Election Day, Longest Shutdown, Israeli Military Scandal and more

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🗓️ 4 November 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Millions of Americans are heading to the voting booths for elections in New York, New Jersey and Virginia. This government shutdown is set to become the longest in history. We explain why Israel’s former top military lawyer has been arrested. A key political figure in North Korea has died. Plus, a multi-billion-dollar Starbucks deal in China. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.3	Hi there, from CNN. I'm Charlie Drever with the five things you need to know for Tuesday,
0:36.7	November 4th. It's election day in the US. you need to know for Tuesday, November 4th.
0:43.2	It's Election Day in the U.S., with contests up for grabs, including governorships in New York in Virginia.
0:44.5	And on the eve of the election of New York City mayor, President Donald Trump urged
0:49.1	residents in his strongest terms yet to vote for former governor Andrew Cuomo.
0:53.9	Writing on Truth Social, Trump said,
0:56.0	Whether you personally like Andrew Cuomo or not, you really have no choice.
1:01.0	Trump has long complained about Democratic nominees oran Mamdani, and falsely labeled him as being a communist.
1:08.0	He's vowing to pull federal funds from the city of Mamdani wins, quote,
1:11.8	other than the very minimum as required. This was Mamdani's response last night.
1:17.3	The MAGA movement's embrace of Andrew Cuomo is reflective of Donald Trump's understanding
1:22.6	that this would be the best mayor for him. Not the best mayor for New York City,
1:27.4	not the best mayor for New Yorkers, Not the best mayor for New Yorkers,
1:29.1	but the best mayor for Donald Trump is his administration.
1:32.4	Meanwhile, Cuomo has dismissed Trump's endorsement,
1:35.1	insisting that the president was simply opposing Mamdani.
1:38.9	It's now day 35 of the government shutdown.
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