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Number One. Donald. Trump's

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New York Criminal Trial got heated

0:59

yesterday. Keith. Davidson is

1:01

a Los Angeles lawyer who represented

1:04

the adult film actress Stormy Daniels.

1:06

He. Brokered a deal and twenty sixteen to

1:08

keep her alleged affair with the former

1:10

President secret ahead of that election. And.

1:13

Yesterday he was cross examined by

1:15

Trump's attorneys. The. Characterized him

1:17

as an unscrupulous lawyer whose actions

1:19

bordered on extortion. That made

1:22

things a little contentious in the courtroom. The.

1:24

Defensive strategy is to try and cast

1:26

Trump as a victim rather than a

1:29

hush money schemer. Also.

1:31

Yesterday, the judge held another hearing about

1:33

whether or not Trump has continued to

1:35

violate a court gag order. Trump's.

1:37

Layers asked what kind of things the President

1:39

could post on social media related to the

1:42

case. The. Judge replied that they

1:44

should tell their client. When in doubt,

1:46

steer clear. The. Trial continues this

1:48

morning. Jersey. Could hear testimony

1:50

from former White House official Hope Hicks as

1:53

soon as today. Number

1:57

Two, House Republicans launched.

2:00

The To investigations into college

2:02

protests. For. Different G

2:04

O P committee chairs are going

2:06

after pro Palestinian campus activism. They're.

2:09

Doing it to highlight the hot button issue ahead

2:11

of the election. And they're

2:13

accusing protesters against the Israel Gaza

2:15

War of anti semitism and lawlessness.

2:18

Critics. Warn their efforts Threatened free

2:21

speech. Earlier this week,

2:23

house republicans James Comber and Lauren

2:25

Billboard visited the student encampment at

2:27

George Washington University in Dc. Here's.

2:30

Some of what Burt said. Federal

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funding good fights. More than

2:47

two thousand one hundred protesters

2:49

have now been arrested nationwide

2:51

in police crackdown. Yesterday

2:54

police and body armor fired stun

2:56

grenades and flattened tense at u

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the L A enchantment. And

3:00

New York Police said one of their

3:03

officers accidentally fired a gun while searching

3:05

a building at Columbia University earlier this

3:07

week. In. Remarks yesterday:

3:09

President Biden urge student protesters

3:11

to remain peaceful. The.

3:18

U S could hit and employment

3:20

moonstone today. But or third story.

3:23

The. Bureau of Labor Statistics will be

3:25

releasing it's April Jobs Report this morning.

3:28

And. Economists predict it will continue to

3:30

so a booming labor market. The.

3:32

Unemployment rate is expected to remain

3:34

under four percent for the Twenty

3:36

Seventh statement. The kind of

3:38

streak was last recorded during a period between

3:41

Nineteen Sixty Seven to Nineteen Seventy. And.

3:43

It's closing in on the longest period

3:45

of low unemployment on record. That.

3:47

Was between nineteen sixty one to nineteen Fifty

3:50

Ti. The. Overall strength of

3:52

the labor market and hotter than

3:54

expected inflation means the Federal Reserve

3:56

make continue to leave interest rates

3:58

unchanged. That. Ppt prefer

4:01

if he could begin cutting interest

4:03

rates destiny. Number

4:08

for. A fuckin' falling

4:10

whistleblower has died. Da.

4:12

Sua Dean was a former quality

4:14

auditor at Spirit Era System, which

4:16

is a Boeing supplier. He

4:19

alleged he was fired from his job

4:21

in retaliation for raising concerns about the

4:23

troubled Seven Thirty Seven Max jet. He

4:26

died on Tuesday after a brief illness

4:28

that's according to press reports and social

4:30

media posts from family members. To

4:33

Seattle Times reported it was a

4:35

sudden fast spreading infection. It

4:37

comes just months after another Boeing

4:40

whistleblower died and march. Boeing.

4:42

Manufacturing process has come under increasing

4:45

scrutiny after a series of accidents

4:47

involving the pin. Number

4:54

Five. Last month was

4:56

the hottest April on record. It

4:59

was the eleventh consecutive month to

5:01

surpass global Heat records. And

5:03

is the latest sign that earth

5:05

has entered inserted climate territory. Be.

5:08

Unprecedented surge could lane soon,

5:10

but only slightly. The. Change

5:13

from and El nino to a lot

5:15

nino weather pattern could slow down the

5:17

worrying trend. But temperatures would

5:19

still remain far above what was

5:21

once considered normal because of human

5:23

caused global warming. The. Planet

5:25

suffered more of the effects of climate

5:27

change last month. West Africa

5:29

and Southeast Asia experienced brutal heat

5:32

days. In. Some areas from

5:34

India to the Philippines temperature Thurs

5:36

up to one hundred and twenty

5:38

degrees. Russian

5:48

state media is ramping up it's

5:51

presence. On tic toc. New.

5:53

Research comes from the Brookings Institution.

5:56

It found that Russian state affiliated

5:58

accounts are posing more English. The

6:00

Spanish videos to the popular video

6:02

platform. And they've doubled engagement

6:04

with their post since last year.

6:07

The. Post include attacks on President

6:09

Biden, Israel policy and his aides.

6:12

They also promote far right commentator

6:15

Tucker Carlson's Russia coverage. All.

6:17

Of this is a way for Russia to

6:19

influence young voters ahead of the presidential election.

6:22

Researchers. Predict the effort will accelerate

6:24

as the November election nears. Tomorrow.

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Is the one hundred and fifty running of

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the Kentucky Derby. There's a lot

6:37

at stake in the first leg of horse

6:39

racing Triple Crown. There. Will be

6:41

two million dollars more prize money up for

6:43

grabs than there was in Twenty Twenty Three.

6:46

The. Race winner will snatch three point

6:48

one million dollars. Horses.

6:50

Cold Fierceness and Sierra Leone

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are the race favorites. Although

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the letter got a difficult starting position,

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