Trump on Gas Field Attack, Missing Student Update, Latest Epstein Deposition and more

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🗓️ 19 March 2026

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President Donald Trump weighs in on Israel’s strikes on Iran’s energy sites. We have details on another US aircraft damaged in the war with Iran. There’s been a tragic update in the search for an American college student in Spain. Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime attorney testified behind closed doors on Capitol Hill. Plus, where things stand with Trump’s pick to replace Kristi Noem as DHS chief. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, from CNN, I'm AfomaDK, with the five things you need to know for Thursday, March 19th.
0:07.9	President Donald Trump says he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop striking Iran's energy resources.
0:14.4	I told him, don't do that. We're independent. We get along great. It's coordinated, but on occasion he'll do something and if I
0:22.4	don't like it. And so we're not doing that anymore. Yesterday, Israel escalated the war against Iran
0:28.6	when it attacked part of the world's largest natural gas reserve. Iran retaliated by attacking
0:33.6	a key energy up in Qatar, two oil refineries in Saudi Arabia, and a major oil
0:38.4	refinery in northern Israel, according to three Israeli sources.
0:42.7	Oil and natural gas prices spiked, with the Brent crude oil hitting $115 a barrel as a result.
0:49.2	Arab and Islamic Foreign Minister is called on Iran to stop its attacks after meeting
0:52.7	in Riyadh today and emphasized that
0:55.0	they have a right to defend themselves under international law. Trump said, he quote, knew nothing
0:59.4	about the Israeli strike, although an Israeli official told CNN that the attack had been coordinated
1:04.2	with the U.S. Today, Netanyahu said that Israel acted alone but refuted claims that Israel
1:09.3	dragged the U.S. into a war with Iran.
1:11.9	Does anyone really think that someone can tell President Trump what to do?
1:17.1	Come on.
1:18.7	More news coming up, including an update on the search for a missing college student.
1:24.8	Project Hail Mary is an awe-inspiring masterpiece.
1:29.1	I'm not an astronaut.
1:30.8	Critics are in agreement.
1:32.1	It's utterly spellbinding.
1:34.1	So I met an alien.
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