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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
The latest use this hour in just four minutes.

Speaker 3 (00:08):
President Trump says it's too late to hold any discussions
with Iran. In a post on true social Trump claim
now that the country's air defense, air Force, Navy, and
leadership are gone, they want to talk, but he said
that won't be happening. It does appear, however, that Iran's
defensive capabilities are still intact as they continue to retaliate.

(00:29):
This comes as six US service members have been killed
as Operation Epic Fury continues. More from Rory O'Neill.

Speaker 2 (00:37):
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

(00:58):
up a new front as Israel carries out strikes against
both Iran and be Root.

Speaker 1 (01:03):
I'm Rury O'Neill.

Speaker 3 (01:04):
The Trump administration is set to brief all of Congress
today on the strikes. Lawmakers are also preparing to vote
on a war powers resolution that would limit President Trump's
authority to carry out more strikes without congressional approval. It's
unlikely to pass. Stocks are tanking on Wall Street as
the conflict in the Middle East continues. The TAO has
been down over eleven hundred points at times today, and

(01:27):
the cost of gas is on the rise. Triple A
reports a national average price for a gallon of regular
gas jumped eleven cents today to three dollars and ten
cents this as there are worries about the oil supply
during this Iran conflict. Homeland Security Secretary Christinome is testifying
before Congress. Gnome is facing the Senate Judiciary Committee as

(01:49):
DHS remains unfunded, with Democrats demanding changes to ice immigration
enforcement operations.

Speaker 1 (01:56):
The latest Democrat led shutdown of DHS as reckless, it's unnecessary.

Speaker 3 (02:01):
This after the shooting deaths of two US citizens by
federal agents. I'm Michael Kasner, a Tampa, Florida based nonprofit
specializing in getting people out of dangerous situations, is preparing
for the first evacuations of Americans stranded in the Middle
East by the conflict with Iran in Florida.

Speaker 1 (02:21):
Gordon Byrd Great Bull Rescue founder Brian Stern, a veteran
of special operations, says, even with leadership, debt, and communications
degraded to Ron, Siel has ways to project power. These
are the guys that invented the suicide best. These are
the guys that invented how to take hostages. These are
the guys that invented IEDs. Stern's organization is launching rescue

(02:41):
operations in the Middle East, focusing on Tel Aviv as
well as Dubai, where thousands of Americans and others are
stranded by airspace closures.

Speaker 3 (02:50):
A key gun rights case is now in the hands
of the US Supreme Court. The Justice has heard oral
arguments on whether marijuana users can be prohibited from assessing
a pistol. Habitual illegal drug users can regain their arms
through their own voluntary conduct by not using illegal.

Speaker 1 (03:07):
Drugs so often.

Speaker 3 (03:08):
Solicitor General Sarah Harris says that marijuana use should be
considered different from alcohol or even prescription drugs, because it's
illegal at the federal level. The case under review is
out of Texas. Alihemani was arrested for the possession of
marijuana in his home near Dallas. The FBI also found
a pistol. His lawyers argue that the law violates the

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Second Amendment. Two people are safe with quite a story
to tell after their hot air balloon got stuck on
a cell phone tower in Texas and they had to
be rescued by firefighters. Rescuers responded to the scene in
Longview on Saturday morning to find the balloon stuck more
than nine hundred feet off the ground.

Speaker 2 (03:47):
It's just a basket that was swinging pretty good in
the breeze there, and they're just hanging out in that
basket with a parson thorn balloon.

Speaker 3 (03:54):
Both occupants in the balloon's basket were conscious and unhurt,
and the Mega Million's jack stands at four hundred and
seventy three million dollars ahead of tonight's big drawing. I'm
Michael Kastner.