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What happened in the U.S. airstrikes on Iran and why were they carried out?
Another ceasefire stress test. I'm Carmen Roberts. Fox News. U.S.
military struck Iran today. The airstrikes involving U.S. warplanes lasted about one hour. U.S. Central Command issued the following statement. U.S. forces conducted strikes against Iran as a powerful response to yesterday's attack on a commercial ship that was transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
Which Iranian sites were targeted and what did U.S. Central Command say?
U.S. aircraft struck Iranian missile and drone storage locations and coastal radar sites.
As Fox's Jennifer Griffin in Washington, and this is the most significant test yet to last week's Memorandum of Understanding. It was set out to begin peace negotiations and reopen that pivotal waterway. Iran's state media cites Iran's Revolutionary Guards as warning that any further U.S. attacks will draw a broader response. The case against the man accused of starting last year's deadly Palisades fire ends in a mistrial. Fox's William Law Janess reports from Los Angeles.
Two jurors prepared to convict accused arsonist Jonathan Rinderknecht. Ten saying they would not. A standstill with every juror refusing to budge. Prosecutors claiming that Rinder-Knecht not only started the tiny Lachman fire, but held him responsible for the deadly Palisades fire a week later, despite firefighters saying they had put it out. The theory being that high winds reignited that first fire, causing the second. For some jurors, that's a stretch. Prosecutors did not have any physical evidence, no accelerant, and no witness. They did have cell phone location data and video evidence that put Rinder-Knecht at the 13 seconds after the fire started.
And the Utah judge in the murder case over Charlie Kirk's killing held prosecutors in contempt of court today over comments they made about the defendant, Tyler Robinson, to the media. The judge said that violated his gag order. America's listening to Fox News.
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How did Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and state media respond to the strikes?
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Former Trump National Security Advisor John Bolton pleads guilty to retaining classified documents, Fox's Mike Emanuel reports.
Former Trump National Security Advisor John Bolton pleading guilty to one count of unlawful retention of national defense information. Bolton told Judge Theodore Chuang he was sorry for it. Prosecutors are recommending Bolton face up to five years in prison and a fine of $2.25 million. The Justice Department says in 2018 and 2019, Bolton emailed more than 1,000 pages of information about his day-to-day activities as national security advisor, including top-secret information to two family members. Neither person was authorized to receive it. That information included notes Bolton compiled for a book critical of President Trump, but prosecutors say he didn't include any of the top secret information in the book.
And Bolton's sentencing is expected on October 28th. President Trump is sounding the alarm on the rise of Democratic Socialists scoring election wins.
Speaking to the Faith and Freedom Coalition, President Trump drew little contrast between progressive Democratic Socialists and Communism.
This is the most serious threat to our country since its existence, in my opinion. 250 years ago, this is a major threat to our country.
The president says Democratic leaders won't fight for their party.
If they fought them the way they fight Republicans or the way they fight me, they'd be victorious.
Three Democratic Socialist candidates, backed by Mayor Zoran Mamdani, swept Democratic congressional primaries in New York City this week.
Why did the jury in the Palisades fire case reach a mistrial?
At the White House, Jared Halpern, Fox News.
And gas prices keep slipping as oil prices fall. AAA says the national average is $3.92 a gallon. That is down 57 cents over the past month and is now less than a dollar higher than before the war started. It was at $2.98 when that happened. U.S. crude closed 2% lower today in New York at 69.3 a barrel.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What happened in the U.S. airstrikes on Iran and why were they carried out?
0:03–0:26
2
Which Iranian sites were targeted and what did U.S. Central Command say?
0:26–2:02
3
How did Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and state media respond to the strikes?
2:02–3:49
4
Why did the jury in the Palisades fire case reach a mistrial?
3:49–4:13