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  Speaker 1: BIN News This Hour. I'm Terry McCready. Coming up, the
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  Speaker 1: House Minority Leader taking a major step. Mississippi's Senate race
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  Speaker 1: is still languishing. A concession from the incumbent mayor of
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  Speaker 1: Los Angeles. But first, here's BIN News Now.
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  Speaker 2: First Lady Melania Trump says she hopes a ceasefire that
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  Speaker 2: she helped broker will lead to wider peace between Ukraine
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  Speaker 2: and Russia. Speaking from the White House, the First Lady
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  Speaker 2: said more than a temporary ceasefire is needed. This is
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  Speaker 2: not the modesty of this beginning.
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  Speaker 3: But the determination to turn into something extraordinary.
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  Speaker 2: It'll likely be a while before there's a winner in
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  Speaker 2: Alaska's razor-tight Senate race. The race is separated by just
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  Speaker 2: 637 votes, and Alaska's governor said a new batch of
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  Speaker 2: ballots won't arrive for counting until November 13th. Some babies
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  Speaker 2: diagnosed with peanut allergies may not actually be allergic. A
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  Speaker 2: study concluded a little more than one-third of infants who
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  Speaker 2: tested positive were found not to have an allergic reaction
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  Speaker 2: when given a slow increase of doses of peanuts. I'm
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  Speaker 2: Alexandria Ikemony with BIN News Now. Back to you, Terry.
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  Speaker 1: Democratic Minority Leader and New York Congressman Hakeem Jeffries has
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  Speaker 1: officially launched his bid to become the next Speaker of
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  Speaker 1: the House.
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  Speaker 3: And we believe in this great country that when you
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  Speaker 3: work hard and play by the rules, you should be
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  Speaker 3: able to live an affordable life, a comfortable life, and
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  Speaker 3: a good life. That's a good paying job, good housing,
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  Speaker 3: good health care, a good education for your children. And
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  Speaker 3: then when it's all said and done, a good retirement.
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  Speaker 3: That's the American dream, and House Democrats will work hard
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  Speaker 3: to revive it for every single person in this land.
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  Speaker 1: Jeffries, who was born and raised in Crown Heights, Brooklyn,
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  Speaker 1: is expected to take over for Republican Mike Johnson in
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  Speaker 1: January after the Democrats' landslide midterm election wins. Jeffries sent
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  Speaker 1: a letter to his colleagues formally announcing his bid, saying
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  Speaker 1: the new Congress will aggressively fight for an affordable America.
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  Speaker 1: House Democrats will hold leadership elections on November 18th. Mississippi's U.S.
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  Speaker 1: Senate race remaining undecided as election officials continue counting ballots.
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  Speaker 1: Democrat Scott Colombe, who is challenging Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith
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  Speaker 1: for the seat, is optimistic.
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  Speaker 2: I am very happy with where we stand. I'm confident.
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  Speaker 1: I'm confident once.
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  Speaker 3: The process lays out where we are, where the ballots are,
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  Speaker 3: we're going to win.
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  Speaker 1: Unofficial results are showing Cologne leading by over 1,100 votes
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  Speaker 1: and no final result is expected until next week. Both
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  Speaker 1: campaigns are closely monitoring the count, with potential legal challenges
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  Speaker 1: looming as counties work toward certifying their results. L.A. 's
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  Speaker 1: black incumbent Mayor Karen Bass is conceding the mayoral race
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  Speaker 1: to Nithya Raman, Bass' who was vying for a second term,
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  Speaker 1: releasing the statement shortly after the council member expanded her
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  Speaker 1: lead to about 35,000 votes. Bass, the first Black woman
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  Speaker 1: to serve as L.A. mayor, thanked her supporters and described
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  Speaker 1: the job as an honor. She also called Rahman to
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  Speaker 1: congratulate her on the victory and is committed to ensuring
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  Speaker 1: a smooth and seamless transition. Mayor-elect Rahman will take office
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  Speaker 1: on December 13th.
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  Speaker 3: U.S.
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  Speaker 1: Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon is resigning as head of
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  Speaker 1: the DOJ's Civil Rights Division Dylan said she made the
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  Speaker 1: decision to step down three weeks ago but delayed the
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  Speaker 1: notice at the request of White House Chief of Staff
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  Speaker 1: Susie Wiles. Congressional Democrats have signaled sweeping investigations into the
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  Speaker 1: Trump administration following their midterm wipeout. Dylan, who defended the
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  Speaker 1: president's investigation into non-citizen voters, said she would certainly take
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  Speaker 1: legal counsel if subpoenaed to testify. For the latest news
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  Speaker 1: I'm Terry McCready. The Black Information Network means Black News First.