AP NewsWatch

Good morning. I'm Ed Donahue with an AP News Minute. A day after Tehran rejected the U.S.

15-point ceasefire plan. President Trump is updating his cabinet on the war.

We are absolutely obliterating them.

Iran has denied there are talks going on to end the war.

They're back in to make it in. And anybody that saw what was happening over there

would understand why they want to make it in. But they say, oh, we're not talking to them.

As far as the timing of this war,

we estimated it would take approximately four to six weeks to achieve our mission.

And we're way ahead of schedule. If you look at what we've done in terms of the destruction of

that country, I mean, we're way ahead. The U.S. is preparing for the arrival of thousands of

troops that could be used on the ground in Iran. Iran has been blocking ships. It perceives as

linked to the U.S. in Israel from the Strait of Hormuz. Oil prices are higher and stocks are lower.

I'm Ed Donahue.