THE WAR ROOM: Israel was bombing targets in Tehran today, following the US entry into the war early Sunday as the world waits for the Iranian response. Israel said it is  focusing on “command centers” of the powerful Revolutionary Guard.

  With bomb damage assessment still under way, the Pentagon said that the US bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities caused “severe damage and destruction.”  President Donald Trump claimed the facilities were “obliterated.” American B2 stealth bombers dropped fourteen 30,000 pound bombs on their targets with a capability of penetrating hundreds of feet into underground installations.

  Aerial photographs show three enormous holes in the mountain that contains the Fordow nuclear development plant. What’s unknown is whether Iran still has its stockpile of enriched uranium.

  President Trump said he was fulfilling his vow that Iran will never be allowed to have nuclear weapons. “Iran, the bully of the Middle East, must now make peace,” Trump said in a live television address Saturday night from the White House following the attack, “If they do not, future attacks will be far greater and a lot easier.”

  Now the question is whether Iran will seek peace or the US mission will trigger a wider Missile East war. 

  Yesterday Trump was suggesting regime change in Iran with a social media post that said: “It’s not politically correct to use the term, “Regime Change,” but if the current Iranian Regime is unable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, why wouldn’t there be a Regime change??? MIGA!!!

  In a Sunday morning address front loaded with praise for President Trump’s “bold and visionary leadership,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth described the attacks as something “President Trump planned,” which would be absolutely impossible given the military complexity.

   Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi threatened retaliation and said the attacks were “outrageous and will have everlasting consequences.”

  The attack involved more that 125 aircraft including the bombers, fighter jets, and refueling tankers. General Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, said they used  75 precision-guided munitions, including two dozen Tomahawk cruise missiles fired from a Navy submarine in the Persian Gulf. It is the first time the US has used its $500 million bunker busters.

  The B-2 bombers flew 18 hours east from Missouri to deliver the bombs. The attack included a deception group that flew west to the Pacific. General Caine said the operation never met a missile fired in Iran’s defense. 

LIKE A HEAT WAVE: A potentially dangerous heatwave  is settling into the Midwest and East US this week, bringing well-above-average heat and prompting health advisories in several states.

  It’s expected to hit 96 in New York City today and 99 tomorrow. In Washington DC, 101 by tomorrow.

  The heat is the result of what’s a called a “heat dome,” a system of high pressure that traps hot air. Today is expected to be the hottest day for parts of the Great Lakes region, including Chicago, Detroit, and Milwaukee. Temperatures are expected to soar into the 90s and low 100s through Wednesday. 

  “This is the deadliest weather threat we face in New York City — treat it that way,” the city’s Emergency Management said on social media. “Don’t wait until you feel sick. Heat builds. It compounds. It kills quietly.”

HOOP DFREAMS: The Oklahoma City Thunder won the NBA championship last night, beating the Indiana Pacers 103-91. The Pacers franchise first won the NBA title as the Seattle Supersonics in 1979. 

THE OBIT PAGE: Gunilla Knutson, the blonde Miss Sweden of 1961 who put sex in selling American shaving cream, has died at age 84.

  In a famous commercial, Knutson looked directly into the camera holding a can of shaving cream to her cheek and says in accented English, “nothing takes it off like Noxzema medicated shave.” In the one-minute commercial the music from “The Stripper” plays while a man shaves. Then the camera returns to Knutson who says, “take it off,” before pausing and, “take it all off.”

  She pitched for Noxzema for five years while it rose from the #6 shaving cream to #3. 

— Lou Christie, the falsetto singer whose 1960s hits included  “Lightnin’ Strikes” and “Two Faces Have I,” died last week at home in Pittsburgh. He was 82.

— Frederick Smith, the billionaire founder of Federal Express, now FedEx, has died at age 80. Smith conceived of FedEx is a paper he wrote as an undergraduate at Yale University in 1965.

THE SPIN RACK:  A suicide bomber in Syria opened fire yesterday then blew himself up with a suicide vest inside a Greek Orthodox church filled with people praying, killing at least 22 and wounding 63 others. — Six people died and two were missing yesterday after a boat was capsized by a large wave on Lake Tahoe in Californi.  Two people survived. Powerful winds had created high waves. — The hull of the Bayesian superyacht that sank in a freak storm off Sicily last August has been raised to the surface. Seven people died in the incident.  — A bear in the Michigan woods whose head was stuck in a hole in a plastic barrel lid for two years since he was a cub has finally been freed from the collar that was slowly cutting into his neck as he grew. Hunters use barrels of bait to attract bears. 

BELOW THE FOLD:  Rapper Kanye West’s wife Bianca Censori appeared on the streets of New York in a bikini strung together with candy. We’ll see if it melts in the heat.

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