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Two state attorneys general intend to find out.

That's after the break.

Turning to the war with Iran, during a cabinet meeting today at the White House, President Trump said that the country was miscalculating if they hoped he would back down to avoid a long conflict.

What happened last night was, as we mentioned on this morning's show, Texas yesterday held a runoff election for the midterms.

Trump's pick for Senate, the state's Attorney General Ken Paxton, trounced incumbent Senator John Cornyn to win the Republican nomination.

Trump also had another message for Iran.

He's ready to keep negotiating, but he's not excluding more military action.

And in Iran, the economy is in bad shape.

That's proving to be a critical factor in how both Iran and the U.S.

are coming to the table to negotiate the war's end.

I'm joined now by WSJ Middle East correspondent Benoit Faucon.

Benoit, the U.S.

blockade was meant to put pressure on the Iranian regime.

Is it having its intended effect?

And Iranian officials are urging people to conserve fuel, electricity and water while more than a million Iranians have been left out of work.

That's all going on while the U.S.

and Iran are negotiating for a more lasting peace deal as opposed to the current temporary ceasefire.

Where does that leave both the U.S.

and Iran in those discussions?

That was WSJ Middle East correspondent Benoit Faucon.