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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. As Israel and the United States continue their offensive in Iran, the World Health Organization says an estimated 100,000 people have fled the Iranian capital, Tehran. Some people have made their way overland to Turkey. NPR's Ruth Sherlock is at the border crossing.
Ruth Sherlock (0:37)
The people coming out of Iran look grey faced and pallid from the terror they've experienced this past week. They bring with them stories of airstrikes hitting close to their cars as they journeyed out of the country, of intense bombardments in the cities that they've come from, many with stories of civilian casualties saying these airstrikes are landing in dense residential neighborhoods. There are also many people going back into Iran, scared, of course. They say to go back into a country at war. But with communications largely down, they need to know if their loved ones are safe and going back is the only way to reach them. Ruth Sherlock, NPR News. On the Turkish Iranian border, amid concerns
Lakshmi Singh (1:26)
about the stock of weapons available to the US military, NPR's Franco Ordonez tells us White House officials plan to meet with some of the biggest US Defense contractors today.
Franco Ordonez (1:36)
White House officials are expected to press its contractors to accelerate weapons production as the US Expands its war in Iran. The White House and Pentagon say the U.S. military has already hit more than 2,000 targets. Press President Trump says the war may last four to five weeks, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says strikes will accelerate in the coming days. U.S. officials who were not authorized to speak publicly told NPR that they are concerned about a lack of missile interceptors and may have to draw from other stockpiles. The Pentagon, though, has pushed back, saying they have sufficient precision munitions and that once they gain more control of Iranian airspace, they'll be able to rely on less sophisticated weapons. Franco Ordonez, NPR News.
Lakshmi Singh (2:20)
A public memorial service for the late Reverend Jesse Jackson is underway in Chicago this hour. He died last month at the age of 84. Here's NPR's Jason D. Rose.
Jason DeRose (2:29)
It's billed as Reverend Jackson's homegoing and kicked off with a rousing hymn honoring the civil rights leader led by the Legacy Mass Choir.