight. And I really haven't thought about that because you're always looking forward, and I just love this team so much and what they've been able to do. I can't even put it into words. And there he is the long time Coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide Nick Saving Good morning from R W B A. P s Forces safety lamp. All he does is when he was a winner at Michigan State, where his got his first job as a head coach then and L s U, And since 2007. His home has been in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where Bear Ryan won the national championship. Six times. But saving now has seven titles and probably end up getting one or two more Final. Associated Press Top 25 College football poll should make Texas A and M fans happy. The Aggies ended up fourth. Oklahoma six sexist 19, Texas Tech and TCU fell into the others receiving votes category. No Mavericks Pelicans Game Last night at the American Airlines Center Post bond by the embassy. What they said was to ensure health and safety of players, coaches. And other personnel as contact tracing continues. The Mavericks closed their facility on Sunday when Maxie Club a entered quarantine and did not have a shoot around. Plan before yesterday's game more not sure about their next game, which is set for Wednesday in Charlotte. Whether that will happen or not that you look at sports I'm Steve Lamb. This.
KQED Radio
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"Box podcast Stephen Fowler. Welcome back to the news hour. So what are you hearing? What it what? How are things going today? Well, today has been mostly quiet. There have been very few lines in many of the polling places across the state. There have been very few problems as well. One notable problem. A county had coated the wrong access cards to be able to start up the voting machines. And so they had people vote by paper ballot while they got that fixed. But it's not record setting overwhelming long line turn out across the state, and depending on how you look at it, that could have two very different outcomes. When all is said and done in the polls close. And what do you mean? I mean, I think the conventional wisdom has been that Republicans were counting on a high voter turnout today. Well, that's right. I mean early voting. The Democrats are using absentee ballots more, especially because Republicans and President Trump say you shouldn't trust absentee ballots, so Republicans did need a high turnout and for most of those people turning out today to be Republicans to be competitive. To district that I'm watching is Northwest Order where President Trump had his rally last night they were behind in early voting, and so needed a big turnout today, as well as along the coast, which is another very GOP heavy district. That would be what pushed them over the top. So we saw Stephen Fowler. The Associated Press does so called voters surveys talking to voters in the run up to this election, and we looked at some of the early numbers. We saw that The Democratic vote was very slightly down. We saw that the percentage of blood the black vote was up a couple of points percentage points from what it was in November. You taking anything away from these Early numbers you're seeing. Well. The Democratic Party and both Democratic Senate candidates have put a lot of time and energy and effort into getting out the black vote. There are reliable democratic base in Georgia, and especially in southwest Georgia. It's not a place that candidates typically travel to or spend money, and that's a very, very important constituency. That we see in early voting numbers are showing up to the polls and showing up through absentee ballots at rates similar to what they did in November. And so part of the reason you see the black vote up is because of intentional effort that those campaigns targeted in a race where really, every single vote is gonna count. Stephen Fowler, one of the campaign saying, Are you getting any sense from them about how worried they are, whether they're feeling confident? Well, you know, both campaigns and both sides of campaigns are cautiously optimistic. Nobody feels that this is going to be a blowout for either side. And because there are so many absentee ballots to be counted and so many early votes to be counted, it isn't going to be readily apparent at 701, who is going to be the next U. S. Senators from Georgia. But really, it's going toe turn up. Really. It's going to come down to who doesn't show up today, You know, Democrats need their metropolitan Atlanta area voters to still head to the polls, even though they had an early voting lead and in Northwest George in particular, Republicans need those people to show up, so it's really gonna come down to who didn't get mobilized enough. And again so much focus on Georgia. The president president, United States President Trump is as we all know, has spent so much time and energy pointing to what went wrong in Georgia. Why he He claims, of course, that he wanted November even though he did not. Is there at this point, still a lot of focus on potential irregularities in voting. Absolutely. I mean, we talked to people across the state today there were showing up and voting using in person voting machines, even though they didn't quite trust the system. You have Kelly Leffler, saying just before the Trump rally. She's going to object to the electoral College votes for Georgia. David Perdue, who won't be able to be there because his term ended Sunday also objected. And you have state lawmakers that are already preparing legislation to Rollback voting laws and kind of crackdown on what they see is widespread fraud. Even though our Republican secretary of state says there's no evidence that But but clearly just in the few seconds we have some confusion, surely in the minds of some voters, given all the talk about problems in November, but still asking people to turn out Absolutely. I mean, it's a very conflicting message because before the November election president Trump said, Don't trust absentee by mail. Now they're saying Don't trust the voting machines, and those are the only two ways to vote in Georgia, and that's leading to some people may be staying home. Well, we're going to be watching it closely. I know you are. And we will be coming back to you as we watch these returns. Come in. Stephen Fowler, Georgia Public Broadcasting. Thank you. Thank you. In the day's other news, the U. S death toll.