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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update, the
latest use this hour in just four minutes.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
Congress is set to get a briefing from the Trump
administration today, days after the US and Israel launched a
massive attack on Iran. The attacks continue and retaliatory strikes
from Iran have spilled over into the wider Middle East.
The timeline for the operation remains uncertain. As the President
explained yesterday.

Speaker 3 (00:28):
We have already substantially ahead of our time projections. But
whatever the time is, it's okay. Whatever it takes, we
will always and we have right from the beginning. We
projected four to five weeks, but we have capability to
go far longer than that.

Speaker 2 (00:49):
Six American service members have died in the operation so far.
Oil shipping is almost ground to a halt through the
Strait of horr Moves as Iran threatens to attack Kenny
tanker that tries to pass through the critical energy corridor.
Tony Waterman reports the situation is already driving up energy costs.

Speaker 4 (01:08):
Gas prices in the US are already rising, closing in
on three dollars a gallon, threatening to worsen an affordability crisis,
which is a top issue for voters heading into the
midterm elections.

Speaker 2 (01:20):
About one fifth of the world's oil typically moves through
the strait. It's not clear when Iranian officials will pick
a new Supreme leader. Benjamin Radd as an Iranian expert
at UCLA. He says there's not a clear successor to
Ayatola Alijmeni.

Speaker 1 (01:36):
And he himself.

Speaker 5 (01:37):
The process by which he became Supreme Leader was very
controversial back in nineteen eighty nine. But the point being
here is that he was the last of the founding fathers,
if you will, of Islamic Revolution. There's no one else
left from that group.

Speaker 2 (01:49):
He says. There is a constitutional process that's supposed to
be used to select the new Supreme Leader. However, Professor
Radd does not see any front runners. On Wall Street,
futures dropped nine hundred points as traders fear the US
are on conflict could drag on. I'm Michael Kassner. A
Jeffrey Epstein Walk of Shame display has appeared near the

(02:10):
White House Tammy treheel with details.

Speaker 6 (02:14):
The display is a play on the famous Hollywood Walk
of Fame, with stickers of stars displaying names that appear
in the Epstein case. Files released by the Department of Justice.
Some of the names include Elaine Maxwell, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnik,
the former Prince Andrew, and former President Bill Clinton. It's
not clear who's behind the display. Late last year, a
statue depicting President Trump and Epstein holding hands repeatedly popped

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up in Washington, d.

Speaker 2 (02:38):
C Americans aren't turning to elected leaders in Washington to
solve the biggest problem of the day. Many think they
are the problem. More from Rory O'Neil.

Speaker 1 (02:48):
President Ronald Reagan said it forty five years ago at
his first inauguration.

Speaker 3 (02:53):
Government is not the solution to our problem.

Speaker 1 (02:56):
Government is the problem. New Gallup Holding finds this viedman
is still shared today. Twenty nine percent say government or
politics is the biggest problem facing the nation. Before twenty sixteen,
that number on Huverard around ten percent. Immigration and the
economy were the two other big problems identified by voters.

Speaker 2 (03:14):
In February, Perry styles first concert for his new album
will be streaming on Netflix. The news comes as Styles
is set to drop his new album Kiss All the
Time Disco Occasionally on March six. He's also set to
embark on a world tour where he'll play thirty nights

(03:35):
at Madison Square Garden, along with shows in Amsterdam, London,
Soal Paulo, Mexico City, Melbourne and Sydney. Styles will perform
the first concert in Manchester at the co Op Arena.
The concert streams on Netflix on March eighth at three
pm Eastern and Apple is unfailing. The iPhone seventeen E
is part of its new hardware rollout this week. It

(03:56):
starts at five ninety nine and will be available in
stores next Wednesday, March eleventh. I'm Michael Castner.