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 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:13,680 Speaker 2: Israel says it has killed Iran's top security chief. Israel's 4 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:18,360 Speaker 2: defense minister announced today that Ali Larajani, secretary of iran 5 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:23,279 Speaker 2: Supreme National Security Council, had been eliminated overnight. He was 6 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:26,840 Speaker 2: seen as a close ally to the late Ayatola Ali Jameini, 7 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:30,480 Speaker 2: who is killed at the start of Operation Epic Fury. 8 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 2: President Trump says he believes he will have the, in 9 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 2: his words, honor of taking Cuba. Mark Mayfield explains. 10 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:41,960 Speaker 3: Speaking at the White House Monday, Trump called the island 11 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 3: less than one hundred miles from Florida, a failed nation 12 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:47,320 Speaker 3: and said I think I can do anything I want 13 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:50,199 Speaker 3: with it. The president's comments came the same day that 14 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 3: Cuba's national electrical grid suffered a total collapse, leaving around 15 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 3: ten million people without power. It's the first major blackout 16 00:00:57,440 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 3: since the US effectively shut off the flow of venezuelill 17 00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:00,840 Speaker 3: know to Cuba. 18 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 2: A Mark Neefield, combined severe weather with security delays and 19 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:09,319 Speaker 2: spring break travel is a real headache for flyers. More 20 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:10,480 Speaker 2: from Rory O'Neil. 21 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:14,480 Speaker 1: Lines at security checkpoints have slowed to a near crawl 22 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:18,240 Speaker 1: as passengers wait for hours to be screened at airports nationwide. 23 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 1: The partial government shutdown means TSA workers haven't been paid 24 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:25,120 Speaker 1: for weeks, and hundreds have quit out of frustration, with 25 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 1: others calling in sick. Airports are advising passengers to arrive 26 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 1: up to three hours early to clear security and to 27 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:37,880 Speaker 1: use the MYTSA app for wight time updates. I'm Rory O'Neil. 28 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 2: The pain at the pump continues as gas prices have 29 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 2: jumped again. The national average for a gallon of regular 30 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 2: has hit three dollars seventy nine cents, according to Triple A. 31 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 2: That's up from three seventy one on Monday. And Hyundai 32 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 2: is halting sales of certain twenty twenty six Palisade SUVs 33 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:58,080 Speaker 2: after the death of a two year old girl in 34 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 2: Ohio earlier this month. The company is announcing a major 35 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 2: recall due to a problem with the power folding seats. 36 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:08,960 Speaker 2: I'm Michael Cassner. President Trump says his chief of staff, 37 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 2: Susie Wiles, is an amazing fighter amid her battle with 38 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 2: breast cancer. More from Monica Nelson. 39 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:19,640 Speaker 4: Trump revealed Wiles was diagnosed with early stage breast cancer, 40 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:21,840 Speaker 4: with wild seated next to him at a Trump Kennedy 41 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:24,079 Speaker 4: Center Board meeting at the White House. The President said 42 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 4: Wiles has already begun treatment and her prognosis is excellent. 43 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 4: She is the first woman in US history to serve 44 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 4: as White House Chief of Staff. I'm Monica Nelson. 45 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:37,400 Speaker 2: Gold prices are on the rise, boosted by fears about 46 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 2: disruption to oil shipments due to the ongoing war in Iran. 47 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:42,960 Speaker 2: More from Rebecca Bunden. 48 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 5: Despite the Middle East conflict and gold being considered a 49 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 5: safe haven asset, the precious metal hasn't been on an 50 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:52,800 Speaker 5: upward trend more broadly since the conflict. This is partly 51 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 5: due to the US dollars strength, but gold gained on 52 00:02:56,360 --> 00:03:00,160 Speaker 5: Tuesday following comment by Iran's foreign minister the previous day 53 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 5: that the Strait of hor moves is not closed to everyone. 54 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:06,920 Speaker 5: Analysts say the US Federal reserves rate decision this week 55 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 5: could impact gold prices, while central banks of Britain, the Eurozone, Canada, 56 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 5: and Australia also meet this week. Rebecca Bundon Mumbai. 57 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:18,640 Speaker 2: A funeral home co owner at the center of one 58 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:22,360 Speaker 2: of the most disturbing cases in the Colorado funeral industry 59 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 2: now knows her fate. In Denver, Kathy Walker. 60 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:29,359 Speaker 6: Kerry Halford was sentenced to eighteen years in federal prison 61 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 6: after pleading guilty to wire fraud. Prosecutors had recommended fifteen 62 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:37,960 Speaker 6: years in prison. Kerry and John Halford were first charged 63 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:42,760 Speaker 6: with fifteen federal crimes after stockpiling nearly two hundred bodies 64 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 6: in Penrose. They also fraudulently used COVID relief funds on 65 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:51,840 Speaker 6: personal luxury items. They were first arrested three years ago. 66 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:55,280 Speaker 6: John Halford got twenty years in prison. He was sentenced 67 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 6: last year. March Madness officially begins from Dayton later today. 68 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 6: The NCAA tournament tips off with a pair of first 69 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 6: four matchups. 70 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 2: I'm Michael Kastner.