1 00:00:00,880 --> 00:00:03,400 Speaker 1: This is your twenty four to seven use update. 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:06,320 Speaker 2: The latest use this hour in just four minutes. 3 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:12,559 Speaker 1: The Iran War continues to escalate as it reaches day twenty. 4 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:15,960 Speaker 1: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said today would bring the 5 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:19,640 Speaker 1: largest strike package yet against Iran, with attax deeper into 6 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:23,760 Speaker 1: Iranian territory. As Israel's Prime minister announced today, Iran no 7 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 1: longer possesses the capabilities to enrich uranium or manufacture ballistic missiles. Meanwhile, 8 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 1: Iran is increasing its attacks on energy sites in neighboring 9 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 1: Gulf states, leading to heightened concerns about increasing gas and 10 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:41,120 Speaker 1: energy prices worldwide. President Trump says the Pentagon's new request 11 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:43,800 Speaker 1: for two hundred billion dollars is not just for the 12 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:46,840 Speaker 1: war in Iran, saying during a meeting with Japan's Prime 13 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:49,559 Speaker 1: minister today that it's a very volatile world and the 14 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 1: US needs vast amounts of ammunition. The White House will 15 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 1: have to submit the two hundred billion dollar requests to Congress. 16 00:00:56,600 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 1: The FCCS approved next ours six point two billion dollar 17 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 1: proposal to take over Tegna, The FCC chairman said Thursday. 18 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:07,319 Speaker 1: The agency waived a rule that stops companies from owning 19 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 1: TV stations reaching over thirty nine percent of the country's households. 20 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 1: Several states are filing a lawsuit to block the deal. 21 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 1: The Trump administration is investigating thirteen states that required health 22 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:23,200 Speaker 1: insurance plans cover abortions. New Jersey is one of those states. 23 00:01:23,319 --> 00:01:24,560 Speaker 1: Levon Putney is there. 24 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:26,960 Speaker 3: The US Health and Human Services Civil Rights Office is 25 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 3: asking for info from New Jersey and the dozen other 26 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:32,759 Speaker 3: states where covers requirements could prevent insures or employers from 27 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 3: opting out on religious and moral grounds. Well Governor Cheryl's 28 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:39,040 Speaker 3: office put out a statement dismissing the request as politically motivated, 29 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:42,679 Speaker 3: saying the Garden State requires insurers follow all applicable laws 30 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:46,080 Speaker 3: while protecting reproductive freedoms. Cheryl statement goes on to say 31 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:48,400 Speaker 3: she'll fight tooth and nail to defend and protect New 32 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 3: Jersey's abortion rights. 33 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 1: The hottest winter day in US history was recorded in 34 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 1: southern California Wednesday. A weather station in the Coachella Valley 35 00:01:57,040 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 1: recorded a temperature of one hundred and eight degrees fahrenheum, 36 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 1: tying a record set in Texas in nineteen oh two 37 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 1: for the hottest winter day ever. I'm Scott Carr Many 38 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 1: of those trying to catch a flight nationwide are continuing 39 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 1: to experience long security lines and extended wait times as 40 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 1: some try to get to Spring break destinations. As Tom 41 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:22,639 Speaker 1: Costello reports, it's the result of continued TSA staffing shortages 42 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 1: brought on by a partial government shutdown, and it's still 43 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 1: not clear how long it might last. 44 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 2: Republicans are blaming Democrats. Democrats blaming Republicans. No end in 45 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 2: sight at the moment for this partial government shutdown. With 46 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 2: TSA officers going more than a month now without a 47 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:40,640 Speaker 2: full paycheck. They're not the only ones Coast Guard, FEMA, 48 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 2: Cybersecurity all in this period where they're working without pay, And. 49 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 1: As he reports, the stress at some airports is becoming 50 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 1: more acute. 51 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:51,080 Speaker 2: More and more airports having long lines, and I've already 52 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 2: seen Philadelphia curtailing their TSA checkpoints because they don't have 53 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:55,840 Speaker 2: enough staff. 54 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker 1: TSA's acting deputy administrator has said some airports might have 55 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 1: to be closed if call out rates continue to climb. 56 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 1: Long time broadcaster from the New York Mets, how He Rose, 57 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 1: says he'll be retiring at the end of this season. 58 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 1: Daria Albinger has. 59 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:13,800 Speaker 4: That for almost half a century, the name Howie Rose, 60 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 4: has been synonymous with New York Mets baseball, although he's 61 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 4: never get home run, stolen a base, or snagged a 62 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:21,880 Speaker 4: pop fly. The seventy two year old is one of 63 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:23,960 Speaker 4: the teams play by play guys, but at the end 64 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:26,359 Speaker 4: of the season, he's calling it a career. Rose, who 65 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:28,640 Speaker 4: says he grew up in the upper deck of Shay Stadium, 66 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:30,800 Speaker 4: joined the Mets in nineteen eighty seven as a pregame 67 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 4: and postgame radio host. He became the team's lead TV 68 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:37,120 Speaker 4: announcer in nineteen ninety six. He returned to the radio 69 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 4: booth in two thousand and four and was inducted into 70 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 4: the Mets Hall of Fame in twenty twenty three. In 71 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 4: New York, I'm Daria Albinger. 72 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:48,120 Speaker 1: Last week, fewer Americans than expected found themselves filing for 73 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:51,720 Speaker 1: first time jobless benefits. The Labor Department says it received 74 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:54,960 Speaker 1: two hundred five thousand initial requests in the week ending 75 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:58,720 Speaker 1: March fourteenth. That's lower by eight thousand from the previous 76 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 1: week's revised total end and less than the two hundred 77 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 1: and fifteen thousand most analysts were expecting. I'm Scott Carr