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Speaker 1: This is your twenty four to seven use update the

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Speaker 1: latest views this hour. In just four minutes, the Pentagon

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Speaker 1: is reporting the first known American casualties of Operation Epic Fury,

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Speaker 1: and a statement released this morning, US Central Commands said

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Speaker 1: three US service members have been killed and five others

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Speaker 1: seriously injured as part of the joint US Israeli combat

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Speaker 1: operation against Iran. The identity of the three fallen service

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Speaker 1: members are being withheld for twenty four hours after their

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Speaker 1: families have been notified. For the first time ever, the

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Speaker 1: US Air Force is using an Israeli base to attack

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Speaker 1: targets in the Middle East. Officials say at least a

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Speaker 1: dozen F twenty two stealth fighter jets are stationed at

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Speaker 1: Israel's Ovda Air Force Base, a desert facility with hardened

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Speaker 1: shelters and ample space for the US jets and refueling tankers.

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Speaker 1: Although the Pentagon has not said how many missions have

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Speaker 1: been flown from the Israeli air base, observers say it

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Speaker 1: is well over one hundred. Across the United States today

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Speaker 1: are taking to the streets in response to the military

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Speaker 1: strikes on Iran. In New York, hundreds of protesters tied

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Speaker 1: up traffic as they marched from Times Square to Columbus

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Speaker 1: Circle on the city's upper west side. In Los Angeles

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Speaker 1: and Washington, d C, places that have large Iranian American populations,

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Speaker 1: gathered to express both opposition and support of the military action.

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Speaker 1: In DC, the racist group was made up of exiled Iranians, Jews,

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Speaker 1: and others who showed their support for the US and

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Speaker 1: Israeli attacks on Iran. Celebrations were also held in New

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Speaker 1: York and Los Angeles, where similar group showed solidarity for

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Speaker 1: the strikes against the Islamic Republic. A former member of

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Speaker 1: the US House of Representatives is praising recent military strikes

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Speaker 1: in Iran. Former Minnesota Republican Representative Michelle Bachmann says strikes

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Speaker 1: that killed Iran Supreme leader could mean freedom for the

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Speaker 1: people of that country.

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Speaker 2: His death isn't the end of the story, but it's

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Speaker 2: the beginning of the end for this murderous, demonic regime

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Speaker 2: that has literally held the world hostage for forty seven years.

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Speaker 1: Mackman is a board member of the International Fellowship of

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Speaker 1: Christians and Jews. I'm Lisa Carton. The National Fire in

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Speaker 1: Big Cyprus National Preserve in Collier County is zero percent

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Speaker 1: contained in Florida at more than twenty five thousand acres

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Speaker 1: burning south of Interstate seventy five, approximately twenty miles east

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Speaker 1: of Naples. It comes as for the first time in

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Speaker 1: more than a quarter century of records keeping, the entire

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Speaker 1: state of Florida is listed in moderate to extreme drought.

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Speaker 3: Rye air pulls moisture out of grass, leaves, and brush.

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Speaker 3: These organic materials can easily become fuel for fires. Now.

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Speaker 3: Add wind to these conditions, and even a small spark

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Speaker 3: can quickly turn into a fast moving fire.

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Speaker 1: While rain chances are on the rise, it's not enough

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Speaker 1: to make a dent in their drought and wildfire risk.

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Speaker 1: Miami Dade Fire Rescues Erica Benitas recommends not driving cars

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Speaker 1: or ATVs over dry, grassy areas or throwing cigarettes out windows.

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Speaker 1: She says always grill care carefully, and for everyone living

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Speaker 1: near brush, clear away debris and water the perimeter of

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Speaker 1: a home to create a moist barrier. California snowpack is

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Speaker 1: still below normal. The latest snow survey shows the state

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Speaker 1: wide snowpack is at sixty six percent of average, and

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Speaker 1: that's down from eighty five percent at the same time

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Speaker 1: last year.

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Speaker 4: We are below average and not where we would like

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Speaker 4: to be at this time of year. We've had some

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Speaker 4: good March storms over the years, but there's no guarantees.

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Speaker 4: We'll have to see if this March can give us

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Speaker 4: that boost that we would need to come back to average.

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Speaker 1: Andy rising with the Department of Water Resources says warm

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Speaker 1: rain this week melted some of the Sierra snow. The

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Speaker 1: state snowpack is slightly better than last month, but still

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Speaker 1: far below what's needed, especially in northern California, where more

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Speaker 1: of the state's reservoirs are located. The snowpack provides about

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Speaker 1: thirty percent of California's water supply. As it melts.

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Speaker 4: And it'll see no Demons.

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Speaker 1: Sinners was the big winner at this year's NAACP Image Awards.

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Speaker 1: Ryan coogler Vampire Movie won thirteen awards, including for Best Picture.

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Speaker 1: I'm Lisa Carton