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

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Speaker 1: latest views this hour in just four minutes.

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Speaker 2: The Pentagon is reportedly preparing for weeks of possible ground

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Speaker 2: operations in Iran. Scott Carr reports from Washington.

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Speaker 3: A report in The Washington Post says ground operations are

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Speaker 3: possible at the oil refineries on Iran's Carg Island or

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Speaker 3: at coastal sites near the Strait of Horror moves, and

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Speaker 3: could involve raids by special operations and infantry troops. It's

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Speaker 3: still uncertain if President Trump will sign off on the plans.

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Speaker 3: Carg Island is home to Iran's largest oil terminal, and

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Speaker 3: Iran has been controlling the Strait of Horror moves, blocking

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Speaker 3: shipments of oil in the region.

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Speaker 2: On Saturday, over thirty five hundred marines and sailors arrived

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Speaker 2: in the Middle East, making it the largest US military

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Speaker 2: build up in the region in over twenty years. Senator

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Speaker 2: James Langford appears not to be ruling out support for

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Speaker 2: US troops on the ground in Iran. The Oklahoma Republican

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Speaker 2: tells NBC's Meet the Press, it quote depends on what

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Speaker 2: boots were putting on the ground. President Trump says he

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Speaker 2: does not intend to station ground troops in the Iran war,

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Speaker 2: though he has suggested taking over Iran's crude export storage depot,

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Speaker 2: which could require ground troops. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky says

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Speaker 2: Russia is one hundred percent sharing intelligence with Iran in

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Speaker 2: the ongoing war. During an interview with NBC News, Zelenski

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Speaker 2: also accused Russia of taking satellite images of a US

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Speaker 2: air base in Saudi Arabia days before an attack that

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Speaker 2: reportedly injured twelve American service members. Zelensky's claim follows earlier

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Speaker 2: reports that Russia was providing intelligence to Iran on the

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Speaker 2: exact locations of US warships, radar, and communication sites. A

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Speaker 2: new study suggests cooking more at home may help lower

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Speaker 2: your risk for dementia. Researchers in Tokyo found that cooking

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Speaker 2: a meal from scratch at home was associated with a

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Speaker 2: twenty three percent lower dementia risk among male participants and

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Speaker 2: twenty seven percent lower risk and females. Scientists also found

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Speaker 2: the cooking meal at home at least once a week

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Speaker 2: was tied to a sixty seven percent reduction in dementia risk.

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Speaker 2: I'm Lisa Carton huge protests against Donald Trump took place

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Speaker 2: across the US Saturday and in several cities worldwide, including London, Paris, Rome, Munich,

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Speaker 2: and Berlin. The No Kings rally drew about eight million

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Speaker 2: Americans to the streets, protesting the recent actions of the

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Speaker 2: president and his cabinet. As Trump's approval rating dropped to

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Speaker 2: around thirty six percent and gas prices climbed to more

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Speaker 2: than four dollars a gallon in many states, Thousands turned

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Speaker 2: out to protest in Manhattan Saturday. Lisa Salvadi was there.

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Speaker 4: It's the third time anti Trump groups behind the No

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Speaker 4: King's movement organized the nationwide protests. The demonstration in Manhattan

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Speaker 4: was one of about three thousand across the country. Marchers

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Speaker 4: began at Columbus Circle and headed down Seventh Avenue to

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Speaker 4: Times Square. One protester told NBC four, we are at

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Speaker 4: a point in our history that's like being in Germany

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Speaker 4: in nineteen thirty five. Another said she came for her grandchildren,

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Speaker 4: who are the future sure of this country, and what

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Speaker 4: Trump is doing is very very much wrong. In New York,

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Speaker 4: I'm Lisa Salvadi.

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Speaker 2: A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order to stop

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Speaker 2: media Giant Nexstar for merging with its competitor, Tegna. Jim

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Speaker 2: Forbes says more.

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Speaker 1: The judge sided with DirecTV in a ruling late Friday.

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Speaker 1: In the order, the judge wrote that DirecTV established quote

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Speaker 1: a likelihood of success on the merits on its claim

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Speaker 1: that the merger violates antitrust laws, and that moving forward

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Speaker 1: with the transaction would create quote irreparable harm. The decision

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Speaker 1: blocks next Star and Tegna from combining their operations for

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Speaker 1: fourteen days. The judge set a hearing for April seventh

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Speaker 1: on whether to issue a preliminary injunction.

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Speaker 2: Vice President J. D. Van says he's obsessed with UFOs

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Speaker 2: and believes aliens are actually demons. The Vice president discussed

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Speaker 2: his views on UFOs in an interview with conservative commentator

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Speaker 2: Benny Johnson released Friday. The conversation turned to UFOs and

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Speaker 2: Vance admitted that he was obsessed with them when he

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Speaker 2: first took office, sharing that he believes them to be demons,

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Speaker 2: not aliens. I'm Lisa Cartin