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Speaker 2: In just four minutes, nearly seventy people across five counties
Speaker 2: are confirmed dead following severe flooding in central Texas. Kirk
Speaker 2: County Sheriff Larry Leitha revised the death toll to fifty
Speaker 2: nine in his county alone at this morning's news conference.
Speaker 3: We continue to work around the clock and reunite these families.
Speaker 2: We will continue to search until everybody is found. Recovery
Speaker 2: efforts are still continuing for the missing victims, which include
Speaker 2: eleven children from Camp Mystic. President Trump says he signed
Speaker 2: a major Disaster declaration for Kirk County, Texas, amid the
Speaker 2: deadly flooding. In a post on truth Social this morning,
Speaker 2: Trump said the action will ensure that first responders have
Speaker 2: access to resources they need. As recovery efforts continue, officials
Speaker 2: are keeping a close eye on the weather, with more
Speaker 2: heavy rain possible today across central Texas. Former Treasury Secretary
Speaker 2: Larry Summer is taking aim at President Trump's newly signed
Speaker 2: Big Beautiful Bill. Appearing on ABC's This Week, Summers said
Speaker 2: the GOP megabill is a step in the wrong direction
Speaker 2: for the country.
Speaker 3: This is a shameful act by our Congress and by
Speaker 3: our president that is going to set our country back.
Speaker 2: The legislation includes over four trillion dollars in tax reductions,
Speaker 2: which the administration claims will benefit working class Americans. Top
Speaker 2: Democrats posted their reactions on social media, with Senator Chuck
Speaker 2: Schumer claiming the new bill was a quote betrayal of
Speaker 2: US citizens. Officials say thirty seven people were detained at
Speaker 2: three different home depots across Los Angeles this last week.
Speaker 2: The Department of Homeland Security says those detained had a
Speaker 2: criminal history, including drug trafficking, firearm offences, and forgery. Novak
Speaker 2: Djokovic claims his one hundredth career singles win at Wimbledon
Speaker 2: at the All England Club in the third round against
Speaker 2: Miyomr Kimaschnovich. The milestone win TI's Djokovic with tennis legends
Speaker 2: Martina and Avazilova and Roger Federer. I'm Lisa Carton. Elon
Speaker 2: Musk says he's forming a new political party. Rob Martyr explains.
Speaker 1: He announced the creation of the America Party on x
Speaker 1: a day after posting a poll asking users if they
Speaker 1: support making a new party. Musk said the party will
Speaker 1: give Americans quote back your freedom. The world's richest man.
Speaker 1: Went on to say the party would caucus independently and
Speaker 1: could focus on just a few seats in the Senate
Speaker 1: and the House of Representatives. It's unclear if the party
Speaker 1: has been officially registered. I'm rob Martyr.
Speaker 2: Musk was a vocal critic of Trump's Big Beautiful Bill,
Speaker 2: which was signed into law Friday. The twenty twenty five
Speaker 2: measles outbreak, which began in a mostly unvaccinated community in
Speaker 2: West Texas, is turning out to be the worst since
Speaker 2: the disease was declared eradicated twenty five years ago. Data
Speaker 2: from the Center for Outbreak Response Innovation at Baltimore's Johns
Speaker 2: Hopkins University shows there have been twelve hundred and seventy
Speaker 2: seven and firm cases so far this year. That exceeds
Speaker 2: the previous peak of twelve hundred seventy four for all
Speaker 2: of twenty nineteen. This year's measles outbreak has led to
Speaker 2: one hundred and fifty five hospitalizations and three confirmed deaths.
Speaker 2: Governor Kathy Hochel is declaring congestion pricing a huge success
Speaker 2: and says it's creating a better life for New Yorkers.
Speaker 2: Lisa Salvati with more.
Speaker 3: Hochel says that in its first six months, congestion pricing
Speaker 3: has reduced traffic, boosted business, and increased ridership on mass transit.
Speaker 3: She added it has also raised revenues to allow for
Speaker 3: critical capital improvements to subways, buses, the Long Island Railroad
Speaker 3: and Metro North commuter lines, and is on track to
Speaker 3: reach the forecast at five hundred million dollar mark by
Speaker 3: the year's end. Congestion pricing went into effect January fifth,
Speaker 3: and charges driver as a toll to enter Manhattan below
Speaker 3: sixtieth Street.
Speaker 2: Scary Spice is now married. Melby walked down the isle
Speaker 2: this weekend marrying hairstylist Rourr McPhee. The two tied the
Speaker 2: knot in London on Saturday. I'm Lisa Carton.