1 00:00:00,880 --> 00:00:03,640 Speaker 1: This is your twenty four to seven use update. The 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:05,360 Speaker 1: latest use this hour in. 3 00:00:05,559 --> 00:00:06,320 Speaker 2: Just four minutes. 4 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:11,560 Speaker 3: The war with Iran is nearing the three week mark. 5 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:15,120 Speaker 3: Israel says it killed the top Iranian security official who 6 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:19,480 Speaker 3: was considered one of the regime's most powerful figures. Ralph 7 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:22,040 Speaker 3: Sanchez reports from Beirut this morning. 8 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 2: Ali Larijani is was the Secretary of the National Security Council, 9 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:30,800 Speaker 2: but that doesn't really capture his importance. He effectively has 10 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 2: been Iran's wartime leader. With the former supreme leader killed, 11 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:38,839 Speaker 2: the current Supreme leader wounded potentially out of the picture, 12 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:41,559 Speaker 2: it has been Lara Johanni who seems to be running 13 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:43,800 Speaker 2: the country day by day. 14 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:47,839 Speaker 3: Meanwhile, no injuries are being reported. After the US embassy 15 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:50,919 Speaker 3: in Iraq was targeted with drones and rockets by an 16 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 3: Iran base militia group. Today, President Trump's top counter terrorism 17 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 3: official is stepping down over the Iran war. In a 18 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 3: post on x National counter Terrorism Center Director Joe Kent said, 19 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 3: in his words, cannot in good conscience support the ongoing 20 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:12,119 Speaker 3: war in Iran. He added, Iran posed no imminent threat 21 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:14,760 Speaker 3: to our nation, and it's clear that we started this 22 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:18,640 Speaker 3: war due to pressure from Israel. In his resignation letter 23 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:22,319 Speaker 3: to Trump, Kent claims high ranking Israeli officials deployed a 24 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 3: misinformation campaign that he says wholly undermined the president's America 25 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 3: First platform. Illinois voters will be voting in the state's 26 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:33,120 Speaker 3: primary election for mid terms later this year. The midterm 27 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 3: election will include an open US Senate seat being vacated 28 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:41,959 Speaker 3: by retiring Senator Dick Durbin. US Representative Roga Krishna Morphy 29 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:44,959 Speaker 3: spoke about his supporters ahead of today's primary. 30 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 4: I feel very good about my good friends in organized labor, 31 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:53,440 Speaker 4: like the teamsters who are doing incredible work knocking on doors, 32 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 4: making phone calls, sending text messages asking people to vote. 33 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 3: The two other front runners, Lieutenant Governor Juliana Strattan and 34 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:04,559 Speaker 3: US Representative Robin Kelly. There are also multiple open congressional 35 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 3: seats up for grabs. I'm Michael Kassner. President Trump says 36 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 3: his chief of staff Susie Wiles, is an amazing fighter 37 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:16,120 Speaker 3: amid her battle with breast cancer. More from Monica Nelson. 38 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 5: Trump revealed Wiles was diagnosed with early stage breast cancer, 39 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 5: with Wild seated next to him at a Trump Kennedy 40 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 5: Center Board meeting at the White House. The President said 41 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 5: Wiles has already begun treatment and her prognosis is excellent. 42 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:31,320 Speaker 5: She is the first woman in US history to serve 43 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 5: as White House Chief of Staff. I'm Monica Nelson. 44 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 3: Gold prices are on the rise, boosted by fears about 45 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:41,680 Speaker 3: disruption to oil shipments due to the ongoing war in Iran. 46 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 3: More from Rebecca Bunden. 47 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 6: Despite the Middle East conflict and gold being considered a 48 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 6: safe haven asset, the precious metal hasn't been on an 49 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:53,360 Speaker 6: upward trend more broadly since the conflict. This is partly 50 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:56,840 Speaker 6: due to the US dollars strength, but gold gained on 51 00:02:56,880 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 6: Tuesday following comment by Iran's foreign minister the pre day 52 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 6: that the strait of hor moves is not closed to everyone. 53 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 6: Analysts say the US Federal reserves rate decision this week 54 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 6: could impact gold prices, while central banks of Britain, the Eurozone, Canada, 55 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:16,839 Speaker 6: and Australia also meet this week. Rebecca bund in Mumbai. 56 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 3: A funeral home co owner at the center of one 57 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:22,920 Speaker 3: of the most disturbing cases in the Colorado funeral industry, 58 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 3: now knows her fate. In Denver, Kathy Walker. 59 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:29,919 Speaker 1: Kerry Halford was sentenced to eighteen years in federal prison 60 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 1: after pleading guilty to wire fraud. Prosecutors had recommended fifteen 61 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:38,520 Speaker 1: years in prison. Kerry and John Halford were first charged 62 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 1: with fifteen federal crimes after stockpiling nearly two hundred bodies 63 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 1: in Penrose. They also fraudulently used COVID relief funds on 64 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 1: personal luxury items. They were first arrested three years ago. 65 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 1: John Halford got twenty years in prison. He was sentenced 66 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 1: last year. 67 00:03:57,160 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 3: March Madness officially begins from Dayton Later Today, the NCAA 68 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 3: tournament tips off with a pair of first four matchups. 69 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 3: I'm Michael Kassner.