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Iran Claims Strait Of Hormuz Is Closed After Firing At Ship; On Board USS Abraham Lincoln Near The Strait Of Hormuz; DOJ Subpoenas NYT Journalists Who Reported On New AF1; Main Dems Announce Convention To Replace Graham Platner; Outrage After ICE Shoots And Kills Texas Father; CENTCOM: U.S. Launches Third Round Of Strikes Against Iran. Aired 7-8p ET

Aired July 11, 2026 - 19:00   ET

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ANNOUNCER: This is CNN Breaking News.

OMAR JIMENEZ, CNN ANCHOR: Welcome to the CNN NEWSROOM, everyone. I'm Omar Jimenez in New York.

We have breaking news to start this hour. Iran's Revolutionary Guard claims it has closed the Strait of Hormuz. That is from Iranian media affiliated with the state. The IRGC says the closure comes after firing warning shots at a vessel that was traveling on a route it did not approve of. This comes as mediators are attempting to get the United States and Iran back to the negotiating table. But U.S. officials previously told CNN those talks can't move forward until the strait is secured.

I want to bring in CNN military analyst, retired Air Force Colonel Cedric Leighton.

And Colonel Leighton. I just wonder, what is your immediate reaction to this breaking news?

COL. CEDRIC LEIGHTON, CNN MILITARY ANALYST: Well, Omar, one of the key things that we're looking at here is really the dispute between the United States and Iran when it comes to the interpretation of the MOU and what it means to keep the Strait of Hormuz open. And that is, you know, under what conditions, when are you going to do it, and how are you going to allow ships to pass through that area?

The Iranians apparently had an objection to the ship, and we don't know yet whether it was the right course that the ship was on. Was it a course that was approved by, let's say, the U.S. or Oman? And it was, of course, that was not approved by the Iranians. That still would not give the Iranians the right to shoot at a ship like that. So it, you know, it remains to be seen exactly why they did this.

But there have been several instances where they have shot at ships in the, you know, in recent days. And it indicates to me that what they're trying to do is basically block the Strait of Hormuz and basically keep it closed until their conditions are met. So they're using the leverage that they have with the Strait of Hormuz. They're using it to basically their advantage, and it's going to be really tough to dislodge them from that position diplomatically or militarily.

JIMENEZ: And, you know, we're still trying to find out more details about this and what exactly is going on. But this does fit into a pattern that we've seen play out as of late in terms of tit-for-tat strikes. I guess we'll see how the United States responds if they do hear. But then a time of what appears to be a ceasefire holding, and then a flare up once again. I just wonder, in this moment, in this version of where we are and sort of that pattern, what do you see as the United States' options to respond here?

LEIGHTON: Well, it really depends on how far we're willing to go, you know, when it comes to using let's say military force. So there are several options that are possible. One is, you know, to take some military action, such as conduct some strikes against Iranian targets, similar to what we've done, you know, in the last few days. That would be one way of doing it. The other possibility would be to actually move in and use a, you know, ground forces to do some kind of a ground incursion.

In the past, President Trump has talked about taking Kharg Island. That's, of course, far up in the northern part of the Gulf, far removed from the Strait of Hormuz. But it would be kind of leverage that he would potentially have with a negotiation or potential future negotiation. But, you know, when you look at that kind of thing, you know, I think those options are, you know, limiting in many respects. They also point to the possibility of escalation.

And that's something that the president has not wanted to do. He has not wanted to escalate this into a ground war. He has not wanted to escalate this in a way that would impact the global economy. But what we're seeing now is the kind of, you know, effort by the Iranians that would definitely potentially lead to further increase in gas prices and possible other perturbations in international trade. And that's something that the president is definitely wanting to avoid at this point.

JIMENEZ: Obviously a dynamic we are monitoring very closely right now.

Colonel Cedric Leighton, I appreciate your analysis and instant reaction. Thanks for being here.

LEIGHTON: You bet, Omar. Thank you.

JIMENEZ: And CNN just got rare access in that contested strait that has been the center of so much tension right now. CNN was aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier and the Navy destroyer protecting it.

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That destroyer is the U.S. ship closest to Iran as it patrols the Arabian Sea.

CNN's Pamela Brown shares a firsthand look at the mission of these warships, and spoke to the commanding officer.

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PAMELA BROWN, CNN CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): One fighter jet after another takes off from the USS Abraham Lincoln. Overnight missions amid rising tensions with Iran. We're in the Gulf of Oman, near the Strait of Hormuz, aboard a ship President Trump says has been attacked more than 100 times since the conflict began.

And they've tried with missiles and with drones?

CAPT. DANIEL KEELER, COMMANDING OFFICER, USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN: Yes, everything they've thrown at us hasn't really gotten near us at all.

BROWN (voice-over): Earlier, we watched as missiles were prepped and loaded onto these fighter jets. The mission as real as it gets.

I want to show you these symbols right here. These are drones right here that this fighter jet has taken out during this conflict that started five and a half months ago. These are missiles that have been taken out just by this fighter jet alone.

(Voice-over): With the Lincoln under constant threat of attack, it's guarded by Navy destroyers for protection. On a chopper headed to the USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. destroyer high above the Gulf of Oman, we get our first look at vessels headed toward the Strait of Hormuz.

See the five vessels so far are seeing maritime traffic effect. In fact right here if you turn around, you can see there's a ship right there passed by. That's about the sixth ship we've seen.

(Voice-over): The traffic is lower now as tensions rise again in the Gulf. Officially, the Navy reports 20 vessels around the strait as we head to our destination. The warship, they say, is at the tip of the spear.

We are the closest Navy ship to Iran right now.

CAPT. CASEY MAHON, COMMANDING OFFICER, USS FRANK E. PETERSEN JR.: Correct. You're right on the -- what we call the picket line, the firing line, right now. So if Iran were to attack, you know, the U.S. naval forces, we'd be the first ones they'd be attacking. But don't worry, our radars are working, our guns work. You have a lot of well- trained folks down below.

BROWN (voice-over): Threats are part of life out here.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If you don't obey my order, you will be targeted.

BROWN: (voice-over): Like when Captain Mahon led this ship through the Strait of Hormuz in April, radio transmissions between the U.S. and Iran were released by Iran state media. Mahon confirmed to CNN an exchange did happen.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm ready to open fire on them without any warning.

BROWN: And so the Iranians were threatening?

MAHON: Correct. Yes, yes. They told us, hey, you have to turn around within 30 minutes or we'll fire on you. We kept going, obviously. Had to go through what was potentially a minefield to get there, which was, you know, not something I had in my bingo card for things I would do in my life, go through a minefield.

BROWN (voice-over): The firepower aboard this ship is everywhere.

MAHON: We have this. This is our last ditch defense.

BROWN (voice-over): Captain Mahon calls the shots from a command center several decks below.

Just with Iran being to the north, they're always on the lookout for all kinds of threats. Have you had any close calls?

MAHON: My fight really starts at the Iranian coastline and comes all the way back. I don't wait for it to come to me. I go out and I try to meet that threat.

BROWN (voice-over): Back on the Abraham Lincoln, it can be tough to keep spirits high for the nearly 5,000 people here. Because of its limited port visits, the Navy considers this deployment among the longest consecutive days at sea for any aircraft carrier.

RANDALL STONE, WORKS IN HANGAR BAY: I mean, I haven't stepped off the ship in the year 2026.

BROWN (voice-over): Most have been here more than six months under threat and missing their families.

What kind of toll does that take on you personally?

LT. CMDR. JOE CAPSTAFF, USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN: It's tough. I had my first kid born in February, so very excited to get home and meet her.

BROWN: You've never met your daughter?

CAPSTAFF: Nope.

BROWN: She was born right around when this conflict started.

CAPSTAFF: She was born February 6th, so I was able to get on Facetime, watch the birth, talk to my wife before everything went down so.

BROWN: And you don't know when you'll be able to do that?

CAPSTAFF: No. We'll see. I mean, hopefully home soon, but unfortunately, it's a common story on the ship, I think. You know, get in the Navy, this is what you kind of sign up for.

BROWN (voice-over): Pamela Brown, CNN, USS Abraham Lincoln.

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JIMENEZ: Incredible access and reporting there from Pamela Brown. Really appreciate it.

Still ahead, "The New York Times" says four of its journalists have been subpoenaed by the Justice Department. We are live from the White House with new details. Plus new questions about what led an ICE agent to shoot and kill a man who wasn't even the target of an immigration operation as our reporting shows.

You're in the CNN NEWSROOM.

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JIMENEZ: Tonight, "The New York Times" has four of its journalists have been subpoenaed by the Justice Department to testify before a Manhattan grand jury this week. The journalists reported on security concerns surrounding the Qatari-gifted jet serving as the new Air Force One.

I want to bring in CNN's Julia Benbrook, who's been following this story for us. She joins us now from the White House.

Julia, what else are you learning about this?

JULIA BENBROOK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, according to "The Times," those four journalists have been subpoenaed to testify in Manhattan on Wednesday and federal agents directly delivered some of the subpoenas to the reporters' homes. "The Times" has said that it will fight this court order and the news operation, one of their top attorneys said this in a statement.

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In part, "The appearance of federal law enforcement agents on the doorstep of news reporters should shock the conscience of any American who believes in the Constitution and the press freedom it protects," adding, "This brazen act should be seen as nothing more than an attempt to prevent the public from knowing what is happening in their country by intimidating journalists from doing their jobs."

CNN has reached out to the White House and the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan for comment.

These subpoenas seem to be the Trump administration searching to find who leaked information to "The Times" before their report that detailed that security concerns brought forward by Secret Service played a role in the decision not to fly the new gifted jet from Turkey directly back to the United States. That switch in planes is something that Trump was asked about by reporters recently. He was pressed on the decision and what led to it.

He said that the stop was so that U.S. service members who are stationed at the Mildenhall Air Force Base in England could get a closer look at the aircraft. Take a listen.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: So you're saying there wasn't a security concern?

DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: No. No, no. Why would --

UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: Was there any other issue? No issue on the plane?

TRUMP: No, no, except, except we sent it a little earlier. Same line going back. No, we sent it a little bit early so that we could let them see it at the base. The whole base came out and saw the plane.

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BENBROOK: The subpoenas came after FBI director Kash Patel was spotted here at the White House yesterday, according to sources familiar with the matter. He was having meetings with officials about the bureau's investigation into disclosure of some of these security concerns related to this new jet that is being used as Air Force One.

And our cameras did see Patel, spot Patel. I believe you can see it there as he was leaving just about 7:00 p.m. Eastern yesterday. One source did say that Patel also spoke on the phone with Trump about the investigation, and our reporting has found that Trump has grown frustrated with what was reported about security concerns and some of those details that were out there that he was not happy about -- Omar.

JIMENEZ: All right. Julia Benbrook, really appreciate the reporting.

I want to bring in CNN legal analyst Carrie Cordero, who's with us now.

And Carrie, I just wonder how are you analyzing, I guess, this kind of legal action against journalists weighed against efforts like this that have happened before?

CARRIE CORDERO, CNN LEGAL ANALYST: Yes, Omar, so I think it's useful, you know, to put it in context a little bit, which is that there has always been for decades a tension between national security interests, sometimes investigations that are taking place in the Justice Department and by the FBI and the press when it comes to investigations that are leaks of classified information, where the Justice Department has been investigating, and then in very rare circumstances, historically, there have been times where they have needed to go to reporters for information.

But the policies of Justice Departments across administrations of both parties, you know, have really struggled with this particular tension. And some administrations were a little bit more willing to go that route. And other administrations, in particular the Biden administration, most recently completely eliminated the option of serving subpoenas on reporters. Attorney General Bondi, at the beginning of the Trump administration, issued a new memo that enabled the Justice Department to start back up the process of subpoenas.

But even given that change in policy, I think that this most recent action is completely out of step with how any prior modern administration has dealt with this issue and is even potentially inconsistent with attorney -- former Attorney General Bondi's own memo.

JIMENEZ: And so to that point, I mean, one, what happens next in this kind of legal proceeding, but also what sort of message do you believe this action is sending, potentially in terms of future cases against the news media?

CORDERO: Well, I think it shows that, obviously, this Justice Department is willing to use this step, subpoenas against reporters. And again, what's unusual, Omar, is that Attorney General Bondi's own memo says, and I'm going to quote it for a second for you, that investigative techniques relating to this use are an extraordinary measure to be deployed and as a last resort when the information is essential to a prosecution or an investigation.

And so what's odd about this situation is how quickly the Justice Department and the FBI went from, you know, zero to 60 in terms of the incident just happened recently within days that the information came out publicly that the administration is, I guess, purportedly saying that it potentially is classified information.

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And so there's been -- there was nothing in between where normally you would have a Justice Department and FBI exhaust every other investigative option available to them before they would even consider serving subpoenas on reporters.

JIMENEZ: So what options does "The New York Times" have to fight this? And do you think they will be successful?

CORDERO: Well, "New York Times" is experienced in this. David McCraw, their lawyers, experienced in this. And so they'll go to court, they'll try to quash the subpoenas. And, you know, they'll make a First Amendment argument. They would have to look, you know, make arguments regarding whether the subpoenas are too broad, whether they're narrow. They might be able to point to the Attorney General Bondi's own memorandum and argue that it's inconsistent even with Justice Department policy.

So they'll make the Justice Department be able to defend these particular subpoenas. That being said, courts could look at this either way. And there are -- there is a possibility that journalists could be held in contempt if they don't comply. But again, it's the speed in which this happened that I think would lend towards the "Times's" favor.

JIMENEZ: Before you go, I just want to turn to another story really quickly. Late Friday, federal judge dismissed the seditious conspiracy case against several members of the Proud Boys. This was a request from the Trump administration and does undo one of the Biden administration's really their biggest victories against those involved in the January 6th attack on the Capitol. And I just wonder, from a legal perspective, what kind of precedent do you believe this sets? CORDERO: I think it's an unusual circumstance to have a prosecution

like this to begin with, of seditious conspiracy. So I don't think it sets precedent in the sense that these were such unusual cases to begin with. Having events that constituted seditious conspiracy, having trials about that issue, convictions in this case. And so what's so remarkable about the fact that the Justice Department went to the court to ask for these convictions to be vacated is that they were about such grave circumstances, such as the attack on the Capitol.

And these individuals had been convicted. So it's not as if the Justice Department was in the process of conducting an investigation or prosecution and decided that for some reason, they wanted to stop. These cases went all the way through conviction. And now the Justice Department basically went back and argued before the court that it should dismiss it. And unfortunately, in this circumstance, the judge, just under the rules of procedure for federal cases, simply did not have any other options. And Judge Kelly made that clear in his written opinion.

JIMENEZ: All right. Carrie Cordero, really appreciate the analysis. Thanks for being here.

CORDERO: Thanks.

JIMENEZ: All right. Still ahead, Democrats scrambling to find a new candidate in Maine's Senate race that could tilt the balance of power in Congress. We're going to take a look at what comes next on that front.

You're in the CNN NEWSROOM.

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JIMENEZ: In just two weeks, Democrats in Maine are going to gather to select a new nominee for a seat. The party is hoping to flip in November. The state party is going to hold a convention where roughly 600 delegates will pick the person to replace Graham Platner. They have until just July 27th to make it official. Platner, facing growing pressure from state and party leaders officially dropped out of the race on Friday in the wake of a rape allegation, which he has denied.

But I want to bring in Michael Shepherd, political editor at the "Bangor Daily News."

You know, Platner's progressive campaigns seem to have found a following in Maine before all of this, but I just wonder what happens to those voters now?

MICHAEL SHEPHERD, POLITICAL DIRECTOR, BANGOR DAILY NEWS: Yes, I think they all get fragmented up. I think this is a really, really difficult process to game out, especially since we're now going into county caucuses that will pick up -- that will pick the 500 delegates of the roughly 600, as you said, that will decide this election. Campaigns are trying to stack that deck. So Troy Jackson, the former Maine Senate president and kind of the most natural Platner backer from beginning to end in that campaign is maybe the leading candidate right now with Secretary of State Shenna Bellows sitting there as well.

But we could have 10 candidates, maybe anywhere between five and 10 here. So I don't think those voters necessarily go one way or another, I think, that you see all the candidates right now trying to pick up at least pieces of Platner's progressive agenda and pick up parts of that movement.

JIMENEZ: And, you know, I know it's still early, but voters don't really have a say in who the next nominee or who the new nominee will be here. I just wonder, have you heard -- have you been getting reactions from people on the ground there about this process and about Platner's now disappeared campaign?

SHEPHERD: Yes, I think it's really hard to read. You talk to people, lawmakers, strategists, folks like that. The rejection of him was swift. But you go -- we went door-to-door in Bangor at homes with Platner signs at them earlier this week after the Monday news broke and people are really upset about this, they would have still voted for him, maybe with some reservations. Certainly didn't like what they heard.

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But we are choosing -- we are making a policy choice, and we've seen that in other elections and other parts of the country in both parties. So I think that there is a sense that among those people that that Platner was somehow wronged either now or throughout this process at different stages, so nobody is imbibing this the same way, but I think that it is something that you have to watch. Can the candidate who emerges from this really difficult and fraught and quick process really pieced that all back together?

OMAR JIMENEZ, CNN HOST: And can you just lay out for those -- I mean, look, obviously people have been following what has been going on with Graham Platner, but can you just lay out sort of the position and the significance of his candidacy and sort of the gap that is now left for whoever comes out of this convention nomination process to then fill?

Just contextualize that within the Democratic Party and sort of the power balance of Congress right now.

SHEPHERD: Well, absolutely. We never heard of Graham Platner before he started campaigning for this seat. I heard his name, I think, two weeks before he launched maybe. So he really rose from nowhere. Obviously, ousted a sitting governor who throughout her political career has been fairly popular. So this wasn't out of nowhere moment in a state that really elects people, especially on the Democratic side, in a very vertically integrated system, you get to the legislature, maybe you get to Congress or another statewide office, and then you keep moving up.

So it was really a dramatic shift within weeks of him announcing, you see really big crowds. And in October, we had one wave of scandals with the Reddit posts and the tattoo of a Nazi-linked symbol and then you keep going into the spring and he is just winning and winning and winning.

Mills gets out, more controversy, and of course, the fatal blow. So, this was a really singular event in Maine political history and you mix that with the stakes of the race. Democrats knew, I think, that they were white knuckling it a little bit, particularly over the past six weeks with this candidate.

But the stakes are so high for Democrats across the board that not only did you see institutional figures embrace Platner as he became the nominee, but people really grabbed on to him as the foil to Susan Collins.

Everyone else right now is trying to figure out how to be the foil to Susan Collins after maybe running for Governor or some other office where they weren't directly engaging. So, that is the key challenge among all the other challenges we've talked about for these candidates.

JIMENEZ: Yes, let's talk about incumbent Senator Susan Collins, because, look, she has also appeared vulnerable before and then proven to be resilient later at points. How has the perception of her maybe changed since this -- since the Graham Platner news? I mean, just how is she being viewed in this state right now?

SHEPHERD: Yes, I don't think much has changed since 2020, even around this or the maybe 2018, the Brett Kavanaugh vote that really shook up her coalitions. This was a person who got elected with 70 percent of the vote in 2014. So, she was a broadly, broadly, broadly popular politician who got tons of Democratic support.

In 2020, we thought a lot of that dried up, and it certainly did -- a lot of it did dry up, but she still won that decisive block of Collins-Biden voters that really are going to decide this election. The theory from Democrats has always been really simple. If we can get people to -- the people who voted for Biden or voted for Kamala Harris to simply vote for our candidate, Susan Collins will be out of the Senate. It just hasn't happened yet.

So I think that that of course, you look at this process and you see a much better road for Democrats compared to the Graham Platner of Monday and beyond. But I still think this is a really, really hard thing for Democrats to do.

They have to add water to some dehydrated campaigns here and plus them up to the biggest level you can go in national politics. This is a really, really tough test.

JIMENEZ: A lot to watch for in Maine moving forward with a lot on the line, as you laid out for us.

Michael Shepherd, really appreciate the time and perspective. Thanks for being here.

SHEPHERD: Of course. Thank you. JIMENEZ: Still to come for us, the son of a man shot and killed by an ICE agent in Houston speaks through tears at an emotional vigil for his father.

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RONALDO SALGADO, SON OF LORENZO SALGADO ARAUJO: I really hope I am making him proud.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You are!

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JIMENEZ: We will tell you what we are learning about the immigration crackdown that led to his death.

And then a quick programing note, tomorrow night, an all-new CNN Film unravels the story behind the poisonings of a former Russian spy and his daughter. Here is a preview of "The Salisbury Poisonings: A Spy Next Door."

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REPORTER: Now to an extraordinary story here in the U.K.

Salisbury is at the center of a major incident tonight involving a former Russian spy.

REPORTER: The quiet, small, sleepy city in Southern England. Sergei Skripal, a colonel in military intelligence accused of spying for Britains MI6.

REPORTER: The lingering question, who did it?

REPORTER: Moscow might deny it, but many point the finger of blame squarely at Russia.

REPORTER: Mysterious case of a poisoned Russian agent getting even stranger tonight.

REPORTER: Now, its murder.

REPORTER: A counterfeit bottle of designer perfume. The suspected weapon.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There was enough poison in that tiny bottle to kill 10,000 people.

DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: The Security Council is called to order.

REPORTER: What started in a placid cathedral town has now led to the biggest diplomatic face off in years.

TRUMP: I give the floor to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

THERESA MAY, FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF THE UNITED KINGDOM: Thank you.

(VLADIMIR PUTIN speaking in foreign language.)

REPORTER: Which was the moment which changed everything.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The Russian bear never sleeps.

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JIMENEZ: "The Salisbury Poisonings: A Spy Next Door" airs Sunday at 8:00 P.M. right here on CNN and Monday on the CNN app.

We will be right back.

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JIMENEZ: A community is in mourning after another deadly ICE shooting, this time in Texas.

People in Houston gathered today to honor Lorenzo Salgado Araujo at a vigil. The 52-year-old was shot and killed by an ICE agent while driving to work this week. His son spoke at today's vigil.

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SALGADO: Every single one of my students will tell you that I am very proud of the fact that I am First Gen American, that I am the first in my family to go to college and I want to say this to my students and every student out there and every children. Hug your dad! Hug your dad tight! Hug him tight!

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JIMENEZ: ICE officials claim the agent opened fire after Araujo refused to obey officers and rammed a law enforcement vehicle, but the three other men who were in the van say that's not what happened.

Videos obtained by CNN shows black SUVs with no clear law enforcement markings pursuing that van. Homeland Security has not released any footage of the shooting, and none of the agents involved were wearing body cameras.

I want to bring in CNN correspondent, Carolina Peguero, who joins us now. And Carolina, what are you learning in Texas right now?

CAROLINA PEGUERO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Lots going on, including right now, rain or shine, we have hundreds of community members that have come together in this protest rally here, right at the Houston City Hall.

There is still little information that we know as far as the ongoing investigations, many questions still unanswered as the community and state officials in Houston continued to pressure ICE and FBI authorities for details on the Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's shooting. City officials say they are frustrated that the federal agencies are resisting collaboration on the sharing of evidence on this case. Now, earlier today, we spoke with Representative Sylvia Garcia, who had a personal visit and conversation with two of the three men that were with Lorenzo in the van and when the incident unfolded with ICE agents.

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REP. SYLVIA GARCIA (D-TX): One of them with a gun pointed at them, went to the passenger side. They pulled out the passengers, but the guy with the gun shot Mr. Salgado, which is why it is a bullet wound to the right flank.

They never provided any aid, not even a first aid kit, any kind of help.

I am disgusted, I am upset. I mean, I told my staff, I said, I am hungry and I am tired, and I am not mad.

PEGUERO: Yes. It has been a fight for you and for the community, a lot of pressure.

GARCIA: It just hurts.

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PEGUERO: And I will say, we reached out to DHS on a comment about if Lorenzo Salgado Araujo received medical attention or if there was a delayed medical attention.

In the meanwhile, this protest here continues -- Omar.

JIMENEZ: And Carolina, do we know what the next steps are in this investigation?

PEGUERO: We do. As of now, there is little information as to what is going on with the separate investigations. FBI as well as ICE and the city and the family that's asking for independent investigation, they have still not received Mr. Salgado Araujo's belongings, like his van and his phone.

So there are still a lot of questions that the family still don't have the answers to themselves.

JIMENEZ: Carolina Peguero, really appreciate the reporting there. An active protest behind her right now. Thank you for the reporting.

Now, earlier tonight, I spoke to the Harris County District Attorney, Sean Teare, about the investigation.

Take a listen to what he told me.

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(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) JIMENEZ: Do you in any way doubt the current description from ICE on what happened here?

SEAN TEARE, HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY: Well, I think you'd have to really figure out which description you're talking about, because their descriptions of the events has moved a number of times since Tuesday morning.

So it is one of the reasons that it is so critical for all investigative agencies to be in the same room and to collaborate to really figure out what happened and to get to the truth in any matter.

Sadly, what we are getting on the local side is updates via X and Twitter. So that's not the best practice. That's not the way that we need to go about doing this. I do have -- I remain hopeful that HSI and, and ICE will collaborate and will at least share some critical pieces of evidence with us. But regardless, we are going to get to the bottom of this. We are going to get to the truth because the residents of Harris County and Texas, and quite frankly, the United States need it.

ICE has not communicated at all. We have a wonderful relationship with our local FBI office. We work hand in hand on cases every single day.

We know and fully expect and have had collaboration with them around this, but we are not getting updates from ICE in any manner other than the exact same way that the public is.

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JIMENEZ: Now, when CNN asked Homeland Security where that van is now, they referred us to the FBI and the Office of the Inspector General.

The FBI then referred us back to DHS, and no response yet from the Inspector General's Office.

We will be right back.

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JIMENEZ: We are following breaking news out of the Middle East just moments ago, the United States Central Command says tonight, it launched its third round of strikes against Iran this week after Iran's Revolutionary Guard said it fired warning shots at a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz.

I want to bring up more of that statement right now from CENTCOM, says: "At 7:15 P.M. Eastern Time today, U.S. Central Command Forces began launching the third round of strikes this week against Iran after Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces blatantly attacked Cyprus-flagged container ship transiting the Strait of Hormuz. A civilian crew member is missing and the vessel is unable to continue the journey due to an onboard fire and significant engine room damage. The strikes are being carried out at the direction of the commander- in-chief."

Obviously, a significant moment here as we have been following the Iran Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps closing the Strait of Hormuz after firing that warning shot, as they described it.

But I want to bring in CNN national security analyst and "New York Times" correspondent, David Sanger, who is with me now.

And, David, you know, once we got that initial communication from the Iranian side of things, it only seemed like a matter of time before the United States may respond. What is your reaction to this breaking news?

DAVID SANGER, CNN POLITICAL AND NATIONAL SECURITY ANALYST: My first reaction, Omar, was that this was not supposed to be how the weekend was going to play out. The group of us were briefed at the end of the week by administration officials who said that what they were seeking over the weekend from Iran was a commitment that all three of those channels through the Strait were open, and that Iran was no longer going to fire on any commercial vessels that the Iranians had told the U.S. and Iran kind of, unauthorized group within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had been responsible for the two previous attacks, but that the issue had been dealt with.

So what that tells you is, just taking their statement at face value is if that's the case, the splits within Iran continue about whether or not this is a good deal for them, whether or not they're giving up leverage and President Trump is stuck in this cycle somewhat of his own creation, in which the Iranians conduct some kind of attack like this, he orders what is now the third attack in a week, as if this is going to bring about a different result than what our 38 days of bombing brought about, which was none of the President's political objectives were achieved.

JIMENEZ: And throughout all of this, again, it seems the process working through a Memorandum of Understanding is still moving forward. However, we have seen a lot of back and forth strikes over the past many weeks as we approach sort of that halfway point of this 60-day period.

David Sanger, what were you going to say? Go for it!

SANGER: Yes, I was just going to say, you're right that the negotiations allegedly are still on. But the President himself said the other day that the ceasefire element of it is over. And of course, that's a crucial one of the pillars.

JIMENEZ: Yes, we have that statement up on the screen or not that one on the screen, excuse me, but just one of the statements that the President has been putting out from April.

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I want to bring in CNN military analyst, retired Air Force Colonel Cedric Leighton.

Now, Colonel Leighton, what do we know about the targets of these strikes? Does anything stand out to you about these initial details?

LEIGHTON: So as far as we can see right now, Omar, it seems like a lot of the same types of targets that we've seen before. So we are looking at areas in the south and potentially in the northern part of the Persian Gulf and what we are looking at is going after SAM emplacements surface-to-air missile emplacements, drone areas, launch areas and radar installations.

So those are kind of the typical things now, if we wanted to widen the aperture in this particular case, we would go after some more command and control and more strategic assets.

So those would be the kinds of things that I would expect to see in the not too distant future.

JIMENEZ: All right, David Sanger, Colonel Leighton, thank you both for jumping on this breaking news.

And thank you all for joining me this evening. I am Omar Jimenez.

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