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All right. We'll see what comes next. Natalie Brand, at the White House for us today. Thank you so much for your reporting. And now, let's turn to CBS News Pentagon reporter, Eleanor Watson. Ellie, good to see you again. Can you take us through what's in this tentative agreement, and is it possible that there are any sticking points? Well, the biggest sticking point is what Natalie laid out, that we still don't have signatures from either President Trump, who says he's making a final determination, or from the Iranians. President Trump in that Truth Social today, laid out his key demands, which include Iran promising never to have a nuclear weapon, that's something Iran has been able to agree to before; Iran promising to reopen the Strait of Hormuz by de-mining whatever mines may be in there, we don't know how long that would take, even if agreed to; and then the promise that the highly enriched uranium, near bomb-grade uranium would be transferred out of Iran. Still unclear how that would be done, even if agreed to. Those are the questions about this latest wish list from the President. But remember that this agreement is just an initial memorandum of understanding that would settle some points, but then push the harder discussions about the future of the nuclear program, which is what started the war in the first place, later down the line. So, Ellie, just to make sure I understand what you're saying, even if the president signs off on this and officials in Iran sign off on this, there's still other steps to take before we can say this war is done and over with. I would think so. And even if you declare the Strait of Hormuz is open, remember, there are still 2,000 ships stuck in the Persian Gulf. It's not going to be on day one that they get out and the economic pain that people are feeling here at home and really around the world is solved. And so we also understand that talks between Israeli and Lebanese military officials are happening today at the Pentagon. What are the expectations, given the continued fighting between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah? We've heard that those talks began this morning between Israel and Lebanon. This is the latest round of talks. There have been several hosted at the State Department, but this is the first one at the Pentagon between military officials. It comes after a few weeks of both Israel and Hezbollah violating the fragile ceasefire and just a day after Israel announced it was expanding its campaign farther into Lebanon with bombings of sites near the capital in Beirut. That's the first time that area near Beirut has been bombed in almost a month. And really just goes to highlight that while discussion is ongoing between Lebanon and Israel, the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah is still in limited exchanges right now. Yeah. OK. Ellie Watson in Washington for us today. Thank you for your time.
