The Latest: 03/19/2026 02:59pm 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. Such Jury Duty presents company retreat, now streaming on Prime Video. President Trump says he's not putting troops in Iran. He was asked about troops during a meeting with Japan's Prime Minister today in the Oval Office. The president said, no, I'm not putting troops anywhere, adding if I were, I certainly wouldn't tell you, but I'm not putting troops. President Trump invoked Pearl Harbor while speaking about the U.S. air attacks in Iran.

1:01While seated next to Japan's Prime Minister, Sanahe Takaiichi in the Oval Office today, he was asked by a Japanese reporter why he didn't inform U.S. allies like Japan about the strikes against Iran in advance. Japan's Prime Minister did not respond to after Trump's comment. Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard says the U.S. and Israel have different goals in the Iran War, and a House Intelligence Committee hearing today, she said the Israeli government has been focused on disabling the Iranian leadership and taking out several members. Gabbard said President Trump's objectives are to destroy Iran's ballistic missiles, their Navy, and mine length capability. California is seeing the hottest winter day in U.S. history, a Coachella Valley weather station recorded a temperature of 108 degrees yesterday tying a record set back in 1902 in Texas for the hottest winter day ever. Las Vegas recorded an all-time march high of 94 degrees while yesterday Phoenix hit 102

2:05degrees marking the earliest its ever hit, 100 degrees. Multiple states are filing a lawsuit to block next star's $6.2 billion dollar proposal to take over Tegna, Attorney General of California, New York, Colorado, Illinois, Oregon, North Carolina, Connecticut, and Virginia filed the suit yesterday. They argue the merger violates federal antitrust laws and threatens local news. Chuck Norris is in the hospital after a medical emergency in Hawaii that's according to TMZ, which says his emergency happened in the last 24 hours. The 86-year-old actor is said to be in good spirits. I'm Chris Caragio. NASA says the meteor that exploded over northeast Ohio on Tuesday was actually a small asteroid that weighed about seven tons. Videos of the asteroid showed a huge fireball streaking across the morning sky as it broke up over Medina County, causing a sonic boom that could be heard as far away as Pennsylvania and New York. NASA says the asteroid was traveling about 45,000 miles an hour before it started splitting up.

3:06The late actor Val Kilmer has been resurrected by AI to star in the film as deep as the grave. Kilmer was first cast in 2020 as father Finton Stack, a Catholic priest and Native American spiritualist, but was unable to make it to the set due to his battle with throat cancer, which he eventually passed away from in 2025. The film's writer and director, Kurt Voorhees, used a state-of-the-art, generative AI with the cooperation of the late actor's estate and family to bring Kilmer into the film for he says the actor's family kept saying how important they thought the movie was and that he wanted to be a part of it. Billy Idol is heading to Las Vegas for the hot in the city residency, more from Mark Mayfield. The singer has announced a brief run of shows that are set to take place in the late summer. Fans can catch idle at the front end blue for five shows between August 28th and September the 5th.

4:06Tickets go on sale to the general public Friday. Donald Lulu is landing at the bottom of U.S. obesity rankings, according to a study by Wallet Hub. The city is ranked 100th out of 100 cities overall amongst the most overweight and obese cities in the country. The study compared 100 of the most populated U.S. metro areas across 19 indicators tied to weight and health, including physical inactivity, access to healthy food, and percentage of diabetic adults. Little Rock Arkansas, McKellen, Texas, and Memphis, Tennessee were at the top of the list. I'm Chris Caragio.