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 --> 00:00:09,479 Speaker 1: latest use this hour in just four minutes, President Trump, 3 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:12,920 Speaker 1: since the US military has destroyed ten mine laying vessels, 4 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:16,040 Speaker 1: he posted on truth social the inactive mine laying boats 5 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 1: and or ships had been hit and completely destroyed. This 6 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:21,720 Speaker 1: follows reports that Iran was laying mines in the Strait 7 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 1: of Horrmus to disrupt oil moving through the region's key 8 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:27,320 Speaker 1: choke point. About one fifth of the world's crude oil 9 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 1: passes through the strait. The Whitehouse is the military operation 10 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:34,360 Speaker 1: against Iran has been a resounding success. Tuesday afternoon, Press 11 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 1: Secretary Caroline Levett echoed President Trump, saying Operation Epic Fury 12 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:40,159 Speaker 1: is ahead of schedule in meeting its goals. 13 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 2: The United States military is making tremendous truck strides towards 14 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 2: achieving our military objectives for Operation Epic Fury. 15 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 1: The goals include making sure Iran has no nukes and 16 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:54,840 Speaker 1: dismantling its ballistic missile capability. She repeated Trust's warning to 17 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:57,200 Speaker 1: Iran that it will be hit twenty times harder if 18 00:00:57,200 --> 00:00:59,640 Speaker 1: it restricts the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz. 19 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:02,960 Speaker 1: It said, Trump is working to address temporary oil disruptions 20 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 1: that have led to rising gas prices. The State Department 21 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:08,319 Speaker 1: says over forty thousand Americans have returned to the US 22 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:10,840 Speaker 1: from the Middle East. Meanwhile, the Department has helped over 23 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:15,120 Speaker 1: twenty seven thousand Americans abroad, offering security guidance and travel assistance. 24 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 1: The State Department says it's actively assisting American citizens who 25 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 1: want to leave the Middle East. The Senate is advancing 26 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 1: a housing bill that potentially could be up for a 27 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:25,560 Speaker 1: final vote by the end of the week. Your Stamy Trujeo. 28 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 2: Senators voted eighty nine to nine to one on the bill, 29 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:30,840 Speaker 2: clearing a key hurdle on a package aimed at bringing 30 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 2: down housing costs. The twenty first Century Road to Housing 31 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:36,480 Speaker 2: Act mixed a pre existing Senate bill with parts of 32 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 2: a House past measure that advanced through the Chamber earlier 33 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:41,919 Speaker 2: this month. The timing of a final floor vote depends 34 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 2: on the amendment package, but if the legislation is approved, 35 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:47,119 Speaker 2: it would green light incentives to build new homes, allow 36 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:50,360 Speaker 2: for new grants to overhaul homes, and more. I'm Tammy Triheo. 37 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:53,440 Speaker 1: In severe weathers hitting much of the central US, there 38 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 1: are reports of several tornadoes touching down northeastern Illinois, northwest Indiana, 39 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 1: Central Texas, and Oklahoma. There are reports of significant damage 40 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 1: in Illinois, with roof's torn off homes and uprooted trees. 41 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 1: I'm Marknefield. Senator Richard Blumenthal says he believes the US 42 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 1: is on a path to sending ground troops to Iran. 43 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:13,679 Speaker 1: Jim Roop reports. 44 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:17,640 Speaker 3: The Connecticut Democrat made the remarks after attending Tuesday's Senate 45 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:21,280 Speaker 3: Armed Services Committee briefing. He told reporters he was as 46 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 3: dissatisfied and angry as he has been from any past 47 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 3: briefing in his fifteen years in the Senate. Bloomenthal added 48 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:30,360 Speaker 3: he left the briefing with more questions than answers, especially 49 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 3: about the costs of the war. President Trump has not 50 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 3: rolled out deploying ground troops in Iran. I'm Jim Roop. 51 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 1: House speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to condemn anti Muslim 52 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 1: remarks made by two Republican congressmen. Johnson suggested that the 53 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:46,680 Speaker 1: men were talking about Muslims in general, but rather efforts 54 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 1: to impose Islamic share real law in the United States. 55 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:52,679 Speaker 1: Johnson spoke Tuesday after Tennessee Congressman Andy Ogles said that 56 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 1: Muslims don't belong in American society, and Florida Congressman Randy 57 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 1: Fine said, if they forced us to choose, the choice 58 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 1: between dogs and Muslims is not a difficult one. The 59 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:04,360 Speaker 1: speaker said he addressed the tone of their messaging, but 60 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 1: stress that the Constitution gives everyone the right to speak 61 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:10,360 Speaker 1: freely about their beliefs. A man's set to be executed 62 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 1: in Alabama is having a sentence commuted to life without parole. 63 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 1: Chris Carrajio has a story. 64 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 4: Charles Sonny Burton was scheduled to be executed via nitrogen 65 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:23,240 Speaker 4: gas on Thursday, but Alabama Governor k Ivy has intervened, 66 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 4: saying the execution would be unjust. Ivy issued a statement 67 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:29,240 Speaker 4: explaining that she believes it would be unjust for one 68 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 4: participant in this crime to be executed while the participant 69 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 4: who pulled the trigger was not. Burton was one of 70 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:37,640 Speaker 4: six men involved in the robbery of an AutoZone store 71 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 4: that ended with the murder of a customer, and due 72 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 4: to the felony murder doctrine, prosecutors are allowed to treat 73 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:46,840 Speaker 4: anybody involved in certain felonies equally responsible for a killing 74 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:48,160 Speaker 4: that occurs during the crime. 75 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 1: I'm Chris Krajio and Doctor Dre is now a billionaire. 76 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 1: The hip hop mogul has featured in forbes twenty twenty 77 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 1: six Billionaire's List. Doctor Dre's placement on the list comes 78 00:03:57,280 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 1: over a decade after he declared himself hip hop's first 79 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 1: billionaire from his twenty fourteen sale of Beats by Dre 80 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 1: on Mark Mayfield