Good morning and welcome to way too early. I'm Ali Vitale on this Friday, May 8th. We're going to get right to it with the news because there is a lot of it.

First up, President Trump is insisting the ceasefire between the United States and Iran is still intact, even as the two sides exchanged fire.

U.S. Central Command announced yesterday that Iranian forces launched multiple missiles, drones, and small boats

at U.S. warships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, adding that no ships were struck.

Sentcom says the U.S. military responded by eliminating inbound threats and targeting Iranian

military sites responsible for those attacks. Sentcom called the Iranian fire unprovoked,

while Iran says it was in retaliation for U.S. violations of the tenuous truce and claimed significant damage to U.S. ships.

When asked by ABC News about the U.S. strikes, President Trump said, quote, it's just a love tap.

He delivered a similar message then to reporters in Washington last night.

After these strikes, is the ceasefire with Iran still on? Yeah, it is. It's a, they trifled with us today. We blew them away. They trifled. I call that a trifle. I'll let you know when there's no ceasefire. You won't have to know. If there's no ceasefire, you're not going to have to know.

You're just going to have to look at one big glow coming out of Iran. And they better sign their

agreement fast. The talks are going very well, but they have to understand. If it doesn't get

signed, they're going to have a lot of pain. They're going to have a lot of pain.

A trifle, a love tap.

This is an ongoing war.

The Washington Post also has new reporting about Iran's remaining capabilities amid that war.

We're talking both economically and militarily.

Four people familiar with a confidential intelligence community assessment delivered to the White House.

Tell the paper that the analysis concludes Iran can survive the U.S. naval blockade for at least three to four months before facing severe economic hardship.

The analysis also found, according to the Post, that Tehran retains significant ballistic missile capabilities despite weeks of intense U.S. and Israeli bombardment. That stands in contrast

to what the president himself said just this week. Their missiles are mostly decimated. They have

some. They have probably 18, 19 percent, but not a lot by comparison to what they had. And their

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