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Welcome to the lead on Dick Tapper. We're going to start on our world lead tonight. Iran says it has seized two non-U.S. flagged cargo ships in the Strait of Hormuz, just hours after President Trump extended the two-week ceasefire last night. White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt today gave no timetable for how long this

extension could last. The president's offering them a little bit of flexibility because we want

to see a unified proposal to the president's very strong proposal, And he's made his red lines very clear.

The president has not set a deadline himself. Ultimately, he will dictate the timetable. Iran is in a

very weak position and the cards are in President Trump's hands right now.

Whether that strategy will work, of course, remains to be seen. One, Iranian official leading

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