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What did President Trump say about funding the White House ballroom?

Lisa Lucera 0:03

Grateful for the decision. I'm Lisa Licera, Fox News. President Trump reacting on truth social to the decision by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, allowing the construction of the White House ballroom to continue. It'll cost four hundred million dollars, but the president told reporters it's all coming from private funds.

Unknown 0:21

No taxpayer money for the ballroom at all.

Lisa Lucera 0:23

The ruling from Justice Roberts coming as the Supreme Court considers the administration's emergency request to intervene in lawsuits over the project. The President made the comments before heading to Myrtle Beach for a rally tonight in support of Senator Darlene Graham. Meanwhile, Vice President J.D.

How is Vice President Vance using the Middletown steel plant visit to rally Republican support?

Lisa Lucera 0:39

Vance traveled to a steel facility in Middletown, Ohio to make the case for a

Jessica Rosenthal 0:43

Republicans ahead of the midterms. Vice President Vance asked workers at the Cleveland Cliffs Middletown Steelworks facility to vote for Republicans this fall, including John Houston for Senate and Vivek Ramaswamy for Governor.

J.D. Vance 0:53

Now we gotta ask ourselves, imagine if they get back in power, what are they gonna vote for? If these radicals take control of Congress, they're gonna pass the craziest agenda America has ever seen.

Jessica Rosenthal 1:05

He said under President Trump, there's been an explosion in building up American manufacturing with trillions invested in new facilities and plants. He also announced a billion dollar investment by the Department of Energy and Cleveland Cliff Steel in their Middletown Works flagship plant.

Lisa Lucera 1:19

Foxes Jessica Rosenthal clean up underway in Dover, Delaware, after a rare tornado blew through last night.

What were the details and impact of the tornado that hit Dover, Delaware?

Unknown 1:25

Six eighteen to be exact is when that tornado came ripping and rolling on through. Now the National Weather Service has yet to survey the damage here, so we don't know the EF rating. I'm giving it loosely as a meteorologist, perhaps an E F one rating.

Lisa Lucera 1:38

Fox Weather's Michael Estime and Dover. Another tornado was confirmed on New York's Long Island and Atlantic Beach, tearing apart buildings at a beach club. Wall Street stocks rose, trimming losses from a shaky week, even though the bond market remained jumpy. The Dow gained 518, the Nasdaq up 113. America's listening to Fox News.

How did Wall Street react today and what were the key moves in the stock market?

Lisa Lucera 2:01

The second day of a hearing for Carmelo Anthony, the Texas teen convicted of murdering another teen at a track meet last year as his lawyers seek a retrial.

Unknown 2:09

This morning in court, one of Anthony's original defense attorneys, Toby Shook, testified that towards the end of the trial, we very much still wanted Carmelo to testify because we thought that was the only way the jury could see that is why he used deadly force. Shook said that self-defense argument was important because they felt like they could convince the jury to go with a manslaughter conviction instead of murder. But after there was a breakdown over that unwritten agreement for both sides not to introduce any character evidence, Shook said Anthony didn't trust that prosecutors would keep their word if he took the stand and ultimately chose not to do it.

Lisa Lucera 2:44

Fox's Garatani. A Texas courts cut the $50 million judgment against InfoWars founder Alex Jones to about $6 million after he falsely claimed the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax. The ruling does not affect a one and a quarter billion dollar judgment against Jones in Connecticut.

What new developments emerged in the Carmelo Anthony murder retrial and the Alex Jones judgment?

Lisa Lucera 3:01

Jones has yet to make any payments as he appeals the amounts in the attempt to liquidate his company. Support for flock surveillance cameras.

Unknown 3:12

The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office in Florida posting why do we support the use of license plate readers and the stats. It's 150 flock cameras helped solve 15 murders, 17 kidnappings, six forcible sex assaults, nearly a hundred shootings, and 172 missing persons cases since 2024. Debunking the belief that readers identify people's faces, but information from readers helped the remote. Help them rescue a teenage girl, kidnap from her Georgia home, and track a corrections cop killer at a truck stop. Concluding when someone you love is in danger, you want us to have every responsible tool to help find them and solve the crime.

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