Iranian parliament speaker DEFIANT on Strait of Hormuz

GENERAL RUSSELL COLEMAN COMING. UP IN A BIT. >> Bill: IN THE MEANTIME. PRESIDENT TRUMP TRYING TO CRANK. UP THE PRESSURE ON IRAN ISSUING. A NEW WARNING TO OMAN AS THE. STAND-OFF OVER THE STRAIT DRAGS. ON AND THE PRESIDENT MAKING. CLEAR STOPPING TEHRAN'S NUCLEAR. PROGRAM IS HIS TOP PRIORITY. >> ON THAT VERSION OF THE. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING YOU. ARE ENDING CLOSER TO ENDING IRAN. --. >> Harris: THEY WON'T MAKE THE. KIND OF A DEAL I FEEL IS.

NECESSARY. WE'RE IN THERE FOR ONE REASON, IRAN CANNOT HAVE A NUCLEAR. WEAPON. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT. IRAN CANNOT HAVE A NUCLEAR. WEAPON AND THEY WON'T HAVE A. NUCLEAR WEAPON. >> Bill: TREY YINGST LIVE IN TEL. AVIV JOINS US NOW. HELLO. >> WITH THE MEMORANDUM OF. UNDERSTANDING EXPIRED, BOTH THE. UNITED STATES AND IRAN HAVE. INDICATED THE STATUS QUO WILL. CONTINUE WITH NO DEAL ON THE. HORIZON. OVERNIGHT ANOTHER VESSEL WAS.

TARGETED IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. WITH AN UNKNOWN PROJECTILE. TAKING PLACE WHILE IRAN AND OMAN. CONTINUE TALKS ABOUT THE STRAIT. THE U.S. NAVAL BLOCKADE REMAINS. IN PLACE AND PRESIDENT TRUMP. WARNED OMAN ABOUT GETTING IN THE. WAY. IRAN'S PRESIDENT SAYS QUOTE, PATIENCE, SOLIDARITY AND HOPE. ARE THE KEYS TO IRAN'S. RESILIENCE WITH INCREASING. EXTERNAL PRESSURES AND THREATS.

THE PARLIAMENT SPEAKER SAYING. THIS. >> LET ME MAKE IT CLEAR. UNDER AMERICA IMPLEMENTS ITS. COMMITMENTS UNDER THE MEMORANDUM. OF UNDERSTANDING INCLUDING. LIFTING THE BLOCKADE AND THE. RELEASE OF FROZEN ASSETS, LIFTING THE OIL SANCTIONS, ENDING THREATS AND MILITARY. OPERATIONS ON ALL FRONTS AND. OTHER CONDITIONS AMERICA HAS. AGREED TO, THE STRAIT WILL NOT. BE REOPENED. >> ON MONDAY U.S. NEGOTIATOR. KUSHNER INDICATED THAT.

DISCUSSIONS ARE TAKING PLACE. WITH IRANIAN OFFICIALS. PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL WAIT FOR. THE RIGHT DEAL. >> WHERE DO NEGOTIATIONS STAND. WITH THE IRANIAN REGIME? >> RIGHT NOW PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS. BEEN VERY FOCUSED ON THE. ECONOMIC PRESSURE. HE REALLY FEELS STRONGLY ABOUT. THE BLOCKADE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE IRANIAN. ECONOMY, IT IS WAY WORSE OFF. NOW. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS VERY CLEAR ON. WHY HE TOOK THE ACTIONS HE TOOK, WHICH IS HE BELIEVES THAT IRAN. CANNOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON AND. IF IRAN IS WILLING TO, YOU KNOW,

FINISH THE DEAL THEY'VE BEEN. DISCUSSING WITH US TO GIVE UP. THEIR ABILITY TO CREATE A. NUCLEAR WEAPON, THEN OBVIOUSLY. HE IS GOING TO MAKE A DEAL THAT. COULD BE GREAT FOR THE IRANIAN. PEOPLE AND IT IS SOMETHING HE. WOULD BE OPEN TO. BUT RIGHT NOW THEY AREN'T. SHOWING ANY INTEREST IN DOING. SOMETHING THAT MAKES SENSE FOR. US. >> RIGHT NOW THE REGION IS STUCK. IN A CYCLE OF TALKS AND STRIKES. THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS THIS. WILL CHANGE IN THE COMING WEEKS.

>> Bill: TREY YINGST, TEL AVIV. >> Dana: LET'S BRING IN REBECCA. HEINRICH SENIOR FELLOW AT THE. HUDSON INSTITUTE. WE NOTICE THE IRANIANS FEEL. PRETTY COMFORTABLE TO ALL GET. TOGETHER NOW, REBECCA. THAT'S DIFFERENT. >> YEAH, IT IS DIFFERENT. DANA, THE IRANIANS HAVEN'T. BACKED OFF THEIR ORIGINAL. DEMANDS. THEY ARE MAKING MORE AUDACIOUS. DEMANDS EVEN PUBLICLY SAYING. THEY WANT THE UNITED STATES TO. REMOVE THE BLOCKADE. THEY WANT REPARATIONS FOR THE. MILITARY ACTIVITY THAT HAS.

ALREADY TAKEN PLACE AND CLEARLY. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS VERY. FRUSTRATED WITH THE OMANYS. THEY ARE AN ALLY OF THE UNITED. STATES. IF OMAN IS SUGGESTING THEY MAY. BE OKAY WITH THE IRANIANS DOING. THINGS LIKE DEMANDING TOLLS ON. THE STRAIT, CLEARLY THAT'S NOT. GOING TO WORK FOR PRESIDENT. TRUMP AND THE UNITED STATES. HE IS MAKING THAT VERY CLEAR. THE IRANIANS UNDER NO. CIRCUMSTANCES OMAN OR NOT CANNOT. CONTROL THE STRAIT AT ALL. >> Bill: JACK KEANE WITH US. YESTERDAY. IRAN THREATENING AGAIN.

WHAT HE THINKS, WATCH. >> I HAVE BEEN SAYING AND I. THINK THE "WALL STREET JOURNAL". HAS PICKED UP ON FROM THEIR. SOURCES, THAT THE IRANIANS. LIKELY, GIVEN THE MID-TERM. ELECTIONS ARE COMING, WILL. INCREASE THE VOLATILITY AND. VIOLENCE IN THE AREA TO. DEMONSTRATE TO THE AMERICAN. PEOPLE THAT THE MANAGEMENT OF. THE WAR IS NOT GOING GOOD. >> Bill: 77 DAYS AWAY FROM THAT. VOTE. HOW MUCH CREDENCE DO YOU GIVE. THAT THEORY? >> I THINK THAT'S RIGHT.

PRESIDENT TRUMP CLEARLY HAS. SETTLED INTO THIS PREFERENCE OF. A STRATEGY TO DRY UP THE. IRANIAN'S ABILITY TO. RECONSTITUTE SOME OF THEIR. MILITARY BY THIS ECONOMIC. BLOCKADE, BY INCREASING. SANCTIONS AND THEN BY TRYING TO. GET SOME SHIPS, AS MANY AS WE. CAN ALONG THE COAST OF OMAN. AS YOU HEARD FROM JACK KEANE WE. KNOW THE IRANIANS WILL BE BUSY. TRYING TO DO EXACTLY WHAT WE. DON'T WANT THEM TO DO. RECONSTITUTE MILITARY FORCES AND. TRY TO EMBARRASS PRESIDENT TRUMP. BY SHOOTING AT THESE SHIPS IN.

THE STRAIT AND BY TRYING TO. UNDERMINE HIS EFFORTS TO MOVE. OIL. THEY ARE GOING TO DO IT BECAUSE. THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THE. ELECTION IS COMING UP AND. PRESIDENT TRUMP DOES NOT WANT TO. RESUME MILITARY OPERATIONS. SO I'M OF THE MIND THAT THE. SOONER THE BETTER THE UNITED. STATES DOES HAVE TO RESUME. MILITARY OPERATIONS ALONGSIDE. THE ISRAELIS, VERY HELPFUL FOR. THE UNITED STATES IN DEGRADING. THE IRANIAN CAPABILITIES. >> Dana: WE ALSO HEARD FROM.

KUSHNER WHO GAVE MORE DETAILS ON. THE HAMAS CONVERSATION. >> THEY SAID ALL THE RIGHT. THINGS. IT IS VERY HARD TO TRUST A. TERRORIST ORGANIZATION THAT. COMMITTED THESE TERRIBLE. ATROCITIES. WE HAD A CORDIAL MEETING AND. THEY SAID ALL THE RIGHT THINGS. SO WE WILL GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO. PERFORM. IT WILL HAVE TO BE BASED ON. ACTIONS AND STEPS. I HOPE IT WILL BE TRUE. >> Dana: WHAT WILL YOU BE. LOOKING FOR AS THIS CONTINUES? >> WELL, HAMAS HAS TO ACTUALLY.

COMPLETELY LAY DOWN THEIR ARMS. AND COMPLY WITH THIS EFFORT TO. DESTROY ESSENTIALLY ALL OF THE. TUNNELS THAT HAMAS HAS DUG ALONG. GAZA BEFORE THE ISRAELIS CAN. LEAVE THE AREA. SO I THINK THE MAGIC WORD FROM. JARED KUSHNER THERE WAS HE GAVE. TO REPORTERS IS THAT THE UNITED. STATES IS NOT GOING TO PRESSURE. ISRAEL AT ALL TO LEAVE THE. REGION UNTIL HAMAS IS GONE AND. SO THAT'S WHAT I WILL BE LOOKING. FOR. IT WON'T TAKE MUCH LOOKING. I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE THAT HAMAS.

IS GOING TO DO THAT. THEIR VERY EXISTENCE IS BASED ON. KILLING ISRAELIS, KILLING THE. WEST, FIGHTING THE WEST. SO UNTIL HAMAS IS COMPLETELY. DESTROYED, I DON'T SUSPECT THAT. ISRAEL WILL BE WILLING TO LEAVE. THE GAZA AREA. >> Bill: YOU ARE RIGHT ABO.