Welcome back now to an NBC News exclusive, raising new questions about the claimed effectiveness of last month's US air strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities. Five current and former US officials tell NBC News that the American strikes destroyed only one of the three nuclear sites targeted, according to a new assessment. Two current officials say that US authorities believe the attack on Fordo set back enrichment capabilities at the crucial facility by as much as 2 years.But according to this new assessment, ...

There's been some confusion as to how much damage was actually done to Iran's nuclear program. Can you tell me how much damage was done. The damage the damage is serious.That that is what I can tell you. Does Iran plan to respond to to this 12-day war with an attack against US bases, the US homeland in some way. We have already responded to that and as as long as there is no active aggression being perpetrated by the by the United States against us, we will not respond. ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the White House next Monday, his third trip to Washington during Donald Trump's second term. The visit comes just weeks after the US brokered a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Iran following American air strikes on Iranian nuclear sites. Since then, attention has returned to Israel's war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip as President Trump renews his push for a ceasefire there and for a hostage release deal.Negotiations over Gaza remain stalled with bo ...

We turn now to the latest out of Iran. And this morning, the House of Representatives is set to receive a classified briefing on last weekend's military operations there after senators received their own version yesterday. It followed a contentious press briefing at the Pentagon held by Defense Secretary Pete Hgsth and General Dan Kaine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.Hexat spent the first half of the media mostly criticize first half of the briefing I should say mostly criticizing the media befo ...

It is day 158 of the second Trump administration. Earlier today, senators finally got their first classified briefing on Donald Trump's Iran strikes from White House leaders, including Pete Hegth and Marco Rubio. At a news conference, the defense secretary praised the strikes while repeatedly attacking the media for reporting on an early intelligence report.An NBC News reports that the White House is now planning to limit intelligence sharing. This is important. Please pay attention.Limit intelligence shari ...

Meanwhile, President Trump announcing a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, but Israel uh accusing Iran and not just accusing it, but looks like it already has happened now of now violating it already. Israel's defense minister saying he ordered his country's military to respond forcefully. Joining us right now, Palanteer Technologies head of defense Mike Gallagher, former congressman of Wisconsin.Good morning to you. I think we're all trying to understand uh whether we really have a ceasefire in place. I th ...

Megan, thank you very much. For more on the Middle East tensions rising, let's bring in Michael O'Hanland, director of foreign policy research at the Brookings Institution. All right, we have the markets right now sort of shrugging off the threat that is emerging in the Middle East.Uh, what would you say at this hour is the biggest concern. Michael, greetings. Well, on the up down of whether to feel relatively hopeful, I would agree with the markets.But on the spiking the football in the end zone up 300 poi ...

[Music] What's really left of Iran's nuclear program. And could the country still develop a nuclear weapon. President Donald Trump has doubled down on claims that American strikes delivered monumental damage to Iran's three declared nuclear sites.The US used so-called bunker busting bombs to strike deep underground at the heavily fortified uranium enrichment facility at Fordo. Now, satellite imagery does show some damage, but independent analysis is yet to verify the extent. So, what has the latest round of ...

A short time ago, the U.S. military carried out massive precision strikes on the three key nuclear facilities in the Iranian regime, Fordo, Natanz and Esfahan. Everybody heard those names for years as they built this horribly destructive enterprise. Tyler Kendal at the White House.Now as the world waits for potential retaliation from Iran. The State Department is now urging. Increased caution to U.S. citizens abroad.Tyler. Yeah. Hey, Joe.Good evening. While a US official tells us that President Trump has sp ...

Well, as you noted, it's a waiting game. The Israelis aren't waiting, nor the Iranians. The exchange of fire, Israeli air strikes and Iranian missiles continues, arguably.However, the Iranian attacks do appear to be tapering off, according to an interview. In an interview he gave yesterday, the Israeli Prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, attributed this to Israel's shift, a shift by the Israeli military to targeting launch systems for those missiles. He argued that the launchers are actually more important ...