Iran war: Latest on the Strait of Hormuz

Welcome back to watching Fox 7 Austin News at 530. There is still no agreement on the Strait of Hormuz. Though President Trump continues to insist the war with Iran will be ending soon, but he won't give any details about when or how it will happen. Fox's Jared Halpert with the latest from the White House. I think it's gonna end pretty soon. I don't think they can go much longer. It's starting to sound familiar, President Trump predicting a quick end to the Iran war, followed by a denial from the Iranians. On Friday, lawmakers in Tehran took a step closer to passing a bill that would bar the U.S. and its allies from transiting the Strait of Hormuz, with Iran insisting it maintain control over the vital waterway. Almost all the topics are under discussion. The map, the transit routes, and the entering and exiting of maritime traffic. President Trump was asked about the Strait on Thursday. He says the U.S. is in charge, but Iran is still blocking traffic. We control it, but they can always shoot something. They always have something or drop a mine. Iran's insistence on controlling the Strait has become a major sticking point during negotiations, and experts say they won't give up easily. Their nuclear enterprise is largely under a mountain of rubble, so this is their prize that they believe they've got. The president says if Iran does not make a deal soon, he'll restart airstrikes, but his options may be limited by America's declining weapons stockpile, leading some to suggest a pivot to asymmetric warfare. It's just not the military, it's the economic, it's the diplomacy, it's the information, it's cyber warfare. We can hit Iran from many different directions where they cannot hit us in a similar fashion. While direct strikes between the U.S. and Iran are paused, Iranian-backed militias are carrying out attacks against Gulf allies, including Saudi Arabia. At the White House, Jared Halpern, Fox News.