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CNN 5 Things

TN Map Protest, US and Iran Trade Attacks, Doctor on Cruise Ship Speaks and more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

Daily News, News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

President Trump insists the ceasefire remains intact as Iran and the US launch new strikes. Mass protest as TN redraws its congressional maps. An American doctor speaks out on treating Hantavirus patients. A kitten has been rescued from tornado aftermath in MS.  Plus, a CNN journalists try to pass the Presidential Fitness test.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Right, home from work, walk the dog, kids are back.

0:05.0

Mom!

0:06.0

Up the stairs for something.

0:08.0

Ugh, back down, no idea what I went up for.

0:12.0

Mom, what's for dinner?

0:14.0

Chop, sizzle, done.

0:17.0

Hello Fresh can't slow life down, but it makes bringing everyone together around the table a whole lot easier.

0:23.6

So it's phones down, forks up.

0:25.6

Hello Fresh, bring back dinner time.

0:28.6

Hello.

0:29.6

Good morning, I'm Kate Baldwin. It's Friday, May 8th. Here are the five things you need to know to start your day.

0:39.3

Number one, the strikes. Murky Waters is the best way to describe where things stand with the Iran war right now.

0:47.3

The White House says the ceasefire is still intact and holding despite the fact that the U.S. and Iran are now firing at each other once again.

0:59.3

The U.S. military trading strikes with Iran, Iranian state media, putting out a propaganda video claiming to show their missiles launching toward U.S. ships.

1:03.1

U.S. Central Command says it fended off attacks on three Navy destroyers in the Strait of Hormuz.

1:08.5

The U.A.E says it also was targeted in this fresh round. The U.S. saying that those attempts to hit the U.S. in the Strait of Hormuz. The UAE says it also was targeted in this fresh round.

1:11.6

The U.S. saying that those attempts to hit the U.S. in the strait then prompted the U.S.

1:15.6

to carry out a series of strikes on Iranian military facilities.

1:19.6

President Trump, though, is downplaying how serious this really was, even characterizing the U.S. attacks as a love tap.

1:26.6

They trifled with us today.

1:29.3

We blew them away.

1:31.3

They trifled. I call that a trifle.

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