Harris Faulkner: Everything is on the table with Iran

. WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT. I'M HARRIS FAULKNER AND YOU ARE. IN "THE FAULKNER FOCUS.". IRAN LAUNCHED MORE ATTACKS. AGAINST OUR ALLIES IN THE REGION. THIS MORNING. OUR PARTNERS, OUR FRIENDS, THE. ABRAHAM ACCORDS, THOSE PEOPLE. WHO ARE WITH US, KUWAIT, BAHRAIN. ON THE LIST OF PEOPLE TAKING. INCOMING NOW. THEIR MILITARIES ARE TRYING TO. INTERCEPT THE ATTACKS COMING. FROM IRAN. WHY THERE? THEY CAN'T REACH MUCH ELSE BUT. THEY CAN REACH THEIR NEIGHBORS. STILL. WHILE THE UNITED STATES. ESCALATES ITS STRIKES ON IRAN.

FOR THE 10TH STRAIGHT NIGHT LAST. NIGHT, THE LATEST WAVE COMES. AFTER THE DEATH OF THREE. AMERICAN SOLDIERS DURING THOSE. IRANIAN ATTACKS. THE PRESIDENT POSTED EVERY TIME. IRAN KILLS AN AMERICAN SOLDIER, THEY WILL PAY FOR THAT KILLING. MANY TIMES OVER. FORMER TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. OFFICIAL HERE. >> IRANIANS HAVE CONSISTENTLY. NOW TARGETED AMERICAN SOLDIERS. AS FAR AFIELD AS JORDAN. THEY ARE TARGETING AMERICAN.

BASES. THE PRESIDENT WILL HIT BACK AND. HIT BACK HARD. RIGHT NOW THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. ARE INTERESTED IN TRYING TO FIND. A WAY TO PROTECT THE MEN AND. WOMEN WHO ARE OVER THERE, TO. PROTECT OUR ASSETS IN THE. REGION. BUT TO BRING THIS CONFLICT TO. THE TYPE OF CONCLUSION THAT THE. PRESIDENT AND THE VICE PRESIDENT. WERE LOOKING FOR WHEN THEY. SIGNED THE MOU, THAT IRAN HAS. NOT HONORED. >> Harris: THE MOU. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. SEEMS SO FAR. IT WAS A FEW DAYS AGO IRAN.

RENEGED AGAIN. TREY, THIS EFFECTS EVERY COUNTRY. IN THAT REGION AT THIS POINT. WITH IRAN DOING WHAT IRAN DOES. >> GOOD MORNING. ABSOLUTELY. AS RECENTLY AS LAST HOUR, THE. IRANIANS WERE LAUNCHING NEW. ATTACKS AGAINST U.S. ALLIES. INCLUDING KUWAIT AND BAHRAIN. SIRENS SOUNDING THERE. JORDANIANS SHOT DOWN AT LEAST. FIVE INCOMING IRANIAN DRONES. EARLIER TODAY. THIS DOES FOLLOW A HEAVY NIGHT.

OF U.S. STRIKES AGAINST IRAN. THE 10TH CONSECUTIVE NIGHT AIMED. AT REDUCING IRAN'S ABILITY TO. THREATEN VESSELS IN THE STRAIT. OF HORMUZ. U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND RELEASED A. STATEMENT SAYING SINCE EARLY MAY. CENTCOM FORCES HAVE HELPED. FACILITATE THE TRANSIT OF. APPROXIMATELY 900 COMMERCIAL. VESSELS AND 450 MILLION BARRELS. OF CRUDE OIL. THEY SAID AMERICAN FORCES ARE. PREPARED TO HOLD IRAN. ACCOUNTABLE FOR UNWARRANTED. AGGRESSION SEEKING TO OPENLY.

TRANSIT THE STREET. THEY ATTACKED ANOTHER TANKER. THIS MORNING. IRAN'S FOREIGN MIN IS TREER. SPOKESPERSON WAS ASKED ABOUT THE. POSSIBILITY OF U.S. FORCES. ENTERING IRAN. THIS WAS HIS RESPONSE. >> THEY WILL FACE THE. CONSEQUENCES. I BELIEVE THERE ARE PEOPLE IN. THOSE VERY AREAS AND NOT FEW IN. NUMBER COUNTING THE MOMENTS. UNTIL THEY CAN WELCOME THEM. >> THE COMMENTS COME AS WE'RE. TRACKING DEVELOPMENTS RELATED TO.

LEBANON. PILOT PROGRAM BETWEEN ISRAEL AND. LEBANON IS UNDERWAY. AT LEAST ONE LEBANESE VILLAGE. ISRAEL HAS WITHDRAWN. A JOINT EFFORT TO REDUCE THE. INFLUENCE OF HEZBOLLAH IN. SOUTHERN LEBANON. PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL MEET WITH. LEBANESE PRESIDENT AT THE WHITE. HOUSE. THE PAIR ARE SCHEDULED TO. DISCUSS THE NORMALIZATION WITH. ISRAEL AND EFFORTS TO DISARM. HEZBOLLAH. HARRIS. >> Harris: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET'S WELCOME IN NOW RETIRED. U.S. ARMY Y LIEUTENANT COLONEL.

DARREN GOB SERVED AS A BLACKHAWK. HELICOPTER PILOT AND COMMANDER. PICK AXE MOUNTAIN RIGHT NOW IS. FRONT AND CENTER. IF WE KNOW IRAN IS MOVING. NUCLEAR MATERIAL THERE, WHAT. DOES THAT INFORM US OF EXACTLY? >> WELL, THE FIRST THING IT. INFORMS US IS IRAN WILL NOT GIVE. UP ON THE NUCLEAR AMBITION AND. NEVER INTENDED TO. SO THAT'S GOING TO PUT PICK AXE. MOUNTAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE. CIRCLE FOR FUTURE TARGETING.

COME FAIRLY SOON ONCE. INTELLIGENCE IS CONFIRMED AND. CAPABILITIES THAT WE HAVE ARE. CALLED UPON AND ABLE TO. ACCOMPLISH THE MISSION OF IF NOT. NECESSARILY PENETRATING FULLY. INTO THE MOUNTAIN AT LEAST. ENOUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY. CAN'T KEEP USING IT LIKE THAT. I IMAGINE YOU WILL SEE SOMETHING. REGARDING THAT FAIRLY SOON ONCE. WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE. DEALING WITH. >> Harris: I AM CURIOUS TO KNOW. JUST ABOUT THE POSITIONING OF. WHAT SOME OF THESE WOULD BE. TARGETS. IS THAT FAR FROM THE CITY OF.

TEHRAN, THEIR CAPITAL? IT SEEMS LIKE NOW EVERYTHING IS. ON THE TABLE. IF WE GO INTO FULL SCALE WAR YOU. KNOW IT IS. >> EVERYTHING IS ON THE TABLE. FRANKLY, FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF. DISTANCE PICK AXE MOUNTAIN IS. NOT FAR FROM TEHRAN IN GENERAL. BUT NEITHER IS ANYTHING IN IRAN. IN GENERAL RIGHT NOW, EITHER. WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW WE ARE. TRYING TO ISOLATE THE STRAIT. SPECIFICALLY WITH THESE TEN DAYS. OF TARGETING OVER VERY RECENTLY, OF COURSE, THEN WE ARE GOING TO.

TRY TO DO POTENTIALLY THE SAME. THING WITH IRAN IN GENERAL FROM. SPECIFICALLY THE EASTERN AND. NORTHERN BORDER WITH SOME OF. THESE BRIDGES THAT GO INTO. ALLIED COUNTRIES OR SUPPORTING. COUNTRIES THAT THEY ARE USING AS. BACKUP LOGISTICS. AS THEY'VE LOST THEIR ABILITY TO. USE THE STRAIT SO MUCH. SO I WOULD EXPECT YOU WILL SEE. AN EXPANSION OF THIS TO VERY. SPECIFIC AND HIGH-IMPACT. MILITARY TARGETS NATIONWIDE. >> Harris: LET'S TALK ABOUT. EXPANSION FROM IRAN'S POINT OF. VIEW.

THEY WILL USE THEIR TERRORIST. PROXIES AND ONE OF THEM WOULD BE. A GROUP OF HOUTHIS IN YEMEN AND. WORKING TO CUT OFF SAUDI. ARABIA'S POINT AT A KEY STRAIT. THERE AND KEY WATERWAY THERE SO. THEY CAN'T GET SHIPS IN AND OUT. THAT WAS THE GO-AROUND FOR MANY. COUNTRIES PER ACCESS TO SAUDI. ARABIA TO GET OIL. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? >> ULTIMATELY IRAN STICKING TO. ITS ULTIMATE AND LARGER VISION. IT HAS HAD FOR DECADES. THE ABILITY TO DOMINATE.

EVERYTHING THROUGH SHIA. FUNDAMENTAL AND TERRORISM. THROUGH FROM TEHRAN THROUGH. BAGHDAD TO DAMASCUS AND INTO. LEBANON ITSELF AND MOVE SOUTH TO. BE ABLE TO CONTROL THOSE. CRITICAL WATERWAYS. THIS IS THEM TRYING TO DO THAT. THROUGH THE HOUTHIS EVEN WHILE. THEY HAVE LOST A LOT OF GROUND. IN IRAQ AND SYRIA AND RIGHT NOW. POTENTIALLY EVEN LEBANON. IT IS NO SURPRISE. >> Harris: BREAKING NEWS. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED. STATES WELCOMING THE PRESIDENT.

OF LEBANON. HE IS THERE TO TALK ABOUT THE. SITUATION THAT IS AFFECTING HIS. NEIGHBOR, IRAN TO THE NORTH AND. TO THE SOUTH ISRAEL AND WHO IS. CONTROLLING THAT NOW, ISRAEL. VERSUS HEZBOLLAH. RUN, OWNED, OPERATED BY IRAN. CAN THESE TWO MEN COME TO AN. AGREEMENT WHERE LEBANON'S. MILITARY HAS MORE SUPPORT AND. TAKE BACK THEIR COUNTRY FROM THE. HANDS OF TERRORISTS? IT IS CRUSHING THEIR ECONOMIC.

SITUATION RIGHT NOW BECAUSE. PEOPLE ARE FOCUSED. LET'S LISTEN. I'M GOING TO ASK OUR TEAM TO. ROLL THAT BACK AND IN A MOMENT. WE'LL PLAY WHAT THE PRESIDENT. SAID. I TALKED OVER IT INADVERTENTLY. AND WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THAT. WAS. BAD ON ME. WE'LL SHOW IT TO YOU AS SOON AS. WE CAN. I WANT TO BRING BACK NOW THE.

LIEUTENANT COLONEL DARREN GOB TO. TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF. THIS RELATIONSHIP. IF LEBANON CAN GET HOLD OF ITS. MILITARY AND TAKE BACK TERRITORY. AND CRUSH THE CAPABILITIES OF. HEZBOLLAH, HOW DOES THAT CHANGE. THE GAME? >> CHANGES THE MIDDLE EAST. SIGNIFICANTLY. HEZBOLLAH HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE. BOOK END OF WHAT TEHRAN WAS. TRYING TO DO TO REACH. SPECIFICALLY THE MEDITERRANEAN. AND PLANT THEMSELVES ON THE. NORTHERN BORDER OF ISRAEL.

A MILITIA THAT IS 100,000 OR SO. IN STRENGTH AND GAINED A LOT OF. STRENGTH SINCE THEY WERE FREED. UP JUST PRIOR TO THE GULF WAR IN. 1991 WHEN SYRIA INVADED AND. PLANTED HEZBOLLAH THERE. SO TRUMP THEN MEETING THIS. PRESIDENT, THE ONLY CHRISTIAN. LEADER IN THE MIDDLE EAST RIGHT. NOW OF A COUNTRY IS A. SIGNIFICANT CONVERSATION. ONE, CAN ISRAEL WITHDRAW FROM. THE SOUTH AND CAN LEBANON THEN. TAKE THAT VACUUM, THE POWER.

VACUUM AND FILL IT RATHER THAN. LET HEZBOLLAH DO IT. IF THEY CAN'T DO IT ON THEIR. OWN, WHAT DO THEY NEED TO. ACCOMPLISH THAT. AND FRANKLY, YOU KNOW, THE. FRENCH SHOULD BE PART OF THIS. THEY ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE HAD A. MANDATE IN LEBANON FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. THEY SHOULD BE VERY INTERESTED. IN WATCHING THIS AS WELL. THERE IS A POTENTIAL HERE FOR. SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE MIDDLE. EAST IN GENERAL. >> Harris: THE ISRAELI. AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES. WHO IS HEADING UP THE. NEGOTIATIONS WAS ON FOX LAST. HOUR. LET'S WATCH A LITTLE BIT OF.

THAT. >> WE WANT TO WITHDRAW FROM. LEBANON AS SOON AS WE CAN. WE ARE THERE NOT BECAUSE WE HAVE. TERRITORIAL AMBITIONS BUT IN. ORDER TO PROTECT THE NORTHERN. BORDER SO HEZBOLLAH WILL NOT. COME STORMING ACROSS THE BORDER. AS HAMAS DID ON OCTOBER 7TH AND. SLAUGHTER ORB CIVILIANS. >> EXACT WILL I WHAT YOU WOULD. EXPECT OF ISRAEL IF THEY KNOW. THERE IS A PLAN IN PLACE TO. ACTUALLY FILL THAT SPACE WITH A.

FRIENDLY ELEMENT FROM LEBANON. RATHER THAN WHAT TYPICALLY. HAPPENS, ISRAEL WITHDRAWS, HEZBOLLAH MOVES IN AND NOTHING. CHANGES. WE GO BACK TO WHAT IT ALWAYS. WAS. THATS THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE. THAT CAN HAPPEN AS A RESULT OF. THIS. AND I THINK ISRAEL IS RIGHT TO. NOT HAVE TERRITORIAL AMBITIONS, JUST SECURITY AMBITIONS. THIS TIES INTO WHAT THEY HAVE. ALSO OCCUPIED IN A LITTLE BIT OF. SOUTHERN SYRIA AS WELL. IF YOU CAN PUT THAT TOGETHER. WHAT YOU HAVE IS A MUCH MORE. SECURE ALLY IN ISRAEL. >> Harris: IT'S INTERESTING.

I WROTE DOWN WHAT YOU SAID. ISRAEL CANNOT HAVE TERRITORIAL. AMBITIONS IN ALL OF THIS IN. ORDER FOR THIS TO WORK . I HEAR. WARNING OR CAUTION TOWARD ISRAEL. WITH THAT. HOW PROBLEMATIC HAS THAT BEEN? >> IT'S ALWAYS BEEN PROBLEMATIC. USED AS AN EXCUSE BY THE NATIONS. AROUND THEM AS A HAMMER AGAINST. ISRAEL. CALL THEM AN IMPERIALIST POWER. AND TRY TO PUT THEM BACK IN. THEIR BOX PER SE. SO I'M NOT SAYING THAT ISRAEL. SHOULDN'T LOOK TO SECURE THEIR. OWN BORDERS BUT EXPANSIONISM.

WITH ISRAEL HAS BEEN A. CHALLENGE, TOO. AS I SAID, OTHER NATIONS WILL. KEEP USING THAT. BUT I DON'T THINK ISRAEL WANTS. TO NECESSARILY EXPAND WHERE THEY. LIVE RIGHT NOW. THEY JUST WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE. IN A SECURE ENVIRONMENT TO LIVE. IN WHAT THEY ALREADY OWN. >> Harris: NOT HAVING NEIGHBORS. LOBS BOMBS AN MISSILES INTO. THEIR COUNTRY. ROLL BACK THE TAPE ON THE. PRESIDENT. THIS IS HARD TO HEAR. ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I. COULDN'T HEAR HIM TALKING WHEN I. WAS TALKING. LET'S WATCH. I WANT THE AUDIENCE TO LISTEN UP.

AND SEE THE PRESIDENT GREETING. THE PRESIDENT OF LEBANON IN THE. CONTEXT OF CAN WE GET A DEAL TO. HAVE LEBANON'S MILITARY TAKE. OVER CONTROL FROM HEZBOLLAH THE. TERRORIST ARMY? LET'S WATCH. >> [INAUDIBLE QUESTION]. >> President Trump: [INAUDIBLE].

>> Harris: THE PRESIDENT SAYING. THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, OB VI LUES. OY WELCOMING THE PRESIDENT FROM. LEBANON. VERY GOOD TO HAVE HIM THERE. VERY RESPECTED. TALK TO ME ABOUT SHORT-TERM. PROGRESS. CONTROLLING HEZBOLLAH IS A. LONG-TERM GOAL. MILITARY IS NOT IN CONTROL OF. THE SOUTHERN PART OF LEBANON. THE GOVERNMENT MILITARY. >> ABSOLUTELY. HEZBOLLAH IS NOT A SHORT-TERM. PROBLEM. IT HAS BEEN 36 YEARS.