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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 (00:09):
The Pentagon now confirms that six US service members have
been killed since the start of Operation Epic Fury in Iran.
Rory O'Neill reports.

Speaker 1 (00:19):
Secretary of War Pete Hegsas said Monday the conflict will
not be endless. President Trump said the US Israeli strikes
on Iran are projected to last four to five weeks.
As the conflict continues, Iran's retaliatory strikes are threatening to
engulf the entire region in chaos. Meanwhile, the Lebanese based
terror group Hesba Law has now entered the fight, opening

(00:40):
up a new front as Israel carries out strikes against
both Iran and Beirut.

Speaker 2 (00:45):
The Trump administration is set to brief Congress today on
the attack on Iran. Virginia Democratic Senator Mark Warner, who
is among lawmakers who got an early briefing, is questioning
whether Iran posed an imminent threat to the United States.

Speaker 3 (00:59):
There was to Israel. I. Think we equate a threat
to Israel as the equivalent of an imminent threat to
the United States, then we are in uncharted territory.

Speaker 2 (01:13):
Warner said the President risk pulling the United States into
another prolonged conflict in the Middle East. Senator Tim Kaine,
a fellow Virginia Democrat, is calling the military action idiotic, dangerous,
and a colossal mistake. Both senators said Trump should have
outlined a clear objective and gotten authorization from Congress before
attacking Iran. Triple A is predicting gas prices will go

(01:34):
up as a result of the US Israeli attack on Iran.
More from Scott Pringle.

Speaker 4 (01:39):
Gas prices are already predicted to go up because of
the switching to a more expensive summer fuel blend, but
Triple A forecast the conflict in the Middle East could
surge prices at the prompt fifteen to twenty percent. The
current average price in New Jersey just under three dollars
per gallon for regular That is a seven cent jump
in just one day.

Speaker 3 (01:57):
Now.

Speaker 2 (01:57):
Futures have been down up to nine hundred points this
morning as trader's fear the US Iron conflict could drag on.
I'm Michael Kasner. Today's show host Savannah Guthrie has been
spotted at her missing mother's home in southern Arizona. More
from Wendy Swanson.

Speaker 5 (02:14):
Savannah visited a growing memorial at Nancy's home in the
Tucson area and left flowers. Nancy Guthrie was reported missing
February first, and a search for the eighty four year
old has been ongoing ever since. Thousands of tips have
been received and a one million dollar reward is being
offered in connection with their disappearance. Pima County Sheriff Chris
Nanos told NBC News he thinks investigators are closer to

(02:36):
finding Guthrie and he has full confidence the case will
be solved. In Arizona, I'm Wendy Swanson.

Speaker 2 (02:43):
Voters are heading to the polls today as the first
primaries of the midterm elections take place in three states, Texas,
North Carolina, and Arkansas. The twenty twenty six midterms could
shift the balance of power in both the House and Senate,
and as it stands now, the races in Texas are
getting the most attention. The number of breast cancer cases
worldwide could surge over three and a half million by

(03:07):
twenty fifty, more from Tammy Triheo.

Speaker 6 (03:10):
That's according to a decade long analysis of breast cancer
trends across more than two hundred countries and territories. That
was published this week in the journal The lance At Oncology.
What it found was at high income countries were able
to reduce cases by thirty percent from nineteen ninety to
twenty twenty three because of access to preventative care. Low
income country saw cases double during that same time period.

(03:31):
An estimated two point three million women were diagnosed with
breast cancer in twenty twenty three. I'm Tammy triheo.

Speaker 2 (03:38):
If Taylor Swift is joining the list of artists participating
in this year's Record Store Day. The annual eventses more
than three hundred musicians release limited edition exclusive titles at
independent records stores. The Grammy winning singer will release a
seven inch final of her song Elizabeth Taylor. Record Store

(03:59):
Day takes place on April eighteenth. I'm Michael Cassner.