US and Iran Trade Attacks Again, Sen. Lindsay Graham Dies, Congress Returns

The US war in Iran went back into high gear over the weekend. Iran attacked another commercial ship and declared the Strait of Hormuz closed. US Central Command says it struck dozens of targets and insists Iran does not control the straight. Senator Lindsey Graham was a tough critic of candidate Trump, who became one of President Trump's strongest allies in Congress. He died suddenly this weekend at the age of seventy-one. What legacy does the South Carolina Republican leave behind? With Graham's death and Senator Mitch McConnell's absence, their thin margins are not a very strong. even thinner. How will they pass their agenda? Stay with us, we'll give you news you need to start your day. US and Iran continue to vie for control over the Strait of Hermuz, that crucial international waterway. A new wave of US strikes targeted Iranian missile and drone launchers and coastal radar sites late Sunday night, that's according to US Central Command.

Good morning. So it's been almost a week since this back and forth of strikes over the Strait of Home Move started. What is the US government saying about this latest round? That's right. So US Central Command released a statement late Sunday Eastern time and they said quote The Strait of Hormuz is a vital maritime corridor for global trade, Iran. Does not control it. U.S. CENTCOM also said that they had hit dozens of Iranian targets at multiple locations with precision munitions, claiming it had degraded Iran's ability to continue attacking international shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Agricultural water pumping station was targeted in central Iran, killing a guard. Iranian officials say that brings the total number of deaths. Iran, on the other hand, said Monday it was targeting US bases in Bahrain, Jordan, and Kuwait. It also targeted Oman over the weekend. Oman, of course, is a mediator in the ceasefire talks. Sirens were sounded in Bahrain and Kuwait.

And the country said they were intercepting hostile attacks. No, you know Hadel, Iran and the US are almost at the halfway point of this sixty day interim deal that was meant to take us to talks to end the war permanently. So where are we with those talks? I mean honestly the status of the talks is kind of unknown at this point. A couple of weeks ago the Khatari Foreign Minister, who was a mediator, said that they would continue after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's Funeral which ended last week. But that was also before the US and Iran began to trade all of this fire. And then last week during the NATO summit, president Trump declared the ceasefire over, but then he didn't rule out further talks. And then just now the Iranian foreign minister at a press conference said that Iran is in touch with mediators, including Oman Qatar, and Pakistan. He said that their role was to de escalate the situation, and then he said, quote, diplomacy has no day off.

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