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Speaker 1: This is your twenty four to seven use update the latest use this hour In just four minutes.
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Speaker 2: The federal government remained shut down for a third day now. Rory O'Neill reports.
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Speaker 3: On Capitol Hill. Political leaders continue to blame one another for the ongoing government shutdown. A Washington Post bowl shows forty seven percent of Americans blame President Trump and Congressional Republicans for the shutdown. Thirty percent blame Democrats, with twenty three percent of Americans unsure. Meanwhile, President Trump and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget are looking at firing thousands of federal employees to downsize the government. I'm Rory O'Neil.
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Speaker 2: This is the day Taylor Swift fans have been waiting for. Her name was Kitty had a Money Be pop stars twelfth album, The Life of a Showgirl, is out now. In her first social media post after the album release, Swift wrote that she can't tell you how proud I am to share this with you, an album that feels so right. The always closely watched monthly Jobs Report will not be released this morning. The Bureau of Labor Statistics was set to publish the official government report, but with a shutdown underway. It's being delayed that leaves the payroll processing Company. ADP's employment report is the only jobs data out this week, and it was weak, showing a loss of thirty two thousand jobs. In September, part of the largest oil refinery on the West Coast caught fire in Los Angeles County after a large explosion on Thursday night. More from Mark Mayfield.
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Speaker 1: The massive Chevron refinery processes over a quarter of a million gallons of crude oil every day. The fire was burning a couple of miles south of Los Angeles International Airport, but the flames were not impacting airport operations. The refinery is located in El Segundo, and that towns mayor says there are no injuries and no evacuations were ordered. Officials have briefed California Governor Gavin Newsom. Neighbors say that heard an explosion just before the fire broke out at around nine pm.
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Speaker 2: I'm Michael Kassner. The Trump administration is freezing about eighteen billion dollars in federal funding for two enormous infrastructure projects in the New York City area. Scott Pringle reports.
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Speaker 4: The federal money is on hold for the Second Avenue Subway extension and the Gateway Tunnel project, and those are in the home state of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakim Jeffries. New York Congressman Adriano Espayat is fuming.
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Speaker 2: It is a tremendous economic development.
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Speaker 5: Project and a job producer.
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Speaker 3: What week leadership from the White House.
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Speaker 4: New York Assemblyman Edward Gibbs, calling it retaliation. The White House Office of Management and Budget Director said that money has been put on hold to ensure funding is not flowing based on unconstitutional dei principles.
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Speaker 2: California Governor Gavin Newsom is signing two bills into law that curbed the political influence of billionaires in California Phil Hewlett.
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Speaker 5: Newsom signed the pair of bills that he said as protect the elections by focusing on keeping dirty money out of California's democracy and restricting billionaires from buying elections. One bill places a measure on the November twenty twenty six ballot to repeal the ban on public financing of elections in California. The other criminalizes offering payments and other valuable items to incentivize voting or voter registration. Currently, it is not a crime to pay someone to register to vote.
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Speaker 2: Almost half of Americans say groceries are becoming harder to afford compared to a year ago. More from Matt Mattinson.
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Speaker 1: According to a new Harris Axios Vibes poll, forty seven percent of respondents said groceries are harder to afford, compared to thirty four percent who said it's about the same and nineteen percent who said groceries are easier to afford now. When looking along party lines, the majority of both Democrats and Independents said groceries are harder to afford, while only thirty four percent of Republicans said.
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Speaker 3: The same findings also show that about eight to ten Americans believe President Trump has significant influence over the economy of Michael Kastner
Speaker 1: This is your twenty four to seven use update the latest use this hour In just four minutes.
00:00:08
Speaker 2: The federal government remained shut down for a third day now. Rory O'Neill reports.
00:00:14
Speaker 3: On Capitol Hill. Political leaders continue to blame one another for the ongoing government shutdown. A Washington Post bowl shows forty seven percent of Americans blame President Trump and Congressional Republicans for the shutdown. Thirty percent blame Democrats, with twenty three percent of Americans unsure. Meanwhile, President Trump and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget are looking at firing thousands of federal employees to downsize the government. I'm Rory O'Neil.
00:00:42
Speaker 2: This is the day Taylor Swift fans have been waiting for. Her name was Kitty had a Money Be pop stars twelfth album, The Life of a Showgirl, is out now. In her first social media post after the album release, Swift wrote that she can't tell you how proud I am to share this with you, an album that feels so right. The always closely watched monthly Jobs Report will not be released this morning. The Bureau of Labor Statistics was set to publish the official government report, but with a shutdown underway. It's being delayed that leaves the payroll processing Company. ADP's employment report is the only jobs data out this week, and it was weak, showing a loss of thirty two thousand jobs. In September, part of the largest oil refinery on the West Coast caught fire in Los Angeles County after a large explosion on Thursday night. More from Mark Mayfield.
00:01:38
Speaker 1: The massive Chevron refinery processes over a quarter of a million gallons of crude oil every day. The fire was burning a couple of miles south of Los Angeles International Airport, but the flames were not impacting airport operations. The refinery is located in El Segundo, and that towns mayor says there are no injuries and no evacuations were ordered. Officials have briefed California Governor Gavin Newsom. Neighbors say that heard an explosion just before the fire broke out at around nine pm.
00:02:03
Speaker 2: I'm Michael Kassner. The Trump administration is freezing about eighteen billion dollars in federal funding for two enormous infrastructure projects in the New York City area. Scott Pringle reports.
00:02:15
Speaker 4: The federal money is on hold for the Second Avenue Subway extension and the Gateway Tunnel project, and those are in the home state of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakim Jeffries. New York Congressman Adriano Espayat is fuming.
00:02:28
Speaker 2: It is a tremendous economic development.
00:02:31
Speaker 5: Project and a job producer.
00:02:34
Speaker 3: What week leadership from the White House.
00:02:36
Speaker 4: New York Assemblyman Edward Gibbs, calling it retaliation. The White House Office of Management and Budget Director said that money has been put on hold to ensure funding is not flowing based on unconstitutional dei principles.
00:02:48
Speaker 2: California Governor Gavin Newsom is signing two bills into law that curbed the political influence of billionaires in California Phil Hewlett.
00:02:57
Speaker 5: Newsom signed the pair of bills that he said as protect the elections by focusing on keeping dirty money out of California's democracy and restricting billionaires from buying elections. One bill places a measure on the November twenty twenty six ballot to repeal the ban on public financing of elections in California. The other criminalizes offering payments and other valuable items to incentivize voting or voter registration. Currently, it is not a crime to pay someone to register to vote.
00:03:26
Speaker 2: Almost half of Americans say groceries are becoming harder to afford compared to a year ago. More from Matt Mattinson.
00:03:32
Speaker 1: According to a new Harris Axios Vibes poll, forty seven percent of respondents said groceries are harder to afford, compared to thirty four percent who said it's about the same and nineteen percent who said groceries are easier to afford now. When looking along party lines, the majority of both Democrats and Independents said groceries are harder to afford, while only thirty four percent of Republicans said.
00:03:53
Speaker 3: The same findings also show that about eight to ten Americans believe President Trump has significant influence over the economy of Michael Kastner
