BREAKING: Iran claims Strait of Hormuz is BLOCKED

>> Ashley: GENERAL KEENE IS. WARNING IRAN MAY RAMP UP. AGGRESSION AS THE REPUBLIC. CLAIMS THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IS. BLOCKED. >> Nate: WATERWAY TRAFFIC IS. DOWN. CHIEF FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT TREY. YINGST LIVE FROM TEL AVIV WITH. THE DETAILS. HI, TREY. >> Trey: GOOD MORNING. NO DIPLOMATIC BREAKTHROUGH, TENSION REMAIN HIGH ACROSS. MIDDLE EAST AS QUESTIONS LOOM.

ABOUT FUTURE OF THE REGION AND. WHETHER OR NOT A DEAL CAN BE. REACHED ON THIS CRITICAL. WATERWAY. PERSIAN GULF AUTHORITY SAID. CLAIMS AND POSTS BY U.S. OFFICIALS THAT STRAIT OF HORMUZ. IS NO LONGER BLOCKED, DO NOT. CHANGE REALITY, STRAIT OF HORMUZ. IS BLOCKED AND WILL NOT REOPEN. UNTIL IRAN'S OFFERS ARE. ACCEPTED. THE WAR ON IRAN, NOW EVEN BIGGER. MISCALCULATION ON THE STRAIT OF.

HORMUZ. THIS CAME AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP. POSTED YESTERDAY ON TRUTH SOCIAL. SAYING THE U.S.A. HAS TOTAL. CONTROL OVER STRAIT OF HORMUZ. OUR NAVAL BLOCKADE IS BEING. CALLED A WALL OF STEEL AND THERE. IS NOTHING IRAN CAN DO ABOUT IT. LESS THAN 10% OF PRE-WAR VESSELS. ARE PASSING THROUGH THE STATE. WARNING OF POSSIBLE ESCALATION. BEFORE A SOLUTION IS FOUND. >> MIDTERM IS COMING, MY GUT. FEEL LIKELY GOING TO GET MORE. AGGRESSIVE, THEY DON'T BELIEVE.

THE PRESIDENT WILL DO MUCH PRIOR. TO THE MIDTERM IN TERMS OF. MILITARY ACTION. >> HE SAID HE IS LOW-KEYING IT, IN AN INTERVIEW. >> THEY HAV MISCALCULATED WITH. HIM TIME AND TIME AGAIN. WE HAVE MORE CAPABILITY THAN WE. DID ON FEBRUARY 28TH AND IT ALL. IS READY. >> Trey: TRACKING DEVELOPMENTS. BETWEEN ISRAEL LEBANON. TALKS WILL RESUME TO DISCUSS.

DISARMING HEZBOLLAH. DETAILS HAVE TO BE WORKED OUT. >> UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES DO WE. RETREAT, NEVER, NONE, NOT IN. SYRIA, NOT IN GAZA, FROM. SECURITY ZONE. LESSON OF OCTOBER 7, PROTECT. RESIDENTS BY HAVING IDF PRESENT. AND DEFENDING THEM. >> Trey: ISRAEL IS LAUNCHING. EXTREMELY LIMITED STRIKES IN.

SOUTHERN LEBANON AND TAKING OUT. A HA.