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Hey from CNN, I'm Ifeoma Dike with the Five Things you need to know for Friday, March 13th. CNN estimates that more than 2,000 people, including civilians and military personnel, have been killed as a result of the war the U.S. And Israel initiated with Iran. In a phone interview on Fox News Radio, President Donald Trump offered his latest idea on when the war might come to an end.

When it's over, and I don't think it's gonna be long. When it over, this is gonna bounce right back, so fast.

When are you gonna know when it's over?

When I feel it.

Okay.

I feel in my bones.

'Trump also said he believes Iran's new Supreme Leader is, quote, damaged but probably alive, after news that he was injured at the start of the war. This, as Iranian state media says, a strike killed at least one person in Tehran, where explosions were reported near a rally marking Al-Quds day, held in support of Palestinians. Strikes came shortly after Israel issued evacuation orders for nearby areas. Huge crowds gathered in cities across Iran after the new Supreme Leader issued his first statement, which was read on state television.

More news coming up, including updates on two attacks that rattled American communities yesterday.

A federal judge in Washington just made it harder for the Department of Justice to investigate Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell over his congressional testimony about a renovation project at Fed headquarters. Powell said in a video message after the subpoenas were sent to the Federal Reserve in January that the investigation stemmed from his refusal to lower interest rates after President Trump pressured him to do so. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg quashed the subpoenas, writing that the government produced, quote, "essentially zero evidence that Powell committed a crime." U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro says the ruling is wrong and that the DOJ would appeal.

Tools that all prosecutors have to investigate any crime, including cost overruns, is a grand jury subpoena. Today, however, in Washington, an activist judge has taken that tool away from us. He has neutered the grand jury's ability to investigate crime. As a result Jerome Powell today is now bathed in immunity, preventing my office from investigating the Federal Reserve.

'We're learning more about the suspect who crashed into a Michigan synagogue Thursday with explosives inside the vehicle. A week before the attack, both of the suspect's brothers, along with two of their children, were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon, according to the mayor of the town where they lived. Part of the synagogue caught fire while dozens of children were inside - in an attack authorities are calling anti-Semitic. The explosives in the car didn't go off. The suspect was shot and killed by security guards. No children were hurt, but the suspect's car hit a security guard. He's expected to recover. While a motive hasn't been confirmed, Michigan's attorney general says there's a, quote, clear nexus between the Iran war and the attack.

'In Virginia, a deadly shooting at a university is being investigated as terrorism. The FBI says a veteran and convicted ISIS supporter opened fire inside a classroom of ROTC students at Old Dominion University late Thursday morning, killing one and wounding two others. The students subdued and killed the shooter, but the ultimate cause of death isn't clear. According to court documents, a person has been arrested and is facing federal charges for allegedly selling the gunman the rifle. Authorities say the gunmen was a 36-year-old naturalized U.S. Citizen born in Sierra Leone and former Virginia National Guard member who pleaded guilty to attempting to help ISIS in 2016.

When we come back, a health alert for young adults.

Millions more people as young as 30 may need to start taking meds that lower cholesterol. CNN's Jacqueline Howard is here to break down updated health guidance.

Ifeoma, if you have high cholesterol, don't wait too long to act. That's the main takeaway message in new medical guidelines from the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology. So along with eating a healthy diet and getting regular exercise, a statin is recommended for adults as young as 30 who meet these criteria. Your level of bad LDL cholesterol is 160 or higher, or you have a strong family history of premature heart disease. Or you have a high 30 year risk of developing cardiovascular disease. The idea here is the earlier you treat, the lower your risk of heart attack or stroke in the long run.

That is it for us. Tune in tomorrow for a new episode of 5 Good Things.