Today is Wednesday, March 4th. We'll tell you about the newest strikes in the Middle East.

The targets hit the rising death toll and what the U.S. is planning next.

Also, the U.S. military's first land mission against South American drug cartels, and the

tense hearing pitting both Republicans and Democrats against the Secretary of Homeland Security.

Plus, where millions of Americans face a severe weather threat, who won the first primary

elections of the year, and how devices of the future could be unlike anything we've ever

seen.

Those stories and even more news coming up.

Welcome to The Newsworthy, all the day's news in less than 15 minutes.

I'm Erica Mandy.

Thanks so much for being here. Let's do this. The war pitting the U.S. and Israel against Iran has now entered its fifth day,

and it only seems to be expanding further. As of this morning, none of the countries have formally

declared war. And here in the U.S., that would

require an act of Congress. But many experts, news outlets, and even President Trump have called this a war.

An American human rights group says more than a thousand people have been killed in Iran alone,

including the longstanding Iranian leadership. As well as others, Trump says he'd considered as possible future

leaders of the country. The top U.S. military commander in the Middle East says American forces have

struck nearly 2,000 targets in Iran since the war began. President Trump says Iran's air force and

Navy have been knocked out. Israel has also hit Iranian missile launchers, a nuclear research site,

and a building where clerics were set to meet to pick the new Supreme Leader. The New York Times

is now citing sources who say the former Supreme Leader's son is a clear frontrunner right now,

which would be seen as a continuation of the hardline regime. Already Iran has increased its

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