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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Bion News This hour, Doug Davis coming up, former chair
of the CBC, and black US Representative Stephen Horsford corners
Treasurer Secretary Scott Besson in a battle over Trump's Big
Beautiful Bill, and we'll hear how Kamala Harris is balancing
her stance on justice and law enforcement as unrest in
LA intensifies. But first, here's bin news.

Speaker 2 (00:21):
Now Marines are deploying to Los Angeles within forty eight hours,
joining twenty one hundred National Guard troops amid violent anti
ice protests. Major General Sherman says they'll support, not police.

Speaker 3 (00:32):
They're allowed to temporarily detain and wait for law enforcement
to come and arrest them.

Speaker 2 (00:39):
US Northern Command confirmed the move Wednesday night. The family
of civil rights icon Medigar evers As opposing a Pentagon
plan to rename a Navy ship honoring him. The USNS
Medigar Evers, christened in twenty eleven by his widow, is
doct in San Diego, California. Defense Secretary Hexath calls the
move part of a fight against wokeness in the military
and TikTok star Kabby Lam has left the US after

(01:01):
being detained by Ice in Las Vegas for overstaying his visa.
The Senegalese Italian influencer avoided deportation and departed voluntarily. Gidbi
in News Now on Demand twenty four to seven on
the iHeartRadio app. Now back to Doug Davis.

Speaker 1 (01:15):
Hey, thanks Breed. The political battle on Capitol Hill over
the Big Beautiful Bill turned contentious when black Novada US
Representative Stephen Horsford grilled Treasurer Secretary Scott Besson before the
House Ways and Means Committee.

Speaker 3 (01:27):
Does taking healthcare away from sixteen million Americans lower prices
for for working families?

Speaker 4 (01:33):
Yes?

Speaker 1 (01:33):
Or no?

Speaker 3 (01:34):
I'm not sure what that question means. The Big Beautiful
Bill again, which household cost?

Speaker 1 (01:43):
I disagree with the characterization, so.

Speaker 3 (01:45):
The answer is no. Under the bill, who gets the
most benefits A billionaire with a complex tax return or
a working parent with one w.

Speaker 2 (01:55):
Two working families will have a gread.

Speaker 3 (01:58):
In fact, mister Secretary, every credible outside estimator says that
the wealthiest win under this proposal and working people in
the poor loose.

Speaker 1 (02:07):
Strange exchange underscores the deep frustrations among black and working
class voters who are almost convinced that the wealthy will
benefit off the backs of hard working, struggling Americans if
the big beautiful bill is past. And in a rather
stunning political moment, Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small's, the African
American leader who was staring at charges of child abuse,
recently defeated Democratic challenger Bob mcdebitt in a Democratic primary.

(02:31):
Despite the controversy, voters rallied around Small for his leadership
as the city has witnessed a major reduction in crime
and an improved economic climate. But what are his thoughts
around the charges of abusing his teenage daughter. He tells
NBC ten, the allegations are just that we are parents,
first and foremost, just because that I'm the marriage, he's
the superintendent.

Speaker 4 (02:51):
I'm not the first father that's going to have problems
with their teenage daughter, and I'm not going to be
the last father. And the ironic thing is that I've
been a parent to many, many many kids in his
community for many many years. Before becoming a full time mayor,
I was a full time youth professional.

Speaker 1 (03:07):
Small ads that the allegations have not stopped him from
performing for his constituents.

Speaker 4 (03:12):
I was taught to earn everything, and we definitely earn
everything that we have. I've earned another opportunity to service
the residents here in the great city of Atlantic City.
With all of the things that we said that we
want to do, we got done.

Speaker 1 (03:24):
Voters will soon make the decision if small charges against
his daughter overshadow the work he's put in to improve
the lives of residents. And finally, Black Californians have always
fought for justice, from the Watts riots to Rodney King,
they have always demanded change. Now it's LA's protests against
Trump's deportation efforts escalate. Kamala Harris is standing somewhat at

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the crossroads. Does she still have the back of her people?
Harris believes that most of the protesters are peaceful, but
Republican critics are pushing back, accusing her of downplaying the
destruction made by a few bad actors, and behind closed doors,
Harris is proportedly in strategic talks with Mayor Karen Bass
and Governor Gavin Newsom over de escalation tactics, and Black

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I'm Doug Davis for the Black Information network