Iran's latest threat could mark 'SIGNIFICANT ESCALATION'

STAY TUNED TO SEE WHAT HIS LAST. COSTUME CHANGE WILL BE. CHARLIE: WE ARE MONITORING A. SIGNIFICANT SERIES OF NEW POSTS. FROM THE AYATOLLAH'S X ACCOUNT. OVER THE LAST HOUR FOLLOWING AN. APPARENT MEETING WITH SENIOR. MILITARY COMMANDERS. GRIFF: IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER. THREATENING AN IMMEDIATE. RESPONSE IF THE U.S. AND ISRAEL. RESUMES STRIKES. RACHEL: MADELEINE RIVERA HAS. MORE ON THESE NEW WARNINGS. GOOD MORNING. >> Reporter: HI, THAT'S RIGHT. THIS IS A BOLD STATEMENT FROM. THE SUPREME LEADER. HE SAYS ANY TYPE OF THREAT FROM.

THE U.S. AND ISRAEL WOULD BE MET. BY, QUOTE, AN IMMEDIATE, IMPACTFUL AND GEOGRAPHICALLY. UNRESTRICTED RESPONSE. AND TO THAT LAST POINT, HE'S. ORDERING THE COUNTRY'S ARMED. FORCES TO UPDATE THEIR TARGET. LIST TO BRING ALL U.S. AND. ISRAELI ASSETS WITHIN STRIKING. RANGE. THIS COULD MARK A SIGNIFICANT. ESCALATION AS THE U.S. PREPARES. FOR POTENTIALLY MORE STRIKES ON. IRAN AFTER THE MIDTERMS. "THE WALL STREET JOURNAL". REPORTS THE TOP U.S. COMMANDER. IN THE MIDDLE EAST BRIEFED THE. PRESIDENT ON MILITARY OPTIONS.

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS. WARNED THERE WILL BE. CONSEQUENCES IF TEHRAN CONTINUES. ITS MALIGN ACTIVITIES. A DNI MEMO WAS SENT TO SECRETARY. RUBIO WARNING IRAN HAS. SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED EFFORTS. TO TARGET OFFICIALS IN THE. MIDDLE EAST REGION AND BEYOND. SO THE PRESIDENT INSISTS THE. FIGHTING WILL SOON STOP. QATARI MEDIATORS RETURNED ON. FRIDAY IN THE LATEST ATTEMPT TO. STRIKE A DEAL WITH IRAN. >> THERE ARE TALKS.

THEY WANT TO TALK, THEY KEEP. TALKING. BUT, LOOK, THEY'RE NOT PAYING. THEIR SOLDIERS OR POLICE. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE IN A LOT OF. TROUBLE AND WE HAVE TIME, FRANKLY. IRAN CANNOT HAVE A NUCLEAR. WEAPON, AND THEY WON'T HAVE A. NUCLEAR WEAPON. AND THAT'S GOING TO END ARE. SOON. ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, IT'S GOING. TO END VERY SOON. >> Reporter: THE U.S. IS. REPEATING ITS CALLS FOR. NON-EMERGENCY GOVERNMENT. EMPLOYEES TO LEAVE SAUDI ARABIA. CITING ATTACKS BY THE. IRAN-B.