Welcome to Meet the Press Now. I'm Kristen Welker in Washington.

We begin with the very latest in Iran and a whiplash of developments, including new signs of diplomatic progress towards a deal, even as both sides exchange fire with new strikes.

Now, it comes as a senior Arab official involved in mediating peace talks tells NBC News that U.S. and Iranian negotiators agreed to the terms of a deal three days ago, but both sides have delayed

finalizing and denouncing that deal. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, speaking to reporters

from the White House briefing room this afternoon, repeatedly dodged questions about the status of any

deal. Bring up with Iran on the tape. The teams have been going back and forth, and President Trump has made it very clear.

He talked about it at the cabinet meeting that he has several red lines.

You said that the teams have been going back and forth, but can you confirm whether or not a tentative agreement has been reached in these negotiations with Iran?

Again, everything depends on what the president wants to do. And President Trump is not going to make a bad deal for the American people.

But I'm wondering if you can just confirm on the record that there is a tentative deal that has been agreed for a 60-day extension

of the ceasefire and then a continuation of your topic. Again, it's always a mistake to get out ahead of

the president, so it is all going to be the president's decision. I think that we can see that the

president very clearly stated out, stated his three,

the open the street, highly enriched uranium, no nuclear program.

A valiant effort there by the White House Press Corps.

Now, the U.S. and Iran have not detailed what is in the emerging agreement. According to two U.S.

officials, President Trump is reviewing a potential agreement to kickstart a 60-day period of

intensive discussions on Iran's nuclear program. It comes after the U.S. and Iran traded overnight

strikes accusing each other of violating the ceasefire deal.

The Pentagon confirms it shot down four Iranian drones, it said, posed a threat around the

Strait of Hormuz, calling the strikes, quote, purely defensive. Iran responded by launching a

ballistic missile towards a U.S. air base in Kuwait.

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