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Speaker 1: This is your twenty four to seven use update. The

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Speaker 1: latest use this hour in just four minutes. President Trump

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Speaker 1: is insisting Iran's military capabilities have been destroyed. Speaking to

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Speaker 1: reporters today, Trump said most of the country's forces are gone.

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Speaker 1: They've been decimated. The cutfies in bed shape, the whole

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Speaker 1: thing is collapsing. Part of the strikes included military targets

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Speaker 1: on Iran's Karj Island. In a post untruth social today,

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Speaker 1: the president said US forces had totally obliterated every military

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Speaker 1: target during the bombing raid the small islands. It's just

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Speaker 1: off Iran's mainland. It is considered the vital hub of

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Speaker 1: Iran's oil industry. Trump said in his post he had

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Speaker 1: chosen not to wipe out the oil infrastructure on the island.

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Speaker 1: He threatened to reconsider that decision should Iran or anyone

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Speaker 1: else interfere with the safe passage of ships through the

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Speaker 1: Strait of Hormuz. The United States is reportedly sending more

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Speaker 1: marines and warships to the Middle East. That's according to

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Speaker 1: multiple reports US officials. The reports say a marine Expeditionary

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Speaker 1: unit with twenty five hundred marines and three amphibious assault

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Speaker 1: ships are being sent to the region. An amphibious ready

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Speaker 1: group would also include twenty five hundred sailors. This comes

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Speaker 1: as Ran continues to target ships in the Strait of

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Speaker 1: Hormuz as the conflict escalates in the Mid East. Protesters

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Speaker 1: took to the streets in Manhattan today.

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Speaker 2: Liz Warner reports NYPD was on hand for the raucous

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Speaker 2: event in Times Square, with pro Palestinian activists gathered for

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Speaker 2: what was billed as an International Day of Outrage. They

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Speaker 2: were soon confronted by a big crowd of pro Israel

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Speaker 2: activists and cops struggled to keep everyone separate when skirmishes erupted.

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Speaker 2: This as the NYPD has already stepped up patrols at

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Speaker 2: Jewish religious and cultural institutions across the city.

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Speaker 1: The ninety eighth Academy Awards takes place Sunday in Hollywood.

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Speaker 1: Sinners is the most nominated film in Academy Awards history.

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Speaker 1: The vampire film has sixteen OSCAR nominations, including nods for

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Speaker 1: Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor. Conan O'Brien will

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Speaker 1: once again be the host. I'm Rob Bartier. Today is

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Speaker 1: Friday the thirteenth, and that terrifies millions of Americans. Mark

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Speaker 1: Mayfield has details.

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Speaker 3: Millions of people in this country have a paralyzing fear

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Speaker 3: of Friday the thirteenth. Some won't go to work today,

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Speaker 3: some won't eat in restaurants, and many would never plan

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Speaker 3: their wedding for Friday the thirteenth. No one is exactly

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Speaker 3: sure where the legend of Friday the thirteenth being unlucky began.

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Speaker 3: The researchers feel the superstition is very old. Folkmore experts

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Speaker 3: states the combination of Friday and thirteen, as both the

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Speaker 3: day and the number have historically been connected to bad luck.

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Speaker 3: I'm Mark Neefield.

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Speaker 1: Florida's port Tampa Bay is on track to set a

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Speaker 1: spring break record with fifty one cruise ship calls this month.

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Speaker 1: Port officials say strong demand for Caribbean sailings is driving

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Speaker 1: the surge, making March the busiest cruise month in the

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Speaker 1: port's history. Five major cruise lines now operate from Tampa.

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Speaker 1: Annual cruise activity he generates more than six hundred and

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Speaker 1: forty eight million dollars in economic activity for the West

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Speaker 1: Central Florida region. There's a saying that everyone is a

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Speaker 1: little irish on Saint Patrick's Day. According to the US

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Speaker 1: Census Bureau about thirty five million people in America claim

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Speaker 1: Irish ancestry breed Tennis with more.

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Speaker 4: That's about ten percent of the US population. But that

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Speaker 4: small group parties big. There will be hundreds of Saint

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Speaker 4: Patrick's Day celebrations across the country this weekend. Parades, festivals,

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Speaker 4: Leprechaun runs, Dying the River in Chicago, and don't forget

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Speaker 4: the pub crawls, Irish music and lots of dancing. It's

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Speaker 4: enough to make anyone want to be Irish. And on

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Speaker 4: Saint Patrick's Day you can be because he was an

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Speaker 4: Irish either Saint Patrick was British. I'm pre Tennis.

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Speaker 1: A wanted man out of Nashville was caught by police

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Speaker 1: while making a door dash delivery in a stolen car.

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Speaker 1: Police in Belle Meade US license plate recognition to spot

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Speaker 1: Justin Wise driving the vehicle Saturday. He had outstanding theft

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Speaker 1: warns and in Nashville for stealing a twelve hundred dollars

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Speaker 1: iPhone from an area store. I'm Rob Artyr