'EMBERS OF AN UPRISING': Iran could be near BREAKING POINT

>> I'M NOT A PARENT BUT THIS. SEEMS WILD. THANKS FOR GIVING US THE STORY. >> Dana: PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS. THE U.S. IS PREPARED FOR MORE. STRIKES AGAINST IRANAN AFTER. RETALIATING YESTERDAY FOR THE. REGIME'S ATTACKS ON COMMERCIAL. SHIPPING AT AMERICAN FORCES IN. THE MIDDLE EAST. TREY YINGST GIVES US MORE FROM. TEL AVIV. >> MORNING. OVERNIGHT IRAN LAUNCHED YET. ANOTHER ATTACK IN THE GULF. TARGETING KUWAIT WITH MISSILES. AND DRONES. SIRENS SOUNDED THEY'RE SENDING. PEOPLE INTO SHELTERS AND. PROMPTING THE KUWAITI FOREIGN.

MINISTRY TO CALL THE ATTACK A. FLAGRANT VIOLATION OF THE. COUNTRY'S SOVEREIGNTY. THE EVENT CAME AFTER. PRESIDENT TRUMP INDICATED ON. WEDNESDAY THE UNITED STATES IS. PREPARED TO STRIKE IRAN AGAIN. WHEN NEEDED. >> WE TOOK OUT ALL OF THE NEW. EQUIPMENT THAT THEY TRIED TO. BUILD ALONG THE. STRAIT OF HORMUZ. SOME DEFENSIVE, SOME OFFENSIVE. WE'VE TAKEN OUT A LOT OF SHIPS. THEY CAN'T SEE BECAUSE THEY HAVE. NO RADAR BECAUSE WE BLEW IT UP. WE BLEW UP MUCH MORE THAN THEIR. RADAR. IT WAS A HEAVY ATTACK LAST.

NIGHT. WE ARE PREPARED TO DO ANOTHER. ONE ANYTIME WE WANT. >> REPORTS INDICATE THE. UNITED STATES IS RAMPING UP. EFFORTS TO EXPORT OIL THROUGH. THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ GETTING. 18 MILLION BARRELS OUT OF THE. PERSIAN GULF WHILE EXPORTING 40. COMMERCIAL VESSELS ON TUESDAY. WHILE THE CRITICAL WATERWAY. REMAINS A SOURCE OF REGIONAL. TENSION, OFFICIALS BELIEVE. RECENT U.S. STRIKES FURTHER. DEGRADED IRAN'S ABILITY TO. THREATEN THE STRAIT. INSIDE OF IRAN, ECONOMIC. PRESSURE IS MOUNTING. U.S. TREASURY SECRETARY. SCOTT BESSENT TOLD FOX NEWS, WE. ARE TELLING FRIENDS AND FOES, DO.

NOT DEAL WITH THIS EVIL REGIME. THE IRANIAN RIAL CONTINUES TO. DETERIORATE IN VALUE AS THE. IRANIAN PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO. FEEL THE STRAIN. >> I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF SANCTIONS. BUT I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF WAR. BECAUSE BOTH HAVE A NEGATIVE. IMPACT ON OUR LIVES AND DRIVE. INFLATION HIGHER THE ONLY WAY. THIS SITUATIONON CAN IMPROVE IS. THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS ALTHOUGH. THEY DON'T SEEM TO SUPPORT. NEGOTIATIONS EITHER. >> HERE IN ISRAEL, DEFENSE. OFFICIALS ARE WARNING ABOUT THE. POSSIBILITY OF AN IRANIAN ATTACK.

DURING THE JEWISH HIGH HOLIDAYS. LATER THIS MONTH. >> MEANWHILE IN WASHINGTON, PRESIDENT TRUMP REVIVING THE. PUSH FOR A REGIME CHANGE IN IRAN. AFTER DIPLOMACY FELL SHORT. HE'S CALLING ON IRANIANS TO RISE. UP AND FIGHT. >> AS OF THREE MONTHS AGO, THEY. HAD 52,000 PROTESTERS THAT WERE. KILLED HERE CAN YOU IMAGINE. NOW I HEAR THE NUMBER IS 20 OR. 25,000 MORE. THEY HAVE CLOSE TO 65,000.

PROTESTERS KILLED. THE ONLY ANSWER IS THEY ARE. BEING SHOT. THE REGIME IS GETTING WEAKER BY. THE DAY. AT SOME POINT, THEY WON'N'T BE. ABLE TO SHOOT SO EASILY BECAUSE. I THINK THE PEOPLE AREN'T GOING. TO TAKE IT. >> FOR MORE ON THIS WE'RE JOINED. BY RICH GOLDBERG, A SENIOR. ADVISOR AT THE FOUNDATION FOR. DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACIES. ALSO THE FORMER NATIONAL. SECURITY DIRECTOR FOR COUNTERING. IRANIAN WEAPONS OF MASS. DESTRUCTCTION GOOD MORNING TO Y. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY. TAILING OFF WHAT THE PRESIDENT.

JUST SAID, IS IT REALISTIC FOR. THE IRANIAN PEOPLE TO RISE? HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO DO IT. WITHOUT HAVING WEAPONS? >> FIRST OF ALL, I THINK WE GIVE. THE PRESIDENT CREDIT FOR PUTTING. HIMSELF IN A POSITION WHERE HE. CAN MAKE THIS POLICY A REALITY. HE HAS FLIPPED THE SCRIPT ON THE. IRGC. YOU WOULD HEAR A REPORT WE GOT. 18 MILLION BARRELS OF OIL OUT OF. THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. WITHOUT AN MOU, WITHOUT A DEAL, WITHOUT AN EXTORTION RACKET. YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THE IRANIANS. GOT OUT THE SAME DAY, ZERO. BECAUSE WE HAVE A NAVAL BLOCKADE.

IN. YOU COMBINE THAT WITH WHAT. TREASURY SECRETARY BESSANT IS. DOING, WE ARE SQUEEZING THE. OXYGEN, THE LIFE OUT OF THE. IRGC, OUT OF THE REGIME. WE KNOW THE EMBERS OF AN. UPRISING ARE THERE, IT'S HOW DO. YOU TURN EMBERS INTO FIRE. TO YOUR POINT, IF THE PEOPLE. KNOW THEY ARE GOGOING TO GET MOD. DOWN, IF THEY BELIEVE THEY ARE. GOING TO BE FIRED UPON AND THEY. DON'T HAVE WEAPONS, THAT. OBVIOUSLY IS QUITE THE BARRIER. FOR THEM RISING BACK UP. THEY PROBABLY WANT TO DO IT. HOW DO YOU ACCOMPLISH THAT? YOU HAVE TO DO MORE THAN JUST.

ECONOMIC STRANGULATION. THERE HAS TO BE SUSTAINED. POLITICAL AND IDEOLOGICAL. WARFARE. WE SHOULD BE DIRECTING THEM IN. INTERNATIONAL FORA. WE SHOULD SAY THIS IS AN. ILLEGITIMATE REGIME. WE SHOULD GO AFTER THE PEOPLE. THAT BELIEVE IN THE REGIME. SAYING RELIGIOUSLY, WHO ARE YOU. TAKING ORDERS FROM? IT'S NOT A SUPREME LEADER. WE'VE NEVER SEEN HIM. IT'S A BANKRUPT REGIME NOT JUST. ECONOMICALLY BUT IDEOLOGICALLY. YOU NEED COVERT OPERATIONS. THE ISRAELIS CAN HELP. GIVE THEM THE AUTHORIZATION, WEAPONS, TRAINING, COMMUNICATIONS, DEFECTION. PROGRAMS, SABOTAGE, TARGETED.

ASSASSINATIONS. THE FULL GAMUT. THAT'S HOW YOU ACTUALLY EMPOWER. THE PEOPLE. BUT THE PRESIDENT IS CREATING. THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THAT TO BE. SUCCESSFUL IF HE USES ALL OF THE. TOOLS AVAILABLE. >> IT SEEMS LIKE HE HAS, THE. PRESIDENT PUTTING THE FULL COURT. PRESS ON IRAN BOTH ECONOMICALLY. AND MILITARILY. THE U.S. HAS BEEN DOING A LOT. MORE BOMBING IN RECENT DAYS. HERE'S WHAT HE SAYS ABOUT THAT. >> THEY WERE TRYING TO REBUILD. THEIR RADAR SYSTEMS AND A. MISSILE SYSTEM. WE GOT RID OF ALL OF THE MINES.

IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. THEY WERE TRYING TO BUILD A. ROCKET THAT DROPS MINES. WHO DOES THAT? DID YOU EVER BUILD A ROCKET TO. DROP? I NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING. BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE DOING. THEY WERE BUILDING. WE SAW THAT THEY WERE BUILDING. AND WE SEE EVERYTHING THEY ARE. DOING. THEY CAN'T MOVE. THEY CAN'T GO TO THE BATHROOM. WITHOUT US SEEING IT. >> THEY ARE GETTING HIT WITH. BOMBS AS WELL AS CRIPPLING. SANCTIONS. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE FACT. THAT THE IRANIAN PROXIES HAVEN'T. BEEN ACTIVE RECENTLY. WE ARE NOT SEEING A LOT FROM. HAMAS, FROM HEZBOLLAH, FROM THE.

HOUTHIS IN YAMEN. DOES IT SAY THAT IRANIAN. INFLUENCE AND THEIR RESOURCES. ARE STARTING TO RUN THIN? >> IT COULD BE A RESOURCE ISSUE. OBVIOUSLY IF THE IRANIAN PEOPLE. WHEN YOU ARE SEEING PRICES GO. SKY HIGH AND CURRENCY BE. DEVALUED, YOU HAVE TO WONDER WHY. THE REGIME CONTINUES TO SEND. THEIR MONEY TO IRAQ AND TO YAMEN. AND TO LEBANON AND NOT TO. THEMSELVES. WE OBVIOUSLY ARE PURSUING OUR. OWN POLICIES WITH THE NEW. GOVERNMENT IN BAGHDAD TO CRACK. DOWN ON MILITIAS. I THINK THAT POLICY IS WORKING.

WE'VE SEEN THE SAUDIS TAKING IT. TO THE HOUTHIS IN YAMEN AND WITH. THE UNITED STATES TO THE. MILITIAS IN IRAQ MILITARILY. THE ISRAELIS ARE WORKING WITH. THE GOVERNMENT OF LEBANON AND. THE UNITED STATES TO BOX OUT. WHATEVER HEZBOLLAH MIGHT DO AT. IRANIAN DIRECTION. I THINK WE ARE SQUEEZING THE. PRPROXIES WHILE WE ARE ALSO. SQUEEZING THE HEAD OF THE. OCTOPUS. BOTH ARE NEEDED AT THE SAME. TIME. THE FUNDAMENTAL THING HERE IS IF. NOT NOW, WHEN? AND IF NOT NOW -- IF NOT. DONALD TRUMP, WHO? I THINK THAT'S HOW THE PRESIDENT.

SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT THIS. HISTORIC MOMENT IN FRONT OF HIM. AND USE ALL OF THE TOOLS. AVAILABLE TO SQUEEZE THIS REGIME. INTO THE ASHMAN OF HISTORY. >> AS HE SAID MULTIPLE TIMES, THEY WILL NOT BE ALLOWED.