US Iran Strikes Widen, Trump Plays Down Talks, More
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Karen, we begin with the latest from the Middle East. The U.S. is widening airstrikes on Iran in the 11th straight night of attacks. Iranian media report the U.S. struck a military site near the northwestern city of Tabriz. U.S. Central Command has confirmed attacks on Iran's command centers, launch sites, and air defenses near the Strait of Hormuz to the south. Tehran has responded with strikes on facilities in Kuwait and Jordan. And Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen... are threatening to impose a maritime blockade on Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea. President Trump says he's not concerned about that.
So far, it hasn't happened. It might happen. But we take care of things. If something like that happens, we take care of it. You know, we've done that with the Houthis before, and we haven't heard from them in a while.
President Trump spoke alongside Lebanon's president in the Oval Office, and we get more from Bloomberg Middle East managing editor Paul Wallace.
Things seem to be escalating. The focus is very much the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. is saying its attacks are designed, its attacks on Iran are designed to make Tehran reopen the strait and stop attacking ships going through this vital waterway. But as I said, there's just little sign that Iran is going to back down. We know and we've seen this from the start of this war in late February that Iran has a very high pain threshold.
In the meantime, Bloomberg's Paul Wallace reports the Pentagon announced an army sergeant from Queens is thought to have been killed in an attack in Jordan last Friday. 28-year-old Angel Rampersad had been listed as missing. Iran's semi-official mayor's news agency reports there are currently no negotiations happening with the U.S., but an exchange of messages is possible.
What happened during the latest U.S. airstrikes and where were targets in Iran?
Meanwhile, Nathan, lawmakers got a new price tag for the war in Iran so far, and Bloomberg's Amy Morris reports from Washington.
Defense officials had told lawmakers the cost of the war was around $29 billion, a figure that many analysts assessed as being too low. In his appearance before the Senate Appropriations Committee, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth answered Senator Dick Durbin. Do you have a new estimate about what the war has cost us so far in this, the fifth month of the first year of this war in Iran? Senator, the estimate we have as of today is $37.5 billion. And that represents the cost of the war through what period of time? Through September 30th. And Hegseth says they're looking for $21 billion for munitions, part of a $67 billion supplemental funding request. In Washington, Amy Morris, Bloomberg Radio. All right, Amy, thanks.
Well, there's plenty of reaction to that new war cost price tag. In a special edition of Bloomberg's Balance of Power from Capitol Hill, we spoke with Republican Senator Rick Scott of Florida.
It's a tradeoff, right? Nobody wants to go to war, but we don't want them to have a nuclear weapon to kill us. I've got kids and I've got grandkids, and I want them to kill a nuclear weapon. I'm sure you're in the same position. You want your family killed by a nuclear weapon. So it's going to cost us money.
How has Iran and its proxies responded to U.S. strikes, including actions in Kuwait, Jordan and the Red Sea?
And along with Republican Rick Scott, we got this reaction from Democratic Virginia Senator Mark Warner.
This was a war of choice. The president never made the case to the American people. It's dreadfully unpopular. We want to replenish those troops, and I do take it from the funds that have already been appropriated that are sitting in basically the budget at DOD.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–2:22
2
What happened during the latest U.S. airstrikes and where were targets in Iran?
2:22–3:35
3
How has Iran and its proxies responded to U.S. strikes, including actions in Kuwait, Jordan and the Red Sea?
3:35–4:28
4
What did President Trump say about the Houthi threat and U.S. readiness?
4:28–7:45
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