WEBVTT - Special Report: US and Israel Strike Iran

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<v Speaker 1>The US and Israel have launched a major combat operation

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<v Speaker 1>in Iran, where now learning is called Operation Epic Fury,

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<v Speaker 1>targeting a number of Islamic Republic locations overnight in and

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<v Speaker 1>around Tehran. President Trump announcing the strikes on truth social.

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<v Speaker 2>For forty seven years, the Iranian regime has chanted death

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<v Speaker 2>to America and waged an unending campaign of bloodshed and

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<v Speaker 2>mass murder, targeting the United States, our troops, and the

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<v Speaker 2>innocent people in many many countries.

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<v Speaker 1>Iran has hit back with air strikes on multiple targets

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<v Speaker 1>in Israel, as well as missile attacks on a US

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<v Speaker 1>base in Bahrain. The United Arab Emirates says its successfully

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<v Speaker 1>intercepted Iranian missiles. All of this following weeks of failed

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<v Speaker 1>talks with Iran for a fresh agreement on its nuclear program.

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<v Speaker 2>It has always been the policy of the United States,

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<v Speaker 2>in particular my administration, that this terrorist regime can never

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<v Speaker 2>have a nuclear weapon. I'll say it again, they can

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<v Speaker 2>never have a nuclear weapon.

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<v Speaker 1>President Trump accused the Iranian regime of trying to rebuild

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<v Speaker 1>its nuclear arsenal after the attacks by the US and

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<v Speaker 1>Israel last June. This morning's message is also the first

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<v Speaker 1>time the President's offered a more than cursory rationale for

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<v Speaker 1>his decision to amass US forces in the region and

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<v Speaker 1>acknowledge there could be US casualties. Trump also urged the

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<v Speaker 1>Iranian people to rise up against its government.

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<v Speaker 2>To the great proud people of Iran, I say tonight

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<v Speaker 2>that the hour of your freedom is at hand. Stay sheltered,

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<v Speaker 2>don't leave your home. It's very dangerous outside. Bombs will

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<v Speaker 2>be dropping everywhere. When we are finished take over your government,

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<v Speaker 2>it will be yours to take. This will be probably

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<v Speaker 2>your only chance for generations.

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<v Speaker 1>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Nettan Yahoo also waded in through

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<v Speaker 1>an interpreter this morning and says they're carrying out the

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<v Speaker 1>joint operation to remove what he calls the existential threat

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<v Speaker 1>posed by Iran's regime.

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<v Speaker 3>Together with the United States, we will strike hard at

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<v Speaker 3>the terror regime and create conditions that will allow the

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<v Speaker 3>brave Iranian people to rid themselves of this murderous regime.

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<v Speaker 1>We're retired Colonel Steve Ganyard is former Deputy Assistant Secretary

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<v Speaker 1>of State.

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<v Speaker 4>We're getting preliminary reports of what appears to be decapitation

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<v Speaker 4>strikes within Tron going after the leadership in Tehran, going

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<v Speaker 4>after not only the theocracy but the military leadership in Tehran.

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<v Speaker 1>Further nuclear negotiations involving Trump's son in law Gerared Kushner

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<v Speaker 1>and US Envoy Steve Wikoff were expected next week in Vienna,

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<v Speaker 1>but it's unclear now whether those talks will go on

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<v Speaker 1>as planned, since US officials have said this operation against

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<v Speaker 1>Iran could last days. The European Union called for diplomacy

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<v Speaker 1>this morning and says it's coordinating closely now with Arab

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<v Speaker 1>partners to explore diplomatic paths. Michael Clark is a security

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<v Speaker 1>analyst and visiting professor at King's College in London. He

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<v Speaker 1>says Trump's statement was clear.

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<v Speaker 3>He's going for broke, and he didn't say the word

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<v Speaker 3>regime change, but that's what he means. He's absolutely decided

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<v Speaker 3>that the United States with Israel, is going to take

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<v Speaker 3>down the Mullahs of Tehran. Today. Donald Trump has gone

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<v Speaker 3>to war.

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<v Speaker 1>Meantime, OPEC plus members are set to meet tomorrow to

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<v Speaker 1>discuss the option of a larger oil supply increase. They'd

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<v Speaker 1>agreed to keep supplies steady through March, but these attacks

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<v Speaker 1>on Iran could now escalate production increases. Members had added

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<v Speaker 1>monthly increases of one hundred and thirty seven thousand barrels

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<v Speaker 1>a day in the fourth quarter. We'd like to play

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<v Speaker 1>the President's entire message now. It's eight minutes and was

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<v Speaker 1>posted this morning on truth Social.

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<v Speaker 2>A short time ago, the United States military began major

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<v Speaker 2>combat operations in Iran. Our objective is to defend the

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<v Speaker 2>American people by eliminating eminent threats from the Iranian regime,

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<v Speaker 2>a vicious group of very hard, terrible people. It's menacing

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<v Speaker 2>activities directly in danger the United States, our troops, our

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<v Speaker 2>bases overseas, and our allies throughout the world. For forty

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<v Speaker 2>seven years, the Iranian regime has chanted death to America

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<v Speaker 2>and waged an unending campaign of bloodshed and mass murder,

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<v Speaker 2>targeting the United States, our troops, and the innocent people

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<v Speaker 2>in many many countries. Among the regime's very first acts

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<v Speaker 2>was to back a violent takeover of the US embassy

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<v Speaker 2>in Tehran, holding dozens of American hostages for four hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and forty four days. In nineteen eighty three, Irans proxies

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<v Speaker 2>carried out the Marine Barracks bombing in Beirut that killed

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<v Speaker 2>two hundred and forty one American military personnel in two thousand.

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<v Speaker 2>They knew and were probably involved with the attack on

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<v Speaker 2>the USS coal many died. Iranian forces killed and maimed

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<v Speaker 2>hundreds of American service members in Iraq. Regime's proxies have

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<v Speaker 2>continued to launch countless attacks against American forces stationed in

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<v Speaker 2>the Middle East in recent years, as well as US

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<v Speaker 2>naval and commercial vessels in international shipping lands. It's been

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<v Speaker 2>mass terra and We're not going to put up with

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<v Speaker 2>it any longer. From Lebanon to Yemen and Syria to Iraq,

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<v Speaker 2>the regime has armed, trained, and funded terrorist militias that

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<v Speaker 2>have soaked the earth with blood and guts. And it

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<v Speaker 2>was Iran's proxy Hamas that launched the monstrous October seventh

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<v Speaker 2>attacks on Israel, slaughtering more than one thousand innocent people,

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<v Speaker 2>including forty six Americans, while taking twelve of our citizens hostage.

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<v Speaker 2>It was brutal, something like the world has never seen before.

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<v Speaker 2>Iran is the world's number one state sponsor of terra

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<v Speaker 2>and just recently killed tens of thousands of its own

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<v Speaker 2>citizens on the street as they protested. It has always

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<v Speaker 2>been the policy of the United States, in particular my

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<v Speaker 2>administration that this terrorist regime can never have a nuclear weapon.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll say it again, they can never have a nuclear weapon.

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<v Speaker 2>That is why in Operation Midnight Hammer last June, we

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<v Speaker 2>obliterated the regime's nuclear program at Fordeaux Natanse and Isfahan.

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<v Speaker 2>After that attack, we warned them never to resume their

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<v Speaker 2>malicious pursuit of nuclear weapons, and we sought repeatedly to

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<v Speaker 2>make a deal. We tried. They wanted to do it,

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<v Speaker 2>They didn't want to do it again. They wanted to

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<v Speaker 2>do it. They didn't want to do it. They didn't

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<v Speaker 2>know what was happening. They just wanted to practice evil.

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<v Speaker 2>But Iran refused, just as it has for decades. In decades,

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<v Speaker 2>they've rejected every opportunity to renounce their nuclear ambitions, and

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<v Speaker 2>we can't take it anymore. Instead, they attempted to rebuild

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<v Speaker 2>their nuclear program and to continue developing long rage missiles

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<v Speaker 2>that can now threaten our very good friends and allies

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<v Speaker 2>in Europe. Are troops stationed overseas and could soon reach

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<v Speaker 2>the American homeland. Just imagine how emboldened this regime would

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<v Speaker 2>be if they ever had and actually were armed with

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<v Speaker 2>nuclear weapons as a means to deliver their message for

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<v Speaker 2>these reasons. The United States military has undertaken a massive

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<v Speaker 2>and ongoing operation to prevent this very wicked radical dictatorship

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<v Speaker 2>from threatening America and our core national security interests. We

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<v Speaker 2>are going to destroy their missiles and raise their missile

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<v Speaker 2>industry to the ground. It will be totally again obliterated.

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<v Speaker 2>We are going to annihilate their navy. We are going

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<v Speaker 2>to ensure that the region's terrorist proxies can no longer

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<v Speaker 2>destabilize the region or the world and attack our forces,

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<v Speaker 2>and no longer use their IEDs or roadside bombs as

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<v Speaker 2>they are sometimes called to so gravely wound and kill

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<v Speaker 2>thousands and thousands of people, including many Americans. And we

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<v Speaker 2>will ensure that Randa is not obtained a nuclear weapon.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a very simple message. They will never have a

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<v Speaker 2>nuclear weapon. This regime will soon learn that no one

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<v Speaker 2>should challenge the strength and might of the United States

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<v Speaker 2>Armed Forces. I built and rebuilt our military in my

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<v Speaker 2>first administration, and there is no military on Earth even

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<v Speaker 2>close to its power, strength, or sophistication. My administration has

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<v Speaker 2>taken every possible step to minimize the risks to US

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<v Speaker 2>personnel in the region. Even so, and I do not

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<v Speaker 2>make this statement lightly. The Iranian regime seeks to kill

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<v Speaker 2>the lives of courageous American heroes. May be lost, and

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<v Speaker 2>we may have casualties that often happens in war. But

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<v Speaker 2>we're doing this not for now. We're doing this for

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<v Speaker 2>the future, and it is a noble mission. We pray

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<v Speaker 2>for every service member as they selflessly risk their lives

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<v Speaker 2>to ensure that Americans and our children will never be

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<v Speaker 2>threatened by a nuclear armed Iran. We ask God to

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<v Speaker 2>protect all of our heroes in harm's way, and we

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<v Speaker 2>trust that with his help, the men and women of

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<v Speaker 2>the armed forces will prevail. We have the greatest in

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<v Speaker 2>the world, and they will prevail. To the members of

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<v Speaker 2>the Islami Revolutionary Guard, the Armed Forces, and all of

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<v Speaker 2>the police, I say tonight that you must lay down

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<v Speaker 2>your weapons and have complete immunity, or in the alternative,

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<v Speaker 2>face certain death. So lay down your arms. You will

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<v Speaker 2>be treated fairly with total immunity, or you will face

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<v Speaker 2>certain death. Finally, to the great proud people of Iran,

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<v Speaker 2>I say tonight that the hour of your freedom is

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<v Speaker 2>at hand. Stay sheltered, don't leave your home. It's very

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<v Speaker 2>dangerous outside. Bombs will be dropping everywhere. When we are finished.

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<v Speaker 2>Take over your government. It will be yours to take.

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<v Speaker 2>This will be probably your only chance for generations. For

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<v Speaker 2>many years you have asked for America's help, but you

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<v Speaker 2>never got it. No president was willing to do what

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<v Speaker 2>I am willing to do tonight. Now you have a

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<v Speaker 2>president who is giving you what you want. So let's

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<v Speaker 2>see how you respond. America is backing you with overwhelming

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<v Speaker 2>strength and devastating force. Now is the time to seize

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<v Speaker 2>control of your destiny and to unleash the prosperous and

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<v Speaker 2>glorious future that is close within your reach. This is

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<v Speaker 2>the moment for action. Do not let it pass. May

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<v Speaker 2>God bless the brave men and women of America's Armed forces.

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<v Speaker 2>May God bless the United States of America. May God

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<v Speaker 2>bless you all. Thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>That was President Trump's entire eight minute message on the

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<v Speaker 1>US and Israel's attacks on Iran overnight. The strikes follow

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<v Speaker 1>weeks of failed talks to reach an agreement on Iran's

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<v Speaker 1>nuclear program, which Tehran has insisted it's not pursuing. And

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<v Speaker 1>that's news when you want it with Bloomberg News. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Monica Rix, and this is Bloomberg