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Hey there, from CNN, I'm David Rind with the five things you need to know for Thursday,
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Ayatollah must about Hamanay issued his first message today since becoming Iran's new
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Supreme Leader on Sunday.
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He has yet to appear in public since his appointment, so instead Iranian State TV read
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out a statement from him, in which he said, in part, Tehran believes in what he called
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friendship with its neighbors, stressing that Iran is targeting only U.S. bases in the
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However, the reality on the ground is that there have been several attacks against civilian
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objects in oil-related areas.
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He warned the U.S. and Israel they must be compensation for their actions and said U.S.
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bases in the region need to be shut down or they'll be attacked.
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He also said the key shipping route, the straight-or-muse, will stay closed as a tool of pressure.
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Also interesting note, he said he learned of his appointment from State Television.
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Speaking of the straight-or-muse, the oil market is continuing to see historic disruptions,
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and this work could cause more pain points beyond the pump.
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That's next, stick around.
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Oil prices shop back up to over $100 a barrel overnight, as Iran focused more of its attacks
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on fuel resources across the region.
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The straight-or-muse is essentially choked off, and the international energy agency is
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warning the world could be facing the largest supply chain disruption in the history
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of the global oil market.
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Businesses of state hide despite 32 of the world's biggest economies agreeing on Wednesday
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to add 400 million barrels of oil to the global market, so the biggest ever release of emergency
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President Donald Trump authorized the release of 172 million barrels of oil from the strategic
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petroleum reserve and a bid to curb rising costs.
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U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said today that the U.S. Navy isn't ready to escort
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commercial ships through the street yet.
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Here's what he told CNN this morning.
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All of our military assets right now are focused on destroying Iran's ability to wage
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war and terrorize the neighborhood.
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When we can afford some additional assets to move tankers through the Straits of Wormuz,
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Now, global oil and gas prices aren't the only rising costs affecting Americans.
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The cost to transport physical goods around the world is also spiking, and that could affect
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prices at the businesses we rely on every day.
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CNN's Elizabeth Buckwald is here, Elizabeth, what is happening here?
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How are these businesses responding?
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That's exactly right.
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So businesses are immediately seeing their transport costs go up, and that's because
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companies like FedEx, UPS, and basically all other companies that are responsible for
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shipping goods, charge higher prices, the minute that fuel costs go up.
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And businesses haven't quite passed along those costs to consumers yet via higher prices,
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at least in the data that I can see, but that does not mean that that won't happen.
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The longer this goes on, the more potential there is, and the fact that businesses are
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already absorbing so much of the tariff costs that they've passed some of it on to consumers
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only increases the potential for prices to rise.
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The dangerous storms that have been thrashing the Central and Eastern US for days are finally
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Two people were killed when a tornado touched down in Indiana, while giant hail and wind
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tore through about 20 states.
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The final round of storms hit the Gulf Coast from Louisiana to Georgia late last night into
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The storms are expected to weaken over the southeast early this afternoon, but Georgia and the
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Carolinas could still see destructive winds and isolated tornadoes.
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We gotta take one more break when we come back, as a famous fictional Italian mobster once
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said, keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
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An American baseball team knows that mantra all too well right now.
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Team USA is breathing a cyber leaf at the World Baseball Classic, which is like the Olympics
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of Baseball, and they have team Italy to thank.
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On Tuesday, the Americans suffered a pretty humiliating loss to Italy, which does have
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a roster of current and former Major League Baseball players, but this was still supposed
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to be a mismatch in the Americans' favor.
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Well, that loss put the Americans on the brink of elimination and the tournament they
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were favored to win.
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So they were likely on the edge of their seats, watching last night's Italy Mexico game,
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they really needed Italy to win and win big.
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That's exactly what happened, Italy trounced Mexico 9-1.
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After the game, Vinny Pascuantino said, you're welcome USA, glad you could join us in
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The US will play Canada in the quarterfinals on Friday, while Italy will play Puerto Rico
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Alright, that's all we've got for now, head over to CNN.com for the very latest and we'll
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I'm CNN tech reporter Claire Duffy, this week on the podcast, Terms of Service.
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There's a growing category of products aimed specifically at addressing women's unique
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These tools and services are sometimes known as FEM tech, and they can provide big opportunities
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and benefits, but they can also come with some risks.
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To walk us through all of this, I spoke with Bethany Corbin.
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Bethany is an attorney and CEO of FEM Innovation, where she advises startups, clinicians, and
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healthcare organizations.
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In my opinion, what it really does is gives us a collective language to talk about women's
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healthcare innovation and the tools that are out there so that we can take control of our
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healthcare experiences and know how to advocate for ourselves in a system that's probably
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not been designed to advocate for us.
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