Welcome to the NewsHour. Iranian forces attacked and seized at least two ships in the contested Strait of Hormuz today as a standoff over when or whether to return to negotiations continued.

The Trump administration said it did not consider the attacks violations of a ceasefire that President Trump extended last night at the urging of Pakistani mediators.

Our White House correspondent Liz Landers continues to follow this all and joins us now.

So, Liz, we have not heard from the president himself on Iran today.

But the White House press secretary did take some questions.

What did she say?

Caroline Leavitt did an interview on Fox News and then also spoke to reporters outside of the West Wing this afternoon.

She said that the president is satisfied with the blockade.

Here's more from those comments a few moments ago.

I'm not going to set a timetable for the president.

He has not done that and I won't.

I know there's been some anonymous sourced reporting that there was maybe a three to five day deadline.

That is not true.

The president has not set a deadline himself.

Ultimately, he will dictate the timetable.

And again, he is satisfied with the naval blockade, and he understands that Iran is in a very weak position,

and the cards are in President Trump's hands right now.

Leavitt said that the United States has been clear in its demands and red lines right now.

One of those we know, Omna, is that Iran must agree to turn over their enriched uranium before,

as part of these negotiations. The president has said that in the past.

She was also asked about the timeline of this conflict. We are past what the president said how long this the past. She was also asked about the timeline of this conflict.

We are past what the president said, how long this would take. She said that it's basically up for him to, up to him to decide.

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