Nathan Hager

A senior administration official tells the network Israel has agreed to be a, quote, helpful partner.

A spokesperson for the Israeli embassy did not respond to a request for comment.

Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Defense Research Analyst Wayne Sanders says the U.S.

is looking for three things from Iran, missiles, money and monitoring.

Retired Colonel Wayne Sanders with Bloomberg Intelligence, the U.S.

says it knows where Iran's most sensitive nuclear material is buried.

International inspectors who saw it last say that's far from certain.

As for the Strait of Hormuz, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says he's told President Trump he would back a mission to secure the choke point, but wants a U.N.

Security Council mandate first.

Sources tell Bloomberg News the U.S.

is pushing for specific plans from allies to secure the Strait within days, as we hear from Bloomberg's Tyler Kendall in Washington, D.C.

Bloomberg's Tyler Kendall reporting from the nation's capital.

This morning after meeting with President Trump at the White House, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte says the alliance is moving on from what he calls an unhealthy codependence on the U.S.

Rutte says NATO allies are now doing almost everything the U.S.

asks on Iran, though he says they were, in his words, a bit slow in responding to President Trump's demands.

With the Strait of Hormuz still at a near standstill, crude is back on the rise, led by West Texas Intermediate.

It's back above $101 a barrel, up 7.5%.

Brent crude, the international benchmark, is just shy of $99.

And stocks right now are mixed.

The S&P 500 is little changed.