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0:00This is an I Heart Podcast. Guaranteed Human. Run a business and not thinking about podcasting? Think again, more Americans listen to podcasts than add supported streaming music from Spotify and Pandora. And as the number one podcaster, I Heart's twice as large as the next two combined, learn how podcasting can help your business, call 844-844-I Heart. This is your 24-7 News Update, the latest views this hour in just four minutes. U.S. officials have identified four of the six service members killed in an Iranian strike over the weekend. The soldiers were in the U.S. Army reserve and based out of Iowa, two of yet to be identified. U.S. Central Command says more than 50,000 troops, 200 fighter jets and two aircraft carriers are participating in the operation with more capabilities on the way. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Nome is being questioned about the ice-involved fatal shootings have reneged good and now it's pretty in Minneapolis during a House Judiciary Committee hearing today, Democrat Jamie Raskin in Maryland, grilled Nome about initially calling the shootings

1:01domestic terrorism. You called them domestic terrorists? Is that what you're telling America? HSI officers put their lives on the line to protect that scene so evidence that we could have. Yes, they do. Yes, they do, but you told a lie about them. Nome said that both shootings are part of ongoing investigations. In her opening remarks, she challenged Democrats for refusing to fund DHS until there are reforms to ice immigration operations. Nome said cuts to TSA at this current moment, especially with the tensions in Iran, potentially make the homeland less safe. The sheriff leading the investigation into the disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie says he believes progress is being made towards finding the missing mother of today's show host, Savannah Guthrie. NBC's Liz Croix reports that investigators in Southern Arizona are pursuing a number of leads. The sheriff did confirm that the traffic cameras around Nancy's home does record video. They're looking into all of that. And he said that they are also looking at that one ring camera video that was taken two and a half miles away around the time of Nancy's disappearance, showing a car driving by a home.

2:02Pima County Sheriff Chris Nano says investigators are also looking at the clothes and backpack worn by a masked man seen on doorbell camera video from Nancy Guthrie's home. Meantime in Arizona, man, it was detained last month in a SWAT raid in connection with Nancy Guthrie's disappearance. Says he had nothing to do with the case. Guthrie was reported missing February 1st and is believed to have been abducted. I'm Chris Carasio. Opening statements took place in New York City yesterday in the long awaited live nation ticket master trial. It's a landmark antitrust trial with the Justice Department in 39 States claiming the world's largest ticket provider has jacked up prices of concerts, sports, and theater. At issue is ticket master is 2010 merger with live nation, the largest owner of arenas and the biggest concert promoter in the world. The DOJ claims that merger created an illegal monopoly that crushes competition and inflates ticket prices. The lawsuit is an attempt to break up that monopoly. A new app called nearby glasses can alert you of somebody nearby is wearing smart glasses with video cameras. The app scans for Bluetooth signals from glasses

3:05made by companies like Mehta and Snap. The app could ping off of a false positive, however, including virtual reality headsets. Dictionary.com is adding the Taylor Swift inspired word swifty to its digital archive. Mark Mayfield explains. The term is officially defined as a fan of the music of Taylor Swift with her fans using the name for years. The nickname joins other superfan names like Beyoncé's Beehive, Ariana Grande's Arianators, and Star Trek's Trekkies. Dictionary.com says Swiftie earned its spot because it's widely used, well understood, and likely here to stay. Mark Mayfield. March is here, which can only mean the countdown to the NCAA March Madness Basketball tournament is on. Selection Sunday is set from March 15th for both the men's and women's brackets. The first four contests for the men begin Tuesday, March 17th. And the first round games start on March 19th.

4:06The first four on the women's side begins on March 18th before first round games begin March 20th. The men's championship game is set for Monday, April 6th. At Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, while the women's title game will be played Easter Sunday, April 5th at the Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix. I'm Chris Carasio.