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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine are holding a news conference Tuesday morning as the ceasefire in theIran warfaces serious tests. U.S. Navy destroyers on Mondayfended off a sustained barrage of Iranian missiles, attack drones and small boats as they helped two commercial vessels transit the Strait of Hormuz.

"Iran cannot be allowed to block innocent countries and their goods from an international waterway," Hegseth said at the news conference.

Hegseth noted that Project Freedom, the U.S. guiding of the commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, is "separate and distinct from Operation Epic Fury." He called the operation a "temporary solution" for the U.S., saying "the world needs this waterway more than we do."

Iran's foreign minister said Monday's violence showed "there's no military solution" to the war, warning that the U.S. and its regional partners should be "wary of being dragged back into quagmire by ill-wishers."

Two U.S. Navy destroyers transited the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, dodging a barrage of Iranian drones and missiles, defense officialstold CBS News. U.S. Central Commandsaidtwo U.S.-flagged commercial vessels also sailed through the strait as part of "Project Freedom," an initiative by President Trump to move ships through the waterway.

U.S. Central Command said Monday theU.S. destroyed six Iranian boatsthat had attempted to interfere with commercial vessels the Navy was guiding through the strait, and Mr. Trump later said it was seven ships.

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Iran's state-run IRNA news agency rejected the assertion, saying none of its so-called "fast boats" were destroyed Monday.

Mr. Trump told Fox News on Monday that Iran will be "blown off the face of the Earth" if the country interferes in the Strait of Hormuz,according to Fox News reporter Trey Yingst.

Iran, meanwhile, haswarnedthat U.S. forces will be attacked if they enter the strait. Iran has sought to control the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint that normally carries around 20% of the world's oil and has been largely closed since the war began in late February.

Iran also fired attargets in the United Arab Emiratesand at atankerowned by the Abu Dhabi state energy company on Monday, the U.S.-allied state said.

The back-and-forth could pose a test to the U.S. and Iran's fragile ceasefire, which Mr. Trump extended indefinitely last month while the two sides negotiate a longer-term deal.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchisaid Mondaythat talks between the two countries are "making progress." But he warned the U.S. and the United Arab Emirates "should be wary of being dragged back into quagmire by ill-wishers."

Mr. Trump, for his part,said over the weekendthat Iran's latest peace proposal likely wouldn't be acceptable because "they have not yet paid a big enough price."

How to watch the Pentagon's Iran war updateWhat: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine hold a news conferenceDate: Tuesday, May 5, 2026Time: 8 a.m. ETLocation: Washington, D.C.Online stream: Live onCBS News 24/7

2 missing U.S. soldiers in Morocco fell off cliff in hiking accident, official says 01:21

A search and rescue operation is underway in southern Morocco after two U.S. service members were reported missing off the southern coast of the North African nation during annual training exercises.

A defense official told CBS News that the soldiers were last seen near ocean cliffs near the Cap Draa Training Area. Initial reports indicate they may have fallen into the ocean, the official said. It is believed the incident may have been a hiking accident, and no foul play is suspected, sources told CBS News. The accident was not related to the training exercise, sources told CBS News.

Defense officials confirmed to CBS News both missing service members were U.S. Army soldiers. The names of the soldiers and further details have not yet been released

Ground teams, aerial assets and maritime elements from the Moroccan Royal Armed Forces, U.S. Armed Forces, and other African Lion participants are involved in the search, the defense official said.

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The training exercise, known as African Lion, ground to a halt Sunday as the U.S. and Moroccan assets were redirected to the search and rescue operation, officials told a CBS News crew on the scene.

The CBS News reporters, embedded with the U.S. military, were in their tents Saturday evening at 9 p.m. local time when a base-wide head-count was conducted. Helicopters were heard throughout the night as the search began, and on Sunday morning, the reporters observed various planes, helicopters and drones in the area around the coast.

African Lion is the largest annual joint military exercise led by AFRICOM, one of the U.S. Department of Defense's 11 unified combatant commands. It brings together thousands of troops from the United States, African partner nations, and NATO allies to train for modern warfare across land, air, sea, cyber, and space domains.

This year's exercise involves more than 7,000 personnel from over 30 nations, with a growing focus on advanced technologies, including drones, autonomous systems, and artificial intelligence, according to the Associated Press.

The exercise occurs in a vast desert where the Sahara Desert meets the Atlantic Ocean near the Cap Draa Training Area, outside the city of Tan Tan.

In 2012, two U.S. Marines were killed during a helicopter crash while taking part in African Lion, according to the Associated Press. Two others were injured in the incident.

JimmyKimmelwould like to clarify he has no "psychic abilities" after one of his recent jokes took on a new meaning.

On his late-night show, the comedian responded to backlash over a joke he made aboutRudy Giuliani, days before it was reported that the former New York City mayorwas hospitalized in "critical but stable condition."

During his April 28 monologue, Kimmel joked that Giuliani "rose from the grave" before the comedian played a clip of the politician. Less than a week later, a spokesperson confirmed on May 3 that Giuliani had been hospitalized. Some of Kimmel's critics brought the joke back up amid Giuliani's hospitalization, with conservative commentator Benny Johnsonposting it on X andasking, "Why is Kimmel always joking about death?"

Kimmel addressed the resurfaced comments in his May 4 monologue.

"When I read this [about Giuliani], I really thought, 'I wonder if they'll try to blame this on me,'" he said. "And then sure enough, one of these podcast bozos points to a joke I made about Rudy on Thursday, about him being a vampire, and then suggests I might actually have some inside knowledge of what's going on in Trumptown there, and then that becomes a thing."

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Kimmel wantsTrump 'fired' for making his own 'joke about his death'

Kimmel went on to sarcastically joke about his supposed "psychic abilities," quipping, "Every day in the morning, I wake up, I make coffee, and then I look into the future to see which events have yet to occur, and then we write jokes that we know are going to make trouble."

On a more serious note, Kimmel said he hopes Giuliani "lives another 100 years." The former mayor is recovering from pneumonia,his spokesperson said on May 4.

The resurfaced Giuliani joke came afterPresident Donald Trumpcalled for the late-night host to be fired for jokingly callingfirst lady Melania Trump an "expectant widow" on his show on April 23. Kimmel made the comment two days before theWhite House Correspondents' Association dinner, where a suspect was arrested and charged with attempting to assassinate Trump.

After the dinner, Kimmel's "expectant widow" comment resurfaced, and Trump accused him of making a "despicable call to violence" against him.

Jimmy Kimmelresponds to White House calls for his firing

Kimmeldefended the commentas a "very light roast joke about the fact that he's almost 80 and she's younger than I am," adding, "It was not, by any stretch of the definition, a call to assassination, and they know that." Trump, though, did not let up,posting on Truth Social on April 30that ABC "better" fire Kimmel "soon." There has been no indication that the Disney-owned network intends to do so.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Jimmy Kimmel addresses backlash to resurfaced Rudy Giuliani joke