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  Speaker 1: BIN News this hour. I'm Andrea Coleman. Coming up. That's
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  Speaker 1: not true. This is not true. Black ministers come together
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  Speaker 1: to verify the date of today's election after a sign
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  Speaker 1: with incorrect information is spotted in their community. A black
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  Speaker 1: Senate candidate in Kentucky is getting some love from a
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  Speaker 1: prominent black Democrat.
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  Speaker 2: And the question that comes from that oversight is whether
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  Speaker 2: or not that leads to more serious action, whether there
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  Speaker 2: would be attempts to impeach President Trump. or to impeach
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  Speaker 2: members of his cabinet.
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  Speaker 1: A look at what it might mean for the president
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  Speaker 1: should the Democrats win a greater hold on Congress in
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  Speaker 1: today's election. But first, here's BIN News Now.
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  Speaker 3: Westchester County officials in New York are addressing widespread Election
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  Speaker 3: Day problems with ballot scanners rejecting votes.
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  Speaker 4: We're going to convene a bipartisan team to conduct a
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  Speaker 4: thorough review of the decisions and failures that led to
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  Speaker 4: this debacle and determine where accountability lies.
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  Speaker 3: County Executive Ken Jenkins, who is black, says the cause
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  Speaker 3: remains unknown but has ruled out hacking. The University of
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  Speaker 3: Maryland Eastern Shore is accepting applications for its new veterinary
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  Speaker 3: medicine program. It will be the first veterinary school in
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  Speaker 3: Maryland and the first at a public HBCU. The inaugural
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  Speaker 3: class begins in summer 2027 with applications due January 15th.
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  Speaker 3: And Parrish Jackson is seeking to transfer $ 600 million from
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  Speaker 3: her late father Michael Jackson's estate into a family trust.
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  Speaker 3: Her attorneys claim she and her siblings were entitled to
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  Speaker 3: payments starting at age 21. The estate disputes those claims,
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  Speaker 3: citing unresolved tax issues. A court hearing is scheduled for
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  Speaker 3: next month. I'm Amber Payton with BIN News Now. Back
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  Speaker 3: to you, Andrea.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you. They are shouting today's date to members of
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  Speaker 1: their community. A group of black clergy in Metro Atlanta
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  Speaker 1: came together yesterday to verify and confirm the election date
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  Speaker 1: was today. The date became an issue after a member
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  Speaker 1: of one of their churches alerted their pastor to a
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  Speaker 1: sign posted in the community saying the election was on Thursday,
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  Speaker 1: November 5th. The group reportedly believes the sign may have
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  Speaker 1: been a part of a scheme to throw off black voters.
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  Speaker 1: Eight Black women are on the ballot in statewide races
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  Speaker 1: this election. That includes former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms,
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  Speaker 1: who is running for governor. Polls show her leading her
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  Speaker 1: opponent by a razor-thin margin of 0.03%. A former President
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  Speaker 1: Barack Obama is backing Charles Booker for Kentucky's Senate seat.
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  Speaker 1: Obama endorsed a Democrat Sunday, saying he understands working family struggles. Booker,
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  Speaker 1: who is black, welcomed the support as he faces Republican
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  Speaker 1: Congressman Andy Barr in today's election. Barr has President Trump's
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  Speaker 1: endorsement and campaigned with him at a northern Kentucky rally recently.
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  Speaker 1: The winner will succeed retiring Senator Mitch McConnell. The congressional
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  Speaker 1: outcome of today's election will greatly influence what happens in
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  Speaker 1: Washington for the remainder of President Trump's current term. President
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  Speaker 1: Trump yesterday saying he will become the king of the
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  Speaker 1: veto should Democrats regain control of the House of Representatives
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  Speaker 1: and or gain control of the Senate.
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  Speaker 4: Dr.
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  Speaker 1: Undra Gillespie, an assistant professor of political science at Emory University,
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  Speaker 1: says the scenario could definitely make for a more contentious
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  Speaker 1: interaction on Capitol Hill.
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  Speaker 2: What we're likely to see happen is if Democrats get
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  Speaker 2: control of either chamber of Congress, is that there is
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  Speaker 2: going to be an increase in oversight capacity. One of
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  Speaker 2: the important functions of Congress relative to the president is oversight.
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  Speaker 2: They are the ones that have the power of the purse.
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  Speaker 2: And so they have the right to check to see
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  Speaker 2: whether or not the executive branch is actually spending the
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  Speaker 2: money as Congress has allocated. And that means that they
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  Speaker 2: have the right to drag members of the executive branch
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  Speaker 2: in for hearings and make them answer to how they
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  Speaker 2: spent money and how they have conducted the people's business.
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  Speaker 2: That hasn't happened as much. With Congress being under Republican control,
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  Speaker 2: if the Democrats take control of a chamber, I guarantee
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  Speaker 2: you that that chamber is going to become more adversarial
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  Speaker 2: towards the executive branch.
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  Speaker 1: BIN will monitor election results throughout the evening. Hear more
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  Speaker 1: from Dr. Gillespie in our special Election Day program later today.
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  Speaker 1: Black America Votes, the midterms 2026, will air at 7 p.m.
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  Speaker 4: Eastern.
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  Speaker 1: We'll take a look at the election from a Black perspective.
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  Speaker 1: This is BIN News This Hour. Be sure to follow
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  Speaker 1: us wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Andrea Coleman on
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