Tara Oakes

The Department of Homeland Security says most TSA officers have received a retroactive paycheck.

The broader standoff over DHS funding continues.

Air Canada's CEO will step down by October.

That announcement follows backlash over Michael Rousseau's condolence video delivered entirely in English after the fatal crash at LaGuardia last week in which two pilots were killed.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says failing to offer condolences in French as well showed a lack of judgment, adding that it's essential his successor is completely bilingual.

Rousseau has apologized for his lapse.

And finally, here's something you don't see every day.

Skiers in bikinis.

Well, that's the scene in Colorado, with skiers hitting the slopes in little more than their underwear, as resorts in the western US experience unseasonably hot weather.

In fact, more than half of the 120 ski resorts in the region have closed early or never opened at all this year due to record low snowfall and a brutal heatwave.

Temperatures have been running 20 to 30 degrees above normal, and snowpack is on track to be the lowest on record at almost every Western ski destination.

It's raising serious questions about the future of a $20 billion industry that supports nearly 200,000 jobs and threatening water supplies to cities like Phoenix and Las Vegas.

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Hi, I'm Tara Oakes in Liverpool.

It's Saturday, February 28th.

Today, the United States and Israel launch strikes on Iran.

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