Live from NPR news in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.
The Trump administration says U.S. military operations against Iran have severely crippled
the country's military capabilities.
“White House press secretary Caroline Levit says American strikes have pushed Iran's land”
and naval power to the brink of collapse. We have totally annihilated the Iranian regime's navy. We've wiped out nearly almost all of their ballistic missile threat, in fact ballistic missile attacks from Iran right now are down 90%, their drone capabilities are down 95%. We have sunk more than 65 of their naval ships.
We've hit more than 6,000 targets across the country and it's a very big country. And we're going to continue this mission until all of the objectives that President Trump
in the Secretary of War have laid out are fully accomplished.
New missile and drone attacks are being reported across the Gulf region after Iran threatened to expand its military campaign. The BBC's Azaday machinery reports Tehran is also calling for evacuations at three major ports in the United Arab Emirates.
“"It's a reminder that the impact is very much being felt here in a region that feels”
it's unjustly been pulled into this war. In fact, overnight, authorities here in Dubai confirmed that their air defense systems had intercepted attacks into major neighbourhoods, where explosions had been heard. There's also been this rare statement from a presidential adviser that is said that it has a right to defense against what it called an imposed terrorist aggression, but that
it's still looking for a way out of this conflict for Iran and the region." The BBC's Azaday machinery reporting hundreds of thousands of people in Lebanon have fled their homes as Israel expands air strikes against the militant group Hezbollah, a group say more than 800,000 people have been displaced in just 10 days. A federal judge is ordering the Kennedy Center to allow Democratic Congresswoman Joy's
Bady to participate in a board meeting on Monday to discuss the plan closure of the venue for two years of renovations.
“And PR's Chloe Beltman reports Bady Sue, the Trump administration in December, to force”
it to include her in its discussions. Joy Speeti says she takes the responsibility to serve on the board seriously, and that she intends to make it clear in the meeting that, quote, "no president has the authority to unilaterally rename or demolish the Kennedy Center." A Kennedy Center representative says they are abide by the courts ruling, and that Bady
was invited to the meeting despite her claims in court. Federal judge Christopher Cooper ruled on Saturday that the Kennedy Center allow Bady to share her views opposing the temporary closure of the center at Monday's meeting. But doing so does not necessarily allow her to vote on the final decision, Chloe Beltman MP on news.
You're listening to NPR news from Washington. The Justice Department is moving to dismissed charges against an army veteran who set fire to an American flag near the White House last year, Jake Harry of Art and North Carolina was arrested in August after burning a flag on the same day President Trump signed an executive order directing prosecutors to pursue cases involving flag burning.
The 46th annual Golden Raspberry's or Razi Awards have announced their choice for worse film of the year. MPR's Bob Mandelo has details on this Oscar weekend tradition. With tongue-planted firmly in cheek, the Golden Raspberry's announced something of a sweep awarding five Razis to a social media slash surveillance camera version of the Invaders
for Mars story War of the World. This war of the world which earned a four out of a hundred on Rotten Tomatoes took worse picture, worse remake rip off, worse screenplay, worse director, and worse actor for its rapper star Icecube. In years past, the Razis have mocked prestige films and blockbusters from Mommy dearest
to the final Twilight movie, but this year, they're punching down in July, Amazon released War of the World's Direct to Video. "How come a four in the world?" Bob Mandelo and PR news.
Nearly 90,000 customers remain in the dark in Hawaii after a powerful storm swept across
the island's overnight. The severe weather damage power infrastructure leaving tens of thousands without electricity. I'm Windsor Johnston and PR news in Washington. I'm Tax Advice and Tax Scams, so you don't end up in trouble with the IRS.
