All right, breaking news just moments ago, the White House announced the president will address

the nation tomorrow night at 9 about the war. John Berman here in for Anderson, and we will talk

about that more about that this hour. First, though, what the president has already said today on the subject,

including who needs a deal to end the war in Iran? Who needs the Strait of Hormuz for that matter?

And who needs to change a regime the president called on Iranians to overthrow within hours

of starting the war? Tonight, the president had stunning answers to all three, also on the

timeline for ending the war.

I would say that within two weeks, maybe, two weeks, maybe three.

We're hitting them very hard. Last night, we knocked out tremendous amounts of missile-making facilities, as you probably read or wrote.

We knocked out, excuse me. Pardon me, pardon you for interrupting. The, we knocked out, excuse me.

Pardon me, the U.S. will be gone or done with the war?

I think we're two or three weeks. We'll leave. There's no reason for us to do this.

Okay, that's not especially surprising. The administration has been talking about a four to six

week timescale for combat operations. What is surprising, though, is that not especially surprising. The administration has been talking about a four to six week time scale

for combat operations. What is surprising, though, is this. Iran doesn't have to make a deal,

no. Yeah, I've spoken to a lot of people. No, they don't have to make a deal with me. When we feel

that they are, for a long period of time put into the stone ages and they won't be

able to come up with a nuclear weapon, then we'll leave. Whether we have a deal or not, it's irrelevant.

Whether or not we have a deal is irrelevant. That is a striking thing to say, if only because it wasn't

so long ago that it seemed like all the president could talk about was talking to Iran.

Well, they want to make a deal so badly. You have no idea how badly they want to make a deal.

I'm so they want to make a deal. The reason they want to make a deal is they have been just beat the...

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