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 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 1: latest use this hour at just four minutes. President Trump 3 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:12,320 Speaker 1: says he would rank Operation Epic Fury at a fifteen 4 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:14,720 Speaker 1: on a scale of one to ten. Speaking from the 5 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 1: White House, Trump said Iran was out of control and 6 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 1: would have used a nuclear weapon if they had acquired 7 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 1: the technology. When crazy people have nuclear weapons, bad things happen. 8 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 1: So we're a very good shape now. I want to 9 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:28,560 Speaker 1: let you know that, and we will continue forward. The 10 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 1: President added that if the US didn't strike Iran in 11 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:33,920 Speaker 1: June in Operation Midnight Hammer, Iran would have had a 12 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,120 Speaker 1: nuclear weapon in two weeks time. The US has identified 13 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:39,559 Speaker 1: two more US soldiers killed in an Iranian strike over 14 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:42,120 Speaker 1: the weekend. The two were officers serving in the Army 15 00:00:42,159 --> 00:00:45,279 Speaker 1: Reserves one hundred and third Sustainment Command. They were killed 16 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:47,879 Speaker 1: when an Iranian strike hit Apport in Kuwait. Four other 17 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 1: service members killed in the strike were identified earlier this week. 18 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 1: They are the first American deaths of Operation Epic Fury. 19 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:56,960 Speaker 1: There are reports the US is working to support Kurdish 20 00:00:56,960 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 1: groups inside Iran in order to spark an uprising within 21 00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 1: the country. 22 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:04,840 Speaker 2: Jim Roop reports sources tell multiple outlets the Trump administration 23 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:07,520 Speaker 2: has been in contact with opposition groups in Iran and 24 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:11,479 Speaker 2: Kurdish forces in Iraq. The discussion is reportedly center around 25 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:15,360 Speaker 2: potentially giving these groups military support. It comes days into 26 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:18,440 Speaker 2: Operation Epic Fury, as the US and Israel continue to 27 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 2: launch strikes against Iran and that country has retaliated against 28 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:26,680 Speaker 2: Israel and US bases across the Middle East. I'm Jim Roop. 29 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:30,080 Speaker 1: President Trump is floating plans to ask the Texas Republican 30 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:32,920 Speaker 1: Senate candidate that does not get his endorsement to drop 31 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 1: out of the race. The President took to truth Social 32 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:37,880 Speaker 1: and argued that the GOP primary race in the Lone 33 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:40,440 Speaker 1: Star state cannot be allowed to go on any longer. 34 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:43,320 Speaker 1: His comments came out to the party's Senate primary between 35 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:46,320 Speaker 1: Attorney General Ken Paxton and Senator John Cornyan went to 36 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 1: a runoff on Tuesday. Trump held off on endorsing the primary, 37 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 1: but announced on Wednesday he will throw his weight behind 38 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 1: the race soon. In the world being small classics officially underway, 39 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:59,080 Speaker 1: Australia shout out Chinese taipaid three to nothing from Tokyo 40 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 1: on Wednesday to open pool play. The United States begins 41 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:05,560 Speaker 1: its quest for the Championship on Friday against Brazil a 42 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 1: Mark Mayfield. The White House says ground troops are not 43 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 1: part of the plan at this time, as Operation Epic 44 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 1: Fury against Iran intensifies. Press Secretary of Caroline Levitt made 45 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 1: the comment reporters Wednesday in her first briefing since the 46 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:18,080 Speaker 1: operation began. 47 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 3: There's many leaders in the past who liked to take 48 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 3: options off of the table without having a full understanding 49 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:24,800 Speaker 3: of how things could develop. 50 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:26,840 Speaker 1: She said. Iran is getting crushed and America will soon 51 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 1: have complete dominance over Iranian airspace. Levitt said the operation 52 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: also ends years of US appeasement and President Trump is 53 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:36,519 Speaker 1: ending Iran's nuclear threat. Levitt said soon the President will 54 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:39,640 Speaker 1: preside over the dignified transfer of six American soldiers killed 55 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:42,640 Speaker 1: in the operation and offered condolences to their families. A 56 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 1: War Powers resolution that would have blocked President trumf from 57 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:48,839 Speaker 1: using further military action against Iran without congressional approval has 58 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:51,399 Speaker 1: failed to pass. The forty seven to fifty three vote 59 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 1: was related to the nineteen seventy three War Powers Act, 60 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 1: a Vietnam era resolution meant to check the president's power 61 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:00,800 Speaker 1: to enter armed conflict without consent from the len slavery branch. 62 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,280 Speaker 1: The House is expected to take up a similar measure 63 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 1: on Thursday. The European Union is warning that the ongoing 64 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:10,679 Speaker 1: military conflict in Iran could lead to an unprecedented refugee crisis. 65 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 1: Tammy Trujillo reports. 66 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 3: The EU's Agency for Asylum said that if just ten 67 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 3: percent of Iran's population was displaced by US and Israeli attacks, 68 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 3: it would be one of the largest refugee flows in 69 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 3: recent decades. The agency noted that particular scenario is highly speculative, 70 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 3: depending on the scale and length of the conflict. 71 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 1: I'm Tammy TRHEO and Health in Human Services Secretary Robert F. 72 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 1: Kennedy Junior is calling out companies like Duncan and Starbucks. 73 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 1: At a rallying last week in Texas, Kennedy said his 74 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: agency was going to demand to see safety data that 75 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 1: shows it's okay for a teenage girl to drink an 76 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 1: iced coffee with one hundred and fifteen grams of sugar 77 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 1: in it. The secretary said he didn't think they'd be 78 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 1: able to do it. Massachusetts Democratic Governor Morrihely hit back 79 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:56,760 Speaker 1: at the demand over Duncan, a Massachusetts based institution. She 80 00:03:56,840 --> 00:03:59,520 Speaker 1: posted a flag on X Wednesday similar to the one 81 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:02,240 Speaker 1: used in the u S. Eighteen thirty five Texas Revolution, declaring, 82 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 1: come and take it. I'm Mark Mayfield.