Speaker 1: Topk Clue Park.
Speaker 2: President Trump says he isn't ruling out using the US
military to strike Iran's nuclear facilities. Trump's message comes after
iron Supreme Leader warned if the US joins Israel's military campaign,
it will be met with quote a forceful response. Speaking
at or speaking with reporters at the White House, the
President said his message to Iran Supreme leader is good luck,
but he's not revealing whether he'll give you run an ultimatum.
Speaker 3: You could say shaky, they know what's happening.
Speaker 2: Maybe you could call it the ultimate, the ultimate ultimatum. Right,
I may do it, I may not do it. I mean,
nobody knows what I'm gonna do. Let's bring ABC News
Senior White House correspondent Selena Wang, absw's foreign correspondent Marcus Moore,
and tell Avi even ABS News contributor mcmulroy for more. Selena,
what options does the President have right now?
Speaker 1: Well, sources tell us that the President is assessing a
range of options, including military intervention, helping Israel to strike
to end Iran's nuclear program. At this point, we don't
know what the President is going to decide, but this
could be one of the most consequential decisions of the
Trump presidency as he's facing pressure from both Israel and
to Roan to intervene, but in very different ways. As
I mentioned before, Israel wanting the US to help them militarily.
It is only the US that has that thirty thousand
pound bunker buster that can reach deep into the Iranian facility,
deep underground. But then on the other hand, Ron wants
the US to intervene, but in order to help bring
about a diplomatic resolution to this, to have Iron come
back to the table, and to bring about a ceasefire. Now,
President Trump had been holding out hope for a nuclear deal,
but the President has been saying that his patients is
wearing thin. And when he was asked just moments ago
whether or not the US was going to strike militarily,
the President said, I may do so I may not,
but officials are telling us that these next twenty four
to forty eight hours are going to be absolutely critical
when it comes to whether or not a diplomatic solution
is still possible. And I do also just want to
alert that moments ago, the US Ambassador to Israel posted
an announcement on x that American citizens who want to leave.
Israel should stay on alert because the post says that
the US is working on evacuation flights and cruise ship departure,
saying that they must enroll in a smart travel enrollment program.
It's unclear what the timing of this evacuation.
Speaker 2: Would be, Marcus. What's the latest on the fighting now?
Speaker 4: The fighting continues, Diane, and it remains tense here in
Tel Aviv and across the region. The Israeli Air Force
carrying out air strikes in Tehran, again hitting what they
say or factories for centralfugees and missiles. The IAEA also
confirming that Israel has hit two centralfuge production facilities in Iran. Now,
in terms of Iran's retaliation, was notable as we've noticed
a change in the size of Iran's most recent strikes,
fewer missiles being fired in each wave. For example, according
to Israeli officials, Iran has fired about thirty projectiles the
last two nights in a row. That's compared to one
hundred missiles fired towards Israel in the first days of
its response.
Speaker 2: Diane and make Russia's President Putin and Turkish President Erdowan
are condemning Israel's active force against Iran. They're calling for
an immediate cessation of hostilities. And President Trump says he
spoke with Vladimir Putin yesterday and that Putin had offered
to mediate again between Israel and Iran. Trump says he
suggested working on Ukraine first. What do you make of
that the offer? Now, these new comments from Putin and
the whole mix of this.
Speaker 3: So Dian, I don't take it seriously. Quite frankly, President
Putin is the one that elected to go into a
neighboring country and try to take it over. So him
acting as some kind of peace negotiator in this conflict,
I don't even think should be taken seriously. It's clear
that the US is ready to take this strike. We
are postured. We have the right military assets in the
region not only to do that, but also to protect
ourselves should run retaliate for those strikes. We have two
aircraft carry strike groups, We've moved a lot of aircraft
to the region, and I think we are ready if
that is what the President decides.
Speaker 1: Sele.
Speaker 2: You know, the President admits that not all Republican lawmakers
support US intervention and Iran. What kind of pressure is
he under? Right now.
Speaker 1: He's under a lot of pressure, especially from within the
Republican Party, and there are major divisions within his party
and also among the magabase. You have some prominent Republicans
like Senator Lindsay Graham, who are urging the President to
get involved militarily to help Israel end this all for
all at once. But on the other hand, you've got
key MAGA figures, people like Steve Bannon and Tucker Carlson
who are very very strongly in public saying that the
US should not get involved. Remember, President Trump had campaigned
on ending all wars, ending forever wars. He had promised
to end the war in Ukraine in twenty four hours,
saying that wars would never happen on his watch. So
this is enormously consequential. Also from a political standpoint, the
decision he makes here could be politically very risky. But
the big question as well, Diane, is if the US
does intervene militarily, what happens next, because it is possible
that Iron would then come back target US forces, US
interests and troops in the region, which is why we
are seeing the US military preposition some of those assets.
Speaker 2: Marcus Israel now claims to have hit eleven hundred Iranian
targets in and around Tehran. Where do things stand right now?
What are you watching for today? Well, we will of.
Speaker 4: Course be watching to see whether the US joins this
war in a more active way, as we were just
hearing Selena talk about, and by now we've reported on
the threats and the responses to that potential development. But
I think we'll also be looking at Iran's moves in
terms of those air strikes that seem to involve fewer missiles.
It does raise questions about why Israeli military officials claim
that they've crippled Iran's ability to strike back, But Iran
may also be saving its firepower, so to speak, for
a longer multi front war, especially with the prospect of
the US joining this Israeli operation. So we'll be watching
all of that, Diane, all
Speaker 2: Right, Selena Wang, Marcus Moore, mcmulroy, thank you,