DEVELOPING: Houthis capture more territory near critical waterway

MIKE: FOX NEWS ALERT TENSIONS. ARE SOARING IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THE U.S. CONTINUES ITS ECONOMIC. ORGANS THE REGIME. IRANIAN CARGO VESSEL HAS BEEN. REPORTEDLY STRUCK IN STRAIT OF. HORMUZ. THE U.S. IS CONTINUING ITS. BLOCKADE AGAINST IRAN. HELLO I'M LIKE EMMANUEL IN. WASHINGTON AND THIS IS "FOX NEWS. LIVE.". SO FAR, THE U.S. IS NOT. CONFIRMED ITS INVOLVEMENT IN. THAT APPARENT ATTACKER.

A RUNNING STATE MEDIA REPORTED. ONE PERSON IS DEAD AND THREE. OTHERS INJURED. ALL OF THIS COMES AS A ROUND THE. PRESIDENT RIPS THE U.S. FOR ITS. ECONOMIC WAR WILL DARING IT TO. BRING ITS FORCES TO MEET IRAN'S. MILITARY ON THE BATTLEFIELD. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS IN IRELAND. TODAY. HERE IS WHAT HE SAID A SHORT. TIME AGO. >> LOOK IT COULD END BEFORE THE. MIDTERMS IT WILL END AFTER THE. MIDTERMS. I WILL TELL YOU THIS IRAN WANTS. TO MAKE A DEAL SO BAD THEY'RE.

CALLING COSMO THEY WANT TO MAKE. A DEAL. GOT TO MAKE THE RIGHT DEAL I'M. NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY OTHER. MIKE: PRESIDENTS, AND ANOTHER. FRONT EMERGES WITH THE HOUTHI. REBELS AND EM AND CAPTURING MORE. TERRITORY BY ONE OF THE WORLD'S. MOST CRITICAL STRAITS. CHIEF INTERNATIONAL. CORRESPONDENT STEVE HARRIGAN. REPORTS ALIVE IN TEL AVIV. HELLO STEVE. >> THESE IRANIAN BACKED HOUTHI. FIGHTERS IN YEMEN ARE CONTINUING. TO GAIN MORE AND MORE GROUND AS. THEY TAKE TERRITORY IN YEMEN.

THEY ARE LAUNCHING ATTACKS IN. SAUDI ARABIA THAT USING MISSILES. AND DRONE ATTACKS AND ARE. TARGETING SAUDI INFRASTRUCTURE. A KEY PORT CITY OF MOKSHA. I KEEP STRAIGHT THE. BAB-EL-MANDEB PASSES ABOUT 12%. OF THE WORLD'S OIL IF THEY COULD. CONTROL THAT, ALONG WITH THE. TROUBLE IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. IT COULD BE A POTENTIAL. BOTTLENECK FOR WORLD OIL.

IRANIAN OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO. STRESS THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO. WITH THE RECENT HOUTHI ADVANCE. IN YEMEN THE ATTACKS AGAINST. SAUDI ARABIA. >> WE ARE NOT A WAR SAUDI. ARABIA. THE HOUTHI HAVE THEIR OWN. PROBLEMS. IRANIAN OFFICIALS ALSO SAY ONE. OF THEIR OWN COMMERCIAL VEHICLES. WAS STRUCK IN THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ ONE PERSON KILLED THREE. INJURED. THIS IS THAT U.S. EMBARGO OF ALL. OF THOSE IRANIAN PORTS.

PREVENTING OIL FROM GETTING TO. MARKET CONTINUES. BUT, BACK TO YOU BUT. MIKE: STEVE HARRIGAN STARTING A. SOFT LIGHT IN TEL AVIV. THANKS VERY MUCH. NET LET'S BRING IN VICTORIA. COATES FORMER DEPUTY ADVISOR. DURING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FIRST. TERM CURRENTLY VICE PRESIDENT OF. NATIONAL SECURITY WITH THE. HERITAGE FOUNDATION. WELCOME. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MIKE, GOOD TO. SEE YOU. MIKE: GOOD TO SEE YOU'VE HEARD. WHAT IS YOUR ASSESSMENT WHERE. THINGS STAND IN THIS CONFLICT. WITH IRONIC? >> WE HAVE GOT A NUMBER OF.

DIFFERENT FRONTS ACTIVE HERE AS. STEVE WAS JUST REPORTING. WE HAVE AN UPTICK IN VIOLENCE IN. YEMEN. I WAS CONCERNING. THE HOUTHI DO SEEM TO BE GAINING. GROUND FOR THE FORCES SOUTH OF. THE COUNTRY THOUGH ARE ALSOO. ACTIVE. WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS THERE BUT. MOST CONCERN TO ME IN THAT AREA. ARE POTENTIAL ATTACKS ON THE. SAUDI PETRO LINE THE EAST/WEST. THERE MOVING FIVE OR SEVEN. MILLION BARRELS A DAY THAT'S NOW. SHUT HOPEFULLY TEMPORARILY GET. STARTED UP EARLY NEXT WEEK OR. THIS WEEK RATHER. I THINK WE WILL BE OKAY FOR THE.

OTHER FRONT IS THE ECONOMIC. FRONT. THAT IS WHERE THINGS ARE. INCREASINGLY DIRE FOR IRAN. I WAS LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS. THIS MORNING. THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR 1.3. SEEMED INCREDIBLY HIGH RATE IS. 2.3 MILLION TODAY. ECONOMIC OUTCAST IS WORKING. ON THE MOST TO HAPPENS.

QUICK SOME COMMERCIAL VESSELS. PASSING THROUGH THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ ARE STILL GETTING STRUCK. IS THAT THE NEW REALITY? >> IT WILL BE FOR A WILD BIRD WE. ARE DEGRADING THEIR ABILITY TO. DO THAT. WE HAVE BEEN TAKING A SERIES OF. ACTIONS. I DID NOT GET A LOT OF MENTION. WE SPENT FOUR MONTHS DEEP MINING. THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ USINGNG. ESSENTIALLY UNDERWATER AND ROAMS. THE IRANIANS CANNOT TRACK. TO REMOVE THE MINES REMOVE. CONTROL. WE CONTINUED TO DEGRADE THEIR.

RADAR, THEIR ABILITY TO LAUNCH. PROJECTILES AT SHIPS THAT WILL L. SLOWLY AND INCREMENTALLY JUST. DISAPPEAR. OUR CONTROL WHICH IS PRETTY. TIGHT WERE NOT LETTING ANY OF. THEIR OIL OUT. THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE REAL. LEVERAGE FOR THE PRESIDENT. MIKE: YOU HAVE MADE REFERENCE TO. HOUTHI ON THE ATTACK AND YEMEN. DID THE SAUDI'S AUNT OR THE U.S. MISCALCULATE ON THAT ONE? >> WHILE THE HOUTHI HAVE BEEN A. PROBLEM FOR A LONG TIME.

IT MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO. CLEAN THEM OUT. THE LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT BACK. IN CONTROL OF THE SITUATION. MAKE A BETTER ONE OF THE MOST. EGREGIOUS HUMANITARIAN CRISES. WHICH IS GOING ON IN YEMEN RIGHT. NOW. THEY ARE THE ONES WHO DECIDE WHO. EATS IN YEMEN IT'S NOT THE. GOVERNMENT DOES NOT SAUDI. ARABIA. IT IS THE HOUTHI CAUSING THIS. MASS STARVATION CALMEST FOOD. INSECURITY IT IS A DISASTER. IF WE CAN GET AFTER THAT. PROBLEM, REMOVE THAT THREAT I.

FIND IT KIND OF HUMOROUS TO HEAR. THE PRESIDENT I KNOW WE HAVE. NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS. OF COURSE THEY DO. THE CANNOT DO IT ON THEIR OWN. FOR THIS IS AN IRANIAN PROBLEM. HE WROTE IN REFERENCE TO THE. ATTACK ON THE EAST/WEST. PIPELINE. IT'S A PLAY BY THE IRANIAN. REGIME THEY CAN SAY WE ARE NOT.

AT WAR THEY'RE WORTH ALL OF. THEIR NEIGHBORS AND MADE AN. EXTRAORDINARY DECISION AT THE. BEGINNING OF THIS CONFLICT TO. START INDISCRIMINATELY SHELLING. KUWAIT, QATAR, UAE, BIHAR RING. EVEN AS FAR AS JORDAN HEARD THE. WHOLE REGION IS UNITED AGAINST. THEM. THEY CAN SAY THEY'RE NOT WORTH. SAUDI ARABIA BUT SAUDI ARABIA. SURE GOING TO TAKE THAT STRIKE. ON THE PIPELINE AS AN ACT OF. WAR. MIKE.