00:00That was a close one. With President Trump's threat that, quote, a whole civilization will
00:05die just minutes away, he announced a two-week ceasefire has been agreed to while the U.S. and
00:10Iran continue to negotiate a lasting peace. And it sounds like the two sides may be somewhat on
00:15the same page. Posting on Truth Social, the president said that Iran would open the Strait
00:19of Hormuz and the U.S. would suspend all bombing because, as he wrote, quote,
00:24we have already met and exceeded all military objectives and are very far along with the
00:28definitive agreement concerning long-term peace with Iran and peace in the Middle East. He went
00:33on to say that a 10-point plan from Iran is in a workable place to continue negotiating.
00:39The president concluded his post, quote, on behalf of the United States of America as president and
00:44also representing the countries of the Middle East, it is an honor to have this long-term problem close
00:48to resolution. Now, it is worth noting that this ceasefire came just hours after bombing began on
00:54the critical Karg Island. And as negotiations continue, that's a name you're going to want
00:59to look out for. It's a place the president has mentioned a lot over the past few weeks.
01:03I asked the Post's Washington reporter, Caitlin Dornboss, about these strikes and why Karg Island
01:09has become such a focus for the president. So the U.S. targeted about 50 sites on Karg Island,
01:16mainly bunkers and ammunition storages, notably not anything related to Karg Island's oil
01:23infrastructure, which is really the thing that the U.S. could hold as kind of a bargaining chip
01:31with Iran. And that's because Karg Island produces about 90% of the oil exports, the crude oil exports,
01:40that is, that Iran actually sells and funds its regime off of. So President Trump is really focused
01:48on this island in particular, because it could be seen as kind of a negotiation piece if the U.S.
01:56wants to go in there and actually take over that island. I think it was notable that he did not
02:03strike
02:03some of the actual exporting infrastructure. Of course, that could still come.
02:10Something else to keep your eye on will be today's visit by NATO Secretary General Mark Ruta. He'll
02:15meet with President Trump at the White House, and you can be sure Iran and the president's distaste
02:20for NATO's lack of support will be at the top of the discussion list. Now to a Post exclusive. We
02:26still
02:26don't know the identity of the U.S. airman known as Dude 4-4 Bravo, the focus of a daring
02:32recent rescue
02:33deep inside Iran. But we do know more about the crazy high-tech tool used to find him. The CIA
02:38calls this
02:39gadget, the Ghost Murmur. And if that doesn't pique your interest, just wait till I tell you the rest.
02:44This was the first time it was used in the field. The Ghost Murmur uses cutting-edge sensors to detect
02:50the electromagnetic fingerprint of a human heartbeat, even miles away. Just like sharks. How jazzy is that?
02:58A source briefed on the tech told the Post, quote,
03:01It's like hearing a voice in a stadium, except the stadium is a thousand square miles of desert.
03:06In the right conditions, if your heart is beating, we will find you. The technology was reportedly
03:10developed by Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works division, a very secretive arm of the company that does
03:16just this kind of thing. You know, whoever named the Ghost Murmur should really take a crack at
03:20rebranding Skunk Works. Anyway, this is just the beginning for the Ghost Murmur. It's been
03:26successfully tested on Blackhawk helicopters and is lined up for future potential use on F-35 fighter jets,
03:32according to one of the Post's sources. The missing and wounded weapons systems officer was hiding in
03:36a mountain crevice after his F-15 was shot down late last week, surviving two days in desolate
03:41terrain as Iranian troops scoured the area. The barren landscape that he was in made it the perfect
03:47setting for the use of this Ghost Murmur tech. Now, likely referencing this fancy new tool, President
03:53Trump, without getting into the details, said the CIA spotted the missing airmen from 40 miles away.
03:59The CIA was very responsible for finding this little speck. It's like they used an expression
04:05on one of the shows a general was talking about. It's like finding a needle in a haystack,
04:10finding this pilot. And the CIA was unbelievable. New York City Mayor Zora Mamdani is under the
04:16presidential microscope after releasing a racial equity plan for the Big Apple. The Trump administration,
04:22specifically the Justice Department, says the plan will be put under review. Mamdani's program is
04:27aimed at, in his administration's words, solving decades of neglect and discrimination
04:31against Black, Hispanic, and Latino New Yorkers. The plan states, quote,
04:35the Black Lives Matter movement has galvanized a new generation of activists who continue to demand
04:40not only the end of police violence, but also the dismantling of all forms of systemic racism that
04:45pervade every aspect of life in New York City. Harmeet Dillon, the Assistant Attorney General for
04:51Civil Rights of the DOJ, reacted to this news on X, posting, quote, sounds fishy slash illegal. We'll review.
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