Welcome to the News Hour. Iran today submitted a new proposal to the U.S. aimed at breaking a diplomatic deadlock.

But President Trump rejected it and said he's reviewing new military options to relaunch the war.

It's been 60 days since the war began, which means today is a legal deadline for the administration to seek congressional authorization.

But the White House informed Congress it didn't need to get its approval because the war had been,

quote, terminated during the current ceasefire.

Nick Schifrin's here. He's been following all of this.

So Nick, tell us more about what the president said today.

The president not only rejected Iran's new proposal.

He expressed a deep skepticism that

Iran could ever submit a proposal that would satisfy him.

So they want to make a deal, but I don't, I'm not satisfied with it, so we'll see what

happens.

They've made strides, but I'm not sure if they ever get there.

There's tremendous discord.

There's tremendous, they're having a tremendous problem getting along with each other in Iran.

So on the one hand, no deal and little prospect for a deal.

But the president also acknowledged yesterday receiving a briefing from his top Middle East commander,

Admiral Brad Cooper, what President Trump told Fox News as Peter Ducey were two main options.

Do we want to go and just blast the hell out of him and finish him forever,

or do we want to try and make a deal? Let me know to the after.

Do you want to go black the hell out of him? I'd prefer not. On a human basis, I prefer not, but that's the option.

Do we want to go in there heavy and just blast them away?

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