Friday, July 26th, 2024

Morning Announcements

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Politics, Daily News, News, News Commentary

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🗓️ 26 July 2024

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Today’s Headlines: President Biden and Vice President Harris met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the families of American hostages held by Hamas. Harris described her discussion with Netanyahu as "frank and constructive," supporting Israel's right to self-defense while expressing concern over the humanitarian crisis and civilian casualties. She also condemned pro-Hamas graffiti and the disruptions during Netanyahu's speech in Washington, D.C. Netanyahu is set to meet with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago next. Meanwhile, FBI Director Christopher Wray testified about the recent assassination attempt on Trump, revealing potential details about the weapon used but no clear motive. The U.S. GDP grew by 2.8% in the second quarter, driven by consumer spending and business investments. However, a global Crowdstrike outage affected a quarter of Fortune 500 companies, causing significant financial losses. In the western U.S. and Canada, at least 78 wildfires are burning, with some severe enough to create their own weather systems. Finally, the Paris Olympics begin today, with rumors of a performance by Celine Dion and Lady Gaga at the opening ceremony. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: Axios: Six spectators charged for "disrupting" Netanyahu speech WA Post: Harris calls for cease-fire and hostage release after Netanyahu meeting NBC News: FBI director reveals new details about how Trump shooter carried out attack WA Post: U.S. economy grew 2.8% in second quarter, a robust unexpected strengthening Axios: Fortune 500 lost an estimated $5.4B in CrowdStrike outage Axios: Dozens of wildfires in Pacific Northwest and Canada hit US air quality NBC News: Olympics opening ceremony 2024: Everything you need to know Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Bridget Schwartz and edited by Grace Hernandez-Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Friday, July 26th, and you're listening to the morning announcements presented by Betches Media.
0:07.0	I'm your host Sammy Sage and the morning announcements is your daily five minute breakdown of the headlines
0:11.8	that isn't afraid to take aside and
0:13.4	roast the most consequential reality show there is, our government.
0:17.3	Both President Biden and Vice President Harris each met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
0:25.3	Yahu yesterday, as well as the families of American hostages being held
0:29.1	by Hamas. According to VP Harris, she had a, quote,
0:32.5	frank and constructive conversation with Netanyahu,
0:35.4	affirming Israel's right to defend itself and condemning Hamas
0:38.4	while also expressing concern about the humanitarian situation
0:41.5	and the high civilian death toll, adding, quote,
0:44.4	too often the conversation is binary when the reality is anything but.
0:48.6	As US officials say that they are nearing a ceasefire and hostage agreement,
0:52.4	where have I heard that before, Harris said that there has nearing a ceasefire and hostage agreement.
0:52.5	Where have I heard that before?
0:54.0	Harris said that there has been, quote, hopeful movement in the talks,
0:57.4	and the cheat told Prime Minister Netanyahu
0:59.2	that it is time to get the deal done.
1:01.5	Vice President Harris also issued a statement yesterday denouncing protesters of Netanyahu's speech,
1:06.4	who sprayed pro-Homask graffiti in DC the day prior, and six protesters were arrested and
1:11.2	charge for disrupting his speech from within the
1:13.2	House chamber. Then Yahoo is now scheduled to meet with Donald Trump today at
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