First News on 570 with Mark Starling

First News on 570 with Mark Starling

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First News on 570 for Thursday, August 2nd, 2018

The rain will continue, more sanctions for China, and a Black Mountain Pastor remains on haouse arrest in Turkey accused of aiding a terrorist group! Lots happening for your Thursday morning! I'll have the very latest on all the biggest stories of the day as well as a few things for you to bring to the water cooler to talk about. 

6:13- Michael Bower- The remains of what is believed to be 50 American servicemen are back on American soil AND A conspiracy group called “We Are Q” walked out from the internet shadows in a crowd at President Trump’s Florida rally this week.  s Michael has been investigating who they are - and what they are famous for.  

6:43- William Mapp- Top Tech Stories of the Week

DETERMINED NOT TO REPEAT PAST MISTAKES, FACEBOOK BANS PICTURES AIM TO INTERFERE

Credited with influencing the 2016 election, Facebook is determined not to make the same mistake twice.  Facebook has begun banning accounts and pages that are suspected to be influencing voter behavior. Facebook has said that it has found 17 suspected profiles on Facebook and 7 on Instagram.  That may not sound like a lot, but those 17 have already filed 9500 posts.  In all, 290,000 user accounts have followed these 17, and the 17 had purchased 150 ads on FB and IG. Be careful out there and always consider the source when reading your news.

AFTER FINDING LOST SHARES OF STOCK, APPLE PUSHING TO BE WORTH 1 TRILLION

Yesterday, Apple ‘found’ 20 million shares of its own stock and restated its market valuation.  Apple had listed its stock count at 20 million shares less that its current share count of 4.8 billion shares.  The discovery of the missing shares pushed Apple’s market capitalization to $973 million. Apple has been buying back many of its shares, recently purchasing $43 billion in a buy back program.

FRANCE BANS SMARTPHONES IN SCHOOLS

Sounds like a good move.  On Monday, French lawmakers decided that students under the age of 15 must leave their smartphones at home or at least have them turned off in the middle of that.  Dubbed a public health message, officials said that kids shouldn’t spend so much time on their phones. The law prevents the use of tablets, computers, and other-Internet connected devices as well. This was a campaign promise of French president Emmanuel Macron, and after the measure was passed he tweeted, “Commitment held.”

7:13- Ray Stagich WX

7:23- Whip the Weatherman- 2018 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race at Bristol

7:43- TRUMP URGES ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS TO END RUSSIA PROBE

President Trump called Wednesday for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to end Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation “right now,” alleging bias on the investigative team and complaining about the trial of his former campaign chairman.  “This is a terrible situation and Attorney General Jeff Sessions should stop this Rigged Witch Hunt right now, before it continues to stain our country any further,” Trump tweeted. “Bob Mueller is totally conflicted, and his 17 Angry Democrats that are doing his dirty work are a disgrace to USA!”

Political Analyst JENNA ELLIS

8:13- IOWA MISSING GIRL LATEST: FOX GETS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH HER BOYFRIEND   FOX News Radio’s JEFF MONOSSO 

8:23- PRESIDENT TRUMP ORDERS ANOTHER ROUND OF TARIFFS FOR CHINA FOX News Radio’s JON DECKER

8:43- Ask a Vet Thursday with Dr Erin Allgood Pet Vet on Patton

8:52- Dr Erin Allgood Con't


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