David E. Sanger

officials told us they even offered to supply uranium for free to the Iranians for forever so that the U.S.

stayed in control of how it was enriched and to make sure that it couldn't be used for a weapon.

And they maintain that the Iranians turned that down and that when they reported that back to President Trump, that was sort of the breaking point.

Well, the Iranians were clearly ready to retaliate.

And it was only a few hours before we began hearing reports of missile attacks and drone attacks.

aimed at the U.S.

base in Bahrain.

We've been hit.

We've been hit.

Aimed at Dubai.

We saw the streaks of an explosion above us.

Aimed at U.S.

allies, mostly Arab states in the region.

Guys, look at other.

Look at other.

Look at other.

And then, of course, there were attacks on Israel itself, just as we had expected.

But I also thought it was interesting that the response was not an overwhelming one.

And that suggested to me that it's possible the Iranians think that they were being baited into dumping all of their missiles and drones early on, leaving them defenseless if there are second or third wave strikes by the U.S.

and Israel.