Name: Refueling Plane Crash Leaves At Least 4 US Crew Members Dead
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This morning after an American KC135 refueling plane crashed over a rock.

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U.S. central Command says two aircraft were involved.

The other aircraft, the size of a passenger plane and full of jet fuel and its crew went down.

CENTCOM says it was not the result of hostile or friendly fire and that a rescue operation was launched immediately.

And new images this morning from Israel's public broadcaster show the surviving aircraft at an airport in Israel with damage to the tail.

All as Iran continues to fire at Gulf nations targeting oil facilities, US and allied bases and city centers.

An Iranian drone nearly hitting the world's tallest building in Dubai.

Iran is also increasingly focused on attacking ships in and around the Strait of Hormuz, this one burning uncontrollably off Iraq as the attackers filmed and cheered in Farsi that they're from Iran's Revolutionary Guard.

The Trump administration saying the US May have to escort tankers, which ties up US Military resources and is extraordinarily expensive.

So far, one person is benefiting from this war, Vladimir Putin.

President Trump temporarily lifted sanctions on Russian oil imposed to punish Putin for his invasion of Ukraine.

And some Chinese ships continue to pass through the Strait of Hormuz without threat as US And Israeli jets attack Iran around the clock.

President Trump posting We have unparalleled firepower, unlimited ammunition and plenty of time.

Watch what happens to these deranged scumbags today as thousands rallied in Tehran responding to a call from Iran's new supreme leader who has yet to be seen or heard from directly and to one Iranian diplomat has said was injured.

And here in Israel, analysts and politicians are increasingly saying that this war might not result in full regime change in Iran.

Craig, our chief foreign correspondent, Richard Engleforce.

Here at home, the political and economic fallout from the war now entering its third week, and

NBC's Kristen Welker, moderator of Meet the Press, joins us now with that part of the story.

Kristen, gas prices up 3 cents overnight, now $3.63 a gallon.

That continues to be the biggest part of the story for the average American.

How concerned is this White House that gas prices are going to just continue to climb?

Craig, there is deep concern inside the administration and Republican circles that gas prices are increasing.

It shows just how sharply they've spiked since the war began.

Look, there is an urgent effort to try to bring down gas prices this week.

The administration, a number of international partners announcing they'd release hundreds of millions of barrels from strategic oil reserves.

One administration official characterizing this as a work in progress, effectively.

Still, the president is striking a different tone, publicly posting yesterday, quote, when oil prices go up, we make a lot of money.

He's basically trying to argue the short term pain of higher prices will be worth the long term gains from the overall war.

The cost of living remains the number one issue for voters.

Our recent NBC News poll, in fact, found that 62% of registered voters disapprove of President Trump's handling of inflation.

And the challenge is it often takes longer to bring them down than to see gas prices go up.

And for Republicans, this issue is critical to their fight to try to hold on to the House and Senate in the midterms.

CRAIG and Laura well, Kristen, speaking of the midterms, I wonder what you think of some of the messaging we've heard from the president.

When this war first started, we were told, look, this could take a while.

Then last night, the president says we've already won the war.

President Trump has been offering a range of different messages when it comes to the war in Iran, on gas prices, as we just discussed, and

on his overall goals for the war itself earlier this week, saying the war is already won and that he can end it whenever he wants, but

also saying the US still needs to finish the job, adding, quote, we don't want to leave early.

The president's also given a range of different reasons for what the ultimate goal is.

So in talking to Democrats and even some Republicans, they say, look, bottom line, the president needs to do a better job of explaining the military objectives to Congress, but

also to the American people and adding to these attacks, the recent attacks that we've seen here in the US That Shaq was talking about, while there's not a direct link to Iran, it adds to people's questions about how Iran is impacting them.

Republican strategists tell me if this isn't wrapped up in the next few weeks, Republican support for the war effort could really start to fray.

Lauren Craig, all right, Kristen Welker for us this morning.

And of course, Kristen will have the very latest on the war and it's fallout.

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