'CRITICAL': Pressure on Iran could spark street protests

T. SAYS TO MORE DELIBERATIONS. >> Ainsley: VICE PRESIDENT J.D. VANCE IS REFRAMING CONFLICT WITH. IRAN STEERING CLEAR OF THE WORD. WAR. >> Brian: STEVE HARRIGAN JOINS. US LIVE FROM TEL AVIV. >> Steve: THEY HAVE TO STOP. FIRING ON COMMERCIAL SHIPS IN. THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. AND THE VICE PRESIDENT SAID HE. WOULD NOT CHARACTERIZE CURRENT.

LEVEL AS A WAR. HERE IS VICE PRESIDENT VANCE. >> I WOULDN'T CALL IT A WAR, THERE IS NO ACTIVE SHOOTING. I RECOGNIZE THERE HAVE BEEN. PLACES WHERE THIS HAS FLARED UP, MAJOR COMBAT OPERATIONS WHICH. LASTED SIX WEEKS. WHEN YOU ASK WHEN WILL THIS END, YOU ARE ASKING A QUESTION LIKE. WHEN WILL THE IRANIANS STOP. SHOOTING AT SHIPS? I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. QUESTION, YOU WOULD HAVE TO ASK.

THE IRANIANS. WHEN WILL IT STOP HAVING EFFECT. ON WORLD ENERGY MARKET? IT HAS LESS EFFECT DAY-BY-DAY. >> Steve: U.S. PRESSURE ON. IRAN'S ECONOMY CONTINUES TO TAKE. AN ENORMOUS TOLL. CURRENTLY INSIDE IRAN LEVEL OF. INFLATION IS ABOUT 70% A YEAR. AND LOCAL CURRENCY THE REAL HAS. BEEN IN A FREEFALL AND LOST HALF. THE VALUE AGAINST THE U.S. DOLLAR IN THE PAST YEAR ALONE.

GASOLINE SHORTAGES REPORTED IN. DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. COULD BE CRITICAL. GASOLINE SHORTAGES HAVE HELPED. SPARK STREET PROTEST IN THE. COUNTRY. BACK TO YOU. >> Brian: THANK YOU, STEVE. SOME GOOD NEWS OMAN WAS GETTING. TOGETHER WITH IRAN AND GOING TO. TOLL THIS STRAIT. IRAN SAID WE'RE OUT, NOT GOING. TO DO THAT. IT IS OVERDUE. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID, YOU DO. THAT, I'LL BOMB YOU. YOU HAVE TREASURY SECRETARY.

MAKING MOVES NOW. WE HAVE THE EU ON BOARD WITH. OPERATION ECONOMIC FURY, MY NAME. FOR IT AND STARTING TO CHECK. MORE AND MORE BOXES IN TERMS OF. STOPPING FINANCING. BIG THING, RUSSIA SAID I WILL. HELP IRAN, THEY SHOULD PAY A. PRICE FOR THAT. THE OTHER COUNTRY IS INDIA. INDIA WANTS GOOD RELATIONS WITH. US, YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS. THAT IS MODI.

CONGRESS HAS TO DO THE SECONDARY. SANCTIONS, TOO. >> Ainsley: CHINA AND PAKISTAN, TOO. WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT J.D. VANCE NOT CHARACTERIZING THIS AS. WAR, SAID MAJOR CONFLICT WAS. MONTHS AGO? >> Lawrence: I THINK IT WAS. SMART AND STRATEGIC THING TO DO. EVERYTHING IS ABOUT THE CLOCK. WHEN IT COMES TO FUNDING FROM. CONGRESS AND WHAT THEY CAN. AUTHORIZE. IF YOU SAY IT IS NOT A WAR, HE. DOES NOT HAVE TO GET APPROVAL. FROM CONGRESS. WE HAVE DEBATED FOR YEARS, EVERY.

PRESIDENT HAS GONE TO WAR. WITHOUT DECLARATION FROM. CONGRESS. TAKES THAT YOU HAVA THE TABLE. >> Ainsley: CALLED RECENT. ATTACKS FLAIR-UPS. >> Brian: THE PRESIDENT IS ON. THE PATH TO BE VINDICATED, I. WOULD NOT DOUBT IF WE SEE TEHRAN. FALL, THE PRESSURE, ECONOMICALLY. ON PEOPLE, THEY ALREADY WERE NOT. GETTING WATER IN TEHRAN. NOW NO OIL IS GETTING IN,

BLOCKADE IS FORTIFIED. >> Ainsley: HEARING YOU SAY. THAT, HOW EXCITING WOULD THAT. BE? >> Brian: MOST OF ALL FOR 80. MILLION PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IN. PRISON. >> Ainsley: THE MEN ARE. IMPORTANT, TOO, THE WOMEN ARE. STIFLED THERE. YOU CAN'T GO OUTSIDE WITHOUT. COVERING, YOU CAN'T DRIVE OR NOT. EDUCATED, ESPECIALLY OLDER. WOMEN. THEY WERE AROUND WHEN THEY WERE. ABLE TO DO THAT AND EVERYTHING. CHANGED. >> Lawrence: IN MY VIEW, MISSING.

INGREDIENT FOR THE CRUMBLE TO. TAKE PLACE BECAUSE WE HAVE HIT. THEM FROM MILITARY PERSPECTIVE. AND HITTING THEM ECONOMICALLY. AS SOON AS THE PEOPLE HAVE. WEAPONS WHERE THEY CAN GIVE --. NOT EVEN A FAIR FIGHT, BUT TO. HOLD THEIR OWN, WE WILL SEE SOME. MAJOR CHARGE HAPPEN IN IRAN. >> Brian: JUST WATCH, RHETORIC. KICKING UP IN IRAN, IF THEY GO. HIT ISRA.