Margaret Brennan

Our report on the early US intel assessment findings that Americans "likely" responsible for the deadly bombing of schoolgirls in Iran possibly due to dated intelligence used for targeting. Link below.

The FAA is investigating after a close call between an Alaska Airlines flight and a FedEx cargo plane at Newark Airport on Tuesday night. The FAA says an air traffic controller instructed Alaska Airlines Flight 294 to perform a go-around because FedEx Flight 721 was cleared for the final approach to an intersecting runway.

Dolores Huerta speaks out in first public interview since sexual assault allegations against Cesar Chavez surfaced. cbsn.ws/4uE0v5d

Pentagon spokesman indicates here that the department is "on" changing the name of the USNS Cesar Chavez, following an explosive New York Times story about Chavez's alleged sexual abuse. The Pentagon did not answer questions about this last night or earlier today.

I asked Leader Jeffries about Congress approving $170 Billion in Ukraine war funding versus Trump’s $200 Billion ask on Iran. He said: Trump has failed to make the case to Americans, Congress, and NATO, and w/ Ukraine the free world was united to stop Putin

Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) asked FBI Director Kash Patel if any warning was given to his department before the U.S. strikes on Iran, to which Patel said he knew "some time before." When pressed during Thursday's House worldwide threats hearing by the congressman on why the FBI fired about a dozen counterintelligence agents working cases related to Iran, Patel said, "They're internal investigations conducted by the careers at the FBI that highlight unethical or inappropriate conduct. And it's up to me to make the decision."

New: Former FBI agents who investigated President Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election result have sued over claims they were wrongfully terminated

Ratcliffe: "The Iranians are requesting intelligence assistance from Russia, from China and from other adversaries of the United States," adding whether or not those countries are providing it is for classified setting

Ratcliffe: "No, I don't take Vladimir Putin at his word."

Ratcliffe on AHI: Director Gabbard and I had a conversation where she agreed that she would undertake a comprehensive review of that issue across the IC to make sure that it is getting the attention that it deserves. And I know that she has undertaken that

Ratcliffe asked about AHI: "There are disparate opinions across the IC about what the cause of these AHI may or may not be... and the question of whether or not they could be the result of a directed energy weapon from a foreign adversary."

When talking about Iran's Kharg Island, which U.S. forces heavily bombarded, President Trump says "we can take out the island anytime we want." "I call it the little island that sits there, so totally unprotected," he says. "We've taken out everything but the pipes. We left the pipes because to rebuild the pipes would take years, you know, for them to do."

When asked why the U.S. didn’t tell allies about attacking Iran prior to the strikes, President Trump says, “we wanted surprise.” “Who knows better about surprise better than Japan. Why didn’t you tell me about Pearl Harbor?” Trump says, alongside Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who is meeting with the president at the White House on Thursday.

“If the war is almost over, why is the Pentagon going to ask Congress for an additional $200 billion?” CBS News' @weijia asks President Trump. “We’re asking for a lot of reasons, beyond even what we’re talking about in Iran. This is a very volatile world,” Trump says, later adding, “it’s a small price to pay to make sure we stay tippy top.”

Full transcript below of our interview with @iaeaorg @rafaelmgrossi

Iran's nuclear ambition cannot be destroyed through military means alone & removal of enriched material with ground forces would be 'very challenging' according to IAEA Director General @rafaelmgrossi. He told @FaceTheNation that his agency believes diplomacy is required post combat to deal with Iran's nuclear file. Full interview

The UK convened this statement by US allies including Japan pledging to contribute to help safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz. UK official indicates help from a coalition may include anti drone & anti-mining tech, ships, overheard ISR during a post combat period of time.

Rafael Grossi — head of the IAEA — told @margbrennan he doesn't disagree with Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard's assessment that Iran's nuclear enrichment program was obliterated. "We don't see major activity, which is logical, because there is a, there is a military campaign ongoing," he said. But, he says "a lot still has survived" in terms of knowledge and industrial ability. "This is why we need to go back to a negotiating table," he said.

Former Biden NSC official

The religious references as justification for war continue....

The Secretary of Defense tells the American public to pray for our troops on bended knee and invoke Jesus' name....