'DEADLOCK': Iran rejects Trump's Strait of Hormuz claim

>> Bill: DIPLOMACY IS DEADLOCKED. IN THE MIDDLE EAST. CHIEF FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT TREY. YINGST REPORTING FROM TEL AVIV. WITH THE LATEREST WE KNOW AS OF. TODAY. HELLO. >> GOOD MORNING. WITH NO DIPLOMATIC. BREAKTHROUGHS, TENSION REMAINS. HIGH ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST. MAJOR QUESTIONS LOOM ABOUT THE. STRAIT OF HORMUZ AND IF A DEAL. CAN BE REACHED TO REOPEN THIS.

CRITICAL INTERNATIONAL WATERWAY. THE PERSIAN GULF STRAIT. AUTHORITY. IRANIAN GOVERNMENT AGENCY SAID. WEDNESDAY CLAIMS AND REPEATED. POSTS BY U.S. OFFICIALS THAT THE. STRAIT OF HORMUZ IS NO LONGER. BLOCKED DO NOT CHANGE THE. REALITY. THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ REMAINS. BLOCKED AND WILL NOT BE REOPENED. UNTIL IRAN'S CONDITIONS ARE. ACCEPTED. THIS CAME AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP. POSTED YESTERDAY ON TRUTH SOCIAL. SAYING IN PART THE USA HAS TOTAL. CONTROL OVER THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ. NAVAL BLOCKADE IS BEING CALLED. BY EVERYONE A WALL OF STEEL AND.

NOTHING IRAN CAN DO ABOUT IT. ONLY HALF THE NUMBER ARE PASSING. THROUGH THE STRAIT EACH DAY. ANALYSTS WARN OF POSSIBLE. ESCALATION IN THE REGION AND. ONGOING ECONOMIC PRESSURE ON. IRAN DUE TO THE U.S. BLOCKADE. >> IT GOES ON AND ON AND ON. HERE WE ARE FOUR MONTHS INTO IT, THE IRANIAN LEADERSHIP AND THAT. MAN IS ONE OF THOSE LEADERS, THEY DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT THE. SUFFERING OF THEIR OWN PEOPLE. WHAT THEY CARE ABOUT IS. SURVIVING AND HAVING A LEVEL OF.

CONTROL COMING OUT OF THIS SO. THEY CAN REBUILD AND RECOVER. THEIR REGIME. >> THE FOCUS ON IRAN COMES AS. WE'RE TRACKING DEVELOPMENTS. BETWEEN ISRAEL AND LEBANON. TALKS ARE SET TO RESUME IN. SEPTEMBER IN ROME NORMALIZING. TIES. DETAILS HAVE TO BE WORKED OUT. ABOUT SECURITY ZONES. >> UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES DO WE. RETREAT. NOT LEBANON OR SYRIA OR GAZA. FROM THE SECURITY ZONES.

THE LESSON OF OCTOBER 7TH IS WE. PROTECT THE RESIDENTS BY HAVING. THE IDF PRESENT IN THESE PLACES. AND DEFENDING THEM. >> THE ISRAELIS ARE STILL. CONDUCTING PRECISION STRIKES IN. SOUTHERN LEBANON AND GAZA STRIP. YESTERDAY KILLING A SENIOR HAMAS. COMMANDER THERE. >> Bill: THANKS. >> WHEN THEY LOOK AT THIS PHASE. HERE THEY SEE THE MID-TERMS. COMING. MY GUT FEEL IS THAT THEY ARE. LIKELY GOING TO GET MORE.

AGGRESSIVE BECAUSE THEY DON'T. BELIEVE THE PRESIDENT WILL DO. MUCH PRIOR TO THE MID-TERMS IN. TERMS OF MILITARY REACTION. THEY HAVE MISCALCULATED WITH HIM. TIME AND TIME AGAIN. AND HE IS TOTALLY CAPABLE OF. SHUTTING THEM DOWN ONCE AND FOR. ALL AND CRUSHING THEM WITH THE. ABILITY THAT HE HAS AT HIS. FINGERTIPS. >> Shannon: STARK WARNING FROM. JACK KEANE. A BIG STICKING POINT BETWEEN THE. U.S. AND IRAN IS THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ AS TREY JUST MENTIONED. COMMERCIAL VESSEL TRAFFIC.

REMAINS AT A CRAWL, JUST A. FRACTION OF SHIPS PASSING. THROUGH COMPARED TO PRE-CONFLICT. LEVELS. LET'S BRING IN BRET BAIER. GOOD TO SEE YOU, BRET. I WANT TO PLAY SOMETHING FROM. THE IRGC COMMANDER SPEAKING TO. PBS SAYING SOME OF THE QUIET. PART OUT LOUD. >> LOOK, WE HAVE TO ATTAIN. DETERRENTS SO THE ENEMY NEVER. DARES TO ATTACK US AND WE CAN. LIVE WITH SECURITY. ONE WAY IS TO PROLONG THE WAR.

UNTIL WE GET TO THE NEXT TERM OF. THE PRESIDENCY. IF ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO ATTACK. IRAN THEY WILL KNOW THERE IS A. COST. >> Shannon: LISTEN, HE SAYING WE. WANT TO WAIT OUT THIS PRESIDENT. THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T WANT THIS. TO BE HIS LEGACY. IT COULD BE A LONG TWO YEARS. WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? >> GOOD MORNING. I THINK THAT'S PART OF THEIR. PLAYBOOK. GENERAL KEANE IS SO GOOD LAYING. ALL THIS OUT. WE LIKE TO GIVE HIM A LOT OF. TIME AND SAY WHERE WE ARE AT.

THIS MOMENT. HIS THOUGHT, I THINK THE LOT OF. EXPERTS THINK, IRAN IS RUNNING. OUT THE CLOCK HERE. LIKE THE OLD DEAN SMITH, FOUR. CORNER BASKETBALL HOLD THE BALL. UNTIL THE END. AND THEY ARE SEEING PRESSURE. BUILD ON THIS PRESIDENT BECAUSE. OF THE MID-TERMS ARE LOOMING. GAS PRICES ARE HIGH. I DO WANT TO DO ONE. CLARIFICATION. THE ENERGY DEPARTMENT AND. SECRETARY OF ENERGY CHRIS WRIGHT. HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRACKING.

OF SHIPS THAT GO THROUGH HORMUZ. THE NUMBERS THAT WE SHOWED THERE. AND WE SHOWED THOSE LAST NIGHT. AS WELCOME FROM THIS. ORGANIZATION KEPLER THAT DOES A. TRACK OF SHIPS GOING THROUGH THE. STRAIT EVERY DAY. THE ENERGY DEPARTMENT ARGUES. THAT THERE ARE MORE THAT ARE NOT. TRACKED ON THAT TRACKING SYSTEM. AND THEY THINK 30 WENT THROUGH. MONDAY AND SOMETHING AROUND. THERE WENT THROUGH TUEUESDAY AN. KEPLER HAD IT AT EIGHT AND 14. EITHER WAY IT IS SIGNIFICANTLY. LESS THAN 100.

THE ADMINISTRATION IS POINTING. OUT THEY ARE SEEING PROGRESS. GETTING SHIPS THROUGH AND THEN. THERE IS ALSO PIPELINES THAT. HAVE EXTENDED AND INCREASED THE. FLOW DID YOU KNOW BY GULF ARAB. ALLIES. >> Bill: IT STRUCK ME THAT IS. WHAT HE WAS GOING AFTER, CHRIS. WRIGHT. TUESDAY 14 VESSELS CROSS, 11. TOOK THE IRANIAN ROUTE. HE SAID MORE THAN 20 MILLION. BARRELS ON SUNDAY LEFT THE.

ARABIAN GULF REGION. IT COULD HAVE BEEN SOME VESSELS. AND THEY ARE EMPHASIZING THESE. PIPELINES. HE SAYS 20 MILLION IS HIGHER. THAN IT WAS PRE-WAR. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GET IN TO. VERIFY THIS, BRET. THAT IS THEIR POSITION. >> WE'LL HAVE THE UNDERSECRETARY. ON AGAIN AND GO DOWN THE WEEDS. THIS IS THE ISSUE. THIS IS THE WHOLE BALLGAME HERE. WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS. STRAIT AND HOW MUCH IT IS. AFFECTING WORLD OIL PRICES AND.

THE PRESSURE ON THE MARKET. I THINK THE OTHER PART IS THE. NUCLEAR PART THAT WE HAVEN'T. GOTTEN TO AND THOSE NEGOTIATIONS. REALLY HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANYWHERE. >> Shannon: I WANT TO PLAY. SOMETHING BIG HEADLINE. KAROLINE LEAVITT WILL MOVE TO. OTHER VENTURES IN THE GOP. HERE IS WHAT SHE SAID ON A POST. ON WEDNESDAY. OUR COUNTRY IS FACING A THREAT. FROM AN INCREASINGLY EXTREMIST. DEMOCRAT PARTY SEEKING TO.

DESTROY EVERYTHING GREAT ABOUT. AMERICA AND INCUMBENT OF ALL OF. US WHO CARE ABOUT THE COUNTRY TO. ENTER THE FIGHT. MY FIGHT IS FAR FROM OVER. THIS IS A VERY YOUNG WOMAN WITH. TWO SMALL CHILDREN WHO HAS DONE. A NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE JOB AND BEGS. THE QUESTION WHO IS NEXT? >> SHE IS MAKING A VALIANT. CHOICE. PRAISED BY THE PRESIDENT TO GO. BE WITH HER YOUNG KIDS AND. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, TO BE. APPLAUDED. BUT THE PRESIDENT IS LOSING A. SIGNIFICANT ASSET AT THAT.

PODIUM. AND SHE WAS VERY GOOD AT PUSHING. BACK AND FORTH. WAS GOOD AT INTERACTING WITH THE. PRESS. SO THE BIG SHOES TO FILL. I THINK THEY ARE OUT LOOKING. THIS WAS PRETTY QUICK AND A BIT. OF A SURPRISE TO THE PEOPLE IN. THAT ROOM. >> Bill: OUR BEST TO HER. GOOD LUCK TO H.