Mark Mazzetti

And there's no question from the targets that the goal was to change the leadership in Iran.

There are also reports of a school being hit in Iran with dozens of civilian casualties.

We will know more, much more in the coming days about this first wave of strikes and the damage that was done.

And we are certainly also anticipating further waves of strikes in the coming days.

David, talk about the response from Iran so far.

So basically, all of this is happening overnight, at least East Coast time, where we are.

And Trump releases a video that a lot of folks in the U.S.

wake up to on Saturday morning that explains that this is the U.S.

military action that we have all been waiting for.

Right.

He's basically saying in this video, we are going to take out the heads of the regime and now the people of Iran should rise up and basically finish the job of ousting their government.

And then later in the day, we start hearing reports that Supreme Leader Khamenei is dead.

The reports first come out of Israel, and then late afternoon, President Trump puts out a post on social media announcing that he has been killed.

It's enormous.

The Supreme Leader of Iran is the identity of a theocratic government that has existed for 47 years.

He is not only the spiritual head, but he provides all direction for the lower levels of Iran's government.

And not only that, he is one of the most brutal autocrats, not only in the region, but in the world.

and has a long history of fomenting chaos and violence around the Middle East and, as the president said, attacking American troops.

So this is a historic moment.

So President Trump is explicitly saying that he wants the regime gone and that the people of Iran should capitalize on this moment.