00:02The United States and Iran traded another round of strikes overnight, pushing the two sides closer to a wider conflict
00:10just days after President Trump said a peace deal could be within reach.
00:14The U.S. military fired Tomahawk cruise missiles and carried out a second night of attacks inside Iran, targeting surveillance
00:21sites, communication systems and air defense positions.
00:25Explosions were reported across several parts of Iran, including near the Strait of Hormuz, the strategic waterway at the center
00:32of the conflict.
00:33Iran responded by claiming it targeted U.S. military assets across the region, including in Bahrain and Kuwait.
00:41Bahrain says its air defenses intercepted multiple drones overnight, and Jordan says it shot down missiles headed toward an area
00:50that houses American troops.
00:51The attacks also briefly shut down Kuwaiti airspace, forcing commercial flights to reroute across the region.
00:59Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, speaking in Cuba Wednesday, made clear the airstrikes are meant to increase pressure on Tehran, not
01:07ease it.
01:07President Trump, he's willing to go back and fight as necessary, but has given Iran an open hand to make
01:14this deal.
01:15It's right there. They have that chance. They're choosing to play games. They're choosing to tap.
01:19If they want to tap, then then the president will turn to the War Department.
01:23If we need to negotiate with bombs, we'll negotiate with bombs.
01:27And we're very good at it. Nobody better in the world.
01:29And again, so we're in lockstep with the White House, in lockstep with the negotiating team to make sure we
01:35set the conditions.
01:36And the targets tonight are meant to do that.
01:38The remarks came after President Trump accused Iran of taking too long to reach a deal and warned Tehran it
01:45would pay the price if negotiations continue to stall.
01:48Iran says it's still open to talks, but continues to refuse U.S. demands that it give up its stockpile
01:55of enriched uranium,
01:56and now says the U.S. attacks are a flagrant violation of international law that has rendered the ceasefire meaningless.
02:04Trump.
02:07Trump avez ditões today is this inch to your point, but if you're not open to any of the cause
02:07and it'll get there,
02:07you're always there until next all year, you know what happened.
02:07Trump has had been angry with the wrong ramps already.
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