President Trump

Overnight, I spoke with President Trump for about 20 minutes as he traveled back to Washington from Florida, getting some new insight on the commander in chief's thinking about Operation Epic Fury, the success so far, and what he thinks about Iran's new supreme leader.

I asked him about and he said that he's not happy with this election.

He goes on to say, I don't believe he can live in peace.

He also gave some new details on the timing of this operation and why it needed to take place when it did.

He said, when we attacked them first, we knocked out 50 percent of their missiles.

And if we didn't, it would have been a much harder fight.

When you have conflicts like this, you always have death.

And I was at Dover yesterday.

I met the parents and they were unbelievable people.

They were unbelievable people, but they all had one thing in common.

They said to me one thing, every single one.

Finish the job, sir.

We're very proud to be involved in this and it's going to be ended soon.

And if it starts up again, they'll be hit even harder.

We think it's going to lead to just more of the same problem for the country, so I was disappointed to see their choice.

I once again urge the Revolutionary Guard, the Iranian military, police to lay down your arms and receive full immunity or face certain death.

We pray for the full recovery of the wounded and send our immense love and eternal gratitude to the families of the fallen.

And sadly, there will likely be more.

We're undertaking this massive operation not merely to ensure security for our own time and place, but for our children and their children, just as our ancestors have done for us many, many years ago.

This is the duty and the burden of a free people.