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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: AUGUST 7, 2026 · What You Need To Know

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  Speaker 1: It's Sybil Wilkes with what we need to know today,
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  Speaker 1: and we made it. It's Friday, August seventh, twenty twenty six.
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  Speaker 1: Number one, A Republican led Senate committee chaired by Kentucky
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  Speaker 1: Senator Ran Paul voted to hold retired immunologist doctor Anthony
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  Speaker 1: Fauci in content of Congress. Doctor Fauci repeatedly invoked his
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  Speaker 1: Fifth Amendment rights after accusing lawmakers of attempting to co
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  Speaker 1: airs him to perjury to justify criminal charges. Congressional Democrats
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  Speaker 1: condemned the action as a performative distraction, emphasizing how political
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  Speaker 1: grievances surrounding pandemic era policies continue to endure. Number two,
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  Speaker 1: Progressive State Representative Justin Pearson, renowned as one of the
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  Speaker 1: Tennessee Iree, won the Democratic primary for the Tennessee's newly
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  Speaker 1: redrawn ninth congressional district. Mister Pearson secured high profile endorsements
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  Speaker 1: from prominent progressive leaders, overcoming fellow state lawmaker Madame London
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  Speaker 1: Lamar in a competitive primary contest. He advances to the
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  Speaker 1: general election against Republican nominee Brent Taylor in a significantly
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  Speaker 1: altered district by the state legislature, by the way that
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  Speaker 1: now heavily favors conservative voters. Number three by Black three
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  Speaker 1: sixty five. In celebration of National Black Business Month, Lost
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  Speaker 1: Borough ice Cream partnered with ten to one Rum to
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  Speaker 1: launch a unique cocktail inspired dessert. Co owners Patrick Cruz
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  Speaker 1: and Kowana Jefferson crafted the Hudson Old Fashioned Flavor using
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  Speaker 1: Dark Rum, fresh orange zest, and Angistora bitters. This creative
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  Speaker 1: collaboration highlights local Black entrepreneurial excellence while offering consumers an
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  Speaker 1: elevated culinary experience. I'll drink gory to that. Number four.
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  Speaker 1: In health News, the Food and Drug Administration officially improved
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  Speaker 1: Moderna's Influceva, marking the first seasonal flu vaccine utilizing Messenger
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  Speaker 1: RNA NDAY technology. Clinical trials involving over forty thousand participants
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  Speaker 1: demonstrated the shot is safe and offers enhanced protection against
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  Speaker 1: seasonal influenza strains for older adults. Moderna expects the new
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  Speaker 1: vaccine to be available across the United States within weeks
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  Speaker 1: ahead of the upcoming respiratory virus season. Number five Black
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  Speaker 1: America no year history. It was on this date August
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  Speaker 1: seventh in nineteen forty eight, that high jumper Alice Coachman
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  Speaker 1: soared to victory at the London Summer Games, becoming the
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  Speaker 1: first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal. The
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  Speaker 1: Georgia native cleared the five feet six and one eighth inches,
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  Speaker 1: breaking the standard Olympic high jump record in dramatic fashion
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  Speaker 1: before eighty two thousand spectators, and she was personally presented
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  Speaker 1: her medal by King George the six and welcomed home
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  Speaker 1: with a historic parade celebrating her barrier breaking achievement. Brava,
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  Speaker 1: here's your daily inspiration from Yogi's Jewel. Life is a
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  Speaker 1: series of choices. Let's choose to lead with wisdom today.
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  Speaker 1: All right, I'm Sybil Wilkes. Be informed, be empowered,