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This is your twenty four to seven use update the latest Use this hour in just four minutes.

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It's a working vacation for President Trump as he continues to host world leaders at his mar A Lago resort.

Rory O'Neil with more.

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The topic for both big meetings is peace.

On Sunday, President Trump hosted Ukrainian President Voladimir Zelinski.

Both leaders sounded optimistic after their weekend talks, but acknowledged there are some sticking points to resolve the Russian invasion.

Today, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahoo visits mar A Lago, where President Trump is expected to press the Israeli leader to get to phase two of the ceasefire plan.

In Gaza, I'm Rory O'Neil.

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A potential bomb cyclone is bringing snow to the Upper Midwest in the overnight and morning hours.

A blizzard warning is in effect for Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Wisconsin.

A bomb cyclone describes what happens when cold, dry air meets moist, warm air, rapidly intensifying into dangerous conditions.

One pilot is dead another critically injured in South New Jersey after their helicopters.

Helicopters collide in mid air.

Sarah Lee Kessler.

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Reports it happened just before eleven thirty Sunday morning, two miles from the Hamilton Municipal Airport that's about thirty five miles southeast of Philadelphia.

Social media footage going viral shows a chopper spinning down into a wooded area near Basin Road in the White Horse Pike, with one erupting into flames.

The FAA says there were no passengers on board.

I'm Sarah Lee Kessler.

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New NASA administrator Jared Isaacman says the US will be back to the Moon before the end of twenty twenty eight.

More from Tammy Tracheo.

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He told CNBC that lunar exploration is critical to unlocking what he calls the orbital economy.

Getting to the Moon repeatedly and affordably.

We'll set the US up for missions to Mars, Isaacman said.

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On Wall Street for the opening bell SMP five hundred futures are slipping after the benchmark index hit a fresh record.

I'm Michael Kastner.

A shooter is on the loose after an early Sunday morning incident in Florida sent five people to the hospital.

Fort Lauderdale police say that believe the shooting in the downtown entertainment district was an isolated incident and there's no ongoing threat to the public.

A look back now at some of the top political stories of twenty twenty five.

Here's Matt Mattinson.

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Twenty twenty five started off with Donald Trump being sworn in as the forty seventh President of the United States the Constitution.

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Of the United States.

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So help me, God, So help me God.

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Congratulations.

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Trump became just the second president in US history to serve non consecutive terms.

He followed through on his promise of mass deportations of illegal immigrants, ordering the National Guard to help with operations in Los Angeles and elsewhere.

I Trump appointed Elon Musk to head DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency, to identify wasteful spending.

Trump and Musk would have a very public falling out over Trump's Big Beautiful Spending Bill, which eventually passed.

During their feud.

Must claim Trump is mentioned in the Jeffrey Epstein FBI files.

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We have nothing to do with Epstein and Democrats.

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President Trump went to the Supreme Court a lot during twenty twenty five asking the High Court to overturn decisions made by lower court judges, and the year closed out with the longest government shut down ever coming to an end after forty three days.

I'm at Mattinson.

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It's that time of year when folks are thinking about New Year's resolutions, but study show most of them fail.

Doctor Kerry Ditzel, a clinical psychologist with Baker Street Behavioral Health in New Jersey, says people need to get specific when making a resolution.

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I want to lose ten pounds, Well, what does it take to lose ten pounds?

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It takes changing what I eat for breakfast, taking a walk every day, and exercising more.

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Then you break it down.

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The problem with resolutions often is it's just very broad.

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Forbes Health survey show only eight percent say their resolutions have lasted a month on Michael Kassner

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