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President Trump hitting pause on his promise to launch a wave of devastating strikes on Iran.
>> He says the change change comes amid new progress on a potential deal with the Iranian regime.
Rebecca Caster is live in Washington with the very latest. Hey Rebecca.
>> Hey Griff. This decision comes after the White House confirmed the Saudi crown prince spoke with President Trump yesterday.
And now the president believes 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 straight of Hormuz 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, the Saudis expressed concern and asked for clarity about the president's plan of action.
A second source with knowledge of the call said NBS urged Trump to deescalate and refrain from launching the strikes.
The planned attack was set to be one of the largest bombing campaigns on Iran to date. But
in an interview with Laura last night, Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the months of US strikes on Iran have severely degraded Iran's defensive capabilities. setting up this next round of negotiations to be more successful.
>> They still have missiles and they still have drones and they can still do damage, but they no longer have that shield, that conventional shield that they could hide behind.
And that's changed the whole dynamic. It's the only reason why they are now willing and in some cases seem eager to do a deal on denuclearization, to do a deal on the straits, because we're now approaching them from a position of strength, not from a position of weakness.
Qatari mediators held separate talks with US, Iranian, and Omani officials yesterday on reopening the strait.
Axio reports those talks made progress. Charlie,
Laura, and Griff, back to you.
>> All right, Rebecca. Thank you very much,
Rebecca.
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