Well, for more now on how the White House and Congress are responding to the strikes. I'm joined now by our White House correspondent Liz Landers and our congressional correspondent, Lisa Desjardin. So, Liz, kick us off here. We saw President Trump make his first public appearance today since the war began over the weekend. What did he say? Right. This was the first public event that the president has had since this started. It was a medal of honor ceremony that he had in the east room of the White House. And as Nick pointed out in his reporting there, we really heard for the first time the objectives that the administration that the president is laying out here for these attacks on Iran. However, the way that the president has gone about explaining this to the

public has been non-traditional. He and his allies like to say he's a non-traditional president.

We've seen these truth social videos that he has recorded and posted over the last few days.

He's also done a number of phone calls with journalists. He's talked with CNN, the Atlantic. And earlier today, he spoke

with the New York Post and saying something that would impact a lot of people, of course,

is he was asked if he would send U.S. troops on the ground there to the region. And he said,

if they were necessary. So not ruling that out, reporters in the room trying to ask questions of him as he left.

I tried to ask a question of the president.

He did not talk to reporters today at the White House.

As you know, Liz, this is a president who ran on an America first platform, no new foreign

wars.

How is all of this resonating with his base?

This was a huge part of why people liked him. And when I, you know, reported on the

2016, 2020, and 2024 campaigns, a lot of the MAGA base said that they really supported

this part of the president's agenda. Today we're seeing some backlash from some of these

MAGA conservative voices and commentators. People like Tucker

Carlson called the attack, quote, absolutely disgusting and evil in an interview over the weekend.

We also heard from former congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green, a very close former ally of the president's,

no longer. She said on X, she said, we voted for America first and zero wars.

He is getting some defense, though, from far-right activists like Laura Lumer, who we know,

she does talk to the president occasionally.

She is defending these actions.

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