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Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Friday April 19th, 2024. This is the

excerpt. Today Israel strikes Iran. Plus we talk about a Biden campaign

surrogate's push to move frustrated voters toward the president's

re-election and new music is here from Taylor Swift.

Explosions were heard in Iran after Israel launched strikes and retaliation

for a barrage of more than 300 drones and missiles fired by Tehran over the weekend.

Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency said earlier today that explosions were

heard near the airport in the city of Isfahan.

ABC, CBS, and NPR, each citing at least one unnamed American official,

reported that Israel was responsible.

And the New York Times citing three Iranian officials has

reported that a military airport near Isfahan had been targeted. Civilian

airports have been closed in Iran and flights from the Persian Gulf were diverted.

There was no immediate comment from Israeli and US officials.

An unidentified Iranian official later told Reuters that explosions came from local

air defense systems,

adding that no missile attack had been carried out.

Iran's weekend swarm of munitions

and Israel's response

marked the first erect exchanges of fire

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