1 00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:08,400 Speaker 1: President Trump wants warning signs outside one of the nation's 2 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:11,840 Speaker 1: busiest museums, telling visitors not to trust what they are 3 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:12,800 Speaker 1: about to see. 4 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:17,919 Speaker 2: He's depriving even his own supporters of just ay and 5 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:19,759 Speaker 2: more nuanced understanding. 6 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 1: And a black audio engineer says she heard something so 7 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 1: disturbing while cleaning up the audio tied to the Nolan 8 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:29,680 Speaker 1: Xavier Wells case that she had to stop working. 9 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:33,640 Speaker 3: What I believed I was hearing became extremely difficult for 10 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:36,919 Speaker 3: me to process emotionally, and I needed to take a 11 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:37,640 Speaker 3: mental break. 12 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:41,120 Speaker 1: And a Los Angeles judge says singer David will stand 13 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:43,560 Speaker 1: trial for the killing of a fourteen year old girl. 14 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:46,840 Speaker 2: He has held him to answer for first degree murder 15 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:51,199 Speaker 2: with the special circumstances of lying in wait, doing this 16 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 2: crime for financial gain, and murdering a witness to an investigation. 17 00:00:56,960 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 1: It's Wednesday, July twenty ninth from The Black offa podcast network. 18 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 1: I Mimi Brown. This is front page, and here are 19 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 1: the day's biggest stories. Stay with me. President Trump wants 20 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 1: visitors to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History to 21 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:19,760 Speaker 1: think twice before they walk inside. The President has signed 22 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 1: an executive order directing the National Park Service to place 23 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:27,560 Speaker 1: temporary warning signs outside the museum. Those signs will tell 24 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:31,760 Speaker 1: visitors the exhibits contain inaccurate information and encourage them to 25 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 1: read a White House report released on July fourth, Trump 26 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 1: argues the Smithsonian no longer represents American history as a 27 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:43,520 Speaker 1: shared story. Instead, he says it focuses too much on 28 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 1: social justice and portrays America too negatively on true social 29 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:51,919 Speaker 1: Trump wrote, the museum spends too much time talking about 30 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 1: how horrible the country is in slavery. This is the 31 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 1: second time Trump has targeted the museum. Back in March, 32 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 1: signed another executive order directing Vice President j. D. Vance 33 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 1: to work with Congress to cut funding for exhibits the 34 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 1: administration says undermine American values. That order specifically mentioned the 35 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 1: National Museum of African American History and Culture. The Congressional 36 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:19,960 Speaker 1: Black Caucus called the effort an attempt to rewrite history, 37 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 1: saying black history is American history. The Smithsonian decline to 38 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:27,960 Speaker 1: comment on the latest order. The museum system includes about 39 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:32,240 Speaker 1: two dozen museums that attract roughly seventeen million visitors every year, 40 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:41,679 Speaker 1: and there's a new development in the Nolan Xavier Wells investigation, 41 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 1: A Black audio engineer has cleaned up the SETO call, 42 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:48,519 Speaker 1: made on July fourth, after the boat connected to Nolan's 43 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:52,239 Speaker 1: disappearance began having trouble on the water. The original recording 44 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 1: released by Mississippi officials was difficult to hear, so Janetta Brantley, 45 00:02:57,160 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 1: founder of Audio Done Wright, enhanced the recording using traditional 46 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:04,639 Speaker 1: audio tools. Brentley says she was trying to isolate the 47 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:07,960 Speaker 1: voices in the background when she heard something that shook her. 48 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 1: She later released part of the enhanced audio and encouraged 49 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:14,640 Speaker 1: people to compare it with the original recording and decide 50 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:16,079 Speaker 1: for themselves what they hear. 51 00:03:16,919 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 3: And so I'm gonna let the audio play. Read my 52 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 3: transcription if you want a reference, but don't allow it 53 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:25,519 Speaker 3: to determine what you hear. I want you to listen first, 54 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 3: listen again, compare it with the original recording, and then 55 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 3: judge it with your own ears. 56 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:53,120 Speaker 4: Hey, we're the West tip of Born and our goage 57 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 4: stocked work and we're going We're thinking, can y'all please? 58 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 1: Can we ever? 59 00:03:56,720 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 4: I never should look the fuck up David Ford. 60 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 1: Of The recording has since spread across social media and 61 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 1: has been discussed by several outlets, including Nancy Grace. So far, 62 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 1: investigators have not commented on the en Hands audio or 63 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 1: whether it changes anything in the case. And finally, a 64 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 1: Los Angeles judge has ruled that singer David whose real 65 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:31,599 Speaker 1: name is David Burke, will stand trial and the killing 66 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 1: of fourteen year old Celeste Rivus Hernandez. The judge ruled 67 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 1: prosecutors presented enough evidence to move forward with the case. 68 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:43,360 Speaker 1: Burke now faces charges of murder, continuous sexual abuse of 69 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:47,280 Speaker 1: a child under the age of fourteen, an unlawful mutilization 70 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:51,000 Speaker 1: of human remains. He has pled not guilty and remains 71 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 1: jailed without bail. Prosecutors say Celeste disappeared after Burke sent 72 00:04:55,279 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 1: an uber to pick her up at his Hollywood home 73 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 1: on April twenty third, twenty twenty. Investigators say her last 74 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 1: text read girlypop, I'm almost there. Open your door if 75 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:11,880 Speaker 1: you're home. Her phone went silent after that. Prosecutors alleged 76 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:15,320 Speaker 1: Burke stabbed Celeste after she threatened to expose their relationship, 77 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 1: fearing it would destroy his rising music career. During the hearing, 78 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:23,440 Speaker 1: prosecutors present at DNA evidence. They say Link's blood found 79 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 1: in Burke's garage to Celeste They also introduced records showing 80 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:32,280 Speaker 1: Burke purchased chainsaws and other items after her disappearance. Her 81 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:36,039 Speaker 1: dismembered remains were later found inside a Tesla registered to 82 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 1: Burke after the vehicle was impounded. Prosecutors also alleged Burke 83 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 1: met Celeste when she was eleven years old and began 84 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 1: sexually abusing her when she was thirteen. 85 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 4: It followed the timeline of the interactions between Celeste Reves 86 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 4: Fernandez when she started as a twelve year old, then 87 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:58,159 Speaker 4: a thirteen year old, then a fourteen year old who 88 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:01,719 Speaker 4: never got to see her fifteenth birthday because in the 89 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 4: intervening time where she had these interactions with mister Burke, 90 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:09,280 Speaker 4: he engaged in this sexual conduct with a. 91 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 2: Thirteen year old repeatedly, over and over again. 92 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:17,120 Speaker 4: This came out in text messages that we're presented in 93 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 4: videos and photographs that were presented to the judge that 94 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:23,480 Speaker 4: showed the sexual activity. 95 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:28,160 Speaker 1: Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hutchman says prosecutors are 96 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:31,680 Speaker 1: still deciding whether to seek the death penalty, meaning Burke 97 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:35,839 Speaker 1: is eligible for capital punishment if they ultimately pursue it 98 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:37,080 Speaker 1: and he's convicted. 99 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:42,120 Speaker 4: The one additional consideration is that mister Burke now is 100 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:46,680 Speaker 4: eligible for death penalty. The death penalty. The considerations are 101 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 4: now being waged. Part of that consideration will be any 102 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 4: submission that the defense wants to submit to the District 103 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:57,400 Speaker 4: Attorney's office. It is something that we will consider on 104 00:06:57,480 --> 00:06:59,520 Speaker 4: whether or not we will seek the death penalty. 105 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:03,479 Speaker 1: The defense argues there is no evidence Burke intended to 106 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 1: kill Celeste. Burke is scheduled to be arraigned on August 107 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 1: thirty first. As with all criminal defendants, he is presumed 108 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 1: innocent until proven guilty. That's your front page. 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