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Speaker 3: You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.

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Speaker 4: Well you made it to Friday. Congratulations. Welcome Ben Ferguson

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Speaker 4: with you, and you're listening to the forty seven Morning Update,

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Speaker 4: and we've got three big stories for you. First up,

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Speaker 4: Donald Trump is going all in on government reforms after

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Speaker 4: the tragic plane crash in Washington, d C. At Reagan

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Speaker 4: I'll explain that and have the audio for you as well.

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Speaker 4: And finally, Donald Trump is not flinching moving on tariffs

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Speaker 3: Story number one.

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Speaker 4: Tragedy struck on Wednesday evening as an American Airlines passenger

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Speaker 4: jet flight fifty three forty two from Kansas collided midair

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Speaker 4: this way, FAA turned away qualified air traffic controllers based

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Speaker 1: Point out that various articles that appeared prior to my

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Speaker 1: That is amazing. And then it says FAA says people

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Speaker 4: Thursday was a massive day on Capitol Hill for Donald

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Speaker 5: Right now, will you guarantee do what every other major

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Speaker 5: Oh I thought that that would no. I ran for

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Speaker 5: From workers all over this country. Workers, you were this,

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Speaker 4: Adam Schiff, the Senator Democrat from California, many of you

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Speaker 6: I want you to turn around. They're Capitol Police officers

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Speaker 6: Tell them. You're proud of what you did, mister Butttel.

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Speaker 6: I've never, never, ever accepted violence against law enforcement.

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Speaker 4: Donald Trump promised that he was going to make sure

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Speaker 1: And I'll be putting the tariff of twenty five percent

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Speaker 4: He says higher tariffs will incentivize companies to invest in

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Speaker 4: When it came to these trade deficits, Donald Trump clearly

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