Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that's already regretting some of its bracket picks.

Honestly, I do mind based on vibes, so I don't know that I have a ton writing on this.

But we're going to get your recap of the first day of March Madness coming up ahead in sports.

I'm Ali Vitale on this Friday, March 20th.

And we will start with several stories.

First, this piece of news, Iran's new supreme leader is calling

for the, quote, security of his enemies to be taken away in his latest message to the public now

three weeks into the war. That warning coming in the form of a statement, as the new leader has

yet to be seen since assuming the post, mid-comments from American and Israeli officials that he

might have been hurt in the fighting.

Iranian state media also reporting this morning that the spokesperson for the country's

Revolutionary Guard was killed in an airstrike as Israel ramps up attacks on leadership there.

Meanwhile, Iran is continuing to target key energy sites across the Middle East.

Kuwait says one of its three oil refineries came under attack

by Iranian drones just hours ago, sparking a fire and shutting down the units affected by the attack.

That same refinery had been hit just yesterday. It comes as the impact of the damage on energy

sites is coming into clearer focus. Cutter's energy minister says the Iranian strikes this week on the country's crucial gas

facility reduced Cutter's export capacity by nearly 20 percent and will take three to five

years to repair it.

Israel, meanwhile, continues to hit back at Iran, launching air strikes this morning toward

Tehran as the country marks the Persian New Year.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke yesterday on the war, saying that Israel acted alone in its strike on

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