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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest use this hour. In just four minutes, the Texas
State House has come into session with Democrats absent. Governor
Greg Abbott set a deadline for them to return, and
he threatened to remove them if they didn't.

Speaker 2 (00:19):
I believe they have forfeited their seats in the state
legislcture because they're not doing the job.

Speaker 1 (00:24):
With most Democrats absent, the GOP majority approved emotion allowing
the Speaker of the House to issue civil arrest warrants
for the lawmakers who fled the state. With the Democrats gone,
the GOP is unable to vote to redraw the map
that would give them five more pickup opportunities ahead of
twenty twenty six The Texas House will reconvene tomorrow to

(00:47):
determine the next steps. The Department of Justice is convening
a grand jury in the Russia election probe. Fox News
says Attorney General Pam Bondi has signed off on the move.
It comes after Director of National Intelligence Tulsei Gabbard released
new documents she said proves former Obama officials tried to
sabotage President Trump in the twenty sixteen election. Tourists from

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certain countries could soon have to pay up to a
fifteen thousand dollars bond for a visa to enter the US.
Chris Carraggio reports.

Speaker 3 (01:19):
That's according to multiple reports citing a notice sent to
State Department employees today. Under the program, visa applicants from
countries with high overstay rates would be required to pay
a five thousand, ten thousand, or fifteen thousand dollars bond.
Travelers will get their money back if they leave the
US within their visa's given time span. A twelve month

(01:39):
pilot program is expected to launch in two weeks. I'm
Chris Krajio.

Speaker 1 (01:43):
Wall Street is closing with stock sharply higher. It comes
after a sell off Friday that was sparked over tariff
concerns and a poor July jobs report. The Dow Jones
gained five hundred and eighty five points to forty four
one seventy three, the S and P rows by ninety
one points, sixty three to twenty nine, and the Nastak
gained four hundred three points to twenty one oh fifty three.

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I'm Brian Shook official save potential engine failure led to
a United Airlines pilot declaring May day. According to United Airlines,
last month, a Boeing seven eighty seven aircraft carrying two
hundred nineteen passengers and eleven crew members had to return
to Washington Dulles International Airport to address some mechanical issue.

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The pilot declared May day before managing to land the
plane safely. Almost sixty percent of millennials and gen Zers
blame their social life for hurting their financial goals. Tammy
Trehillo explains.

Speaker 4 (02:40):
A new survey from Ali Bank also found that forty
two percent of them report overspending on their social budget
several months out of the year. ALI survey revealed most
American adults covet social time, with nearly seventy percent saying
they meet with friends in person at least once a week.
On average, they spent about two hundred and fifty dollars
a month on social activities. Fewer than one in five
say they have a strict budget for activities with friends.

Speaker 1 (03:03):
Today we celebrate National Coast Guard Day and it's more
than fifty one thousand members nationwide. Pre Tennis has more.

Speaker 2 (03:11):
The Coastguard was commissioned in seventeen ninety by President George
Washington with ten high speed at the time, sailing ships
with armed personnel to enforce tariffs and stop smuggling along
our coasts. Today there's more than two hundred and fifty
super high speed vessels on the water and there is
a Hollywood connection. They count Humphrey Bogart, Walter Cronkite, and

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Lloyd and Jeff Bridges as past members.

Speaker 1 (03:35):
I'm pre Tennis, the mascot for the NHL Seattle Kraken,
was chased by a grizzly bear while shooting a promotional video.
Cracking Forward. John Hayden and the mascot Bowie, were in
a river fishing when a grizzly entered the water on
the other side of the river. A video posted two
act showed them walking away from the bear, but the

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bear followed and began to chase them before it turned away,
allowing the pair to safely make it to the other
side of the river. I'm Brian Shook