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 --> 00:00:06,320 Speaker 1: latest use this hour in just four minutes. 3 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:12,840 Speaker 2: Operation Epic Fury continues, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth 4 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:16,160 Speaker 2: says the US is just getting started. So called big 5 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 2: wave is yet to come. 6 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:21,040 Speaker 1: We are accelerating, not decelerating. 7 00:00:21,239 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 2: Meantime, the White House says at this time, it is 8 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 2: not part of the plan to send ground troops into Iran. 9 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 2: Press Secretary Caroline Levitt made the comment to reporters today 10 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 2: in her first briefing since Operation Epic Fury began. 11 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 1: There's many leaders in the past who like to take 12 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 1: options off of the table without having a full understanding 13 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:39,240 Speaker 1: of how things could develop. 14 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:42,519 Speaker 2: She said. Iran's getting crushed and America will soon have 15 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:46,559 Speaker 2: complete dominance over Iranian airspace. Lovit also said the operation 16 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:50,200 Speaker 2: ends years of US appeasement and President Trump is ending 17 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:53,800 Speaker 2: Iran's nuclear threat. The Senate, meantime, has failed to pass 18 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:56,720 Speaker 2: a war Powers resolution aimed at stopping President Trump from 19 00:00:56,800 --> 00:01:01,640 Speaker 2: using further military action against Iran without aggressional approval. The 20 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 2: vote was related to the War Powers Act nineteen seventy three, 21 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 2: Vietnam War era resolution meant to check the president's power 22 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:11,959 Speaker 2: to enter armed conflict without consent from the legislative branch. 23 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:15,559 Speaker 2: The efforts largely seen as symbolic because President Trump said 24 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 2: he would likely veto the measure if it passed. Homeland 25 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:22,960 Speaker 2: Security Secretary Christy nom has finished testifying in the House. 26 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 2: Nome appeared before the House Judiciary Committee today and the 27 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:30,759 Speaker 2: Senate's Committee yesterday as a department of Homeland Security remains unfunded, 28 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:35,039 Speaker 2: with Democrats demanding changes to ICE immigration enforcement operations. Both 29 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:39,200 Speaker 2: days featured plenty of testy exchanges with Democrats and a 30 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:42,000 Speaker 2: few Republicans drilling down on the fatal shootings of Renee 31 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 2: Good and Alex Pretty by federal agents in Minneapolis. President 32 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 2: Trump is welcoming the Inter Miami Soccer Club to the 33 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 2: White House tomorrow to celebrate his twenty twenty five Major 34 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 2: League Soccer Cup win. Argentine star Lee Andel Messi is 35 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 2: expected to accompany his teammates for the trip. DC United 36 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:00,400 Speaker 2: was the first MLS team to attend in the White 37 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 2: House celebration in nineteen ninety eight following its Cup victory. 38 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 2: I'm Jim Roop. Republican Congressman Tim Burchett says MEGA voters 39 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:13,359 Speaker 2: should have concerns over the situation in Iran possibly becoming 40 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 2: another forever war. When asked by reporters, burch Hatt sent 41 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:20,279 Speaker 2: his message to President Trump's supporters would be stay concerned, 42 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 2: and he added, hold our feet to the fire, keep 43 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 2: us honest on that issue. President Trump has suggested the 44 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:28,520 Speaker 2: strikes could last anywhere from a week to a month, 45 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 2: but has also signaled the US has enough firepower to 46 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:36,920 Speaker 2: fight wars forever. Former White House Correspondence Association dinner headliner 47 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 2: Conan O'Brien's sharing his experience entertaining the crowd of attendees. 48 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 2: Brian served as the headliner at the twenty thirteen WHCA dinner, 49 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 2: and he says the audience at the black tie event 50 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 2: is far from a comedian's typical crowd. According to the comedian, 51 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:54,520 Speaker 2: attendees are thinking a lot about their own world, and 52 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 2: he explains that the entertainer needs to be funny. But 53 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:00,160 Speaker 2: he says, quote, he can't act like you know, oh 54 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 2: too much, because then they'll resent you for that or 55 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 2: think you don't belong in quote. You liken the experience 56 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 2: to the oscars and said, quote you've got to calculate 57 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 2: and then have fun end quote. Researchers at Virginia Tech 58 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 2: are releasing new data about how cannabis use can affect driving. 59 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:21,359 Speaker 1: The university's Transportation Institute tracked drivers using cameras and sensors 60 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 1: between twenty twenty one and twenty twenty three. The data 61 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 1: collected indicated that cannabis related trips spike during lunchtimes, in 62 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 1: the evenings, and on Fridays. It also indicated that participants 63 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 1: sometimes took alternate routs like rural roads to compensate for 64 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 1: their substance use. Researchers urged more study, hoping additional data 65 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 1: would lead to a baseline for judging real time cannabis impairment. 66 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 1: I'm Tammy Trihio. 67 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 2: New Jersey Transit is testing out new high tech bus 68 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 2: stop signs that show customers real time arrivals, detours, delays, 69 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:53,640 Speaker 2: service alerts, and bus occupancy levels. They are solar powered, 70 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 2: ADA compliant and include text to speech announcement capability and 71 00:03:57,320 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 2: automated safety lighting for improved nighttime visibility. I'm Jim Rope