Harris Faulkner: This is WAR!

>> U.S. FORCES STRUCK MILITARY. TARGETS ACROSS IRAN FOR THE. NINTH STRAIGHT DAY. IT COMES AS THE REGIME STEPS UP. ITS OWN ATTACKS ACROSS THE. REGION. AND AFTER THREE U.S. SOLDIERS. WERE KILLED BY AN IRANIAN STRIKE. IN JORDAN OVER THE WEEKEND. THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR. IDENTIFYING TWO OF THE DEAD AS. 25-YEAR-OLD FIRST LIEUTENANT. TYLER JAMES AND 19-YEAR-OLD.

PRIVATE ISABELLA GONZALEZ. A FOURTH U.S. SOLDIER WAS ALSO. KILLED IN NORTHERN IRAQ. REPORTEDLY BY DETONATING AN. UNEXPLODED IRANIAN DRONE. PRESIDENT TRUMP REACTED TO THE. LOSSES YESTERDAY. >> President Donald Trump: WE. FEEL VERY BADLY BUT THOSE GREAT. PEOPLE, THOSE GREAT PATRIOTS. WERE OUT THERE FIGHTING FOR IRAN. TO NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. IRAN HAS BEEN VERY, VERY BADLY. DAMAGED. THEY'VE LOST EVERYTHING ALMOST. MILITARILY. THEY HAVE VERY LITTLE LEFT.

>> AMERICA HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR. THAT THE GOAL OF COURSE IS TO. ENSURE THAT IRAN DOES NOT GET A. NUCLEAR WEAPON. BUT HERE WE ARE FACING THE LOSS. OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS AS AMERICA. GRAPPLES WITH THIS CONFLICT AS. IT CONTINUES. YOUR T THOUGHTS NOW AS THE STRIS. CONTINUE THIS TIME A NINTH DAY. AS THE NEGOTIATIONS SEEM TO BE A. BIT STALLED. >> THE NEGOTIATIONS, THE MOU WAS. WILDLY POPULAR BY THE WAY, 67%. OF AMERICANS WERE IN FAVOR OF AN.

AGREEMENT TO END THE WAR BETWEEN. IRAN AND THE UNITED STATES AND. ISRAEL SO I REALLY HOPE WE CAN. GET BACK ON TRACK. I'M REALLY SAD THAT WE LOST. THESE LIVES. I'M OF THE CAMP OF PEOPLE WHERE. I THOUGHT MIDNIGHT HAMMER WAS. GREAT. I WISH WE HAD STOPPED THERE AND. I THINK THAT THE REAL THREAT TO. AMERICA IS FROM WITHIN. IT'S THE SOCIALISTS AND. EVERYTHING WE'VE BEEN TALKING. ABOUT EARLIER IN THE SHOW AND.

THE MORE AND THE CLOSER THIS. GETS TO THE MIDTERMS, THE HARDER. IT IS I THINK FOR THE G.O.P. TO. WIN AND ENACT THE AGENDA THAT. EVERYONE ELECTED THE PRESIDENT. TO DO AND I'M REALLY HOPING THAT. WE CAN MOVE TOWARDS NEGOTIATIONS. AND THAT MAY BE THE LOSS OF THIS. LIFE MIGHT BE A BREAK IN SOME. WAY AND WE CAN GET BACK TO THAT. WE TALKED A LITTLE EARLIER ABOUT. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU. I'VE SPOKEN TO NEGOTIATORS ON. OUR SIDE WHO HAVE SAID THAT HE'S.

INTERFERED WITH NEGOTIATIONS AND. IN FACT MAY HAVE BEEN. RESPONSIBLE FOR SOME OF THE. NEGOTIATORS ACTUALLY BEING. KILLED SO I THINK WHAT WE NEED. TO DO IS UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE. OUR OWN GOALS AS AMERICANS. THEY HAVE THEIR GOALS AND. SOMETIMES THEY OVERLAP SOMETIMES. THEY DON'T. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SAID 67% OF. THEM SAID THEY WANT AN END TO. THIS WAR SO I AM REALLY JUST. PRAYING FOR PEACE.

>> IT SEEMS TO SOME EXTENT IRAN. WANTS TO DEEPEN THIS CONFLICT. FIRING WHAT MISSILES THEY HAVE. AT ALL OF THE NEIGHBORING ALLIES. OF THE UNITED STATES. THEY ARE STRIKING A LOT OF. POINTS AND HITTING DESALINATION. PLANTS IN KUWAIT AND MISSILES. CONTINUE TO FLY AND WE ARE. COVERING SOME OF THAT ASPECT. TODAY. AND WHEN YOU TALK TO THEM ABOUT. NEGOTIATIONS THEY SAY WE HAVE. RECEIVED SOME INFORMATION AND IT. DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THEY ARE GOING. FORWARD RIGHT NOW. STILL WAITING TO GET MORE. INFORMATION. YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHERE THINGS. STAND NOW NINE DAYS IN..

>> WE ALL WORRY ABOUT AN. ESCALATORY TRAP WITH ALL OF. THIS. WHERE IT'S TIT FOR TAT AND EACH. SIDE KEEPS RAMPING UP THE PAIN. LEVEL FOR THE OTHER. WE ARE OBVIOUSLY REMINDED OF THE. COST OF WAR WITH JUST ONE OF THE. DEADLIEST WEEKS FOR OUR ARMED. SERVICES, FOR OUR MEMEN AND WOMN. IN UNIFORM AS WE PRAY FOR THEIR. FAMILIES AND ARE REMINDED THAT. WE ARE SACRIFICING A PRECIOUS. TREASURE WHICH ARE OUR AMERICAN. PEOPLE AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO. KEEP IN MIND AND I'M HOPING AT. THE END OF THIS WHENEVER IT DOES.

RESOLVE ITSELF THAT WE HAVE AN. IRAN THAT IS MORE ISOLATED FROM. THIS. YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE. RELATIVELY GOOD NEWS OUT OF THE. MIDDLE EAST RIGHT NOW WHERE. BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE DISRUPTED. SHIPPING THROUGH THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ, YOU HAVE IRAQ, THE UAE. AND SAUDI ARABIA MOVING TO BUILD. OR EXPAND PIPELINES TO BYPASS. THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ WHICH COULD. BE BENEFICIAL IN THE LONG RUN. WITH IRAN HAVING LESS POWER OF. CREATING THAT CHOKE POINT AND IN. THE STRAIT AND A LOT OF THIS IS. THE MANIFESTATION AND I WILL END.

WITH THIS, THE ABRAHAM ACCORD AS. WELL AS PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. PROMISE THAT THE PATH TO THE. MIDDLE EAST IS COMMERCE AND NOT. CHAOS AND SOME OF HIS GROUNDWORK. THAT HE'S LAID THROUGHOUT THE. MIDDLE EAST OF CONNECTING THIS. CREATIVITY WITH AN ECONOMIC. ENGINE THAT THEN WOULD LEAD TO. SECURITY. WE WILL SEE IF IT CONTINUES TO. PLAY OUT BUT WANTED TO POINT. THAT OUT AS WELL. >> SO MUCH OF THE COMMERCE AND. THE STICKING POINT, MARCO RUBIO. SECRETARY OF STATE SAYING THE. UNITED STATES WILL CONTINUE TO. DO WHAT IT NEEDS TO DO TO. PROTECT LOCAL SHIPPING BUT OTHER. COUNTRIES NEED TO STEP UP.

>> THAT'S RIGHT. THIS TRAGIC INCIDENT AND THESE. TWO SERVICE MEMBERS ARE HEROES. THEY ARE ON THE FRONT LINES OF. THE WAR. WHY? BECAUSE IRAN IS CONTINUING TO. FIRE MISSILES AND DRONES. THEY HAVE FAR FEWER THAN THEY. DID MONTHS AGO BUT THEY ARE. STILL FIRING WHAT THEY HAVE AT. PLACES LIKE THE AIR BASE IN. JORDAN AND IN KUWAIT, THE BASE. WHICH WE LAUNCHED THE INVASION. IN 2003. THEY ARE HITTING THAT WITH. EVERYTHING BUT THEY ARE NOT JUST. HITTING THE BASES THAT WE HAVE. BUT ALSO HITTING AS YOU POINTED.

OUT THE DESALINATION PLANT OVER. THE WEEKEND HITTING A POWER. PLANT. THEY HIT THE PETROLEUM. STRUCTURES AND IN BAHRAIN THEY. ARE HITTING QATAR, THEY ARE. HITTING EVERYTHING AND WHAT'S. THAT DOING? IT'S STRENGTHENING AND. STIFFENING THE RESOLVE OF THOSE. GULF NATIONS. THEY WOULD ULTIMATELY LOVE TO. SEE THE ACCORDS EXPAND AND IT'S. LEADING THEIR RESOLVE AGAINST. IRAN AND THE PRESIDENT'S RESOLVE. WILL NOT BE DETERRED WHICH THE. ADMINISTRATION HAS MADE VERY. CLEAR IN ENSURING THAT WHILE. THEY ARE FIRING FEWER MISSILES.

EVENTUALLY THEHEY WILL BE ABLE O. FIRE NO MISSILES. >> HARRIS, FINAL THOUGHTS? >> Harris: OF COURSE THEY ARE. GOING TO HIT WHAT THEY CAN HIT. OUR MILITARY BASES THE TWO BIG. ONES IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND. MILITARY PERSONNEL AROUND THE. REGION. THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THAT. THAT'S NOT NEW TO THIS WAR AND. OF COURSE WHAT IS NOW NEW IS. HITTING OUR ALLIES, OUR. PARTNERS, IF YOU WILL, IN THIS. MISSION, NOT ALL OF THEM WERE. ALLIES AND PARTNERS IN THE PAST. BUT THEY ARE ALL IN RIGHT NOW. BECAUSE THEY NEED US TO PROTECT. THEM. OUR PROTECTION ZONE I SAID LAST.

HOUR HAS GOTTEN BIGGER NOW. BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A. MILITARY LIKE OURS. BUT THE REASON THEY ARE DOING. THAT IS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T HIT. ANYTHING ELSE AND THE ONLY THING. WE HAVE TO WATCH NOW AND I'VE. TALKED WITH A LOT OF MILITARY. EXPERTS ON THE FAULKNER FOCUS. ABOUT THIS, OUR SOUTHERN FLANK. WE KNOW GOOD REPORTING THAT. THERE ARE PEOPLE FROM IRAN ON. THE GROUND IN CUBA PRACTISING. AND TRAINING ON THOSE DRONES AND. THEY HAVE ANYWHERE FROM 100 TO. 300. THEY COULD DO A LOT OF DAMAGE ON. OUR SOUTHERN FLANK SO NOT JUST. THE MILITARY BUT THE ARMADA WE. SENT DOWN THERE TO GET MADURO.

BUT ALSO JUST OUR MILITARY IN. THE REGION THERE AND OUR. COUNTRY. THIS IS WAR, IT'S BACK ON AND WE. NEED TO ACT APPROPRIATELY. BU.