‘LOCKED AND LOADED’: Trump issues MAJOR pivot on Iran strikes

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E. PRESIDENT AGAIN SHOWING. RESTRAINT. LARA: THAT'S RIGHT. PRESIDENT TRUMP HITTING PAUSE ON. HIS PROMISE TO LAUNCH A WAVE OF. DEVASTATING STRIKES ON IRAN. CHARLIE: HE SAYS CHANGE COMES. AMID NEW PROGRESS ON A POTENTIAL. DEAL WITH THE IRANIAN REGIME. GRIFF: REBEKAH CASTOR IS LIVE IN. WASHINGTON WITH THE VERY LATEST. >> Reporter: HEY, GRIFF. THIS DECISION COMES AFTER THE. WHITE HOUSE CONFIRMED THE SAUDI. CROWN PRINCE SPOKE WITH. PRESIDENT TRUMP YESTERDAY, AND. NOW THE PRESIDENT BEREAVES A. PEACE DEAL -- BELIEVES A PEACE. DEAL COULD BE CLOSE. HE WROTE ON TRUTH SOCIAL THE USA.

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IS LOCKED AND LOADED AND READY. TO GO AGAINST IRAN. DESPITE THIS, WE HAVE JUST BEEN. ASKED BY IRAN AND OTHER MIDDLE. EASTERN COUNTRIES TO HOLD OFF. ANY ATTACK AND THAT THE. PERIMETERS OF A DEAL HAS BEEN. AGREED TO. THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE. IMMEDIATE, COMPLETE AND TOTAL. OPENING OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. AND AN END TO IRAN'S NUCLEAR. THREAT. I HAVE AGREED TO CANCEL THE. ATTACK SUBJECT TO BEING ABLE THE. RAPIDLY MAKE A DEAL. ACCORDING TO AXIOS, THE SAUDIS. EXPRESSED CONCERN AND ASKED FOR. CLARITY ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S. PLAN OF ACTION.

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A SECOND SOURCE WITH KNOWLEDGE. OF THE CALL SAID MBS URGED TRUMP. TO DES DEESCALATE AND REFRAIN. FROM LAUNCHING THE STRIKES. THE PLANNED ATTACK WAS SET TO BE. ONE OF THE LARGEST BOMBING. CAMPAIGNS ON IRAN TO DATE, BUT. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH LARA LAST. NIGHT, SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO. RUBIO SAYS THE MONTHS OF U.S. STRIKES ON IRAN HAVE SEVERELY. DEGRADED IRAN'S DEFENSIVE. CAPABILITIES, SETTING UP THIS. NEXT ROUND OF NEGOTIATIONS TO BE. MORE SUCCESSFUL. >> THEY STILL HAVE MISSILES AND. DRONES AND THEY CAN STILL DO.

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DAMAGE, BUT THEY NO LONGER HAVE. THAT SHIELD, THAT CONVENTIONAL. SHIELD THAT THEY CAN HIDE. BEHIND. AND THAT'S CHANGED THE WHOLE. DYNAMIC. IT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY THEY. ARE NOW WILLING AND IN SOME. CASES SEEM EAGER TO DO A DEAL ON. DENUCLEARIZATION, ON THE. STRAITS. BECAUSE WE'RE NOW APPROACHING. THEM FROM A POSITION OF. STRENGTH, NOT FROM A POSITION OF. WEAKNESS. >> Reporter: QATARI MEDIATORS. HELD SEPARATE TALKS WITH U.S., IRANIAN AND OMANI OFFICIALS. YESTERDAY, AXIOS REPORTS THOSE. TAKES MADE P.