Welcome to Meet the Press Now.

I'm Kristen Welker in Washington, where the administration's top intelligence chiefs faced questions about the war with Iran and their assessment about Iran's nuclear capabilities,

which the president has used as a justification for launching the military strikes.

All while the war shows no signs of de-escalating, and as the status of the Strait of Hormuz,

that critical waterway for global shipping remains in limbo.

Today, Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard,

CIA director John Radcliffe, and other top intelligence officials were on Capitol Hill for a

worldwide threats hearing, and the Iran war was the top issue. In her prepared opening statement,

Director Gabbard wrote, quote, as a result of operation, Midnight Hammer,

last summer Iran's nuclear enrichment program was obliterated. There has been no efforts since then

to try to rebuild their enrichment capability. But notably, Director Gabbard did not read that

portion of her statement during her remarks. Some Democratic senators noting that omission

and pressed Director Gabbard on whether Iran posed an imminent threat, as the president claimed.

You omitted that paragraph from your oral opening. Was that because the president said there was an imminent threat two weeks?

No, sir. I recognized that the time was running long and I skipped through some of the portion.

So you chose to take...

Of my oral delivered remarks.

You chose to admit the parts that can contradict the president.

Was it the assessment of the intelligence community that there was a,

quote, imminent nuclear threat posed by the Iranian regime? Yes or no? Senator, the only person

who can determine what is and is not an imminent threat is the president? False. This is the worldwide

threat steering where you present to Congress, national intelligence, timely objective and independent

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