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Singer Oliver Tree among 6 killed in helicopter collision over Rio de Janeiro, officials say

June 14, 2026 / 5:13 PM EDT / CBS/AP

Two helicopters collided over Rio de Janeiro on Sunday morning and crashed in the city’s western zone, killing all six people aboard, including American singer and comedian Oliver Tree, firefighters said.

Rio de Janeiro’s Military Fire Department said one of the helicopters crashed in the parking lot of a car dealership, where several electric vehicles were parked, igniting a fire that was quickly extinguished.

Officials said an investigation is underway to determine the cause of the collision.

Police said that Tree was on the list of passengers handed to aviation authorities, but have not been able to identify the bodies of those killed in the crash. There were three other passengers in Tree’s helicopter and the pilot. The other helicopter carried only the pilot, according to the manifest provided by Brazilian authorities.

Oliver Tree performs at Lollapalooza in Grant Park, Chicago, on Thursday, July 29, 2021. Jake Barlow/CBS News

Fernandes de Freitas, a tire repair worker, said he saw one of the helicopters in flames following the midair collision, and noticed that one of the passengers jumped out of the other aircraft before it hit the ground. “It was terrifying, absolutely horrifying,” De Freitas said.

Tree performed in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on June 4, and published a video on his Instagram Saturday in which he is playing soccer in a Brazilian neighborhood. Tree was on a world tour to promote his 2026 album “Love You Madly Hate You Badly.” His next scheduled performance was on July 1 in Lisbon, Portugal, according to his official website.

According to Variety, Tree had a large following on TikTok and his songs were often used in videos on the platform. “Life Goes On” has been featured in more than 3.7 million videos since its 2021 release, while his 2022 song “Miss You” is featured in about 1.5 million videos, the Outlet reported.

美伊确认达成协议 国际油价下跌超过4%

2026年6月15日 07:36 / 联合早报

美伊确认达成协议 国际油价下跌超过4%

截至美东时间星期天（6月14日）傍晚6时15分，纽约商品交易所7月交货的轻质原油期货价格跌幅达5.45%；8月交货的伦敦布伦特原油期货价格跌幅则为4.37%。 （路透社档案照片）

美国和伊朗确认达成协议及霍尔木兹海峡预计很快重新开放，促使国际原油期货在开始新一周交易后价格显著走低。

新华社报道，截至美东时间星期天（6月14日）傍晚6时15分（新加坡时间15日凌晨6时15分），纽约商品交易所7月交货的轻质原油期货价格最低降至每桶80.25美元，跌幅达5.45%；8月交货的伦敦布伦特原油期货价格一度跌至每桶83.51美元，跌幅为4.37%。

美国总统特朗普星期天在社交媒体发文说，美伊协议“现在完成”，并将于星期五（19日）签署，霍尔木兹海峡将重新开放。

自美国和以色列2月底对伊朗发动军事打击以来，霍尔木兹海峡航运受阻导致石油市场供应大幅减少，国际油价随之飙升。

Kennedy Center exterior remains covered after Trump’s name is removed

2026-06-14T23:21:07.007Z / CNN

Large tarps still cover the Kennedy Center’s exterior after President Donald Trump’s name was removed following a federal court order.

Visitors expressed confusion and frustration at being unable to view what remains after workers took down the metal letters early Saturday morning.

The removal followed an appeals court decision upholding a judge’s ruling that adding Trump’s name to the building was unlawful.

Large striped tarps remained on the Kennedy Center’s exterior Sunday, prompting confusion and frustration from some visitors who arrived to the renowned arts venue to see President Donald Trump’s name removed.

Stephen Caken, a New York resident visiting Washington, DC for an internship, told CNN he was puzzled why the tarp was still up after the president’s name had been removed on Saturday in compliance with a federal judge’s order. “It seems like they’re trying to just kind of take away attention from this whole charade,” Caken said.

Much of the exterior portion of the building where the metal letters marking Trump’s name were installed in December was covered Sunday afternoon, preventing many from viewing what remains. John Mathew Smith, a Maryland resident who made the trip to the Kennedy Center, argued that Trump was “trying to weaken America’s symbols.”

“To me, he’s trying to deface America’s symbols before he starts finishing defacing the country itself,” Smith said.

Tim Terpstra, a Washington resident who lives nearby, arrived at the center for the second time this weekend, hoping that the tarps had been removed. “It would be nice to be able to see to make sure that it is down, and no vestiges of what was up there still remain,” he said.

CNN has reached out to the Kennedy Center for comment about why the tarp is still up.

The removal occurred after an appeals court declined to pause a ruling from US District Judge Christopher Cooper that found the venue acted unlawfully when it added Trump’s name to the building, part of the president’s effort to remake the nation’s capital. The installation of Trump’s name to the building, which was named for assassinated President John F. Kennedy, struck a deep symbolic chord among residents who’ve cherished the center, which has long served as a cultural hub in the deep-blue city.

The center took steps last week to reverse the change in some places but kept the president’s name on the building as it sought to stave off compliance with Cooper’s ruling.

On Friday, crowds had gathered to stake out the removal as crews began to erect scaffolding in front of the venue’s facade. Some protestors shouted chants of “Take it down,” and at one point, called the workers “heroes.” A little after 3 a.m. Saturday, workers appeared to be removing letters, according to video shot through a small opening in the scaffolding.

While the Kennedy Center’s appeal is expected to play out in coming weeks, the legal fight dates back to December, when Trump’s handpicked board of trustees added his name, leading to a wave of artists pulling out of performances.

Rep. Joyce Beatty, an Ohio Democrat and an ex-officio trustee of the board, quickly launched a legal challenge against the name change. On Saturday, Beatty posted a celebratory video on social media of herself doing a dance popularized by Trump to “YMCA” by The Village People.

In Trump’s second term, the venue has continue to served as a vehicle for him to elevate work that aligns with his cultural preferences. He hosted the Kennedy Center Honors in December and the center hosted the premiere of first lady Melania Trump’s documentary. And last week, the center hosted the final round of Trump’s national civics contest for high school students.

In his effort to reshape Washington, DC, Trump has also paved over the White House Rose Garden to create a Mar-a-Lago-esque patio, demolished the East Wing to make room for a massive ballroom, and changed the color of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. He’s also launched efforts to build a golf course, construct the tallest arch in the world on a traffic circle across from Arlington National Cemetery and put a sculpture garden along the Potomac River.

Meanwhile, some efforts have focused more on ideology than aesthetics: White House officials have mounted an ongoing review of the Smithsonian Institution in an effort to align the organization with the president’s views on American history and culture. In Washington, his administration has also reinstalled a controversial Confederate monument and at the memorial of George Mason, a founding father, the administration has removed references to the fact that he “paradoxically” owned slaves despite being a champion of “individual rights.”

CNN’s Devan Cole, Betsy Klein and Kaanita Iyer contributed to this report.

Trump says U.S. deal with Iran “is now complete,” authorizes removal of Navy blockade of Strait of Hormuz

June 14, 2026 / 6:30 PM EDT / CBS News

By Kiki Intarasuwan, Kiki Intarasuwan is a news editor for CBS News & Stations. Kiki Intarasuwan, Jordan Freiman, Jordan Freiman is a news editor for CBSNews.com. He covers breaking news, trending stories, sports and crime. Jordan has previously worked at Spin and Death and Taxes.

The U.S. and Iran have reached a deal that declares “the immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts,” President Trump and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Sunday.

The two sides are expected to meet for a signing ceremony on Friday, June 19, in Switzerland, Sharif said.

In a statement posted to social media, President Trump declared that the deal with Iran “is now complete.”

“Congratulations to all! I hereby fully authorize the toll free opening of the Strait of Hormuz, and, simultaneously herewith, authorize the immediate removal of the United States Naval blockade,” Mr. Trump wrote. “Ships of the World, start your engines. Let the oil flow!”

Details of the agreement have not been released but the deal includes the end of military operations in Lebanon, according to Sharif. It was unclear if Israel had agreed to cease its military operations in Lebanon.

“With the agreement now in place, mediators will facilitate a series of meetings this week,” the prime minister said. “These pre-implementation discussions will lay the foundation for the technical talks and the official signing ceremony.”

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said the text of the memorandum of understanding between the U.S. and Iran has been finalized and confirmed it is scheduled to be signed Friday in Switzerland, Iranian state media reported Sunday.

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According to the Tasnim news agency, Gharibabadi said the full text of the agreement would be made public after it is signed.

Tasnim reported Gharibabad said the agreement “does not signify trust in the enemy and was drafted in an atmosphere of continued distrust.”

法国总统马克龙说，星期一（15日）在法国举行的七国集团峰会上，将讨论美国和伊朗达成协议的具体内容。 （路透社档案照片）

法国总统马克龙说，七国集团领导人将讨论长期重新开放霍尔木兹海峡的问题。

法新社报道，马克龙星期天（6月14日）在社媒Instagram发布一段视频说，星期一（15日）在法国举行的七国集团峰会上，将讨论相关问题，目标是考察协议的实施效果，包括支持黎巴嫩、确保霍尔木兹海峡的长期重新开放，“当然还包括伊朗的核活动和弹道导弹活动”。

Transcript: Sen. Mark Kelly on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” June 14, 2026

2026-06-14T12:08:00-0400 / CBS News

The following is the transcript of the interview with Sen. Mark Kelly, Democrat of Arizona, that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on June 14, 2026.

MARGARET BRENNAN: We turn now to Arizona Democratic Senator Mark Kelly, who joins us from Phoenix. Welcome back to Face the Nation. Senator, I just want to read something that the president posted on his social media account moments ago in regard to the events today in Beirut. He said the attack, the Israeli attack on Beirut, should not have happened, particularly on a special day when we are so close to a peace deal with Iran. Israel has a right to defend itself, but the attack it was responding to was very small and meaningless, and all sides should stand down. That’s a different response than what the Secretary of Defense shared with us. It seems like the president is worried this could disrupt the negotiation and the possibility of a deal being signed. Do you support the memorandum of understanding?

SENATOR MARK KELLY: Well, I haven’t seen the details yet, Margaret, and you know, I don’t know if this is a special day, and if we’re very close to a deal. I do agree with what the president said about standing down. It’s obvious that we’re negotiating with the Iranians at this point. I think it’s always important for folks to remember, how did- how did we get here? We’re here because in 2018, Donald Trump tore up the JCPOA and got us into an unauthorized war with the Iranians, and all this has done for the American people is driven up costs, the costs of energy, so, specifically gasoline, the cost of food. And this is at a time when the American people are having a historic time just affording their lives.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, you questioned Secretary Hegseth last month about what this war did to American military preparedness, specifically restocking munitions that are depleted by the Iran war. As I questioned him about that, he said it was a media narrative, that I was making it up, but also said his testimony before your committee was speculation. What’s the reality check there? Do we have a munitions problem?

SEN. KELLY: Well, as Secretary Hegseth said in front of the Armed Services Committee, of which I’m a member, this will take years to rebuild the stockpiles of munitions, so of course we have a munitions issue. I mean, it just came from him, and I think it’s widely understood that when you attack over 10,000 targets from the air with cruise missiles and ballistic missiles and bombs from airplanes, you are using a lot of munitions, and we do not have an endless supply of these things. So, now we’re in a posture where we’ve got to be incredibly careful, and this is also at a time when Ukraine continues to need some help. President now sells munitions to the Europeans, because I think, as everybody understands, this is always about the bottom line for him. But Ukraine is an ally, they’ve been illegally- illegally attacked by the Russians, and they still need our assistance.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, President Zelenskyy was on this program and told us he’s waiting on President Trump to say yes to a US-Ukraine drone deal. Do you know what the holdup is?

SEN. KELLY: I do not at this point, and I don’t think there should be a holdup. I also agree that we should consider some co-manufacturing. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, you know, clearly indicated that he didn’t- he didn’t seem very interested in this, but if Ukraine is going to win, and I got to say, right now it seems like the momentum is on their side, they need additional help from us. So co-production of some interceptors could be a possibility, but also help with their drone manufacturing, and this could also help us in the future. Ukrainians are really good at this, and we have a lot we could learn from them.

MARGARET BRENNAN: I want to come back to something we were discussing with Senator Warner, and that is the security risk that is resulting from having this warrantless surveillance program, Section 702, suspended right now. You, earlier this month, voted against a bipartisan bill extending surveillance authority. You said any short or long-term extension you would not be in favor of until you solve the Bill Pulte problem. Hasn’t that problem been solved now that Jay Clayton is the nominee?

SEN. KELLY: Not completely, because when Tulsi Gabbard leaves, we’re not so sure if the president is going to put Bill Pulte in as the acting DNI, but this is very easy to solve. The president could today make it very clear to the American people that Bill Pulte is going to have no role in the office of the Director of National Intelligence. When I hear that, then we have a very straightforward path to getting FISA renewed.

MARGARET BRENNAN: That’s the price of your vote, is that statement from the president himself?

SEN. KELLY: I mean, you know, I’m constantly reevaluating the situation. I value FISA, especially 702B, that allows surveillance of foreign nationals in other countries. It is incredibly important to our national security, and when it lapses, there is some risk. But I also think there is as much, if not more risk of putting somebody, Bill Pulte specifically, who is- who is unqualified for this job, Margaret. If you made a list of the one million most qualified Americans for this position, I am very confident that Bill Pulte would not be on that list. There’s risk in putting him in this position, and it’s pretty straightforward right now how we solve this.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, the hearing for Jay Clayton, who would be the Senate-confirmed head of National Intelligence, if he gets all these votes, is this Wednesday. Are you pretty much a definite yes? I mean, given your opposition to Pulte, you need a solution. It sounds like this is not a question.

SEN. KELLY: Hey, I don’t know Clayton. I mean, I’m reviewing his background. He’s got a process to go through. We need to vet him. The statute for this job says somebody will have extensive national security or intelligence experience. Does he have that? I think it’s pretty clear he does not. Is he better than Bill Pulte? Yes, I think a lot better. Does he meet some kind of, maybe a minimum, barely minimum standard? Perhaps. So, I’m looking forward to Wednesday. He’s got to answer some tough, tough questions from the committee, and I’ll evaluate his background and whether or not I think he’s prepared to do this job.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Wow. Meanwhile, there are so many issues of- of serious concern on the national security front. One of them, artificial intelligence. The White House on Friday came out and seemed to really ramp up the dispute with Anthropic. The White House told them to suspend access to any foreign nationals, which led the company to suspend all customers from accessing its most advanced AI systems. Do you know if there is an emergency, and is it, as reported by Semafor, because there was suspicion that a China link group had accessed it?

SEN. KELLY: Well, I haven’t officially heard that, but Mythos and some of their other models from AI companies are incredibly capable, and some of the capabilities that these models have to access systems, not only federal government systems, but financial systems, is very concerning to us. So we’ve got to take some time with these tools and do extensive evaluations as to what is the risk to the American people when we release these. So I agree with the administration on this. We’ve got to be incredibly careful, and the AI companies, and you know, I think Anthropic is a good example, seems to be willing to work with the federal government on this to make sure that we do not make a mistake and release something that we will later regret.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Senator Mark Kelly, thank you for your time today. We’ll be back in a moment.

Trump speaks with Putin and Zelenskyy as war in Ukraine rages on

2026-06-14 13:53:36 EDT / CBS News

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy each spoke by phone with U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday, as Trump marked his 80th birthday and the war in Ukraine remained a flashpoint ahead of this week’s G7 summit.

Putin’s call with Trump lasted just under an hour, according to Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov, who briefed reporters afterward.

On Ukraine, Ushakov said Trump emphasized the need to end hostilities and stated his readiness to influence European allies and Kyiv toward that goal, including at the upcoming G7 summit.

Trump also said that recent strikes on civilian targets in Russia complicate a settlement — though the White House has not confirmed that, nor commented on the call — and said that ending the war quickly could open the door to “a truly new quality of U.S.-Russian relations,” Ushakov quoted him as saying.

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet for their summit on the war in Ukraine, at U.S. Air Base on August 15, 2025, in Anchorage, Alaska. Getty Images

Putin, for his part, argued that attacks on Russian civilian infrastructure by Kyiv would not change Ukraine’s position on the battlefield, and said that if Zelenskyy wants a meeting with him, “let him come to Moscow,” according to Ushakov.

U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner are expected to travel to Russia soon, Ushakov said.

The leaders also discussed Iran, where Trump said a U.S. agreement with Tehran was close and that he hoped the results of the talks could be made public today, Ushakov said.

Zelenskyy said in a statement on Telegram Sunday that he had a “wonderful conversation” with Trump.

Beyond congratulating Trump on his birthday, the Ukrainian president said he thanked the U.S. president for supporting Ukraine.

He said they discussed “what could help bring peace closer now,” without providing details. Zelenskyy also informed Trump about how Ukraine’s position along the eastern front line has improved and strengthened.

“We agreed to discuss more during our meeting at the G7 summit,” he said.

U.S. President Donald Trump greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at his Mar-a-Lago club on December 28, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

The calls came as Trump prepared to mark his birthday with a UFC fight on the White House lawn Sunday evening, an event without precedent in American history. Once it concludes, Trump is set to fly overnight to France for the G7 summit, where Ukraine is expected to be a major topic of discussion Tuesday and Zelenskyy is due to join the gathering.

Russia’s war in Ukraine has long frustrated Trump, who as a candidate claimed he could end the conflict within 24 hours of taking office. He has since stopped making such claims and tends to pivot away from the topic when pressed. He has also grown increasingly vexed by the war between Israel and Iran, which has driven up gas prices, rattled financial markets and stoked concerns about inflation.

The diplomatic exchanges came against the backdrop of continued fighting. Ukrainian drone attacks killed one person and wounded nine others overnight in a residential building in the regional capital of Russia’s Oryol region, Gov. Andrei Klychkov said Sunday. Another drone attack killed one person Sunday in Russia’s Bryansk region, local authorities said.

A separate drone strike hit fuel storage facilities in Russia’s Yaroslavl region, around 440 miles from the Ukrainian border, sparking fires. Zelenskyy said the strike had hit “an oil facility that was important for the reserve of the aggressor state.”

Ukraine has stepped up attacks on Russian oil and gas infrastructure in recent months, arguing the sector funds Moscow’s invasion.

Separately, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Sunday that the U.K. is investigating a sanctioned tanker, the Smyrtos, suspected of belonging to Russia’s “shadow fleet” of vessels used to evade sanctions tied to the war.

British forces boarded and detained the vessel in the English Channel, in what the Defense Ministry called the first U.K.-led operation of its kind, carried out in coordination with French authorities.

“This operation delivers yet another blow to Russia and reminds those fueling Putin’s war in Ukraine that they cannot hide,” Starmer said.

Transcript: Sen. Mark Warner on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” June 14, 2026

2026-06-14T12:13:00-0400 / CBS News

The following is the transcript of the interview with Sen. Mark Warner, Demcorat of Virginia, that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on June 14, 2026.

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MARGARET BRENNAN: We’re joined now by the top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee, Virginia Senator Mark Warner. It’s good to have you here.

SENATOR MARK WARNER: Thank you, Margaret.

MARGARET BRENNAN: As you heard from the Secretary, a lot of these very important details have to still be negotiated. What do you think, though, of the emerging ceasefire and agreement, because you favored diplomacy?

SEN. WARNER: Listen, if the President can declare victory, so be it. You heard Pete Hegseth’s pitch. Let’s look at the real facts. 107 days into Donald Trump’s war of choice, can anyone make the case that we, or our allies, are in a better spot than before this war? The regime’s leadership is more radical than ever. The ability for us to get the enriched uranium out, I believe, will require troops on the ground, which I don’t think America wants to do. The idea that we have a 60 day additional negotiation, where does that lead? We’ll be here 60 days, still won’t have access to it. Clearly, after Hegseth had said, “We’ve destroyed all their capabilities,” they still have plenty of missiles and thousands of drones, and the idea that the strait is suddenly going to be magically reopened. Look at the gas prices, they went from $2.80 to $4.20 and I believe they’ll go up more because the overall world reserves have all come down. How is that better for America or better for our allies?

MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, it’s- there are a lot of details in here that, like I said, still have to be negotiated, and when we look at Congress’s role in terms of peeling back some of these sanctions, this was hugely controversial during the Obama administration. Do you think ultimately that whatever is hammered out by Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner and JD Vance, the Vice President, will come up for approval? Do you get any say?

SEN. WARNER: Well, first of all, the idea that these three gentlemen that have very little background in terms of negotiations or the technical nature of nuclear negotiations going against a hardened Iranian team that’s been doing this for decades. I wish we had some of our experts at the table as well, but I’m not sure any of this will be coming before Congress, and it should. I mean, if the President wanted to start this war, a war of choice, there was no imminent threat from Iran. Come to the Congress, come to the people, and lay out the case. He has not, and we have not done the kind of oversight that is required.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Yeah.

SEN. WARNER: We are slowly moving along and getting additional Republicans to say stop on the War Powers Act, but Congress has failed miserably.

MARGARET BRENNAN: I- before I move on to other things, I just want to put a fine point on the U.S. intelligence assessment was not that Iran was creating a nuclear weapon, but that they wanted the possibility to make one in the future. Given what they have, the nuclear dust, the dirty bomb in the desert scenario, does that still worry you? How concerned should Americans be?

SEN. WARNER: Yes, I’m still worried. And for all his critique of JCPOA, we had international observers, we actually had an alliance there that included the Europeans, and Russia and China were all signatories. Now it is America going alone or going with Israel only, and that does not make us safer. And again, I will be happy to come back on the show and eat my words if the Iranians over the next 60 days give up that enriched uranium.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Yeah, well, we’ll watch for whatever happens next. I want to ask you about surveillance here and the lapse of a key authority. On Thursday, the President did appoint Jay Clayton, he said, who will be the next Director of National Intelligence, instead of Bill Pulte, to who I know you oppose–

SEN. WARNER: Not only I oppose–

MARGARET BRENNAN: Yeah–

SEN. WARNER: –but all of the Republican senators who will know anything about national security opposed as well.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Yes, there are some pretty colorful statements, but Clayton is the current US attorney for the Southern District of New York, a former SEC chair. How quickly can he move into the role? I mean, he doesn’t necessarily have the kind of extensive national security background that–

(CROSSTALK)

SEN. WARNER: Law enforcement, he was head of the SEC, and as Southern District of New York, that’s where we pursue a lot of our terrorists. I know Jay. I think he’s got the right temperament. I’ve got a lot of questions, like who won the election in 2020, so he at least acknowledges that truthfulness. But remember, Margaret, this was totally caused by Donald Trump.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Well–

SEN. WARNER: He could have nominated Jay Clayton a week ago–

MARGARET BRENNAN: Yeah.

SEN. WARNER: –and we wouldn’t have gone dark.

MARGARET BRENNAN: This is an extraordinary series of events that we have to take more time to talk about on the other side of the break. Let me take it, and we’ll finish it. We’ll be right back.

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MARGARET BRENNAN: Welcome back to Face the Nation. We return to our conversation now with Senator Mark Warner. Before the break, Senator, we were talking about the next Director of National Intelligence. The hearing for Jay Clayton is next week, this Wednesday, right? How quickly can he get confirmed, and what does that do in terms of blocking Bill Pulte from ever taking the job?

SEN. WARNER: Well, I’ve got questions for Jay, like, want to make sure that he’s going to maintain the integrity of our elections, not try to pull the things that Miss Gabbard did, where she was interfering in domestic election activities with the seizure of the ballots in Fulton County. My hope is, if we can get unanimous consent, we could even get him confirmed this week. I would hope that the President would then say to Tulsi Gabbard, who is going to stay till the end of the month, stay at least until Clayton is confirmed, or allow the number two to stay.

MARGARET BRENNAN: That’s a shocking statement from you, because you are a huge critic of Tulsi Gabbard.

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SEN. WARNER: I am a huge critic.

MARGARET BRENNAN: How much damage could Bill Pulte actually do in a matter of days?

SEN. WARNER: Well, my fear is not so much the damage he could do on Section 702, which has a full audit trail. If he misuses that, we’ll figure it out, but having him exposed where he doesn’t even have a security clearance to all our nation’s classified programs, out of ignorance, he might give away information. I’ve had heads of our intelligence communities say to us they’re terrified of showing him information. I’ve had foreign governments express huge concern. The one thing we know about Bill Pulte is he will do whatever Donald Trump says. He was able to weaponize private mortgage insurance information, giving them the keys to the 18 intelligence agencies would be a disaster and a national security threat.

MARGARET BRENNAN: So, I’m understanding you will withhold your vote to reauthorize FISA based on this.

SEN. WARNER: Listen, we have to get FISA reauthorized. We were on a glide path–

(CROSSTALK)

MARGARET BRENNAN: This is a warrantless surveillance tool. This is a foreigner concern abroad.

SEN. WARNER: Foreigners listening in on foreigners talking to foreigners abroad. None of this needed to happen if Donald Trump had- he didn’t even come out in support of this tool until about six weeks ago. If he put forward Clayton or somebody else six weeks ago, if he would have done even Jay Clayton a few days earlier. I actually think Donald Trump wants this tool to expire because he would then try to blame Democrats if, God forbid, if anything happens. And the remarkable thing on this is normally we come on here and it’s Democrats versus Republicans–

MARGARET BRENNAN: Yeah.

SEN. WARNER: –this one is not. My Republican colleagues have worked hand in glove. If there is something that happens, God forbid, the responsibility lies with one man, Donald Trump.

MARGARET BRENNAN: That is a tremendous statement that you think the president actually wants this tool to not be accessible. I mean, it’s the congressional authorization expired on Friday. Your Republican counterpart, Senator Tom Cotton, described the consequences as severe, potentially fatal, considering all the mass gatherings in America right now. How vulnerable is the US right now? Have Google and Verizon and the rest said, if you come and ask me for information, I won’t hand it over?

SEN. WARNER: What has happened is those investigations that have already started continue.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Okay.

SEN. WARNER: Our ability to continue to listen to bad guys talking to bad guys abroad continues. The question is whether you can start new actions, and we are now, and I’ve not gotten a report yet whether the telcos and the Googles are going to continue to adhere or whether, because they don’t have the indemnification, they’ll stop participating. We don’t have, I don’t- as of Sunday morning, I don’t have an answer on that. I hope the Justice Department would use all the tools they can to try to encourage them to continue this program, for what will be, whether we like it now or not, a short-term lapse.

MARGARET BRENNAN: But Democrats are using their leverage here with FISA to force the president to change his nominees. He did that, so why do we have a Democrat standing up, and for example, blocking unanimous consent in regard to reauthorizing even a short-term surveillance too? This seems to be national security risk of huge proportion.

SEN. WARNER: National security risk caused because Donald Trump did not put forward Clayton or anyone else that was legitimate until the clock had run out. There is no question. If you got any of my Republican colleagues here, they would agree this was a White House-created problem. And finally, somebody got to Trump and said, “You got to put a rational person in, not this guy who’s not even got a national security clearance.” We will get Clayton, I hope, confirmed as quickly as possible. We will then move very quickly to get FISA reauthorized. In the interim, I hope the telcos will continue to cooperate with the government.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Senator Mark Warner, thank you for your time today.

SEN. WARNER: Thank you, Margaret.

Transcript: Gary Cohn on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” June 14, 2026

2026-06-14T13:06:00-0400 / CBS News

The following is the transcript of the interview with Gary Cohn, IBM vice chairman and director of the National Economic Council during President Trump’s first term, that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on June 14, 2026.

MARGARET BRENNAN: We’re joined now by Gary Cohn, who is the top economic adviser to President Trump in his first term. He is currently Vice Chairman at IBM. Good to have you back here.

GARY COHN: Thanks for having me.

MARGARET BRENNAN: So, Secretary Hague says didn’t give a lot of clarity on the exact time. He said both the Strait of Hormuz would be immediately open, but that it could take up to 30 days. The bottom line for the economy here, it’s going to be impacted by what happens with oil and gas prices. Should American consumers expect that the prices they’re paying for their food and their gas and everything else is going to fall like a rock?

GARY COHN: It’s not going to fall like a rock overnight. We’re going to have to see exactly what happens in the straits. It was not clear how quickly they’ll open. But as they do open, we will start getting a change in psychology. People will start thinking that prices are going down, and they will continue to go down. When you’re in an upward price environment, people tend to fill their tanks up early because they think the price is going to be higher next week, and they tend to not let their tanks go down when you’re in an environment when you think the price is going to get cheaper, people tend to drive their cars till they’re almost empty, because they think the longer I wait, the cheaper gas will be. So we’re going to be in a psychological change when the straits open, and as oil starts flowing out, we will start to see some impact. We’ve actually already seen some impact, you know we’re—gas prices are—I won’t say well, but they’re 10% off their recent highs, and if we open the straits, I think we’ll continue to see these gas prices come down. But, as you also point out, it’s not just the price of gasoline, it’s the price of groceries, the price of energy feeds through the entire economy, it feeds through manufacturing, it feeds through delivery, it feeds through everything we consume as daily consumers.

MARGARET BRENNAN: And what you’re talking about, prices, you’re talking about the price at market, but for the price for consumers, if companies have already jacked up the price of food, are they really going to bring it back down?

GARY COHN: Well, they will bring it back, the price of energy will come back down, so the energy component will come back down, whether actual food at the store will come back down, you know, it will take some time. There’s always, there’s always some pressure, and it takes a first mover to show some leadership, you know. We’ve seen prices go up, and then if someone wants to bring more and more retail traffic into their store, they tend to cut the price of a necessity good, and you, as a consumer, say, Hey, that necessity good is cheaper at that store. I then go into that store, and the other store that needs to match their price, so the open market will drive prices down over time.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Because, as Senator Warner was talking about, those fuel inventories, commercial fuel inventories, they’re hitting some risky levels in July that could cause a secondary price cycle. Goldman Sachs said, what, $10 higher per barrel than before the war, because there’s this new security premium built in here, given all the forces you are seeing in the economy right now. Do you think the Federal Reserve can really do the kind of rate cut that President Trump very publicly says is he wants to see?

GARY COHN: Margaret, we have exhausted a lot of the global supply of oil, all the major economies do carry an excess reserve, and those excess reserves are at relatively low levels. So, I understand what everyone’s concerned about. So, getting oil back online now is important when it comes to the Federal Reserve. Look, we have a new Federal Reserve chairperson, Kevin Warsh. I think Kevin is completely acknowledging where we are in the economy. He understands that we’ve got inflation at three year highs. He also understands that the job market is relative, relatively, yes, relatively strong, and he also understands there’s pressure on him to lower interest rates. I think Kevin will remove himself from the political pressure, and he will do the right thing economically. Kevin is, you know, this is not his first time in the Federal Reserve, he was a Fed governor before. I think Kevin will approach this as a very traditional Fed governor. He will stay heavily involved in his lane in monetary policy. I think he will stay outside of the secondary issues that the Fed has gotten in more recently, and I think he will also be in a position where he will move based on what he is actually seeing in the economy, not what he hopes he sees in the economy.

MARGARET BRENNAN: He’s also made clear he thinks sort of how we judge the economy may need to change and look at data differently. To that point, what we saw this past week with SpaceX was pretty incredible. Elon Musk is the first trillionaire with a T. SpaceX, they make rocket ships. They want to put AI data centers in space. They want to mine asteroids. I mean, it sounds like it’s straight out of the movies, but this was a huge publicly traded debut this week, the largest ever. We’re going to see more AI companies also go public. Where are we in the boom?

GARY COHN: So, Margaret, this is a time to celebrate. We should celebrate America’s entrepreneurial spirit. We should celebrate America’s engineering capabilities. We should celebrate the fact that we are solving some of the biggest problems in the world, and if we in America were not solving these problems, and the Chinese were, we would a be way behind them or be. Paying them to solve our problems, if they were willing to sell us a solution. So, I look at this as a massive celebration in American entrepreneurial spirit. As you said, it isn’t stopping the SpaceX, and SpaceX is now about a 25 year old company, one where Elon Musk himself said there’s a 10% chance this company even survives. We now have a handful of companies, almost of that size, that are changing the way you and I live our lives, and how we’re going to change our lives going forward. And these are American-based companies, American entrepreneurs, American technology, and American engineers. We should be lucky that we have these companies here domestically, and we’re not having to entice them into the United States.

MARGARET BRENNAN: What they’re facilitating with this transformation, there’s this whole debate about whether it’s good or bad for American workers. The Wall Street Journal editorial board, conservative leaning, as you know, was extolling the benefit of SpaceX, creating jobs for working-class communities, and said they gave stock options to their workers, so they made blue-collar workers arguably millionaires, right? But by doing something like that, is that.. I mean, this is a special case, clearly. But what is the impact on blue-collar workers?

GARY COHN: So, you’re talking about AI in—

MARGARET BRENNAN: AI generally.

GARY COHN: So, look, there’s a large debate going on in the economy today, in business today, and the debate is, is this time different or is this time the same? I’m in the camp that this time is the same, and what I mean by that is, if you look back at all of the major technological advancements that we have lived through, and before we were live, we read stories about how this was the end of employment. If you go back to the cotton gin, or the internal combustion engine, or the telephone, or the cell phone or the internet, all of these technological inventions were supposed to be the demise of human capital. I think what we have found in the history is they’re not the demise of human capital. What happens is the gross domestic product, the GDP of the country grows as it grows, we create more and more jobs, and I think that’s what’s going on here, there’s another phenomenon that’s equally as important here. The largest companies in America historically have been asset-light companies, and they’ve been intellectual property heavy. The largest companies in America today are becoming a combination of asset-based companies and intellectual companies. The assets need to be built by people.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Gary Cohn, good to have your insights. As always, we’ll be right back.

Pete Hegseth says it’s a “manufactured story” that U.S. faces munitions stockpile shortage

2026-06-14T15:13:00-0400 / CBS News

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Updated on: June 14, 2026 / 3:58 PM EDT / CBS News

Washington — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday refuted the idea that the U.S. is facing a crisis with its munitions stockpile, despite testifying earlier this year that replenishing the stockpile could take “months and years.”

“That is a manufactured story that the media wants to peddle and ultimately our stockpiles are great, and they’re only getting stronger,” Hegseth said on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.”

Weeks after the ceasefire began in the war with Iran, Hegseth testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the Pentagon’s $1.5 trillion budget request. During the April 30 hearing, Hegseth estimated that it could take “months and years” to replenish the stockpile as the Iran war had stretched on for months. Hegseth called the timeline “fast,” and he noted that the speed will depend on the weapon system.

Hegseth said at the time that “we’re building new plants in real time,” suggesting that production speed would increase, while citing depleted munitions levels left over from the Biden administration.

Pressed by Margaret Brennan on Sunday about his previous comments, Hegseth said “I speculated some munitions take more time than others.”

He added, “we’ve got lots of them.”

The Defense Department has not disclosed how many munitions have been used so far in the Iran war.

During an April Lockheed Martin earnings call, the defense contractor said it would take three to four years to scale up Patriot missile production from the current level of 650 per year to 2,000 per year.

“We’re building more than ever before,” Hegseth said. “The Biden administration gave away hundreds of billions to Ukraine, and so President Trump had to refill, and he has, and we have, in real time.”

Hegseth’s comments came after he was asked by Brennan about Ukrainian President Volodymy Zelenskyy’s request to produce Patriot missiles.

“Nobody makes better and more munitions than the United States of America, and we are open to co-production wherever we can,” Hegseth said. “And because of this administration, we’re supercharging our arsenal of freedom — building more, building faster, opening up the Pentagon, ripping through the Pentagon bureaucracy, to force industry to move faster.”

“Our stockpiles are strong and will only get stronger in the future,” he added.

Regional officials told CBS News in March that Arab states in the Gulf are running low on interceptors to take down Iranian-fired missiles. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Dan Caine pushed back on that assessment at the time, saying that there were sufficient “precision munitions for the task at hand, both on the offense and defense.”

Hegseth’s testimony in April came in response to questioning by Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona. Kelly also appeared on “Face the Nation” on Sunday and cited the testimony, saying “of course we have a munitions issue.”

“I think it’s widely understood that when you attack over 10,000 targets from the air with cruise missiles and ballistic missiles and bombs from airplanes, you are using a lot of munitions, and we do not have an endless supply of these things,” Kelly said. “So now we’re in a posture where we’ve got to be incredibly careful.”