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Thank you, Bill. It is Monday, December 23rd, 2024. Merry Christmas Eve. Eve. Here's what's

happening today in America. Friendly fire. Haneous subway crime. Starbucks, and gondola rescues.

It's all coming up, and Bill's going to be here with the message of the day.

But first two U.S. Navy pilots ejected safely over the Red Sea after their fighter jet was hit by a guided missile cruiser hours, the USS Gettysburg.

There's been no explanation given as to how one of our guided missile

cruisers could have mistaken one of our jets for an enemy aircraft or missile, but Central

Command said that warships and aircraft earlier shot down multiple Houthi drones and an anti-ship

cruise missile launched out of Yemen. NYPD has arrested a suspect who lit a woman on fire

in the New York City subway yesterday morning. 7.30 in the morning, the suspect lit her on fire. Police

believed the woman was sleeping and he used a lighter and somehow the woman was engulfed in seconds.

Officers responded to the scene, put out the fire and pronounced the woman dead, and the officers

didn't notice that the suspect was sitting on a bench on the platform, just a few feet away

from the woman who was on fire and he was just sitting there watching it.

A five-day strike against Starbucks has expanded now to nine states, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Colorado, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Washington, California, Illinois.

But don't worry, it's not all the Starbucks.

This union represents 10,000 workers at 525 stores.

This strike has affected just 30 stores nationwide so far.

The union has said the strike could reach hundreds of stores by Christmas Eve,

but Starbucks has 10,000 company stores and 200,000 employees.

The company's average pay is above $18 an hour, but combined with benefits, the company

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