Good morning. A new phase in the war with Iran, a naval blockade choking off its economic

lifeline. President Trump will cut off essentially all revenue that has been flowing into the Iranian regime.

Also today, peace talks in this country between Israel and Lebanon, and combating the black

market for abortion drugs.

Later, a university symphony gives young students a concert experience all their own.

To actually see professional-level musicians performing, there's just so many positives for it.

And world opinions commentator Denny Burke on the president and blasphemy.

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And I'm Nick Eicher. Good morning.

Time now for the news with Kent Covington.

The White House says it's up to Iranian leaders to decide whether the war in Iran will end or resume.

Vice President J.D. Vance said Monday.

We have the cards. We have the military advantage. We now have additional economic pressure

that we're applying on them through the blockade that we've imposed on their oil coming

out of the Straits of Hormuz. So we have a lot of cards. We have the leverage, and we're

going to see what the Iranians do with that. It was Vance who led the U.S. delegation to Pakistan for those

direct weekend peace talks with Iranian leaders. Crucially, the White House says Iran was not

budging on giving up their nuclear ambitions. They were unable, I think, the team that was there

was unable to cut a deal, and they had to go back to Tehran either from the Supreme Leader or somebody

else and actually get approval to the terms that we had said.

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