The Latest: 03/22/2026 10:59am 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. Iran is responding to President Trump's ultimatum to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. A spokesman for Iran's military warned today if his country's fuel and energy structure is attacked, Iran will strike the same type of facilities used by America and its allies in the region. In a post last night, Trump said if Iran doesn't fully open the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours from this exact point in time, the US will hit and obliterate their various power plants. This says that war in the Middle East enters its fourth week. Officials in Israel say about 180 people

1:01are wounded by an Iranian missile that fell in southern Israel. The attacks happened late Saturday in the cities of Iran and D'Amona after air defense systems failed to intercept at least two missiles. As a partial government shutdown drags on, the world's richest man, Elon Musk, is offering to pay the salaries of TSA workers. The billionaire Tesla CEO posted the offer on the social media platform X early Saturday saying he would cover the cost during this funding impasse that is negatively affecting the lives of so many Americans at airports across the country. A growing number of TSA officers are calling out sick or if quits since the shutdown began in mid-February. TSA workers could miss their second full paycheck next week unless lawmakers can break a deadlock over funding for the Department of Homeland Security. I'm Lisa Cardin. More than 10 million people in Cuba are without power as the island suffers an other nationwide blackout. Cuba's Ministry of Energy posted on X last night a total disconnection of the national electric system

2:01has occurred. Its Cuba's second blackout in a week after the National Power Grid collapsed on Monday. This as the US has been blocking fuel supplies to Cuba from Venezuela. Eight teams are advancing to the next round of the NCAA men's basketball tournament. Top seeds Michigan and Duke advance as does Michigan State Illinois and Nebraska's headed to the sweet 16 for the first time in program history. I'm Scott Carr. In New Hampshire, six people had to be rushed to a hospital after the floor collapsed during a wedding ceremony. Fire officials in the town of Tamworth say the wedding ceremony had just started last night when the floor collapsed and about half of 140 wedding guests started falling into the basement eight feet below. Six have had to be hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries. CBS News is laying off about 6% of its staffers and shutting down completely the 99-year-old CBS News Radio Service. Friday's announcement from the Tiffany Network is the latest round of overhalls

3:01from its new editor-in-chief Barry Weiss. She was hired in late 2025 to reshape its news division that's seen a sharp decline in ratings. The 6% slash represents about 60 employees. The closing of CBS News Radio marking the end of an historic institution. The operation started in 1927 and gained a worldwide audience with Edward R. Murrow's World War II reports from London. In New York, I'm Liz Warner. A river town in Arizona has broken the record for the hottest day ever recorded in March in US history. Lisa Taylor's got that. Martina's Lake is a town of about 800 people. It's along the Colorado River north of Yuma. On Thursday, the National Weather Service says Martina's Lake hit 110 degrees. The hottest day ever for the month of March. The previous record was 108 degrees per set in 1954 in Rio Grande City, Texas and tied on Wednesday near California, Salt and Sea. Records have been set across the Southwest during the current heat wave. I'm Lisa Taylor.

4:02And forecasters are warning dangerous flood conditions could get even worse today on the Hawaiian Islands. Authorities in Oahu are concerned that 120-year-old damned there could collapse. Despite the flooding governor, Josh Green says the islands haven't seen any flood-related deaths. A subtropical cyclone known as a cone of storms been causing widespread flooding. I'm Scott Carr.