US-Iran Tension, Clinton Deposition, Paramount Wins Warner Bros. Bid
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🗓️ 27 February 2026
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Hillary Clinton sat for a six-hour, closed-door deposition in the House Oversight Committee’s Epstein investigation, and now Bill Clinton is set to testify as Republicans say they still have unanswered questions.
And Warner Bros. Discovery abruptly walked away from a deal with Netflix for a sweeter bid from Paramount, setting up a major media merger fight that now heads to antitrust regulators.
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(0:00) Introduction
(01:57) US-Iran Tension
(05:47) Clinton Deposition
(09:30) Paramount Wins Warner Bros. Bid
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| 0:00.0 | President Trump seems to be closer than ever to ordering strikes on Iran. |
| 0:06.1 | He says he prefers diplomacy, but negotiations are stalled, and the U.S. military is already in place. |
| 0:11.6 | How soon could the president decide to strike? |
| 0:13.6 | I'm Michelle Martin. That's A. Martinez, and this is up first from NPR News. |
| 0:25.6 | Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spent six hours on Thursday in a closed-door deposition tied to Congress's Epstein investigation. |
| 0:27.6 | I don't know how many times I had to say. |
| 0:30.6 | I did not know Jeffrey Epstein. |
| 0:32.6 | I never went to his island. |
| 0:34.6 | I never went to his homes. |
| 0:36.6 | I never went to his offices. Today, former |
| 0:39.4 | President Bill Clinton answers questions. What are lawmakers trying to accomplish? And Paramount |
| 0:44.8 | wins the bidding war for Warner Brothers Discovery beating out Netflix. Stay with us. We got the |
| 0:50.1 | news you need to start your day. |
| 1:01.3 | President Trump continues to hold open the possibility of military strikes on Iran. |
| 1:05.5 | My preference is to solve this problem through diplomacy. |
| 1:07.6 | But one thing is certain. |
| 1:11.7 | I will never allow the world's number one sponsor of terror, which they are by far, to have a nuclear weapon. Can't let that happen. That was the president at his state of the |
| 1:17.6 | union address earlier this week. Talks between the two are supposed to continue next week. |
| 1:22.5 | NPR White House correspondent Franco Ordonez has been following the president's rhetoric about Iran. So Franco, |
| 1:28.2 | what has to happen from Iran's point of view in order for the U.S. not to attack it? |
| 1:33.7 | You know, the thing A is Trump hasn't really explained what his objectives are. I mean, |
| 1:37.4 | what does success look like? He also hasn't asked Congress for authorization or taken the opportunity |
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