Trump warns Iran war about to get ‘really bad’; 3 missing after San Francisco Bay tragedy
Jul 15, 2026
Plus, Blanche begins a two-day attorney general confirmation hearing. And the House advances a bill to make daylight saving time permanent.
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Four nights of U.S. strikes and now President Trump says next week could get, quote, really bad
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Also, why he's scrapping a controversial plan for the Strait of Hormuz
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Plus, after two deadly ice shootings in a week, the agency hits pause on traffic stops
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and makes a major change when it comes to body cameras. And a memorial on the water ends in tragedy
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The search continues this morning after a boat capsizes in San Francisco Bay
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leaving three people missing. The stories that matter, clear and credible, from across the country to around the world
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These are your unbiased updates from Straight Arrow. Good morning, I'm Craig DeGrowley
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The United States is stepping up its campaign against Iran, and President Trump says the worst may be yet to come
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U.S. Central Command says it hit dozens of targets overnight, including missile and drone sites, along with coastal defense systems
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as the U.S. and Iran continue to clash over control of the Strait of Hormuz
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President Trump said Tuesday it will get, quote, really bad next week if Iran does not agree to a deal
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warning that bridges and power plants could be the next targets. Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan also report fending off retaliatory Iranian attacks overnight
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The Treasury Department, meanwhile, says it has frozen more than $130 million
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in digital assets controlled by Iran's central bank. Trump has also backed away from his proposed 20% fee
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on cargo moving through the Strait of Hormuz, saying Gulf states could avoid the charge
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through trade deals with the United States. Iran, however, says it has not ruled out
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imposing its own tolls and continues to warn ships against using the waterway without its permission
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After two deadly ice-involved shootings in just one week, The agency is now changing how it carries out arrests
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The Department of Homeland Security says ICE is temporarily suspending routine vehicle stops during immigration operations
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The change has come just days after ICE officers shot and killed a man during an operation in Maine The second deadly agent involved shooting in a week An internal email to senior officials instructs agents to use other enforcement methods instead
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limiting traffic stops to cases involving the most dangerous targets. One source told ABC News that in most cases
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agents will wait until a target leaves a home or workplace before making an arrest
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In the meantime, ICE officers will receive additional training on vehicle stops
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The department also says every ICE arrest team will now include at least one officer equipped with a body camera
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Neither of the two recent shootings involved agents wearing body cameras. The announcement comes as Florida Highway Patrol investigates the death of a man who was struck and killed Tuesday by a tractor trailer
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after running from ICE agents during an operation in St. Augustine. The circumstances leading up to that encounter remain under investigation
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Out West, one person is dead and three others missing. After a boat, a cabin cruiser carrying about 20 people capsized and sank near Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay
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The emergency call came in just after 3.30 Tuesday afternoon with the boat about 600 yards from Alcatraz
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By the time rescue crews arrived, the vessel was almost completely underwater
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with some passengers clinging to the outside and others trapped inside, banging on submerged windows as the water closed in
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It was complete chaos when we showed up. People were hanging on to the side of the boat, and when we had drove past the boat
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I could see people that were below the water line inside the boat where the windows were covered by water
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and they were banging on the windows trying to break them, but they couldn't get up. It was a wild scene, like, to pull up to that
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Rescuers pulled 16 people from the water. Three of the injured went to the hospital and were expected to be released last night
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Those rescuers also brought a severely injured man to shore and performed CPR
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but sadly he was dead. Fire Chief Dean Crispin says most of the passengers appear to have been
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family members taking part in a memorial service. The emergency was initially reported as a boat
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fire but officials say they have found no evidence of one The Coast Guard and local authorities are continuing to search for the three missing people using divers helicopters and boats In Washington later this morning
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President Trump's pick to lead the Justice Department faces what could be his toughest
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test yet as Todd Blanche begins a two-day confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill. The
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former Trump defense attorney has been serving as acting attorney general since April, but his path
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to the job permanently is not a sure thing. Trump on Tuesday urged every Republican senator to back
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Blanche, writing on Truth Social that Blanche, quote, stood by my side. He is a great lawyer
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always very fair. But Democrats argue Blanche has been serving Trump, not the American people
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In a statement, Senate Judiciary Committee member Sheldon Whitehouse said, quote, he is a walking disgrace. Trump intends to damage the rule of law to protect his massive corruption
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and Blanche is his hatchet man. Blanche is also expected to face questions about his handling of
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the Epstein files and his role in a scrapped $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund. That fund
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is also one of the issues giving some Republicans pause. Senators John Cornyn and Tom Tillis have
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yet to commit their support. While a federal judge this week sharply criticized Blanche's
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role in the agreement that created the now abandoned fund. And the politics have become
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even trickier following the death of Senator Lindsey Graham. With Democrats expected to oppose
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the nomination, Judiciary Committee Republicans can't afford to lose just one vote to advance
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Blanche, making every GOP holdout critical. If Blanche clears the committee, Republicans hope to
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hold a full Senate vote before the August recess. If you're tired of changing your clocks twice a
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year, you know when most of us fall back in early November, then spring forward in March
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Congress has another plan to make it stop. On Tuesday, the House passed the Sunshine Protection Act
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which would make daylight saving time permanent nationwide. The bill passed with bipartisan support, 308 to 117
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After the vote, the lawmaker presiding over the House, Congressman Scott Desjardins of Tennessee played the Beatles here comes the sun from his phone President Trump has been pushing Congress to pass the bill saying on Truth Social in May quote it time that people can stop worrying about the clock
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not to mention all of the work and money that is spent on this ridiculous twice yearly production
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The measure now moves to the Senate, where a similar bill passed in 2022
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but stalled last year after Senator Tom Cotton blocked it over concerns about darker winter mornings
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Finally this morning, one of the largest, most complete fossils ever found
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fetched some really big bucks at auction. A record, in fact. Take a look at this guy, nicknamed Gus
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Somebody on the phone bid $50 million for the bones of the Tyrannosaurus Rex
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at a Sotheby's auction on Tuesday. Look at that. The fossil is roughly 67 million years old
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The adult dinosaur specimen measures 12 1⁄2 feet tall and 38 feet long. It's about 60% preserved when it comes to its parts, such as its skull
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huge jaw, and powerful teeth. Diggers discovered it in 2021 on land owned by a man in South Dakota
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The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology is pleading with the winning bidder to donate the T-Rex fossil
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to an accredited natural history museum for all to see and to be further studied in the name of
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science. Wow. All right. It's a big day in Washington. Here's what we're tracking. At nine
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this morning, President Trump's pick for attorney general faces senators as Todd Blanche begins his
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confirmation hearing. At 930, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence takes up the nomination
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of Jay Clayton to lead the office of the director of national intelligence. Later today, Trump heads
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to Pennsylvania for a roundtable focused on defense, innovation and U.S. manufacturing. No noise
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No sides. Unbiased Updates gives you the facts straight. You can watch us anytime at san.com
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Those are your Unbiased Updates for this Wednesday. We'll see you back here tomorrow. For all of us here at Straight Arrow, I'm Craig DeGrelly. Have a great day
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