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Was it the assessment of the intelligence community that there was a From New York, this is Democracy Now.

Was it the assessment of the intelligence community that there was a, quote, imminent nuclear threat posed by the Iranian regime? Yes or no?

Senator, the only person who can determine what is and is not an imminent threat is the president.

False. This is the worldwide. This is the world.

As the director of national intelligence,

Tulsi Gabbard says President Trump alone made the assessment that Iran posed an imminent threat

to the United States. The Mideast War appears to be escalating. Israel bombed Iran's South

Pars gas field, the largest natural gas field in the world,

prompting retaliatory strikes by Iran on energy infrastructure across the Gulf.

Will Gulf countries be drawn into the war?

We'll speak with Johns Hopkins professor Valenazer, who says Iran is playing a long game. And as oil tops,

$118 a barrel, will go to London to speak with Lala Khalili, author of Extractive Capitalism.

Then to Washington, D.C., to talk to Congressmember O'Connor about the War Powers Act.

And every day we're spending $2 billion of American money in Iran.

To put that in perspective, for 20 days in Iran, we could have free public college for every American.

We'll also speak with Congressmember Kana about why Democrats walked out of a surprise,

closed-door hearing with Attorney General Pam Bondi over the Epstein files.

All that and more coming up.

Welcome to Democracy Now, Democracy Now.org, the War and Peace Report.

I'm Amy Goodman.

The U.S.-Israeli war in Iran entered a new phase Wednesday after Israel bombed Iran's South

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