GEOFF BENNETT: Our White House# correspondent, Liz Landers,## was in the Briefing Room for President Trump's# press conference today.

And she joins us.. So, Liz, let's talk more about that# 48-hour timeline the president has## given Iran.

What more do we know about that?

LIZ LANDERS: That latest deadline is at 8:00 p.m.# Eastern tomorrow.

And the president .. yesterday.

So we're about 24 hours from when# that deadline is going to be reached.

And that## is when the president is threatening to bomb# power plants, bridges, other sites across Iran.

He, though, Geoff has extended some of these# timelines, these self-imposed timelines## throughout the last month or so of this conflict.# So that could change tomorrow.

And I think we## should be on the lookout for that.

And he was# asked today by a reporter in that press conference## about the shifting messaging throughout# this war.

Take a listen to what he said.

QUESTION: Your messaging on the war has# moved from the war is coming to an end## to we're going to be bombing# Iran to the Stone Ages.

And we have heard a#range of those kind of messages.

So are you -- so which is it?

Are you#winding this down?

Or are you escalating it?

DONALD TRUMP: Can't tell you.

I can't tell you.

I# don't know.

I can't tell you.

It depends what they## do.

This is a critical period.

They have a period# of, well, until tomorrow at 8:00.

I gave them an## extension.

They asked for an extension of seven# days, right?

I said, Steve, give them 10 days.

LIZ LANDERS: The president was asked if# those threats to bomb energy infrastructure## amounted to a war crime.

And he said that# he's not concerned about that and that he## hopes that he doesn't have to do that.

But# he says, no, no, I'm not concerned, Geoff.

GEOFF BENNETT: The president also said he was# upset about what he called a leaker in the## government who told members of the media about the# second missing airman.

Tell us more about that.

LIZ LANDERS: Last week, there was enormous# interest around what happened with this## aircraft that went down in Iran.

Of# course, news outlets were reporting## on this, and, in particular,# the missing second airman.

The president today said that he's going# to pursue whoever leaked that information## and threatened both the leaker, but# he also made a point of threatening## the journalists that reported this last# week.

He didn't name any news outlets,## but he said that the government is going# to go to these outlets and pressure them## to reveal their sources.

And he talked about# using national security grounds to do this.

Geoff, this is the same administration# that I would just remind people has## recently gone after and raided the home# of a Washington Post reporter for some## of her reporting about the Trump administration.

GEOFF BENNETT: And lastly -- excuse# me -- before the press conference,## the president participated in the# annual White House Easter egg role.## He was there at the rope line.

You were as# well.

You talked to him.

What did you ask him?

LIZ LANDERS: I asked him two questions.# The first one was about that post that Nick## pointed to in his piece, where he used quite# vulgar language when he was describing how he## would bomb the power plants and bridges if# Iran didn't open up the Strait of Hormuz.

I asked him why he used that# on Easter Sunday.

He said:## "Only to make my point.

I think# you have heard it before."

I also asked him because, when we were in this# rope line here, he was talking about how he was## doing all of this to help the Iranian# people.

I said, how is it helping the## Iranian people if you're going to bomb their# energy infrastructure?

Here's what he told me.

DONALD TRUMP: The Iranian people,# when they don't hear bombs go off,## they're upset.

They want to hear bombs, because# they want to be free.

And the only reason they're## not out protesting, you know that, is because# they were informed that, if they protest,## like the wrestler and his friends, if they# protest, they will be shot immediately.

And that's an edict.

That's in writing.

LIZ LANDERS: He went on to say that the Iranian# people will fight back as soon as they can and## as soon as they get weapons.

But, Geoff,# that is of course not the case right now.

GEOFF BENNETT: Liz Landers, thanks so# much for this reporting.

We appreciate it.