On the ground in Tehran, reporter describes tense and volatile conditions

0:00Let's go now to special correspondent Resa Sayah in Tehran. Resa joins us on the phone. Resa, now there's third straight day of U.S. and Israeli strikes in Iran. Just give us a sense of what you're seeing and what you're hearing on the ground there. I'm not, as I'm talking to you right now, I'm hearing the unnerving sound of jet fighters flying over Tehran and massive earth-shaking explosions. They started around 12 minutes midnight, the local time, and they've continued for the next 90 minutes. So get multiple explosions in what sounds like anti-aircraft. And one other thing that I need to point out is around 1.30 a.m. the internet access was cut off. And that's kind of unusual. When this war started, the government cut off the internet. There was only access to the national network. It was a closed network. But using VPN, virtual private network, I was

1:03able to get access to the international network. That stopped around 1.30 a.m. local time. Was it related to these latest air strikes that started around midnight? It's not clear. But no internet. That's why I'm talking to you on the phone. Earlier today, more air strikes, intense air strikes, targeting the heart of the city. Israeli officials that repeatedly said they're targeting the security apparatus. Buildings related to the military, revolutionary guard, but increasingly we are seeing on the ground non-military targets either being hit or severely damaged hospitals. We had a school on Saturday. Earlier today, I went to a major square here where a police headquarters was hit. The police station was destroyed, but surrounding it were scores of residential building. They too, they were either destroyed or severely damaged. I went to a cafe across from the police station,

2:09talked to a patron there who was there during the air strike. He was smoking a hukka when the missiles hit. He showed me some gruesome video of a fellow patron with his head severed, and he described what sounded like a double tap strike where he said the initial strike wasn't much of an explosion few minutes later, massive explosion, and that gives you an idea of the cycle of violence we're experiencing. President, let me ask you about what we've heard from U.S. officials, because President Trump claimed yesterday that Tehran had reached out to talk and to negotiate today. He warned of a quote-unquote big wave of strikes yet to come, and he didn't rule out U.S. troops on the ground. What's been Tehran's response to all of this? Tehran's response is no talks, and they're going to keep fighting. Just keep in mind, from Tehran's point of view, there's no trust. This is the second time that in the middle of

3:11negotiations without warning, they've been under attack, and they've tried to project resilience. Adilari Johnny, the secretary of the National Security Council, in a statement saying they're not going to negotiate with terrorists, the foreign minister, and plus Arapti saying that they've learned lessons from U.S. defeats in the region, and they're going to use these lessons in this war. They're going to decide how the war, and so they're projecting resilient toughness and seemingly in the region. They're carrying out an aggressive campaign targeting U.S. bases, U.S. assets, Gulf states, military bases, and they're also saying they're targeting hotels because they have intelligence that U.S. servicemen have left the bases to go to the hotels. That is our special correspondent, Resa Sayah, joining us tonight on the phone from Tehran, Iran. Resa, thank you.