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Erin Burnett OutFront

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Erin Burnett OutFront

CNN

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4.4706 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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All eyes are on the White House as sources say President Trump is increasingly considering a strike inside Iran. Is the United States about to go to war? Plus, we are learning new details about Iran’s weapons arsenal.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Outfront next, breaking news. All eyes on the White House's sources say President Trump

0:07.9

is increasingly considering a strike inside Iran. Is the U.S. about to go to war?

0:14.2

Plus, the bunker buster. See why Israel needs one of America's most powerful bombs a 30,000

0:20.0

pound explosive, to attack Iran's

0:22.2

key nuclear site built inside a mountain. And Iran's firepower. We're learning new details

0:28.1

tonight about Iran's deadly arsenal. How long can that country keep up the fight? Let's go

0:33.2

out front. Good evening. I'm John Berman, in for Aaron Burnett. Outfront tonight, breaking news,

0:40.4

President Trump increasingly considering strikes against Iran. That is according to officials.

0:46.7

Just a short time ago, he met with his top advisors in the Situation Room, a meeting that lasted

0:51.4

more than an hour. That meeting took place after the president

0:54.4

called for Iran's unconditional surrender and threatened to kill Iran's supreme leader.

1:00.1

This at the New York Times reports tonight that Iran is preparing for possible retaliatory strikes

1:04.6

on U.S. bases. And it comes after Vice President J.D. Vance tweeted, notable, because he is seen as more isolationist,

1:12.5

he wrote, the president may decide he needs to take further action to end Iranian enrichment.

1:18.5

A senior Israeli official tells CNN, the Israelis are now waiting to see if the president will

1:23.3

help them finish the job and take out Iran's nuclear facilities. Now, should the U.S. strike

1:28.8

Iran one potential target, the mysterious Fordo Fuel Enrichment Plant. It's built inside a

1:35.3

mountain, and it's where some of Iran's most important nuclear work is now taking place. It's buried

1:40.6

more than 295 feet underground. So far, that plant has not sustained major damage from Israel's strikes,

1:47.0

which is why Israel needs this.

1:51.0

America's so-called bunker buster.

1:54.0

The U.S. is the only country that possesses this bomb.

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