美伊战争满六个月：霍尔木兹海峡关闭，油价飙升

MORNING AND HAPPY FRIDAY. I AM NIKKI BATTISTE, IN FOR JOE AND NIKKI BATTISTE, IN FOR JOE AND SAVANNAH. WE BEGIN OUR SHOW IN SAVANNAH. WE BEGIN OUR SHOW IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WHERE THE U.S. THE MIDDLE EAST, WHERE THE U.S. WAR WITH IRAN HAS HIT THE SIX WAR WITH IRAN HAS HIT THE SIX MONTH MARK, AND THERE'S STILL MONTH MARK, AND THERE'S STILL NO CLEAR END IN SIGHT. O ON NO CLEAR END IN SIGHT. ON FEBRUARY 28TH, THE U.S. AND FEBRUARY 28TH, THE U.S.

AND ISRAEL LAUNCHED ATTACKCKS ON IRN ISRAEL LAUNCHED ATTACKS ON IRAN UNDER THEIR STATED AIMS OF UNDER THEIR STATED AIMS OF PREVENTING TEHRAN FROM GETTING PREVENTING TEHRAN FROM GETTING A NUCLEAR WEAPON AND REGIME A NUCLEAR WEAPON AND REGIME CHANGE. FAST FORWARD SIX MONTHS CHANGE. FAST FORWARD SIX MONTHS AND BOTH SIDES REMAIN IN A AND BOTH SIDES REMAIN IN A STALEMATE OVER WHAT COMES NEXT. STALEMATE OVER WHAT COMES NEXT.

WHILE THE FIGHTING IS LARGELY WHILE THE FIGHTING IS LARGELY STOPPED, PEACE TALKS HAVE STOPPED, PEACE TALKS HAVE STALLED, AND PRESIDENT TRUMP STALLED, AND PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS THE U.S. IS NO LONGER SAYS THE U.S. IS NO LONGER NEGOTIATING WITH IRAN AS WELL NEGOTIATING WITH IRAN AS WELL AS A HUMAN TOLL. THE WAR HAS AS A HUMAN TOLL. THE WAR HAS ALSO HAD A SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC ALSO HAD A SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC COST. THE CRITICAL STRAIT OF COST.

THE CRITICAL STRAIT OF HORMUZ, WHICH WAS OPEN BEFORE HORMUZ, WHICH WAS OPEN BEFORE THE WAR, HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN, THE WAR, HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN, SENDING OIL AND GAS PRICES SENDING OIL AND GAS PRICES SOARING. NBC NEWS INTERNATIONAL SOARING. NBC NEWS INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT MATT BRADLEY CORRESPONDENT MATT BRADLEY JOINS US FROM TEL AVAVIV. MATT, JOINS US FROM TEL AVIV. MATT, GOOD TO SEE YOU THIS. SIX GOOD TO SEE YOU THIS.

SIX MONTHS INTO THIS CONFLICT, AND MONTHS INTO THIS CONFLICT, AND IT FEELS LIKE THIS WARAR HAS IT FEELS LIKE THIS WAR HAS SETTLED INTO ONE OF ECONOMIC SETTLED INTO ONE OF ECONOMIC ATTRITION. WHERE DO THINGS ATTRITION. WHERE DO THINGS STAND ON DIPLOMACY RIGHT NOW? STAND ON DIPLOMACY RIGHT NOW? IS EITHER SIDE SHOWING ANY IS EITHER SIDE SHOWING ANY WILLINGNESS TO TALK? WILLINGNESS TO TALK?

YEAH, IT'S EXACTLY LIKE YOU

YEAH, IT'S EXACTLY LIKE YOU SAID, NIKKI. THERE HASN'T T BEEN SAID, NIKKI. THERE HASN'T BEEN REALLY ANYTHING IN THE WAY O OF REALLY ANYTHING IN THE WAY OF DIPLOMACY. AND FINALLY, JUST IN DIPLOMACY. AND FINALLY, JUST IN THE PAST WEEK, WE HEARD D DONALD THE PAST WEEK, WE HEARD DONALD TRUMP FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGING TRUMP FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO THAT THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO DIPLOMATIC TRACK BETWEEN THE DIPLOMATIC TRACK BETWEEN THE U.S.

AND IRAN. OF LATE, HOWEVER, U.S. AND IRAN. OF LATE, HOWEVER, THERE IS ADVANCED DIPLOMACY THERE IS ADVANCED DIPLOMACY GOING ON BETWEEN IRAN AND OMAN. GOING ON BETWEEN IRAN AND OMAN. THAT DEAL WOULD PRESUMABLY OPEN THAT DEAL WOULD PRESUMABLY OPEN UP THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. AND UP THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. AND ACCORDING TO REPORTS, IT'S ACCORDING TO REPORTS, IT'S EITHER BASICALLY BEEN AGR