Faulty reasoning signals

• Framing Effect - 45.6%
• Anchoring Bias - 26.9%
• Confirmation Bias - 17.9%

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And back to our top story, the US and Iran are exchanging their heaviest strikes since the signing of the fragile ceasefire just over 3 weeks ago. The two sides have traded attacks over the past 40 plus hours. The US says it hit more than 90 targets across the country Wednesday. Iran says it launched multiple missiles and drones at US military bases in the region. CBS National Security Analyst and host of the School of War podcast Aaron McLean joins us now from Washington. So, Aaron, what is left in the region for the US to

hit? >> Hey, good evening, Lindsey. So, I'm going to zoom in here. We've got the region. I'm going to zoom in on the Strait of Hormuz where where most of the action has really been focused in the last few days. The United States has been hitting targets all around the Strait of Hormuz, including here in a place called Bandar Abbas, another port city over here called Sirik, and really targets in between and on both sides of those. These are strikes designed to reduce the Iranian ability to harass

traffic in the Strait. So, you see things like radar facilities, small boats, the facilities from which small boats are launched. That's been the majority of the strikes, things like that. However, I do want to point out one other thing. I'm going to zoom back out here. There was a very interesting attack at one point here as part of the US mini campaign on a railway bridge up here in the northeastern portion of Iran, sort of northeast of Tehran, a key rail link that connects Iran to Russia and to

China. So, there is some broader scope here, some sort of indications of escalation here and there, but so far mostly focused on the Strait. >> Yesterday, the president said, "Let's finish the job." So, what's the end game? What could a finished job look like? >> Well, you know, from the president's point of view, a finished job looks like a deal where the Iranians relinquish control of the Strait of Hormuz and talk meaningfully about their nuclear program. The problem is is that month after month, that has not yet manifested

itself. If anything, it feels like this week we've gone backwards. So, another way you can interpret his words on finish the job as an escalated military campaign going after economic targets in Iran, the so-called bridge and power plant day he used to talk about back in April. But, he's talked about it a great deal. He hasn't done it. I don't think the Iranians think he's going to do it, which undermines his diplomatic leverage as well. So, I think there's a decent chance that this kind of middle ground

that we're in right now, you're going to see it continue for some time. >> Okay, Aaron McClean, thank you. >> Thank you, Lindsay.