Two-week notice: Trump sets new deadline to press pause on crucial Iran decision

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🗓️ 20 June 2025

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White House sets new two-week deadline to decide on U.S. involvement in Iran. Then, Steve Bannon visits the White House as MAGA clashes over potential U.S. military action. Plus, White House border czar says immigration raids on worksites, including farms and hotels, will continue. Melanie Zanona, Peter Baker, Nayyera Haq, Ernie Tedeschi, Justin Wolfers, Joyce Vance and Joel Payne join The 11th Hour this Thursday.

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0:00.0	Tonight, Trump sets a new deadline on whether to order strikes on Iran as the war with Israel escalates.
0:08.4	Then MAGA flamethrower Steve Bannon heads to the White House as Trump allies are facing off over possible military action.
0:15.8	Plus, business is braced for an immigration crackdown after the administration steps up workplace raids as the 11th hour gets underway on this Thursday night.
0:30.6	Good evening once again. I'm Stephanie Rule and it is day 151 of the second Trump administration.
0:45.4	And today, the White House said Donald Trump would make a decision on U.S. involvement in Iran within the next two weeks. It seems like the administration is slightly pumping the brakes a bit after Trump spent days publicly talking about the possibility of a U.S. strike. By the way, this is at least
0:56.6	the 11th time in the last six weeks that President Trump has made an announcement, some sort of
1:03.0	announcement of a two-week deadline about some aspect of his administration. Europe is hoping to
1:10.0	help de-escalate the Israel-Iran conflict.
1:12.6	Within that two-week window, tomorrow European foreign ministers are set to meet with their
1:17.0	Iranian counterparts in Geneva.
1:19.3	This comes as Israeli leaders have vowed to intensify their attacks after one of the
1:24.1	country's hospitals was hit by an Iranian missile.
1:27.0	My colleague Richard Engel is in Tel Aviv with all the details.
1:34.6	A new video shows the direct hit from an Iranian ballistic missile on the biggest hospital in southern Israel.
1:41.8	Inside, staff and patients run for cover. Parts of the ceiling caving in, smoke
1:48.4	filling the hallways. And this is where the missile impacted. It went right through the hospital's
1:53.6	roof and sent debris throughout this area. This was a significant strike. There were no deaths
1:59.0	or serious injuries reported. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu
2:02.7	said the hospital strike proved Iran's intentions. They're targeting civilians because they're a
2:08.2	criminal regime. They're the arch-terrorists of the world. Israel's defense minister claimed the
2:13.1	order to strike the hospital came directly from Iran's supreme leader. This man absolutely should not
2:19.7	continue to exist, he said. Iran claims it was targeting a military site near the hospital. NBC News
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