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And overnight, the U.S. military unleashed powerful strikes against the Iranian regime. CENTCOM says Iranian military surveillance capabilities, along with air defense systems and communications sites, were hit. Speaking from the Situation Room, President Trump told Fox News 49 Tomahawk missiles hit locations as close as 40 miles from the capital of Tehran. Positions were also targeted along the southwestern part of Iran. The president described the strikes as violent and vicious. Also, President Trump says top Iranian officials called him directly, asking him to stop the bombing. Secretary of War Pete Hegcess spoke before the strikes began. Instead, they're going to have tap, tap, tap bombs dropping on key facilities in Iran from the United States of America. And that's not because we want to restart anything, we don't have to restart. It's because we are -- the War Department is prepared to set the terms to ensure that we get the kind of deal President Trump expects. In response to these strikes, the Iranians launched ballistic missiles and drones toward Gulf countries, including Kuwait and Bahrain. Also, the Jordanians say they shot down at least 20 Iranian ballistic missiles. Guys? So, Trey, you know what's interesting in the response? They don't go after Qatar, they don't go after Saudi Arabia, they don't go after the UAE. Is that intentional? Is there something to be reading to that? The reality is, the radar systems and air defense systems were taken out over the past 48 hours. And these were systems they tried to rebuild, President Trump told me, during the ceasefire. And so, the United States once again controls the skies of Iran. And so, the Iranians have very limited options in terms of actually responding to these U.S. strikes. And according to reports, no damage was caused to U.S. military facilities in response to the strikes with this Iranian ballistic missile fire. The Iranians today are once again saying the Strait of Hormuz is closed. We have heard this rhetoric before from the Iranian regime, and then President Trump announced yesterday that the United States was actually secretly moving millions of barrels of oil out of the Persian Gulf. And it gives you an indication of Iranian propaganda versus reality on the ground. And so, again, Iran has very limited leverage right now, not only at the negotiating table, but also on the battlefield. But Trey, can I just follow up what Brian was alluding to? After the first series of strikes, there were some statements from the Iranians alluding to uniting the Arab world again, the Gulf states. Is there any fracture between our coalition with the Gulf states, or this -- this is just Iranians being delusional? Yeah, the Iranians aren't quite clear with what's actually happening in the region. There is a united front against their regime right now because they're launching missiles and drones, not only toward military targets, but also civilian targets in the Gulf. An 11-year-old girl was injured in Bahrain due to this attack overnight. When we step back here, the president is now negotiating with bombs. He told me overnight that if they are unwilling to sign an agreement, we'll bomb the S out of them tonight. And so, this is really expected to be ongoing if the Iranians are unwilling to make that good-faith deal. But the sense that I got speaking with President Trump, who was inside the situation room during our call, and he was alongside Vice President J.D. Vance and Special Envoy Kushner and Wyckoff is that the United States understands who they're dealing with. Vice President Vance, who is leading the negotiations, really laid out exactly who the Iranians are, and he has a firm grasp on the games that they're trying to play at the negotiating table. And President Trump is fed up with that, and he said the Iranians have been tapping the U.S. along, and he's not going to stand for it. And that is why he launched these strikes overnight to put new pressure on the Iranian regime. And these were much more extensive than what we saw before. 49 Tomahawk missiles soaring through the sky and ultimately slamming into these targets within inches of the location they were expected to hit. The president was getting real-time updates in the situation room, ordering these strikes overnight. And again, we do expect more strikes to continue if the Iranians do not sign on the dotted line. Trey, the president mentioned yesterday that while this conflict has been ongoing, he was secretively removing oil through the Straits of Hormuz in the middle of the night until Iran found out -- now he said it was really hard for him to keep this quiet. But he wanted to tell the American people, where did that oil go? Did that help with our gas prices, help drop it a little bit? It's a great question, and that's actually part of the reason that oil prices have stabilized, because there was this secret operation going on behind the scenes. And we understand, according to President Trump, around 150 vessels with oil on board were able to make it out of the Persian Gulf. These are likely vessels coming from Gulf countries, not from Iranian territory. But it's an indication that the president found a way to actually keep escorting these vessels despite the fact, again, that the Iranians said they were in control. And that's why it's so interesting today. You have top Iranian officials releasing statements this morning saying in response to U.S. strikes, the Strait of Hormuz is closed. Well, they said that before, and the United States was moving millions of barrels of oil out of the Persian Gulf. And so, again, this is a lot of rhetoric from the Iranian regime. And while this is happening, the president is playing 40 chess against the Iranians. He's not only stabilizing the oil markets, but he's now bombing the Iranian regime again to take out their air defense systems and their radar sites. A message to those in Tehran that if you want to play this game any longer, these strikes will continue. And once again, U.S. forces control the skies of your country. And just a real quick question, Trey, are we bombing right now? No, we're not bombing right now. According to U.S. Central Command, these strikes ended overnight. They were quite extensive, not just targeting those positions outside the Iranian capital of Tehran, but along that southwestern coast next to the Persian Gulf. At this moment, there's no exchange of fire taking place. And as you could imagine, there are some regional diplomats that have reached out to us this morning to say that talks are ongoing. The reality is things are in a different place than they were 48 hours ago. The president drew a red line, the Iranians crossed it, and ultimately he is responding with force.

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