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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:05):
In just four minutes, six US service members are dead
as Operation Epic Fury continues against Iran. Secretary of War
Pete Hegseth said Monday, the conflict will not be endless.
More from Kate Fisher.

Speaker 3 (00:23):
In offering objectives for the military action, Secretary Hegseth said
Iran's nuclear ambitions had to be addressed, saying they hadn't
sea since the US's strikes against its nuclear facilities last June.
He and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
reiterated what President Trump has already said that more US
casualties should be expected as the operation continues. Kate Fisher, Washington.

Speaker 2 (00:49):
Oil shipping has nearly stopped through the Strait of Horn
Moves as Iran threatens to attack any tanker that tries
to pass through the critical energy corridor. More from Tammy Triheo.

Speaker 4 (01:01):
About one fifth of the world's oil typically moves through
the Strait, movement that ground to a halt after US
and Israeli attacks on Iran. Some one hundred and fifty
tankers have been left stranded, and the situation is sending
oil prices surging. Companies are rerouting ships around the southern
tip of Africa, which is greatly increasing shipping times and costs.
About seventy percent of the oil sent through the strait

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is bound for Asia. I'm Tammy Tricheo.

Speaker 2 (01:24):
A third person has died after a shooting outside a
bar on Austin, Texas's Sixth Street over the weekend. Police
say the gunman, a Senegalese born US citizen, open fire
early Sunday, injuring fourteen others before being killed by officers.
Police Chief Lisa Davis was asked about images showing this
suspect wearing a hoodie with the words property of Allah

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and an Iranian flag on his undershirt.

Speaker 5 (01:49):
We see, you know, the second shirt with Iran, the
picture of the shawl on that T shirt as well.
You know, we're thinking about events and what's occurring in
the country as well.

Speaker 2 (01:59):
Future have tumbled over eight hundred points as the US
war with Iran continues. I'm Michael Kassner. The Clinton's videotape
depositions before the House committee investigating sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein
our release to the public now At one point, former
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton became angry after learning a

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photo taken of her inside the hearing room was released online. Oh,
for heaven, it doesn't matter.

Speaker 1 (02:27):
We all are abiding by the same rules.

Speaker 5 (02:29):
I will think that.

Speaker 1 (02:30):
Yeah, well, I would like to take a break at this.

Speaker 2 (02:32):
Yep, I'd like to have God for now. The deposition
was halted briefly after a conservative influencer leaked a photo
from inside the room he says was given to him
by Colorado Republican Lauren Bobert in violation of committee rules.
A rash seen on President Trump's neck on Monday is
being attributed to skin cream. More from Sarah Lee Kessler.

Speaker 1 (02:56):
The White House says the President is using a very
calm and cream on the right side of his neck,
which it called a preventative skin treatment. It did not
elaborate the bright red rash was spotted on Trump's neck
during a Medal of Honor ceremony. This comes after bruising
was seen on his hands, which the White House set
was due to handshaking and a high daily dose of asprint.

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I'm Sarah Lee Kessler.

Speaker 2 (03:22):
Paramount is set to release thirty films a year in
theaters once it merges with Warner Brothers Discovery more from
Jim Roop.

Speaker 6 (03:30):
The news comes after Warner Brothers Discovery has agreed to
be acquired by Paramount Skydance for one hundred and ten
billion dollars. Paramount CEO David Ellison tells infestors that they
are committed to delivering a broad pipeline of high quality storytelling,
including fifteen theatrical films per year per studio. Ellison's also
reassuring that the studios will honor a forty five day

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theatrical window before their film's debut on the streaming services.
There is skepticism surrounding the development of enough films, as
there's more than seventy eight billion dollars in combined debt
between both companies.

Speaker 2 (04:03):
I'm Michael Kassner.