DEVELOPING: Terror suspects arrested near UK airbase used for US operations in Iran

. JON: AREN'T ALEXANDRIA HOFF AT. THE WHITE HOUSE. ALEX, THANKS. FOR MORE ON EIGHT TERROR. INVESTIGATATION UK FORMER FBI. INVESTIGATOR AND INTERNATIONAL. SECURITY EXPERT BILL DALEY. HE SPENT A LONG TIME AT THE FBI. I'M SURE YOU CAN READ THE TEA. LEAVES HERE. WE ARE NOT GETTING A LOT OF. INFORMATION. BUT, WE KNOW THESE THREE. SUSPICIOUS FANS HAVE BEEN. STOPPED BUT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A. BOMB DISPOSAL ROBOT THERE. IT'S ALL HAPPENING NEAR A U.S. BASE THAT HOUSES B-1 BOMBERS.

THAT HAD BEEN USED IN THE. CAMPAIGN AGAINST IRAN. WHAT ARE YOU THINKING IS GOING. ON HERE? >> CERTAINLY DRAWING FROM THE. PRESENT STRONG AND COMFORTING. WORDS THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING. ON THIS CASE. KIND OF PARAPHRASING AND WE HAD. THESE PEOPLE IN OUR VIEW. IT'S BEEN GREAT WORK WITH THE. BRITISH AUTHORITIES ON IT AND WE. FINALLY GOT THEM. IT'S VERY COMFORTING TO KNOW. THAT PERHAPS WERE ARTY DOWN THE. ROAD WITH UNDERSTANDING THE. IDENTITIES OF THESE INDIVIDUALS. PERHAPS WE ALREADY KNOW WHO OR.

WHAT MIGHT BE PROMOTING THEM TO. DO THIS. WHETHER THEY'RE BEING DIRECTED. OR SELF RADICALIZED. WHERE THE FUNDING COMES FROM. THAT'S ALWAYS THE KEY QUESTION. AND MORE SO, ALSO HOW ARE THEY. GETTING THESE EXPLOSIVES. WE BELIEVE NOW FROM THE. REPORTING IS THAT THESE VANS HAD. SOME TYPE OF RESIDUE PRETTY. SPECIAL INITIAL INSPECTION. PERHAPS SOME TYPE OF A SWAB TEST. OR WHAT HAVE YOU BUT THEY. REALIZE IT COULD BE EXPLOSIVES. HERE. THAT'S WHY THERE'S A QUARTER. MILE DIAMETER PERIMETER AROUND.

THIS AREA. KEEPING ABOUT 85 PEOPLE OUT OF. THEIR HOMES AS THEY INVESTIGATE. FURTHER. JON: THE PRESIDENT, TO QUOTE. THEM, IT SAID WE HAD THEM UNDER. VIEW FOR A LONG TIME AND WE GOT. THEM. IT DOESN'T SEEM U.S. INTELLIGENCE WAS WATCHING THESE. MEN. THEY WERE ALSO REPORTS EVEN FROM. THE VILLAGE OF WHELFORD SAID. THESE THREE VANS LOOK SUSPICIOUS. EARLIER THIS MORNING. THAT IS THE BEST KIND OF.

SURVEILLANCE IF YOU CARE TO PUT. IT THAT WAY. GETTING THE LOCAL FOLKS AS WELL. SO I DON'T KNOW THE NSA OR CIA. OR SOMEBODY LIKE THAT KIND OF. KEEPING TABS ON THESE GUYS. >> IT DOES SOUND LIKE WE ARE. KEEPING TABS ON THEM. THE LOCAL INTERDICTION CAME FROM. THIS ENVIRONMENT ONE OF THE. REPORTS OF THE POST A FARMER. RETURNING HOME AROUND 12:45 A.M. THIS MORNING LOCAL TIME. MEN IN ADVANCE OF PARK THE VANS. WERE SCURRYING INTO THE. SURROUNDING FIELDS THAT PROMPTED.

THEM TO CALL POLICE. ALSO THIS AIRFIELD AND SHOOT. WELL NOTED HAS BEEN USING THE. IRAN CONONFLICT SENDING SOME OF. OUR SOPHISTICATED BOMBERS TO. TARGET IN THE MIDDLE EAST. IT ALSO COMES THIS WHOLE ISSUE. COMES ABOUT A COUPLE MONTHS. AFTER THE IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY. GUARD SAID IN JULY THEY FELT AS. THOUGH ANY ACTION BY THE BRITISH. TO ALLOW THESE BOMBERS TO FLY IT.

WOULD RESULT IN PERHAPS SOME. TIME OF LEGITIMATE TARGET. WE DON'T KNOW YET OF COURSE AS. EVERYONE IS SAYING THAT SOME OF. THE ROADSIDES ARE POINTING US IN. THE DIRECTION THAT PERHAPS IT'S. EITHER ASSOCIATED WITH IRAN OR. SOME JIHADIST OR SOME OTHER. MOVEMENT. MAYBE INSPIRED WE DON'T KNOW IT. IS CERTAINLY A LOT OF ROADSIGNS. OUT THERE THAT INDICATE THIS. LOCALE HAS BEEN SPECIFICALLY. IDENTIFIED BY THE REVOLUTIONARY. GUARD AS BEING A PLACE THAT. SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWING U.S. FIGHTERS TAKING OVER BOMBERS.

TAKING OFF FROM. JON: IRONIC LIKES TO DO THAT. LIKE A THREAT NOT ONLY THEIR. NEIGHBORS BUT ANY COUNTRY IN THE. WORLD THAT IS PARTICIPATING. TRYING TO PUT A STOP OF THE. NUCLEAR PROGRAM. THEY LIKE TO SAY IF YOU. PARTICIPATE, IF YOU ALLOW THIS. TO HAPPEPEN WERE GOING TO COME. AFTER YOU. AND THAT MAY BE THE CASE HERE. >> IT COULD BE. POLICE ARE BEING VERY BROAD AND. THE WEIGHT THEY ARE COUCHING. SOME OF THEIR RESPONSES. IT IS ACCURATE THE POLICE WERE.

NOW CHARGE THESE FIVE. INDIVIDUALS WITH TERRORISM. CHARGES. TERRORISM ASKED SOCIALLY WITH. EXPLOSIVES. THERE IS KIND OF A GOOD SENSE. THEY ACTUALLY FOUND SOME TYPE OF. AN EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL. ONE OF THE VEHICLES THERE I. THINK THE REPORT BY THE GUARDIAN. OUT OF THE UK SAID WHAT ARE THE. VEHICLES HAD THE NAME OF THE. FUEL COMPANY AUDIT. THE FUEL COMPANY SAYS THEY DO. NOT KNOW HOW THEIR VEHICLE EVER. GOT INVOLVED IN SOMETHING LIKE. THIS. TO BE QUITE INTERESTING AS WE. START TO PEEL BACK THIS ONION.

AND PERHAPS AS MORE INFORMATION. IS KNOWN OR READY BY OUR. COOPERATION OF THE BRITISH. AUTHORITIES THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP. HAS SAID WILL COME TO A QUICK. CLOSURE AS TO WHO IS BEHIND. THIS. WHAT THAT MOTIVE WAS HOW THEY. ARE BEING DIRECTED BY THE. FUNDING IS ALSO KEY. HOW IS ANY MONEY EXCHANGE? HOW WERE THESE PEOPLE ABLE TO. GATHER THE VEHICLES, GATHER THE. EQUIPMENT NECESSARY? CERTAINLY IS STUNNING AND. SOBERING THREAT. IT WAS NOT ATRIAL, SEXUAL THREAT. POTENTIAL INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED.

EARLY THIS MORNING IN THE UK. JON: UNDER BRITISH LAW THEY CAN. BE CHARGED A SUSPECT IN A. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION HAS TO BE. RELEASED IN 24 HOURS THAT THEY. ARE NOT CHARGED. BUT AT EIGHT TERRORISM CASE THEY. CAN HOLD THEM FOR 14 DAYS. WE HAVE A LONG TIME RELATIVELY. TO GET THESE FIVIV.