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0:16Sunday night on television, cameras rolling bright. Nora [music] O'Donnell [singing] sat across ready for the night. 60 Minutes CBS, the nation tuned in wide. The president was in the chair, nowhere left to hide.
0:28She pulled out a document, started reading [music] slow. Words from a suspect's writings, putting on a show.
0:34Administration [music] officials, they are targets, she said reading from the manifesto every single threat. The suspect had been arrested just 2 days before Washington [music] Hilton, April 25th. Outside the door, Cole Thomas Allen, 31 from the state of California tried to breach the security, created mass hysteria. [music] Shots were fired, no one died, the suspect was detained.
0:55Secret Service moved in fast, order was maintained. Trump was evacuated [music] safely from the scene. Now sitting in a TV chair explaining what it means. Then Nora kept on reading, didn't [music] stop or pause. The suspect wrote more language giving everyone cause. I am no longer willing to permit, [music] the words began. A pedophile, a rapist and a traitor, wrote this man. The president responded, [music] called the media names, said he was exonerated, refused to play their games.
1:23Did not accept a single label [music] that the journalist had read, said she should be ashamed herself for reading what it said.
1:30Pointed [music] fingers back across, mentioned other sides, said his political opponents had their own dark rides. Referenced Epstein himself, said others were [music] involved. A back and forth of accusations, nothing got resolved. The interview continued, tension in the air. Two people at a [music] table with a nation in a stare.
1:48Nora asked the questions, Trump gave his replies. Both sides left [music] the building with a very different eyes. Now here comes the courtroom, gavel hitting down. A journalist [music and singing] named Katie Fang is making quite a sound. Filed a federal lawsuit, took it to the court against the Trump Department of Justice. This is her report. [music] Acting AG Todd Blanche named directly in the case. Allegations flying, transparency's [music] the base.
2:12The FC Transparency Act it passed and became law, but Katie says the DOJ has [music] broken every clause. Thousands documents requested, answers never came.
2:22She said the cover-up of [music] records is the very claim. The public has a right to know what happened in those files. She took that argument [music] and walked it down the court outside.
2:31News network standing firm, reporting from the front. News talk CONTRIBUTOR [music] KATIE BEN BLOOD NOT THROWING PUNCHES PERSONALLY, just still ain't what is true. Letting judges and the law decide WHAT THEY WILL DO.
2:43SO HERE we are in 2026. The [music] news is thick from shooting incidents to lawsuits. Politics is quick. A manifesto gets read aloud on national TV. A journalist sues the government [music] demanding we see the FC files are sitting somewhere locked behind a wall.
2:58The American public saying they want access [music] to it all. Congress passed a law for this. Transparency they said, but lawsuits now are necessary just to move ahead.
3:08Accountability [music] is what the people keep demanding. The media is pushing back no longer just withstanding. From CBS to courthouse the stories keep on coming. The wheels of NEWS AND JUSTICE NEVER EVER STOP AND RUNNING.
3:22THAT IS YOUR UPDATE.
3:25That is what went down.
3:27From the White House to the courtroom [music] to the Washington town.
3:32Stay tuned.
3:33Stay informed. Let the facts be clear.
3:37Another day of breaking [music] news.
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