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The Lead with Jake Tapper
CNN
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🗓️ 13 June 2026
⏱️ 83 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | So there's a possible agreement to start possible talks. |
| 0:07.0 | The lead starts right now. |
| 0:09.0 | According to a senior administration official, the Trump administration is feeling good |
| 0:14.0 | about its dealings with Iran. So what's holding up the next stage? We're talking with someone |
| 0:19.0 | well sourced in the negotiations. |
| 0:21.3 | Plus, Elon Musk, not only the world's richest man, now he's the world's first trillionaire |
| 0:27.3 | with a T, richer than almost every country in the world, how his SpaceX debut on Wall Street |
| 0:33.5 | is rocketing his wealth. And breaking news, the request that has crews standing by, |
| 0:39.3 | waiting to see if they must take President Trump's name off the Kennedy Center or keep it there. |
| 0:49.6 | Welcome to the lead. I'm Phil Mattingly in for Jake Tapper. We start with our World League, |
| 0:53.6 | the U.S. and Iran inching closer to a potential agreement that would only start peace negotiations. |
| 0:59.1 | Sources tell CNN, a signing ceremony for a memo of understanding possible as early as Sunday in Switzerland. |
| 1:07.5 | According to the Trump administration, this framework includes reopening the Strait of Hormuz, |
| 1:11.6 | lifting the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports, dismantling Iran's nuclear program, which would include |
| 1:16.6 | the U.S. taking and destroying Iran's enriched material. |
| 1:20.6 | And if Iran complies, then and only then will it start to see financial relief. |
| 1:26.6 | Billions of Iran's funds, of course, |
| 1:28.4 | are currently frozen. So is this moment any different from the nearly 40 other times when |
| 1:34.1 | President Trump claimed deal with Iran was imminent? Well, one positive clue is actually coming from |
| 1:39.8 | the Iranians. Today, the Iranian foreign minister said on Twitter, a memo of understanding has, |
| 1:45.0 | quote, never been closer. We want to get straight to CNN political and global affairs analyst, |
| 1:50.6 | Barack Ravid. And Barack, do we think at this point in time this is a deal that not only is going |
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