CNN Gets Rare, On-The-Ground Look at Destruction Inside Iran
Erin Burnett OutFront
CNN
3.9 • 715 Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2026
⏱️ 45 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Outfront next. Breaking news. Trump just returning from his China trip and sources tell CNN |
| 0:07.0 | he's closer to launching more strikes in Iran. We are live at the White House and in Tehran. |
| 0:13.0 | Plus, the man carrying out the Trump administration's hauntavirus response are k-file uncovering he's actually a penile implant specialist with little public health experience. |
| 0:22.6 | He also has a history of pushing wild conspiracy theories. |
| 0:26.6 | Ander Kaczynski, who broke the news, is here with us. |
| 0:29.6 | And Republicans so desperate to take down a Democratic rising star, |
| 0:33.6 | they're picking on his breakfast order |
| 0:35.6 | and accusing him of, wait for it, being a vegan. |
| 0:39.4 | Let's go out front. |
| 0:43.3 | Good evening to you. I'm Sarah Seider. In for Aaron Burnett. Out front tonight, breaking news. |
| 0:47.8 | Donald Trump moving closer to ordering strikes on Iran. Our White House correspondent Elena |
| 0:51.9 | Trine has learned this. Source is telling her that before Trump left for Beijing to meet with President |
| 0:57.4 | Xi Jinping, he was closer to moving ahead with plans to strike Iran than he had been in weeks. |
| 1:03.9 | Trump arriving at the White House just a short time ago, facing pointed questions about |
| 1:07.5 | where his war in Iran stands after 77 days. Even Trump-friendly Fox News |
| 1:12.7 | asked this tough question. So why are we where we are? Did you underestimate the pain |
| 1:20.2 | tolerance that Iran has? I didn't underestimate anything. We hit them unbelievably hard. |
| 1:30.2 | Look, we left their bridges. |
| 1:33.3 | We left their electricity capacity. |
| 1:38.1 | We can knock that all out in two days, two days, everything. |
| 1:45.8 | We left Carg Island other than, I said, hit it except for the valves where the oil comes out. |
| 1:52.8 | Over the now months of this war, the U.S. has hit Iran hard. According to the Pentagon, more than 13,000 targets were hit. But despite the onslaught, more than 60% of Iran's missile launchers are |
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