Iran War Resignation, Shutdown Travel Headaches, USA vs. Venezuela and more

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🗓️ 17 March 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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A senior US intelligence official has resigned over the war with Iran. Unpaid TSA workers are skipping shifts and security lines are growing longer as the partial government shutdown drags on. A dangerous heat wave could hit parts of the West next month. Hundreds were killed during a Pakistani airstrike on a Kabul hospital. Plus, Team USA faces Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic final tonight, with more than bragging rights at stake. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey there from CNN, I'm David Rind with the five things you need to know for Tuesday,
0:05.6	March 17th.
0:06.6	Israel says it has killed Iran's top security official, a key decision maker for the regime.
0:12.7	The Israeli military said, quote, eliminated Ali Larzani, adding they also killed the head
0:17.4	of Iran's paramilitary force.
0:19.5	We're still waiting for a word from Iran on these claims.
0:22.2	Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to the targeted killing, saying
0:26.2	Israel is undermining the Iranian regime, quote, in the hope of giving the Iranian people
0:30.9	a chance to remove it.
0:32.6	This Friday is the Persian New Year.
0:34.6	Some people in Tehran spoke to the West Asia News Agency, hoping the new year will bring more peace.
0:40.3	There must 100% be a ceasefire.
0:45.3	God willing, there will be a ceasefire.
0:48.3	God willing, the New Year will be a good year for the people of Iran, with some calm prevailing in the country.
0:55.0	Meanwhile in the U.S., a high-ranking intelligence official appointed by President Donald
0:59.2	Trump has resigned over the war. Director of the National Counterterrorism Center Joe Kent
1:04.7	wrote in a post on X, quote, Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear
1:09.9	that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.
1:14.6	He went on to accuse Trump with betraying his America First principles and promises to not get involved in so-called forever wars.
1:21.6	He said as a veteran and a gold star husband, quote,
1:24.6	I cannot support sending off the next generation to fight and die in a war
1:28.0	that serves no benefit to the American people.
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