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Laura Coates Live

U.S. Official: “Major Uptick” In Attacks On Iran Coming In Hours

Laura Coates Live

CNN

News

3.92.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

President Donald Trump told CNN the “big wave” of the US attack on Iran is yet to come. Trump laid out his war objectives for reporters, saying he wanted to destroy Iran’s missile capabilities, annihilate its navy, end its nuclear ambitions and stop it arming militant groups. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is CNN Breaking News.

0:05.0

Good evening, I'm Laura Coach with the breaking news and what will soon be day four in the war with Iran.

0:11.0

A war that we're learning tonight is about to intensify.

0:15.0

A senior U.S. officials telling CNN that the U.S. is now preparing for a, quote,

0:20.0

major uptick and attacks in Iran over the next 24 hours.

0:25.7

This comes just out after the president warned that a big wave of attacks would be on its way.

0:31.1

The war already spilling beyond and far beyond Iran in Israel's border,

0:35.9

alerted that the U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia

0:38.3

was hit by two suspected Iranian drones

0:41.3

just this very evening.

0:43.0

One source tells us that there were no reports of injuries,

0:46.8

but the State Department is telling Americans

0:49.5

in more than a dozen countries, get out now.

0:54.0

Six U.S. service numbers have been killed so far.

0:57.3

Officials said they were hit by an Iranian attack on a facility in Kuwait yesterday.

1:02.6

Just a short time ago, President Trump was asked how he plans to respond. He said,

1:08.2

you'll find out soon. A moment my military and foreign policy experts will be with me to discuss the administration's

1:14.6

motivations, their tactics and their timing behind this war.

1:18.5

But first, CNN's Nick Peyton Walsh, live in northern Israel.

1:23.1

Nick, what are Israel and Iran saying tonight about this war?

1:28.3

Yeah, clearly we have a set of quite expansive goals being laid out by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a series of appearances essentially suggesting that they believe they can enact regime change inside of Israel and that a democratic future is likely to follow.

1:47.0

Israel also too finding itself in the recent day,

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