Phil Stewart

This is a dramatic change in pace.

Instead of negotiations, we are seeing, again, escalation.

And it's really unclear where we're headed.

I have the opportunity now to ask you about Iran.

There are latest developments, I think very positive developments during the night that we received, that there is a ceasefire.

What can we do, know more about the latest developments in the Middle East?

So just last week in the Oval Office, President Trump told reporters that the war had advanced to the point where Iran was unable to fight back.

And he actually brought up the point that US aircraft were flying over Tehran and other parts of the country, and there wasn't anything Iran could do about it, he said.

And so now you're seeing Iran

have a propaganda victory with this shoot down.

And although the United States can say that it has one of the pilots back, one of the crew members back, the fact that there is still an American essentially behind enemy lines,

is a real conundrum for the Trump administration, especially given that this war hasn't really won popular support.

We don't know how long any kind of rescue operation might take to recover the second American who may be hiding in Iran, running for his or her life.

But what we do know is that these operations can take a long time.

back in 2009, they had found the remains of the first pilot that was killed in the Persian Gulf War from 1991.

And so, you know, these things can take a long time.

They don't always end well.

And it's a really harrowing moment for military families in the United States who may or may not know whether their child is involved.

I mean, I've been covering the Pentagon for, you know, since 2009, so going on 17 years.

And I can tell you that it was a striking moment to be there and hear a U.S.