Trump announces 2-week ceasefire with Iran — full coverage

[0:00] breaches of international law. And instead of focusing on that, we're talking about the [0:05] president of the United States using bombastic language that creates the perception that we're [0:11] the ones who are planning to violate international law. I don't believe our forces are doing that. [0:16] I don't believe our commanders will let that happen. But it's a tragedy that we even have [0:20] to address that. Well, Jeffrey Korn, we appreciate your time tonight, sir. Thank you. [0:25] Thank you. For anyone who is just joining us, [0:28] President Trump has agreed to extend his deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz or face [0:33] significant strikes in a truth social post. He said after speaking with the prime minister of [0:38] Pakistan and requests, quote, requested that I hold off the destructive force being sent tonight to [0:44] Iran and subject to the Islamic Republic of Iran, agreeing to the complete, immediate and safe [0:49] opening of the Strait of Hormuz. I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of [0:55] two weeks. This will be a double-sided ceasefire. Of course, as we were just talking about with [1:01] Jeffrey, the president has started the day by threatening that, quote, a whole civilization will [1:05] die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don't want that to happen, but it probably will [1:09] for now. It appears that threat has been pushed back for two weeks. Let's bring in CBS News [1:13] National Security Analyst and Marine Corps veteran Aaron McLean. He's also host of the [1:18] School of War podcast. Aaron, in terms of your tea leaves of options, this was one of them. [1:25] And the key phrase in this tweet is subject to, subject to Iran opening the Strait. And I have some [1:32] questions about that. What does it mean to open the Strait? Iran could say, for example, that the [1:38] Strait is actually open right now. Their own ships are going through. Iran ships are going through and [1:41] other ships, the countries of which are coordinating with Iran are going through. [1:45] So does this mean that ships can go through the Strait, but they have to hug that northern [1:49] Iranian coast and follow that channel? I would not consider that the Strait being open. The Strait [1:53] being open is those international channels in the middle are free for passage, and you see [1:58] traffic starting to go through them. Again, that's a big question here for the hours and days to come. [2:02] Why was this the most appealing item on his menu of choices? [2:11] Well, gosh, you know, you can tell the president didn't want to pull the trigger on going after [2:15] these big-scale economic targets because he kept delaying it. You know, he started this war back [2:20] on February the 28th, identifying five military objectives. They were ambitious, but they were [2:25] limited in the sense that he actually explicitly said he didn't need regime change in Iran to consider [2:30] this war to be a success. He talked about Iran's missiles, its nuclear program. [2:34] It's Navy and its support for terror proxies. However, Iran then played this card of closing [2:41] the Strait of Hormuz in return, essentially, as we were talking about earlier, took the global [2:44] economy hostage by doing so. This left the president with relatively few options. He didn't [2:50] want to do the protracted campaign of convoy operations through the Strait. The Iranians for [2:54] some time there will see where we stand as the night plays out. The Iranians were not willing to open [3:00] it back up in response to his diplomatic overtures. So he got to this point where essentially threatening [3:05] to force state collapse in Iran through military means was his only remaining option. But this, of [3:11] course, would allow for substantial retaliation from the Iranians on economic targets throughout the [3:16] Gulf and not necessarily provide any short-term fixes to the economic problems that the closure of the [3:21] strait is causing. Let's stay on the strait for a second, because one of the [3:28] complicating factors of the closure is the fact that we don't know if there are mines in the water. [3:34] That's right. How does, what does the reopening look like [3:39] with that threat just under the dark waters? Yeah, yeah, no. So there are reports that there are mines [3:46] in the strait. The number seems to be relatively few. Of course, all it takes, if it's your boat, [3:50] is one. So there's going to need to be a process to ensure that those mines are not in those channels [3:56] in the U.S. Navy and other nations. Ensure with an E or ensure with an I? Both. You've got to, [4:02] you're going to want to make sure that there are no mines in those waters and there are, you know, [4:06] special vessels and units who are capable of doing that. But yes, the insurance question is big, [4:11] and that's another, I'm glad you mentioned that, because that's another important aspect of all this. [4:14] Let's say in the hours to come, the Iranians say, fine, the straits reopened. Let's even say that [4:19] it's actually in good faith, which I'm a little skeptical of, but they're in good faith. They say, [4:23] yeah, do what you want. What company is going to want to be the first one to be like, let's go. [4:27] So the damage to global commerce is already pretty severe. We've had about a month of stoppage already. [4:34] So getting the process of getting those ships through again, providing them insurance, [4:39] security, comfort that actually this is going to be okay, especially when there's a ticking clock. [4:43] It's a two-week window. So you have these negotiations on this broader settlement running [4:47] concurrently. It's still a very fluid, dangerous atmosphere, even with this [4:51] recent rush of what appears to be positive news. [4:54] What do you make of Pakistan being the mediator here? [4:57] It's a very interesting detail to all of this. Pakistan, of course, is quite close to China. [5:03] So one question that I have is, what is their role in all of this? [5:06] The Pakistani assertion clearly is being met with open arms by the Trump administration. [5:12] The Iranians appear to be talking to them as well. [5:15] You know, one country that I'm quite confident is not super pleased with this turn of events [5:18] is India, which, of course, has long-running tensions with Pakistan, [5:22] a tense standoff on the border between those two nations for many, many decades now. [5:25] I don't think India looks at Pakistan playing a regionally important role and is super happy about it. [5:31] Aaron McLean, thank you so much. [5:34] Let's go now to CBS News business contributor Javier David. [5:37] He's also a business editor for the Dallas Morning News. [5:40] Take us through what we saw today in the markets and what this two-week ceasefire now could mean. [5:46] You know, look, the most salient economic impact right now is energy spikes act as a consumption tax, [5:52] and that's what you're seeing in the markets. [5:53] Everyone wants this conflict to end because it is making inflation hit consumers [5:59] even more anxious and miserable than they already are in this affordability crisis era. [6:03] We're living through coincidentally. [6:04] I was just in South Florida. [6:06] I borrowed my sister's car. [6:07] I filled the gas tank up. [6:09] What's usually a roughly $50 purchase ended up costing nearly $70. [6:13] And it kind of just goes to show you how surging gas prices act as this kind of stealth tax [6:18] on all sorts of goods and services up and down the economic supply chain. [6:22] So when consumers get sticker shock that way on a daily or weekly basis, [6:25] it just forces them to make all these sorts of tradeoffs and just to be able to afford, like, the basics. [6:31] So you have this crisis. [6:32] The door moves. [6:33] It's created the biggest energy shock in history. [6:36] It's taken millions of barrels a day off the market. [6:39] Just today, dated Brent, which is a benchmark for real world. [6:42] Oil prices hit its highest ever above 144. [6:45] So amidst all this talk about ceasefires, even if the street reopens, [6:49] energy prices are more than likely to remain high for months, if not years. [6:52] And so also we know that about every dollar was worth of oil translates into a move higher [6:58] of at least two cents in gas prices. [7:00] So you're sitting now above $4 per gallon in over 23 states. [7:04] That could easily be five, even though we have the ceasefire on the table. [7:09] Javier David, thank you as always. [7:14] CBS News Middle East contributor Courtney Keeley joins us now. [7:17] You have been monitoring all of the latest. [7:19] What do you make of this? [7:21] So what I heard earlier was the Pakistani prime minister was heavily involved in these [7:26] conversations, and they were having the conversations with the vice president, J.D. [7:32] Vance, and who was really also involved was the deputy prime minister and what's called [7:37] a field marshal, which is our equivalent of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. [7:41] And the field marshal, Muneer, he has met Trump. [7:45] He has been to the White House. [7:47] The Pakistanis were very eager to show that they had this diplomatic juice, really, to make [7:56] this happen, because they have a very unusual and interesting—they have a relationship with [8:02] the U.S., but they also have a very good relationship with the Iranians, and that was the key point [8:07] here. [8:08] So what I'm hearing from the Iranian side is they were eager also for this ceasefire [8:13] to happen. [8:14] It's going to start for two weeks. [8:17] But an Iranian expert that I also just spoke to a few minutes ago said this two weeks could [8:22] just end the war, technically, and it's likely to, because the Iranian regime is likely to go [8:29] just back, okay, we're good. [8:30] We'll have—we'll stop all the firing. [8:34] Who's going to talk to the Israelis? [8:35] Because the Pakistanis don't recognize Israel as a country or a state, but that's where Turkey [8:41] and Egypt come in. [8:42] So Pakistan, Iran, and the U.S. really came forward and all agreed on this. [8:49] Pakistan, the deputy prime minister, and the field marshal, the Joint Chiefs of Staff equivalent, [8:56] were the ones that really got down into the details with J.D. Vance. [8:59] I've been hearing about the Strait of Hormuz, will it open, will it close? [9:03] It's a big body of water and a very shallow body of water. [9:06] The real point, the chokehold, is this area that's about four to five miles wide, [9:14] and that's the Iranian territorial waters that they want to make sure they don't put a toll booth in [9:19] or say nobody can come in and out. [9:21] So that is the part of deal where they have to say don't put your toll booth in. [9:25] Don't block it and charge people entry and exit through the narrowest part, [9:30] which are technically your territorial waters, not the bigger part of the water. [9:35] It's just that little bit, that narrow part. [9:38] So that is, that's an easy fix if you just don't, [9:42] the Iranians just don't put their people out there and stop the boats. [9:44] And it's a, but it's slow moving and it's narrow. [9:48] So that, that can, that can be done diplomatically. [9:51] That's going to be on top of it. [9:52] The things that might not happen that the Iranians really wanted, [9:55] they wanted Israel out of southern Lebanon and they wanted the, [9:59] they wanted a ceasefire with Hezbollah. [10:01] They're probably not going to get that because the Israelis aren't really directly involved, [10:05] again, because the Pakistanis don't talk to them. [10:07] So this is, this is two weeks. [10:11] This is the big push. [10:12] The effort was diplomatic through Pakistan who have great relations with the Iranians. [10:17] The Iranians seem to want it. [10:19] Now, people that I speak to, the Iranian people and people that I've spoken to that have family [10:24] and friends there said, this is going to be relief, but worry. [10:28] They're going to be relieved that there are no airstrikes, [10:30] but they're also going to be worried about what's going to happen next. [10:33] And we're not going to get to nuclear talks today. [10:36] We're not going to get ballistic missile talks today. [10:38] We're not even going to get to sanctions. [10:41] This is stop the bombings, move forward, see what kind of mediators, [10:47] whether it's the Pakistanis on, on that Iranian border, [10:50] or if Turkey and Egypt can get involved to work with the Israelis also on a ceasefire. [10:55] You mentioned this could be the end of the war, but this also, call me a cynic, [10:59] but could evaporate, right, if the Iranians don't, in fact, agree to reopening the strait in a meaningful way. [11:05] Right, and everybody's very devious about, but if the Iranians didn't want to do that, they wouldn't. [11:09] And we're talking about the Iranian regime. [11:12] We're talking about the Speaker of Parliament, who's really now the power player right now, [11:16] Speaker of Parliament, Ghalibhaf, and the National Security Council staying power, some other people. [11:22] So when they've wiped out a top of the regime and Khatameh, and then his son really isn't physically able to rule [11:31] because we're not physically seeing him in any point of, on a video camera. [11:36] Mustafa Khamenei. [11:37] Yes, Mustafa Khamenei. [11:38] So it's really the Speaker of Parliament that's in charge, and really the National Security Council. [11:44] And they're worried about staying power. [11:46] They're not worried about whether they keep the strait of Hormuz. [11:49] That was just the stick to beat the U.S. with. [11:50] What are you going to be watching for in the next few hours and days? [11:55] Whether I'm going to watch the Iranian foreign minister and any public statements. [11:59] The Iranians have made it clear to many people that they're pushing out that they want this too. [12:04] The Pakistanis will be also speaking a lot about what kind of points they can agree on. [12:10] So I'd be watching stopping of bombings by the U.S. in Iran. [12:15] What's Israel doing next in terms of their airstrikes, and who's going to negotiate for Israel? [12:21] And then, while everyone's focused on the strait of Hormuz, how the Iranians are doing. [12:26] Because all through this, the regime has still carried out executions and fake trials, [12:31] and is putting people in jail, and people are still scared to go on the streets. [12:37] Courtney Khamenei, we so appreciate you. [12:38] Thank you. [12:39] And thank you for joining us on this breaking news. [12:41] Again, President Trump posting on Truth Social a two-week ceasefire. [12:45] He will hold off on dropping the strikes that he was planning to. [12:50] More coverage on the other side of the break. [13:09] Breaking news. [13:10] President Trump just said moments ago on Truth Social that he will be suspending bombing for two weeks. [13:17] This after Pakistan's prime minister is called for President Trump, asking him to extend his deadline, [13:23] which was set for 8 o'clock Eastern time tonight. [13:27] For background, earlier, President Trump had warned on Truth Social tonight, quote, [13:32] a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. [13:36] I don't want that to happen, but it probably will. [13:39] And he went on to say, maybe something revolutionary or wonderful can happen. [13:43] Who knows? [13:44] We will find out tonight. [13:46] So I want to bring in CBS News contributor H.R. McMaster. [13:49] He is a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general who served as President Trump's national security [13:54] advisor during his first term. [13:57] Thanks for joining us. [13:58] So President Trump just announcing he agreed to suspend attacks on Iran for two weeks. [14:02] What are your thoughts on that, this new information? [14:07] Well, Julia, you know, we'll see what happens, what comes out of it. [14:09] I think we're still in a situation in which the terms are non-negotiable for both sides. [14:15] And we'll see, you know, if we can get to something that is enduring. [14:20] But I think the initial objectives of the campaign are those that we should probably still keep in mind, [14:25] which is to prevent Iran from being able to project power outside of its borders. [14:30] And frankly, I don't think that's feasible until there's a fundamental change in the nature of the regime such that it ceases its permanent hostility to, you know, the great Satan of the United States, Israel and its Arab neighbors, you know, who it's attacked. [14:45] It's attacked 14 countries in the region. [14:47] What should we be looking for from Iran that will, that we will know their word has been kept and that they'll stop bombing U.S. allies? [14:57] Well, again, it would be a fundamental change in the nature of the regime. [15:00] It would be a rejection, essentially, of the ideology of the revolution, which drives and constrains Iranian leaders at the top. [15:06] And this is the ideology that they've imbibed in to export the revolution, their effort to achieve hegemonic influence across the Middle East by keeping their Arab neighbors permanently enmeshed in conflict in these sectarian civil wars, [15:22] while they build sort of a land bridge to the Mediterranean, surround Israel with a ring of fire. [15:28] You know, Hezbollah, which had 150,000 rockets aimed at Israel, Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad. [15:34] But, of course, they're losing, truly. [15:36] I mean, they've lost Hezbollah, largely. [15:38] They've lost Hamas. [15:40] They've lost the Assad regime in Syria, where they perpetuated the serial episodes of mass homicide there. [15:47] The Houthis are greatly weakened. [15:48] And now these direct attacks on Iran have weakened the regime. [15:52] The question is, who emerges from power? [15:55] If it's this guy, Ghalibov, I don't think it doesn't bode well, you know, who's the Speaker, you know, the Speaker of the House. [16:02] We think, you know, the acting Supreme Leader or the designated new Supreme Leader, Mushtaba, is probably severely injured and is in hiding. [16:11] And so it's the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Julia, which is probably in charge. [16:16] And those are some of the most committed ideologues who have victimized so many people in the region and their own population. [16:22] We have to remember murdering, you know, 30,000 to 40,000 Iranians in a 48-hour period in January. [16:29] I want to step back to how the negotiations were happening this afternoon and how things quickly evolved. [16:35] This happened after Pakistan's Prime Minister called President Trump, asking him to extend his deadline, which, in fact, has happened. [16:43] But my question to you is, if talks are happening, who exactly is it with? [16:49] Yeah, that's a really good question. [16:51] Because what happens, what's happening is those who may be talking, like Ghalibov, who I mentioned, when they're asked about it, they're like, oh, no, I'm not talking. [16:59] Maybe because they're afraid of maybe even more extreme people within their own security forces in the IRGC. [17:06] The leadership, I think, is fundamentally fragmented, which could create some opportunities. [17:12] I mean, are there some people within the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps who think it's a bad idea to commit mass murder against their own people, [17:19] that think it's been a bad idea to wage a proxy war against the United States in Germany for 47 years? [17:25] Where has that got them? Got them nowhere, investing, you know, hundreds of billions of dollars in a nuclear and missile program. [17:33] Where has that really gotten them and the Iranian people? [17:36] So there could emerge a leadership, which would be maybe the best way to end this, with some sort of a transitional government. [17:43] Now, the chances of that are unlikely, especially because of the recent mass murders. [17:49] Because I think the IRGC, the people who have blood on their hands, the bus siege, they know that the Iranian people will not be kind to them if they're able to effect a change in the government. [17:59] So, again, truly, it's unclear how the regime ends. [18:04] But really, I don't think this regime can survive. [18:06] It can't survive very long because of the multiple problems it's created for itself. [18:13] And now this very successful coalition campaign against the Iranian regime, its sources of strength and support, including the bus siege and the IRGC, [18:24] the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, the Navy, its missile and drone strike complex, and so forth. [18:30] Again, as we were approaching that 8 p.m. deadline, President Trump agreeing to suspend bombing of Iran for two weeks. [18:37] But I want to ask you, given your background with the president, you've said in the past that President Trump thinks out loud, out loud, that is. [18:44] So what do you make of his comments threatening Iran, some of them calling it, quote, bombastic language? [18:51] Do you think the threats to bomb bridges and power plants could constitute a war crime? [18:57] Well, you know, bridges and power plants can have a dual use, like moving missiles, or we have been bombing some power plants and facilities, [19:06] those associated, for example, with petrochemical plants. [19:10] So it depends on the nature of that target. [19:13] But the bombastic language, you know, the unserious language, the inconsistent language, it is damaging. [19:20] It's damaging because it leaves people confused about what is at stake. [19:24] And I think about the ethical nature of this war, I believe, because of really the fact that Iran has waged a 47-year proxy war and a direct war against the United States, [19:38] that this is a just war, that it meets just war criteria. [19:41] But then when you talk about, you know, ending a civilization, of course, that would be unethical, that military action to do that. [19:49] And if you're looking at it, you know, from a Judeo-Christian perspective or, you know, from St. Thomas Aquinas' just war theory, [19:57] but also just straight-up utilitarianism, it doesn't help you. [20:00] If you recognize that there's not going to be enduring peace with Iran or security for the Iranian people or people of the region, [20:08] unless the regime changes, hey, then you've got to side with the Iranian people and not engage in language [20:14] that might drive the Iranian people back toward the regime or think that there could be an outcome worse [20:20] than the continued hell of living under the Islamic Republic. [20:24] H.R. McMaster, thank you so much. [20:27] I want to now bring in CBS News Middle East contributor Courtney Keeley. [20:30] So, Courtney, what can you tell us about this ceasefire agreement? [20:34] Well, I can tell you that it really came from the Pakistani side as interlocutors. [20:37] And what, while the Prime Minister of Pakistan did tweet this out, that they were speaking and trying to get to this ceasefire, [20:47] really what my sources are telling me that it was the Deputy Prime Minister and what's called the Field Marshal, [20:53] which is the equivalent of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his name is, the Deputy Prime Minister is Ishaq Dar, [21:00] the Field Marshal is Asim Munir. [21:03] And Field Marshal Asim Munir has been invited to the White House before. [21:07] He does have a strong relationship with President Trump. [21:11] And so he worked with Vice President J.D. Vance, and so did the Deputy Prime Minister, [21:17] to really get down to what the details will be. [21:20] So we're just hearing the breaking news that they've gotten to this point. [21:25] But I can also tell you that the Pakistanis, according to sources close with the Iranian government, [21:30] who can talk to them there, say that the Iranians really want this ceasefire. [21:34] They have a unique relationship with Pakistan as their neighbor. [21:38] And Pakistan has not only the unique relationship with Iran, but a unique relationship with the U.S. [21:44] Israel really doesn't factor in this because Pakistani doesn't recognize Israel as a country, [21:50] as the right, you know, the right to have a country. [21:52] So Israel and the Israeli airstrikes will have to see if there's Turkish and Egyptian involvement. [21:59] But right now, the will for a ceasefire, I'm hearing, according to sources, the Iranians do have the will. [22:06] And they haven't closed the Strait of Hormuz down, but the chokehold, the narrowest point, which is about two miles, [22:13] that's where they could have put in a tollbooth, like literally just ships and blocking ships. [22:20] That's where they would open it up. [22:22] It's their territorial waters. [22:24] That's something they're very likely to do. [22:26] The Iranian people, there'll be relief not being under airstrikes, but there'll be worry. [22:31] And there won't be things on the table necessarily like Hezbollah and a ceasefire in Lebanon. [22:37] Courtney Keeley. [22:38] Courtney, I want to circle right back with you. [22:39] But first, I want to get to CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang. [22:44] Weijia, what are you hearing from the White House about the ceasefire agreement? [22:51] Well, we know that President Trump right now is in the Oval Office, and that means he's working there. [22:56] There's a Marine sentry standing guard. [22:58] So we don't know, you know, if he's making phone calls, whether he's getting more briefings. [23:03] But certainly this announcement that he made on Truth Social was the result of intense talks and negotiations throughout the day. [23:12] The president started today, this morning, with that very dire warning for Iran that if they did not meet this 8 p.m. deadline to reach a deal and to open the Strait of Hormuz, that an entire civilization would die. [23:27] And we were at that press conference yesterday with President Trump in which he said essentially the same thing, that he was prepared to bomb all of Iran's power plants and bridges. [23:38] But, you know, negotiations, again, as I mentioned, which were being brokered by the prime minister of Pakistan, apparently went well enough for the president to hold off on that massive bombing campaign. [23:56] And it was just just after 630 that he posted on Truth Social. [24:02] And we know that the Strait of Hormuz was a really important part of any deal to President Trump because, of course, that is the waterway that oil tankers have to get through. [24:13] And they have been avoiding because of dangerous conditions that Iran has created. [24:18] And because that impacts the oil supply, gas prices here at home have been spiking. [24:25] So that was very important to the president. And he said that Iran has agreed to the complete, immediate and safe opening of the Strait. [24:34] And that is why he in turn agreed to hold off on bombing and any attacks for the next two weeks. [24:40] He also sounded really optimistic in this post, saying that they are very far along with a definitive agreement concerning long term peace with Iran. [24:51] And that this two-week period would give them time to finalize that deal. [24:57] So this is a major change, of course, for what the president was prepared to do. [25:04] And we are still waiting to hear more details about how all of this came together. [25:11] What I can tell you is that we do not expect to hear directly from President Trump anymore tonight because the White House has called what is called a lid. [25:19] And that signals to the White House press corps that we will not be seeing him again tonight. [25:25] Yeah, it seems like this all happened so fast, but it's hard to tell what was really happening behind the scenes. [25:30] But, Ouija, we were looking at 45 minutes from now, an 8 p.m. deadline. [25:36] You're insinuating that the president's inside right now. Talks are happening. [25:41] And who are those talks with? I think we keep asking that. [25:44] But where is this negotiation process going from here? [25:47] Well, again, the Pakistani prime minister has really been at the center of this because Iran and the U.S. were not going to directly hold talks. [25:58] And we know that Vice President Vance was representing the U.S. all day today. [26:03] And he actually made public remarks and he said that he hoped Iran did the right thing. [26:08] He was confident that there would be an answer from Iran on whether they would agree to a deal before the deadline. [26:16] And Vance ended up being right. Of course, we now know he was heavily involved with the talk, so he would know. [26:22] But in terms of what happens now, obviously, this is a very fragile situation. [26:30] And we have seen, you know, agreements blow up in a matter of days, sometimes hours. [26:36] And so it's a very sensitive time as we look to the next two weeks to see what kind of progress can be made. [26:44] But the president isn't necessarily looking just for a ceasefire. [26:47] He has made that clear that he wants a long-term peace deal. [26:52] But there are other parties involved. Obviously, we need to hear from Israel. [26:56] We need to hear more directly from Iran, even though they have signaled optimism as well, [27:01] that there was substantial progress today to try to find this long-term solution. [27:07] But the president also mentioned that he believes the military objectives that he laid out are essentially complete, [27:14] and that is why he can now focus on this long-term deal. [27:16] What we don't know is whether those almost apocalyptic threats that the president was making about Iran's civilian infrastructure still hold. [27:27] If at the end of two weeks there is not a formal agreement, [27:31] will he follow through with bombing all those bridges and power plants? [27:36] That's still a question that is unknown as well. [27:39] All right. Weijia Jiang. Weijia, thank you. [27:41] Let's get back to CBS News Middle East contributor Courtney Keeley. [27:45] So, Courtney, let's talk more about this ceasefire agreement. [27:49] You know, we were all kind of on pins and needles waiting for this deadline, waiting to find out what would happen. [27:53] But what are the thoughts in the Middle East for civilians there? [27:56] They all knew about this, too. [27:59] Right. We're 45 minutes from what that deadline was supposed to be. [28:03] And it's really interesting because Pakistan has really taken the center stage. [28:07] So while people in America were bracing for it, of course, everyone else was, too, especially in Iran. [28:13] Now, Pakistani sources tell me they really want to make sure that people understand that it was Field Marshal Asim Mounir [28:19] and the deputy prime minister who really had those negotiations, they were going back and forth, [28:27] and that they had the real effort, Prime Minister Sharif obviously leading the charge. [28:31] People I'm talking to in Iran that are in touch with the Iranian regime government, [28:37] the National Security Council, the foreign minister, the speaker of parliament, [28:40] they all want this ceasefire, and they say the strait will be open. [28:46] Now, there'll be relief among Iranians that the bombs are stopping, [28:49] but not relief that the regime is coming to an end. [28:52] That will still be in place. [28:53] They still have all the issues with the regime. [28:56] And in places like southern Lebanon, where there's their operations with Israel [29:01] and all the way up north into Beirut, that will be a separate thing that will have to be dealt with separately. [29:07] So we're talking about airstrikes in Iran, the president moving away from ending of a civilization or power plants, [29:16] although I have to say Israel did hit some railroads and places today. [29:21] But it is the Iranian regime that has the will to make this happen, [29:26] efforted by the Pakistanis, and the Pakistanis really do have a unique relationship [29:31] where they can go between Iran and the U.S. [29:34] And that's why this really happened. [29:38] So we'll have to see what happens in Iran. [29:41] But will the skies go quiet? [29:43] When will the strait open? [29:44] When will shipping go through? [29:47] How will the Iranian people be? [29:48] How will they react? 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[33:45] Now, President Trump wrote in part, this will be a double-sided ceasefire. [33:49] The reason for doing so is that we have already met and exceeded all military objectives [33:54] and are very far along with a definitive agreement concerning long-term peace with Iran. [34:00] So now I want to bring in CBS News national security contributor Sam Vinograd. [34:04] Sam, thanks for joining us. [34:05] Let's talk about this agreement and really, where do we go from here? [34:08] Well, certainly at this point, the United States is going to be focused on negotiating with the Iranians, [34:15] first through intermediaries, to quote-unquote open the Strait of Hormuz. [34:19] And we need to unpack a bit what that actually means. [34:23] At the moment, international shipping companies and insurers are not sending tankers through the Strait of Hormuz [34:29] because of concerns that Iran will hit those vessels with drones, missiles, mines, and more. 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[35:24] And that is a whole different set of discussions than what's happening through diplomatic channels right now. [35:28] While talks continue, there's really a holding point for our military. [35:33] So what happens to our military presence in the Middle East? [35:36] We have such a massive buildup of forces in the Middle East as well as in Europe to help sustain [35:44] and potentially evolve Operation Epic Fury. [35:46] Certainly, the Trump administration is not going to want to downgrade its footprint to support Operation Epic Fury [35:54] until there's not just a ceasefire, but until there is a credible and verifiable end to this war [36:00] on terms that the United States is comfortable with. [36:03] As we found out, moving carrier strike groups, moving personnel over to the region just takes time. [36:08] So the United States is likely to keep these assets in place until there is a credible and verifiable agreement [36:15] on terms that the U.S. is comfortable with. [36:18] So we should expect the U.S. force posture in the region to remain unchanged during this two-week ceasefire. [36:24] So we understand Iran just released a statement on the ceasefire. [36:27] So, Sam, what are we hearing? [36:29] We are hearing the Iranians in their official statement, the Iranian regime, claim victory [36:35] and indicate that the enemy, the United States and Israel ostensibly, have been defeated. [36:40] It is unsurprising that Iran is taking a victory lap at this stage. [36:44] And by the same token, we should expect the United States and Israel to also claim that Iran agreed to this deal [36:50] because of the pressure campaign inflicted by the U.S. and Israeli militaries. [36:55] So we should probably expect all parties to continue to take these victory laps over the days and two weeks ahead. [37:04] While negotiators work to try to flesh out the actual contours of a more lasting deal. [37:11] What signals should we be watching out for that there is de-escalation or possibly escalation [37:16] in the next couple of days and in this two-week holding period? [37:20] We should certainly look to see if the amount of tanker traffic through the strait actually increases. [37:24] But again, that's going to be a private sector decision as much as it is a U.S.-Iran.-Israel decision. [37:30] And we should also look to see whether strikes actually stop. [37:34] So ceasefires tend to be broken and all parties need to see if there are some sort of errant strikes [37:41] by any of the parties involved, whether that actually breaks a ceasefire or not. [37:46] And we should also see, of course, if the United States does at some juncture [37:51] change its force posture to support Operation Epic Fury. [37:54] But ceasefires, even when implemented with good intentions, do oftentimes have ups and downs. 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[42:45] He's a farmer and retired Army general. [42:48] Harris earned about 37% of the vote in Georgia's special election last month. [42:53] Fuller won roughly 35%. [42:55] So let's bring in CBS News correspondent Skyler Henry live in Rome, Georgia. [43:00] Schuyler, you spoke with both candidates, and what did they have to say? [43:04] Yep. [43:05] Hey, Jules, good to see you, as always. [43:06] We should point out that polls closed about 30 minutes ago. [43:10] We will start to see these numbers trickle in, and it will happen relatively quickly here. [43:15] As it relates to the candidates, we had a chance to speak on Harris' watch party tonight. [43:22] He said that he was enthusiastic about the results here today, [43:25] saying that over the course of the last month, he has done everything in his power [43:29] to broaden his coalition of supporters, if you will, [43:33] in all 10 counties that represent Georgia's 14th district. [43:37] He also earned some pretty high-profile endorsements as well, [43:39] including former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg [43:42] and the celebrity Samuel L. Jackson, who has relatives here in northwest Georgia as well. [43:48] We have also spoken with the Republican Clay Fuller, [43:51] who also expressed his enthusiasm about the results of the day. [43:54] He is someone who touts the president's America First agenda [43:59] and says that should he win and go to Washington, D.C., both of them had to say. [44:08] The reality of it is Republicans that feel that the Republican Party has left them behind, [44:13] they are voting for me and have been voting for me. [44:16] That does not make them a Democrat, [44:18] and that's a conversation that we have had over and over and over. [44:21] Right now, the Democrats are not funding the Department of Homeland Security, [44:25] the agency that is in charge of our border and is in charge of keeping the American people safe. [44:30] Now, one of the things to pay attention to here, Jules, as well, [44:36] is that whoever wins tonight, [44:38] they will serve out the rest of the now former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene's term, [44:43] but they will essentially become candidates all over again starting tomorrow [44:46] and hit the campaign trail again because of the traditional primary that will happen next month. [44:53] So not too much time to rest on the celebration here, [44:56] but still a lot of enthusiasm here in Rome, Georgia tonight. [44:58] Yeah, sure. [44:59] Now, this is particularly, this is a particularly red state. [45:02] So what do voters say about this? [45:04] What have they been saying about the candidates? [45:05] Red state, red districts, historically so. [45:10] This is a region that the president won by 36 percent back in 2024. [45:19] The former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene beat the Democrat, [45:22] Sean Harris, by a considerable margin as well, just north of 30 percent as well. [45:27] And so I think it'll be interesting to see sort of whether we see the vote start to shift, [45:33] so to speak, to be, you know, in lockstep with what the president has said, [45:38] what the president has done. [45:39] He actually made a trip here to Rome in recent months. [45:42] Or whether they decide to try something new and go with Harris, [45:46] who, while, yes, is looking to do something that is incredibly difficult [45:50] in terms of flipping a traditionally red district, [45:53] but is also gaining a significant momentum. [45:55] You pointed out the percentage that he was able to nab last month [45:57] during the election at that time. [45:59] That is something not to slouch at either. [46:01] But we spoke with voters about that. [46:02] Take a listen. [46:04] I'm a 45, 47 and onward guy. [46:07] Where he says to vote for, that's who we're going to vote for. [46:11] So, Clay? [46:12] Yeah, absolutely. [46:13] I've never been one to vote across party lines, [46:17] but this is even, to me, more important now than ever, [46:21] is to see what the person, the candidate has to say [46:24] as opposed to what party he's representing. [46:29] And to that point, the issues came up quite a bit when we were speaking to voters. [46:36] There's obviously affordability that has been top of mind for many, [46:39] especially in a district like this one that relies so heavily on cost effectiveness, [46:44] so to speak, being acutely aware to everything from gas prices and grocery prices, [46:49] but even diesel fuel prices, [46:51] given the large number of agricultural professionals here in this area as well. [46:56] But they also say that they want whoever that wins tonight to go to Washington, D.C. [47:01] to have a bit of integrity. [47:03] One woman we spoke with was very concerned about term limits. [47:07] Another very concerned about immigration. [47:09] So really, a bunch of drops in different buckets, so to speak. [47:13] A lot of people saying that they want different things all in all. [47:16] As I said, whoever wins tonight will have to do it all over again. [47:19] Yes, they will. [47:21] But they'll be in the seat. [47:22] Might be a little bit easier that way. [47:23] All right, Skyler Henry. [47:24] Skyler, thank you so much. [47:27] Continuing our breaking news, [47:28] President Trump announced on Truth Social [47:30] that he will suspend bombing in Iran for two weeks. [47:33] This after Pakistan's prime minister called President Trump [47:35] to extend his deadline, which was set for 8 p.m. Eastern. [47:39] So Trump wrote, in part, this will be a double-sided ceasefire. [47:44] The reason for doing so is that we have already met [47:47] and exceeded all military objectives [47:49] and are very far along with a definitive agreement [47:52] concerning long-term peace with Iran. [47:55] So let's bring in CBS News contributor Eric McLean. [47:59] Aaron, what can you tell us about the ceasefire? [48:01] You know, we had you scheduled to talk about a looming deadline. [48:04] Now we're talking about a ceasefire. [48:06] Where do things stand now in the talks? [48:08] Yeah, this is a very fluid situation. [48:12] So you have the president saying that he will agree [48:14] to a two-week ceasefire provided that Iran [48:18] reopens the Strait of Hormuz. [48:20] You've also seen just in the recent minutes, [48:23] I mean, this is all coming together very quickly, [48:25] the Iranians essentially agreeing to do so, [48:27] but the devil is in the details here. [48:28] What does it mean to reopen the Strait of Hormuz? [48:31] The Iranian foreign minister in his statement said [48:33] that the Iranians will reopen the Strait of Hormuz [48:35] provided that ships coordinate with Iran's armed forces. [48:39] And subject to technical details. [48:41] Well, what does that mean? [48:42] Does that mean that Iran gets to approve [48:43] every ship that goes to the Strait? [48:45] Is the United States okay with that [48:47] as a definition of the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz? [48:51] To me, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz [48:52] is the international channels in the middle of the Strait [48:55] are open to anyone who wants to travel through them. [48:57] They are treated as international waters. [49:00] This kind of question is going to be playing out in the hours, [49:03] maybe days to come. [49:06] I imagine that's going to get pretty tricky and pretty sticky [49:09] because what exactly does that mean opening the, [49:13] what does a reopening exactly look like? [49:15] And just how safe is that? [49:19] Right. [49:19] So there's the safety issue as well. [49:21] You can reopen everything, [49:22] but then you've got to encourage this shipping [49:23] to actually come back into the channel. [49:24] There are insurance issues with that. [49:26] There have been reports of mines in the water. [49:27] So there's that and the whole economic question as well. [49:30] But if you kind of picture this Strait, [49:32] the way that ships only go through it [49:33] is right through the middle. [49:34] There's a channel through the middle [49:36] that ships treat as international waters [49:38] and they pass freely subject to [49:39] what are in effect traffic regulations. [49:42] What's been happening since the start of March [49:44] is Iran has been shooting at ships [49:46] in the Strait of Hormuz, [49:47] but also on the Gulf and the waters on either side [49:50] and forcing ships to go on a channel [49:53] on the northern edge of the Strait. [49:55] So essentially along the Iranian coastline [49:57] with their approval, [49:58] there's been some speculation [49:59] that they're charging money for this [50:01] and obviously a lot of Iranian oil traffic [50:03] has been getting out on that route as well. [50:05] In their minds, [50:06] does opening the Strait of Hormuz [50:07] mean that everyone can come through [50:09] provided they use their channel [50:11] and get their approval? [50:12] That's not clear sitting here with you [50:14] at this precise moment in time, [50:16] nor is it clear that the United States [50:17] would actually accept that [50:18] as a good faith fulfillment [50:19] of the conditions they agreed to meet. [50:21] So let's talk about this real operation deadline. [50:24] Was it really a negotiating tactic [50:27] or was it a real operation deadline [50:29] where come 8 p.m., things were going to happen? [50:33] Well, you know, the president is a dealmaker. [50:37] That's his conception of himself. [50:38] That's how he's sold himself to the American people. [50:41] And it's been pretty clear, I think, [50:43] for the last few weeks [50:44] that he would like a diplomatic way out [50:46] of the situation he was in. [50:47] He didn't want to go in [50:48] and do convoy operations in the Strait of Hormuz [50:51] because those operations, once you start them, [50:54] aren't necessarily going to have a clear ending. [50:56] You kind of have to do them [50:56] until the Iranians let you off the hook [50:58] at some point [50:59] or the Iranian state collapses. [51:01] He also considered this option [51:02] beginning at 8 o'clock tonight [51:04] had negotiations not led [51:05] to some sort of fruitful consequence [51:07] to long campaign against economic targets in Iran [51:11] that would have been extremely painful [51:12] for the Iranians, [51:13] led them probably to retaliate [51:15] against economic targets in the region [51:17] to a greater extent than they already have, [51:18] and essentially been an escalatory step all around. [51:22] That would have done nothing in the short term [51:23] to solve the economic pain. [51:25] It may in time have punished the Iranians [51:27] so severely that they would change their minds [51:29] about opening the Strait [51:30] or indeed led to conditions of Iranian state collapse, [51:33] at which point they wouldn't be able [51:34] to close the Strait. [51:35] Anyway, but that's a painful round of escalation [51:37] to go through if you've got your eye on markets [51:39] and your eye on global confidence. [51:41] You know, we all were led on this journey, [51:44] this ride, and a scary one at that, [51:46] using this bombastic language [51:48] from the president, as some might call it, [51:50] and now kind of a pullback. [51:52] Now we have a ceasefire, [51:54] and we have a break for Iran to make a deal [51:56] and for President Trump to talk with allies [51:59] and get things moving along. [52:01] I'm curious, was this kind of a midnight deadline, [52:04] 11th hour turn of events, [52:06] or did you see this kind of taking shape [52:09] possibly yesterday and into today [52:11] and in the last hours? [52:14] Well, the Pakistani mediation [52:15] has been underway for some days now, [52:17] and then the critical moment was this afternoon. [52:18] You saw that tweet on X [52:21] from the Pakistani prime minister [52:23] essentially outlining the terms [52:24] that now appear to be the operational terms [52:27] of this ceasefire. [52:28] Two weeks, the United States [52:29] ceases its military action targeting Iran. [52:32] Iran, in turn, opens up the Strait. [52:34] That seems to have been the critical moment, [52:36] but there's sort of a saying about the Iranians. [52:37] The president's actually cited this a few times. [52:39] The Iranians have never won a war, [52:41] but they've never lost a negotiation, [52:43] and there are sort of kernels of truth to that. [52:45] The Iranians are very savvy, [52:47] very difficult negotiators [52:48] to be across the table from. [52:50] So I'm not sure the ride has really stopped, [52:53] to be honest with you. [52:54] I think we're still on this ride. [52:56] This administration approaches military action [52:58] and diplomatic maneuvering [53:00] as kind of two sides of the same coin. [53:02] So really anything could happen [53:03] over these next two weeks, [53:04] and the Iranians are going to be looking [53:06] for maximal success at the negotiating table. [53:08] Again, I think you see that literally right now [53:10] with them right out of the gate [53:12] trying to renegotiate the terms [53:13] of what is opening the Strait even mean. [53:16] Yeah, how could this affect oil supply? [53:17] Where do things stand? [53:20] Well, the thing is, [53:21] there's been a fair amount of damage [53:23] already done to oil supply, [53:25] but also natural gas [53:26] and all the other kinds of commodities [53:27] that come through the Strait. [53:28] We have about a month of stoppage so far, [53:31] if not stoppage, [53:32] then choking it off to the extent [53:33] where it is effectively a stoppage [53:35] as far as global markets are concerned. [53:37] You've not seen that, I think, [53:38] fully reflected in the prices yet. [53:42] So even if everything were up and running [53:44] at full scale tomorrow, [53:45] there's still this, [53:46] whatever the opposite of a bulge is, [53:48] there's this gap in the global energy supply [53:50] that's going to need to work itself out [53:52] in the weeks to come. [53:53] In the 1970s, the oil shock, [53:55] the embargo only lasted [53:56] for a limited period of time, [53:57] but the economic effects [53:58] cascaded for some time thereafter. [54:00] So we have to see on the assumption [54:02] that things get up and going again swiftly, [54:03] what the consequence of this month [54:05] of shortage will be. [54:07] But again, it's not totally clear to me [54:09] that we are out of the woods [54:10] or to use your metaphor, [54:11] off this ride quite yet. [54:14] The days to come could be action-packed indeed. [54:16] Yeah, absolutely. [54:17] Aaron McLean, thank you so much for your insight [54:19] and we'll definitely circle back with you again. [54:22] And we will continue to follow breaking news. [54:23] President Trump announcing [54:24] that he will suspend bombing of Iran for two weeks. [54:27] We'll have more coverage when we come back. [54:29] To the ends of the earth. [54:44] We'll hit the heights. [54:45] A great adventure together. [54:46] And reach for the stars. [54:48] Star power. [54:49] I like it. [54:49] So cool. [54:50] But wait, there's more. [54:52] Experience thought-provoking. [54:54] Something that's undeniable. [54:56] With mindfulness. [54:57] Innovative. [54:58] Magical. [54:58] It's like being a child. [55:00] And truly original reporting. 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[57:52] Their policies created, the high prices, our policies are rapidly ending them. [57:59] We are doing really well. [58:02] Those prices are plummeting downward. [58:04] Now some of those prices are creeping back up [58:08] as the war with Iran's economic impact ripples through the U.S. [58:11] Our CBS News Money Watch team has been tracking these price shifts [58:15] and one of the most visible impacts has been on gas. [58:18] The average price is up more than a dollar compared to just before the war [58:21] and continuing to rise, according to AAA. [58:24] So a recent LendingTree survey found nearly a third of Americans are spending less [58:29] because of the higher fuel costs. [58:31] Now those fuel prices are also impacting air travel. [58:35] Average global airfare is up 24% compared to this time last year, [58:39] according to OAG, a flight analytics platform. [58:43] The cost-to-mail packages also rising as delivery companies add fuel surcharges [58:48] to cover the increased prices. [58:51] The U.S. Postal Service added an 8% fuel surcharge for shipments. [58:55] FedEx, Amazon, and UPS have introduced their own as well. [59:00] And a reminder, the CBS News data team is tracking gas prices, oil prices, [59:03] and other energy costs. [59:05] Go to cbsnews.com slash gas prices for updates. [59:10] Now before the ceasefire was announced, Iran's regime is called on people [59:13] to form human chains around power plants. [59:16] CBS News verified this footage of people surrounding a power plant [59:20] in Iran's Fars province today. [59:24] President Trump previously threatened to bomb Iran's power plants and bridges [59:27] if Iran didn't reopen the Strait of Hormuz by the deadline. [59:31] As reported, that deadline has been extended. [59:35] The CBS News verified this footage of a crowd of people holding Iranian flags on a bridge. 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[1:04:34] An eye-opening report on 60 Minutes. [1:04:43] The Artemis II crew has left the lunar sphere and is headed back to Earth. [1:04:47] New photos show spectacular views from the far side of the moon. [1:04:50] The astronauts are the first humans to see some parts of the moon's far side with the naked eye [1:04:55] and traveling farther from Earth than any other humans in history. [1:04:59] Also, here's a selfie. [1:05:00] It was captured by the crew in their spacecraft during their record-breaking mission. [1:05:05] Senior national correspondent Mark Strassman is following it all from the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. [1:05:10] A solar eclipse seen from the far side of the moon. [1:05:15] Earth set. [1:05:16] Our distant planet. [1:05:17] All of us. [1:05:18] Sinking behind the lunar horizon. [1:05:21] Among the remarkable new images from Artemis II's moonshot travelogue. [1:05:25] Have you seen anything in those images that surprised you? [1:05:29] And what about those images touched you? [1:05:32] While they are inspirational and, I think, allow all of us to, you know, really feel a little bit of what they were feeling, [1:05:41] there's also a lot of science hidden, you know, inside of those images. [1:05:45] Another first. [1:05:46] This ship-to-ship exchange. [1:05:48] Integrus is the International Station. [1:05:52] How do you hear? [1:05:53] The Orion capsule in deep space talking to the International Space Station in low Earth orbit. [1:06:04] During Monday night's lunar flyby, the Orion capsule disappeared behind the moon's far side. [1:06:15] Roughly 40 minutes of radio silence. [1:06:18] And then they were back. [1:06:23] Everyone, including President Trump, has so many questions. [1:06:26] What is the most unforgettable part of this really historic day? [1:06:31] Seeing all the sights that we've seen from Earth for all of our lives, [1:06:35] but we're seeing them from a different perspective. [1:06:36] Sights that no human has ever seen before, not even in Apollo, and that was amazing for us. [1:06:41] I want to bring in Brown University professor and former Apollo-era scientist Jim Head. [1:06:48] Professor, how does the moon play into understanding Earth's early history? [1:06:53] The photos are fascinating. [1:06:55] Well, it's really, Juliet, a fantastic thing. [1:06:57] I mean, they've been doing a great job. [1:06:59] And the key here is if you want to understand the Earth history, you would want to have a history book of the Earth. [1:07:03] But if that was a book, the first 12 or so pages of that book are gone for the Earth because of erosion and all kinds of turbulence and changing this, that. [1:07:14] But on the moon, they're preserved. [1:07:15] So it's really like we're looking at the missing chapters of Earth history. [1:07:20] And if we want to know where we're going in the future, we really need to know where we're going in the past. [1:07:24] Yeah, they're filling it in. [1:07:26] So what does this mission mean for the future of space exploration? [1:07:29] And then what do you see coming next for these astronauts? [1:07:33] Well, I think it's really not just the beginning, but and not going back to the moon, but moving on to the moon so we can go on to Mars in the future. [1:07:42] So it's really about a moon Mars architecture. [1:07:45] And essentially, you know, people talk about the long time between the flights, but at the same time, NASA has not been just hanging out. [1:07:53] OK, we've been in permanent present in low Earth orbit in this International Space Station for 25 years. [1:07:59] And that's the data you need to press on to live on the moon and to move on to Mars. [1:08:04] So it's it's all about the future. [1:08:06] It's all about the future. [1:08:07] And we're really excited about this because I had the experience of working with all the Apollo astronauts. [1:08:13] And now my students, many of whom are in the science back room and mission control, you know, are letting or having the same experience themselves. [1:08:22] And furthermore, it's interesting that the Artemis II astronauts are going to be talking to the International Space Station crew. [1:08:30] And the commander of that crew is one of my ex-students, Jessica Meir, a Brown student. [1:08:35] So it's all coming together in terms of the long term history and the future. [1:08:39] Yes. Six degrees of separation for you. [1:08:42] The astronauts named a moon crater after Commander Reed Wiseman's late wife. [1:08:47] So what is the significance of a moon crater? [1:08:49] And do you have any background as to how this came about? [1:08:53] Well, I think it's you should hark back to the early explorers who explored the West or everywhere. [1:08:59] And they tended to name things for things that were familiar to them or things that were really important to them because these weren't named. [1:09:07] And this is a brand new crater that just formed within the last couple of months. [1:09:12] And I think it's very fitting that Reed and the crew named it after Reed's unfortunately deceased wife because it's a memorial to the past, but it's also a vision to the future. [1:09:24] Oh, I like that. [1:09:25] Professor Jim Head, thank you so much. [1:09:27] We will continue to track the mission. More news is next. [1:09:32] You're watching CBS News 24-7, the number one free streaming news service in America. [1:09:48] When a young woman nearly dies from poisoning. [1:09:50] It just progressively got worse. [1:09:52] And someone said it's lead poisoning. [1:09:54] Investigators focus on the two people she trusted the most. [1:09:58] I was at that time a suspect. [1:09:59] Everybody had to be a suspect. 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[1:13:31] The reason for doing so is that we have already met and exceeded all military objectives [1:13:37] and are very far along with a definitive agreement concerning long-term peace with Iran. [1:13:43] Earlier, President Trump had warned on Truth Social, quote, [1:13:47] A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. [1:13:51] I don't want that to happen, but it probably will. [1:13:53] All right, CBS News senior foreign correspondent MTS Tayyip is live in Doha, Qatar. [1:13:59] So thanks for joining us. [1:14:00] If a ceasefire is agreed, as the president has said, [1:14:04] then what are we hearing from Iranians tonight? [1:14:10] Juliette, well, as you can imagine, [1:14:12] there is a huge sigh of relief being heard all across the region. [1:14:16] We're here in Doha, Qatar, of course, [1:14:18] one of the countries that has been targeted in Iran's retaliatory strikes over the past six weeks. [1:14:23] This, of course, is a country which has one of the largest LNG plants in the world. [1:14:28] That's liquefied natural gas, providing around 20% of the world's fuel. [1:14:33] And there are so many countries across this region who are so invested in this. [1:14:38] But the reality is, is from the Iranian perspective, [1:14:41] they have made it very clear throughout this war that they would not accept a ceasefire of any kind. [1:14:45] What they would accept was a full end to the war. [1:14:49] And yet we have this two-week ceasefire. [1:14:52] And it is a delicate one, it has to be said. [1:14:54] But to answer your question as to what could have been the reason for the Iranians accepting this two-week pause, if you will, [1:15:02] it's down to the fact that President Trump has also reiterated this key point, [1:15:07] that he has acknowledged and is willing to negotiate on the basis of a 10-point plan that the Iranians have put up. [1:15:14] I'm going to read some of those points to you just to get us an idea of what the Iranians are essentially asking for [1:15:21] and what they hope this deal will ultimately lead to. [1:15:24] And that is a permanent end to hostilities and guarantees that the fighting would never start again. [1:15:31] A lifting of all sanctions on Iran. [1:15:34] And that the Strait of Hormuz, this body of water which has been so hotly contested throughout this conflict, [1:15:41] this tiny narrow strip of water in which 20% of the world's energy passes through, [1:15:46] that Iran will exact a toll of $2 million per vessel passing through. [1:15:52] They will split that money with Oman, which is a neighboring country that they share that body of water with, [1:15:57] and keep a million dollars for every single ship that passes through. [1:16:01] Money they say they will use as a form of reparations for the damage caused to their country throughout this war. [1:16:08] And finally, what I'll also add is that they want to make it clear that the war that we haven't been talking a huge amount about, [1:16:15] which is the fact that Israel has been targeting Lebanon, which is where Iran's proxy Hezbollah is based, [1:16:22] that the fighting there will stop and other proxies across the region will stop being targeted as well. [1:16:27] It is a pretty maximalist list of demands from the Iranians, [1:16:30] and they believe that the U.S. is taking those demands seriously, [1:16:34] and that is why we have this now two-week ceasefire, [1:16:37] which is now only a few minutes old. [1:16:40] Juliette. [1:16:40] Yeah, that's amazing. [1:16:41] I want to ask you from your perspective, [1:16:43] so with this looming deadline of 8 p.m. in the United States, [1:16:48] Eastern Time, [1:16:48] what was the reaction and the generic or the overall pause of relief that you saw from civilians there? [1:17:00] Look, throughout the day, [1:17:01] we've actually been seeing images coming out of Tehran, [1:17:05] which is actually quite difficult to do. [1:17:07] We have to remember that the Iranian leadership has imposed one of the most punishing internet blackouts [1:17:12] in the world. [1:17:14] For nearly six weeks, Iran has effectively had very little internet, [1:17:18] which meant we could get very little information from the country, [1:17:21] not least hearing from people inside. [1:17:23] And yet we did see images of supporters of Iran doing exactly what the president of Iran, [1:17:30] Masoud Pezeskihan, called them to do. [1:17:32] He said 14 million Iranians were prepared to put their bodies on the line [1:17:36] to defend the critical infrastructure that President Trump said he was going to destroy. [1:17:41] And that early morning, true social post, [1:17:43] in which he said a civilization would die, [1:17:47] that, of course, being Iran. [1:17:49] Many people in Iran seeing that as a direct threat to them as a people and as a nation. [1:17:55] And while many Iranians certainly do not like their leadership, [1:17:58] some would go as far as saying they actively hate their leadership, [1:18:02] that they love their country and they wanted to defend their country. [1:18:05] So again, while we are seeing this sigh of relief, [1:18:08] not least here in the Gulf and indeed inside Iran and frankly around the world, [1:18:12] as many countries understand that a protracted, brutal war with Iran is very bad for the rest [1:18:19] of the world, that this ceasefire is now in place. [1:18:22] The question now is how durable it's going to be [1:18:25] and whether it's going to lead to a lasting peace. [1:18:29] Yes. [1:18:30] Julia. [1:18:30] This two weeks is very crucial. [1:18:32] Anything can happen for sure. [1:18:34] Do we know who in Iran is doing the negotiating? [1:18:37] Yeah, we have to remember that throughout this war, [1:18:42] many senior leaders in Iran have been killed. [1:18:45] In fact, in the early hours of the war, [1:18:46] the supreme leader, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed. [1:18:50] This was a man who ruled Iran for 36 years. [1:18:53] And then we later saw his son become his replacement, [1:18:56] Mujtaba Khamenei, a man we haven't seen since he was announced as the new supreme leader. [1:19:00] We've only heard some statement, [1:19:02] or rather seen some statements from him on state TV. [1:19:05] But the Iranians have a leadership structure which is decentralized. [1:19:10] They call it the mosaic. [1:19:12] And essentially what that means is that they were preparing for a major conflict [1:19:16] which would see their senior leadership killed. [1:19:19] And so what that meant was that when one leader was killed, [1:19:22] there was one, literally one rank below, ready to rise up. [1:19:26] And then below that, another one ready to rise up. [1:19:29] And so we understand that the Iranian president was deeply involved in these talks. [1:19:33] We understand the Iranian foreign minister was deeply involved in this talk. [1:19:36] And indeed members who are tied to the IRGC. [1:19:39] Pakistan, of course, we need to mention, [1:19:41] they were really acting as the go-between between Washington and Tehran. [1:19:46] Why Pakistan, you might ask? [1:19:47] We have to remember this is a country that shares a border with Iran. [1:19:50] It has cordial relationships with Iran. [1:19:53] But crucially, it does not host a U.S. military base like these Gulf countries do, [1:19:58] which have been on the receiving end of Iranian drones and missiles. [1:20:01] But I think what's also important to add is that over the past year, [1:20:05] Pakistan and Washington have become incredibly close. [1:20:08] President Trump, in his true social statement announcing this ceasefire, [1:20:13] acknowledged not only the Pakistani prime minister, Shabazz Sharif, [1:20:16] but also the field marshal, which is the most senior military person in Pakistan. [1:20:21] Many see him as the de facto leader, Asim Minir, as helping to negotiate this. [1:20:27] And it really just underscores how it required a country that was able to talk to Iran [1:20:33] and was able to talk to the U.S., was seen as relatively neutral, [1:20:38] was able to at least get us to this point. [1:20:41] We've also heard from the Iranian leadership acknowledging Pakistan's role in all this. [1:20:45] But we want to keep reiterating this key point here, Julia, [1:20:48] even though we were expecting, fearing that a major escalation could have happened right around now, [1:20:54] that this ceasefire, which is now in place for the next two weeks, [1:20:57] so these negotiations can continue, remains quite fragile. [1:21:01] I want to ask you this. [1:21:02] I do know that you spent time recently along the Strait of Hormuz. [1:21:05] So what assurances can we get that we can trust that Iran doesn't have any mines in the strait [1:21:10] and that they will give safe passage? [1:21:12] At this stage, we only have Iran's word for it, [1:21:18] just like the Iranians only have the U.S.'s word that this ceasefire will hold. [1:21:22] And we have to essentially see, you know, the proof in the pudding. [1:21:25] Will ships pass through? [1:21:27] Will vessels not be on the receiving end of any kind of obstruction or harm, [1:21:33] whether it's mines or anything to that effect? [1:21:36] Now, it has to be said that although the Strait of Hormuz has largely been bottlenecked, [1:21:40] a number of ships have been allowed to pass through. [1:21:42] Iran has given permission for vessels to cross. [1:21:46] So the fear of mines at this moment seems to be relatively small. [1:21:50] But the reality is, is that this vital choke point, this waterway, [1:21:55] which is so vital to the world's energy supply, [1:21:57] 20% of the world's energy supply passes through this narrow point, [1:22:01] Iran on one side, Oman on the other, that that has to be open. [1:22:05] And that is crucial to this. [1:22:06] It underpins everything President Trump has been demanding from Iran. [1:22:11] It all revolves around the Strait of Hormuz. [1:22:13] And it seems like the Strait should be open. [1:22:16] But we'll have to see over the next days and potentially weeks to see if that holds [1:22:21] and whether these talks can actually bear fruit. [1:22:24] And we see an end to this now six-week war. [1:22:26] MTS Taya, live in Doha, Qatar. [1:22:29] MTS, thank you for your reporting. [1:22:32] I want to bring in CBS News Middle East contributor Courtney Keeley with more on the ceasefire. [1:22:36] And what more we're hearing about this. [1:22:38] Obviously, talks are continuing. [1:22:40] And we have a two-week period. [1:22:41] But anything can happen in that time. [1:22:44] Well, what I'm really hearing with is a unique relationship with Pakistan that has with the U.S. [1:22:49] But they also have a unique relationship with Iran. [1:22:53] So it was really the Pakistanis that drove this, not just the prime minister, [1:22:58] but the joint chiefs of staff essentially is the field marshal. [1:23:02] And he was the one who has a good relationship with President Trump. [1:23:05] And J.D. Vance, the vice president, was involved. [1:23:09] But while I was working and hearing sources coming through Pakistan and what they were able to effort, [1:23:14] I was also talking to people that are in touch with Iranian officials. [1:23:19] And they really have the will to end this war. [1:23:22] What they were pointing out to me, what the Iranians see this as, is, first of all, [1:23:26] the Speaker of Parliament, the National Security Council, and people like the president remain in power. [1:23:31] So while the regime might be down, it's not gone. [1:23:35] And they can still hold on to that. [1:23:37] They won't necessarily get into talks about nuclear or ballistic missiles or anything like that right now. [1:23:42] But I am hearing from those sources that are speaking to the Iranian regime officials that the Strait of Hormuz will open. [1:23:51] And it's this one particular part of the Strait of Hormuz that was really the most difficult, [1:23:56] was this almost just about two miles, it's its narrowest point, that are Iranian territorial waters. [1:24:03] So we don't expect to see them actually putting some kind of toll booth in there or some way that you can't pass through without paying the Iranians for that. [1:24:14] Now, all of this has to be worked out or not. [1:24:18] It's a ceasefire. [1:24:20] People are saying that the Iranians are feeling and people close to Iranians and a family that are telling me that there's relief and worry. [1:24:28] But the waterway is supposed to be open, that the Iranians want that. [1:24:32] The Iranian regime wants the ceasefire to work. [1:24:35] Will they actually get to talks about things that often the U.S. and the Iranians talk about, as they have, over nuclear, over ballistic missiles? [1:24:45] We're not going to see that necessarily anytime soon. [1:24:49] It's just a cessation of bombings, really, and not escalating them at this point. [1:24:56] And then we'll see as we move forward. [1:24:58] But experts tell me that they don't think the Iranians are going to get into really nitty-gritty talks. [1:25:04] It's the way they treat their own people, what the people in Iran are going to have to be subjected to with this regime still in place. [1:25:13] And then they have all these regional kind of sub-franchises in this mosaic, too, [1:25:18] where in different provinces, across all the provinces, they have IRGC-affiliated groups that can carry out their own – [1:25:28] they can be independent of central government and also carry out arrests or do other things in the name of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, [1:25:39] but not necessarily having to get their marching orders from Tehran. [1:25:42] So the big fear is what will happen, what kind of repression, will the Internet get turned on or not, [1:25:48] are people still have to live in this news blackout, and how to get the economy on track. [1:25:52] How will people have no more electrical cuts? [1:25:55] How will they deal after these bombings? [1:25:57] Will the Iranian regime unleash funds that they have for the revolution, [1:26:02] but they don't usually offer up to the Bazaris that started the strikes in January, [1:26:07] the people that marched also in January. [1:26:10] How do they – commerce, really basic issues they're going to have to deal with [1:26:16] before they get to the bigger issues of a longer-term kind of peace, [1:26:20] first with the U.S. and then with Israel, because Pakistan doesn't recognize Israel as a country. [1:26:26] So Pakistan will not be brokering any kind of negotiations with Israel. [1:26:31] That also is something that we'll have to wait and see how that's going to get done. [1:26:35] And as President Trump agrees to suspend the bombing of Iran for two weeks, [1:26:38] we really see it as a cooling-off period. [1:26:40] But I do hear from MTS Tayev's reporting and from yours that the Iranian regime was calling it a victory, [1:26:47] and that's where they're standing on this right now in terms of a 10-point plan that the U.S. is going to comply with. [1:26:54] And all along, we're just doing a cooling-off period. [1:26:59] They're going to claim victory, but also this is the regime claiming victory. [1:27:02] They want a cessation of the war. [1:27:06] They want to be able to get back to ruling and suppressing their people. [1:27:12] And we're also going to be seeing some interesting things this week that you should look out for [1:27:15] because these are images that might come out. [1:27:18] So while you saw people holding hands around a power plant, those are regime loyalists. [1:27:23] They do not represent the vast majority of the population, [1:27:25] but they represent people that believe in the cause of this extreme ideology, [1:27:32] this extreme repression of people. [1:27:34] They believe it. [1:27:35] They'll go out. [1:27:36] Or sometimes they're sort of paid actors. [1:27:39] To be frank, they go out. [1:27:40] They have a meal. [1:27:41] They believe in the revolution. [1:27:43] And they'll do this, too. [1:27:45] Not paid actors is a wrong term, so just strike that from what I'm saying. [1:27:49] But also what's happening this week later on on Thursday is something called the Arbayin. [1:27:54] It means 40th in Arabic. [1:27:56] And the 40th day of mourning is a very significant day. [1:28:00] And the Iranian regime will be mourning the death of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. [1:28:05] And they'll be mourning the deaths of the schoolgirls with that mistaken strike on the girls' school that happened on the first day of the war. [1:28:15] So the first day of the war and all those deaths will be commemorated by the regime. [1:28:20] And we're probably going to see an outpouring of the most faithful and loyal to this extreme regime coming out on the streets, going to grave sites. [1:28:30] That will be the next thing that happens. [1:28:32] I don't know if they'll stay quiet, but Arbayin is a really important day for them. [1:28:39] And so we'll be seeing that, too. [1:28:41] And that's something to watch for. [1:28:43] Courtney Keeley. [1:28:44] Courtney, thank you. [1:28:45] Let's bring in now CBS News National Security Analyst Aaron McLean. [1:28:49] Aaron, under the ceasefire, President Trump says Iran agreed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. [1:28:55] So do Iran and the U.S. have the same definition of opening the strait? [1:29:01] That's an outstanding question. [1:29:02] And I'll be honest with you, sitting here as this news starts to roll out this evening, I have more questions than I have answers. [1:29:10] The way traffic moved through the Strait of Hormuz before this war was that there was a shipping channel, essentially right down the middle, right between Oman and Iran, basically equidistant. [1:29:20] It was treated, in effect, as international water. [1:29:22] Ships could go through it without getting approval from anybody. [1:29:25] They just had to obey what, in effect, were traffic regulations. [1:29:28] The Iranian foreign minister's statement, announcing, essentially, that Iran was agreeing to President Trump's own offer of a ceasefire contingent on their opening of the strait, said that, fine, they'll open the strait. [1:29:41] So long as vessels moving through the strait coordinate with the Iranian military and accept that they're subject to certain technical requirements. [1:29:49] I don't know what technical requirements means. [1:29:50] It's a pretty vague phrase. [1:29:52] So your question is one of the main questions of the evening, I think. [1:29:56] What does America actually define as opening the strait? [1:29:59] And so you have these short-term questions about the nature of the ceasefire itself before you even get to some of the excellent long-term questions about the coming negotiations about a potential longer-term settlement that our correspondent, MTS, was speaking to just a few minutes ago. [1:30:14] Yeah. [1:30:14] So our understanding is Iran wants ships passing through the strait to coordinate with its military. [1:30:19] So the big question is, will the U.S. accept that requirement, and what would that coordination even look like? [1:30:25] That's right. [1:30:27] You know, and frankly, I mean, there's two aspects that I think are important. [1:30:30] One, are ships allowed to go back to that international channel, or do they need to stick up along the Iranian coast, which would be a flex of Iranian authority if so? [1:30:38] But two, does Iran have veto power? [1:30:41] Can Iran say, no, you don't get to go through? [1:30:43] It seems to me implicitly in the structure of what the foreign minister is saying that you need to coordinate with them that they do. [1:30:48] Because, for example, they could say no to anyone who fails to coordinate with them at all or even to their satisfaction, however they want to define it. [1:30:54] That seems pretty problematic to me. [1:30:56] So we have to see how the United States' response to that reacts to that, let alone to the demands that appear to be the beginning of Iran's bargaining positions. [1:31:04] One of the ones that our correspondent read off to us that struck my ear was the suggestion that Iran is going to be collecting substantial amounts of revenue as tolls as ships move through the strait in a permanent and ongoing basis. [1:31:18] I can't imagine the United States signing off on that. [1:31:21] The president likes to cite this old joke about Iran that it's never won a war nor lost a negotiation. [1:31:27] It's a bit of an overstatement in both cases, not that I'm going to accuse President Trump of occasionally overstating things. [1:31:33] But there's a kernel of truth to it as well. [1:31:35] They are savvy negotiators. [1:31:37] And it is very challenging to sit across the table from them. [1:31:40] They drive a very hard bargain. [1:31:41] As you can see, I think, here in the very opening moments of this affair, where they say the strait is open and instantaneously start to redefine what open actually means. [1:31:48] So as we sit here and we wait, and we know that talks are going on and negotiations and there's a two-week cooling-off period, if you will, what does happen to oil prices and gas prices? [1:32:01] I expect that just in the sort of rush of general good feeling as a consequence of this deal, you'll see some positive movement in the short run. [1:32:11] But that's the only prediction I feel confident making. [1:32:13] The truth is there's a shock built into the system right now. [1:32:16] We've had a month of really restricted traffic, heavily restricted traffic to this body of water through which 20% of energy traffic moves, but also 10% of all global commerce. [1:32:25] So it's not totally clear what the effect of that shock will be as it kind of radiates out into global markets. [1:32:32] But it's also not clear how fast we're going to get back to traffic being up and running. [1:32:36] There were over 100 ships a day running through that strait before the start of these hostilities and the start of Iran striking its ships out in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. [1:32:48] It's not going to be like flipping a switch and going back to it overnight. [1:32:51] So I hesitate to predict the effects and the days and weeks to come in these markets. [1:32:56] I don't think it's a clear route back to happy days, even though I think it's safe to say there will probably be some relatively short-term good cheer. [1:33:05] Yeah, some choppy waters ahead. [1:33:07] Aaron McLean. [1:33:07] Aaron, thank you. [1:33:09] All right, up next. [1:33:10] The far side of the moon is a bit less mysterious tonight. [1:33:13] NASA releasing new pictures showing parts of the lunar surface that we've never seen before. [1:33:18] That's up next. [1:33:19] Go to the ends of the earth. 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[1:38:19] What is the most unforgettable part of this really historic day? [1:38:24] Seeing all the sights that we've seen from Earth for all of our lives, but we're seeing [1:38:28] them from a different perspective. [1:38:29] Sights that no human has ever seen before, not even in Apollo, and that was amazing for us. [1:38:34] I want to bring in Brown University professor and former Apollo-era scientist, Jim Head. [1:38:40] Professor, how does the moon play into understanding Earth's early history? [1:38:45] The photos are fascinating. [1:38:48] Well, it's really, Juliet, a fantastic thing. [1:38:50] I mean, they've been doing a great job. [1:38:52] And the key here is, if you want to understand the Earth history, you would want to have a [1:38:55] history book of the Earth. [1:38:57] But if that was a book, the first 12 or so pages of that book are gone for the Earth because [1:39:03] of erosion and all kinds of turbulence and changing this, but on the moon, they're preserved. [1:39:08] So it's really like we're looking at the missing chapters of Earth history. [1:39:13] And if we want to know where we're going in the future, we really need to know where we're [1:39:16] going in the past. [1:39:17] Yeah, they're filling it in. [1:39:18] So what does this mission mean for the future of space exploration? [1:39:22] And then what do you see coming next for these astronauts? [1:39:26] Well, I think it's really not just the beginning, and not going back to the moon, but moving [1:39:32] on to the moon so we can go on to Mars in the future. [1:39:35] So it's really about a moon-Mars architecture. [1:39:38] And essentially, you know, people talk about the long time between the flights, but at the [1:39:43] same time, NASA has not been just hanging out, OK? [1:39:47] We've been in permanent present in low-Earth orbit in the International Space Station for [1:39:51] 25 years. [1:39:52] And that's the data you need to press on to live on the moon and to move on to Mars. [1:39:56] So it's all about the future. [1:39:59] It's all about the future. [1:40:00] And we're really excited about this because I had the experience of working with all the [1:40:05] Apollo astronauts, and now my students, many of whom are in the science-backed room in [1:40:11] mission control, you know, are having the same experience themselves. [1:40:15] And furthermore, it's interesting that the Artemis II astronauts are going to be talking [1:40:20] to the International Space Station crew, and the commander of that crew is one of my ex-students, [1:40:26] Jessica Meir, a Brown student. [1:40:28] So it's all coming together in terms of the long-term history and the future. [1:40:32] Yeah, six degrees of separation for you. [1:40:35] The astronauts named a moon crater after Commander Reed Wiseman's late wife. [1:40:39] So what is the significance of a moon crater? [1:40:42] And do you have any background as to how this came about? [1:40:46] Well, I think it's, you should hark back to the early explorers who explored the West or [1:40:52] everywhere, and they tended to name things for things that were familiar to them or things [1:40:57] that were really important to them because these weren't named. [1:41:00] And this is a brand new crater that just formed within the last couple of months, and I think [1:41:05] it's very fitting that Reed and the crew named it after Reed's unfortunately deceased wife [1:41:12] because it's a memorial to the past, but it's also a vision to the future. [1:41:16] Oh, I like that. [1:41:18] Professor Jim Head, thank you so much. [1:41:21] And we'll continue to follow this. [1:41:23] Also, take a look at this. [1:41:25] All right. [1:41:26] A jar of Nutella was seen floating through the Orion spacecraft. [1:41:30] That's right. 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[1:45:14] Voters are deciding who will replace former GOP Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene. [1:45:19] Here's what we know about the candidates. [1:45:21] On the Republican side is Clay Fuller. [1:45:24] President Trump endorsed him. [1:45:25] He is a district attorney and Air National Guard colonel. [1:45:29] Then there's Democrat Sean Harris. [1:45:30] He's a farmer and retired Army general. [1:45:33] Harris earned about 37 percent of the vote in Georgia's special election last month. [1:45:38] Fuller won roughly 35 percent. [1:45:41] So let's bring in CBS News correspondent Skyler Henry live in Rome, Georgia. [1:45:45] Skyler, you spoke with both candidates. [1:45:47] And what did they have to say? [1:45:49] Yep. [1:45:50] Hey, Jules. [1:45:51] Good to see you, as always. [1:45:52] We should point out that polls closed about 30 minutes ago. [1:45:54] We will start to see these numbers trickle in, and it will happen relatively quickly here. [1:46:00] As it relates to the candidates, we had a chance to speak for Sean Harris' watch party tonight. [1:46:07] He said that he was enthusiastic about the results here today, saying that over the course of the last month, [1:46:12] he has done everything in his power to broaden his coalition of supporters, if you will, [1:46:18] in all 10 counties that represent Georgia's 14th district. [1:46:21] He also earned some pretty high-profile endorsements as well, including former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg [1:46:27] and the celebrity Samuel L. Jackson, who has relatives here in northwest Georgia as well. [1:46:33] We have also spoken with the Republican Clay Fuller, who also expressed his enthusiasm about the results of the day. [1:46:39] He is someone who touts the President's America First agenda and says that that should he win and go to Washington, D.C., both of them had to say. [1:46:51] The reality of it is, Republicans that feel that the Republican Party has left them behind, [1:46:58] they are voting for me and have been voting for me. [1:47:01] That does not make them a Democrat, and that's a conversation that we have had over and over and over. [1:47:06] Right now, the Democrats are not funding the Department of Homeland Security, [1:47:11] the agency that is in charge of our border and is in charge of keeping the American people safe. [1:47:15] Now, one of the things to pay attention to here, Jules, as well, is that whoever wins tonight, [1:47:23] they will serve out the rest of the now former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene's term, [1:47:28] but they will essentially become candidates all over again starting tomorrow [1:47:32] and hit the campaign trail again because of the traditional primary that will happen next month. [1:47:38] So not too much time to rest on the celebration here, but still a lot of enthusiasm here in Rome, Georgia tonight. [1:47:43] Yeah, sure. Now, this is particularly, this is a particularly red state. [1:47:47] So what do voters say about this? What have they been saying about the candidates? [1:47:53] Red state, red districts, historically so. [1:47:55] This is a region that the president won by 36 percent back in 2024. [1:48:04] The former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene beat the Democrat, [1:48:07] Sean Harris, by a considerable margin as well, just north of 30 percent as well. [1:48:11] And so I think it'll be interesting to see sort of whether we see the vote start to shift, so to speak, [1:48:19] to be, you know, in lockstep with what the president has said, what the president has done. [1:48:24] He actually made a trip here to Rome in recent months. [1:48:27] Or whether they decide to try something new and go with Harris, who, while, yes, [1:48:32] is looking to do something that is incredibly difficult in terms of flipping a traditionally red district, [1:48:37] but is also gaining a significant momentum. [1:48:40] You pointed out the percentage that he was able to nab last month during the election at that time. [1:48:44] That is something not to slouch at either, but we spoke with voters about that. Take a listen. [1:48:48] I am a 45, 47 and onward guy. [1:48:53] Where he says to vote for, that's who we're going to vote for. [1:48:56] So, Clay? [1:48:57] Yeah, absolutely. [1:48:58] I've never been one to vote across party lines, but this is even, to me, more important now than ever, [1:49:06] is to see what the person, the candidate has to say as opposed to what party he's representing. [1:49:12] And to that point, the issues came up quite a bit when we were speaking to voters. [1:49:21] Obviously affordability, that has been top of mind for many, especially in a district like this one [1:49:26] that relies so heavily on cost effectiveness, so to speak, being acutely aware to everything from gas prices [1:49:33] and grocery prices, but even diesel fuel prices, given the large number of agricultural professionals [1:49:39] here in this area as well. [1:49:41] But they also say that they want whoever that wins tonight to go to Washington, D.C. [1:49:46] to have a bit of integrity. [1:49:48] One woman we spoke with was very concerned about term limits. [1:49:52] Another very concerned about immigration. [1:49:54] So, really, a bunch of drops in different buckets, so to speak. [1:49:58] A lot of people saying that they want different things all in all. [1:50:01] As I said, whoever wins tonight will have to do it all over again. [1:50:04] Yes, they will. [1:50:06] But they'll be in the seat. [1:50:07] Might be a little bit easier that way. [1:50:08] All right, Skylar Henry. [1:50:09] Skylar, thank you so much. [1:50:12] Continuing our breaking news, President Trump announced on Truth Social that he will suspend [1:50:16] bombing in Iran for two weeks. [1:50:18] This after Pakistan's prime minister called President Trump to extend his deadline, [1:50:22] which was set for 8 p.m. Eastern. [1:50:24] So, Trump wrote, in part, this will be a double-sided ceasefire. [1:50:29] The reason for doing so is that we have already met and exceeded all military objectives [1:50:34] and are very far along with a definitive agreement concerning long-term peace with Iran. [1:50:41] So, let's bring in CBS News contributor Eric McLean. [1:50:44] Aaron, what can you tell us about the ceasefire? [1:50:46] You know, we had you scheduled to talk about a looming deadline. [1:50:49] Now we're talking about a ceasefire. [1:50:51] Where do things stand now in the talks? [1:50:54] Yeah, this is a very fluid situation. [1:50:57] So, you have the president saying that he will agree to a two-week ceasefire, provided [1:51:02] that Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz. [1:51:05] You've also seen, just in the recent minutes, I mean, this is all coming together very quickly, [1:51:10] the Iranians essentially agreeing to do so. [1:51:12] But the devil is in the details here. [1:51:13] What does it mean to reopen the Strait of Hormuz? [1:51:16] The Iranian foreign minister, in his statement, said that the Iranians will reopen the Strait [1:51:20] of Hormuz, provided that ships coordinate with Iran's armed forces and subject to technical [1:51:26] details. [1:51:26] Well, what does that mean? [1:51:27] Does that mean that Iran gets to approve every ship that goes to the Strait? [1:51:30] Is the United States okay with that as a definition of the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz? [1:51:36] To me, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz is the international channels in the middle [1:51:39] of the Strait are open to anyone who wants to travel through them. [1:51:42] They are treated as international waters. [1:51:45] This kind of question is going to be playing out in the hours, maybe days to come. [1:51:51] I imagine that's going to get pretty tricky and pretty sticky because what exactly does [1:51:56] that mean, opening the, what does a reopening exactly look like and just how safe is that? [1:52:04] Right. [1:52:04] So there's the safety issue as well. [1:52:06] You can reopen everything, but then you've got to encourage this shipping to actually come [1:52:09] back into the channel. [1:52:09] There are insurance issues with that. [1:52:11] There have been reports of mines in the water. [1:52:12] So there's that and the whole economic question as well. [1:52:15] But if you, if you kind of picture this straight, the way that ships really go through it is [1:52:19] right through the middle. [1:52:20] There's a channel through the middle that ships treat as international waters and they [1:52:23] pass freely subject to what are in effect traffic regulations. [1:52:27] What's been happening since the start of March is Iran has been shooting at ships in the Strait [1:52:32] of Hormuz, but also on the Gulf and the waters on either side and forcing ships to go on [1:52:37] a channel on the Northern edge of the Strait. [1:52:40] So essentially along the Iranian coastline with their approval. [1:52:43] There's been some speculation that they're charging money for this and obviously a lot [1:52:47] of Iranian oil traffic has been getting out on that route as well. [1:52:50] In their minds, does opening the Strait of Hormuz mean that everyone can come through [1:52:54] provided they use their channel and get their approval? [1:52:57] That's not clear sitting here with you at this precise moment in time, nor is it clear that [1:53:01] the United States would actually accept that as a good faith fulfillment of the conditions [1:53:05] they agreed to meet. [1:53:06] So let's talk about this real operation deadline. [1:53:10] Was it really a negotiating tactic or was it a real operation deadline where come 8 p.m. [1:53:16] things were going to happen? [1:53:18] Well, you know, the president is a dealmaker. [1:53:22] That's his conception of himself. [1:53:23] That's how he's sold himself to the American people. [1:53:26] And it's been pretty clear, I think, for the last few weeks that he would like a diplomatic [1:53:30] way out of the situation he was in. [1:53:32] He didn't want to go in and do convoy operations in the Strait of Hormuz because those operations, [1:53:38] once you start them, aren't necessarily going to have a clear ending. [1:53:41] You kind of have to do them until the Iranians let you off the hook at some point or the [1:53:45] Iranian state collapses. [1:53:46] He also considered this option beginning at 8 o'clock tonight had negotiations that led [1:53:50] to some sort of fruitful consequence to long pain against economic targets in Iran that [1:53:56] would have been extremely painful for the Iranians, led them probably to retaliate against economic [1:54:00] targets in the region to a greater extent than they already have, and essentially been an [1:54:05] escalatory step all around. [1:54:07] That would have done nothing in the short term to solve the economic pain. [1:54:09] It may in time have punished the Iranians so severely that they would change their minds [1:54:14] about opening the Strait or indeed led to conditions of Iranian state collapse, at which point [1:54:18] they wouldn't be able to close the Strait anyway. But that's a painful round of escalation to go [1:54:22] through. If you've got your eye on markets and your eye on global confidence, you know, we all [1:54:27] were led on this in this this journey, this ride and a scary one at that using this bombastic [1:54:33] language from the president, as some might call it, and now kind of a pullback. Now we have a ceasefire [1:54:39] and we have a break for Iran to make a deal and for President Trump to talk with allies and get [1:54:45] things moving along. I'm curious, was this kind of a midnight deadline, 11th hour turn [1:54:51] of events, or did you see this kind of taking shape possibly yesterday and into today and [1:54:56] in the last hours? [1:54:57] Well, the Pakistani mediation has been underway for some days now, and then the critical [1:55:02] moment was this afternoon. You saw that that tweet on X from the Pakistani prime minister [1:55:08] essentially outlining the terms that now appear to be the operational terms of this ceasefire. [1:55:13] Two weeks, the United States ceases its military action targeting Iran. Iran, in turn, opens [1:55:19] up the Strait. That seems to have been the critical moment. But there's sort of a saying [1:55:22] about the Iranians. The president's actually cited this a few times. The Iranians have [1:55:25] never won a war, but they've never lost a negotiation. And there are sort of kernels of truth to that. [1:55:31] The Iranians are very savvy, very difficult negotiators to be across the table from. So I'm not [1:55:36] sure the ride has really stopped, to be honest with you. I think we're still on this ride. [1:55:40] This administration approaches military action and diplomatic maneuvering as kind of two sides [1:55:46] of the same coin. So really, anything could happen over these next two weeks. And the Iranians are [1:55:50] going to be looking for maximal success at the negotiating table. Again, I think you see that [1:55:54] literally right now with them right out of the gate trying to renegotiate the terms of what is [1:55:59] opening the Strait even mean. [1:56:01] Yeah. How could this affect oil supply? Where do things stand? [1:56:04] Well, the thing is, there's been a fair amount of damage already done to oil supply, [1:56:10] but also natural gas and all the other kinds of commodities that come through the Strait. We have [1:56:13] about a month of stoppage so far. If not stoppage, then choking it off to the extent where it is [1:56:19] effectively a stoppage as far as global markets are concerned. You've not seen that, I think, [1:56:23] fully reflected in the prices yet. So there's some even if everything were up and running at full [1:56:30] scale tomorrow, there's still this, whatever the opposite of a bulge is, there's this gap in the [1:56:34] global energy supply that's going to need to work itself out in the weeks to come. In the 1970s, [1:56:39] the oil shock, you know, the embargo only lasted for a limited period of time, but the economic effects [1:56:43] cascaded for some time thereafter. So we have to see on the assumption that things get up and going [1:56:48] again swiftly what the consequence of this month of shortage will be. But again, it's not totally clear [1:56:54] to me that we are out of the woods, or to use your metaphor, off this ride quite yet. The days to come [1:57:00] could be action-packed indeed. Yeah, absolutely. Aaron McLean, thank you so much for your insight, [1:57:04] and we'll definitely circle back with you again. And we will continue to follow breaking news. [1:57:09] President Trump announcing that he will suspend bombing of Iran for two weeks. We'll have more [1:57:13] coverage when we come back. Due to the ends of the earth. We'll hit the heights. A great adventure [1:57:38] together. And reach for the stars. Star power. I like it. So cool. But wait, there's more. 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We are doing [2:00:51] really well. Those prices are plummeting downward. [2:00:55] Now some of those prices are creeping back up as the war with Iran's economic impact ripples [2:01:01] through the U.S. Our CBS News Money Watch team has been tracking these price shifts and one of the [2:01:06] most visible impacts has been on gas. The average price is up more than a dollar compared to just [2:01:11] before the war and continuing to rise according to AAA. So a recent LendingTree survey found nearly [2:01:18] a third of Americans are spending less because of the higher fuel costs. Now those fuel prices are also [2:01:24] impacting air travel. Average global airfare is up 24% compared to this time last year according to [2:01:31] OAG, a flight analytics platform. The cost-to-mail package is also rising as delivery companies add fuel [2:01:39] fuel surcharges to cover the increased prices. The U.S. Postal Service added an 8% fuel surcharge [2:01:45] for shipments. FedEx, Amazon and UPS have introduced their own as well. And a reminder, the CBS News data [2:01:52] team is tracking gas prices, oil prices and other energy costs. Go to cbsnews.com slash gas prices for [2:01:59] updates. Now before the ceasefire was announced, Iran's regime is called on people to form human chains [2:02:06] around power plants. CBS News verified this footage of people surrounding a power plant in Iran's Fars [2:02:13] province today. President Trump previously threatened to bomb Iran's power plants and bridges if Iran didn't [2:02:19] reopen the Strait of Hormuz by the deadline. As reported, that deadline has been extended. The CBS News verified this [2:02:27] footage of a crowd of people holding Iranian flags on a bridge. Iranians have historically formed human [2:02:33] chains around critical infrastructure during times of heightened tensions with the West. Before the [2:02:39] ceasefire, Pope Leo, the first pope from the United States spoke out against Trump's threats towards Iran. [2:02:45] He told reporters that threatening the entire Iranian population is unacceptable. [2:02:50] Asking all people of goodwill to search always for peace and not violence, to reject war, especially [2:03:00] a war which many people have said is an unjust war, which is continuing to escalate and which is not [2:03:10] resolving anything. In fact, we have a worldwide economic crisis, energy crisis, situation in the Middle [2:03:18] least of great instability, which is only provoking more hatred throughout the world. It is rare for a [2:03:25] pope to respond directly to a world leader. Pope Leo made his first direct appeal to Trump last week [2:03:30] when he asked the president to find an off ramp to end the war. In Istanbul, a gunman killed and two [2:03:37] other assailants wounded and captured after a shootout with police outside the city's Israeli consulate. [2:03:42] Two police officers were also injured in the attack but are expected to recover. Turkey's interior [2:03:56] minister says the dead gunman was affiliated with an organization that exploits religion but did not [2:04:01] name the group. Up next, the far side of the moon is a bit less mysterious. Tonight, [2:04:09] NASA releasing new pictures showing parts of the lunar surface that we have never seen before. Up next. [2:04:14] And with the queen, her name is Gayle King. CBS. CBS. CBS Mornings. CBS Mornings. CBS Mornings. CBS Mornings. [2:04:47] CBS Mornings on CBS and where else? Paramount Wild. See you at seven. CBS. CBS Mornings. I want a mug. [2:04:59] Good mug. Politics isn't a game. When do consumers actually get to touch [2:05:05] and feel a difference in their lives. Politics is about policy. So you would encourage Democrats [2:05:10] to work with Donald Trump on an issue like healthcare. I'm a voracious consumer of information [2:05:15] and I'm impatient. I don't like to be spun. Do you know if there are active terror cells in the United [2:05:21] States right now? To be moderator of Face the Nation means bringing the most powerful stakeholders to the [2:05:27] table to become better informed. I'm Major Garrett in Washington inviting you to the takeout. [2:05:37] Politics, policy, people and pop culture served up weeknights. What's on the menu? Plenty. The day's [2:05:43] happenings with curiosity, informality and humor. It's serious discussion, but we do not take ourselves [2:05:49] too seriously. Who is a better speaker, Mike Johnson or you? Oh, come on. Join me on the takeout. [2:05:58] Streaming right here on CBS News 24-7. Money Watch is your no-nonsense guide to taking control of your [2:06:06] finances where I offer practical, real-world advice with no jargon and no judgment. I'm Jill [2:06:13] Schlesinger. Listen to Money Watch wherever you get your podcasts. [2:06:16] One thing is very clear. CBS Mornings is clearly fun. Watching Rocky with Rocky. Morning, good vibes. [2:06:26] Y'all came in singing for me today. CBS Mornings. Weekdays at 7. You're there. [2:06:32] The Artemis 2 crew has left the lunar sphere and is headed back to Earth. New photos show [2:06:42] spectacular views from the far side of the moon. The astronauts are the first humans to see some [2:06:46] parts of the moon's far side with the naked eye and traveling farther from Earth than any other humans [2:06:52] in history. Also, here's a selfie. It was captured by the crew in their spacecraft during their record [2:06:57] breaking mission. Senior national correspondent Mark Strassman is following it all from the Johnson [2:07:02] Space Center in Houston, Texas. A solar eclipse seen from the far side of the moon. Earthset, [2:07:10] our distant planet, all of us, sinking behind the lunar horizon. Among the remarkable new images [2:07:17] from Artemis 2's moonshot travelogue. Have you seen anything in those images that surprised you? And [2:07:24] what about those images touched you? While they are inspirational and I think allow all of us to, [2:07:31] you know, really feel a little bit of what they were feeling, there's also a lot of science hidden, [2:07:37] you know, inside of those, those images. Another first, this ship to ship exchange. [2:07:42] And this is the international show. How do you hear?