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The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

Is Trump running out of options to end his so-called "excursion" in Iran?

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

MS NOW, Stephanie Ruhle

Politics, Washington, Congress, News, Ms Now, President, Versant Media, Policy, Msnbc, Versant, Government, Senate

4.43.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Trump calls the U.S. ceasefire with Iran on “massive live support." Then, the Supreme Court clears the way for Alabama to use new voting maps ahead of the midterms. Plus, the President floats a suspension of the federal gas tax as gas prices soar. Ayman Mohyeldin hosts as Peter Baker, Mychael Schnell, Gen. Barry McCaffrey, Rohit Chopra, Max Chafkin, Holly McCall, and Steven Stuart join The 11th Hour this Monday night.

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0:00.0

Tonight, the president says the U.S. ceasefire with Iran is on massive life support and calls

0:06.0

its proposal to end the war unacceptable, while Tehran warns it is ready to respond to any attack.

0:12.0

Plus, with prices at the pump soaring, Trump floats a suspension of the federal gas tax,

0:18.0

and the Supreme Court clears the way for Alabama to use new voting maps ahead of

0:22.4

November's midterm elections as the 11th hour gets underway on this Monday night.

0:31.2

Good evening, everyone. I'm Eamon Mohedin in for Stephanie Ruhl. The U.S. and Israeli war on Iran

0:40.9

is now in its 11th week. In interviews that aired over the weekend, the leaders of both countries

0:46.5

made it absolutely clear, the war is not over. On Iran, would you say the war is over, is it paused, or is it very much active?

0:57.0

Well, they're militarily defeated. In their own minds, maybe they don't know that, but I think they do because they deal with them.

1:06.0

And we cannot ever let Iran have a nuclear weapon, but they are militarily defeated.

1:13.6

So is it accurate to say you think the combat operations are over and done?

1:18.6

No, I didn't say that. I said they are defeated, but that doesn't mean they're done.

1:24.6

Is the war with Iran over? And if it isn't, who will decide when it is?

1:30.5

I think it accomplished a great deal, but it's not over because there's still nuclear material

1:34.7

enriched uranium that has to be taken out of Iran.

1:39.2

There is still enrichment sites that have to be dismantled.

1:44.0

There are still proxies that Iran supports.

1:47.0

They're ballistic missiles that they still want to produce.

1:51.0

Now, we've degraded a lot of it, but all of that is still there,

1:55.0

and there's work to be done.

1:57.0

Now, that's particularly significant because we are now almost two weeks past the 60-day mark that would require Trump to get approval from Congress.

2:07.1

But several Trump officials, including the Secretary of Defense Pete Hexith, have said they don't need approval because Operation Epic Fury was over.

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