Iran paying 'HEAVY PRICE' for attempted attacks on US targets

. >> I'LL BE HERE EVERY WEEKEND. >> SEE YOU. >> Bill: GOOD MORNING. EVERYBODY. WE BEGIN WITH A SHARP ESCALATION. OVERSEAS. IRAN TAKING POT SHOTS AT U.S. FORCES PROMPTING A FIERCE. AMERICAN RESPONSE AND THAT'S. WHERE WE BEGIN NOW ON A. WEDNESDAY. I'M BILL LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY. AS WE GET UNDERWAY. >> Dana: THIS IS AMERICA'S. NEWSROOM AND WE GET BACK TO THE. STORY AGAIN BECAUSE US. RESPONDING TO IRAN'S AGGRESSION.

BY DESTROYING FIVE OIL TANKERS. VIDEO SHOWS THE TANKERS ON FIRE. AND THEN THEY SANK INTO THE. OCEAN. >> THE U.S. SAID THE STRIKES. WERE PUNISHMENT FOR FAILING --. TRYING AT ATTACKING A WARSHIP. ONE OF THE BIGGEST WE'VE SEEN. SINCE THE CONFLICT BEGAN. PRESIDENT TRUMP TUESDAY. REITERATING FEELINGS ON THE. CURRENT FIGHT. >> RIGHT NOW WE'RE FIGHTING. BECAUSE WE HAVE A CERTAIN NATION. THAT WANTED A NUCLEAR WEAPON. THEY WERE VERY CLOSE TO GETTING.

IT AND NOW THEY HAVE NO CHANCE. OF GETTING IT. IRAN WILL NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR. WEAPON AND THEY'VE BEEN PUNISHED. GREATLY. >> Reporter: CONFLICT LOOMING. OVER REPUBLICANS AS THEY GATHER. FOR THEIR FIRST MIDTERM. CONVENTION IN DALLAS THAT KICKS. OFF TODAY. >> PRIME TIME TONIGHT AND LET'S. GET IT GOING THIS MORNING. REPORTING FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. AND IN TEL AVIV AND THAT'S WHERE. WE BEGIN. >> Reporter: IRAN PAYING A. HEAVY PRICE FOR TRYING AND. FAILING TO ATTACK U.S. WARSHIPS.

BIG U.S. TAKING OUT FIVE IRANIAN. OIL TANKERS. FOUR IN THE GULF OF OMAN AND THE. OTHER ONE NEAR THE ISLAND BIG. U.S. SAYING IT'S A RESPONSE FOR. FAILED ATTEMPTS TO TRY TO HIT. U.S. WARSHIPS WITH BALLISTIC. MISSILES HERE'S SECRETARY OF. STATE RUBIO. >> IRAN CONTINUES TO TRY TO HIT. U.S. NAVAL SHIPS AND EVERY TIME. THEY DO THAT OR TRY TO DO THAT. THEY'RE GOING TO LOSE. -- I. THINK YOU WILL SEE THAT. AGAIN TODAY. >> Reporter: IRAN ALSO TRIED. TO HIT U.S. FORCES ON THE GROUND. IN JORDAN.

WAS A BALLISTIC MISSILE ATTACK. THE ATTACKS HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. AT LEAST 18 OF THE MISSILES WERE. INTERCEPTED ACCORDING TO JORDAN. TWO OF THEM FELL IN THE DESERT. AND AS IT GOES ON THE U.S. BLOCKADE OF ALL OF IRAN'S PORTS. CONTINUES. NO OIL CROSSED THROUGH THE. BLOCKADE SINCE JULY AND IRAN HAD. TO RAISE THE PRICE OF GASOLINE. SOMETHING IN THE PAST HAS. SPURRED PROTESTS INSIDE OF IRA.