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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.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
Israel appears to be on track with a plan to
take full control of the Gaza Strip. More from Mark Mayfield.

Speaker 3 (00:16):
Local media reports that a source in Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu's office since the decision has been made, and that
the Palestinian militant group Hamas will not release the remaining
hostages taken in twenty twenty three unless the area comes
under full Israeli occupation. The company's security cabinet is set
to me to discuss the next steps in the war,
which started after a deadly Hamas attack on Israel. There

(00:37):
are believed to be some fifty hostages still in Gaza,
and Israel thinks that more than half of.

Speaker 4 (00:42):
Those are dead.

Speaker 2 (00:43):
Texas House Democrats have successfully halted the state legislature by
fleeing to other states. It's blocking not only a Republican
back Rey District king map, but also Governor Greg Abbott's
eighteen items special session agenda. With no quorum, the GOP
is unable to advance plans that could add up to
five Republican congressional seats before the twenty twenty six midterms,

(01:06):
Sean Diddy Combs will stay behind bars for now. The
entertainment mogul was denied bail for a second time on Monday,
with the order saying he failed to satisfy his burden
to demonstrate an entitlement to release. Combs was convicted of
two counts of interstate prostitution, but was acquitted of the
more serious federal charges against him last month. Their names

(01:27):
may be in the headlines, but a new Gallup survey
finds many newsmakers aren't very popular. More from Rory O'Neil.

Speaker 1 (01:34):
When asked about fourteen high profile newsmakers, most Americans didn't
have nice things to say. A new Gallup survey found
only three of the fourteen had favorable views Senator Bernie Sanders,
President Vladimir Zelinsky, and Pope Leo, who topped the poll
with a net positive of forty six. Former President Biden
and Vice President jd Vance were both minus eleven, President

(01:57):
Trump a net negative sixteen, and Tesla's Elon at the
bottom at minus twenty eight.

Speaker 2 (02:02):
Before the opening bell s and P five hundred futures
are inching higher. I'm Michael Kassner. The Kiffert Fire on
California Central Coast has burned more than seventy two thousand
acres of land and remains three percent contained. More from
Daniel Martindale.

Speaker 5 (02:15):
The fire has been burning since Friday afternoon in the
Los Padres National Forest northeast of Santa Maria. Evacuation orders
were expanded on Monday as the fire continues to grow.
Highway one sixty six is shut down between Highway one
oh one and the southern junction of Highway thirty three.
At least three people have been injured as a result
of the fire.

Speaker 2 (02:34):
Firefighters continue to battle growing wildfires in the West to
Smoke from hundreds of Canadian wildfires wafts over parts of
the Midwest and East Shaquille Brewster with more.

Speaker 6 (02:43):
Today actually marking one month since the start of the
Dragon Bravo Fire that's closed down the northern rim of
the Grand Canyon and has now become the largest fire
in the United States.

Speaker 2 (02:55):
Updated figures this morning show the Dragon Bravo Fire has
now burned more than one one hundred and twenty three
thousand acres. The Boeing Machinist's strike is in day two,
with neither side ready to resume negotiations. The Machinist Union
says there are no talks currently scheduled between Boeing and
the union, which represents over three thousand workers at three
facilities in the Saint Louis area. Boeing says its facilities

(03:19):
are still open but will not be building products at
normal rates. A new Colorado State University study shows children
may sleep less and experience worse sleep quality when their
parents are under increased stress temiitrichillo at details.

Speaker 4 (03:33):
Researchers found the more stress parents carried over time, the
more it affected their children's rest and hormone regulation. In
some cases, kids begin sleeping more to adapt, though experts
say that also comes with negative side effects. The study
track daily patterns and found the most impact when parental
stress levels rose day by day.

Speaker 2 (03:52):
And The National Zoo in d C is celebrating the
birthday of Chinese panda Boo Lee. The zoo gave the
four year old panda froze and fruit birthday cake to
mark the occasion yesterday. A'm Michael Kassner