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Erin Burnett OutFront

U.S. Carrier Deploys to Middle East; 50,000 U.S. Troops in Region

Erin Burnett OutFront

CNN

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3.9715 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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A third U.S. aircraft carrier is on the way to the Middle East tonight as an American journalist has been kidnapped in Iraq. Plus, a judge shuts Trump’s White House ballroom down, telling him to stop construction now.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Out front next, breaking news, a third U.S. aircraft carrier now on its way to the Middle East

0:07.5

tonight, and an American journalist has been kidnapped in Iraq. As Trump claims the war is

0:13.0

winding down. Plus cease and desist, Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell, who's running for

0:18.4

California governor facing off with FBI director Cash Patel. Is this all personal? Swalwell, who's running for California governor, facing off with FBI director Cash Patel.

0:22.6

Is this all personal? Swalwell is out front, and we have more breaking news this hour.

0:27.6

A judge shutting Trump's ballroom down, telling him to stop construction right now.

0:32.6

The president lashing out in a rant against the judge, a Bush appointed judge. Let's go out front.

0:41.0

And good evening, I'm Aaron Burnett. And out front tonight, the breaking news. A third U.S. aircraft

0:45.9

carriers is now on its way to the Middle East. The USS George H.W. Bush typically holds around

0:51.3

5,000 service members. It departed the U.S. today. So yet more soldiers

0:56.6

going in, Marines, those on board will be joining 50,000 U.S. troops already in the region. And it comes

1:02.9

as Trump is putting get another timeline on the end of this war, tonight saying that it will be over

1:08.9

in two to three weeks.

1:13.6

We'll be leaving very soon.

1:16.0

The U.S. would be gone or done with the war until the week. I think we're two or three weeks.

1:17.6

We'll leave.

1:18.9

There's no reason for us to do this.

1:22.7

Two to three weeks.

1:23.9

Now, if you're confused, it's totally understandable because his timing has changed many

1:28.6

times. But remember, at the beginning of the war, more than a month ago, Trump said that it would be

1:35.1

ending essentially now. We're already substantially ahead of our time projections, but whatever the time is, it's okay,

1:46.7

whatever it takes, we will always, and we have right from the beginning, we projected four to

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