Good Wednesday morning. We are following breaking news out of the Middle East. >> A new round of deadly attacks across the region.It is March 18th. This is Today. Breaking overnight.Tel Aviv targeted in a deadly missile strike as Iran seeks revenge for the killing of two of its top leaders. The US deploying its own wave of massive bunker buster bombs on major sites inside Iran as President Trump pushes back against the first resignation of a key administration official over the war. >> I always thought he w ...

The Federal Reserve has announced it is keeping interest rates on hold. This is the second consecutive time the board voted to leave rates unchanged after three straight cuts. The decision comes as the Fed tries to navigate waves of economic uncertainty.First, the impact of the war with Iran. The conflict has already caused crude oil, gas, jet fuel, and home heating oil prices to sore. Another factor is the future of tariffs.This is the first interest rate decision since the Supreme Court struck down many o ...

We're on the roof of our hotel and last night we witnessed a very loud uh night. We were watching as red tracer fire went up into the skies above us. We could hear explosions.We saw flashes in the sky. Uh and we could uh I think see and hear a lot of drone activity as well. And on the some distance from here, we saw and heard some very loud explosions indeed.Now, last night was also the night, the last Tuesday night before now ru the Persian New Year when Iranians fire a lot of fireworks into the air. And s ...

You told the media that I was a freaking snake and that you completely understood why I had been assaulted. I just wonder if someone who applauds violence against their political opponents is the right person to lead an agency that has struggled to accept limits to the proper use of force. >> I have to address the remarks the chairman made uh calling me a liar.Sir, I think there's everybody in this room knows that I'm very blunt and direct to the point and if I have something to say, I'll say it directly to ...

The Pulse nightclub building is being demolished today. Nearly a decade ago, a gunman walked into the LGBTQ nightclub in Orlando and committed one of the deadliest mass shootings in US history. 49 people were killed, dozens were wounded.in its place. Now, the city will create a memorial to honor the victims. ...

Renowned labor rights leader Cesar Chavez, accused of sexually abusing women and young girls, including allegations of sexual assault by his main partner in the labor movement. Dolores Werta, the co-founder of Chavez's United Farm Workers Union, who is now 96, alleges that Chavez raped her 60 years ago and that the assaults resulted in two children. Her statement followed a bombshell report from the New York Times.It published the findings of a yearslong investigation, including interviews with multiple wom ...

Just moments ago, the Federal Reserve announced it is keeping interest rates on hold. This is the second consecutive time the board voted to leave rates unchanged after three straight cuts. That decision comes as the Fed tries to navigate waves of economic uncertainty.>> First, the impact of the war with Iran. The conflict has already caused crude oil, gas, jet fuel, and home heating oil prices to sore. Another factor, the future of tariffs.This is the first interest rate decision since the Supreme Court st ...

The White House stated on March 1st of this year that this war was launched and was quote a military campaign to eliminate the imminent nuclear threat posed by the Iranian regime end quote. That's a statement from the White House. Quote, the imminent nuclear threat posed by the Iranian regime. Was it the assessment of the intelligence community that there was an imminent nuclear threat posed by the Iranian regime.The intelligence community assessed that Iran maintained the intention to rebuild and to contin ...

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