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The Fox News Rundown

Business Rundown: Project Freedom Takes Off, Wheels Down For Spirit Airlines

The Fox News Rundown

FOX News Podcasts

News, Daily News, Politics

3.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

The United States military is now escorting merchant ships from other nations out of the Strait of Hormuz. Despite threats from the Iranian regime, the U.S. reported that two American-flagged vessels have successfully exited the waterway. FOX Business Network Contributor Phil Flynn is a Senior Market Analyst with the Price Futures Group, he joins FBN’s Gerri Willis to discuss what the outcome of the operation could look like. Plus, Spirit Airlines has gone out of business after decades in the air. Was the closure an effect of soaring fuel prices or an issue that’s been going on for years? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:27.3

I'm Jerry Willis, and this is the Fox Business Rundown.

0:35.9

Monday, May 4th, 2026. Oil prices on the climb again as the feud in the Strait of Hormnus persist,

0:43.6

but can U.S. escorts in the waterway begin to ease economic tensions?

0:48.1

I don't think Iran can keep the straight close. I think the market's leaning the wrong way on this one,

0:53.2

and when that's straight to be open, it's just going to be a massive pressure off the market's leaning the wrong way on this one. And when that straight and the open,

0:54.4

it's just going to be a massive pressure off the market.

0:57.5

President Trump is calling it Project Freedom,

1:00.0

as the United States Navy will help ships from other nations

1:03.2

escape the Strait of Hormuz.

1:05.6

Earlier this morning, the U.S. military said that two American-flagged

1:09.4

merchant ships have already successfully traveled

1:12.5

the strait. The Iranian regime, however, has issued threats to attack. Meanwhile, rising energy

1:18.6

prices are now sky high after Spirit Airlines announced that it has gone out of business after 34

1:24.7

years. Massachusetts Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren pointing blame for the

1:30.0

closure on surging fuel costs. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, though, told reporters that the airline

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