Hegseth REFUSES to rule out Iran strikes: 'We'll do what we need to do'

AFTER I SAY "FOX AND FRIENDS". STARTS RIGHT NOW. >> Ainsley: THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION UNVEILING. PUNISHING SANCTIONS IN EFFORT TO. REOPEN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ AND. END THE WAR WITH IRAN. >> Brian: MOMENTS AGO PRESIDENT. TRUMP POSTING THIS, IRAN IS NOT. PAYING LARGE SEGMENT OF THEIR. MILITARY AND KILLING PROTESTERS. EVEN WHEN THEY ARE NOT. PROTESTING AT LEVELS NOT SEEN. BEFORE. HUMANITARIAN ISSUE OF EPIC.

PROPORTION AND MUST BE STOPPED. NOW. >> Lawrence: TREY YINGST LIVE. FROM TEL AVIV WITH THE LATEST. GOOD MORNING, TREY. >> Trey: ON MONDAY, TREASURY. SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT. ANNOUNCED OPERATION ECONOMIC. OUTCAST, A U.S. EFFORT TO. ISOLATE THE IRANIAN REGIME. >> THE ACTION OF TREASURY AND. OTHER AGENCIES WILL TIGHTEN THE. NOOSE AND BLOCK EVERY SOURCE OF. REVENUE THAT FUNDS THE IRGC AND. EVIL IRANIAN REGIME. LET ME BE CLEAR, ANY ENTITY THAT.

FACILITATES MONEY UPON. LAUNDERING ON BEHALF OF IRAN. WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE U.S. DOLLAR SYSTEM, THE CLOCK JUST. STARTED TICKING. >> Trey: AMONG SANCTIONS, SECONDARYISH SAS TARGETING, GOLD, AVIATION, AND SHIPPING. TREASURY DEPARTMENT SANCTIONS. VESSELS IN MULTIPLE. JURISDICTIONS GOING AFTER WHAT. THE DEPARTMENT CALL NETWORK OF.

SHADOW FLEET VESSELS OPERATING. ACROSS DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND. THREATENED RETALIATION WITH THE. IRANIAN SPOKESPERSON SAYING. THIS. >> UNITED STATES CARRYING OUT. AGGRESSIVE ACTION WILL HAVE. CONSEQUENCES. NAVAL BLOCKADE OF IRAN IS THAT. ESCALATION WILL BRING ABOUT. CONSEQUENCES OF ITS OWN.

>> Trey: ANOTHER TANKER WAS. STRUCK THIS MORNING WITH UNKNOWN. PROJECTILE WHILE TRANSITING THE. ROUTE. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE. ROOM AND WAS DISABLED. SECRETARY OF WAR PETE HEGSETH. WARNED AGAINST TAKING. PROVOCATIVE ACTION. >> IF IRAN IS FOOLISH ENOUGH TO. OVERPLAY THEIR HAND OR MESS WITH. THE AMERICAN MILITARY, WE'LL DO. WHAT WE NEED TO DO. ECONOMIC PRESSURE HURTS THEM. MOST RIGHT NOW, BY NO MEANS ARE.

WE FORECLOSING USING KINETIC. STRIKES ANYWHERE IN STRAIT OF. HORMUZ OR AROUND IRAN. >> Trey: WE'RE TRACKING ANOTHER. DEVELOPMENT IN THE REGION, UNITED STATES DECIDED TO REMOVE. SYRIA FROM U.S. LIST OF STATE. SPONSOR OF TERRORISM, THIS WAS. MET BY PRAISE FROM THEIR. PRESIDENT AL-SHARA. >> Brian: THE COUNTRIES. AFFECTED, CHINA, TURKEY,

PAKISTAN, YOU HAVE THE UAE, WHO. ARE TRADING PARTNERS WHO WILL BE. HARDEST TO CONVINCE NOT GO TO. GO ALONG WITH THIS AND WILL. CONTINUE TO IGNORE SANCTIONS? >> Trey: CHINESE WILL BE HARDEST. HIT, THEY RELY HEAVILY ON. IRANIAN CRUDE OIL AND NAVAL. BLOCKADE IS MAKING IT NEARLY. IMPONL FOR IRAN TO EXPORT CRUDE. OIL. THAT IS WHAT THE SECONDARY. SANCTION WILL ADDRESS ALONG WITH.

THEIR ABILITY TO WITH NO. AGREEMENT IN PLACE. UNITED STATES IS LOOKING TO. CHOKE OFF THE IRANIAN REGIME, INCOME AND ABILITY TO OPERATE ON. GLOBAL ECONOMY. THAT SAID, IRANIANS IN THE PAST. HAVE RESPONDED IN PROVOCATIVE. MANNER TO THIS TYPE OF ACTION. WE HEARD YESTERDAY FROM GENERAL. JACK KEANE ON FOX NEWS SPEAKING. ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY IRANIANS. MAY TRY TO PUT NEW PRESSURE ON. THE UNITED STATES SPECIFICALLY. IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ TO. RESPOND TO ECONOMIC SANCTIONS.

AND WE SAW THAT EARLY THIS. MORNING WITH ANOTHER ATTACK ON A. VESSEL IN THE STRAIT. THEY WANT TO DO WHAT THEY CAN TO. SAY THEY ARE IN CONTROL OF THIS. CRITICAL WATERWAY. THE UNITED STATES IS OVERSEEING. THIS OUTFLOW OF VESSELS FROM. PERSIAN GULF TO ENS.