BREAKING: Trump vows to hit Iran 'HARD' in response to attack on US military

M. NINE TO NOON BUT KEEP IT HERE. BECAUSE "AMERICA'S NEWSROOM" HAS. A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. ♪ ♪. >> Dana: AN ERUPTION IN. FIGHTING IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THE U.S. CONDUCTING ITS FIRST. IRAN STRIKES IN A MONTH. JUST MOMENTS AGO, PRESIDENT TRUMP TELLING FOX NEWS. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. WE WILL BRING THAT TO YOU. GOOD MORNING, I'M DANA PERINO. >> Bill: GREAT TO BE WITH YOU. FOR ANOTHER WEEK. I'M BILL MELUGIN. THIS IS "AMERICA'S NEWSROOM.". THE U.S. STRIKING TARGETS ON. IRAN'S ROCK ISLAND WHERE CENTCOM. SAYS IRANIAN FORCES WERE GETTING. READY TO LAUNCH MINES INTO THE.

STRAIT OF HORMUZ. >> Dana: IRAN RETALIATED BY. FIRING IN U.S. BASES IN JORDAN. THE JORDANIAN ARMY SAYS IT. INTERCEPTED THE ATTACKS FEAR. THIS RENEWED FIGHTING COMES AS. THE U.S. WORKS TO FURTHER. ISOLATE IRAN'S ECONOMY. PRESIDENT TRUMP REITERATING. AMERICA'S GOALS IN THE REGION. >> IRAN IS A NUMBER 1 LEADING. STATE SPONSOR OF TERROR. YOU'VE HEARD THAT MANY TIMES. IN THE WHOLE WORLD. THEY CANNOT HAVE A NUCLEAR. WEAPON. THESE ARE VIOLENT, EVIL PEOPLE.

IF THEY HAD A NUCLEAR WEAPON --. IF I WEREN'T PRESIDENT, ISRAEL. WOULD BE GONE. THERE WOULD PROBABLY BE NO. MIDDLE EAST. >> TREY YINGST IS FOLLOWING THIS. FROM TEL AVIV. YOU SPOKE TO THE PRESIDENT. WHAT DID HE SAY? >> GOOD MORNING. PRESIDENT TRUMP TOLD FOX NEWS. THERE WILL BE A U.S. RESPONSE TO. THE IRANIAN ATTACK ON U.S. FORCES OVERNIGHT IN JORDAN. THE PRESIDENT SAID WE ARE GOING. TO HIT THEM HARD. THERE WILL BE A RESPONSE. THE PRESIDENT SAID ALL OF THE.

MISSILES WERE SHOT DOWN WITH THE. EXCEPTION OF ONE THAT WASN'T. GOING TO HIT ANYTHING. SIGNIFICANT. OVERNIGHT, IRAN LAUNCHED EIGHT. BALLISTIC MISSILES IN U.S. FORCES IN JORDAN. CAME AFTER U.S. FORCES STRUCK. IRAN'S LARAK ISLAND AFTER. PREPARATIONS FOR AN IRGC ROCKET. LAUNCH THAT WAS MEANT TO PLACE. NEW SEA MINES IN THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ. CENTCOM RELEASED A STATEMENT. SAYING U.S. FORCES TOOK LIMITED. PRECISE ACTION AGAINST THE IRGC. MINE LAYING FORCES, POSING AN. IMMINENT THREAT IN THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ. IN ESSENCE, IRAN CREATED THE. THREAT AND THE U.S. MILITARY.

ELIMINATED IT TO PROTECT. CIVILIAN MARINERS, COMMERCIAL. SHIPPING AND THE FREE FLOW OF. GLOBAL COMMERCE. THIS IS THE FIRST KNOWN U.S. STRIKE AGAINST IRAN SINCE JULY. IRANIAN PRESIDENT MASOUD BUCK. SEXTON SPOKE TODAY ABOUT THE. EXCHANGE OF FIRE. >> THAT HAS BEEN OUR MESSAGE TO. THE WORLD UNTIL NOW. HOWEVER, IN THE FACE OF. AGGRESSION, WE WILL NOT STAND. BY. WE ARE CAPABLE OF DELIVERING THE. SIZE OF RESPONSE. INSTABILITY IN THE REGION WOULD. AFFECT EVERYONE AND CREATE. SERIOUS PROBLEMS.

INSTABILITY IS IN NO COUNTRY'S. INTEREST. >> THE EVENT COMES AS REPORTS. INDICATE THE U.S. MAY RAMP UP. ECONOMIC PRESSURE AGAINST IRAN. THIS WEEK, FOLLOWING NEW. SANCTIONS LAST WEEK IRANIAN. OFFICIALS REACTED OVER THE. WEEKEND WITH IRAN'S SUPREME. LEADER URGING MORE DOMESTIC. PRODUCTION AND LESS RELIANCE ON. THE U.S. DOLLAR. PRESIDENT TRUMP TOLD FOX NEWS. THIS ABOUT THE OPERATION AGAINST. IRAN. >> THE BLOCKADE HAS BEEN. UNBELIEVABLE. THE FINANCIAL HITS THAT WE ARE. GIVING THEM WE ARE HITTING THEM.

HARD. NO ONE HAS EVER BEEN HIT LIKE. THIS. AND THEY ARE A FAILING NATION. RIGHT NOW. AT THE RIGHT POINT, WE WILL. EITHER WIN OR THEY WILL DO. SOMETHING. I DON'T MIND WINNING. I DON'T NEED A SIGNATURE ON A. PIECE OF PAPER. WE ARE DOING VERY WELL. THE NAVY IS GONE, THEIR AIR. FORCE IS GONE, THEIR LEADERS ARE. GONE. ALL OF THEIR ANTI-AIRCRAFT. >> THE REGION NOW WAITS TO SEE. HOW THE UNITED STATES WILL. RESPOND TO THE ATTACK ON U.S. FORCES OVERNIGHT.

>> Dana: CAN I ASK ABOUT WHAT. YOU ARE HEARING ABOUT WHAT'S. HAPPENING INSIDE IRAN, NOT WITH. THE CURRENT LEADERSHIP BUT WITH. THE PEOPLE THERE. IT'S BEEN OVER SIX MONTHS NOW. THEY HAVE VERY LITTLE INTERNET. ACCESS, INFLATION IS OUT OF. CONTROL. HOW MUCH ARE THEY SUFFERING? >> WE ARE STARTING TO GET NEW. IMAGES FROM INSIDE OF IRAN THAT. SHOW LONG LINES AT GAS STATIONS, RISING FOOD PRICES AND SEVERE. ECONOMIC INDICATIONS ABOUT THE. IRANIAN RIAL THAT CROSSED. 2.1 MILLION RIYAL TO ONE U.S. DOLLAR TODAY. A HISTORIC LOW FOR THE COUNTRY'S.

CURRENCY. THIS IS TAKING PLACE AMID THE. BACKDROP OF THESE ONGOING U.S. ECONOMIC SANCTIONS, AND THE U.S. NAVAL BLOCKADE THAT IS MAKING IT. EXTREMELY CHALLENGING FOR THE. IRANIANS TO EXPORT ANY CRUDE OIL. TO PROP UP THEIR ECONOMY. AND SO THE IRANIAN PEOPLE ARE. STARTING TO SPEAK OUT. WE'VE HEARD SOME STATEMENTS AND. SOUND BITES FROM PEOPLE THERE ON. THE STREETS OF IRAN, THAT SAY. THE COST OF GOODS IS RISING. THERE, ESPECIALLY IN THE CAPITAL. OF TEHRAN. >> Bill: WITH THIS LATEST. ATTACK, OBVIOUSLY IRAN STILL HAS. THE CAPABILITY TO SHOOT OFF A. FEW MISSILES HERE AND THERE. SEEM SO DIFFERENT FROM THE START.

OF THE WAR AND THE PAST COUPLE. OF YEARS WHEN IRAN WAS FIGHTING. WITH ISRAEL WHEN THERE WERE. BARRAGES WHERE WE WERE SEEING. HUNDREDS OF MISSILES COMING IN. AT TIMES. I REMEMBER WATCHING YOU DO LIVE. SHOTS WHERE THERE WERE MISSILES. FALLING OUT OF THE SKY LIKE A. METEOR SHOWER. WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT IRAN'S. CAPABLE -- MISSILE CAPABILITIES. AFTER SIX MONTHS OF WAR, THEY. ARE ONLY ABLE TO SHOOT A HANDFUL. OF MISSILES? >> IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. THE BOTTOM LINE, THE IRANIAN. MILITARY IS DEGRADED BUT NOT. DESTROYED. THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT. BECAUSE MORE THAN SIX MONTHS.

INTO THE CONFLICT, THE IRANIANS. HAVE THE ABILITY TO LAUNCH. BALLISTIC AND CRUISE MISSILES. ALONG WITH DRONES. THE UAE SAYS THEY SHOT DOWN AN. IRANIAN DRONE EARLIER TODAY. GIVES YOU A SENSE OF WHAT. REMAINS IN THEIR ARSENAL ALONG. WITH A THREAT OF THESE SEA MINES. THAT ACCORDING TO U.S. CENTRAL. COMMAND, THEY WERE TRYING TO. PLACE MORE OF IN THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ. THEY SAY THEY CONTROL THIS. CRITICAL WATERWAY BUT SO MUCH OF. THE WORLD'S OIL PASSES THROUGH. BUT WE KNOW IN THE BACKDROP THE. U.S. NAVY IS OVERSEEING AN. OPERATION TO GET MILLIONS OF. BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL OUT OF THE.

PERSIAN GULF EACH DAY. THERE'S NO INDICATION THIS IS. ANYWHERE CLOSE TO OVER. YOU SEE THESE CONFLICTING. STATEMENTS BACK AND FORTH BUT. FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS WEEKEND, IRANIAN OFFICIALS ADMITTED THAT. THESE SANCTIONS ARE HAVING AN. EFFECT. THE IRANIAN PRESIDENT SAYING IN. AN INTERVIEW WITH STATE MEDIA, HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL. PEOPLE THAT SAY THAT SANCTIONS. HAVE NO EFFECT.