And welcome to closing bell. I'm Mike Santoli, in for Scott Wapner. We are live from post nine at the New York Stock Exchange.

This maker break hour begins with stocks near their lows of the day as investors grow apprehensive, anticipating further mid-east hostilities one day ahead of what could be a consequential Fed decision and outlook.

The S&P 500 sliding in the past 90 minutes

or so, as President Trump reportedly considers having the U.S. take a more active role in the

mid-east conflict with the index sitting just a touch above Friday's low. That was set during the

initial reaction to Israel's attack on Iran. You see the SEP down three-quarters of one percent

right now. Let's get the latest on where things stand from Aymn Javrers. Obviously, Aman,

a lot of threats to pull together here. Yeah, hey there, Mike. President Trump was back at the

White House as we got word earlier this hour of loud explosions in Tehran and reports from the Israeli military

that there might be Iranian missiles heading toward Iran.

Today, the president has been stepping up his rhetoric against Iran on social media.

In a post this afternoon, he wrote,

We know exactly where the so-called Supreme Leader is hiding.

He's an easy target, but is safe there.

We are not going to take him out, kill, at least not for now, but we don't want missiles shot at civilians or American soldiers.

Our patience is wearing thin.

So that leaves open the question, Mike, of whether Trump, who campaigned on the idea of

ending wars and who has sought to position himself as a peacemaker is considering bringing

the United States into the war against Iran alongside Israel. In another social media post,

the president wrote, we now have complete and total control over the skies of Iran.

The president doesn't say in that post who exactly he means by we,

and whether this refers to U.S. military assets over Tehran or separate Israeli action.

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