00:02New this morning, Israel is continuing its broad wave of strikes in Iran and Lebanon,
00:06targeting the Iranian regime and the Iran-backed militia Hezbollah.
00:10It comes as President Trump says he wants Iran's current leadership removed
00:14and a hand in choosing who comes next.
00:17Trump told NBC News in a phone interview Thursday,
00:20quote, we want to go in and clean out everything.
00:23And in a separate interview with Axios, he says he believes the U.S. should be involved
00:28in choosing Iran's next leader, comparing it to how he says he helped install Venezuela's
00:34current government.
00:35He also called on members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard to stop fighting.
00:40And I'm once again calling on all members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard,
00:44the military and the police to lay down their arms.
00:48They're only going to be killed.
00:49And now is the time to stand up for the Iranian people and help take back your country.
00:54You're going to have a chance after all these years to take back your country,
01:00accept immunity, we'll give you immunity, and we'll be giving you really the right side
01:06of history because that's what it is.
01:08So you'll be perfectly safe with total immunity or you'll face absolutely guaranteed death.
01:16Trump also says Moshtaba Khamenei, the son of slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,
01:22would be, quote, unacceptable as Iran's next leader.
01:26Iranian officials have delayed announcing a successor for days,
01:29but political figures in Tehran suggest an announcement could come soon.
01:33On Capitol Hill, the U.S. House Thursday failed to pass a war powers resolution that would have
01:39limited Trump's ability to order strikes on Iran without congressional approval.
01:43A similar measure failed the Senate the day before.
01:47Meanwhile, Israel says it has launched a broad wave of strikes targeting Iranian
01:51regime infrastructure in Tehran overnight.
01:54Israel also carried out new strikes in Lebanon, with the Israeli defense forces saying it hit
01:59Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Beirut, including a command center and facilities used
02:04to store drones.
02:06Lebanon's prime minister is now urging international intervention, warning, quote,
02:10humanitarian disaster is looming and saying the Lebanese people did not choose this war.
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