Ceasefire Tensions and Political Showdowns
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown
CNN
3.2 • 865 Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2026
⏱️ 83 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Happening outbreaking news, quote, the ceasefire is not over. |
| 0:05.0 | Defense Secretary Pete Hexap is laying out the U.S. strategy in Iran |
| 0:09.0 | in the Strait of Hormuz and what the threshold is for the U.S. to consider the ceasefire broken. |
| 0:15.0 | Plus, the California governor's debate, top candidates to lead the Golden State will face off tonight right here on CNN. |
| 0:21.7 | What's at stake for voters? And then later, one-on-one with Golden Tempos trainer. |
| 0:27.3 | Sherry DeVoe is the first female trainer ever to win the Kentucky Derby, and she will join us |
| 0:32.0 | live here in the Situation Room. Allegations of botched wildfire insurance. California is seeking millions of |
| 0:40.1 | dollars in penalties from State Farm, saying it was slow to investigate and underpaid claims |
| 0:45.9 | after the devastating Los Angeles wildfires. State Farm is now forcefully responding. |
| 0:53.8 | Plus, investigated for attending a vigil. |
| 0:57.0 | New CNN exclusive reporting coming in on the Department of Veterans Affairs investigating employees |
| 1:03.0 | who honored Alex Preti, the VA intensive care nurse who was killed by federal immigration officials in Minneapolis. |
| 1:11.7 | And later, shocking anti-Semitic graffiti. |
| 1:15.2 | Several synagogues and homes in the New York City borough of Queens defaced with swastikas. |
| 1:21.7 | We're following all the late-breaking developments on the search for the culprits. |
| 1:26.4 | Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. |
| 1:29.3 | I'm Wolf Blitzer with Pamela Brown, and you're in the Situation Room. |
| 1:33.3 | This is CNN Breaking News. |
| 1:43.3 | And we begin with the breaking news out of the Pentagon, and a ceasefire now mired in doubt. |
| 1:48.9 | Just a short time ago, Defense Secretary Pete Hexeth delivered an answer. |
| 1:52.8 | He updated the U.S. military efforts to guide commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz, |
| 1:57.7 | and he says the ceasefire is still in effect despite both sides exchanging fire. |
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