Name: U.S. ramps up military presence as attacks on energy sites drive oil prices higher
Uploaded: 2026-03-20T23:01:52.000Z
Duration: 5 min 59 s
Description: Thousands of YouTube videos with English-Chinese subtitles! Now you can learn to understand native speakers, expand your vocabulary, and improve your pronunciation...

Adverbs of degree

We begin tonight with an update just into our newsroom that the US Is accelerating its deployment of Marines and sailors to the Middle East.

Thousands more now set to deploy in the coming days.

And this all comes in a major escalation in attacks on oil facilities in that region, sending gas prices even higher.

One of the world's largest gas fields in Iran consumed by flames.

Iranian forces retaliating across the Gulf with a relentless barrage, igniting this oil installation in Saudi Arabia.

A missile slams right into the ground just feet from a journalist in Lebanon as the Israeli offensive against Hezbollah there intensifies.

It's a chaotic new reality, sending gas prices even higher, up 90 cents since the start of this war, hitting a national average of 3, $3.88.

We've got it all covered from the front lines to the White House.

But we begin tonight with Keir Simmons in Saudi Arabia for us live and care.

Thousands more US Soldiers, sailors and Marines heading to the region.

Two people familiar with this decision tell NBC News that 2200 U.S.

marines will now be deployed to this region in the coming days, earlier than expected as the war continues to escalate.

Tonight, new images of Iranian gas installations consumed by fire after an Israeli strike which along with Iranian strikes on energy targets have sent oil and gas prices surging.

President Trump saying he spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu telling him not to do it again.

I told him don't do that and he won't do that.

We didn't discuss, you know, we do, we're independent but get along great.

Israel acted alone against the Slowiya gas compound.

Fact number two, President Trump asked us to hold off on future attacks and we're holding out.

And tonight, a US F35 jet making an emergency landing after suspected enemy fire according to an official familiar with the incident.

CENTCOM saying the aircraft landed safely and the pilot is in stable condition.

All is Iran unleashing more attacks on its neighbors.

Debris from interceptions igniting this oil installation.

Saudi Arabia said the Saudi foreign minister condemning Iran's attacks.

What possible military purpose can you have for attacking a refinery in a non combatant?

Can Saudi Arabia now ever envisage an Iran that is able to threaten it with missiles and drones and is able to determine the oil price by effectively closing the Strait of Hormuz?

What little trust there was before has completely been shattered.

All is the Pentagon saying it's decimating Iran's ability to attack with Iranian missile and drone strikes down 90%.

They would shoot a lot more if they could, but they can't.

The Israeli prime minister is also making a major headline tonight with some comments about the time timeline of this war.

Prime Minister Netanyahu saying Iran can no longer enrich uranium or manufacture ballistic missiles missiles.

Netanyahu saying the war will be over sooner than people think here in Saudi, Saudi Arabia.

Tom, the drones and missiles keep coming.

We want to head to the White House where despite those additional troops heading to the region, President Trump tonight says he has no plans to put US Ground troops in Iran.

Here's Gabe Gutierrez Tonight, President Trump dismissing the possibility of any American boots on the ground inside Iran.

If I were, I certainly wouldn't tell you, but I'm not putting troops.

He's also confirming the Pentagon's asking Congress for another $200 billion.

It's a small price to pay to make sure that we stay tippy.

Top that funding request could face skepticism on Capitol Hill as the war's economic impacts ripple across the US Everything is just going up and up and up and up.

The average price of gas has climbed about 90 cents a gallon over the last few weeks.

I thought there was a chance it could be much worse.

It's not bad and it's going to be over with pretty soon.

Polls show most Republicans support the president's decision to attack Iran, but clearly some don't.

As this voter in Pennsylvan told NBC's John Allen.

If you could say something to President Trump, he was going to hear you right now.

You are a worthless pile of sh t. And you voted for him how many times?

Still, the administration is defending the war.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessen saying today there have been defections within Iran's leadership, though he did not offer specifics.

The regime will probably collapse within itself.

During a meeting today with Japan's prime minister in the Oval Office, a Japanese reporter asked the president why he did not give advance warning to allies before attacking Iran.

And we didn't tell anybody about it because we wanted surprise.

Who knows better about surprise than Japan?

Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?

Gave Gutierrez at the White House signing, gave the Trump administration also announcing new efforts to reduce energy prices.

Yes, Tom, the treasury secretary said today that the US May lift sanctions on Iranian oil that is already in transit amid those surging energy prices.

He said that move could free up 140 million barrels of oil.

And remember, stay updated on breaking news and top stories on the NBC News app or watch live on our YouTube channel.