Good evening from the newsroom as our scene in global war coverage begins.

It is 8 p.m. on the East Coast.

Now, this is the exact minute President Trump had set as the deadline for launching the destruction

of Iran's civilization, bombing it back to the Stone Ages, is what he had threatened.

The latest of a string of threats and deadlines and deadline extensions dating back to the Stone Ages is what he had threatened. The latest of a string of threats

and deadlines and deadline extensions dating back to the 21st of last month. Four bellicose threats,

all of which rattled markets and shock consciences and ultimately were not followed through on.

Tonight, though, after promising what many legal scholars pointed out would likely be a war crime,

the president posted this online. It's lengthy.

I want to read it to you in full. It begins. Based on conversations with Prime Minister

Shabashir Sharif and Field Marshal Assim Manure of Pakistan, and wherein they requested

that I hold off the destructive force being sent tonight to Iran and subject to the Islamic Republic

of Iran agreeing to the complete, immediate and safe opening of the Strait of Hormuz,

I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks.

This will be a double-sided ceasefire.

The president goes on.

The reason for doing so is that we have already met and exceeded all military

objectives and are very far along with a definitive agreement concerning long-term peace with Iran

and peace in the Middle East. He adds, we received a 10-point proposal from Iran and believe

it is a workable basis on which to negotiate almost all the various points of past contention have been agreed

to between the United States and Iran, but a two-week period will allow the agreement to be

finalized and consummated.

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