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News. President Trump calling off a massive attack against Iran last night.
>> The commander-in-chief says the change comes amid progress with the regime.
>> Rebecca Caster is live in Washington with the details. Good morning, Rebecca.
>> Good morning, Charlie. This was set to be one of the largest bombing campaigns against Iran to date, but now the president is signaling a peace deal could be close.
He wrote on Truth Social, "The USA is locked and loaded and ready to go against Iran.
Despite this, we have just been asked by Iran and other Middle Eastern countries to hold off any attack and that the perimeters of a deal has been agreed to.
This would include the immediate complete and total opening of the Hormu Strait and an end to Iran's nuclear threat.
I have agreed to cancel the attack subject to being able to rapidly make a deal.
According to Axios, one of those Middle Eastern allies who asked President Trump to hold off on further strikes was the Saudi Crown Prince.
The White House confirmed they spoke on the phone yesterday.
And this comes after the US and Saudi Arabia launched joint strikes against Iranian militias in Iraq last week.
But now the Saudis and other partners in the region are pushing the US and Iran to deescalate.
In an interview with Laura last night, Secretary of State Marco Rubio says it's because of President Trump that Thrron can no longer avoid consequences and may be ready to fold.
I don't think the Iranian regime has ever faced a president like President Trump, which is someone that actually takes action.
You know, they got used to for 20 or 30 years, not just the US, but the broader world, allowing them to get away with things like lying, breaking deals, tricking people into agreements, and so forth.
The regime has to change.
Their view is they don't want to just govern Iran.
They want to govern the region.
They view them, they want to export their revolution.
That does have to change. And the only way you're going to change that is if if you make the price of it too high for them to be able to pay.
>> Qatari mediators held separate talks with US Iranian and Omani officials yesterday on reopening the strait.
Axios reports those talks made progress.
Charlie Laura and Griff back to you.
>> All right, Rebecca. Thank you, Rebecca.
>> Thanks.
>> Overnight, President Trump pausing the strikes on Iran, revealing a rough outline for a deal.
The president writing the immediate complete and total opening of the straight of Hormuz and an end to Iran's nuclear threat.
I have agreed for the future benefit of the world and likewise the survival of a successful and prosperous Iran to cancel the attack subject to being able to rapidly make a deal.
Joining us now is former National Security Council member, retired Vice Admiral Robert Harard. Uh thank you for joining us this morning.
So, um, where do you think, uh, things stand right now? Obviously, we have heard, uh, we've seen President Trump both, uh, bombing Iran and then, uh, holding out hope that we might get a deal.
Where are you on that?
>> Well, a couple things at play here.
First, the politics. You can see how important the coalition is. Uh, this Saudi wanted a pause, and so we're going to accommodate. they are in the fight with us and reinforces why that partnership is so important.
And again, time the president can go back to strikes at any time he wants, but he's got to keep the pressure on at this point.
The financial pressure without any revenue going into the country adds to the pressure on the regime and that's constant regardless if he strikes or not.
So time is on his hand and as I said, he can strike again whenever he wants.
Well, obviously uh Iran also realizes that there are uh you know time, you know, obviously they view it as time being on their side.
We have elections coming up. Um and obviously Americans are feeling similar uh squeeze squee, you know, squeeze at the gas pump.
Um and so they're sort of playing this this tit fortat game, sort of bumping the the the uh president along.
Um, do you think that long-term though, do they understand that President Trump probably is not as concerned about the the midterms as a normal president might be and that he is really willing to go back to kinetic strikes.
>> The Iranian strategy hasn't changed at all. They're still playing the time game as you mentioned. They're hoping political, excuse me, political will will dissipate, that the threat of the midterms causes the president to change his strategy.
But I think they're seeing just the opposite. Just as the president has realized they're not going to negotiate that he's going to have to continue maintain pressure till they agree and capitulate, acknowledge that the straits are an international waterway and they're not going to threaten and then on top of that hand over nuclear materials.
So the president has been consistent with that.
The Iranis have been consistent and so the
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