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Mitch McCann: US Correspondent on the latest with the Middle East conflict · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: Trump says, I'll have a bridge for every ship you
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  Speaker 1: don't need through the straight and new threats to Iran
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  Speaker 1: this morning, and Mitch McCanns stateside for us much.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, Good morning, Ryan. How are you doing?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, very well.
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  Speaker 1: So what's he saying?
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  Speaker 2: Now? Yeah, Look, we had this Molu in recent weeks,
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  Speaker 2: there's been all these diplomatic meetings across Europe in the
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  Speaker 2: Middle East, and this war is now raging. For the
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  Speaker 2: last eleven days, the US has been bombarding Iran. Washington's
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  Speaker 2: biggest frustration here is that i Runs continues to attempt
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  Speaker 2: to control the Strait of Horn Moves. Now, Donald Trump
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  Speaker 2: has got on true social as he often does, this morning,
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  Speaker 2: and he's ridden that every time Iran shoots a ship
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  Speaker 2: in the Strait, the US is going to bomb and
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  Speaker 2: destroy one bridge or power plant, including those located next
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  Speaker 2: to or in the capital city of Tehran. Now it's
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  Speaker 2: likely Ryan that his advisors are going to urge caution
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  Speaker 2: here because to targeting civilian infrastructure could be considered a
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  Speaker 2: war crime. So it's probably not something that the President
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  Speaker 2: wants to be accused of at this point.
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  Speaker 1: Right, So let's move on to Inventina. This is the
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  Speaker 1: fief of Boss and Trump's saying he should be the
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  Speaker 1: Secretary General of the United Nations Mitchy.
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  Speaker 2: One of the more bizarre stories of the day, Ryan
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  Speaker 2: the New Your Post is reporting that Trump would quite
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  Speaker 2: like to see Infantino as the Secretary General here at
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  Speaker 2: the UN. He feels he is respected by everyone around
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  Speaker 2: the world and recognizes he has a special ability to
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  Speaker 2: bring people together. This comes as the process for selecting
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  Speaker 2: the Secretary General as underway. It remains to be seen
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  Speaker 2: how serious this is, whether any other country would support
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  Speaker 2: a bed or even if Infantino would entertain the idea himself.
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  Speaker 3: It doesn't seem that it's whether he wants it or not.
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  Speaker 3: It seems like Trump's going to give it to him.
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  Speaker 3: I appreciate your time much. We can our US correspondent
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  Speaker 3: this morning. By the way, the Americans are doing a
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  Speaker 3: deal with the Saudis to let them have power plant.
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  Speaker 3: This is nuclear power plant, civilian only, although they may
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  Speaker 3: allow them to enrich uranium as well. We yet to
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  Speaker 3: see the detail on that. There is only one other
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  Speaker 3: power plant, nuclear power plant.
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  Speaker 2: In the Gulf at the moment, and that belongs to
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  Speaker 2: the UAE. For more fam earlier edition with Ryan Bridge.
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