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 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:11,720 Speaker 2: President Trump is urging countries who get oil from the 4 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:15,960 Speaker 2: Middle East to help protect the Strait of Hormuz, posting Saturday, 5 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 2: the UK, China, France, and other countries he said should 6 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:22,440 Speaker 2: send warships to the narrow strait near Iran to ensure 7 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 2: that oil tankers can get through. Iran's new leader has 8 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:28,480 Speaker 2: vowed to block the strait in response to the ongoing 9 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:32,240 Speaker 2: attacks by the US and Israel. The Pentagon has identified 10 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 2: the six US Air Force members killed in a plane 11 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 2: crash in Iraq. US Central Commands as the soldiers died 12 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:43,000 Speaker 2: Thursday when their military refueling tanker crashed in western Iraq. 13 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 2: The State Department has cut the fee that Americans have 14 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 2: to pay to renounce their US citizenship. 15 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:51,200 Speaker 1: Jim Forbes has details. 16 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 3: Under a new rule that went into effect on Friday, 17 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 3: the fee was lowered by nearly eighty percent, bringing the 18 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 3: cost down from over twenty three hundred dollars dollars to 19 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 3: four hundred and fifty dollars. The State Department said in 20 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 3: the rule that it lowered the fee as a policy 21 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 3: decision to reduce the cost burden on people seeking a 22 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:14,959 Speaker 3: certificate of loss of nationality. The Department estimates nearly five 23 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 3: thousand people apply each year for the certificate to renounce 24 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 3: their citizenship. 25 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:21,320 Speaker 1: I'm Jim Forbes. 26 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 2: A winter storm hitting the Upper Midwest is being called historic. 27 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 2: The National Weather Service says the storm system rolling across Minnesota, Wisconsin, 28 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:32,920 Speaker 2: and Upper Michigan could dump up to two feet of 29 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:36,920 Speaker 2: snow through Monday. The forecast calls for blizzard conditions with 30 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 2: wind gusts reaching fifty to sixty miles an hour, while 31 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:44,120 Speaker 2: in the Southwest, millions are bracing for an extreme heat wave. 32 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:47,200 Speaker 2: The National Weather Service says the LA area will be 33 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:51,400 Speaker 2: hit with an extremely rare, long duration heat wave starting Monday, 34 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:55,360 Speaker 2: with temperatures up to thirty five degrees above normal, possibly 35 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 2: lasting through Friday. Daily high temperature records could be broken 36 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 2: across the region. Some could see all time heat records 37 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:04,400 Speaker 2: for the month of March. 38 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 1: I'm Scott Carr. 39 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 2: One of the US military's refueling tankers involved in a 40 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:13,680 Speaker 2: collision over western Iraq Thursday, appears to be based out 41 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 2: of California. 42 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 1: We get the latest from Jason Nathanson. 43 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:18,760 Speaker 4: Two planes were involved in the incident, which has been 44 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:20,960 Speaker 4: called an accident, with one of the tankers crashing and 45 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 4: killing the six service members on board. 46 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 1: The aircraft that returned is. 47 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 4: A Beal tail number, and the aircraft that didn't make 48 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 4: it back is an Andrews tail number. Aviation expert in 49 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 4: commercial pilot One Brown tells kmfy cann Sacramento that the 50 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 4: surviving plane appears to have come from Beial Air Force Base, 51 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:38,640 Speaker 4: about forty five miles north of the state capitol. This 52 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 4: is based on pictures widely circulating online. No confirmation yet 53 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:42,840 Speaker 4: from the US military. 54 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 2: Last night, top seed at Duke University beat Virginia's Cavaliers 55 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:50,920 Speaker 2: seventy four to seventy and won the College Basketball acc Championship. 56 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 2: Isaiah Evans led the way with twenty points. Lead scorer 57 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 2: Cameron Boozer scored only thirteen points in the game, but 58 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 2: scored two free throws in the final second. The American 59 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:03,680 Speaker 2: Southwest is about to find itself in the grip of 60 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 2: an extreme heat wave, even as a wintry storm grips 61 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 2: part of the Upper Midwest. 62 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 1: Lisa Taylor's got to tails the. 63 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 5: National Weather Service as the Los Angeles area will be 64 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:17,280 Speaker 5: hit with an extremely rare long duration heat waves starting Monday, 65 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:20,360 Speaker 5: with temperatures up to thirty five degrees above normal, lasting 66 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:24,360 Speaker 5: possibly through Friday, but before that, lizard warnings are expected 67 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 5: this weekend for some parts of the country. Meteorologist Bill Karen's. 68 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:31,239 Speaker 3: Twenty two million people will at least experience this winter storm, 69 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 3: and these snow totals are going to be some of 70 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 3: the highest we've seen all winter in this region, maybe 71 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 3: top five all time. 72 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 1: In Minneapolis. Look at Green Bay. 73 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 3: The National Weather Service is forecasting twenty nine inches of snow, 74 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:44,119 Speaker 3: so a paralyzing storm and with those high winds, people 75 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 3: will be trapped for one or two days in their homes. 76 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 4: And then we're also going to see severe weather with this. 77 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 2: On the East Coast, a reboot of Buffy the Vampire 78 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 2: Slayer's been canceled. Star of the show, Sarah Michelle Geller 79 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 2: confirmed that news in an Instagram video Saturday, saying, Hulus 80 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 2: decided to move forward with Buffy New Sunnydale. 81 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 1: I'm Scott Carr