Welcome to the NewsHour. As the U.S. and the world wait to hear if there will be diplomatic progress between the U.S. and Iran, U.S. fighter jets today fired on Iranian vessels in the Strait of Hormoz as part of the ongoing U.S. blockade.

Meanwhile, Secretary of State Marco Rubio continued his visit to Rome, urging Europe to do more to reopen the strait.

Nick Schifrin reports on the day's developments.

In the Strait of Hormuz today, the moment an American fighter jet disabled an Iranian tanker

by striking its smokestack. F-18 struck two empty Iranian tankers today, accusing them of trying

to run the U.S. blockade to reach

Iranian ports.

In the strait, the U.S. and Iran are in a tug of war, and its pulling at the ceasefire

seams.

Last night, Iran fired missiles at U.S. warships transiting the strait, as shown in this Iranian

military video.

In response, the U.S. says it struck Iranian small boats like these and targeted launch

sites and Iranian military assets in at least three locations on shore.

They trifled with us today.

We blew them away.

They tripled.

They called that a trifle.

Last night, after a driving tour of a drained Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, the president

once again threatened Iran if it didn't make a deal.

If there's no ceasefire, you're not going to have to know.

You're just going to have to look at one big glow coming out of Iran.

And they'd better sign their agreement fast.

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