Today is Friday, March 20th. We're talking about how much money the Pentagon is now requesting

for America's Middle East war effort. Also, President Trump's message to Israel's leader about energy targets

and the joke he told about Pearl Harbor in front of Japan's prime minister. Plus, where all-time

heat records are being broken this week, how a media merger could reshape local TV and news coverage,

and why the newest version of The Bachelorette was canceled just days before the season premiere.

Those stories and even more news to know coming up.

Welcome to The Newsworthy, All the Day's News, in less than 15 minutes.

I'm Lacey Evans Evans in for Erica Mandy.

Thanks so much for being here.

Let's do this.

The war in Iran is still escalating and doesn't seem to be winding down anytime soon.

Just yesterday, the Pentagon reportedly asked the White House to approve a more than $200 billion

request to Congress to fund the Iran conflict. Defense Secretary Pete Hegeseth didn't confirm the

amount, just commented to say, quote, it takes money to kill bad guys. And some officials say the

Pentagon's request has a realistic shot of being approved. Remember, the cost of this

war exceeded $11 billion in the first week alone. That cost has rapidly grown in the week since,

as the U.S. and Israel have hit thousands of targets, and the U.S. has reportedly lost billions of

dollars worth of military equipment. Just yesterday, a U.S. F-35 fighter jet was forced to make an

emergency landing at a U.S. airbase after being struck over Iran. Iran claims it seriously damaged

the fighter worth more than $100 million, but it did land safely. President Trump says the U.S.

military is still well-stocked and that defense companies are, quote,

building at a level they've never seen before. He also told a reporter he wouldn't send ground

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