NewsNation’s full-hour report led on escalating US-Iran hostilities after a weekend in which the programme said at least three US service members were killed, including two at a base in Jordan. Correspondent Jessica Curtalia, reporting from Doha, described continued exchanges of strikes and regional spillover risks, including claims that Jordan intercepted Iranian missiles and that shipping chokepoints could affect energy markets; she said closure of the Strait of Hormuz would cut global oil supply by about 7%.
Retired general Wesley Clark argued Iran is driving escalation and said US Central Command is targeting Iranian military assets affecting shipping. He also claimed Iran retains much of its missile capability, including underground “missile cities”, and said US air defences face challenges from manoeuvring warheads.
The programme then turned to US politics and Israel, airing an interview with Israeli UN ambassador Danny Danon responding to New York City Mayor Mamdani’s comments about the ICC warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu. Danon dismissed the arrest talk as a “stunt”, accused the mayor of “supporting terrorism”, and said he believes the world would be safer with regime change in Iran.
Domestic coverage included an alleged anti-ICE arson attempt outside a Manhattan federal building, a life sentence for Sinaloa co-founder Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada García, and a Tennessee murder case involving a mother accused of killing a man found under her daughter’s bed. The show also covered Andrew and Tristan Tate’s US detention pending a UK extradition request and discussed the broader “manosphere” influence.
Federal authorities alleged that a suspect who set a fire outside a Lower Manhattan federal building housing ICE and the FBI acted with indifference to whether people would be harmed or killed. The broadcast said investigators found weapons and fireworks in a cart connected to the suspect, who was arrested at the scene.
Read this moment →Retired US general Wesley Clark told NewsNation that earlier strikes did not destroy what he called Iran’s “27” underground “missile cities”, arguing they were too deep under mountains for available munitions. Clark also claimed Iran likely retains “70% or more” of its missile inventory and warned against ceasefires that, in his view, allow Iran time to recover capabilities.
Read this moment →Israel’s UN ambassador Danny Danon said on NewsNation that Iran’s leadership is a problem for regional and global stability, not just Israel, and argued the world would be “safer” with regime change. Danon added he expects such a change to happen, without offering a timeline, and framed it as beneficial for Iranians as well as neighbouring states.
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