And breaking news, Iran strikes a giant oil tanker more than three football fields long.

Reports are it is still burning.

Markets are already responding.

The price of oil futures already rising.

John Berman here in for Anderson.

And the shipping question was hit at a port in Dubai.

It is what is known as a VLCC, a very large crude carrier, the kind that can hold as many as

two million barrels of crude.

This one was fully loaded, and again, we are told it is still burning.

That is a file picture of the vessel, obviously,

before it was hit. We're working to get video from the scene as well as a live report from the

region. We will bring that to you shortly. First, though, new reporting on a key question,

is the president creating a credibility gap about talks to end the war? It reveals, among

other things, that even as the administration

projects optimism about negotiations with Iran, is not even sure it is speaking with the right

Iranians, ones with the clout to make a deal, something officials, most notably the president,

are not sharing with the public, at least not explicitly, not clearly. Though some of their statements,

including the presidents, do seem to hint that talks may not be quite as advertised. Take his

social media post today, which starts out sunny but finishes dark. I'm quoting him now.

The United States of America is in serious discussions with a new and more reasonable regime

to end our military operations in Iran.

Great progress has been made, but then he adds, if for any reason a deal is not shortly

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