您现在的位置是:首页 > 英语听力 > CNN news 正文 CNN news 2008-07-24 加文本 2008-07-24来源:和谐英语 cnn 2008-07-24 Download AudioHope you're having a great day. I'm Nicole Lapin at the cnn Center in Atlanta. Good to see you. Thanks so much for checking in with us today. Here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. Hurricane Dolly has now made landfall and it's packing quite a punch along the southwest Texas and the Mexico border. Dolly is now at a Category 2 hurricane. Residents are now being told to move away from the Rio Grande levees. Also officials say that Dolly could produce flooding that could breach the levees. Meantime across the border, Mexican authorities are planning to move people into government shelters. We'll definitely keep you posted. The Coast Guard has also closed a stretch of 29 miles along the Mississippi river all around New Orleans right after a collision between a fuel barge and a tanker dumped more than 400,000 gallons of diesel-fuel into this water. The National Transportation Safety Board is now sending investigators to probe the cause of the accident. Thankfully though, no one was hurt. President Bush now saying that he's gonna sign a bill designated to help hurting homeowners in an effort to allow the government to pump emergency funds into Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The government budget office has already estimated that it could cost taxpayers 25 billion dollars. It says there is a better chance that these companies actually won't need federal funds after all though. Los Angeles getting ridded of plastic bags. You won't see these types of scenes pretty soon. The City Council has already voted to ban them after July 1st of 2010. After that, you're gonna have to bring your own bags to the grocery store or you're gonna have to pay 25 cents for a paper bag. Batman star Christian Bale is now scheduled to appear in court in September. This is of course over those assault allegations made by his estranged mother and sister. British police say that he's remaining on bail pending further inquiries. Also yesterday, the actor denying the allegation after spending four hours at the police station. He was released. He was not charged. (Www.hXen.com) Those are the headlines at this hour. For more on those stories and other news of the day, cnn is always your source online, on TV or on your cellphone. 本栏目更多同类内容 扫码关注和谐英语微信公众号,第一时间获取最新学习资料 或公众号搜索myhxen 上一篇 CNN news 2008-07-23 加文本 下一篇 CNN news 2008-07-25 加文本 相关文章 CNN如何审查来自乌克兰的视频?CNN News:撒哈拉沙漠在过去100年里扩张10%CNN News:中俄合作建设国际月球科研站CNN News:美国总统拜登签署1.9万亿美元经济刺激计划CNN News:美墨边境移民激增 在押移民儿童数创纪录CNN News:美国疫苗接种人数已超累计确诊人数CNN News:众议院投票表决1.9万亿美元经济刺激法案CNN News:教皇弗朗西斯历史性访问伊拉克CNN News:美国多州放宽新冠限制措施CNN News:冰岛一周地震17000余次 火山随时可能爆发