AP NewsWatch

Good morning. I'm Ed Donahue with an AP News Minute.

Iran State-run news agency says Tehran has rejected the latest ceasefire proposal and wants

a permanent end of the war.

President Trump set a deadline tomorrow to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Before the White House Easter egg roll, the president talked about rescues of pilots whose

planes went down in Iran.

It's a horrible thing, but it's very rare that you can do it and what we did yesterday

is we picked up not one.

We picked up two.

We picked the first one quiet, and we were able to keep it quiet for about a day, which

made it a lot better, but those two pilots were incredible brave and we thank them.

The president says those pilots were in hostile territory.

You don't mind when the enemy is weak, but that enemy is strong.

Not so strong like they were about a month ago.

I can tell you, in fact, right now they're not too strong at all in my opinion, but

we're soon going to find out, aren't we?

The president has threatened attacks if the Strait is not reopened.

I'm Ed Donahue.