1 00:00:00,880 --> 00:00:03,640 Speaker 1: This is your twenty four to seven use update the 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:06,320 Speaker 1: latest views this hour in just four minutes. 3 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:11,799 Speaker 2: Flyers across the US are dealing with bad weather and 4 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 2: long lines. Delays and cancelations are starting to pile up 5 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:17,800 Speaker 2: as a line of thunderstorms hit the East Coast as 6 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:21,280 Speaker 2: far south as Florida. Flight Aware reports over eleven hundred 7 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:24,120 Speaker 2: flights have been canceled at last check, with over eight 8 00:00:24,239 --> 00:00:28,520 Speaker 2: thousand delays. Meanwhile, major airports are reporting long security lines 9 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:31,920 Speaker 2: due to the partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. 10 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:35,520 Speaker 2: TSA says its agents are fully stretched as they work 11 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:39,560 Speaker 2: without pay. The Federal Reserves two day policy meeting began today. 12 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:42,920 Speaker 2: The Central Bank is widely expected to hold its benchmark 13 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 2: interest rate unchanged when it wraps up the meeting tomorrow. 14 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:49,239 Speaker 2: FED Chair Jerome Palell will hold a press conference following 15 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 2: the announcement. His remarks will be coming just days after 16 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:55,520 Speaker 2: a federal judge block subpoenas served against him by the 17 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 2: Justice Department related to a renovation management probe. This all 18 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 2: comes as President Trump has continued to pressure Powell to 19 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:07,240 Speaker 2: more aggressively lower interest rates. US Attorney General Pam Bondi 20 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:10,800 Speaker 2: is being ordered to testify about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. 21 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 2: House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer issued the subpoena today. 22 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 2: It requires Bondy to appear for a deposition on April fourteenth. 23 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:19,959 Speaker 2: Here's Mark Mayfield. 24 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:22,480 Speaker 1: The motion passed on a twenty four to nineteen vote, 25 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:25,400 Speaker 1: with five Republicans voting in favor of the subpoena. That 26 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 1: group included Representative Nancy Maso South Carolina, who introduced the motion. 27 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:32,040 Speaker 1: In a post on X, Mace wrote ag Bondi claims 28 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:34,400 Speaker 1: the dog has released all of the Epstein files. 29 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:35,560 Speaker 3: The record is clear. 30 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 1: They have not. Based went on to say the Epstein 31 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 1: case is one of the greatest cover ups in American history. 32 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:41,240 Speaker 1: By Mark Mayfield. 33 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 2: President Trump's top counter terrorism official is stepping down from 34 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:47,200 Speaker 2: his post amid the war in Iran. In a post 35 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 2: on X, National counter Terrorism Center Director Joe Kent said, quote, 36 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:54,640 Speaker 2: he cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. 37 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:58,000 Speaker 2: He added, Iran po's no imminent threat to our nation, 38 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 2: and it is clear that we started this war due 39 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 2: to pressure from Israel. President Trump responded, saying it was 40 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 2: a good thing that he's out. I'm Lisa Carton the 41 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 2: MTA and New York are suing the Trump administration over 42 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 2: its Second Avenue funding freeze. Sarah Lee Kessler reports they're. 43 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 4: Taking legal action to force the FES to release nearly 44 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:22,280 Speaker 4: sixty million dollars in congressionally approved funding for the Second 45 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 4: Avenue subway, frozen since October. The lawsuit claiming breach of contract. 46 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:30,519 Speaker 4: The seven billion dollar project would extend the Q Line 47 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:32,959 Speaker 4: from ninety sixth Street to one hundred and twenty fifth 48 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 4: Street in East Harlem. Governor Kathy Hockel says the funding 49 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:40,480 Speaker 4: freeze threatens the jobs of thousands of union workers and 50 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 4: the commutes of one hundred thousand writers. 51 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:45,960 Speaker 2: In North Carolina, the death penalty is on the table 52 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:49,239 Speaker 2: for the shooting death of a Greensboro police officer. Scott 53 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:50,520 Speaker 2: Kimbler reports a. 54 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 3: Judge heard from prosecutors, family members, and many others regarding 55 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 3: whether prosecutors should be able to seek the death penalty 56 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 3: for Chreal McMillan. He is accused of shooting police officer 57 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:04,119 Speaker 3: Michael Horan inside of a food lion on Christmas Eve 58 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 3: of twenty twenty four. Fox eight reports a judge agreed, 59 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:09,359 Speaker 3: but is not yet set a Triald eight. 60 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:12,680 Speaker 2: A school district in one Texas town is banning six 61 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:15,640 Speaker 2: hundred books from the high school library. The list includes 62 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 2: ones written by John Steinbeck and William Shakespeare, as well 63 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:22,640 Speaker 2: as celebrity authors like Prince Harry, Tom Hanks, and will Ferrell. 64 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:26,120 Speaker 3: The developing systems that often sweep up books that have 65 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 3: really no controversial. 66 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:30,519 Speaker 2: Content at all. Frank Strong, with the Texas Freedom to 67 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 2: Read Projects, says that in the case of the New 68 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 2: Braunfell's school district, they used AI to find books that 69 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 2: may have adult content. Some that were flagged, he says, 70 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:43,000 Speaker 2: were actually part of ap coursework. And a new study 71 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 2: finds listening to music at least twenty four minutes in 72 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 2: a day may significantly decrease anxiety. The study, done at 73 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 2: Toronto Metropolitan University, involved one hundred and forty four adults 74 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 2: with anxiety and on medication. They listen to music for 75 00:03:57,480 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 2: different lengths of time, and researchers concluded that twenty four 76 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 2: minutes was the key to lessening anxiety. I'm Lisa Carton.