BUCKINGHAM PALACE ANNOUNCES KING CHARLES IS BEING TREATED FOR CANCER

AND — COUNTRY MUSIC SUPERSTAR TOBY KEITH PASSES AWAY AFTER HIS OWN CANCER BATTLE.

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TODAY IS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6TH.

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I’M KARAH RUCKER.

WE BEGIN WITH THE LATEST ON KING CHARLES AFTER HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER.

BUCKINGHAM PALACE ANNOUNCING THE KING HAS BEGUN OUTPATIENT TREATMENT.

BRITISH PRIME MINISTER RISHI (REE-SHEE) SUNAK SAYING TODAY DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH THE BBC THAT HE WAS “SHOCKED AND SAD” TO LEARN OF THE KING’S DIAGNOSIS BUT IS THANKFUL THE CANCER WAS CAUGHT EARLY.

OUR LAUREN TAYLOR HAS MORE ON THE KING’S DIAGNOSIS.

LAUREN TAYLOR: “WHILE THE EXACT FORM…IS A SEPARATE ISSUE…” “THE BBC REPORTS KING CHARLES WILL CONTINUE REGULAR TREATMENTS…AS SOON AS POSSIBLE”

CHARLES IS LESS THAN 18 MONTHS INTO HIS REIGN – BECOMING KING FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF HIS MOTHER – QUEEN ELIZABETH — AFTER 70 YEARS ON THE THRONE.

YOU CAN FIND LAUREN’S FULL REPORT NOW ON OUR WEBSITE SAN DOT COM.

BREAKING NEWS OVERNIGHT — COUNTRY MUSIC STAR TOBY KEITH HAS DIED.

A STATEMENT WAS POSTED TO HIS OFFICIAL X ACCOUNT EARLY THIS MORNING SAYING KEITH PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY MONDAY NIGHT – SURROUNDED BY FAMILY.

KEITH ANNOUNCED IN 20-22 HE’D BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH STOMACH CANCER AND WAS RECEIVING TREATMENT.

THE STATEMENT READ “HE FOUGHT HIS FIGHT WITH GRACE AND COURAGE.”

THE COUNTRY ICON — KNOWN FOR SONGS SUCH AS “SHOULD’VE BEEN A COWBOY” AND “RED SOLO CUP” — WAS NAMED ARTIST OF THE DECADE AT THE AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARDS IN 2011.

TOBY KEITH WAS 62 YEARS OLD.

AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE HAVE DIED AS A SEVERE STORM SYSTEM SWEEPS THROUGH CALIFORNIA — ALL THREE WERE KILLED BY FALLEN TREES.

HEAVY RAINFALL LED TO FLOODING AND MUD SLIDES THROUGHOUT THE STATE

ABOUT 38 MILLION PEOPLE ARE UNDER FLOOD ALERTS IN THE REGION..

250-THOUSAND HOMES AND BUSINESSES REMAIN WITHOUT POWER IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CALLING IT ONE OF THE WETTEST STORMS IN LOS ANGELES SINCE RECORDS HAVE BEEN KEPT DATING BACK TO THE 1870S

IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD NEARLY A FOOT OF RAIN WAS MEASURED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES.

THE WHITE HOUSE HAS PLEDGED FEDERAL AID SHOULD CALIFORNIA NEED IT.

THE SENATE IS SCHEDULED TO VOTE TOMORROW ON A 118 BILLION DOLLAR PACKAGE WITH FUNDING FOR UKRAINE, ISRAEL — AND BORDER SECURITY —

WHICH HAS BECOME A POINT OF TENSION.

THE HOUSE IS TAKING AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.

AFTER DECLARING THAT PACKAGE “DEAD ON ARRIVAL” —

THE HOUSE IS LOOKING TO PASS A STANDALONE BILL — FOR AID TO ISRAEL.

IN RESPONSE — PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAS COME OUT TO SAY HE WOULD VETO THE HOUSE BILL IF IT PASSES AND LANDS ON HIS DESK.

IN A STATEMENT – THE WHITE HOUSE CALLS THE STANDALONE BILL A “POLITICAL PLOY” THAT “DOES NOTHING TO HELP SECURE THE BORDER” OR “DEFEND THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE.”

HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON TOLD CNN ON MONDAY — BIDEN’S VETO THREAT IS “A BETRAYAL OF OUR  ALLY AND FRIEND ISRAEL IN THEIR TIME OF DESPERATE NEED.”

WHILE THE SPEAKER SAYS THE SENATE’S BILL HAS NO CHANCE OF PASSING THE HOUSE —

THE **SENATE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO EVEN GET IT THERE.

AS ON MONDAY NIGHT – SENATE REPUBLICANS HELD A CLOSED-DOOR MEETING — IN OPPOSITION OF THE PACKAGE.

REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE NIKKI HALEY HAS REQUESTED SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION.

HALEY’S CAMPAIGN DIDN’T GIVE ANY SPECIFIC REASON THAT PROMPTED THE REQUEST –

BUT HALEY HAS BEEN THE TARGET OF AT LEAST TWO SWATTING INCIDENTS – WHERE CALLERS FILE FALSE REPORTS LOOKING TO GENERATE A MASSIVE RESPONSE BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN PROTESTERS AT HER RECENT CAMPAIGN EVENTS OPPOSING HER FOREIGN POLICY POSITIONS.

SPEAKING TO THE WALL STREET JOURNAL – HALEY CONFIRMED THE APPLICATION FOR PROTECTION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY – SAYING THEY’VE HAD MULTIPLE ISSUES. BUT ADDING “IT’S NOT GOING TO STOP HER OR SLOW HER CAMPAIGN.

HALEY REMAINS THE LAST REMAINING OPPONENT TO FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP FOR THE 2024 GOP NOMINATION.

FINALLY THIS MORNING – BASEBALL HAS LONG BEEN CONSIDERED TO BE AMERICA’S PASTIME – BUT NOW IT APPEARS THAT BASEBALL’S TIME HAS PASSED AS THE TOP SPORT IN THE NATION.

ACCORDING TO A RECENT PEW SURVEY OF 12 THOUSAND ADULTS  – FIFTY THREE PERCENT SAID FOOTBALL IS “AMERICA’S SPORT.”

BASEBALL CAME IN SECOND WITH TWENTY SEVEN PERCENT – FOLLOWED BY BASKETBALL AND SOCCER.

BUT WHILE FOOTBALL WAS THE TOP CHOICE OF THOSE SURVEYED – MOST DO NOT CONSIDER THEMSELVES DIE-HARD SPORTS FANS.

IN FACT — SIXTY PERCENT SAID THEY DON’T FOLLOW PRO OR COLLEGE SPORTS CLOSELY.

BUT THERE’S PROBABLY A GOOD CHANCE MOST WILL BE WATCHING THE SUPER BOWL THIS WEEKEND – EVEN IF IT’S JUST FOR THE COMMERCIALS.

THESE ARE YOUR TOP STORIES FOR THIS TUESDAY.

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UNTIL THEN I’M KARAH RUCKER. HAVE A GREAT DAY!