00:01Cease fire under fire, fresh fighting erupts in the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. and Iran back on
00:07edge. Plus, another shooting in the heart of D.C. Secret Service opens fire near the National Mall,
00:13the second incident in just days. And a judge apologizing in court to the suspect in the
00:20White House dinner shooting and raising new questions about his treatment.
00:25The stories that matter, clear and credible from across the country to around the world.
00:31These are your unbiased updates from Straight Arrow.
00:37Good morning, I'm Craig DeGrelli. It is unclear this morning whether the U.S.-Iran cease fire is still
00:43holding after both sides reported new attacks in the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. Central Command says
00:49American forces sank six Iranian small boats they believe were targeting civilian vessels.
00:55CENTCOM also reports Iran launched cruise missiles, drones and additional boats at ships under U.S.
01:01protection in the Strait. Iran has not confirmed those claims, but state media aired video of its
01:07Navy firing what it called warning shots toward American destroyers. CENTCOM commander Admiral
01:13Brad Cooper said the U.S. has cleared a safe shipping lane through the Strait and established
01:18what he called a defensive umbrella of helicopters and fighter jets to protect commercial traffic.
01:25Meanwhile, the United Arab Emirates says its air defenses intercepted more than a dozen missiles
01:30and multiple drones launched from Iran on Monday. Tehran has not denied those strikes,
01:35but hasn't claimed responsibility either. Iran's foreign minister warned in a post on X that the
01:41United States and UAE, quote, should be wary of being dragged back into a quagmire. Despite the escalation,
01:48President Trump and U.S. military leaders are not saying whether the ceasefire still stands.
01:54Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs are set to brief reporters this
01:58morning, which may clarify where things go from here. New questions this morning after gunfire broke
02:05out near the White House on Monday as Secret Service agents confronted an armed man near the Washington
02:10monument. Officials say an agent spotted a man who appeared to be armed, and when they tried to
02:15approach him, he took off and opened fire. Agents returned fire and hit the suspect. A 15-year-old was
02:21also struck during the shooting. Investigators believe the gun and fired the shot and say the
02:26teen's injuries are not life-threatening. This all unfolded just minutes after Vice President J.D.
02:31Vance's motorcade passed through the area, while President Trump was holding an event at the White
02:36House. The Secret Service says there's no indication the suspect was targeting the White House.
02:40He's now in the hospital, as investigators work to determine a motive. A federal judge apologizes in
02:47open court to the man accused of trying to assassinate President Trump over how he's been treated in a
02:53Washington, D.C. jail. In a hearing Monday, Magistrate Judge Zia Faraqui pressed officials over the
03:00conditions for Cole Allen, saying he was deeply troubled by what he was hearing. According to the New York
03:05Times, Allen was held alone for up to 23 hours a day, under conditions the judge described as
03:11effectively solitary confinement. Faraqui didn't hold back, saying, quote,
03:16I'm obviously very concerned about how we've gotten here. He's been treated completely differently than
03:22anyone I've ever seen. Allen is accused of storming the White House Correspondents' Dinner,
03:26armed with guns and knives, charging a security checkpoint, and firing from a 12-gauge shotgun
03:32before Secret Service was able to stop him. Prosecutors say this new video from the night
03:37of the dinner shows him pacing inside the Washington Hilton, then suddenly rushing toward
03:42officers with a weapon. They also say he told investigators he did not expect to survive,
03:48which factored into the initial decision to place him on suicide watch. Some of those restrictions have
03:54since been eased, but the judge is now ordering a full accounting of how those conditions were set.
03:59The case is also drawing political reaction, with U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro criticizing the
04:04judge's remarks, writing on X in part, quote, Welcome to Washington, D.C., where U.S. Magistrate
04:11Judge Faraqui believes a defendant, armed to the teeth and attempting to assassinate the president,
04:16is entitled to preferential treatment in his confinement. The 31-year-old Allen remains in federal
04:22custody and, if convicted, could face life in prison. New details this morning in the search for those
04:28two missing American soldiers in Morocco. It turns out one may have gone into the water trying to
04:35save the other. Defense officials tell CBS News a soldier fell into the ocean during an evening hike
04:41near coastal cliffs, and another jumped in to try to save him. Officials say a small group first tried
04:46to form a human chain, but when that failed, the second soldier went into the water and a wave hit
04:52him.
04:52The two soldiers now missing were both unable to get back to shore. A third soldier also jumped in,
04:59but was only able to make it back alone. The search is now on its fourth day, with aircraft drones,
05:05ships, and divers scanning the Atlantic coast near the CAPTA training area. The soldiers were part of
05:11African Lion, a large multinational exercise, though officials say the incident was not related to the
05:17training. Officials have not released the names of the missing soldiers.
05:20New video shows the moment a United Airlines plane clipped a bakery truck on the New Jersey turnpike
05:27as the plane was coming into land at Newark Airport. Take a look.
05:36Wow, right there. Video from inside the truck shows the driver singing along to a song on the radio
05:42just moments before the passenger jet, with more than 230 people on board, struck his trailer. The driver,
05:49who works for H&S Bakery in Baltimore, suffered cuts to his hand and arm from flying glass, but is
05:55expected
05:56to be okay. The plane also hit a light pole, which fell onto a jeep. Nobody in the jeep was
06:01hurt. Officials say
06:02no passengers or crew on board the plane were injured. The FAA and NTSB have classified the incident as an
06:09accident and are now investigating what went wrong. United Airlines says the flight crew is now removed from
06:15service pending the outcome of the investigation. Finally this morning, stunning new images from
06:21NASA's Artemis 2 mission are now being released. NASA has dropped more than 12,000 photos. Look,
06:28including close-ups of the moon's surface, star trails, and astronauts looking back at Earth from
06:34deep space. And here's the kicker. Many of them were shot by the crew themselves using iPhone 17s and Nikon
06:41cameras. The four astronauts traveled nearly 700,000 miles on the 10-day mission, looping around the
06:47moon without landing. Along the way, they captured rare views of the far side of the moon and a total
06:53solar eclipse. NASA is now preparing for the Artemis 3 mission, which will include the Orion space capsule
07:00traveling into low Earth orbit and attempting to dock with lunar landers developed by SpaceX and Blue
07:06Origin. That mission is expected to take place sometime in 2027. All right, before we head out,
07:12here's what we're tracking today. At 8, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman
07:17General Dan Cain hold a briefing on the Iran war. Also this morning, voters in Indiana and Ohio head to
07:23the polls for primary elections. At 3, Secretary of State Marco Rubio holds a briefing at the White House
07:30with Caroline Levitt on maternity leave. At 6, Vice President J.D. Vance is in Des Moines, Iowa,
07:36where he will deliver remarks at a manufacturing facility. No noise, no sides, NewsGuard gives us a
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07:59Those are your Unbiased Updates for this Tuesday. We'll see you back here tomorrow.
08:03For all of us here at Straight Arrow, I'm Craig DeGrelli. Have a great day.
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