Good evening. I'm Amna Nawaz. Jeff Bennett is away. On the news hour tonight, President Trump

threatens to seize one of Iran's oil hubs as the wider war engulfs the region, including

Israel's expanding military campaign in southern Lebanon. TSA workers are finally getting paid, but lines remain long at airports nationwide amid the

partial government shutdown.

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The war with Iran has entered its second month.

And President Trump says the onus is on Tehran to quickly agree to end the war or face the widespread destruction of its energy resources, including its power plants and its oil hubs.

But Iran remains publicly defiant, calling U.S. demands unrealistic and continuing its attacks

on Israel and the region.

Nick Schifrin begins our coverage.

In northern Israel today, the country's largest oil refinery engulfed in smoke.

Iran is trying to punish Israel and the region with attacks on energy facilities and a

stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz, which White House spokesperson Caroline Levitt said

today Iran was beginning to release.

20 additional tankers, which we expect to see over the coming days, are a result of

the direct and indirect

talks that are taking place between the United States and Iran.

President Trump told the Financial Times the Strait of Hormuz Agreement was personally

authorized by Iran's parliament Speaker Mohamed Bagar Galibaf.

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