00:00The United States military has undertaken a massive and ongoing operation to prevent this very wicked, radical dictatorship from threatening
00:11America and our core national security interests.
00:15We are going to destroy their missiles and raise their missile industry to the ground. It will be totally, again,
00:24obliterated.
00:26U.S. Central Command releasing this video of the strikes showing missiles launching and targets being hit overnight.
00:32The Pentagon says the operation targeted Iranian missile sites, air defenses and Revolutionary Guard facilities.
00:38The president says the strikes also killed Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
00:43On social media, he called him one of the most evil people in history and said other leaders were also
00:48killed in the attack.
00:49The president said these strikes will continue, quote, throughout the week or as long as necessary.
00:53Iran has fired back on U.S. and Israeli targets in the region.
00:57These photos show President Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort as the strikes were carried out in coordination with
01:02Israel.
01:02The president framed the strike as the result of decades of conflict with Iran, saying diplomacy failed and this action
01:08was necessary to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
01:12Even so, and I do not make this statement lightly, the Iranian regime seeks to kill.
01:19The lives of courageous American heroes may be lost and we may have casualties that often happens in war, but
01:28we're doing this not for now.
01:30We're doing this for the future and it is a noble mission.
01:34The president also urged Iranians to, quote, take back their government as lawmakers here in Washington call for briefings and
01:42questions grow about how long this operation could last.
01:45At the White House I'm Christopher Selass.
01:46What?
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