Iran DENIES talks with US as Gulf allies call for de-escalation

. AND, REMEMBER, MORNINGS ARE. BETTER WITH FRIENDS. ALL RIGHT. PEACE TALKS WITH IRAN ARE SET TO. RESUME TODAY AFTER PRESIDENT. TRUMP CALLED OFF THAT MASSIVE. STRIKE OVER THE WEEKEND. >> Lawrence: THE. COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF SAYS ANY. AGREEMENT WILL DEPEND ON ENDING. TEHRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM. >> Charlie: ALEXANDRIA HOFF IS. LIVE AT THE WHITE HOUSE WITH THE. LATEST. MORNING, ALEX. >> GOOD MORNING TO YOU. THE PRESIDENT SAYS AMERICAN. FORCES ARE READY TO GO AND THAT. HE WANTED TO AVOID UNNECESSARY. LOSS OF LIFE. HE SPOKE TO REPORTERS ON HIS WAY.

BACK FROM BEDMINSTER, NEW JERSEY. THAT'S WHERE HE SPENT THE. WEEKEND AFTER CABINET MEETING AT. CAMP DAVID. THE PRESIDENT SAID HE HAD PAUSED. WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE BIGGEST. STRIKE SINCE WORLD WAR II AFTER. SPEAKING WITH REGIONAL ALLIES. LIKE SAUDI ARABIA IN QATAR, HE. CITED WHAT HE CALLED PARAMETERS. OF A DEAL HAVING BEEN MADE TO. END THE NUCLEAR THREAT FROM IRAN. AND OPEN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.

. . >> SO IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTRY. THIS MORNING SAYING THAT THE. COUNTRY IS NOT CURRENTLY HOLDING. TALKS WITH THE U.S. BUT IS IN.

DISCUSSIONS WITH OMAN OVER THE. IS A STRAIT. IRAN'S PRESIDENT STATING THAT. THE U.S. MUST BE COMPELLED TO. HONOR THE MEMORANDUM OF. UNDERSTANDING THAT WAS SIGNED A. LAST MONTH. WRITING. THIS. THE MEMORANDUM WILL BE THE. CENTER OF GRAVITY FOR A FOREIGN. RELATIONS IN THE FUTURE. WE MUST STRIVE COMPEL THE ENEMY. TO REMAIN COMMITTED TO WHAT IT. HAS SIGNED. THE ISSUE REMAINS WITH THE. MEMORANDUM LAST MONTH IN THERE. THERE HAD TO BE GUARANTEE FROM. IRAN THAT IT WOULD ENSURE SAFE. PASSAGE THROUGH THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ. THE ISSUE IS THAT'S BEEN. MISINTERPRETED BY IRAN TO MEAN.

THAT THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IS. UNDER ITS CONTROL, GUYS. >> Charlie: THANK YOU, ALEXANDRIA. IN THE PREVIOUS HOUR I SPOKE TO. BRENT SADLER. HE SAID A COUPLE THINGS I. THOUGHT WERING. ONE HE FELT FAIRLY CONFIDENT. THAT WE PROBABLY WILL END UP. GETTING BACK INTO STRIKES. BETWEEN NOW AND THE ELECTION. THE OTHER THING THAT HE POINTED. OUT IS THAT THE ECONOMIC. SANCTIONS AGAINST THE IRAN. ARE -- HAVE BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE. HE EXPECTS TO SEE THEM INCREASE.

QUITE A BIT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE DEGREE TO WHICH IRAN HAS. BEEN CRIPPLED BY THOSE SANCTIONS. HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT. >> Lawrence: THEY HAVE BEEN. CRIPPLED FROM AN ECONOMIC. SANCTIONS PART BUT ALSO CRIPPLED. BY MILITARY AS WELL. SURE WE HAVE SEEN THEM REBUILD. WHEN WE STOP THE STRIKES. BUT, THE IRANIANS, THEY. DON'T-THEY'RE NOT GOING TO. CHANGE THEIR MISSION. THEIR STATED GOAL. WHATEVER DEAL WE DECIDE TO GET, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO STOP. HATING ISRAEL AND STOP EIGHT THE.

UNITED STATES. I THINK THE PRESIDENT IS KIND OF. IN A PLACE RIGHT NOW WITH THE. MID TERMS. AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE WITHIN THE. ADMINISTRATION THAT CONTINUE TO. STRESS THAT THIS COULD HURT THE. PRESIDENT IN THE MIDTERMS WHEN. IT COMES TO THE PRICES AND SO. THERE IS A POLITICAL SIDE TO. THIS. >> Ainsley: I WISH IT WOULDN'T, LAWRENCE. IS HE TRYING TO PROTECT AMERICA. HE DOESN'T WANT THEM TO HAVE A. NUCLEAR WEAPON. THEY YELL DEATH TO AMERICA. THEY WANT TO WIPE ISRAEL OFF THE. FACE OF THE EARTH. I BELIEVE BIBLICALLY WE HAVE TO. SUPPORT ISRAEL.

WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE OUR. HOMELAND IS SAFE. AND SO WHEN WE HEAR THAT THEY'RE. MOVING MATERIALS INTO PICKAXE. MOWFN WHICH IS DIFFICULT, THAT'S. GOING TO BE A DIFFICULT JOURNEY. FOR US. YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO DOWN SO. DEEP INTO THE EARTH IN ORDER TO. DESTROY PICKAXE MOUNTAIN, MAYBE. THAT'S WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS. 'PLANNING, I'M NOT SURE. HE DOES HAVE A LOT OF GENERALS. SURROUNDING HIM THAT DO HAVE. PLANS AND HAVE GIVEN HIM GREAT. ADVICE. HE TALKED TO QATAR AND UAE AND. SAUDI ARABIA. THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT. RETALIATIONS BECAUSE. GEOGRAPHICALLY THEY ARE SO CLOSE.

TO IRAN, THEY DON'T WANT TO BE. TARGETS IF WE HIT THEIR. FACILITIES. AND SAUDI ARABIA, OUR PRESIDENT. SPOKE TO THE CROWNED PRINCE, MBS. ON SATURDAY. HE URGED DONALD TRUMP AND SAID. PREDE-ESCALATE AND REFRAIN FROM. LAUNCHING ATTACKS. THE PRESIDENT SOFERRED THE. WEEKEND I DON'T WANT TO KILL. PEOPLE. I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DO THIS. IF THERE IS ROOM FOR. NEGOTIATION, THEN I'M WILLING TO. DO IT. >> Charlie: YEAH. OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, IF IRAN. THOUGHTS THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE. GOING TO BE ABLE TO PLAY A BUNCH. OF GAMES BECAUSE WE HAVE MID. DETERMINES COMING UP AND IT DOES.

COMPLICATE THINGS WITHOUT A. DOUBT. THE WAR IS NOT A POPULAR WAR. IT IS DEFINITELY A DRAG ON. REPUBLICANS. IT'S A DRAG ON THE. ADMINISTRATION TO HAVE THIS. GOING ON. BUT, IF THEY THOUGHT THAT THEY. WERE GOING TO BULLY PRESIDENT. TRUMP BECAUSE OF THE MIDTERMS, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND DONALD. TRUMP. TRUMP IS NOT DOING THIS FOR. POLITICAL REASONS. HE'S DOING IT BECAUSE HE. BELIEVES THAT IT IS IMPERATIVE. THAT FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE. WORLD AND THE UNITED STATES. AND HERE'S THE THING THOUGH THAT.

DOES KIND OF AMAZE ME, THE BEST. DEAL IRAN WILL EVER GET IS. TODAY. AND IF IRAN DECIDES THAT THEY. WANT TO PLAY GAMES AND PLAY FOR. TIME, AND THEN WAIT UNTIL AFTER. THE ELECTION, IN ORDER TO MAKE A. DEAL, WHATEVER DEAL YOU GET ON. NOVEMBER 4TH IS GOING TO BE. NOTHING COMPARED TO THE DEAL YOU. COULD GET RIGHT NOW BECAUSE. WHILE PRESIDENT TRUMP IS GOING. TO CONTINUE DOING THIS, ONCE THE. ELECTION IS BEHIND HIM, ALL. GLOVES ARE OFF. >> Lawrence: I JUST WORRY AS WE. CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS, IT'S.

KIND OF BECOME LIKE A SEA SAW. EFFECT BACK AND FORTH BACK AND. FORTH. I THINK WITH THE CAPABILITIES WE. HAD WE COULD BE DONE WITH THIS. ALREADY. WE HAVE THE NECESSARY ASNETS. PLACE RIGHT NOW WE COULD FINISH. THE JOB AND THEN MOVE ON YOU GOT. SOME PEOPLE WITHIN THE. ADMINISTRATION THAT ARE PUSHING. FOR SOME SORT OF DEAL AND THEY. BELIEVE THAT THERE IS MODERATES. THERE IS NO MODERATES IN THE. GOVERNMENT OF IRAN. >> Ainsley: THE PRESIDENT SAID. IS HE DOING. THEY IS HOLDING.

OFF THE STRIKES FOR THE FUTURE. BENEFIT OF THE WORLD AND THE. SURVIVAL OF A SUCCESSFUL AND. PROSPEROUS IRAN. WOULDN'T THAT BE WONDERFUL FOR. ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT WERE OUT. IN THE STREETS PROTESTING THAT. LOST THEIR LOVED ONES BECAUSE. THEY WERE STANDING UP FOR WHAT. IS RIGHT. THE PROBLEM IS THIS REGIME AND. THIS REGIME IS GOING.