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‘Here’s the Scoop’ – an all-new podcast from NBC News

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3.83.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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0:00.0

Hey everybody, I'm Yasmin Vesugian.

0:04.3

We're listening to an episode of Here's the Scoop, the new daily podcast from NBC News, to help you get caught up on the day's biggest stories.

0:11.5

Enjoy the episode.

0:18.3

Hey, guys, it's Yasmin Vesugian with Here's the Scoop from NBC News.

0:22.1

Lots going on today.

0:23.1

We got NATO leaders meeting in the Netherlands, a surprise in New York's mayoral primary,

0:28.5

and a far-out way to keep depression at bay.

0:31.9

But our top story today, it's actually a question.

0:34.4

Just how successful was the U.S. strike on Iran's nuclear facilities? Well,

0:38.8

everyone has a different take on that. President Trump has repeatedly said it was a total success.

0:44.3

He said so again today at NATO. It was called obliteration. No other military on Earth could have done it.

0:51.3

And now this incredible exercise of American strength has paved the way for peace.

0:58.1

But now, an early assessment leaked from the Defense Intelligence Agency might complicate things.

1:04.3

Our senior national security correspondent, Courtney Kubi, is joining us now in the Pentagon.

1:08.8

Hey, Cort. Hey, how are you? I'm good. I want to talk about this

1:13.1

Intel assessment that we're getting from the Defense Intelligence Agency. What's in it? What does it say?

1:18.6

So the first thing we have to say whenever we're talking about this assessment is it's preliminary.

1:23.0

It's very early. It was based off the first day, maybe a little over a day after the U.S. took

1:29.1

these military strikes in Iran. But the reason it's getting so much attention is because

1:33.0

it really dispels some of the things that we've been hearing from President Trump and people

1:38.1

close to him about the word they've been using obliteration of Iran's nuclear sites and their nuclear program, more

1:45.4

specifically. Now this, it's based off of satellite imagery as well as some other, you know,

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