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On today's podcast:

1) US forces conducted strikes on two facilities in eastern Syria it believes were used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and affiliated groups, in response to attacks on American troops in the region.

2) Taylor Swift’s Eras tour has generated as much money as the economies of small countries. The movie version is ruling the box office. Her new recording of a nine-year-old album, 1989, is expected to be one of the hottest-selling records of the year.

3) A massive manhunt is underway in Maine for a suspect in a mass shooting that left 18 people dead and 13 injured at a bowling alley and a restaurant in Lewiston, the state’s second-largest city.

4) Amazon Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy gave investors much of what they wanted this earnings season: robust sales and profit growth along with a hint that the cloud division earnings machine is regaining momentum.

5) The Buffalo Bills beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Thursday Night Football     

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00:02Speaker 1
Good morning. I'm Nathan Hager and I'm Amy Morris. Here are the stories we're following today. Amy, we begin with breaking developments in the war in the Middle East. The US has now conducted military strikes, and we get more from Bloomberg's Rosalind mathieson the US has struck two targets, they say inside Syria. They say they were aiming at Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard and basically a warning again to some of these proxy groups that are operating in the region potential on behalf of Iran, because what we've seen is an escalation the pattern of attacks or targeting of US military assets in the region. Bloomberg's Rosalind Mathison says Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is characterized in the US strikes as separate and distinct from the Israel Hamas war, and Nathan the strikes come as Iran's born minister warned the US won't be spared if the war between Israel and Hamas spreads. Born Minister Hossain Amir abdo Lahi and delivered the threat in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly. We do not welcome to expansion of the war in the region, but are you all If the genocide in Gasse continues, they will not be spared from this fire. The comments by Iran's foreign minister comes as Israel says it sent troops on a limited raid into Gaza for the second straight night. Now amy to the latest on the deadly mass shooting in Maine, an intense search continues for Robert Card, the forty year old Army reservist accused of killing eighteen people inside a bowling alley and bar in the city of Lewiston. The city's mayor, Carl Shalen, is telling people to stay off the streets. This is the time for action, solidarity and support. Please take note the shelter and place order issued by the Lewiston Police Department remains in effect. Please stay at home and be safe. Lewiston Mayor Carl Shalen says much of the focus has been one of cards relatives' homes in the rural town of Boden f Behind. Other agents surrounded the property, ordering anyone in Scientist surrender after several hours, though state police said it was not clear if anyone had been there. The newly anointed Speaker of the House is commenting about the latest deadly shooting. Mike Johnson does not think it's a gun problem the end of the day, it's the problem is the human heart. It's not guns, not the weapons. At the end of the day, we have to protect the r