Today is Tuesday, March 3rd. We'll tell you about new strikes in Iran and the promise of bigger attacks to come.

Also, what we learned from newly released footage showing members of Congress grilling the Clintons about the Epstein files and which races were following on the first elections of this midterm year.

Plus, what the Supreme Court decided about so-called forced outing policies in schools,

which big-name entertainers could testify at a trial involving live nation and ticket master,

and how Bad Bunny has made history again. 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.

American and Israeli forces are ramping up attacks on Iran. Four days now into this battle and Secretary of State Marco Rubio says, quote, the hardest hits are yet to come.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Dan Cain, announced the U.S. is sending in more troops and

fighter jets to the Middle East. Already hundreds of people have been reported dead from attacks in

Iran. And because of various strikes and counter strikes, dozens more have died in Lebanon,

Israel, and the Gulf states. That includes

six American service members. President Trump listed several objectives for the military,

like destroying Iran's missile capabilities, wiping out its navy, keeping it from getting a nuclear

weapon, and making sure it can't keep supporting militia groups in the Middle East. The president

expects the mission

to take several weeks, and he told the New York Post he won't rule out putting boots on the ground.

But Iran and its allies are not backing down. In fact, the country's top security officials

said Iran was prepared for a long war and that it's not willing to negotiate with the U.S.

Of course, the U.S. Israeli airstrikes

already dealt a serious blow to Iran's government and military since the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali

Khamini was killed along with several military leaders and senior officials over the weekend.

Many military and government sites were also damaged or destroyed. Still, the leadership that's left has been able to launch retaliation strikes against a variety of targets,

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