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A (0:00)
I think it's a pretty compelling case that the war is still a live ball, even if they're not necessarily dropping bombs.
B (0:08)
Hey, everybody, and welcome to Here's a scoop from NBC News. I'm Yasmin Vesugin. Today on the show, the big question, Are we still at war? Well, it depends on who you're asking. So the Trump administration just hit its deadline to seek congressional approval to stay in a war with Iran, but Republicans and Democrats are arguing over what that actually means and, and whether Congress needs to act. Plus, the battle of the tech billionaires. Elon Musk just stepped off the stand in the case against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. How their fight could shake up the AI race up first, though, the US war with Iran just hit the 60 day mark. That is the deadline, according to the 1973 War Powers Resolution, for the president to finally get congressional authorization for the conflict or pull out military forces altogether and end this war. President Trump has not done that yet. Congress has not signed off. But the Trump administration is now making the case that the current ceasefire is essentially pausing this war clock. And despite bipartisan calls to outline clear military objectives in the war with Iran, neither the Pentagon nor the president has seemed to satisfy their demands. So who is actually keeping this war clock time over in Washington, D.C. and what options do lawmakers actually have to rein in the president in this war if they even wanted to? For this, I want to bring in NBC News chief Capitol Hill correspondent Ryan Nobles. Hi, Ryan.
A (1:44)
Hi, Yaz.
B (1:46)
Happy Friday.
A (1:47)
Maybe, yes, this turned out to be a much longer week, I think, than any of us anticipated. But, yes, happy to see Friday here for sure.
B (1:55)
They all do, after all. So Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was on Capitol Hill this week in a hearing with the Senate Armed Services Committee. He told Senator Tim Kaine that he did not believe we were at the 60 day mark.
A (2:11)
We are in a ceasefire right now,
B (2:13)
which our understanding means the 60 day
C (2:16)
clock pauses or stops in a ceasefire. So they're not in.
A (2:20)
That's.
C (2:20)
It's our understanding, just so you know.
