Saturday, February 28, 2026 07:30PM ET
ABC News Update
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🗓️ 1 March 2026
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| 0:00.0 | This is a special report from ABC News. I'm Dave Packard. |
| 0:04.6 | President Trump announcing on social media that attacks by the U.S. and Israel on Tehran |
| 0:09.1 | have killed Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamini, who has no designated successor. |
| 0:15.6 | ABC Chief Foreign Correspondent Ian Panelize more from Tel Aviv. |
| 0:19.4 | The brazen daylight assault dubbed Operation Epic Fury beginning at 9.45 a.m. local time. |
| 0:27.4 | US and Israeli fighter jets involved. |
| 0:30.7 | As Navy warships fired Tomahawk cruise missiles. |
| 0:34.6 | At least nine cities in Iran targeted. |
| 0:37.0 | The Pentagon launching new US one-way drones for the |
| 0:40.5 | first time in combat. A source telling ABC News, the joint U.S.-Israeli strike was meticulously planned |
| 0:46.4 | for months and is expected to last days. In addition to the Supreme Leader, President Trump |
| 0:51.2 | claiming a lot of the leadership is largely gone, adding it gives |
| 0:54.2 | Iranians their, quote, greatest chance to take back their country. This is ABC News. |
| 1:00.1 | I'm R.J. Decker, a private investigator uncovering the sunshine state's darkest secrets. |
| 1:06.2 | Tuesday, it's the premiere of ABC's hottest new crime show. |
| 1:10.5 | RJ Freakin' Decker, as I live and breathe. He's a private eye. It's the premiere of ABC's hottest new crime show. RJ Freakin Decker as I live and breathe. |
| 1:13.1 | He's a private eye. |
| 1:14.7 | It's not a standard murder. |
| 1:15.9 | Someone bigger. |
| 1:16.7 | And a public mass. |
| 1:18.1 | Trying to get some back to prison today. |
| 1:19.9 | You go to prison one time and suddenly it's all the jokes. |
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