SCOOP: Cloud Seeding, Jeffrey Epstein & The President Reveals Behind-The-Scenes Info On Putin
SmartHERNews
Jenna Lee
5 • 615 Ratings
🗓️ 14 July 2025
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
We tackle the big stories on your radar this week:
- The potential for more severe weather and flooding in multiple states: What to know and why its happening.
- Is "cloud seeding" real? What should we know about this technology and did it impact the historic Texas Hill Country flood?
- The President's new deal with NATO and a new proposal to Putin.
- What to know about the latest news from the Dept. of Justice on Jeffrey Epstein and why his convicted colleague has appealed to the Supreme Court.
- Finally ... how many vehicle cup holders will bring you happiness? In the age of AI, is this all that it takes? We report. You decide.
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| 1:01.2 | Welcome to Scoop, where you get the scoop on this week's news. |
| 1:04.5 | My name is Jenna, and this is Smarter News. |
| 1:17.7 | Well, hi, everyone. |
| 1:24.0 | It is Monday, July 14th, 2025, and we have a big show for you today. |
| 1:25.9 | So thank you for being here. |
| 1:28.7 | As I look to prepare a scoop for you, I think of two different things. And really our shows can sort of go two different directions. One, I like to give you a |
| 1:33.7 | serving of news about what's actually happening that week and looking ahead a few days. Oftentimes |
| 1:39.2 | in the news cycle, we're just looking ahead a few hours. And it's sort of helpful to know, |
| 1:43.2 | oh, by the way, you know, the house is holding a hearing on weather forecasting this week. And, oh, there is something else that the Senate's working on. And, oh, this happened in history. So sort of giving you a calendar of events or setting the table for you for the week ahead is one of the focuses that we can sort of pick and choose when I'm looking to produce scoop for you. |
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