00:00Vice President J.D. Vance and envoys Steve Whitcoff and Jared Kushner are headed to Pakistan,
00:05hoping to meet with Iranian officials with the aim of ending the now 53-day war.
00:09Complicating things? Iran. The regime says it's refusing to attend this latest round of talks,
00:15which would come tomorrow at the earliest. However, host nation Pakistan says Iran's
00:21threat is just that, a threat, nothing more than bluster. So if talks do happen,
00:25they'll be cutting it mighty close. President Trump told the Post the ceasefire deadline is
00:308 p.m. Eastern tomorrow. He also says it's highly unlikely that the ceasefire would be extended
00:35and expects fighting to resume if no deal is agreed to in time. The president also confirmed that he
00:41won't settle for a deal that he doesn't like, despite voices on both sides of the aisle in
00:46Washington pushing him to end the conflict. Here's how he put it, quote, how bad is it that when you
00:52are in the middle of negotiations and you have got the Iranians in a perfect position,
00:55including being militarily defeated, and you have Democrats and some Republicans asking to settle
01:02it now. Now, critics of the incursion point out that the War Powers Act forces the president to
01:08get congressional approval for any conflict lasting more than 60 days. Reminder, we're a little over
01:1350 at this point. The White House calls that law unconstitutional, but the clock is ticking
01:19toward a decision one way or the other.
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