Don Lemon

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So I want to talk about where we are right now and sort of things a little different because we get the conversation first because people want to talk about it.

We're going to talk a little bit about that disastrous press conference that happened this morning with Pete Hegseth.

But it has really been an intense 24 hours.

So I just want to start this section of the show by giving you a quick recap of where we are right now, okay, just to catch you up.

Because yesterday, the President of the United States gave Iran an 8 p.m.

deadline and then threatened, in his own words, the destruction of an entire civilization if they did not comply.

Hours before that deadline...

Behind the scenes negotiations started to move.

And then Pakistan's prime minister stepped in as an intermediary.

It seems that J.D.

Vance and China stepped in at the last minute to get both sides to relax their terms on the Strait of Hormuz and get over the finish line.

By 8 p.m., there was a semblance of a ceasefire framework in place, reportedly, allegedly.

Oh, that's the X thing.

OK, there it is.

OK, so and then Donald Trump declaring it was a big day.

All right.

And then J.D.