If it's Thursday, President Trump says he will make a decision about the U.S. getting directly

involved in the Israel-Iran conflict within two weeks, giving Tehran time to come to the negotiating

table and give up its nuclear program.

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accepting autocracy.

Welcome to meet the press now.

I'm Kristen Welker in Washington, where the White House has just issued a new timeline for President Trump's decision on possible U.S. military strikes on Iran's nuclear program as Israel and Iran plunge deeper into armed conflict.

After teasing the possibility of imminent action yesterday, Iran, the president delivered a statement to reporters today through his White House press secretary.

Caroline Levitt, take a listen.

Based on the fact that there's a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future, I will make my decision whether or not to go within

the next two weeks. That's a quote directly from the president for all of you today.

Leavitt also said correspondence between the U.S. and Iran has continued even as she insists that

the government believes Iran has never been closer to obtaining a nuclear weapon. But sources

familiar with the matter tell NBC news that the U.S. intelligence assessment on Iran's nuclear

program has not changed since Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, testified back in March

that Tehran had not made a decision to rush towards building a bomb. The president has publicly clashed with

Gabbard over that assessment, and senior administration officials now tell NBC News, Gabbard

appears to have fallen out of favor with the president. Meanwhile, the fighting on the ground

continues to escalate with Israel targeting an Iranian nuclear reactor overnight and Iran

striking near a hospital complex in southern

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