From the New York Times, it's the headlines.

I'm Tracy Mumford.

Today's Monday, April 20th.

Here's what we're covering.

Motor vessel tovostasat, Motovsatheur, vacate your engine room.

Off the coast of Iran yesterday, the U.S. Navy carried out what appeared to be its first

attack on a ship trying to get around the American blockade, striking and seizing an Iranian

cargo vessel.

The Pentagon posted a video of the incident, along with a statement, saying an American

destroyer opened fire

on the cargo ship's engine room, disabling the vessel after it ignored demands to stop sailing

toward an Iranian port. Marines then dropped in from a helicopter to seize it. Early this morning,

Iran's military warned it would retaliate for the attack, which it called armed piracy, according to an Iranian media report.

The strike capped off what had already been a chaotic weekend in the critical waterways around Iran.

President Trump and Iran had both said that the Strait of Hormuz was open Friday.

But Saturday, Iran's foreign minister said his country was taking, quote,

strict control over the straight again, and Iran then opened fire on two ships that tried to get

through. Both the U.S. and Iran have now accused the other of violating the fragile two-week ceasefire,

which is set to expire on Tuesday. With the clock ticking down, Trump said American

negotiators are headed to Pakistan for a new round of negotiations. But Iran said today,

it has no plans to participate, accusing the U.S. of not being serious about pursuing diplomacy.

When do you think it's realistic for Americans to expect that gas will go back to under

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