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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

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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

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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. Congresswoman Nancy

(02:08):
Mace is launching a bid for South Carolina governor. She
made it official during her release on her personal website
Sunday with a video titled Huge Maga Announcement. A poll
released by the South Carolina Policy Council last month shows
Mace receiving sixteen percent support from Republican identifying voters. The
California Department of Justice is reminding gun owners background check

(02:32):
rules remain in effect for now. Dina Kodiak explains.

Speaker 3 (02:36):
The reminder follows a federal appeals court decision to overturn
a law requiring background checks for ammunition purchases. The Ninth
Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the state's law, in
place since twenty sixteen, restricts people's right to bear arms.
It mandates in person sales through licensed dealers and bands
online purchases. The DOJS as there are several steps that

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need to happen before any changes take place.

Speaker 1 (02:59):
A man under arrest after Colorado State Patrol troopers say
he pointed a laser at the cockpits of commercial jetliners.
David Kale reports troopers in a State Patrol aircraft reported
to ground cruisers they were also being targeted.

Speaker 4 (03:15):
Hey, I want to the working this up. We're getting
lasered by a dude with a little green laser pointer,
and we're trying to get somebody to rest these days.

Speaker 5 (03:25):
The aircraft Patrol was able to follow a vehicle in
Commerce City, tracking it to troopers on the ground. Forty
one year old Jose Alonzo Duarte Campos was arrested on
felony charges. I'm David Kale.

Speaker 1 (03:38):
Almost sixty percent of millennials and gen zers blamed their
social life for hurting their financial goals. A new survey
from ally Bank also found that forty two percent of
them report overspending on their social budgets several months out
of the year. The survey also revealed most American adults
covet social time, with nearly seventy percent saying they meet

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with friends in person at least once a week. I'm
Brian Shook.