00:00A stunner in Florida. Progressive Angie Nixon pulls off a huge upset, giving Democratic
00:06Socialists a statewide breakthrough. Plus, President Trump hits pause on Canada. The
00:1250% tariffs are on hold, and a pipeline left for dead could get new life. And a new pothole
00:19on the moon. The SpaceX rocket that slammed into the surface and the crater NASA can now
00:25see from space. The stories that matter, clear and credible, from across the country to around
00:33the world. These are your unbiased updates from Straight Arrow.
00:40Good morning, I'm Craig DeGrelli. Another round of primaries is in the books, with some big
00:45upsets in Florida and one very unusual Senate race in Alaska. Starting with a stunner, progressive
00:52state representative Angie Nixon easily defeated retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Alex Vindman
00:58for Florida's Democratic Senate nomination. Vindman, who testified against Donald Trump during
01:03his first impeachment, outraised Nixon by more than 16 to 1. Nixon now faces Republican Senator
01:10Ashley Moody in November. In the race for governor, Trump-backed Congressman Byron Donalds won the
01:16Republican nomination.
01:18As your governor, we are going to doge all local governments and all state agencies.
01:25There will be, there will be no sacred cows. To taxpayers deserve to know that their hard-earned
01:34dollars are being spent efficiently, transparently, and with total integrity.
01:40Donalds will face former Republican Congressman David Jolly, who won the Democratic nomination.
01:46A Donalds win would make him Florida's first black governor.
01:50And another Florida incumbent is out. Republican Congressman Corey Mills lost his primary to
01:56former TV reporter Ryan Elijah. Mills has faced a series of controversies and investigations.
02:02He denies wrongdoing.
02:04Now to Alaska, where Republican Senator Dan Sullivan and Democrat Mary Peltola have both advanced
02:10to November, setting up one of the more closely watched Senate races this fall.
02:15But there was another Dan Sullivan on this ballot. Retired teacher Daniel J. Sullivan Jr.
02:21fought to get his name on it, despite the incumbent and his Republican allies accusing him of running
02:26to confuse voters and help Peltola. Alaska sends the top four finishers to November's
02:33ranked-choice general election, and the final two spots have not yet been called.
02:38Less than two hours before new 50% tariffs were set to hit Canadian goods, President Trump put
02:45them on hold. Trump announced a three-day pause, saying the United States and Canada have reached
02:50a deal, but still need to finalize the details. He didn't say much about what's in it, except that
02:56the Keystone XL pipeline may be, in his words, awoken from the grave. The Office of the U.S.
03:02Trade Representative says the deal will include, quote, comprehensive market access for all
03:08American goods, economic security commitments, and digital trade alignment. Canadian Prime
03:14Minister Mark Carney says substantial progress has been made, but cautions there is still
03:19important work left to do. The 50% tariffs were set to hit about $20 billion worth of Canadian
03:25imports, including products ranging from hockey sticks and building materials to alcohol and
03:30clothing. So for now, those tariffs are on hold, but only for three days, while the two sides try
03:36to get the deal across the finish line. Across the world, a major U.S.-South Korea military exercise
03:43will end six days early, after President Trump ordered the allies to scale it back.
03:49Ulchi Freedom Shield began Monday and was supposed to run through August 27th. It will now end Friday.
03:55The Pentagon says some live training has been dropped, while other events will shift to
04:01simulations, but says American forces will still meet their training and readiness goals.
04:06South Korea's military says the change came at Washington's request, and it appears to have
04:12caught officials in Seoul off guard. South Korea's foreign minister told lawmakers that officials in
04:17both countries did not know about Trump's decision before he announced it. Trump ordered the reduction
04:23just hours before the exercise began, saying the drill sent a totally inappropriate and hostile
04:29signal to North Korea. He also pointed to his very good relationship with North Korean leader Kim
04:35Jong-un. The annual exercise tests how U.S. and South Korean forces would respond together to a crisis on
04:42the Korean peninsula. On Wednesday, North Korean state media again criticized the training, saying Pyongyang
04:49would continue to exercise what it calls its right to self-defense.
04:54We are learning more about the final hours of actress Hayden Penetier's life, including who was
05:00with her when she was found unresponsive inside a South Carolina Airbnb apartment. The 36-year-old star
05:07of Heroes in Nashville died Sunday in Greenville, South Carolina. Investigators have not yet released an
05:13official cause of death. But a newly released police report is now filling in some of what happened
05:19that afternoon. Police say Penetier was staying temporarily at the apartment where she was found.
05:25Her boyfriend, Brian Hickerson, and his brother, Zach, were there, and police say they called 911.
05:31One of the responding officers wrote,
05:33I spoke with Zach Hickerson first. He advised this was his brother's girlfriend.
05:38The report also says Brian Hickerson showed police a bag of Penetier's medications,
05:43although the names of those medications were redacted. An autopsy found no signs of trauma
05:49that contributed to her death. Investigators are still waiting for additional test results
05:53before determining the official cause and manner. And now Penetier's estranged mother,
05:58Leslie Vogel, is speaking publicly about her daughter's death and about Hickerson.
06:03Vogel told NBC News,
06:05There is a lot of history in the past that Brian has enabled Hayden many times.
06:09And this is why her father and I had been concerned for a long time about him.
06:14Penetier had spoken openly about her struggles with addiction.
06:18She and Hickerson had a troubled history when it came to domestic violence.
06:22He pleaded no contest in 2021 to two felony counts of injuring a partner stemming from a 2020 arrest.
06:30This morning, the Trump administration is moving to lift decades-old protections
06:35on more than 44 million acres of national forest, clearing the way for new roads,
06:40logging, and other development to be considered.
06:43The Forest Service is proposing to scrap the 2001 roadless rule,
06:48which for 25 years has restricted road building and logging in national forest areas
06:53that don't currently have roads.
06:56More than 95 percent of the land affected is in 10 western states,
07:00including Alaska, California, Montana, Oregon, and Washington.
07:04Colorado and Idaho would not be affected because they have their own roadless rules.
07:10Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says the rule has made it harder to clear overgrowth
07:15and other fire hazards because forest managers cannot easily get into some of these areas.
07:20In a statement, she said,
07:22For too long, outdated restrictions have kept tens of millions of forested acres off limits
07:28to the very treatments that improve forest health and reduce wildfire risk to our communities.
07:34But some fire expert ecologists say more roads could actually increase the risk of fire
07:40by bringing more people into places that are now largely undisturbed.
07:44The change would not automatically open all 44 million acres to logging.
07:49Those decisions would be left to local forest managers.
07:52This is still a proposal.
07:54The Forest Service is taking public comment through September 21st at regulations.gov.
08:00Finally this morning, there's a brand new crater on the moon created by, get this,
08:05a SpaceX rocket that slammed into the lunar surface two weeks ago.
08:09The nearly 9,000-pound Falcon 9 upper stage had been drifting through space since launching in January of last
08:17year.
08:17Then, on August 5th, it hit the moon at about 5,400 miles an hour with the force of nearly
08:24three tons of TNT.
08:26And now we can see what it left behind.
08:29NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured these before and after images of the impact site.
08:34That new divot you see there, surrounded by bright and dark streaks of material thrown out by the impact, is
08:42the new crater.
08:42And it's not exactly small.
08:44NASA measures it at about 60 feet across and just under 10 feet deep.
08:50The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has been circling the moon since 2009.
08:54And in this case, it gave scientists their most detailed look yet
08:59at what happens when a piece of human-made space debris hits the lunar surface.
09:04I don't know about you, but I am very excited about our space exploration with the Artemis program
09:09and possibly landing on the moon again in 2028.
09:12That should be really exciting.
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09:46For all of us here at Straight Arrow, I'm Craig DeGrelli.
09:48Have a great day.
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