Hi everyone. It is 4 o'clock here in New York. I'm Alicia Menendez, in for Nicole Wallace.

Day 26 of the war with Iran. Here's where things stand. The Pentagon is deploying 3,000 more troops to the Middle East, even as the U.S. sends a peace proposal to the Iranian regime.

Here at home, gas prices continue to rise, and a new poll shows that 60% of Americans think Donald Trump has gone too far in waging war against Iran.

And brand new reporting shows that Donald Trump's grasp of how the war is

going is based on clips of, quote, stuff blowing up. Let's begin with that astounding piece of reporting.

Three current and one former U.S. official telling NBC news, quote, each day since the start of the war in Iran,

U.S. military officials compile a video update for President Donald Trump that shows video of the biggest, most successful

strikes on Iranian targets over the previous 48 hours. Well, officials say that Trump has

plenty of conversations about the war with foreign leaders and his aides and cabinet members.

NBC News reports that, quote,

the video briefing is fueling concerns among some of Trump's allies that he may not be receiving,

or absorbing, the complete picture of the war now in its fourth week.

But right now, a reality of war is puncturing Trump's delusions. Just a day after Trump said

the U.S. won the war, a day after Trump said talks with Iran were going well, and that he got

a, quote, very big present, but I would not say what it was. A diplomatic source inside Iran tells

us that the U.S. regime has rejected a 15-point peace proposal sent by the Trump

administration through the government of Pakistan, which is acting as an intermediary. Iran has now

issued its own set of demands. And the New York Times reports that, quote, privately, however,

some Iranian officials have said as late as Tuesday that Iran was considering meeting

with U.S. negotiators in Islamabad Pakistan over the next week to discuss Mr. Trump's proposal,

but would not entertain a temporary ceasefire. The gap, the growing gap between what Trump says

about the war and the reality of the conflict and potential negotiations

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