Iran Attacks Energy Targets, DHS Confirmation Hearing, Cesar Chavez Abuse Allegations
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🗓️ 19 March 2026
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(06:15) DHS Confirmation Hearing
(10:41) Cesar Chavez Abuse Allegations
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| 0:00.0 | Israel and Iran struck both sides of the world's largest natural gas field. |
| 0:07.6 | Energy prices spiked. Even President Trump kept his distance from the attacks. How much farther will the escalation go? |
| 0:13.3 | I'm Stevenske with Leila Faddle. And this is up first from NPR News. |
| 0:20.6 | The president's picked to lead the Department of Homeland Security faced a tense confirmation hearing. |
| 0:25.8 | Oklahoma Senator Mark Wayne Mullen promised a, quote, better approach on immigration enforcement. |
| 0:31.2 | I can have different opinions with everybody in this room. |
| 0:33.6 | But as Secretary of Homeland, I'll be protecting everybody. |
| 0:37.2 | What, if anything, does he want to change? |
| 0:38.9 | And allegations that the late labor leader says Arsavez sexually abused girls are leading to a reexamination of his legacy. |
| 0:47.1 | How are people responding to these revelations? |
| 0:49.6 | Stay with us. |
| 0:50.3 | We'll give you the news you need to start your day. |
| 1:03.5 | An exchange of fire across the Persian Gulf has exposed the danger to the world's energy supplies. |
| 1:04.2 | The market showed it, too, as oil prices spiked again. |
| 1:07.0 | First, Israeli airstrikes hit an Iranian complex that is part of the world's largest natural gas reserve. |
| 1:14.1 | Then Iran retaliated, blasting the world's largest liquefied natural gas plant in Qatar. |
| 1:20.1 | How much farther could this go? |
| 1:22.0 | To talk about that, we're joined by NPR's international correspondent Ayyavatrawi in Dubai. |
| 1:26.7 | Good morning, Ayah. |
| 1:28.4 | Good morning, Leila. |
| 1:35.1 | So, Aya, how did all this unfold? So Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps says the Israelis attacked the South Pars gas field, and they called this a big mistake. And then they published a list of oil and gas |
| 1:40.4 | sites in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, where I am, and Qatar that it would target in response. And sure enough, last night, its missiles hit some of those targets. And that includes the Rasa-Lefan industrial site in Qatar. This is the world's largest liquefied natural gas complex. And it is Qatar's crown jewel. I mean, this is the wealth of this tiny nation. And it burned last night. Many countries have investments in this |
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