Iran Official: “No Military Solution to a Political Crisis”
Laura Coates Live
CNN
3.9 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Tonight, the United States and Iran trade fire in the straight-of-form moves, putting President Trump's |
| 0:07.2 | gamble to the test. Will it pressure Iran to back down or caused the ceasefire to collapse? |
| 0:14.0 | Plus, we already knew the Supreme Court cutting the Voting Rights Act was just the beginning. |
| 0:18.2 | Well, now Trump is calling on states to cancel elections so they can |
| 0:21.8 | redraw their maps. Also, it's that time again, the glitz and glam from the Met Gala and the backlash |
| 0:29.4 | over the billionaire paying for the party. Tonight on Laura Coates Live. |
| 0:46.4 | My opening statement tonight, a ceasefire doesn't hold just because someone says it's on effect. |
| 0:49.8 | You know what it holds when everyone acts like it is? |
| 0:55.0 | And tonight, neither side is acting like this truce is on solid ground. Let me take a look. |
| 0:56.0 | This is a fire at an oil port in United Arab Emirates. |
| 1:00.0 | Not the kind of thing you want to see when a ceasefire is hanging by a thread, huh? |
| 1:04.0 | Well, the UAE says its air defenses engage 15 missiles and four drones launched from Iran. |
| 1:13.2 | Situation within the Strait of Vermeuse, well, that's just as dicey. |
| 1:17.4 | A tanker about seven nautical miles north of that UAE port was reportedly hit by a projectile. |
| 1:23.4 | And the U.S. military is confirming it's destroyed six Iranian small boats. |
| 1:29.9 | So about that ceasefire? |
| 1:32.6 | Trump isn't willing to say what the current status is. |
| 1:36.9 | Is the ceasefire over? |
| 1:38.7 | Is it over? |
| 1:39.9 | We're going to end him tonight? |
| 1:42.4 | Well, I can't tell you that. |
| 1:44.0 | All right. That's fine. You wouldn't, if I I can't tell you that. All right. |
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