Name: Latest news as U.S.-Israeli war on Iran enters Day 3
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I'm Errol Barnett at the broadcast center here in New York City.

We are continuing our coverage of the escalating and fast moving conflict in the Middle East.

Earlier today, several US Warplanes crashed in Kuwait.

This new video shows one of the planes falling from the sky.

US Central Command says they were involved in what it's calling, quote, an apparent friendly fire incident.

The Pentagon confirmed yesterday that three U.S.

service members have been killed in the war with Iran, marking the first American casualties.

Meanwhile, inside Iran, the Red Crescent says hundreds of people have died.

Speaking to CBS News on Saturday, President Trump said he believes a diplomatic solution is possible and would be, quote, much easier now because they're getting beat up by badly, end quote.

Trump says he believes the operation will take four weeks or fewer to complete, and

Combat operations continue at this time in full force, and

they will continue until all of our objectives are achieved.

And as you might imagine, the conflict is sending shockwaves throughout the Middle east.

At least 31 people were killed in Israeli strikes on Hezbollah militants in Lebanon.

This was in response to Hezbollah firing missiles into Israel overnight in retaliation for the killing of Iran's supreme leader.

It's unclear who will succeed Ayatollah ali Khamenei.

About 40 other senior members of the Islamic Republic's regime were also killed in the initial onslaught.

Iran's exiled Prince reza Pavlovi told 60 Minutes he'd like to lead a transition for Iran.

Listen, they trust me as a transitional leader, not not as the future king or future president or future whatever.

I'm totally focused on my mission in life, which is let me bring the country to a point that they can make that free choice.

In about one hour from now, defense officials are expected to hold a briefing at the Pentagon.

And tomorrow, top Trump administration officials are scheduled to brief Congress on these strikes.

They Democrats and Republicans are largely split on this war and the US Involvement in it.

Nobody in this country is asking for war with Iran.

We're going to have Americans dying and the end result is going to be hard line leadership continues in Iran and we don't get rid of their nuclear program.

That's a moral and strategic disaster for the country.

We would all celebrate if the Iranian people were able to rise up and reclaim their freedom and reclaim their destiny.

And as the President said when he promised help is on the way.

Help has arrived and we have team coverage for you on this this morning.

Raymond Asensio is tracking the international fallout from a Royal Air Force base just outside London.

Anthony Salvanteau is looking at how Americans felt ahead of this war.

But let's begin with CBS News correspondent Natalie Brand standing by at the White House.

What is President Trump saying so far to select outlets and why hasn't he or his cabinet been in front of the press as some of them were at the Venezuela operation?

Yeah, we do have news of this Pentagon news briefing next hour this morning when we expect to hear from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Dan Kaine.

But that will be the first time we are hearing from top military leaders since this began, unlike after the Venezuela operation when the president held a news conference, took quite a questions alongside top cabinet secretaries this time.

He has just put out two prerecorded videos over the weekend, the latest one coming on Sunday.

You played a clip of it in which he said that this operation will continue at full force and will continue until all objectives are achieved.

And on Saturday, he said quite clearly that objective is to eliminate, quote, imminent threats from from the Iranian regime focused on nuclear facilities, Iran's long range missiles and Revolutionary Guard targets and facilities.

Now in a phone interview with CBS News Bob Costa on Saturday evening, he expressed confidence in the operation so far, calling it a great day for the country and for the world.

In a separate phone call with the Daily Mail, that's when he said that this campaign could go on for four weeks or so.

He also talked about the three servicemembers who we've learned have been killed.

He called them great people who had outstanding records.

In a new video on Sunday, he also said America will, quote, avenge their deaths.

Take a listen to part of that portion of this video.

Sadly, there will likely be more before it ends.

That's the way it is, likely be more, but

we'll do everything possible where that won't be the case.

But America will avenge their deaths and deliver the most punishing blow to the terrorists who have waged war against basically civilization.

And in his messages this weekend, the president emphasized called on Iran's Revolutionary Guard members to lay down their arms or quote, face face certain death.

And he called for the people of Iran to take back their country.

Now he also told CBS News Bob Costa that he believes there are some good candidates to take over Iran following the supreme Leader Khamenei's death.

But he told ABC News that Some of those possible candidates had been killed in the initial attack.

One more note, he told CBS that he does believe there's still a pathway towards deployment diplomacy, though Iran's security chief posted a message on social media late Sunday saying that there will be no negotiations with the U.S.

Natalie Brand with the top headlines out of the White House on this war.

Let's jump to CBS News foreign correspondent Raymond Asensio for more on this conflict.

Remy, President Trump, we heard him warn there that more American lives will likely be lost in this war.

And we're seeing the conflict in expanding this morning.

We're seeing the expansion of this conflict in the Middle east, but

we're also seeing an expansion of support for the United States from here in the United Kingdom, first off to the Middle East.

And we're seeing renewed fighting between Hezbollah in Lebanon and Israel.

Overnight at about 1:00am local time, Hezbollah, in retaliation for the death of the ayatollah, started lobbing rockets and drones into northern Israel.

The IDF said that that was a big mistake and has since been striking back.

From what we understand, the latest death toll, at least 31 people killed, nearly 150 people wounded, including in the capital, Beirut.

Southern Beirut is a stronghold of the Hezbollah leadership.

But as I mentioned, there's also this increase in support for the United States as well.

Here we are outside the Royal Air Force Station, Fairford.

And the reason we're here is because British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has now said overnight that he will greenlight, he has greenlit the use of all military bases here in order for the US to use it specifically to strike Iranian ballistic missile sites.

Now, we're here specifically at Fairford because this is the only forward operating location that that can handle the likes of the B52 bombers, the B2 bombers and the B1 bombers.

And we understand from our partners at the BBC that the United States can use this and this is the only place that they can use this in order to strike those sites inside Iran from Europe.

She is an Iran expert at Chatham House here in London.

And she told me she expects even more US Allies here in Europe to come on aboard.

I think it was inevitable that the UK Would enter this war one way or another.

The longer this war continues, I see more of American European cooperation emerge.

That also is inevitable to me, the worst case scenario, and

this must be said out loud, I think for Europe is very vague and perhaps unachievable is the so called regime change option.

But she did also mention that France and Germany could be the next countries to ante up.

Errol, Remy, what other reaction have you seen there to the US Israeli strikes on Iran?

Well, what we're seeing a lot of is celebration and joy around the world coming from the Iranian diaspora community.

But we're also seeing, seeing a lot of anger and grief and despair in the Muslim world, in the Shia Muslim world over the death, over the killing of the Ayatollah.