Also available on ninety four five FMW two three three BG Cincinnati News Traffic and Weather. News Radio seven hundred wl W Cincinnati out of the FBI defending the agency's credibility. This is the two o'clock report. I'm Matt Reese breaking now. Christopher Ray testifying before the House Judiciary Committee. House Republicans are charging that the agency is targeting conservatives, including Donald Trump. Nan then the FBI worked
to suppress conservative views on social media. FBI Director Ray says the agency's made up of patriots and dedicated public servants, and that the FBI has arrested more than twenty thousand violent criminals and child predators. Among those critical of the FBI is a Republican congressman from Ohio. Congressman Jim Jordan laid out accusations against the
FBI, and his opening statement saying that conservatives are being targeted. I haven't even taught about the spying that took place of a presidential campaign or the rating of a former president's home. FBI Director Christopher Ray pushed back, saying political hostility has led to anti law enforcement sediment, referencing the man who attacked Cincinnati's FBI field office. Last year, online postings identified a pretty striking anti FBI,
anti federal law enforcement hostility. Ricky Schiffer was part of the January sixth insurrection, and after FBI agents searched Marrow Lago for top secret documents, he posted online he wanted to kill federal agents. I'm Jack Crumley, News Radio seven ww MAN Now, We'll check the roads for you of the latest traffic and weather together from the UC Health Traffic Center. The new Emergency Department is
now open and Clifton delivering exceptional care in world class facilities. There's an accident. Seventy one North after one twenty seven seventy four westbound between dry Fork Road and New Haven Road is closed due to a crash. Your stop from two seventy five and seventy four East is temporarily blocked due to the westbound crash between New Haven Road and dry Fork Road. Traffic is stopped from the Ohio Indiana
state line. I'm John Crawford on NewsRadio seven hundred WLLW Now the latest forecast from the Advanced Industry Weather Center. Advanced Dentistry, It's true a no fear dentist experience is possible. Learn more at no Fear dentist dot com. Where the rest of your Wednesday looking hot and sunny, a high temperature near eighty nine degrees. It'll feel a little warmer when you add in the humidity wind out of the south, adding more of that moisture to the atmosphere, and
that'll continue here over the next couple of days. A warm one overnight Tonight as will be partly cloudy, A slight chance that we could see a shower, but a much better chance at rain. As we head on into Thursday. Scattered showers and thunderstorms possible. Some could be strong, borderline severe, especially east of town from your severe weather station of nine first Warning Meteorologists Brandon
Spinner News Radio seven hundred WLLW eighty five degrees on our champature. This news brought to you by Coordinated Financial Planning and Wealth Management Rematch in the works. Former sheriff of Hamilton County wants to run once again. The man who was sheriff at Hamlet Guy for eight years before Charmaine McGuffey knocked him out of office is looking to return. Jim Neils says if he comes back, so many
deputies who've quit or retired on mcguffey's watch. It's about leadership. People want to work for leaders that they believe in and that will support them and support our mission. Niel tells fifty five KRC. When he left in January of twenty one, the Justice said I was running at full capacity. Now under
McGuffey, the populations reached historic lows. McGuffey says the staffing shortage is a better challenge for law enforcement across the country, not just her department, and a recent oup editiece for the Inquirers who says the steps are being taken to hire more deputies, including offering a five thousand dollars site on votus. Bryan Colts News Radio seven to have the latest on Ohio's special election to decide whether
to raise the level of voter or approval needed for constitutional amendments. Proposal for Issue one is to raise it from a simple majority to sixty percent. Well, the number of early voters on day one Tuesday at the Hamilton County Board of Elections surpassed by a little bit what they had been expecting. Now we're in day two, we have had a number of early in person voters today it has not been as busy as yesterday, which is typical the first day
of early voting. We usually see a large, larger turnout kind of trickles off for a few weeks and then peaks again in that final week. The director of the Board of Election, Sherry Poland, says they need poll workers for that special election coming up on August eighth. A couple of firefighters in Alabama shot this morning and what's called a targeted attack. Both gunned down at a station after somebody entered through a door reserve for residents to get their blood
pressure checked. Conditions not known at this time. No arrests yet either. New York Jets and new quarterback Aaron Rodgers selected to be on this year's version of HBO's Hard Knocks. Jets report to training camp next Wednesday. All right, let's check Wall Street and currently the Dow is up one hundred and twenty five points, SP five hundred and thirty six, NASDAC is up one hundred and sixty two. It's two oh five, Your next news at two thirty
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