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About this episode

The episode covers the shutdown of Spirit Airlines, rising gas prices in California, and President Trump's warning to Iran amidst escalating tensions.

Morgan Norwood reports on Spirit Airlines - known for its bright-yellow planes and rock-bottom prices – is shutting down after it was unable to secure a bailout from the federal government; Alex Presha reports on the growing concerns about the state of the economy with gas prices surging to as high as eight dollars a gallon in parts of California; Selina Wang reports on President Trump issuing a new warning to Iran as officials with that country say the war is likely to resume and more on tonight’s broadcast of World News Tonight with David Muir. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: David Muir

Guests: Morgan Norwood, Alex Presha, Selina Wang

Topics covered

• Spirit Airlines shutdown
• economic concerns
• gas prices
• President Trump
• Iran conflict

Keywords

• Spirit Airlines
• shutdown
• gas prices
• California
• President Trump
• Iran
• economy
• bailout

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Spirit Airlines

Places: California, Iran

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