00:01Deadly gunfire off the coast of Cuba. Four men killed after Cuban troops clash with a Florida-based speedboat.
00:08Cuba says the boat was armed and opened fire first. Now the U.S. is investigating.
00:13Plus, you're fired. Now inside the FBI.
00:16The director removes agents tied to the Mar-a-Lago documents case. What changed and why now?
00:22And Hillary Clinton under oath. Today lawmakers questioned her about Jeffrey Epstein and what she knew about her husband's ties.
00:31The stories that matter, clear and credible, from across the country to around the world.
00:37These are your unbiased updates from Straight Arrow News.
00:43Good morning, I'm Craig DeGrelli. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the Trump administration is now investigating a deadly confrontation
00:51between a Florida-registered speedboat and Cuban forces.
00:54Cuba's government says ten Cuban nationals living in the United States entered Cuban territorial waters with plans to carry out
01:03what it called an infiltration for terrorist purposes.
01:07According to Cuba's Interior Ministry, the people aboard the boat opened fire on border troops after being approached for identification.
01:15Cuban forces then returned fire. Four men were killed, six others wounded. A Cuban commander was also injured.
01:23Cuban authorities say the six surviving men were detained and hospitalized.
01:27Officials also report arresting a seventh Cuban national who had traveled to the island to, quote, guarantee the reception of
01:34the armed infiltration.
01:35Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the United States is conducting its own investigation before responding.
01:42The majority of the facts being publicly reported are those by the information provided by the Cubans.
01:48We will verify that independently and we'll, as we gather more information, then we'll be prepared to respond accordingly.
01:55Rubio told reporters U.S. diplomats in Havana are working to gain access to the individuals involved to determine whether
02:03they are American citizens or lawful permanent residents.
02:06A shakeup inside the FBI this morning.
02:09Director Cash Patel has fired at least six agents tied to the 2022 search of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago
02:16estate in the classified documents investigation.
02:19The dismissals come as Patel accuses the bureau under the Biden administration of improperly subpoenaing phone records belong to him
02:28and current White House chief of staff, Susie Wiles, when both were private citizens.
02:33Toll records show the timing and recipients of calls, not the content.
02:37Patel says those records were placed in files labeled prohibited.
02:42Key details remain unclear.
02:43Reuters reports it could not independently verify the timing, scope or purpose of the subpoenas.
02:50It also could not confirm who authorized them or whether Patel or Wiles were targets of an investigation.
02:57The FBI has not publicly commented on the firings.
03:00The FBI Agents Association is calling the terminations unlawful, arguing they violate due process and warning the move strips the
03:08Bureau of Experienced Personnel.
03:10Later this morning, Hillary Clinton will sit for a closed door deposition in the House investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, with
03:18former President Bill Clinton scheduled to follow tomorrow.
03:21The depositions will take place in Chappaqua, New York, near their home.
03:25The result of months of legal back and forth between the Clinton's attorneys and the House Oversight Committee.
03:31Republicans and Democrats say they want answers about Epstein's network, what powerful figures knew, and whether federal investigations were mishandled.
03:40Bill Clinton flew on Epstein's private plane multiple times in the early 2000s and appears in photographs like these released
03:48in the Justice Department files.
03:50He has denied any wrongdoing and has said he cut ties before Epstein's 2019 arrest.
03:56Hillary Clinton has said she doesn't recall ever meeting Epstein.
03:59Committee Chairman James Comer says he plans to release video and transcripts of the depositions as soon as they're approved.
04:06The Clintons had initially resisted appearing in person, arguing they'd already provided sworn statements,
04:12but reversed course after the committee moved toward holding them in contempt.
04:16The couple had pushed for public testimony.
04:19Republicans insisted on closed door depositions.
04:22What's notable here is the bipartisan dynamic.
04:25Democrats joined Republicans in compelling the testimony, reflecting how the Epstein investigation has shifted political calculations on both sides.
04:34Still, some Democrats, like Congresswoman Teresa Fernandez, say the process is partisan.
04:40Quote, what the Epstein survivors have been asking for is both transparency and accountability.
04:45She told reporters Wednesday, and what Republicans want to do is turn this into political theater.
04:51In Washington, President Trump's pick for Surgeon General faced pointed questions on vaccines,
04:58birth control, pesticides, and her own qualifications during a tense Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday.
05:04Dr. Casey Means, a Stanford-trained physician, wellness entrepreneur, and ally of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,
05:12was pressed repeatedly on whether she would advocate for routine vaccinations as the nation's top doctor.
05:18But she stopped short of fully endorsing them.
05:21Senate Health Committee Chairman Bill Cassidy, a physician himself, asked Means directly whether she accepts the scientific evidence that vaccines
05:30do not cause autism.
05:31And we do not know, as a medical community, what causes autism.
05:37The administration has just committed a huge amount of funding to look at the exposome of all environmental factors that
05:43could be contributing to autism.
05:44And until we have a clear understanding of why kids are developing this at higher rates, I think we should
05:51not leave any stones unturned.
05:53There's been a lot of evidence showing that they're not implicated. Do you not accept that evidence?
05:57I do accept that evidence. I also think that science is never settled.
06:02The exchange echoed broader concerns about Kennedy's overhaul of federal vaccine messaging.
06:08As health secretary, Kennedy has removed longstanding language from CDC materials, stating that vaccines do not cause autism.
06:16Democrats also challenged Means over past comments on birth control.
06:20You called birth control pills, and I'm going to quote, a disrespect of life, and you said Americans, quote, use
06:29birth control pills like candy.
06:31You also claimed, contrary to established science, that hormonal birth control has, quote, horrifying health risks for women.
06:39I'm curious if you're aware of what the side effects of hormonal contraception are.
06:44I'm curious if you are with the FDA that went through all of these and rigorously looked at them, or
06:52as surgeon general, if you're going to tell the truth to the American people.
06:55Beyond vaccines and contraception, Senator's question means about past financial ties to wellness products, her inactive medical license, and comments
07:05about pesticides and psychedelic therapy.
07:08She pledged to divest from health-related business interests, if confirmed, and said she takes conflicts of interest seriously.
07:16The surgeon general post has been vacant for more than a year.
07:19The committee now will decide whether to advance her nomination to the full Senate.
07:23To the courts we go, a federal judge has ruled the Trump administration cannot deport migrants to countries they have
07:30no connection to.
07:31The decision stems from a case last year in which the government attempted to send undocumented immigrants to South Sudan,
07:38and later routed them to Djibouti, even though those were not the countries listed in their final removal orders.
07:45The migrants had no ties to either nation, and neither country was identified as their destination in official removal paperwork.
07:52Immigration advocates sued, arguing the policy violated due process protections.
07:57U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy of Massachusetts agreed, ruling that the federal government cannot send migrants to so-called
08:04third countries without legal authority and proper notice.
08:08He ordered the administration to provide what he called meaningful notice before carrying out any such deportations, giving individuals time
08:15to challenge their removal in court.
08:17The Trump administration now has 15 days to appeal the ruling.
08:21Finally this morning, an age-old question solved.
08:25It's a sound we've all heard but likely never stopped to ask why.
08:34A Harvard scientist was sitting at a Boston Celtics game when he started wondering what actually causes the constant squeak
08:42every time players plant, pivot, and explode across the court.
08:46So he went back to the lab to find out.
08:49Researchers repeatedly slid a sneaker across a smooth glass plate, capturing the sound with a microphone and filming the sole
08:57with a high-speed camera to see what was happening underneath.
09:01What they found surprised them.
09:03Tiny sections of the rubber sole briefly lose grip, then snap back into traction, creating rapid ripples or wrinkles that
09:12vibrate at high frequency.
09:13That vibration, well that's the squeak.
09:18Squeaking is basically your shoe rippling or your shoe creating wrinkles that travel super fast and they repeat at a
09:28high frequency, high cadence.
09:30And this is why you get this squeaking noise.
09:34We did not expect such violent events to take place under a shoe.
09:40Well listen to this, no pun intended.
09:43Researchers say the discovery goes beyond basketball.
09:46Understanding how rubber grips, slips, and snaps back.
09:50And could deepen scientific understanding of friction more broadly.
09:54From how materials wear down over time to how tectonic plates slide and grind during earthquakes.
10:01All from a sound most of us just simply tune out most of the time.
10:05I actually like it when watching a basketball game.
10:08It gives me that feel that I'm courtside, right?
10:11You're near the action.
10:12And you know, in broadcasting we call that natural sound.
10:16And sometimes, the more the better.
10:18Alright, a busy day today.
10:19Here's what we're tracking.
10:21At 10, a federal judge in Tennessee takes up a key evidentiary hearing in the Kilmar Abrego-Garcia case.
10:27As the defense argues, vindictive prosecution.
10:30At 11, the House Oversight Committee begins its deposition for Hillary Clinton at her home in Chappaqua.
10:36Former President Bill Clinton's is scheduled for tomorrow.
10:39At 11, the late Reverend Jesse Jackson will lie in repose in Chicago at Rainbow Push headquarters.
10:46And later today, Vice President J.D. Vance heads to Wisconsin touting what the White House calls wins from the
10:52State of the Union.
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11:03Those are your unbiased updates for this Thursday.
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11:08For all of us here at Straight Arrow News, I'm Craig DeGrelli.
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