The Latest: 03/07/2026 04:59am ET

0:00This is an iHeart 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, iHeart's twice as large as the next two combined, learn how podcasting can help your business, call 844-844-iHeart. This is your 24-7 News Update, the latest views this hour in just four minutes. The Department of War is continuing to update the military mission in Iran as the conflict in Iran is now one week old. Last week in the initial strikes killed the Iran's Iatola, leaving the country to face a power void. Six U.S. service members have been killed since then. All of them have now been identified. Trump administration officials are reportedly telling lawmakers in closed-door briefings the U.S. was targeting the area in Iran where a school was struck. Two U.S. officials told NBC News the strike on the school

1:00was not by the Israelis and the administration officials acknowledged to lawmakers that the U.S. was operating in that section of Iran. According to Iranian authorities, at least 168 people were killed at the school in the southern Iranian town. U.S. Central Command has said the investigation into the strike is ongoing. Counterterrorism police in the UK announced the arrest on Friday of four men suspected of working with Iranian intelligence to spy on Jewish communities. Stuart Smith has this story. The men were arrested at different addresses, three in London and one in Watford, a town north of the British capital. Deputy Prime Minister David Lamy praised the police for their work and the efforts of the UK's domestic intelligence service, MI-5, which has tracked more than 20 potentially lethal Iran-backed plots in the past year, according to its director. It's not thought these arrests are linked to America and Israel's latest military campaign against Iran, Stuart Smith, London.

2:01And tornadoes turned deadly in two states on Friday. At least four people were killed in Michigan as powerful twisters tore through the southwestern part of the state. Additional injuries were reported with first responders expected to continue searching throughout the night for people possibly trapped under the rubble. In Oklahoma, two people, a mother and teenage daughter lost their lives in severe weather. I'm Jim Forbes. The Los Angeles City Council is holding off on a formal resolution regarding the leadership of the 2028 Summer Olympics Organizing Committee. Sharon Reardon has this story. The measure site's concerns tied to Casey Wasserman's reputation regarding his past association with convicted sex trafficker, Galen Maxwell, and files related to Jeffrey Epstein. Fox LA reports an internal review commissioned by the LA 28 Executive Committee and conducted by a prominent law firm found no evidence of a relationship beyond a single 2003 humanitarian flight and previously known emails.

3:01Wasserman has since apologized for the decade's old contact and says he plans to sell his marketing agency to focus on the games. City officials offered no reason for the delay. I'm Sharon Reardon. Post holiday shopping numbers are coming in below expectations. Commerce Department data released Friday show, retail sales fell too tense of a percent in January after virtually no change in December. Analysts blame the dip on severe winter weather. On a yearly basis, total sales rose 3.2% from January of 2025. The FDA says its vaccine chief will leave the agency next month. Jim Roup has this story. Dr. Veney presides a year long tenure included a brief resignation last summer after disputes over a paused gene therapy shipment. He also sent a memo to FDA staff claiming COVID vaccines had killed children statements he did not back up with evidence. Several former FDA commissioners denounced those remarks. Presides departure as to a growing list of leadership changes across federal health agencies.

4:04I'm Jim Roup. And a judge is temporarily blocking the release of body camera video of pop star Justin Timberlake's 2024 DW IRS in Sag Harbor, New York. Court filing show the judge told the village of Sag Harbor to make their argument by April 9th as to why releasing footage would be justified. I'm Jim Forbes.