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Coming up next, the news with Mike Slater. Thank you, Bill. It is Tuesday, December 17th,

2024, 8 days until Christmas. Here's what's happening today in America. Trump press conference,

RFK to Capitol Hill, privatizing the post office and shoot them down. That's all coming up. Then

Bill is going to be here with your message of the day. But first,

President Trump held an hour-long press conference his first since winning re-election.

At the press conference, the CEO of the Japanese company SoftBank said he will invest at least $100 billion into U.S. technology projects over the next four years could create 100,000 jobs in America.

Trump was also asked about the upcoming ban on TikTok. Congress passed a bill last year

banning TikTok unless it sold to an American company by January 19th. TikTok has asked the Supreme

Court to step in on an emergency basis to stop the ban. TikTok is 170 million users just in America.

Trump was asked about this at the press conference. He said he has a warm spot in his heart

for TikTok because he won the youth vote by 34 points. He met with the CEO at Mar-a-Lago yesterday.

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