Simone Sanders Townsend

Good evening, everyone, and welcome to The Weeknight.

I'm Simone Sanders-Townsend with Eugene Daniels and Jackie Alimany in for Alicia and Michael.

Let's get right to tonight's breaking news.

Donald Trump just caved, backing down from his fake deadline, averting for now what the president described this morning as an attack on Iran that would lead to the death of a, quote, whole civilization.

Simone Sanders Townsend and I have known each other for more than a decade, sometimes going head to head as White House reporter and White House staffer.

But now we're friends and colleagues dissecting what comes across our feed, just like everybody else.

Clock It is where we talk about what we see and hear in the news so you can start to clock it too.

Because while most political coverage is focused on the White House and the Hill, the real political games, they're being played outside on football builds, TV screens, and social media.