Hi, Dana. Well, you know, there have been very few presidential warnings in history.

As sobering as the first six words of that truth, social post, a whole civilization will die today.

And sobering is the point of this. President Trump saying he is not pushing back this 8 p.m. deadline,

as he had pushed back deadlines before, that Iran has had more than enough time to come to their senses,

to come to a deal and open up the Strait of Hormuz.

Speaking from the briefing room podium yesterday, the president said that he still has

interest and optimism in coming to a diplomatic resolution.

I can tell you they're negotiating.

We think in good faith.

We're going to find out.

We're getting the help of some incredible countries that want this to be ended because it affects them also. A lot of people are affected by this. But we're giving them until tomorrow, 8 o'clock Eastern time.

So 8. Eastern that is 3.30 a.m. Tehran time.

The President does not want them to sleep on that deadline.

And following through with this threat of decimation to Iranian power plants, that is what has promised here.

It's something the President said that he will do if necessary, but doesn't want to, especially if the U.S.

has to extend a hand in eventually helping Iran rebuild.

I mean, complete demolition by 12 o'clock, and it'll happen over a period of four hours if we

wanted to. We don't want that to happen. We may even get involved with helping them rebuild their

nation. And you know what? If that's the case,

the last thing we want to do is start with power plants, which are among the most expensive

thing. Now, the president yesterday dismissing any criticism that targeting civilian infrastructure

would amount to a war crime. He says, given these stakes at hand, that just would not apply.

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