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Mind Your Drone Business: Shots Fired Near Iran

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ABC News

News, Daily News, Politics

4.56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

An American fighter jet shoots down an Iranian drone. Arizona authorities examine a slew of tips in the apparent abduction of Savannah Guthrie’s mother. And more federal prosecutors resign in protest near Minneapolis.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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eligibility criteria apply for HSBC Premier. It's Wednesday, February 4th. Shots have been fired with

0:33.8

Iran, but will they lead to more? We start here.

0:39.3

An American fighter jet takes down an Iranian drone.

0:43.3

They said, we feel we have no choice.

0:45.3

They're acting aggressively.

0:47.3

They were a growing number of weapons from each country near the Persian Gulf.

0:51.3

We'll talk about where they're heading.

0:53.3

Police say a renowned host's mother was abducted.

0:56.3

The longer it takes to find her, the tougher it is going to be to find her alive.

1:00.9

But it's still not clear by whom or what they might want.

1:04.2

And rather than charge immigration cases, federal prosecutors are resigning in Minneapolis.

1:10.1

A full-blown crisis within the Minnesota U.S. Attorney's Office.

1:12.9

New rules are coming to agents on the ground, but is it too little too late?

1:18.7

From ABC News, this is Start Here.

1:22.0

I'm Brad Milky.

1:31.6

So yesterday, you might remember, I was talking to our foreign correspondent Ian panel.

1:38.9

And right before we started recording, as we're chatting about the Mideast, he told me we might be talking more and more about Iran in the coming days.

1:46.3

That's because Ian, like much of the world, is seeing what can only be described as a steady buildup of American warships in the region.

1:50.6

We're talking aircraft carriers, fighter jets, destroyers, and battleships.

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