DEVELOPING: Iranian airlines hit with new US sanctions

TRAVELERS. >> Harris: THANK YOU FOR THE. LATEST ON THAT. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS. STEPPING UP HISTORIC ECONOMIC. PRESSURE CAMPAIGN AGAINST IRAN. AND THE U.S. NAVAL BLOCKADE OF. IRANIAN PORTS AND SWEEPING. SANCTIONS HAVE CUT OFF THE. REGIME FROM THE VERY THINGS THAT. KEPT IT RUNNING THROUGHOUT THE. CONFLICT, FOREIGN CURRENCY, MARKETS AND IMPORTS. EDWARD LAWRENCE IS AT THE WHITE. HOUSE, EDWARD.

INCREASED PRESSURE TODAY AND. THAT HAPPENED ABOUT AN HOUR AGO. THIS ACTION MEANS NO ALLIED. COMPANY OR COUNTRY AROUND THE. GLOBE CAN HELP THESE AIRLINES. EVEN THROUGH PASSENGER TRANS. FER, CARGO SERVICES OR GENERAL. SALES SUPPORT. CUT OFF FROM THE U.S. FINANCIAL. SYSTEM AND ABOUT 90% OF ALL. GLOBAL TRANSACTION INVOLVE THE. U.S. DOLLAR AT SOME POINT. THIS IS LATEST WAVE THE TREASURY.

DEPARTMENT IS USING TO ISOLATE. IRAN AND SQUEEZE THE NATION. FINANCIALLY. SOME POINT THE IRANIAN PEOPLE. WILL GET FED UP WITH THE. LEADERSHIP. >> AS LONG AS THERE IS DUAL. MILITARY AND ECONOMIC SANCTIONS. GOING ON HAND IN HAND, THE VICE. ON THE REGIME WILL GET EVER AND. EVERMORE EFFECTIVE AND TIGHTER. AND GOAL IS TO DRY UP OR DRY OUT. REGIME'S ABILITY TO CONTROL. PEOPLE ON THE STREET. >> IRANIAN PARLIAMENT LEADER.

LASHING OUT SAYING STRIKE OUR. ASSETS AND YOU GET STRUCK, WE. HAVE PROVED IT, ASK THE BASES NO. LONGER VIABLE. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID WHEN STRAIT. OF HORMUZ REOPEN GAS PRICES WILL. FALL QUICKLY AND REPUBLICAN. ALLIES HOPE THAT IS THE PLACE. >> WE HAVE TO OWN IT, WE HAVE. TWO FACTORS CAUSING THE. AFFORDABILITY ISSUES THAT PEOPLE. HAVE AND THAT IS THE PRICE AT. THE PUMP AND WE'RE WORKING ON IT.

FOR LONG-TERM AND I BELIEVE OVER. NEXT MONTH YOU WILL SEE IT. COMING DOWN, STRAITS ARE OPENING. UP. >> TREASURY SECRETARY SCOTT. BESSENT TOLD ME AT G-20 FINANCE. MINISTER MEETING IRAN HAS WEEKS. OR MONTHS LEFT BEFORE THEIR. ECONOMY COLLAPSES AND HE. BELIEVES THEY WILL COME TO THE. TABLE BEFORE THAT. HARRIS. >> Harris: CONGRESSMAN JAMES. COMER AND CHAIRMAN OF OVERSIGHT.

COMMITTEE, GOOD TO HAVE YOU. TODAY, TALK ABOUT THIS, IT IS. EPIC HOW LONG THIS HAS GONE ON. FOR IRAN, CAN THEY SUSTAIN AND. WILL THEY MAKE IT TO THE MIDTERM. ELECTION AT THIS POINT? >> I THINK WE'RE SEEING STRATEGY. THAT IS WORKING NOW BY THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION, THE UNITED. STATES IS INFLICTING MAXIMUM. ECONOMIC PAIN ON IRAN. THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE HISTORY. THAT I'VE BEEN IN CONGRESS FOR. THE PAST 10 YEARS, I'VE NEVER. SEEN MORE SEVERE SANCTIONS THAN.

WHAT THE UNITED STATES PLACED. UPON IRAN NOW. THEY HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO WAY TO. GENERATE ANY TYPE OF REVENUE. FROM ALL WHICH IS LIFELINE OF. ENTIRE ECONOMY FOR IRAN. SO I THINK THIS STRATEGY IS. WORKING, MOST AMERICANS AGREE. IRAN DOES NOT NEED TO HAVE. NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES, THAT WAS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS MISSION, NO. ONE LIKES HAVING TO FIGHT WITH. INNER00, SOMEBODY HAD TO STEP.

UP. PRESIDENTS IN THE PAST TALKED. ABOUT IT, NONE HAVE DONE. ANYTHING ABOUT IT. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS, WE ALL. AGREE WE DON'T WANT TO SEE BOOTS. ON THE GROUND, THIS IS THE. STRATEGY WE HAVE TO HAVE TO KEEP. THE WORLD SAFE FROM NUCLEAR ANY. TYPE OF NUCLEAR OUTBURST FROM. IRAN AND I THINK SANCTIONS ARE. WORKING AND WE'RE SEEING EFFECTS. AS WE SPEAK. >> Harris: JARED KUSHNER, THE. PRESIDENT'S SON-IN-LAW SAID. SOMETHING TALKING ABOUT OTHER.

COUNTRIES BUT THIS CAME UP IN. TERMS OF WORKING OUT. NEGOTIATIONS WITH UKRAINE AND. RUSSIA AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. THIS CAME UP AND I THOUGHT WHAT. HE SAID WAS POWERFUL. HE SAID THIS IS STUFF THAT. HAPPENS WHEN YOU DO HARD THINGS. YOU HAVE TO KEEP AT IT, THERE IS. NO AUTOMATIC SWITCH, CAN YOU. TALK ABOUT THAT? >> YEAH, THIS IS VERY DIFFICULT. AGAIN, THE QUESTION IS DO YOU. WANT IRAN TO HAVE NUCLEAR. CAPABILITY OR NOT? AND I DON'T THINK ANY AMERICAN.

CAN SAY THEY WANT IRAN TO HAVE. NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES. THAT IS WHERE THEY WERE HEADING, THEY WERE VERY CLOSE TO THAT AND. ALL THE INTELLIGENCE AND. EVIDENCE WILL SUGGEST THAT IS AN. ACCURATE STATEMENT. SOMEONE HAD TO STEP UP AND THAT. SOMEONE WAS PRESIDENT TRUMP. I DON'T THINK MANY REPUBLICANS. ON THE BALLOT WERE HAPPY THIS IS. HAPPENING RIGHT BEFORE ELECTION, PRESIDENT TRUMP DID THE RIGHT. THING AND HE DID NOT TAKE. POLITICAL CALCULATION INTO HIS.

DECISIONMAKING, HE DID WHAT WAS. BEST TO KEEP AMERICA SAFE AND IT. IS YOU HAVE TO, TOUGH WHEN YOU. BATTLE AN EVIL EMPIRE WHICH IS. WHAT IRAN HAS BECOME AND YOU. LOOK AT TERRITORY THAT IRAN. ACCUMULATED OVER THE PAST DECADE. AND SOMETHING HAD TO BE DONE AND. IT IS TOUGH, WE'RE ALL FEELING. SOME TYPE OF PAIN AS RESULT OF. THIS, HOPEFULLY IN THE END, HISTORY WILL REFLECTS KINDLY ON. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S BOLD. LEADERSHIP. >> Harris: PEOPLE ON THE GROUND,

THE IRANIANS WHO THIRST FOR. FREEDOM AND EXPRESSION THEY. DESERVE, WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN. THROUGH, TOO. GET TO THIS, DEMOCRATS CONTINUE. TO RAIL AGAINST CUSTOMS. ENFORCEMENT AND ICE CONTINUE TO. CRACK DOWN ON ILLEGAL. IMMIGRATION. LET'S WATCH. >> WE NEED TO OUTLAW PRIVATE FOR. PROFIT DETENTION CENTERS, WE. NEED HUMANE IMMIGRATION SYSTEM. WITH ROADMAP TO CITIZENSHIP THAT. KEEPS FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.

TOGETHER. WE NEED TO DISBAND ICE AND CBP. >> ICE HAS TO BE ELIMINATED. >> I'M IN SUPPORT OF ABOLISHING. ICE. >> ONLY PATH IS TO ABOLISH ICE. >> WHAT IS YOUR VISION FOR. ABOLISHING ICE? >> JUST THAT, ABOLISH ICE. >> SOLIDARITY WILL VANQUISH. TRUMP'S FASCISM AND ABOLISH ICE. >> WE MUST ABOLISH ICE. >> Harris: RECENT ANALYSIS.

ESTIMATES 2.3 MILLION FEWER. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN THIS. COUNTRY SINCE PRESIDENT TRUMP. BEGAN SECOND TERM LAST YEAR. NEW OPINION PIECE TITLED TRUMP'S. IMMIGRATION WAS RESPONSIBLE. GOVERNMENT AND WARNS. REESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL. SOVEREIGNTY IS WELCOME AND. FRAGILE. DEMOCRATS WOULD QUICKLY. DISMANTLE IT AGAIN IF ALLOWED. BACK INTO POWER. CHAIRMAN COMER, IS THAT WHAT YOU. THINK WOULD HAPPEN?

>> ABSOLUTELY, THAT IS WHAT. DEMOCRATS ARE CAMPAIGNING ON, THEY WANT TO ABOLISH ICE AND. REOPEN THE SOUTHERN BORDER. THINK ABOUT ALL THE PROBLEMS WE. HAVE WITH RESPECT TO CRIME IN. THE INNER CITIES THAT WERE. RESULT OF THAT OPEN BORDER AND. IT IS FENTANYL THAT WAS POURING. ACROSS THE BORDER, PRESIDENT. TRUMP SECURED BORDER WITHIN. FIRST WEEK OF HIS TAKING OFFICE. AND NOW YOU HAVE AN AGENCY THAT. HAS BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME,

ICE, JOB UNDER TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION, THEY ARE GOING. TO DEPORT CRIMINAL ILLEGALS WHO. ARE OVER HERE AND THAT IS THE. OBJECTIVE OF ICE. THAT IS WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP. CAMPAIGNED ON, DEPORTING. CRIMINAL ILLEGALS. THAT IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING. DEMOCRATS DID NOT WANT TO SECURE. THE SOUTHERN BORDER, THEY WOULD. JUST SAY IT COULDN'T BE SECURED. AND REQUIRED LEGISLATION THAT. INVOLVED MASS AMNESTY AND MASS. INCREASE IN WELFARE AND THINGS.

LIKE THAT. REPUBLICANS ALWAYS SAID THE. BORDER CAN BE SECURE, WE HAVE. THE CAPABILITY AND TECHNOLOGY. AND THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PRESIDENT. THAT HAD THE WELL AND THAT IS. WHAT WE HAVE. YOU HAVE AN AGENCY ALWAYS BEEN. AROUND AND ALWAYS SUPPOSED TO. ENFORCE IMMIGRATION LAWS AND. DEMOCRATS WANT TO ABOLISH IT ALL. TOGETHER AND THAT IS PROOF THEY. ARE GOING TO REOPEN THE BORDER. AND CONTINUE WHAT WE SAW UNDER. THES BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.

>> Harris: HOW DO YOU RUN. CAMPAIGNS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ON. THAT SIDE OF THE AISLE. ANTI-NATIONAL SECURITY. CAMPAIGNS? THAT IS WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU. ARE DESCRIBING RIGHT NOW, WE'LL. GO BACK TO WHAT DID NOT KE.