After President Trump announced that U.S. strikes on Iran would be canceled due to a deal to end the war being signed in the next few days, Iranian state media responded that the reports of a deal are "speculative and nothing has been finalized." NBC News' Monica Alba, Matt Bradley and Brian Cheung report on the implications politically, abroad and on the stock market.
A woman claiming to be a former partner of U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner alleges infidelity and says his Nazi tattoo story changed over time.
Under conservative editor Bari Weiss's eight-month leadership at CBS News, the top-rated "60 Minutes" program has lost seven of its 10 correspondents and seen its editorial independence severely compromised through alleged political interference. On May 28 — dubbed "Black Thursday" by staff — Weiss fired correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega, executive producer Tanya Simon, and executive editor Draggan Mihailovich in a single sweep, reported Variety. Days later, Scott Pelley was also fired after questioning Weiss's leadership publicly. Former correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi alleged Weiss cut a fully vetted report on Venezuelan migrants in El Salvador hours before airtime because the Trump administration declined comment. Among Pelley's accounts of Weiss' leadership style to The New York Times, he reported the controversial Editor-in-Chief demanded he contradict evidence when reporting on Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Instead of saying ICE shot a woman, Weiss demanded Pelley say she drove towards the officer. Critics denounced other problematic patterns, including a CBS Evening News segment stating, "Marco Rubio, we salute you," and allowing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the privilege of selecting his own "60 Minutes" interviewer. Before Weiss's purge and despite ongoing turmoil, the program just completed its 52nd consecutive season as top-rated news programming.“I have a feeling that Bari will not be overseeing ‘60 Minutes’ for very much longer," hoped longtime "60 Minutes" correspondent Steve Kroft, who retired in 2019. Watch the video below. Your browser does not support the video tag.
Team USA soccer star Tyler Adams had the perfect reaction to his beloved New York Knicks' NBA Finals win.
Political observers never believed President Donald Trump's cancellation of his "Anti-Weaponization Fund" was sincere, especially after new reporting revealed the administration plotted to continue it secretly, correspondent Scott MacFarlane told Nicolle Wallace on Thursday.A big reason why, he said, is that DOJ attorneys are being asked in court why they refuse to put the cancelation of the fund in writing — and they aren't giving convincing answers."Scott, take me inside the reporting you've done on how the victims of some of these crimes, the people who are on the other end of some of these criminals violent acts against law enforcement feel about Trump's dedication to a fund that even Republicans oppose," said Wallace.MacFarlane noted that a number of the January 6 defendants "in court during trial claimed they were the victims of a weaponized prosecution, and that argument was laughed out of court, either by the judges, juries or some combination of the two.""As for the slush fund. Oh, the slush fund. It reminds me of one of those corny 80s or 90s teen horror movies where everybody thinks the monster is dead, and then they go back out, running around the house and the monster comes back again and comes back again. This thing is not dead," said MacFarlane. The court exchange in which a judge asked the DOJ legal team why they haven't "put it in writing," and the DOJ team had no clear answer even as he insisted "a dozen times" the fund was "not moving forward," tells people all they need to know, he said."The judge asked point-blank, why not just put it in writing? Why not just rescind the fund for now, pending future review?" MacFarlane said. "And the attorney twice said, I don't know, your honor. There was a murmur in the courtroom. There was laughter in the courtroom."The bottom line, he said, is that "nobody takes their word this monster is dead" — and the Trump administration will keep being asked in court why they can't put it in writing that it is, as more lawsuits get filed. - YouTube www.youtube.com
President Trump had previously been amping up his rhetoric against Iran.
President Donald Trump says the US “just made a great settlement of the war with Iran, and we’re going to be subject to finalization of documents.” Trump says a final deal could be signed within days. He spoke at the White House Thursday. (Source: Bloomberg)
President Trump has promised a deal with Iran several times over the past two months. Margaret Brennan reports on what's included this time.
David Hale, Former US ambassador to Pakistan and Lebanon, and Dana Stroul, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East, discuss President Trump’s announcement of a potential deal with Iran, including questions over what has been agreed to, whether Iran’s leadership is aligned, and how the US and Israel may approach the next phase of negotiations. They speak with Kailey Leinz on the late edition of Bloomberg’s "Balance of Power." (Source: Bloomberg)