# Lawmaker Calls Hegseth a Failure, Tornadoes Touch Down, Plane Wreckage Found After 74 Years and more Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/cnn-5-things-716851/lawmaker-calls-hegseth-a-failure-tornadoes-touch-down-plane-wreckage-found-after-74-years-and-more Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/cnn-5-things-716851/lawmaker-calls-hegseth-a-failure-tornadoes-touch-down-plane-wreckage-found-after-74-years-and-more.md Podcast: [CNN 5 Things](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cnn-5-things-716851) Published: 2026-07-22T11:24:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/swap.fm/track/2nzGkisFXQswLYT5s325/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY3547771105.mp3 Audio file: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/swap.fm/track/2nzGkisFXQswLYT5s325/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY3547771105.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cnn-5-things-716851/episodes/lawmaker-calls-hegseth-a-failure-tornadoes-touch-down-plane-wreckage-found-after-74-years-and-more Duration seconds: 496 ## Resource Tense hearings on Capitol Hill as the Pentagon asks for billions more in war spending. Storms bring historic flooding and tornadoes across multiple states.  The wreckage of a Pan Am airplane has been found 74 years after a deadly crash. House Speaker Johnson is on board with banning lawmakers from dating staffers.  Plus, an Australian lawmaker loses it on his dog during a live interview. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cnn-5-things-716851/episodes/lawmaker-calls-hegseth-a-failure-tornadoes-touch-down-plane-wreckage-found-after-74-years-and-more/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/cnn-5-things-716851/lawmaker-calls-hegseth-a-failure-tornadoes-touch-down-plane-wreckage-found-after-74-years-and-more.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.