00:01Another night of escalation, the U.S. and Iran trade new threats as that fragile ceasefire starts looking even shakier.
00:08They're negotiating on fumes, but we'll see what happens. Maybe we have to go back and finish it, maybe we
00:14don't.
00:15Plus, the numbers keep getting worse. Two people are now confirmed dead after that paper mill implosion in Washington, with
00:22nine more still unaccounted for.
00:24And NASA's big moon push. The space agency lays out a future of lunar buggies, drones and longer astronaut missions.
00:34The stories that matter, clear and credible from across the country to around the world.
00:40These are your unbiased updates from Straight Arrow.
00:46Good morning, I'm Craig DeGrelli.
00:48The ceasefire between the United States and Iran is looking more fragile this morning after both sides exchanged new strikes
00:55overnight.
00:56The U.S. military says it shot down four Iranian attack drones near the Strait of Hormuz,
01:01then targeted a ground control site in Bandar Abbas that officials say was preparing to launch a fifth.
01:08Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it responded by targeting the U.S. airbase used to launch those strikes.
01:15The new exchange comes as the White House pushes back hard on Iranian state media reports,
01:21claiming a draft peace agreement has already been reached, calling those reports a complete fabrication.
01:27President Trump says he's in no rush.
01:30But the Navy is gone, as I've said a thousand times.
01:34The Navy is gone. Their Air Force is gone.
01:36Everything's gone. And they're negotiating on fumes.
01:40But we'll see what happens. Maybe we have to go back and finish it. Maybe we don't.
01:44They thought they were going to outweigh me. You know, we'll outweigh him.
01:48He's got the midterms. I don't care about the midterms.
01:50The U.S. has also sanctioned Iran's new Persian Gulf Strait Authority,
01:55the body created by Tehran, to enforce shipping rules around the Strait of Hormuz.
02:00And Iran declared its support for Oman after Trump warned the country not to attempt to assert control over the
02:07strait.
02:07The Justice Department has now opened a criminal investigation into writer E. Jean Carroll,
02:14the woman who won a multimillion-dollar civil judgment against President Trump.
02:18Multiple news outlets report the investigation is focused on whether Carroll lied under oath
02:24during testimony in her civil cases against Trump.
02:27One of those cases centered on Carroll's sexual assault allegations against the president.
02:31The other involved defamation claims after Trump repeatedly denied her accusations.
02:37A jury awarded Carroll $5 million in damages last year.
02:41Trump has been trying to overturn that verdict at the Supreme Court,
02:44but the justices have now delayed deciding whether to take the case multiple times.
02:49Sources also tell CNN and ABC News that acting attorney general Todd Blanche
02:54has recused himself from the investigation after serving as one of Trump's personal defense attorneys
03:00in the civil cases.
03:02Out West, the outlook is getting even bleaker at that paper mill disaster in Washington state.
03:08Officials now say two workers are confirmed dead and they no longer expect to find nine others alive.
03:15The search is now a recovery operation after that massive chemical tank imploded Tuesday
03:20at the Nippon Dynowave paper mill in Longview.
03:23Washington Governor Bob Ferguson says the incident could become
03:27one of the deadliest industrial accidents in state history.
03:30The tank was filled with what's known as white liquor,
03:34a caustic chemical mixture used in paper production.
03:38Officials say more than a half a million gallons spilled during a shift change,
03:42leaving workers with severe burns and respiratory injuries.
03:45Some of the chemicals reached the Columbia River,
03:48but environmental testing so far has not found an immediate threat to drinking water
03:53or air quality.
03:54Recovery crews are moving slowly through the wreckage because of continuing safety risks
03:59at the site, while federal investigators try to determine what caused the tank to fail.
04:04Former First Lady Jill Biden is describing just how alarming her husband's 2024 debate performance was
04:11from her perspective, saying at one point she thought her husband might be having a stroke.
04:16In a new interview with CBS News Sunday morning, Jill Biden said she was frightened watching the president's struggle
04:23during his debate against Donald Trump in June of 2024.
04:27The performance set off a wave of panic inside the Democratic Party.
04:31The onslaught of doubts ultimately led to Biden dropping out of the race just weeks later.
04:37I wasn't horrified, I was frightened, because I had never, ever seen Joe like that before or since.
04:48Never.
04:49Or since?
04:49Yes.
04:50You've never seen him like that?
04:52No.
04:53What happened?
04:54I don't know what happened.
04:56I mean, as I watched it, I thought, oh my God, he's having a stroke.
04:59And it scared me to death.
05:03At the time, the White House attributed the president's raspy voice and stumbles to a cold and exhaustion.
05:09But the debate reignited questions about Biden's age, health, and ability to continue his campaign,
05:15pressure that quickly grew inside his own party.
05:19Biden withdrew from the race less than a month after the debate and endorsed then-Vice President Kamala Harris.
05:24The full interview with Jill Biden is set to air Sunday on CBS News Sunday morning.
05:30If you watch videos on YouTube and sometimes can't tell what's real and what's AI,
05:36the platform says it's about to get a lot more obvious.
05:40YouTube is rolling out more prominent labels for videos created or heavily altered that use artificial intelligence.
05:47The company says the goal is to make sure viewers can tell right away when realistic-looking content was generated
05:54with AI.
05:55YouTube already requires creators to disclose realistic AI content,
06:00but the company says it's now also building tools that can detect and label some videos automatically.
06:07For long-form videos, the label is moving from the description to a prominent spot just below the player.
06:13And for shorts, it'll be an overlay right on the video itself.
06:16The goal here is context at a glance.
06:18If it looks real but was made with AI, viewers will know immediately.
06:22The platform says videos won't be demoted or demonetized just because they use AI.
06:28YouTube says the change is about transparency, not punishment.
06:31It comes as social media platforms are dealing with the flood of realistic AI video, music, and images that can
06:38be harder for users to spot.
06:41Finally this morning, new meaning to the term aim for the stars.
06:45NASA is going well beyond that, and it just laid out what that could look like.
06:50The space agency says astronauts could return to the moon as soon as 2028 as part of a much bigger
06:56plan to eventually build a sustainable base on the lunar surface.
07:00It unveiled new details this week showing how landers, rovers, even drones could work together near the moon's south pole.
07:08Landers, built by Jeff Bezos' company, Blue Origin, would deliver lunar terrain vehicles, essentially moon buggies,
07:15while drones developed by Firefly Aerospace would map the surface and scout future landing sites.
07:22NASA says lessons learned from the recent Artemis II fly-around mission are helping prepare for longer stays and more
07:29complex operations on the moon.
07:32Everything we tested and learned on Artemis II, the systems, the teamwork, the operational tempo, feeds directly into our ability
07:41to build a sustainable foothold on the moon.
07:44With moon base, Artemis astronauts will stay longer, explore farther, and conduct the kinds of science that advances exploration itself,
07:52understanding how humans operate off-world, how we build infrastructure, and how we prepare for Mars.
07:57NASA expects to spend about $20 billion over the next several years on its lunar program.
08:03The second phase of the plan into the early 2030s includes building permanent infrastructure on the moon,
08:10including power systems and eventually living quarters for astronauts.
08:14The next major step is Artemis III, currently targeted for 2027.
08:19That is fascinating and incredible.
08:22Can you imagine someday the Postal Service might need a new zip code for the moon?
08:26Think about that.
08:27Wow, what an advancement.
08:30All right, before we head out, here's what we're tracking today.
08:32At 8.30 this morning, we'll get a new look at the economy with updated GDP numbers,
08:37consumer spending data, and the latest reading on inflation, including the Fed's preferred inflation gauge.
08:43Then at 10, the Supreme Court is expected to hand down more opinions
08:47as the court races toward the end of the term.
08:50At 11, Vice President J.D. Vance delivers the commencement address to the graduating class at the U.S. Air
08:56Force Academy.
08:57At 2, Treasury Secretary Scott Besson briefs reporters at the White House.
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