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I'm Adonohue with an AP News Minute.

President Trump told this cabinet, Iran, is begging to make a deal to end the war.

They're saying to people, this is a disaster.

They know.

That's why they're talking to us.

And they're only, they wouldn't talk otherwise.

But they're talking to us because they've got a disaster in their hands.

They're defeated.

They can't make a comeback.

Iran and the U.S. appear at an impasse, with each side hardening its position.

Today, Iran is tightening its grip on the crucial strait of hormones.

Oil prices have moved higher.

Stocks are lower.

Frankly, I thought the oil prices would go up more and I thought the stock market would

go down more.

It hasn't been nearly as severe as I thought.

I think they have confidence in maybe the American president and maybe the people sitting

around this table.

The president vowed to strike Iran's power plants if it doesn't fully reopen the strait.

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I'm Ed Donahue.