The Latest: 03/07/2026 02:59am ET

0:00This is an iHeart podcast, Guaranteed Human. From the creators of Jury Duty comes a new installment full of high jinks, hilarity, and hot sauce. This season, we're taking the comedy out of the courthouse and into the mountains for an annual company retreat. The catch? Everyone but the new guy is an actor. Oh yeah, and the company is fake. Season 2 arrives with bigger laughs, higher stakes, and the same heart that made season 1 a cultural phenomenon. Catch Jury Duty presents company retreat, now streaming on Prime Video. This is your 24-7 News Update, the latest views this hour in just four minutes. The White House is denying Russia is giving away information on US troops. President Trump is brushing aside questions about whether Russia is supplying Iran with intelligence on the location of US forces. After a White House roundtable Friday on college athletics, Trump was asked if Russia is

1:00helping Iran to target an attack on Americans. He called that a stupid question. The exchange came after the Washington Post reported that Russia was providing intelligence to Iran that could help its military locate US warships, radar, and communication sites. Energy Secretary Chris Wright says gas prices should fall within, quote, weeks, not months. His projection came during a Friday morning appearance on Fox and Friends where he discussed growing concerns over energy instability due to military operations in Iran. The energy secretary suggested that the, quote, interruption right now will lead to the end of Iran's ability to wreak havoc. Multiple arrests after competing protests about the past and future of Iran, squared off in the same New York City Park on Friday, Andrew Whitman has this story. A group of about 50 supporters of the slain former leader of Iran, Ayatollah Commonee, were in Washington Square Park Friday, erecting a shrine to the Ayatollah and putting his

2:01picture alongside figures like Malcolm X in George Floyd. A similarly sized group of anti-commony protesters were also there celebrating his death, waving American and Israeli flags. Witnesses say a man from that group tried to take a sign from the pro-commony group and was beaten up. The word from police on how many arrests were made or what they're charged with. And the U.S. Coast Guard is investigating the death of a crew member from the reality series Deadliest Catch. 25-year-old Todd Meadows fell overboard from a vessel in the Bering Sea last week. Crew members recovered Meadows about 10 minutes later, but he could not be revived. I'm Jim Forbes. Ohio Congresswoman Joyce Beatty is seeking to stop the Trump Kennedy Center from closing for renovations. The Democratic Lawmaker filed a lawsuit on Friday asking a federal court to block President Trump after he announced last month that the facility would shut down to allow for renovations. Beatty argued that Trump could, quote, demolish the building while it's closed or the performing

3:04art center could become, quote, a lifeless husk for two years if it's not demolished. She says the closure is, quote, unfortunately, reminiscent of the demolition of the White House's East Wing. Over 30 Bison are now on their way to their new homes on Native American land. Keenan Dixon has this story. It's an effort by Denver to restore a once-severed relationship. The Bison are going to join Native American Bison Hurts, something Mayor Mike Johnston says is important. We want to return some of these Bison to them. They continue to grow it in care for the way they have long before we were here. President of the People of the Sacred Land, Rick Williams says Bison are important to these communities. When the SNAP program funds were cut off, they relied on the buffalo to feed the people. Johnston says Denver is working to mend that gap. I'm Keenan Dixon. Saga After a and other major studios are extending negotiations into next week, the performers' union started bargaining in February for the first time since the 2023 strike, with expectations the talks would run through March 6th.

4:07In a joint statement, both sides said, quote, Saga After a and the AMPTP will extend negotiations into the week of March 9th and remain under a mutually agreed upon media blackout. And severe weather is starting to ramp up. For millions across Texas, the plains in Midwest, there are forecasts for the potential of strong tornadoes from Texas to parts of the Midwest, thunderstorms with hail, damaging winds and flooding rain could hit millions of people. I'm Jim Forbes.