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[00:00] Announcer: From Neural Newscast, this is Buzz, tracking what's trending and why it matters.
[00:10] Lila Mercer: Lila Mercer here. Let's get into the feed. You are listening to Buzz.
[00:15] Jonah Klein: And I'm Jonah Klein. We have a massive day on X, spanning from superhero reveals to some pretty heavy breaking news.
[00:23] Lila Mercer: Um, let's start with the one that literally stopped the scroll this morning. Jonah, move on.
[00:27] Lila Mercer: Marvel finally dropped it.
[00:29] Lila Mercer: The first official trailer for Spider-Man brand new day is here.
[00:33] Jonah Klein: The hype is unreal, Lila.
[00:35] Jonah Klein: We're talking over 48,000 likes on the Japanese official post alone in minutes.
[00:40] Jonah Klein: The tagline is what has everyone talking.
[00:43] Jonah Klein: Even if no one remembers me, I'm your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.
[00:47] Lila Mercer: It's like leaning right into that memory wipe storyline from the end of No Way Home.
[00:52] Lila Mercer: July 31st is the date for theaters, and fans are already dissecting every frame of Tom Holland's
[00:58] Lila Mercer: return.
[00:58] Lila Mercer: The discussing film post is already sitting at over 1.7 million views.
[01:03] Jonah Klein: It feels like a true new chapter for Spidey.
[01:06] Jonah Klein: But while everyone is looking at the big screen, the actual news cycle is getting pretty intense with some major political moves.
[01:14] Lila Mercer: The Associated Press is reporting that Joe Kent, the director of National Counterterrorism, has officially resigned.
[01:21] Lila Mercer: This isn't just a standard exit.
[01:23] Lila Mercer: He's citing some very specific reasons regarding the Trump administration's foreign policy.
[01:28] Jonah Klein: Exactly. Kent basically said the Iran War was initiated under pressure from the Israel lobby
[01:34] Jonah Klein: and that Iran didn't actually pose an imminent threat. It's creating a huge rift on social
[01:40] Lila Mercer: media. You can see that rift in real time. On one side, you have figures like Nick Fuentes
[01:45] Lila Mercer: calling for impeachment over this. And on the other, people are processing what this internal
[01:51] Lila Mercer: dissent means for the administration. It's a massive signal of tension in D.C.
[01:57] Announcer: And the heavy news doesn't stop there.
[02:00] Announcer: We're also tracking a major sentencing out of Oregon involving Jeremy Williams, the former principal of Rainier Junior Senior High, who was just sentenced over five years in prison.
[02:11] Lila Mercer: This case has been a flashpoint for parents and school safety advocates.
[02:16] Lila Mercer: Williams was already on leave for reportedly celebrating an assassination attempt, but now he's heading to prison on child pornography charges.
[02:26] Announcer: The libs of TikTok account picked this up this morning, and it exploded.
[02:31] Announcer: It's a grim story that's really fueled a lot of discussion about trust in the education system,
[02:36] Announcer: especially after 13 original charges were involved.
[02:40] Lila Mercer: Let's shift gears for a second to something a bit more hopeful for the anime community.
[02:46] Lila Mercer: Jonah, I know you've been waiting for this one.
[02:48] Announcer: Lila, Steel Ball Run.
[02:50] Announcer: Netflix is premiering the first stage of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 7 Tomorrow.
[02:56] Announcer: They just released new visual cuts on X, and the animation looks incredible.
[03:01] Lila Mercer: The JoJo Legacy is massive.
[03:04] Lila Mercer: This first episode is a special 47-minute presentation.
[03:08] Lila Mercer: People have been waiting years for this specific manga arc to get an adaptation.
[03:14] Lila Mercer: People have been waiting years for this specific manga arc to get an adaptation.
[03:20] Announcer: It's going to dominate the conversation tomorrow, for sure.
[03:24] Announcer: But before we get there, we have to talk about this bizarre real-life mystery coming out of Japan.
[03:30] Announcer: It sounds like something straight out of a movie.
[03:33] Lila Mercer: You're talking about the couple in Okazaki Castle Park?
[03:37] Lila Mercer: This is so strange.
[03:39] Lila Mercer: Liddoor News reported that an unidentified elderly couple was found after being missing for seven months.
[03:46] Announcer: And they have total amnesia.
[03:49] Announcer: They don't know their names or where they live.
[03:51] Announcer: They just told the city they woke up in the park and they only refer to each other as
[03:56] Announcer: Otosan and Okasan, basically dad and mom.
[04:00] Lila Mercer: The city of Okazaki is literally asking the public for tips because they have no idea
[04:06] Lila Mercer: who these people are.
[04:08] Lila Mercer: It's reached over 4 million views on X because people are just...
[04:11] Lila Mercer: fascinated by how a couple can just vanish and reappear with no memory.
[04:17] Announcer: It's a heart-wrenching real-world puzzle.
[04:20] Announcer: From amnesiac mysteries to multiverse trailers, the internet is definitely busy today.
[04:26] Lila Mercer: That's the pulse for now. I'm Leela Mercer.
[04:29] Announcer: And I'm Jonah Klein.
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[04:43] Announcer: This has been Buzz on Neural Newscast, tracking what's trending and why it matters.