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Laura Coates Live

Stakes Of War Rise Amid Chaos, Oil Standoff Over Strait Of Hormuz

Laura Coates Live

CNN

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3.92.5K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

President Donald Trump said Friday night the US “totally obliterated every military target” on Kharg Island, which handles roughly 90% of Iran’s crude exports. He threatened to attack the oil infrastructure if Tehran continues blocking ships from traversing the Strait of Hormuz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Tonight, President Trump orders an attack on Iran's crown jewel to keep black gold moving

0:09.1

through the Persian Gulf.

0:10.6

But if the Pentagon underestimate Iran's grip on the world's oil, plus Americans on edge

0:16.3

after two terror attacks on U.S. oil in the same day.

0:20.6

We have new troubling information about the men

0:22.7

who carried out those attacks. And Trump's revenge tour hits another legal roadblock as a judge

0:28.8

backs Jerome Powell with a brutal message, the DOJ. Tonight on Laura Coates Live. We're going to be in the White.

0:40.3

Well, we're closing in on now the third week of the war with Iran.

0:44.3

And tonight, President Trump says the United States has bombed what he calls Iran's crown jewel,

0:50.3

a vital Iranian oil hub in the Persian Gulf. Now, this move significantly raises the stakes

0:56.9

in this conflict. What you might be wondering about is the timing. Specifically, why does he need

1:02.6

to hit it now? Because if you've been listening to Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegeseth,

1:07.2

Iran's military has already been devastated and almost completely destroyed.

1:11.6

Their Navy is gone, their Air Force is gone, most of their military is gone, their big threat is gone in every way.

1:20.6

Iran has no air defenses. Iran has no Air Force. Iran has no Navy.

1:26.6

Their missiles, their missile launchers and drones being destroyed or shot out of the sky.

1:31.3

Strikes from Iran, they are down from the opening days of the war.

1:35.3

Hegsa says Iranian missile volume is also down 90 percent.

1:41.3

Drones?

1:42.3

Down 95 percent. But Iran is still proving it can threaten the entire

1:47.0

global economy. Exhibit A seems to be the strait of Famos, that vital choke point for

1:53.6

20 percent of the world's oil. Tankers that try to pass through, they're being hit, turned

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