BREAKING: Iran REFUSES negotiations over Pickaxe Mountain

>> Brian: MOMENTS AGO PRESIDENT. TRUMP JOINED "FOX & FRIENDS". DISCUSSING A WIDE RANGE OF. TOPICS INCLUDING THE LATE SOUTH. CAROLINA SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM. AND THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE. WAR IN IRAN. >> Steve: LET'S GO TO LUCAS. TOMLINSON LIVE OUTSIDE THE WHITE. HOUSE. THE PRESIDENT WAS CALLING FROM. UPSTAIRS AND YOU ARE ON HIS. LAWN. >> THAT'S RIGHT, STEVE. THE PRESIDENT HONORED HIS GREAT. FRIEND THE LATE SENATOR LINDSEY. GRAHAM ONE OF THE FEW. POLITICIANS TO REACH ACROSS THE.

AISLE AND SPEAK TO DEMOCRATS. >> President Trump: HE WAS A. GREAT GUY. HE WAS A GREAT POLITICIAN. ACTUALLY. PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND HE. REALLY WAS. HE WAS ABLE TO BRING PEOPLE. TOGETHER. IF I NEEDED A DEMOCRAT, HE COULD. USUALLY PRODUCE THAT DEMOCRAT IF. I HAD TO HAVE HIM IN AN. EMERGENCY. HE WAS A GREAT POLITICIAN AND. GREAT GENTLEMAN. REALLY ENDED UP BEING A GREAT. FRIENDSHIP AND IT IS VERY HARD. HE REALLY BECAME LIKE A MEMBER. OF THE FAMILY IN A SENSE AND HE. WAS JUST SOMEBODY THAT WAS VERY. SPECIAL. YOU DON'T HAVE PEOPLE LIKE THAT.

YOU DON'T SEE THEM OFTEN. >> HIGH PRAISE FROM PRESIDENT. TRUMP ABOUT HIS FRIEND LINDSEY. GRAHAM FROM SOUTH CAROLINA. YOU ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT. PICKAXE MOUNTAIN. U.S./ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE THINK. IT MOVED ENRICHED URANIUM TO. PICKAXE MOUNTAIN, THE SITE SOUTH. OF TEHRAN AROUND THE NATANZ. REGION. YOU ASKED IF HE WOULD STRIKE IT.

HERE WAS HIS ANSWER AND REACTED. TO BENJAMIN NETANYAHUE TALKING. ABOUT THIS INTELLIGENCE TO THE. PRESS. >> President Trump: WE HAVE THE. FINEST BECAUSE OF THE SPACE. FORCE WE HAVE A GREATEST CAMERAS. IN THE WORLD. WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON. BUT NO, I HEARD BIBI ANNOUNCE. THAT. I SAID WHY DO YOU HAVE TO. ANNOUNCE IT TO THE WORLD? I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON. AT PICKAXE, NOT A BIG PROBLEM. WE TOOK OUT THEIR NUCLEAR SITES. AND WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE OUT.

PICKAXE IF WE DON'T MAKE A DEAL. WE'LL TAKE IT OUT EASILY. >> HE SAID ABSENT A DEAL HE WILL. ORDER AN AIR STRIKE ON PICKAXE. MOUNTAIN AND SOUNDED IRKED WITH. NETANYAHU TALKING ABOUT IT WITH. THE PRESS AND NOT DEALING WITH. HIM DIRECTLY. >> Steve: THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO. PUT IT. HE WAS A LITTLE IRKED. >> Brian: WHAT KIND OF MUNITION. HAS TO PENETRATE PICKAXE. MOUNTAIN? >> YOU SAID THE -- ONLY THE.

B-TWO BOMBERS CAN CARRY THAT. TALK ABOUT HOW DEEP PICKAXE. MOUNTAIN IS COMPARED TO SOME OF. THE OTHER NUCLEAR SITES HIT LAST. YEAR IN OPERATION MIDNIGHT. HAMMER. YOU COULD STACK UP THE BOMBS. ONE BOMB GOES 200 FEET BELOW THE. EARTH'S SURFACE THROUGH THE. GRANITE OR DOLOMITE, ANOTHER. BOMB COME IN ON TOP OF IT. ALSO A GROUND FORCE OPTION. NATIONAL MISSION FORCE COMPRISED. OF MEMBERS OF SEAL TEAM SIX, AIR. FORCE 24TH SPECIAL TACTIC.

SQUADRON. A GROUND FORCE OPTION TO GO INTO. THE SITE AND POTENTIALLY EXTRACT. THE HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM. A RISKY OPERATION BUT ONE ON THE. BOOKS. BRIAN, YOU ASKED WHAT ARE SOME. OF THE PLANS ADMIRAL COOPER HAS. PRESENTED HAD TO PRESIDENT. THOSE ARE CERTAINLY IN. DISCUSSION. >> Brian: THANKS SO MU.