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1:01to the United States of America into our troops and our personnel in the Middle East. Trump is also saying he wants to personally play a role in the selection of Iran's next Supreme Leader after initial strikes killed Iran's Ayatollah. Energy Secretary Chris Wright says gas prices will fall within weeks, not months. His projection during a morning appearance on Fox and Friends where he discussed growing concerns over energy instability due to the military operations in Iran. The energy secretary suggesting that interruption right now will lead to the end of Iran's ability to wreak havoc. A memorial service for the late Reverend Jesse Jackson held today in Chicago, former President Biden, said Jackson was a role model for many. Jesse always saw a common ground. Of course, he preached hope because folks, despite all the endured growing up, despite the pain and disappointment they experienced, Jesse was an optimist at his core. Former President Obama and Clinton also in attendance at the celebration of life ceremony at the House of Hope,

2:03Arena. President Trump says crazy things are happening in college sports and he wants to fix it. He hosted a roundtable event focused on problems surrounding college athletics in the White House today. We're seeing things that we've never seen before. We have college players that don't want to go to the NFL because they're making more money in college, right Jim Jordan? The President says judges are determining what happens in college athletics instead of smart, reasonable people that need to set the rules, adding that the current problems threaten the future of collegiate sports, citing the growing issues with name, image, and likeness money, the transfer portal, revenue sharing, and more. I'm Jim Roop. The feud between the AI company anthropic and the Pentagon going to court. The Pentagon is classifying anthropic as a supply chain risk for refusing to remove guardrails on its AI system. Company CEO Dario Amadeh says that designation is legally unsound. The pushback from the Pentagon comes after Amadeh refused to let the defense department use anthropics

3:04clawed AI for mass surveillance on Americans or for deadly weapons strikes that lacked human oversight. Anthropic is the only American company ever to be publicly named a supply chain risk. I'm Rory O'Neill. Pokemon Company International is pushing back on a social media post from the White House, resembling the cover of Nintendo's new game, Pokemon Polkopia. The image features what appears to be an AI-generated graphic with text that reads, make America great again in Polkopia's colorful signature font. Company spokesperson says it did not grant permission to the White House to post social content that includes imagery associated with the brand. According to the spokesperson, Pokemon's mission is to bring the world together. That mission is not affiliated with any political viewpoint or agenda. The company did not say whether it plans to take legal action. Daylight saving time, which begins this weekend, has documented health effects on humans, but you can also impact dogs. It can cause some house pets to wonder why their

4:04feeding schedule seems different at first. They can also have a more significant effect on working dogs. Researchers at the University of Toronto looked at how daylight saving time affected sled dogs. They found that the time switch led to an increase in activity before the handlers arrived, but the dogs are back to normal after one or two days. I'm Tammy Trehio. Tonight's mega-millions lottery jackpot, nearly a half billion dollars for those who feel lucky, the drawing at 11 p.m. eastern time. The odds of picking all six numbers, one in more than 290 million, so good luck. I'm Jim Roup.