US Awaits Iran’s Response, April Jobs Report, UFO Files Released and more

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🗓️ 8 May 2026

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he hopes Iran’s response to the US’ latest peace proposal will spark a “serious process of negotiation.” Port workers in Tenerife are protesting the arrival of the cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak, as health officials race to trace and contain the virus. The April jobs report is out and it’s stronger than economists expected. An apparent cyberattack has disrupted final exam season at universities across the US. Plus, the Pentagon has released a series of declassified photos and documents related to UAP (unidentified anomalous phenomena) reports dating back decades. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey there from CNN. I'm David Rind with the five things you need to know for Friday, May 8th.
0:07.3	Just an update on the status of negotiations with Iran.
0:10.8	Well, we should know something today. I mean, we're expecting a response from them. We'll see what the response entails. The hope is it's something that it can put us into a serious process of negotiation.
0:20.3	Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that today as he was leaving Italy.
0:23.9	He said that response from Iran on a plan to end the war could come today.
0:28.0	According to President Donald Trump, the ceasefire is still technically in place,
0:31.7	but it's uncertain what impact there might be from yesterday's strikes on Iranian facilities
0:36.0	blamed for attacking American ships in the
0:38.1	Strait of Hormuz. Iran's foreign minister wrote on X today, quote, every time a diplomatic
0:42.9	solution is on the table, the U.S. opts for a reckless military adventure. Rubio and the administration
0:48.7	framed the exchange of fire as an act of self-defense. If you fire a drone or a missile at our destroyer, what are we supposed to do? Let it hit it? We have to respond to it. We have to knock down the missile and we have to knock out whatever it is that launched that missile. The alternative is to let it sink one of our ships, that's crazy. So of course we responded to it. Meanwhile, U.S. Central Command said today it also struck and disabled two Iran-flagged oil tankers
1:11.1	attempting to evade the U.S. blockade as they pulled into an Iranian port in the Gulf
1:15.4	of Oman.
1:16.6	More news coming up, including Hanta virus fear, is spreading, but is the actual virus?
1:22.2	Stick around.
1:23.2	Right, home from work, walk the dog, kids are back, up the stairs for something,
1:32.0	back down, no idea what I went up for. Mom, what's for dinner? Chop, sizzle, done. Hello,
1:41.5	fresh, can't slow life down, but it makes bringing everyone together around the table
1:46.0	a whole lot easier, so its phones down, forks up.
1:50.0	Hello Fresh, bring back dinner time.
1:52.0	Hello.
1:57.0	Port workers in Tenerife in the Canary Islands were out protesting today the impending arrival
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