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President Trump has provided dramatic details on how the U.S. military scrambled to rescue

two members of a fighter jet that was shot down deep inside Iran.

And Pierce Greg May reports both are now safe and recovering from their injuries." The President said 21 aircraft took part in a risky day-time mission to rescue the pilot of the downed F-15.

During the second crew member was even more harrowing.

Trump said 155 aircraft were involved, many sent far from the airman's actual location in order to confuse Iranians trying to capture him. The President said the Air Force Colonel was badly injured, but managed to reach a mountain crevice well away from the crash side. When he was rescued, two planes were waiting for him at a makeshift air strip on a farm.

But the planes were stuck in wet sand. They were then blown up as lighter planes were called in to fly the colonel out of Iran. Greg May read MPR News, Washington.

President Trump sold the made-um for Iran to reach a deal to open the straight-of-war

mousse or face attacks on civilian infrastructure as approaching. At a Monday White House news conference, Trump said Iran could be taken out in one night. And he repeated his threat to destroy all power plants and bridges of the deal is not reached by Tuesday night on Monday to run rejected a 45 day ceasefire proposal.

Despite facing prices at the pump above $4 for the first time in nearly four years, MPR

Stephen Pissahas says motorists around the country are not cutting back on travel. The other drivers I spoke to at the stop with more traditional cars and trucks, they also grumbled about gas prices, but said they are not cutting back on travel. And there is data to back this up from air to air. That is an ulcer company that uses randomized data to track driving habits.

And he said people are actually logging more miles since the war with Iran began. For a police as a national average for a gallon of regular is now around $4, 12 cents.

Oil prices see salt on Monday with West Texas and immediate crude now topping $115 per

barrel. President Trump got on the phone Monday with the crew of the Artemis 2 mission congratulating them on their successful lunar flyby. You all made this day possible, you really inspired the entire world, really, everybody's watching.

They find it incredible. I just watched you go to the back of the moon and people haven't been there in a long time. We can say. The Artemis 2 astronauts are now on a path back toward Earth after completing their trip

around the dark side of the moon taking pictures and noting potential landing sites for future Artemis missions and in the process breaking the distance record set by Apollo 13 in 1970 splashdown set for Friday in the Pacific Ocean of San Diego. This is in PR.

The Michigan men's basketball team is one of the school's second national champion ship

Michigan be Yukon 69 to 63 in Monday night's final the NCAA tournament. One time Trump allies the band and is one of the Supreme Court order that's expected to lead to the dismissal of his criminal conviction for refusing to testify to Congress in court on Monday throughout an appellate ruling that upheld bandits' conviction for defying a subpoena from the House committee investigating January 6 attack on the U.S.

Capitol. Vice President and T.D. Vance heading to Hungary, he's to meet Tuesday with Prime Minister Victor Orban ahead of Hungry's election on Sunday orban seeking a fifth term asking voters to extend his 16 years in power orban as Europe's longest serving leader. Two long-awaited baby eaglets have hatched in an S.E.S. of Los Angeles as tens of thousands

of fans from around the world watched on a live stream, that is an omen, a member-station K.V.C.R. has more. The bald eagles Jackie and Shadow have become internet famous over the last few years as a camera hoisted high in a towering pine tree has been to their family drama to the world 24/7, fans have watched Ravens eat Jackie, the female eagles eggs twice.

This year they got two, late Saturday night, one of their surviving eggs hatched. The second followed the next morning. Jenny voice art is with friends of Big Bear Valley, the non-profit that runs the camera. So this is definitely the time to enjoy their cuteness, seeing them chirp at each other and kind of bonkey to other a little bit.

She says the chicks will be fully grown in nine weeks. For NPR News, I'm Madison Omen and Samaritan Dino. And I'm Jail Snyder, this is in PR News.

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