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Thursday, June 14, 2018


AFN NEWS ON THE HOUR
Friday, June 8, 2018 Thursday
 
 

1) From ABC News, I’m Richard Cantu. The summit, before the summit, “I think I am very well prepared. I don’t think I have to prepare very much.” President Trump in the Oval Office says he prepares to leave for Singapore, and what would be a historic summit with North Korean Leader Kim. “About attitude, it’s about willingness to get things done.” Later appearing with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, heard here through a translator “We will have greater peace and stability, and also this will be a dramatic and transformational moment.”
 
2) House Republicans huddled trying to find agreement between conservatives and moderates on helping DREAMer immigrants stay in the U.S. legally. Supporters are three votes shy of a procedural measure that would force a showdown on the issue. Speaker Paul Ryan says the discharge position would not be productive. “Our new deadline is not to have a deadline but to work with our members to get things done in aborted discharge petition, so obviously time is of the essence.”
 
3) A federal judge in Baltimore sentenced former Police Sergeant Wayne Jenkins to 25 years in prison. He led a corrupt police task force. “Authorities say he falsified records and stole drugs and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash from people detained or arrested by his Gun Trace Task Force. Jenkins pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges of racketeering, robbery and more. He is the second member of the now disbanded task force to be sentenced. Three more members of that task force scheduled to be sentenced this week.” ABC Mark Remillard.
 
4) A failure of a water treatment plant in southern Iowa has forced thousands of residents in nine counties to boil tap water before using. It’s been going on since Sunday and will be this weekend at the earliest before repairs are made.
 
5) Anticipating blood-shed during a mass protest on the border of Gaza tomorrow, Israeli military aircraft dropped leaflets across the Gaza Strip, warning residents to stay far from the border during the demonstration.
 
6) On Wall Street, stocks closed mixed, the Dow up 95 points, the NASDAQ down 54. You’re listening to ABC News.
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From the Fox Business Network, American household net wealth topping $100 trillion for the first time ever during the first three months of the year. A big boost in home values helping offset some declines in stock portfolios. // Meantime, if you look to buy that dream house, you might wanna act fast. According to real estate website Trulia, home sold in April stayed on the market for 64 days. That’s the fastest turnaround since the housing crash more than a decade ago. // And you’re gonna need some more bucks to buy coffee at Starbucks. It’s raising the price of a regular cup of coffee by 10-20 cents in most U.S. stores. Price is staying the same for its specialty drinks, at least for now. // And how about display hang-up? According to a new report from tracking service YouMail, Americans were bombarded with more than 4 billion robocalls last month, the most ever. That’s up more than 50% from the same time last year. With the Fox Business Report, I am David Asman.