fighter jets over the skies of iran i'm lisa lacerra fox news a second round of strikes against

multiple targets fox's tray yinckton televised spoke with president trump in the situation room a short

time ago the president tells fox news that forty nine tomahawk missiles were used to hit targets inside of Iran, some of them

as close as 40 miles from the Iranian capital of Tehran. The president said that U.S. fighter jets

are also operating over the skies of Iran, taking out radar systems and air defense systems

in the southwestern part of the country, close to the

Persian Gulf. The president tells Fox, Israel is not involved in the strikes. This is all taking

place as the Iranians are trying to get the United States to stop the bombing campaign. President

Trump told me that Iran called him tonight. Top Iranian officials and President Trump spoke directly, according to the commander-in-chief

tonight as the president was sitting in the situation room.

And he told me that the Iranians asked them to stop bombing.

Iran's state media cites a senior officialist saying President Trump's claim about contact

with Iranian officials is cover to avoid war against Iran.

The House said to vote tomorrow on a measure to extend the law that allows the U.S. to gather

intelligence abroad until July 2nd.

I certainly hope that everyone will do the right thing, put politics aside for a short-term extension.

We're not asking for anything heroic

here, just that we keep the American people safe. Speaker Mike Johnson, Democrats said they won't

support it unless the appointment of Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence is

polled and a permanent replacement is nominated. The Florida Supreme Court allowing new U.S.

House districts drawn by Republicans to be used in the midterm elections.

Attorneys for voters who had sued argued the new districts violate a state constitutional ban on partisan gerrymandering.

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