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The Latest: 07/06/2025 06:59pm ET

Jul 06, 20254 min
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All the latest national and international news. Topics also include finance, weather and entertainment.

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This is your twenty four to seven use update. The latest use this hour at just four minutes, sirch and recovery efforts continue in central Texas following catastrophic flooding that left more than seventy people dead and dozens missing. Many of the victims were children at the Camp Mystic Girls Camp. Governor Greg Abbotts.

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The opportunity yesterday to visit Camp Mystic and get to see firsthand what happened there, as well as all the way downstream after that, and it was nothing short of horrific to see what those young children went through.

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Ten campers and a counselor are still missing from Camp Mystic. At least thirty other people are also missing elsewhere in the state. Rain has been falling again in some of the areas, hampering search efforts. Kerr County Sheriff Larry leitha, we have recorded sixty eight deceased in Kerr County.

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Among those who are deceased, we have forty adults and twenty eight children.

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President Trump and now he signed a major disaster declaration for Kirk County in a post untruth social Trump said the declaration will allow first responders to have access to resources they need as recovery efforts continue. Elon Musk is creating his own political party after his fallout with President Trump. The tech billionaire announced the America Party on x Saturday and claimed, quote, when it comes to bankrupting our country with waste and graft, we live in a one party system,

not a democracy. Musk was a vocal critic of Trump's Big Beautiful Bill, which was signed into law on Friday. In his post Saturday, Musk said, today the America Party is formed to give back your freedom. He didn't say what the party's platform would be. What's left of tropical Storm Chantel is dumping heavy rain in the Carolinas as

it moves north after making landfall. The National Hurricane Center says Chantelle weakened to a tropical depression with top winds of about thirty five miles an hour as it moves further inland. It's shaping up to be the busiest day of travel over the fourth of July holiday weekend. Triple A expected more than seventy two million people will be on the move during the holiday period that ends today.

I'm Rob Martier, the NFL's two Texas based teams, the Dallas Cowboys and Houston Texans are joining the NFL Foundation to help support the families of victims and survivors of the devastating floods in central Texas. The National Football League said they will contribute one point five million dollars to provide immediate assistance and long term resources to those most

impacted by the catastrophic flooding following the July fourth disaster. Meanwhile, Pope Leo is offering prayers for the victims and families affected by the flooding. Speaking to a crowd in Saint Peter's Square, the Pontov expressed his sincere condolences to families who have lost loved ones in the flooding of the Guadalupe River. Jurassic World Rebirth is taking a huge chomp out of the box office. Lisa Taylor reports.

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Doctor Henry Loomis, this is Zora Bennett, our mission specialists, Sorry, what mission? This would be a medical breakthrough that could save countless lives. It comes from the.

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Largest dinosaurs on the planet.

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Fortunately for us, all these species exist in one isolated place.

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The seventh installment to the Dinosaur film starring Scarlett Johansson and mahershe lah A Lee had its biggest day Saturday since opening Wednesday, with thirty five point six million. That's up thirty five percent from the fourth of July on Friday, with a five day total at more than one hundred forty five million. I'mly Se Taylor, and.

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After starting at pole position, the Brad Pitt movie F one has moved back in the pack. The movie about a washed up Formula one driver came in a distant second, adding another twenty six point one million dollars. Variety reports that's a fifty four percent decline from its opening weekend. So far, the Apple film has generated one hundred and nine million dollars in North America and two hundred and

ninety three point six million worldwide. The American Academy of Dermatology is offering tips to protect against summer sun damage, which can cause sunburn, brown spots, wrinkles, and skin cancer. It starts with sunscreen, which should be applied fifteen minutes before heading outside. The Academy recommends that your sunscreen have an SPF of thirty or higher and be water resistant. I'm Rob Martyr

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