Cabot Phillips

Very different from Operation Midnight Hammer.

This strike is expected to be just the first of many strikes.

This will not be a limited operation.

The Pentagon says these strikes will go on for at least the next few days, as you mentioned, potentially weeks.

President Trump offered a sober warning to the American people that there may well be American casualties when all is said and done, saying, quote, this is what happens in war.

Well, it seems like the main goal is to knock out Iran's nuclear sites and weaken their military.

But President Trump, look, he also made it clear that he wants to see regime change from within when led by the Iranian people themselves.

In an just extraordinary statement, Trump called for the Iranian people to rise up and overthrow the Ayatollah's regime.

But ultimately, the prospect of potential regime change, again, it's going to come down to the Iranian people themselves and how they respond over these next 24 to 48 hours.

We've already seen unprecedented demonstrations this year against the regime.

And the White House is confident that sentiment will only grow as they continue to weaken, that the people will see an opportunity.

Trump actually said that, saying this might be your best chance for generations.

Now, to that point, we've already seen just moving videos of Iranians celebrating in the streets, honking their horns, yelling from the rooftops as bombs literally drop on government facilities and military installations.

Here's one, for example, that appears to show students celebrating the news.

Some of them saying, quote, I love Trump.

Yeah, before these U.S.

strikes, the Iranian military was talking a big game, for lack of a better term.

They were

threatening to send American carriers to the bottom of the ocean.

They said the US military, quote, wouldn't do a damn thing.