It's Thursday, the 19th of March. Welcome to the President's Daily Brief. I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right, let's get briefed.

First up, Gulf nations are reportedly sending a clear message to Washington,

finish the job against Iran, or risk leaving the region exposed to future attacks.

I'll have the details. Later in the show, Israeli strikes hit Iran's massive South Pars gas field,

bringing the fight directly to the country's energy sector for the first time, plus a potential

standoff on the horizon as Russian ships carrying oil and fuel head toward Cuba, defying U.S.

sanctions. And in today's back of the brief, the White House offers new concessions to

try and end the DHS shutdown, including expanded use of body cameras for immigration agents

and limits on where enforcement can take place. But first, today's PDB spotlight.

Gulf Nations now have a message for Washington.

Finish the job.

It's relatively straightforward.

According to new reporting from the Wall Street Journal and Reuters,

leaders across the Gulf are now quietly pressing the U.S.

not to settle for a limited outcome in this war with Iran, but to go further to ensure the regime can no longer threaten the region once the fighting stops.

And that marks a significant shift. Because until very recently, many of these same countries

were trying to maintain a workable relationship with Tecran. There were back-channel talks,

economic ties, a general effort to avoid direct confrontation. The priority has been stability. And that

calculation has now changed. As we've been reporting over the past several weeks, Iran's response to the

U.S. and Israeli bombing campaign was to launch sustained missile and drone attacks across the Gulf.

Now, if those attacks have been focused on U.S. military bases in the region, well, that would

be one thing.

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