1 00:00:00,880 --> 00:00:03,640 Speaker 1: This is your twenty four to seven US update. The 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:05,200 Speaker 1: latest use this hour. 3 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:10,959 Speaker 2: In just four minutes, lawmakers in Florida and Washington, DC 4 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:13,960 Speaker 2: won answers after the Cuban Coastguard opened fire on a 5 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:18,520 Speaker 2: Florida registered speedboat, killing Ford injuring six others. NBCs gave 6 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:21,640 Speaker 2: Gutierra's reports. It all comes during ramped up tensions between 7 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:24,800 Speaker 2: the US and Cuba after the arrest of Venezuelan President 8 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 2: Nicolas Maduro. 9 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 3: There have been significant fuel shortages in Cuba over the 10 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:33,959 Speaker 3: last few weeks, and there have been questions about what 11 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,800 Speaker 3: the US plans to do next year. The president himself 12 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:40,160 Speaker 3: recently saying that he expects the Cuban government to fall. 13 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 2: New York Times is reporting the incident involved a US 14 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:46,160 Speaker 2: civilian vote that was part of a flotilla to get 15 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:49,479 Speaker 2: family members out of that island. Nation. Aram's pushing back 16 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 2: against President Trump's claim that the country is seeking a 17 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:55,600 Speaker 2: nuclear weapon. During last night's State of the Union address, 18 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 2: Trump said he would continue pursuing diplomacy, but vowed he 19 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 2: would never allow the world's number one sponsor of terror 20 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 2: to have a nuclear weapon. Today, Iran's foreign minister dismissed 21 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 2: the remarks as quote a big lie, end quote, insisting 22 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:13,399 Speaker 2: the country has repeatedly stated it does not intend to 23 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:16,800 Speaker 2: pursue nuclear arms. The search for the mother of Today 24 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:20,280 Speaker 2: host Savannah Guthrie is still under way in southern Arizona. 25 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:23,200 Speaker 2: It comes after the family of Nancy Guthrie upped the 26 00:01:23,319 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 2: reward related to recovering her to one million dollars. Earlier 27 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:30,679 Speaker 2: this week, multiple reports said the person who's believed to 28 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:33,760 Speaker 2: have abducted Guthrie appeared to visit the house the day 29 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:37,399 Speaker 2: before the disappearance. However, local police say it's nothing but 30 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:40,399 Speaker 2: speculation as of now. The eighty four year old was 31 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 2: reported missing on February first, as if you need this 32 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 2: like a hole in the head. Another round of snow 33 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 2: may be hitting the Northeast later this week, as the 34 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 2: region continues digging out from a storm that dropped up 35 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:56,280 Speaker 2: to three feet in some areas and created blizzard conditions. 36 00:01:56,880 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 2: New York City deployed five hundred sanitation workers to clear 37 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 2: the streets and reopen that city. More snow expected from 38 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:08,519 Speaker 2: tomorrow into Friday. I'm Jim Roop. We now know the 39 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 2: name of the astronaut who got sick in space and 40 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:13,200 Speaker 2: forced an early end to his mission. 41 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:16,839 Speaker 1: One of NASA's most experienced astronauts, fifty eight year old 42 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 1: Mike Fink, says he experienced a medical event on January 43 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 1: seventh that required immediate attention from his crewmates. They were 44 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:27,920 Speaker 1: able to stabilize them with the help of NASA flight surgeons, 45 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:30,959 Speaker 1: and then cut short the mission so Fink could quote 46 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:34,960 Speaker 1: take advantage of advanced medical imaging not available on the 47 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 1: space station. Fink says he's doing very well now and 48 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 1: continues his rehab after living five months in zero G. 49 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:43,359 Speaker 1: I'm rory O'Neil. 50 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 2: There's a new blood test that may indicate whether older 51 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 2: people have a real high chance of living longer. Researchers 52 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 2: at Duke University published findings in Aging Cell that shows 53 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 2: certain small RNA molecules in the bloodstream can predict whether 54 00:02:56,800 --> 00:03:00,200 Speaker 2: older adults are likely to survive at least another two year. 55 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 2: The study involved more than twelve hundred blood samples and 56 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 2: adults seventy one years in older. The team found that 57 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 2: the lower levels of certain RNA molecules resulted in a 58 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 2: real strong chance of surviving at least those two more years. 59 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 2: And being a birdwatcher might be good for your brain. 60 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 4: A Canadian study published this week in the Journal of 61 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 4: Neuroscience as birdwatching may enhance cognitive function as you grow older. 62 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:25,960 Speaker 4: The researchers from Toronto studied the brains of fifty eight 63 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:29,080 Speaker 4: bird watchers, half of them experts and the other half novices. 64 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:32,080 Speaker 4: The study showed the brains of experts had modifications in 65 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 4: regions associated with attention and perception, and showed the experts 66 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 4: were better at object recognition and task performance skills. The 67 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 4: study suggested that knowledge acquisition might help slow down age 68 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 4: related mental decline. I'm Michael Cassen. 69 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 2: Miami Beach is preparing for spring break. It's announcing a 70 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 2: set of strict measures, including staffing and patrols. City leaders 71 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:56,400 Speaker 2: say license plate readers, DUI checkpoints, and increased parking rates 72 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 2: will also be in place. They also say they'll focus 73 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 2: on health and will rather than traditional spring break festivities, 74 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:05,760 Speaker 2: following past incidents of violence. I'm Jim Roope.