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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. Texas Governor
Greg Abbott wants the Democrats who fled the state to
stop congressional redistricting to be arrested. The Republican has ordered
the state's Department of Public Safety to arrest House Democrats

(00:21):
who were not present for the special legislative session on Monday.
Abbot says the Democrats behavior makes no sense to him.

Speaker 2 (00:29):
To run to stay site, New York and Illinois to
protest redistricting is kind of like running to Wisconsin to
protest cheese. It's just kind of outrageous.

Speaker 1 (00:37):
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. Sean Diddy Combs
is being denied bail once again. The entertainment mogul was
denied bail for a second time on Monday, with the
orders saying he failed to satisfy his burden to demonstrate
an entitlement to release. Cos was convicted of two counts

(01:01):
of interstate prostitution, but was acquitted of the more serious
federal charges against him. Last month. He's set to be
sentenced on October three. Wall Street is closing sharply lowered
to kick off August trading. Jonathan o'haleran reports.

Speaker 2 (01:16):
It comes after a sell off on Friday that was
sparked over tariff concerns and a poor July jobs report.
Investors are looking ahead for any development in trade talks
between the US and China, as well as more earnings reports.
At the closing bell, the now Jones Industrial Average gaining
five hundred eighty five points to forty four one seventy three,
the SMP five hundred rows by ninety one points to

(01:38):
sixty three twenty nine, and the Nasdaq gaining four hundred
and three points to twenty one oh fifty three. I'm
Jonathan o'hollerin.

Speaker 1 (01:46):
Air quality in parts of the US have been impacted
by smoke from Canadian wildfires. The Upper Midwest and Northeast
are expected to be impacted in two tomorrow. Over seven
hundred wildfires are raging in Canada, and at least state
states from Maine to Wisconsin were under some sort of
air quality alert earlier Monday. I'm Brian Shook the Midtown

(02:07):
Manhattan office building where a mass shooting took place a
week ago, is back open for the first time. Scott
Pringle has the details.

Speaker 3 (02:16):
Blackstone is offering counseling to employees who have the option
of coming back to the office at three forty five
Park Avenue after a gunman shot and killed a company
executive and three others in the building last Monday. A
memo by Blackstone says the company is working with the
NYPD and outside contractors to reinforce. Security. Authorities believe the
gunman was not targeting Blackstone, but rather going after the NFL,

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which has headquarters on a different floor.

Speaker 1 (02:40):
Scott Pringle reporting actress Lonnie Anderson, who played Jennifer Marlowe
on WKRP in Cincinnati, has died. Michael Cassner has the story.
It's probably gonna be a long meeting, though, So why
don't get coffee for all the guys here?

Speaker 4 (02:53):
I don't get coffee, mister Carlson.

Speaker 2 (02:55):
We agree, you have to draw the line somewhere.

Speaker 4 (03:00):
Role on the popular CBS sitcom earned Anderson nominations for
three Golden Globe Awards and two Emmy Awards. She was
married four times, including to fellow actor Burt Reynolds. That
marriage ended in a divorce. It was splashed across the
pages of the tabloids. She died at a hospital in
Los Angeles after a battle with a prolonged illness. According
to her publicist, will there be anything else I can do?

Speaker 1 (03:23):
No hanging about this, No thank you.

Speaker 4 (03:27):
Ronnie Anderson was seventy nine. I'm Michael Cassner.

Speaker 1 (03:31):
American Eagle is defending a recent ad campaign featuring Sidney Sweeney.
The actress appeared in various commercials with the tagline Sidney
Sweeney has Great Genes as a biology pun around the
phrase great genes. It sparked criticism online, with some users
even comparing it to Nazi propaganda. However, American Eagle defended

(03:53):
the ed campaign and shared a statement on social media
noting that the company will continue to celebrate how everyone
wears their AE jeans with confidence. I'm Brian Shook.