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Stewart also said the Iranians claimed the U.S.

had come a long way on their demands for reparations and acceptance of their authority over the strait.

On Sunday, Trump announced that the U.S.

Navy will start blockading the vital shipping route beginning today.

About 20 percent of the world's oil normally flows through the strait, but now it's a tiny fraction of that.

Even after the ceasefire, Iran has been tightly managing access, limiting it to its own and a few others.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard warned that military vessels approaching the strait would be considered a ceasefire breach.

Stewart said Iran could now retaliate by attacking neighboring energy infrastructure.

But there are still big questions about how the blockade will happen in reality.

Trump initially claimed it would be a total blockade.

Later, U.S.

Central Command said it would still allow ships traveling between non-Iranian ports to transit.

And it said the blockade would be, quote, enforced impartially against vessels of all nations.

In his Fox interview, Trump emphasized the extent to which they had degraded Iran's military.

But as Stewart told us, Iran's strategy means it can absorb a lot of damage and still inflict plenty back.

The ceasefire is set to expire on April 22nd, just over a week away.

California's race for governor was upended by sexual assault allegations over the weekend, forcing one of the leading contenders to suspend their campaign.

Several women came forward to make accusations against Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell.

He has vehemently denied them and had at first expressed a determination to carry on.

But pressure to quit came from all corners—staffers, colleagues on Capitol Hill, and former allies like Nancy Pelosi.