Good evening once again. I am Stephanie Rule coming to you from New York City and welcome to the midweek nightcap on the 26th day of Donald Trump's war in Iran.

White House press secretary Caroline Levitt said the U.S. is very close to meeting its objectives there,

though she did not lay out what those

objectives actually are. She would not say who in Iran the U.S. is negotiating with or what exactly

the president was talking about yesterday when he talked about receiving a very big present

from the country. But a diplomatic source stationed in Iran tells MS now that Iran has

rejected the report,

the reported U.S. peace plan, and it wants to set its own conditions. And they include things

like reparations for damage from the war and international recognition of Iran's authority

over the straight of Formuz, which would be non-starters with the Trump administration.

The New York Times reports Israel is actually ramping up its strikes on Iran, while it still can.

That is according to four separate people briefed on the matter.

Meanwhile, a new poll from the Associated Press, and this is worrisome, shows 59% of Americans think the war in Iran has gone just too far.

The new Pew survey also finds the majority of Americans disapprove of the president's

handling of the conflict.

And all American drivers will we continue to pay the price for this war.

According to AAA, on average, regular gas is nearly four bucks a gallon.

That is up a dollar from a month ago before the war started. And diesel, which our

farmers are using, is up more than a dollar 50. That is a lot. So now let's bring in our nightcap.

Evan McMorris Centoro joins us, reporter for notice. Brendan Greeley is back,

contributing editor at the Financial Times. Mark McKinnon, former advisor to both George

W. Bush and John McCain and

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