'CLOUDED IN MYSTERY': Hidden Iran facility fuels new Trump warning

850-863-TIPS. BACK OVER TO YOU, LUCAS. >> Lucas: THANKS, TODD. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS DOUBLING DOWN. ON HIS PLEDGE TO MAKE SURE IRAN. NEVER GETS A NUCLEAR WEAPON. AFTER THREATENING TO STRIKE. PICKAXE MOUNTAIN. WATCH. >> WE CANNOT LET IRAN HAVE A. NUCLEAR WEAPON. IT'S VERY SIMPLE. [ CHEERS ]. THIS SKIRMISH WE HAVE WITH THE. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN. THEY'RE GETTING HIT SO HARD. THEY WANT TO MAKE A DEAL.

BUT I SAY THEY'RE NOT READY TO. MAKE A DEAL. BECAUSE EVERY TIME THEY MAKE A. DEAL THEY WANT TO CHANGE IT. THEY'RE NOT READY. THEY'LL BE READY VERY SOON. >> Lucas: JUST HOW MUCH OF. IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM REMAINS? HERE TO DISCUSS IS THE CEO OF. UNITED AGAINST NUCLEAR IRAN, MARK WALLACE. GOOD MORNING, MARK. >> GOOD MORNING, LUCAS. THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON. >> Lucas: HOW IMPORTANT IS IT. FOR THE U.S. MILITARY TO DESTROY. PICKAXE MOUNTAIN? >> YOU KNOW, PICKAXE MOUNTAIN.

HAS BEEN ONE OF THE NUCLEAR. FACILITIES THAT'S BEEN REALLY. CLOUDED IN MYSTERY. THERE'S BEEN SOME DIVERGENCE. ABOUT WHETHER IT IS AN ACTIVE. FACILITY OR ONE THAT'S BEING. PLANNED FOR IN THE FUTURE. THE BOTTOM LINE IS IT'S A DEEP. MOUNTAIN. ONLY ONE USE FOR THAT IN IRAN'S. MILITARY THINKING, AND THAT'S A. NUCLEAR FACILITY. THE PRESIDENT IS WISE TO. ULTIMATELY TAKE IT OUT AND. REMOVE ANY MYSTERY OVER THIS ONE.

FACILITY. >> Lucas: HOW MUCH EVIDENCE. EXISTS THAT IRAN MOVED SOME OF. ITS CENTRIFUGES, ITS ENRICHED. URANIUM TO PICKAXE MOUNTAIN. BEFORE, THE DAYS BEFORE MIDNIGHT. HAMMER LAST YEAR? >> THERE HAS BEEN RELIABLE. REPORTING THAT IRAN MOVED. NUCLEAR CENTRIFUGES AND OTHER. TECHNICAL ABILITIES TO PICKAXE. MOUNTAIN. THAT'S BEEN REPORTED. THERE IS DIVERGENCE, WHETHER. ACTIVE OR WHETHER OR NOT THEY.

ARE TRYING TO PRESERVE THINGS. FOR BOMBING. THE ISSUE IS PICKAXE MOUNTAIN IS. QUITE DEEP. THERE'S A REASON TO REALLY TRY. TO CLOSE THAT FACILITY OFF OR. MOVE ITS ACCESSIBILITY TO THE. IRANIAN REGIME SO THEY CAN'T DO. THINGS LIKE THAT. THERE'S BEEN SATELLITE IMAGERY. OF ACTIVITY AROUND PICKAXE. MOUNTAIN THAT IS QUITE. SUSPICIOUS. >> Lucas: IS THE U.S. MILITARY. GOING TO NEED GROUND FORCES, PERHAPS NATIONAL MISSION FORCE. TO ACCESS THIS SITE THAT'S TOO. DEEP FOR CONVENTIONAL BOMBS? >> WELL, I'M NOT REALLY SURE. THAT IT IS TOO DEEP FOR OUR.

BUNKER BOMBS AND THE LIKE. WE HAVE USED THE DEEP. PENETRATING MISSILES, BOMBS, TO. TAKE OUT OTHER DEEPLY BURIED. FACILITIES. THIS ONE IS QUITE DEEP. THE CLOSING OFF EFFECTIVELY. BURYING THE FACILITY AND ANY. NUCLEAR MATERIAL OR. INFRASTRUCTURE IS A VERY GOOD. METHOD OF PREVENTING IRAN'S. ACCESSIBILITY TO THAT SITE. I THINK WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO. DO THAT WITHOUT GROUND TROOPS. >> Lucas: WILL IRAN EVER GIVE UP. ITS NUCLEAR AMBITIONS? >> NOT THIS REGIME.

I DON'T BELIEVE. THIS REGIME IS ALL ABOUT. LEVERAGE AND CONTROL OVER THE. WEST. THEY WANT TO LEVERAGE US WITH. SUPPORTING TERROR GROUPS, PROXIES ACROSS THE REGION, ASSASSINATIONS AND THREATS TO. ASSASSINATE AMERICANS AND OTHERS. IN OUR OWN HOME COUNTRIES. THIS IS ABOUT THREATENING TO. CLOSE OFF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. ULTIMATELY, IT'S ABOUT THE. THREAT OF NUCLEAR ANNIHILATION. OF OUR ALLIES AND THREAT OF A. NUCLEAR ATTACK IF THEY CONTINUE. TO BUILD A NUCLEAR BOMB. IT'S ALL ABOUT LEVERAGE AND.

THREAT FOR THE IRANIAN REGIME. THEIR IDEOLOGY IS BASED UPON. DEATH TO ISRAEL, DEATH TO. AMERICA, DEATH TO SAUDI ARABIA. AND ITS NEIGHBOR.