Iran DEFIANT as US military HAMMERS military assets

NOW, YOU BETTER BE DRESSED. >> Ainsley: NEW THIS MORNING, THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR CONFIRMING. IDENTITY OF THOSE TWO ACTIVE. DUTY SOLDIERS KILLED OVER THE. WEEKEND. TYLER JAMES FIHAN AND ISABELLA. GONZALEZ. >> Lawrence: TREY YINGST IS LIVE.

IN TEL AVIV WITH THE LATEST. >> Trey: GOOD MORNING, NINTH. CONSECUTIVE NIGHT OF STRIKES HIT. IRAN OVERNIGHT. ACCORDING TO CENTCOM, MARI TIME. CAPABILITIES, SURVEILLANCE. SYSTEM AND DRONE AND MISSILE. LAUNCH POSITION SAYS WERE HIT. THE U.S. MILITARY IS WORKING TO. IDENTIFY A THIRD SOLDIER.

PRESIDENT TRUMP REACTED TO THE. DEATH OF THE SOLDIERS ON SUNDAY. >> President Trump: WE FEEL VERY. BADLY, THOSE GREAT PEOPLE, PATRIOTS WERE OUT THERE FIGHTING. SO IRAN CANNOT HAVE A NUCLEAR. WEAPON. IRAN HAS BEEN BADLY DAMAGED, THEY HAVE LOST EVERYTHING ALMOST. MILITARILY. WE CONTROL THE STRAIT, THEY. DON'T CONTROL ANYTHING. WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

>> PRESIDENT TRUMP TOLD FOX NEWS. IF IRAN DOES NOT REACH A DEAL, STRIKES WILL ESCALATE AND HIT. POWER PLANTS AND BRIDGES. >> YOU CAN NEITHER THREATEN OR. BRIBE US AND NEGOTIATION BEFORE. THE 12-DAY WAR THEY HAD COME TO. BRIBE. NOT TO BRIBE ME, TO BRIBE THE. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC SAYING WE WILL. DO THIS AND THAT AND BUILD THIS. AND THAT. >> Trey: IRANIANS ARE SAYING.

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING IS. SUSPENDED AND PUSHING FOR. ANOTHER AGREEMENT AS SECRETARY. OF STATE MARCO RUBIO SAYS THE. DIPLOMATIC PATH FORWARD REMAINS. OPEN. >> IT HAS TO BE A DEAL THEY ARE. LIVING TO WILL BY. IRAN WAS SUPPOSED TO PUT OUT A. STATEMENT SAYING STRAIT OF. HORMUZ WILL BE OPEN AND INSTEAD. THEY ATTACK THREE SHIPS LAST. FRIDAY OR IS THE. THEIR BEHAVIOR HAS TO CHANGE FOR.

OURS TO CHANGE. >> Trey: YESTERDAY AIR DEFENSE. SYSTEM WORKED TO SHOOT DOWN. DEBRIS FILED AT JORDAN. >> Brian: IT DOES NOT SEEM LIKE. THE STRAIT IS OURS YET, FOUR. SHIPS GOT THROUGH YESTERDAY OR. OVER THE WEEKEND, MILITARILY, IS. THERE A CHANCE WE ARE GETTING.

CLOSER TO CONTROLLING IT BY. KINETIC ACTION AGAINST THE. FORCES THAT ARE KEEPING IRAN IN. CONTROL OF THAT STRAIT? S. >> Trey: MILITARILY, IT IS FAR. OFF, ECONOMIC WARFARE UNFOLDING. IS QUITE SIGNIFICANT. U.S. NAVAL BLOCKADE OF IRANIAN. PORTS IS BACK IN PLACE AND. IRANIAN ECONOMY IS LOSING. HUNDREDS OF MILL KNOWIOS EACH. DAY AND INFLATION IS RAPIDLY. RISING EACH DAY.

IT IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST LEVELS. IT'S BEEN AS RESULT OF ECONOMIC. CONDITIONS IRANIANS ARE FACING. DOMESTIC PRESSURE IS GROWING ON. THE REGIME, POWER CUTS AND. REPORTS PEOPLE ARE BEING TOLD TO. CUT OFF AIR CONDITIONING UNIT. THE IRANIANS HAVE TROUBLE. GETTING WATER TO THEIR OWN. PEOPLE, EACH AND EVERYDAY THE. BLOCKADE IS IN EFFECT PUTS NEW. PRESSURE ON THE IRANIAN REGIME.

>> Lawrence: I SAW IT WAS BEING. DISCUSSED YESTERDAY ABOUT THE. FOUR SHIPS GOING BY. CHRIS WRIGHT SAID THE PUBLIC. REPORTING ON THE SHIPS IS NOT. ACCURATE, THEY ARE GOING THROUGH. TWO DIFFERENT TRADE ROUTES. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT? >> Trey: THEY ARE GOING THROUGH. TWO DIFFERENT ROUTES, THERE IS. NORTHERN ROUT AND SOUTHERN. ROUTE. THAT SOUTHERN ROUT IS STILL.

CONTROLLED BY THE REGIME. OVER PAST SEVERAL DAYS HALF. VESSELS ARE GOING THROUGH THE. IRANIAN SIDE AND SHIPPING LANES. ARE TWO MILES IN EACH DIRECTION, NARROW WATERWAY AND CRITICAL FOR. INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING. U.S. NAVAL BLOCKADE IS BACK IN. EFFECT TO PUT PRESSURE ON. IRANIAN REGIME AND U.S. NAVY IS. CLOSE TO OMAN AND THEY ARE. TURNING VESSELS AROUND IF THEY.

VIOLATE THE BLOCKADE. IT IS CRITICAL TO LOOK AT. INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING DATA WHEN. IT COMES TO VESSELS PASSING. THROUGH THIS CRITICAL WATERWAY. IT IS MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE. STRAIT OF HORMUZ. THIS BATTLE FOR THE STRAIT WILL. CONTINUE. THERE ARE REPORTS THAT INDICATE. 10-DAY CEASEFIRE IS BEING. DISCUSSED TO GET THINGS BACK ON. TRACK. THE BOTTOM LINE, TRUMP.

ADMINISTRATION IS INCREASING. ECONOMIC AND MILITARY PRESSURE. AGAINST THE IRANIAN REGIME AND. IRANIANS HAVE TWO CHOICES, SUFFER MILITARY DEFEAT WHEN IT. COMES TO COASTAL AREAS INCLUDING. BANDAR ABBAS OR THEY CAN MAKE AN. AGREEMENT. THESE DAYS ARE GOING TO BE TENSE. AND U.S. AND MILITARY REMAIN ON. HIGH ALERT SHOULD THINGS. ESCALATE. >> Brian: A LOT OF MOVING PARTS,

THEY TOLD US LOOK OUT HOUTHI ARE. GOING TO BE TOLD TO SHUT OFF THE. RED SEA. THEY ARE RERELUCTANT. >> Ainsley: THEY ARE PREPARING. THOUGH? JUST IN CASE? >> Brian: THEY ARE PREPARING, BUT HERE WE ARE ARE, MONDAY AND. NO.