Greetings, everyone. I'm Simone Sanders Townsend, in for Stephanie Rule. Welcome to the midweek

nightcap. It is day 67 of Trump's war in Iran. And the big question is, what will happen next?

Today, there has been a flurry of reporting about the status of the peace negotiations,

and if you're confused, you are not alone. A Pakistani government official linked to mediating talks told MS. Now, quote, the prospect of a proposal to end the war is very likely in

the coming days. Now, according to the Wall Street Journal, people familiar with the talks

said the U.S. and Iran were working out discussion points that would be the focus of the talks that could resume as early as next week in Islamabad.

And Axios confirmed some details, writing, the memorandum of understanding would declare an end to the war in the region and the start of a 30-day period

of negotiations on a detailed agreement to open the strait, limit Iran's nuclear program,

and lift U.S. sanctions. But an Iranian spokesperson pushed back in the New York Times this

morning, calling that more a list of American wishes than a reality.

And the president did not give much more clarity on the situation.

It's a skirmish, and we're doing unbelievably well as we did in Venezuela, where it was rapid over in one day. And we're doing pretty much equally

as well, I would say, larger. But we're doing very well in Iran. It's going very smoothly.

And we'll see what happens. They want to make a deal. They want to negotiate. And we have to

get what we have to get. If we don't do that, we'll have to go a big step further. Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. And they won't. And they've agreed to that. At the same time, Trump told PBS that, quote, if it doesn't end, we have to go back to bombing the hell out of

them. So, quote. With that, let's bring in our nightcap, a Kayla Gardner, MS now White House correspondent,

Daniela Diaz, notice congressional reporter, Naira Huck, former White House senior director and former

State Department senior advisor. She is now the Assistant Dean for the Syracuse Maxwell School

and veteran Washington correspondent John Harwood.

He is a distinguished fellow at Duke University and columnist for Ziteo.

Thank you all for staying up late.

Welcome to the nightcap.

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