The war between Israel and Iran is escalating.

The Zionist regime started this and triggered a war.

The nation of Iran doesn't know what hit them.

They don't know what will hit them.

And the new conflict is a rejection of President Trump's deal-making efforts after spending months trying to convince Tehran to abandon its nuclear program.

Tonight, a deep dive on the latest test of Trump's influence, presidential powers,

and his willingness or not to use military force.

Next.

This is Washington Week with the Atlantic.

Good evening, and welcome to Washington Week.

I'm Ashley Parker in tonight for my boss, Jeffrey Goldberg.

Tension between Israel and Iran has escalated into a war, and there is a lot to discuss.

So let's just get straight to it.

Joining us tonight are Eugene Daniels, a senior Washington correspondent and a co-host of the weekend on MSNBC.

Tyler Pager is a White House correspondent at the New York Times.

Matt Viser is the White House Bureau Chief at the Washington Post, and Nancy Yusuf is a national security correspondent at the Wall Street Journal.

Thank you guys all for being here.

Full disclosure, this is my first time guest

hosting. So Eugene, you actually do have your own TV shows. So if things go totally awry,

just jump in and save us all. Yes. But I'm going to start with you, Nancy. And I think this sort

of question is normally a cop-out, I will admit. But there is so much happening and it is happening

so quickly. Can you just bring us up to

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