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Tonight, or Else: Trump’s New Deadline for Iran

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ABC News

News, Daily News, Politics

4.56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

President Trump threatens to demolish critical infrastructure if Iran does not agree to his terms by this evening. The Artemis II crew emerges from the far side of the moon. And a decision that could dismiss Steve Bannon’s onetime conviction raises broader questions about presidential immunity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

9-1-1, where is the emergency?

0:02.7

It's the middle of the night in a small town on the Jersey shore.

0:06.7

Someone reports an abandoned car on a bridge.

0:10.0

A search gets underway for the missing driver, 19-year-old Sarah Stern.

0:14.9

Is it a missing person? Is it a suicide?

0:17.6

At this point, nobody knows.

0:19.6

Old friendships, buried cash, and a sinister plot that was once pitched as a movie, plays out in real life.

0:29.0

I'm Jiu Chang from 2020 and ABC Audio. Listen now to Bridge of Lies, wherever you get your podcasts.

0:39.9

It's Tuesday, April 7th, and the president says the clock is ticking.

0:44.8

We start here.

0:48.0

President Trump says Iran has just hours to comply with his demand or else.

0:53.0

Burning, exploding, and never to be used again, I mean complete demolition.

0:58.3

With power plants in peril could tonight be a turning point in this war.

1:03.2

Astronauts emerge from the dark side of the moon.

1:05.8

There are islands of terrain out there that are completely surrounded by darkness.

1:09.7

After some tense radio silence, the Orion spacecraft has completed its slingshot path.

1:14.7

These observations are going to beat them home.

1:16.7

And does being immune from the rules allow you to make the rules?

1:20.5

They are prosecuting not only the president's enemies, but dropping charges against some of his allies.

1:26.9

The legal argument being used more and more by the Trump administration.

1:33.2

From ABC News, this is Start Here.

1:36.0

I'm Brad Milky.

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