President Donald Trump said Israel and Iran violated ceasefire terms by carrying out attacks against each other after an early Tuesday deadline to stop hostilities, but that Israel was going to “turn around” its jets and stop its assault.
00:00The ceasefire between Israel and Iran appears to be holding, despite the exchange of missile fire early this morning.
00:06President Trump, meantime, condemning Iran and Israel for the violations as lawmakers press for a briefing on U.S. attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities.
00:14WGN's Dana Ravick is joining us now with the latest tonight. Dana?
00:17Well, the Associated Press is reporting now that the U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities only set back the country's nuclear program by months, not years.
00:27As the White House pushes back on that assessment, President Trump is voicing his displeasure with the leaders of both countries.
00:35Two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don't know what the f**k they're doing.
00:42President Trump lashing out at both Israel and Iran, Iran denying it violated the terms of a ceasefire deal, while explosions were heard in northern Israel Tuesday morning.
00:52Israel confirms it returned fire, launching two missiles just before the deal went into effect, as large demonstrations took place today in Iran's capital.
01:03In spite of the temporary disruption this morning, we believe that will hold.
01:07Peace in the Middle East has never been closer within our grasp, and that is something that we should all embrace and employ.
01:14Everybody says they're observing a ceasefire, but ceasefires have been declared most recently in Gaza and Ukraine, they don't necessarily hold.
01:22Given Trump's whimsical policymaking decisions, it's unclear what we're going to do.
01:28So I think it's not as though, oh, this is all over.
01:32President Trump telling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today not to expect any more U.S. military support in the conflict.
01:41The Associated Press also reporting tonight that according to an early U.S. intelligence assessment,
01:47the U.S. strikes on Iran's three nuclear facilities did not destroy the core components of the country's nuclear program,
01:55despite the president saying they had, quote, been totally obliterated.
01:59They had a magnificent hit in the dark of night with no mood, no light, no nothing.
02:05They hit the target perfectly, wiped it out.
02:08White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt saying the assessment is flat-out wrong, saying, quote,
02:13everyone knows what happens when you drop 14 30,000-pound bombs perfectly on their targets.
02:20Total obliteration.
02:22Also today, the White House canceling a scheduled intelligence briefing with lawmakers, leaving Congress in the dark again.
02:29What have they got to hide?
02:31They called me up and said, we're taking imminent action.
02:35We can't tell you what country.
02:36That's the extent to the briefing I've gotten.
02:40President Trump is now in the Netherlands for a NATO summit.
02:43The Iran-Israel conflict likely to be a topic of discussion there.
02:47France is calling for de-escalation to prevent a broader war in the Middle East,
02:51while the Secretary General of the United Nations is urging Israel and Iran to respect the ceasefire,
