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 --> 00:00:06,320 Speaker 1: latest use this hour in just four minutes. 3 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:11,800 Speaker 2: President Trump is urging countries who get oil from the 4 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:16,040 Speaker 2: Middle East to help protect the Strait of Hormuz, posting Saturday, 5 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:19,160 Speaker 2: the UK, China, France, and other countries he said should 6 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 2: send warships to the narrow strait near Iran to ensure 7 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:25,759 Speaker 2: that oil tankers can get through. Iran's new leader has 8 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:28,560 Speaker 2: vowed to block the strait in response to the ongoing 9 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 2: attacks by the US and Israel. The Pentagon has identified 10 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:35,200 Speaker 2: the six US Air Force members killed in a plane 11 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:38,840 Speaker 2: crash in Iraq. US Central Commands as the soldiers died 12 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:43,080 Speaker 2: Thursday when their military refueling tanker crashed in western Iraq. 13 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:46,839 Speaker 2: The State Department has cut the fee that Americans have 14 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:51,280 Speaker 2: to pay to renounce their US citizenship. Jim Forbes has details. 15 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:54,160 Speaker 1: Under a new rule that went into effect on Friday, 16 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:57,760 Speaker 1: the fee was lowered by nearly eighty percent, bringing the 17 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:01,320 Speaker 1: cost down from over twenty three hundred to four hundred 18 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 1: and fifty dollars. The State Department said in the rule 19 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:07,520 Speaker 1: that it lowered the fee as a policy decision to 20 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 1: reduce the cost burden on people seeking a certificate of 21 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:15,840 Speaker 1: loss of nationality. The Department estimates nearly five thousand people 22 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:20,080 Speaker 1: apply each year for the certificate to renounce their citizenship. 23 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:21,399 Speaker 1: I'm Jim Forbes. 24 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 2: A winter storm hitting the Upper Midwest is being called historic. 25 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:30,199 Speaker 2: The National Weather Service says the storm system rolling across Minnesota, Wisconsin, 26 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 2: and Upper Michigan could dump up to two feet of 27 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 2: snow through Monday. The forecast calls for blizzard conditions with 28 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:40,560 Speaker 2: wind gusts reaching fifty to sixty miles an hour, while 29 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:44,200 Speaker 2: in the Southwest, millions are bracing for an extreme heat wave. 30 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 2: The National Weather Service says the LA area will be 31 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 2: hit with an extremely rare, long duration heat wave starting Monday, 32 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 2: with temperatures up to thirty five degrees above normal, possibly 33 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:59,639 Speaker 2: lasting through Friday. Daily high temperature records could be broken 34 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 2: across the region. Some could see all time heat records 35 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 2: for the month of March. I'm Scott Carr, A man 36 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 2: who allegedly sold the gun used in the Old Dominion 37 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 2: shooting in Virginia's facing federal charges. Court documents say Kenya 38 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:18,360 Speaker 2: Chapman is accused of making false statements while purchasing a 39 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:22,680 Speaker 2: firearm and dealing firearms without a license. One person was 40 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:26,240 Speaker 2: killed two people injured in Thursday's shooting on the campus. 41 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 2: The gunman of former guardsmen who had pled guilty to 42 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:32,800 Speaker 2: supporting ISIS. With the war in Iran cutting off oil 43 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 2: supplies and driving up prices, President Trump's making moves to 44 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 2: boost US oil production. We get more from Jason Nathanson. 45 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 3: President Trump wants the oil to start flowing again off 46 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:45,119 Speaker 3: of California's coast. He signed an executive order that would 47 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:47,360 Speaker 3: allow the company's Sable to start using a pipeline that 48 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:49,920 Speaker 3: ruptured in twenty fifteen, causing one of the worst oil 49 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:52,959 Speaker 3: spills in California history. Sable bought the pipeline complex in 50 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:56,000 Speaker 3: twenty twenty four and says everything's been fixed, but California 51 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 3: hasn't yet approved a restart. Governor Newsom bows to fight 52 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:01,119 Speaker 3: the move, saying in a statement than Trump is exploiting 53 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 3: the Iran war and putting California's coastal economy at risk. 54 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 3: I'm Jasoningtonson. 55 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 2: A federal judge has blocked subpoenas that were served against 56 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:14,079 Speaker 2: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell by the Justice Department. More 57 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 2: from Lisa Carton. 58 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 4: The subpoenas were related to a probe into the management 59 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:21,359 Speaker 4: of the fed's renovation. Judge James Bosberg said a mountain 60 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:24,240 Speaker 4: of evidence suggests the government serve these subpoenas on the 61 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:27,320 Speaker 4: board to pressure its chair into voting for lower interest 62 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 4: rates or resigning. US Attorney for Washington D C. Janine 63 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 4: Piro slammed Bosberg's decision and said the DOJ plans to appeal. 64 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 4: President Trump has called for Powell to lower rates and 65 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:40,440 Speaker 4: has went after the current FED chair since the start 66 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 4: of his second term. I'm Lisa Carton. 67 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 2: Top seeded Duke beat the Virginia Cavaliers seventy four to 68 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 2: seventy and won the College Basketball ACC Championship. The Blue 69 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 2: Devil scored thirteen free throws in last night's victory, including 70 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:58,320 Speaker 2: five three pointers. Leads scorer and rebounder Cameron Boozer scored 71 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 2: only thirteen points in the game, but scored two free 72 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 2: throws in the final seconds. I'm Scott Carr.