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Aired: 2025-06-20
Duration: 02:57


=== Good Morning Washington (02:56) ===

[00:00:00]  All right, Maria there in Brick, New Jersey.
[00:00:02]  That does it for today's Washington Journal.
[00:00:05]  Thank you all for watching.
[00:00:06]  Enjoy the rest of your day and enjoy your weekend.
[00:00:10]  We'll be back tomorrow morning, 7 a.m. Eastern Time.
[00:00:38]  Coming up shortly here on C-SPAN, the United Nations Security Council holds a meeting about the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran.
[00:00:46]  We'll bring you live coverage here on C-SPAN when it begins.
[00:00:49]  Until then, we'll take a look at the situation in the Middle East as it currently stands from this morning's Washington Journal.
[00:00:59]  Good morning, everyone.
[00:01:00]  Welcome to the Conversation.
[00:01:02]  Your reaction to President Trump now saying Iran has two weeks before he will decide to go, as you just heard from the White House press secretary.
[00:01:11]  Washington Post front page headline, this morning, Trump dials back war talk, sees more time for diplomacy.
[00:01:19]  Take a look at what the president has said over the past week on Iran, and it ends with the White House statement yesterday.
[00:01:28]  What have you heard?
[00:01:28]  What have you heard from the Iranians?
[00:01:30]  They'd like to talk, but they should have done that before.
[00:01:34]  I had 60 days, and they had 60 days, and on the 61st day, I said, we don't have a deal.
[00:01:40]  They have to make a deal.
[00:01:42]  And it's painful for both parties, but I'd say Iran is not winning this war.
[00:01:48]  And they should talk, and they should talk immediately before it's too late.
[00:01:52]  Remember, Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.
[00:01:55]  It's very simple.
[00:01:57]  Not to go too deep into it.
[00:01:59]  They just can't have a nuclear weapon weapon.
[00:02:00]  What was you thinking on the call for Tehran to evacuate?
[00:02:04]  Is there a threat or is there an incoming?
[00:02:06]  What was the thinking about the whole evacuation?
[00:02:08]  I want people to be safe.
[00:02:10]  What specifically is better than a ceasefire?
[00:02:12]  What are you looking for here?
[00:02:18]  And to have a hostile country have a nuclear weapon that could destroy 25 miles, but much more than that, could destroy other nations just by the breeze blowing the dust.
[00:02:30]  You know, that dust blows to other nations, then they get to estimate it.
[00:02:33]  This is just not a threat you can have.
[00:02:36]  And we've been threatened by Iran for many years.
[00:02:38]  You know, if you go back and look at my history, if you go back 15 years, they're saying we cannot let Iran get a nuclear weapon.
[00:02:45]  I've been saying it for a long time.
[00:02:47]  I mean it more now than I ever meant it.
[00:02:51]  I have ideas as to what to do, but I haven't made a final.
[00:02:53]  I like to make the final decision one second before it's due, you know, because things change.