Mid-Day Update: April 3, 2026
The Great America Show
Fawcett Strategies
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 3 April 2026
⏱️ 6 minutes
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John breaks down the biggest news items of the day, including the dramatic rescue of an F15 pilot after a downed fighter jet in Iran, the implications of military leadership changes, and the ongoing partial government shutdown affecting federal employees.
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| 0:29.7 | Hello everybody. I'm John Fawson with this Great America Show Midday Update for Friday, April |
| 0:34.2 | 3rd. Happy Friday, folks. An F-15 pilot has been rescued by U.S. military after a fighter |
| 0:39.6 | jet went down over Iran, according to U.S. officials. The two-seater aircraft appealed to have |
| 0:44.7 | been shot down by Iran. The American military was conducting search and rescue, those on board, |
| 0:49.7 | according to the U.S. officials. The rescue mission follows hours of reporting by Iranian state media |
| 0:55.1 | of a downed U.S. jet. Iran's media published photos alongside claims that the IRGC had shot down |
| 1:01.4 | the aircraft. The Pentagon, the White House did not immediately respond to comments on the incident. |
| 1:07.6 | Regional governor in Iran, Southwest Asian had issued a public plea for locals to |
| 1:12.1 | find those who are on board the jet and promised a reward, according to the officials. |
| 1:17.4 | A representative of the merchants and businesses were reportedly offering the equivalent of |
| 1:20.7 | $60,000 for the reward or death of those pilots. White House Press Secretary Caroline |
| 1:26.9 | Levitt said that President Trump |
| 1:28.1 | has been briefed on the incident. It's the latest dramatic development in the war that's now just |
| 1:32.8 | over a month long. President Trump, of course, declared succession pressure on Iran to agree to a deal |
| 1:38.0 | and end the war while massing new troops in the Middle East and threatening intense escalation |
| 1:43.1 | if Tehran does not open the |
| 1:45.1 | Strait of Harmuz. Keep locked in with us today here on The Great American Show for an update on |
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