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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.

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Speaker 2: As the war in Iran continues, the Pentagon says the

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Speaker 2: number of US service members who have been injured has

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Speaker 2: risen to approximately two hundred. Thirteen fatalities have been confirmed

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Speaker 2: since the start of Operation Epic Fury. Overnight, Israel announced

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Speaker 2: that Iran's top security chief had been eliminated. Gas prices

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Speaker 2: have jumped again. More from Mark Mayfield.

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Speaker 1: The national average for a gallon of regular jumped overnight

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Speaker 1: to three dollars in seventy nine cents. According to Triple A.

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Speaker 1: It's up from three seventy one on Monday. A week ago,

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Speaker 1: the national average was at three point fifty three. Drivers

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Speaker 1: in California continue seeing the highest prices, at five dollars

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Speaker 1: and fifty four cents a gallon.

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Speaker 2: President Trump says he believes he will have the, in

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Speaker 2: his words, honor of taking Cuba. Speaking at the White

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Speaker 2: House Monday, Trump called the island, less than one hundred

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Speaker 2: miles from Florida a failed nation.

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Speaker 3: Whether I freead take it.

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Speaker 2: I think I could do anything I want with it.

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Speaker 2: You want another a very weekend nation?

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Speaker 1: Right now?

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Speaker 3: They were for a long time.

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Speaker 2: The President's comments came the same day the Cuba's national

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Speaker 2: electrical grids suffered a total collapse, leaving around ten million

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Speaker 2: people without power. It's the first major blackout since the

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Speaker 2: US effectively shut off the flow of Venezuelan oil the Cuba.

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Speaker 2: Severe weather is once again causing travel disruptions today. It

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Speaker 2: comes as more than ninety million people remain under some

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Speaker 2: type of weather alert across the eastern half of the country.

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Speaker 2: At last checked, flight Aware puts a number of flights

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Speaker 2: already canceled for today at over nine hundred and thirty,

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Speaker 2: with far more delays. In addition to the weather posing

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Speaker 2: a problem, unpaid TSA agents have been manning increasingly slow

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Speaker 2: security checkpoints as the partial government shut down continues. While

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Speaker 2: frustrating for many, some travelers are philosophical about the delays.

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Speaker 1: You know, I was talking to my wife on the

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Speaker 1: way up.

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Speaker 2: Maybe one out of time three trips have someone get

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Speaker 2: sick or there's some sort of weather issue, and this

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Speaker 2: is just part of the experience. I'm Michael Kasner. If

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Speaker 2: you use a provis tax season, you need to ask

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Speaker 2: some important questions. More from Monica Nelson.

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Speaker 4: As tax season ramps up, experts say choosing the right

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Speaker 4: tax professional can make all the difference in avoiding costly mistakes.

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Speaker 4: CPA Lisa green Lewis with TurboTax talks about what to

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Speaker 4: look for.

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Speaker 5: Well would be up to date on the latest tax laws.

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Speaker 5: If you have a question, they'll be able to answer

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Speaker 5: the questions for you and walk you through and help

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Speaker 5: you understand what these tax laws mean and maximize your savings.

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Speaker 4: Green Lewis says, be cautious of preparers who base their

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Speaker 4: feet on the size of your refund or promise unusually

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Speaker 4: large returns.

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Speaker 5: You don't want to go to someone that charges you

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Speaker 5: based on a specific refund amount that they're telling you

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Speaker 5: they're going to get you.

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Speaker 4: She says, always make sure your preparer will sign the

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Speaker 4: return and include their preparer tax identification number. The tax

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Speaker 4: filing deadline is coming up on Wednesday, April fifteenth, at midnight.

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Speaker 2: History dot Com says Saint Patrick's Day is a silly

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Speaker 2: day for the Irish and for people who want to

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Speaker 2: be Irish. More from Bree Tennis.

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Speaker 3: The day started as a religious day of feast, but

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Speaker 3: Irish Americans turn it into a party. We dressed like

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Speaker 3: leprechauns not that anyone's ever seen one wave the Irish flag,

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Speaker 3: eat corn, beef and cabbage, and drank all in the

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Speaker 3: name of Irish heritage. And that's about thirty five million Americans.

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Speaker 3: It's said a kiss from an Irish person on Saint

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Speaker 3: Patrick's Day will bring good luck, but if you try,

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Speaker 3: know that the Irish are also heavy into boxing. I'm

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Speaker 3: Bree Tennis.

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Speaker 2: The first hosts of Saturday Night Live UK are being announced.

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Speaker 2: Tina fa is at the host the inaugural episode with

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Speaker 2: musical guest wet Leg on March twenty first. Fifty Shade

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Speaker 2: star Jamie Dornan will host the following episode on March

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Speaker 2: twenty eighth, with singer wolf Alice set to perform. I'm

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Speaker 2: Michael Kassner.