U.S. & Iran Reach Deal to Open Strait, Trump Must Still Sign Off

The Lead with Jake Tapper

CNN

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3.5 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2026

⏱️ 84 minutes

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A series of strikes from the United States and Iran as a tentative agreement emerges to open the Strait of Hormuz and start nuclear talks, according to US officials. Plus, protestors gather outside an ICE detention facility in New Jersey for the seventh day in row while lawyers say inside detainees are on a hunger strike over the conditions they’re enduring. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Attention all passengers.
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0:24.1	Could one wrong move unravel a ceasefire proposal that seems to be close to maybe happening?
0:31.6	The lead starts right now.
0:33.9	A series of strikes from the U.S. and Iran.
0:38.3	Yet today, word of a tentative ceasefire deal.
0:42.3	Really? We're going to sort out what both sides are saying here.
0:45.3	And plans in the works to put President Trump's face on a $250 bill.
0:52.3	Why? Well, the Treasury Secretary says there is good reason. And 300 gold bars,
1:00.7	such as these, $2 million in cash, 35 luxury watches. No, this is not from an episode of
1:07.9	Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, if you remember that one.
1:11.4	The FBI says this was all inside the home of a now former CIA officer.
1:17.9	What we're learning about his arrest ahead.
1:25.9	Welcome to The Lead. I'm Jake Tapper. We start with breaking news in our world lead. A tentative
1:30.0	agreement between the U.S. and Iran has been reached, despite the U.S. and Iran unleashing fresh
1:34.9	strikes against one another in the last 24 hours. A U.S. official says the deal would do two big things.
1:41.1	One, reopen the Strader Hormuz. That's a major U.S. demand. And two, the deal
1:46.7	would start a 60-day negotiation period to address Iran's nuclear weapons program, including
1:53.1	the fate of its stockpile of highly enriched uranium. Now, there remain many sticking points
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