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President Donald Trump says the U.S. Will hold off on striking Iranian energy sites for another 10 days. The pause currently in place was set to expire tomorrow. During the president's cabinet meeting earlier today, he cast doubt on the prospect of a deal to end the war with Iran, as Tehran calls Washington's willingness to negotiate into question, according to an unnamed source at an Iranian news agency.

They now have a chance to make a deal, but that's up to them. And they'll tell you, we're not negotiating. We will not negotiate. Of course they'll negotiate, and they've been obliterated. Who wouldn't negotiate?

Meanwhile, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who's meeting G7 foreign ministers in France, noted that while talks are fluid, progress is being made, but he declined to get into the specifics. However, when asked if he would call on G7 countries to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, he said,

Well it's in their interest to help, other countries get far more of their fuel from there than we do.

'This as stocks, bonds, and gold have slumped as the war rages. The Dow, NASDAQ and S&P closed in the red today, with the NASDAQ closing in correction territory, falling 10% from its most recent all-time high.

More news coming up, including where the case against an ousted Venezuelan leader stands.

Nicolas Maduro and his wife appeared for their second hearing in New York today since being captured in a US raid back in January. The former president of Venezuela and First Lady pleaded not guilty to drug and weapons charges. The federal judge on the case said today he wouldn't dismiss the case based on an ongoing dispute over their legal fees. Maduro's attorney testified that the couple can't pay their legal fee on their own and argued that the Venezuelan government should be able to pay for it. Prosecutors argued the U.S. Sanctioned the Venezuelan government from funding Maduro's defense due to national security or to influence foreign policy. The judge said he promised to issue a decision soon.

Transgender women athletes are banned from women's events at the Olympics because of a new eligibility policy. The policy aligns with President Trump's executive order on sports. CNN's Patrick Snell explains.

'This ruling will take effect from the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles. It means female athletes will be required to undergo a once-in-a-lifetime blood or cheek swab test for something called the SRY gene. That's a gene that can detect the presence of a Y, or a male chromosome, which causes male characteristics to develop, but in some cases, naturally occurring variations in the gene can lead to its presence in a small proportion of women who possess many potential biological variations known as differences of sex development, or DSD. The test will effectively lead to a blanket ban on all transgender and DSD athletes' ability to compete at the Olympics.

'Now to the latest developments in airports. The Federal Aviation Administration says the runway where an Air Canada Express plane crashed into a fire truck at more than 100 miles per hour on Sunday has reopened. It was one of two intersecting runways at LaGuardia Airport and was closed after the crash until the wreckage could be removed. The runway's closure canceled about a third of flights at the airport earlier this week. The collision killed a pilot and co-pilot and injured dozens of people. Meanwhile, nearly 500 TSA officers have quit, and thousands more are, quote, forced to call out because they can't afford gas, child care, food, or rent. That's according to a statement from a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson. As the department's partial shutdown continues because of a funding standoff on Capitol Hill. In Atlanta, two travelers said they got to the airport six to eight hours before their flight after seeing long lines in recent weeks.

Honestly, this is ridiculous. This is ridiculous, every taxpaying American does not deserve this.

Coming up, Savannah Guthrie's emotional first interview since her mother's disappearance.

Too much to bear, to think that I brought this to her bedside, that it's because of me. And I just say, I'm so sorry, mommy. I'm SO sorry.

That's Savannah Guthrie in her first interview since her mom vanished from her Arizona home nearly two months ago. Speaking to her NBC colleague and friend, Hoda Kapi, Guthries said her brother first raised the possibility that their mom, Nancy, was kidnapped for ransom because of her fame. In parts of the interview that aired today, Guthriem revealed new details about her mom's abduction and early moments of the investigation. She says she first learned about her Mom's disappearance when her sister called her, and that at first, she thought the incident was a medical episode. Regarding the purported ransom notes, Guthrie said she believed that only two they responded to were real.

That is it for us. We're back tomorrow morning.