Iran ceasefire frays as Trump delays deal; DOJ investigates E. Jean Carroll

Another night of escalation, the U.S. and Iran trade new threats as that fragile ceasefire starts looking even shakier

They're negotiating on fumes, but we'll see what happens. Maybe we have to go back and finish it, maybe we don't

Plus, the numbers keep getting worse. Two people are now confirmed dead after that paper mill implosion in Washington, with nine more still unaccounted for

and NASA's big moon push. The space agency lays out a future of lunar buggies, drones, and longer astronaut missions

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The ceasefire between the United States and Iran is looking more fragile this morning

after both sides exchanged new strikes overnight. The U.S. military says it shot down four Iranian attack drones near the Strait of Hormuz

then targeted a ground control site in Bandar Abbas that officials say was preparing to launch a fifth

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it responded by targeting the U.S. airbase used to launch those strikes

The new exchange comes as the White House pushes back hard on Iranian state media reports

claiming a draft peace agreement has already been reached, calling those reports a complete fabrication

President Trump says he's in no rush. But the Navy is gone, as I've said a thousand times

The Navy is gone. The Air Force is gone. Everything's gone. And they're negotiating on fumes

But we'll see what happens. Maybe we have to go back and finish it. Maybe we don't

They thought they were going to outweigh me. We'll outweigh him. He's got the midterms

I don't care about the midterms. The U.S. has also sanctioned Iran's new Persian Gulf Strait Authority, the body created by Tehran, to enforce shipping rules around the Strait of Hormuz

And Iran declared its support for Oman after Trump warned the country not to attempt to assert control over the strait

The Justice Department has now opened a criminal investigation into writer E Jean Carroll the woman who won a multi dollar civil judgment against President Trump Multiple news outlets report the investigation is focused on whether Carol lied under oath during testimony in her civil cases against Trump

One of those cases centered on Carol's sexual assault allegations against the president

The other involved defamation claims after Trump repeatedly denied her accusations. A jury awarded Carol $5 million in damages last year

Trump has been trying to overturn that verdict at the Supreme Court, but the justices have now delayed deciding whether to take the case multiple times

Sources also tell CNN and ABC News that acting attorney general Todd Blanche

has recused himself from the investigation after serving as one of Trump's personal defense attorneys in the civil cases

Out west, the outlook is getting even bleaker at that paper mill disaster in Washington state

Officials now say two workers are confirmed dead and they no longer expect to find nine others alive

The search is now a recovery operation after that massive chemical tank imploded Tuesday

at the Nippon Dynowave paper mill in Longview. Washington Governor Bob Ferguson says the incident could become

one of the deadliest industrial accidents in state history. The tank was filled with what's known as white liquor

a caustic chemical mixture used in paper production. Officials say more than a half a million gallons spilled during a shift change

leaving workers with severe burns and respiratory injuries. Some of the chemicals reached the Columbia River

but environmental testing so far has not found an immediate threat to drinking water or air quality

Recovery crews are moving slowly through the wreckage because of continuing safety risks at the site

while federal investigators try to determine what caused the tank to fail

Former First Lady Jill Biden is describing just how alarming her husband's 2024 debate performance was from her perspective

saying at one point she thought her husband might be having a stroke

In a new interview with CBS News Sunday morning, Jill Biden said she was frightened watching the president struggle during his debate against Donald Trump in June of 2024

The performance set off a wave of panic inside the Democratic Party

The onslaught of doubts ultimately led to Biden dropping out of the race just weeks later I wasn horrified I was frightened because I had never ever seen Joe like that before or since Never since Yes Or since never seen Never No What happened I don know what

happened. I mean, when I as I watched it, I thought, oh, my God, he's having a stroke

and it scared me to death. At the time, the White House attributed the president's raspy voice and

stumbles to a cold and exhaustion. But the debate reignited questions about Biden's age

health and ability to continue his campaign. Pressure that quickly grew inside his own party

Biden withdrew from the race less than a month after the debate and endorsed then Vice President

Kamala Harris. The full interview with Jill Biden is set to air Sunday on CBS News Sunday

morning. If you watch videos on YouTube and sometimes can't tell what's real and what's AI

the platform says it's about to get a lot more obvious. YouTube is rolling out more prominent

labels for videos created or heavily altered that use artificial intelligence. The company says the

goal is to make sure viewers can tell right away when realistic-looking content was generated with

AI. YouTube already requires creators to disclose realistic AI content, but the company says it's

now also building tools that can detect and label some videos automatically. For long-form videos

the label is moving from the description to a prominent spot just below the player. And for

shorts, it'll be an overlay right on the video itself. The goal here is context at a glance

If it looks real but was made with AI, viewers will know immediately. The platform says videos

won't be demoted or demonetized just because they use AI. YouTube says the change is about

transparency, not punishment. It comes as social media platforms are dealing with the flood

of realistic AI video, music, and images that can be harder for users to spot

Finally this morning, new meaning to the term aim for the stars. NASA is going well beyond that

and it just laid out what that could look like. The space agency says astronauts could return to

the moon as soon as 2028 as part of a much bigger plan to eventually build a sustainable base on the lunar surface It unveiled new details this week showing how landers rovers even drones could work together near the moon south pole

Landers, built by Jeff Bezos' company, Blue Origin, would deliver lunar terrain vehicles

essentially moon buggies, while drones developed by Firefly Aerospace would map the surface and

scout future landing sites. NASA says lessons learned from the recent Artemis II fly-around

mission are helping prepare for longer stays and more complex operations on the moon

Everything we tested and learned on Artemis II, the systems, the teamwork, the operational tempo

feeds directly into our ability to build a sustainable foothold on the moon. With Moonbase

Artemis astronauts will stay longer, explore farther, and conduct the kinds of science that advances exploration itself

understanding how humans operate off-world, how we build infrastructure, and how we prepare for Mars

NASA expects to spend about $20 billion over the next several years on its lunar program

The second phase of the plan into the early 2030s includes building permanent infrastructure on the moon

including power systems and eventually living quarters for astronauts. The next major step is Artemis III, currently targeted for 2027

That is fascinating and incredible. Can you imagine someday the Postal Service might need a new zip code for the moon

Think about that. Wow, what an advancement. All right, before we head out, here's what we're tracking today

At 830 this morning, we'll get a new look at the economy with updated GDP numbers

consumer spending data, and the latest reading on inflation, including the Fed's preferred inflation gauge

Then at 10, the Supreme Court is expected to hand down more opinions

as the court races toward the end of the term. At 11, Vice President J.D. Vance delivers the commencement address

to the graduating class at the U.S. Air Force Academy. At 2, Treasury Secretary Scott Besson briefs reporters at the White House

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