During Tuesday’s Katy Tur Reports, the MS NOW host was in a feisty matchup with Republican Representative Mike Lawler of New York about the success of the war in Iran as she constantly jumped in with points against the strategy of the war and President Trump’s actions. Amid interruptions, Lawler continued with his defense of the war as he called out Tur for her repeated use of, as he put it, “talking points for the left” and some seeming Democratic and media support for Iran.Tur and Lawler were in a long conversation, where at one point Lawler reminded Tur of Obama’s actions in Libya, in which Tur tried to move away from the conversation, as she shut him down and did not want a “10-minute detour for President Obama,” even if the point was about Democrat and media support of that conflict.After Tur interrupted a long Lawler answer, she started with a strategy question: “This president, it does not appear that he has a strategy for how to ensure there is no nuclear weapon or enriched uranium that would require a regime change.”Tur continued to say she was not in defense of the regime, and did not “think they’re good, no one does,” and Lawler chimed in: “Frankly, some of my colleagues seem to be defending them, which is really quite jarring.”After Tur wondered what he would consider a success, Lawler posed a question to her: “Okay, so let’s go through it. Number one, would you agree that the elimination of the ayatollah, the clerics, and the leadership of the IRGC was a positive step forward?”Tur responded, “There’s a new ayatollah who might be much more hardline.” Her response got Lawler to go all in against media talking points of the war, as Tur asked the congressman if he had better reporting than the media does:Tur tried to inject again, but Lalwer continued his answer, as he listed successes and the need for the president’s decision to finally go after Iran and their nuclear capabilities, as he posed more questions to Tur: After more crosstalk, where Lawler talked about the war lengths, Lawler went into the rooting games where some Democrats and media want U.S. failure:Tur’s MS NOW show, a supposed daytime news program, had parroted Democrat talking points throughout the Iran war. Tur’s show masquerades as hard news, but it acts similar to an outright opinion show.The transcript from Katy Tur Reports is below. Click “Expand”:
MS NOW’s Katy Tur Reports
April 21, 2026
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