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 --> 00:00:06,320 Speaker 1: latest use this hour in just four minutes. 3 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:12,119 Speaker 2: A spending package that would fund most of the Department 4 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:15,160 Speaker 2: of Homeland Security is now in the House. The Senate 5 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 2: of proof of funding legislation last night that does not 6 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:22,040 Speaker 2: include money for ICE or part of Customs and Border Protection. 7 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:24,960 Speaker 2: The vote is a step toward ending what is on 8 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:27,560 Speaker 2: track to be the longest funding lapse of any federal 9 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:31,560 Speaker 2: agency in US history. More from Ryan Nobles in Washington. 10 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 1: Now, there is still work to do. 11 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 3: The House will have to pass the bill today to 12 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:39,320 Speaker 3: get DHS open before the Easter recess. It will require 13 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:42,320 Speaker 3: a combination of Republicans and Democrats to get it done, 14 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:46,040 Speaker 3: which is never easy. Republicans are now vowing to fund 15 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:49,519 Speaker 3: ICE and Customs in Border Protection through a separate budget 16 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 3: process that would not require support from Democrats to get done. 17 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 2: The US is reportedly working with a group of mediators 18 00:00:56,840 --> 00:00:59,280 Speaker 2: in the Middle East to end the fighting in Iran, 19 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:02,840 Speaker 2: and Trump had given Iran until Friday to open the 20 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 2: Strait of Hormuz or face an attack on its energy infrastructure. 21 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:10,000 Speaker 2: On Thursday, Trump said he was extending the deadline by 22 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 2: ten days until April sixth, because talks are, in his words, 23 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 2: going very well. White House correspondent Garrett Hayk reports the 24 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 2: conflict is continuing to affect energy costs. 25 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 4: The uncertainty in the Middle East is causing oil and 26 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:27,200 Speaker 4: gas prices to fluctuate wildly. President Trump asked if he 27 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:31,640 Speaker 4: would consider offsetting fuel costs by temporarily slashing the eighteen 28 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:33,199 Speaker 4: cent federal gas tax. 29 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:35,520 Speaker 2: It's something we have in our pocket if we think 30 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:39,199 Speaker 2: it's necessary. The Trump administration is threatening funding for three 31 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:42,400 Speaker 2: major medical schools. More from John Fink. 32 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:46,080 Speaker 5: The Justice Department told Stanford, UC, San Diego, and Ohio 33 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 5: State to turn over seven years of detailed admissions data, 34 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:52,520 Speaker 5: including test scores, zip codes, and internal messages, by April 35 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 5: twenty fourth or risk losing federal money. Assistant US Attorney 36 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:58,600 Speaker 5: General Harmeat Dylan said the probes focus on possible race 37 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 5: discrimination in admission. California Attorney General Rob Bonte has already 38 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 5: criticized the new reporting requirements as a fishing expedition. 39 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 2: I'm Michael Cassner. The federal judge is rejecting deposed Venezuelan 40 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:15,639 Speaker 2: President Nicholas Maduro's attempt to have the case against him dismissed. Maduro, 41 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 2: who was captured in January during a US military raid 42 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:22,799 Speaker 2: on his compound in Caracas, appeared in court in New 43 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 2: York on Thursday. More from Mitch. 44 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:29,400 Speaker 6: McCann, Nicholas Maduro's lawyer, Barry Pollock is told the court 45 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 6: he will have to withdraw from his role in defending 46 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 6: the former Venezuelan president if he's unable to be paid 47 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 6: after the US government blocked Venezuela from funding his defense. Initially, 48 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:41,679 Speaker 6: the Treasury Department had allowed that to happen, but later 49 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 6: blamed at administrative era and said it would not permit 50 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:46,680 Speaker 6: a sanctioned state to pay for the defense of a 51 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 6: sanctioned individual. It added that Maduro is welcome to pay 52 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 6: out of his own pocket, something he says he cannot 53 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:55,880 Speaker 6: afford to do. Maduro could be given a court appointed lawyer, 54 00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:58,520 Speaker 6: but mister Pollock is a prominent defense attorney who has 55 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 6: represented a number of high pro figures, including Wiki Leagues 56 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:05,920 Speaker 6: founder julian Is Sang. Majuro also argues he has sovereign 57 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 6: immunity from prosecution under international law. 58 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:12,080 Speaker 2: An ex rapper is the new Prime Minister of Nepal. 59 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:18,800 Speaker 2: Jist Awesome was that Blender. Shaw was sworn in after 60 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:21,919 Speaker 2: winning the election in the Himalayan country that pitted him 61 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:24,639 Speaker 2: against the party of the former prime minister. The thirty 62 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 2: five year old Shaw's a former rapper who became an 63 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 2: icon of last year's youth uprising in Nepal against government corruption. 64 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 2: Over seventy people died in the massive protests. The odds 65 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 2: of you standing next to a person named Joe are 66 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:41,480 Speaker 2: pretty high, and today we celebrate everything Joe. It's National 67 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:43,480 Speaker 2: Joe Day. Here's bre Tennis. 68 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 1: The Social Security Office says there's more than two million 69 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 1: people named Joe in this country. It's a solid name 70 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 1: that is currently the eight hundred and eighty third most 71 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 1: popular name for boys, and for good reason. Joe's your friend. 72 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 1: He could be an average Joe, g I Joe, Joe millionaire, 73 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 1: a baseball great, a pen It's character, a president, a 74 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 1: terrific sandwich and a good cup of coffee. 75 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 2: I'm Michael Cassner.