Menu
Sign In Search Podcasts Charts People & Topics Add Podcast API Blog Pricing
Podcast Image

Fox News Hourly Update

5PM ET 02/28/2026 Newscast

28 Feb 2026

Transcription

Chapter 1: What major event occurred in Iran on February 28, 2026?

3.237 - 12.801 Carmen Roberts

This is a Fox News alert. A big blow to Iran. I'm Carmen Roberts. Fox News has learned today's U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Iran killed the country's leader.

0

13.082 - 19.137 Trey Yankst

Fox News can confirm that Iran's supreme leader, the Ayatollah Khamenei, is dead.

0

19.201 - 20.824 Carmen Roberts

Fox's Trey Yankst in Tel Aviv.

0

21.084 - 27.053 Trey Yankst

This is a major blow to the Iranian regime. Iran's supreme leader, the Ayatollah Khamenei, was not a figurehead.

0

Chapter 2: How did the U.S.-Israeli airstrikes impact Iran's leadership?

27.134 - 39.353 Trey Yankst

He was the man in charge of decisions as it relates to Iran's nuclear program, their expanding ballistic missile program, the hardline positions that made it impossible for the Americans to reach a diplomatic solution with the Iranians.

0

39.485 - 53.55 Carmen Roberts

New explosions reported across Iran in the past few hours, with Israel saying that its air force continues to operate in Iran. The attack risks sparking a wider conflict as Iran fights back, targeting Israel and U.S. bases in the region.

0

53.971 - 62.286 Carmen Roberts

And while most members of Congress agree Iran is a threat to peace, Democrats and some Republicans say the president needed congressional approval for the military action.

0

62.266 - 85.219 Ainsley Earhardt

Top House Democrat Hakeem Jeffries calls Iran a bad actor that must be confronted for support of terrorism and nuclear ambitions, but adds absent exigent circumstances, the administration must seek congressional authorization. The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, Jim Himes, was briefed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and says this is a war of choice with no strategic endgame.

0

85.199 - 90.648 Carmen Roberts

Fox's Jared Halpern reporting. Democratic Senator John Fetterman, however, tells Fox News he supports the strikes.

90.868 - 103.688 Unknown

Iran massacred 30,000 of their own people right now. This war is not about the Iranian people. It's about this poisonous regime. And that's why I'm proud to stand with our military. I'm proud to stand with Israel, too.

104.209 - 134.292 Carmen Roberts

And the House has set a vote on war powers this week that would restrict Trump's ability to carry out further attacks in Iran. America's listening to Fox News. Keep up to date with the very latest in Iran. Follow and listen to the Fox News Hourly Update podcast and dive deep with the Fox News Rundown podcast. Get them now at foxnewspodcast.com or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.

137.36 - 158.457 Carmen Roberts

Recapping our top story, a top Israeli official confirms to Fox News that Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, died in U.S.-Israeli airstrikes this morning. U.S. and Israel launched a series of strikes against Iran after it failed to reach a nuclear deal with the U.S. Tehran's responding with strikes on Israel and U.S. bases in the region.

158.437 - 167.229 Carmen Roberts

In other news, a report says Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem created security risks by letting people keep their shoes on at America's airports.

Chapter 3: What are the potential consequences of the airstrikes on U.S.-Iran relations?

205.677 - 214.026 Carmen Roberts

Just before a convicted child molester was about to get out of prison, authorities in California arrested David Allen Funston on new molestation charges.

0

214.006 - 231.137 Rich Edson

The California Board of Parole decided to release Funston under the state's elderly parole program, where inmates are eligible for a parole hearing if they're older than 50 and been incarcerated for at least 20 years. His parole hearing transcripts say Funston told commissioners that he was still attracted to female children

0

231.117 - 247.687 Rich Edson

The commissioners found he no longer posed a threat to the community because of his good behavior in prison, his work in therapy and his plan to avoid repeating his crimes. California Governor Gavin Newsom says the parole board should have reversed their decision, but that he does not have the authority to overrule it.

0

247.707 - 251.995 Carmen Roberts

Fox's Rich Edson reporting. And I'm Carmen Roberts. And this is Fox News.

0

253.477 - 258.509 Ainsley Earhardt

This is Ainsley Earhart. Thank you for joining me for the 52-episode podcast series, The Life of Jesus.

258.529 - 267.992 Carmen Roberts

A listening experience that will provide hope, comfort, and understanding of the greatest story ever told. Listen and follow now at foxnewspodcasts.com or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Comments

There are no comments yet.

Please log in to write the first comment.