Today is Tuesday, March 24th. Are there peace talks underway between the U.S. and Iran?

Leaders of the two countries are saying very different things, and we'll tell you about the

potential impact on the war itself and the financial markets. Also, what an air traffic

controller admitted after a deadly plane crash on a New York City runway, and an update on

some airport security lines now that ICE agents have been sent in to help.

Plus, what to know about a bipartisan effort in Congress to ban a certain type of sports betting nationwide,

why the federal government is blocking most Wi-Fi routers coming into the U.S.

And the new official look of the 2008 Los Angeles Olympic Games.

Those stories and even more news coming up.

Welcome to The Newsworthy, all the day's news in less than 15 minutes. I'm Erica Mandy.

Thanks so much for being here. Let's do this. President Trump has decided to hold off on a

dramatic escalation he threatened in the Iran war.

But there's conflicting information about why and whether peace talks are actually underway.

President Trump told reporters the U.S. and Iran were engaging in very strong talks toward resolving the war

and that they had reached 15 points of agreement. So he decided to delay the attacks on Iran's energy sites he had

promised by at least five days, saying he wanted to see how the talks pan out first. While Iranian

government leaders say there has actually been no dialogue between Iran and the U.S., they're accusing

President Trump of lying to calm the rattled energy markets. And it did seem to calm the markets

for at least a little while yesterday, but oil prices moved back up above $100 a barrel last night.

And the International Energy Agency now says the crisis is worse than the oil shocks of 1973 and

1979 combined. Either way, the war is not exactly slowing down with both the U.S. and Iran continuing

to fight. The U.S. carried out more air strikes in Iran yesterday, and the Pentagon says at this point

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