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 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 1: latest use this hour in just four minutes. It's now 3 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 1: day twenty five of the US in Israel's war against Iran. 4 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 1: NBC's Matt Bradley reports President Trump says the US has 5 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 1: held productive talks with Iran and Trump is ordered a 6 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:23,480 Speaker 1: five day pause on any attacks on Iranian power plants. 7 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 2: The Iranians have come back and said that they are 8 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:28,920 Speaker 2: unaware of the negotiations that President Trump was referring to 9 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:33,560 Speaker 2: that President Trump had been successful. The Iranians insists that 10 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 2: President Trump is just backing down on an unsuccessful threat. 11 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 1: The Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway that typically sees 12 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 1: a fifth of the world's maritime oil traffic, remains closed 13 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 1: to most vessels as Iran threatens attacks on commercial shipping. 14 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:50,360 Speaker 1: Iran has also continued to fire missiles at Israel, while 15 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 1: other Gulf nations report intercepting more Iranian drones and missiles. 16 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 1: Mark WAYN. Mullen is said to be sworn in at 17 00:00:56,480 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 1: the White House today as the new Department of Homeland 18 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:02,040 Speaker 1: Security Secretary. The Senate voted fifty four to forty five 19 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:05,760 Speaker 1: last night to confirm the Oklahoma Republican senator to replace 20 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 1: Christy Nome, who was fired by President Trump earlier this 21 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 1: month and was appointed as Special Envoy for the Shield 22 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 1: of America as a new anti drug initiative in the 23 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:18,640 Speaker 1: Western hemisphere. Meanwhile, the DHS shutdown is currently in its 24 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:23,240 Speaker 1: sixth week, with Mullen's confirmation largely unexpected to unlock a deal. However, 25 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:26,760 Speaker 1: Senate lawmakers may be closing in on a deal to 26 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 1: fund the department. Alabama Senator Katie Britt told reporters we 27 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:33,760 Speaker 1: do when asked if Republicans had a solution. DHS has 28 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 1: been shut down since February fourteenth, as Democrats have refused 29 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:40,000 Speaker 1: to fund the agency without reforms to ice. Senators have 30 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:43,280 Speaker 1: also said they were aiming to finalize legislative text and 31 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 1: work toward resolving the impasse later this week. A heat 32 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 1: dome that has millions in the Southwest suffering record setting 33 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 1: temperatures is spreading into the southern plains. Texas, Oklahoma, and 34 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:56,280 Speaker 1: Kansas are bracing for record highs this week. Parts of 35 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:59,320 Speaker 1: the Midwest also could be affected. Meanwhile, the heat wave 36 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 1: is nowhere new over in the Southwest, with high temperatures 37 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 1: expected through the week. I'm Chris Caragio, the University of 38 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 1: Alabama junior who drowned last week while on spring break 39 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 1: in Barcelona, Spain, is being remembered by fellow students. Began 40 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 1: Carnie was among the hundreds of mourners who packed a 41 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:21,000 Speaker 1: Tuscaloosa church for a memorial mass, and so. 42 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:24,799 Speaker 3: Anything we can do to come here and support him 43 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 3: and his family and be in the presence of the Lord. 44 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:31,359 Speaker 1: Twenty year old James Gracie, who was in Spain to 45 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 1: see friends who were studying there, disappeared last week after 46 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 1: visiting a nightclub near a beach. His body was later 47 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 1: recovered from the water. An investigation is underway, but authorities 48 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 1: believe his death was an accident. Yesterday's mass was at 49 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:47,560 Speaker 1: Saint Francis of Assisi University Parish, which is on the 50 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:52,519 Speaker 1: Alabama campus. The steady rise and gas prices continues. Temperature 51 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:53,680 Speaker 1: Hell has the numbers. 52 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 3: TRIAA puts today's national average at three dollars and ninety 53 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:00,680 Speaker 3: seven cents a gallon. It was three seventy nine week ago. 54 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,359 Speaker 3: A month ago, just before the start of the Iran War, 55 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:06,960 Speaker 3: the national average was two ninety five. I'm Tammy Triheo. 56 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 1: The twenty twenty eight Olympic Games now has a design 57 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:13,680 Speaker 1: theme that's inspired by a natural phenomenon that drapes southern 58 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 1: California in bursts of color. It's called a super bloom, 59 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:19,600 Speaker 1: and it happens when wildflowers are upped into bursts of 60 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:22,959 Speaker 1: color simultaneously across the region. The so called look of 61 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 1: the Games will include vibrant color patterns that'll be incorporated 62 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 1: into different signs, graphics, and digital elements at the games. 63 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:33,560 Speaker 1: Because super blooms include many different plants, there will be 64 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 1: many different color palettes on display at the Los Angeles 65 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 1: Olympics and Paralympics. Employees in Spotify's podcast group are being 66 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 1: laid off. The layoffs, including at the Streamers podcast network, 67 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 1: The Ringer and Spotify Studios, affect fifteen employees totally, about 68 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 1: three percent of the organization. The changes are being described 69 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 1: as to help Spotify's podcast group focus on improving execution, 70 00:03:56,600 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 1: speed and alignment across teams. Spotify first ball The Ringer 71 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 1: for about two hundred and fifty million dollars in twenty twenty. 72 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 1: Chris kraz You