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 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:12,160 Speaker 2: This is now day twenty of Operation Epic Fury, and 4 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:15,320 Speaker 2: the war in Iran is showing no sign of winding down. 5 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:19,320 Speaker 2: President Trump says Israel attacked a major Iranian gas field 6 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:22,680 Speaker 2: on Wednesday out of anger without giving the US the 7 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:26,480 Speaker 2: heads up at st oil prices further up and gas 8 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 2: is still climbing right along with it. At the Pentagon 9 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:33,600 Speaker 2: this morning, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Dan Kin 10 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 2: claimed the mission Operation Epic Fury is going according to plan. 11 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:43,600 Speaker 3: Each day we continue to attack deeper into Iranian territory. 12 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:48,560 Speaker 3: As reported by US Central Command. Yesterday, the US military 13 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:53,560 Speaker 3: dropped five thousand pound penetrator weapons into underground storage facilities. 14 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 2: Japan's first female Prime Minister will be in the United 15 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 2: States today to visit President Trump at the White House. 16 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:04,759 Speaker 2: The President will be meeting with the Prime Minister as 17 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:07,480 Speaker 2: the US calls on its allies to help secure the 18 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:11,520 Speaker 2: Strait of Hormuz during the Iran War. A former senior 19 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:16,560 Speaker 2: intelligence official as being investigated for allegedly leaking classified information. 20 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 2: More from Mark Mayfield. 21 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 4: NBC News is reporting that Joe Kent, a longtime Trump 22 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 4: ally who resigned in protest over the war with Iran, 23 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 4: is now under FBI investigation. Kent announced Tuesday he was 24 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 4: stepping down as the director of the National counter Terrorism Center. 25 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 4: He served under Director of National Intelligence Tulsea Gabbard, and 26 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:37,880 Speaker 4: said on Tuesday that he opposed the decision to launch 27 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:41,480 Speaker 4: military action against Iran, arguing the regime did not present 28 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 4: an imminent threat. The FBI has declined to comment. 29 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 2: A Murkney Field the nation's unemployment lines are a little 30 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 2: shorter as fewer Americans than expected found themselves filing for 31 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 2: our first time jobless benefits last week. The Labor Department 32 00:01:57,040 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 2: says it received two hundred five thousand initial record ques 33 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:03,960 Speaker 2: in the week ending March fourteenth. That's down eight thousand 34 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 2: from the previous week's revised total. I'm Michael Cassner, lawyers 35 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:13,399 Speaker 2: for a suspected health insurance CEO killer Luigi Mangioni, want 36 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:16,960 Speaker 2: to push back his federal trial to twenty twenty seven. 37 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 2: More from Andrew Whitman. 38 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:22,079 Speaker 1: That's because Mangioni faces a June date in New York 39 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:26,400 Speaker 1: state court for killing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside 40 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 1: a Midtown hotel in December twenty twenty four and a 41 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 1: September court date in federal court. Mangioni's lawyers told the 42 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:37,520 Speaker 1: federal court Wednesday they can't prepare for two trials at 43 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 1: the same time. They also argue the schedule violates Mangioni's rights. 44 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 1: Federal prosecutors oppose a delay. Mangioni had faced a possible 45 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 1: death sentence in his federal trial. That charge was dismissed 46 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 1: in January. In New York, I'm Andrew Whitman. 47 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:58,799 Speaker 2: Here's a reminder. Charitable donations are deductible and could save 48 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:02,360 Speaker 2: you money this tax season. More from Wendy Swanson. 49 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 5: As taxpayers get ready for filing season, the IRS is 50 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 5: reminding Americans that charitable donations can still lower your tax bill, 51 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 5: but only if you follow the rules. CPA Lisa green 52 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:17,360 Speaker 5: Lewis with Turbo Tax talks about the most important rule. 53 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:22,640 Speaker 6: If you can itemize your deductions, you can claim charitable contributions, 54 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:27,320 Speaker 6: So an itemizer is someone that doesn't claim the standard deduction. 55 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 5: Green Lewis as cash donations are generally deductible up to 56 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 5: sixty percent of your justed gross income, while non cash 57 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 5: gifts like clothing, furniture, or vehicles, must be valued fairly 58 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:39,600 Speaker 5: and documented. 59 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 6: If you donate non cash items over two hundred and 60 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 6: fifty dollars, then you should get an acknowledgement from the 61 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 6: organization that you donate to. 62 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 5: To claim a deduction, contributions must be made to a 63 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 5: qualified charitable organization and you'll need to itemize your deductions 64 00:03:56,680 --> 00:04:00,120 Speaker 5: on Schedule A. And don't forget the tax filing deadline 65 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 5: is Wednesday, April fifteenth, at midnight. 66 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 2: I'm Michael Kassner.