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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest Use this hour in just four minutes. Anti Trump
protests are taking place near the White House and across
the country today. Organizers with the group fifty to fifty
one say the goal is to speak out against what
they call quote a hostile government takeover by the Trump administration.

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They're expecting millions to turn out for demonstrations nationwide. Over
four hundred protests are planned from New York and Washington,
d C. To Chicago, Denver, and Los Angeles. A second
round of nuclear talks between the US and Iran has
wrapped up in Rome. There was no immediate statement from
either the US or Iran on Saturday, but Oman's Foreign

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ministry said both sides agreed to enter the next phase
of discussions, which are aimed at a deal to quote
ensure Iran is free of nuclear weapons in exchange for
the lifting of US sanctions. Russian President Vladimir Putin is
calling for an Easter truce in the war between Russia
and Ukraine. The Kremlin Press Service announced that thirty hour
truce took effect today at six pm Local time, which

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is eleven a m. Eastern. The announcement said he's ordering
a temporary halt to all Russian military actions and expects
Ukraine to do the same. Putin said. The truce goes
until Monday morning at midnight local time. Federal health officials
say the number of measles cases in the US has
risen to eight hundred. The CDC announced there were nearly
one hundred new cases over last week, the biggest outbreak

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in Texas, but there are now confirmed cases in twenty
four different states. Doctor Ron Cook at Texas Tech says
there's a lot of underreporting because patients are not showing
up to get treated. We've already had two deaths, a
third in New Mexico. Potentially there's three thousand cases. Nearly
all of the cases involve people who have not been vaccinated.
Official say if these trends continue, the US could surpass

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twenty nineteen's measles outbreak and potentially reach the highest number
of cases since nineteen ninety two. National Park Week starts
today with a fee free day at National Park Service sides,
with all national parks free to visit today. I'm Lisa Carton.
A group of Texas lawmakers are lobbing President Trump to
relocate NASA's headquarters to Houston, saying it just makes sense.

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International Space Station is managed at a Johnson Space Center
in Houston, Texas. In a letter, Senator Ted Cruz writes
that Texas has the perfect combination of commercial space companies
and a low cost of living. It also cites the
state's strategic location in the middle of the country. The
lease on NASA's DC headquarters expires. In August of twenty

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twenty eight, a bill that would create a new Texas
Cyber Command passed out of the State House. Experts say
this is a big step forward when it comes to
the safety of both businesses and government run utilities. We
have people doing detections, but responding to cyber attack, very
few people have that experience. Professor Stephen Wang with the

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University of Houston says this will be a collaborative effort
linking researchures from across the state. He also said that
data centers, which are growing, are going to become prime
targets for cyber attacks. New York City is being ranked
the second most romantic city in the world. Kristen Marx reports.

Speaker 2 (03:14):
British clothing brand Poor and moois looked at data for
hundreds of cities including the number of times people described
them as romantic, the number of activities for couples, and
the number of Instagram posts they had with the hashtag
date Night. New York came in at number two for
its countless areas that feel like scenes from a rom com,
like the ice skating and twinkling lights at Rockefeller Center,

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Central Parks, rowboats, and iconic skyline views from the top
of the Empire State Building. London came in at number one,
with Miami, Toronto and Rome rounding out the top five.

Speaker 1 (03:45):
Fan voting for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
is in its final weekend. Nineties jam Banfish is still
leading the way with three hundred thousand votes, making the
top six. Our Bat Company, Billy Idol, Sydney Lauper, Soundgarden,
and Joe Cocker. Fifties legend Chubby Checker is in seventh
place on the fan ballot. I'm Lisa Carton