Deadly Strike Hits Beirut Beach, Dozens Rescued From Oil Tanker Attacks, NYPD Hero Speaks Out and more

Good morning everyone, I'm Kate Baldwin, it's Thursday, March 12th, here are the five

things you need to know to start your day.

Number one, the Lebanon Front.

As President Trump sends somewhat conflicting messages still about when the war in Iran

could end, attacks between Israel and his Bala in Lebanon are only escalating.

Lebanese officials say eight people were killed and 31 injured when an air strike hit a

Beirut suburb today, a beach area where some of the 800,000 people displaced by the

war had taken shelter.

Israel says the attack is part of a wider wave of strikes targeting his Bala infrastructure.

Iran's revolutionary guard carried out joint attacks with his Bala Wednesday striking

more than 50 targets inside Israel.

None of this giving the impression of a war nearing an end, for sure, here's the latest

from President Trump on the timeline.

The main thing is we have to win this, they win it quickly, but win it, and there are

many people I'm just watching some of the news.

Most people say it's already been won.

It's just a question of when, when do we stop?

The President also claimed that he wasn't aware of the findings from the US investigation

into the strike on a girl's school in Iran.

The strike killed at least 168 children, two sources briefed on the Pentagon investigation

tell CNN it was the US, the mistakenly hit the school, based on outdated intelligence

about a nearby Iranian naval base, both the defense intelligence agency and US sent

com declined to comment.

Number two, the oil emergency.

The price of crude oil shot back up to over $100 a barrel overnight because of this war,

and the fact that Iran is now focusing more of its attacks on tankers and fuel depots

across the region.

Another video shows a huge fire at a fuel depot in Bahrain after an Iranian strike.

Iran has also claimed responsibility for strikes on two foreign fuel tankers off the coast

of Iraq.

At least one person was killed, but Iraqi authorities were able to rescue 38 others,

and in Oman, fires were still burning hours after an apparent Iranian drone exploded

at an oil storage facility that caught on camera.

President Trump is trying to blunt the impacts of all of these attacks on the global oil

supply, now authorizing the release of 172 million barrels of oil from the Strategic

Petroleum Reserve.

It's part of a broader release of 400 million barrels agreed to by the 32 nation International

Energy Agency.

Number three, the Missing General.

The FBI is joining the search now for a missing retired Air Force Major General, 68-year-old

William Neal McCastland, who left his outlet working in Mexico home on foot nearly two

weeks ago and hasn't been seen since.

He held several classified positions during his military career, including Chief Engineer

for the Pentagon's Global Positioning System.

He also was ahead of the Research Lab at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, the base long

associated with UFO theories.

Search teams returned to the scene over the weekend after clothing was found near McCastland's

home, an unspecified medical issue has made this search all the more urgent.

Right now that's the big issue is we don't know which direction he went, so we're going

back to the needle in the haystack the only problem is is we don't know which haystack

we're looking in.

I've already said there's no evidence of foul play.

His wife says that he does not have dementia, she released a statement trying to spell some

misinformation though, saying that although he had a brief association with the UFO community,

that was not a reason for someone to abduct him.

Number four, the NYPD Hero.

We are hearing for the first time in detail from one of the police officers who were on the

scene and took down two terror suspects after they tried to detonate makeshift bombs outside

the official residence of the New York City Mayor.

The image of assistant chief Aaron Edwards jumping a barricade has really taken off and

gone viral.

He is now speaking out, describing that moment just before he tackled the men.

It was just thanks Nick, there was a real serious threat in front of us and I wanted to

get to it.

I wanted to make sure that we apprehend the suspect.

I understand your wife was not too pleased.

She was the photo that she did everyone else saw.

She was not pleased.

She sent me a nice text message.

I understand she actually sent you the actual photo.

Yes.

What did she send?

She said, wrong direction, sir.

I love our fortunately, neither of the devices exploded.

Bomb technicians did say that they had the potential though to cause death and destruction

in both suspects were 18 to 19 years old told investigators they were inspired by ISIS.

They are now charged with providing material support to a terrorist organization and use

of a weapon of mass destruction among other counts.

They are being held without bail until the next court appearance in April.

More right after this.

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One last thing.

You could call this one the big catch for sure.

A man in Iowa just set a new world record.

This one for catching a massive carp in a lake near Sioux City.

Jacob Mackie reeled it in a 71 pound eight ounce grass carp using homemade bait.

This happened back in August, but it wasn't until just now that the International Game

Fish Association officially confirmed the record.

Mackie says it only took him 15 minutes to bring it in on the 30 pound line, just smashing

the previous record in that class by more than 15 pounds you guys.

The grass carp is one of four invasive species that have been plaguing the Illinois and

Mississippi rivers for years.

CNN has been covering it actually since all the way back in 2007 and even got to experience

what it feels like to get hit, not once, but twice by a carp.

Oh, there you go, there you go, that hurt.

President Trump this week actually posted that he is working with several governors now

to try to fight this fishy situation.

So there you have it.

I'm Kate Baldwin, those are the five things you need to know to get your day going.

Now get going.

Our next episode drops at Noon East.

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