Welcome to Scoop, where you get the scoop on this week's news. My name is Jenna, and this is

Smarter News.

Hi, everybody. We're just going to launch right into the breaking news as it sits before us on this

Monday morning as we move into another day of conflict in the Middle

East. And I'm using that word very carefully because some will describe this as war. Others

will describe what we're seeing as an attack. Others may use conflict. And we're in that sort of

stage where we're still figuring out what exactly we're in for. Early on Saturday morning,

many of us woke up state sides of the news that the U.S. and Israel has attacked Iran. We've seen

a variety of different reports over the last 48 hours. We're still sifting through some of these

reports to figure out what's what. And we have some brand new information from the Pentagon this morning that we're going to work through with you.

As you're probably also trying to get your hands around the news, you're going to hear a lot of different perspectives.

And different perspectives are important.

Sometimes it's difficult to know who to trust in these situations. And there's a lot of

different voices and a lot of different opinions. Many, if not most of these voices, have never been to

Iran, have never stepped foot in that country. But our friend Holly McKay has were a correspondent and writer.

Many have not traveled extensively across the Middle East, but Holly McKay has, were corresponded and writer. Many have not traveled extensively across the

Middle East, but Holly McKay has. And many have not reported through conflicts, come face to face

with terrorists, have seen up close what war looks like. Holly McKay has. And that's why Holly McKay is here. For those of you who are

just meeting her for the first time. She may be a new face for many of us on Smarter News.

She's a familiar face because we met during America's withdrawal in Afghanistan when Holly

was in the country then. She did an incredible reporting at that time. And now we've become friends.

We became friends because of conflict, actually, Holly. I know that's probably not unusual in your

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