Israel issues OMINOUS warning to Iranian regime: The 'end is near'

KEVIN: THE U.S. DELIVERS YET. ANOTHER MASSIVE BLOW TO IRAN'S. ECONONOMY, SINKING ONE OF THAT. COUNTRY'S OIL CARRIERS IN THE. GULF OF OMAN. NOW, THIS COMES AFTER THE. IRANIANS ATTEMPTED A BALLISTIC. MISSILE ATTACK ON A PAIR OF U.S. NAVY WARSHIPS. THIS IS THE SECOND HOUR OF "FOX. NEWS LIVE," AND WE DELL --. WELCOME YOU INSIDE, I'M KEVIN. CORKE. MAKING A TOTAL OF THREE IRANIAN.

SHIPS BEING STRUCK ACCORDING TO. CENTCOM, ONE CONFIRMED SUNK. COMMANDER BRAD COOPER WARNING. THE U.S. WILL DELIVER AN EVEN. HIGHER ECONOMIC COST IF IRANIAN. AGGRESSION CONTINUES. THE UPTICK IN VIOLENCE COMES AT. THE SAME TIME AS THE U.S. CONTINUES TO PUSH GLOBAL. ISOLATION AGAINST THE IRANIAN. ECONOMY. ENERGY SECRETARY CHRIS WRIGHT ON. THE ACTIVE TRADE WAR. >> WE ARE PUTTING MAXIMUM. ECONOMIC PRESSURE ON IRAN AND. ISOLATING THEM. AT THE SAME TIMEME THAT WE'RE. DOING THAT, THEY ARE TRYING TO.

WAGE ECONOMIC TERRORISM AGAINST. THE REST OF THE WORLD BY TRYING. TO IMPEDE THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. AND THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING. THEY CAN TO STAND IN OUR WAY. SO, YES, IT IS THE U.S. NAVY. THAT'S ASSURING THAT T THIS FLOW. COMES OUT. WE WISH IRAN WOULD STOP DOING. WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT WE ARE. DEGRADING THEIR CAPACITIES TO DO. THAT. KEVIN: JOINED BY THE VOICE OF. EXPERIENCE, OUR CHIEF. INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT.

STEVE HARRIGAN. HE IS IN TEL AVIV. HEY, STEVE. >> Reporter: KEVIN, THE BACK. AND FORTH IN THIS FIGHTING. OCCURRED ON SATURDAY INITIATED. BY IRAN. THEY LAUNCHED TWO BALLISTIC. MISSILES AT U.S. WARSHIPS, A. SIGNIFICANT UPTICK, BY TRYING TO. ATTACK UNSUCCESSFULLY U.S. WARSHIPS. THE U.S. RESPONDED BY HITTING. THREE IRANIAN OIL TANKERS.S. NOW, U.S. OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO. STRESS THE TOLL THIS WAR HAS. BEEN TAKING ON IRAN'S ECONOMY. THE CURRENCY CRASHING, INFLATION. SOARING. BOTH THE BLOCKADE AND THE HITS.

ON THE TANKERS AS WELL REALLY. REDUCING IRAN'S ABILITY TO EARN. MONEY FROM ITS OIL, SOMETHING. THAT HAS BEEN ECHOED BY ISRAELI. PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU WHO. SAYS THE GOAL REMAINS REGIME. CHANGE. >> TRANSLATOR: -- DOUBLING THE. REGIME -- TOPPLING THE REGIME. ITS END IS NEAR. IT'S WEAK, IT'S FIGHTING FOR ITS. LIFE, IT'S FALTERING. THERE IS ANOTHER MISSION TO. COMPLETE. WE ARE DETERMINED TO ACHIEVE IT. THIS WILL PERMANENTLY CHANGE THE.

FACE OF THE MIDDLE EAST9 AND THE. HISTORY OF OUR PEOPLE. WE KNOW WE ARE DETERMINED TO DO. IT, AND WE KNOW WE ARE CAPABLE. OF DOING IT. >> Reporter: WITH THE HIGH. HOLIDAYS APPROACHING HERE IN. ISRAEL, THE COUNTRY REMAINS ON. ALERT BUT THERE HAS NOT BEEN A. DIRECT ATTACK ON ISRAEL FROM. IRAN SINCE EARLY IN JUNE. KEVIN, BACK TO YOU. KEVIN: STEVE HARRIGAN FOR US IN. TEL AVIV. STEVE, STAY SAFE. DAVID HALE, FORM FORMER. AMBASSADOR TO PAKISTAN, LEBANON. AND JORDAN, AND THE SENIOR.

MIDDLE EAST ANALYST AND FORMER. U.S. ARMY INTEL OFFICER, ALWAYS. GOOD TO HAVE AN SIN THE. BUILDING. GENTLEMEN -- S2 IN THE BUILDING. I JUST WANT TO PLAY OFF WHAT. STEVE WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT. THERE. THIS IS A CIRCUMSTANCE -- LET'S. BEGIN WITH YOU, ADMIRAL -- A. CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE THE IRANIANS. CONTINUE TO SAY THEY OWN THE. STRAIT. THEY CONTROL THE STRAIT. I THINK THE EVIDENCE WOULD. SUGGEST THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE, THEY ARE NOT IN CONTROL. AND AT THIS POINT, THEY MAY NOT. EVEN BE IN CONTROL OF THEIR OWN. FLEET IF THIS CONTINUES.

WHAT SAY YOU? DAVID? DO WE HAVE --. >> YES. WELL, I THINK ABSOLUTELY TRUE. THAT THE IRANIANS ARE GOING. THROUGH THIS PHASE WHERE THEY'RE. COPING WITH A STRANGULATION. STRATEGY BY THE UNITED STATES. WHICH, IF WE ARE PERSISTENT IN. OUR APPROACH, IS GOING TO. SUCCEED. AND WE ABSOLUTELY, WE CAN'T. COMPLETELY DOMINATE THE STRAITS, ABLE NOW TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE.

IRANIANS ARE NO LONGER IN. CONTROL. I SEE THESE ACTIONS ON THEIR. PART AS LASHING OUT AND TRYING. TO TEST WHETHER OR NOT THE. UNITED STATES IS DETERMINED, BUT. IT SEEMS LIKE THE ADMINISTRATION. IS GOING TO REESTABLISH. DETERRENCE WHICH IS A VERY. POSITIVE MOVE. KEVIN: ALL RIGHT. YOUR CHANCE TO WEIGH IN, WHAT DO. YOU SAY THERE, S2? >> WELL, THANKS. S2, SPECIFICALLY 2 PANTHER 2. FROM THE 82ND AIRBORNE --. KEVIN: ATTA BOY. [LAUGHTER]. >> WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS, WE'RE. SEEING KINETIC ACTIONS AND THE. U.S. RESPONDED BY HITTING IRAN'S.

SHADOW FLEET, AND WE'RE SEEING. THIS ECONOMIC PRESSURE THAT IS. UNHEARD OF. SANK IS -- SANCTIONING A BANK IN. THE UAE, IN TURKEY AND THEN. WARNING IRAQ -- IRAQ IS THE. LIFELINE FOR IRAN -- THAT THEY. ARE NEXT. IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO AFTER. TURKEY AND THE UAE, IRAQ IS LOW. HANGING FRUIT WITH THEIR PROXIES. IN POWER, THEIR PROXIES AND. PRIMACY OVER THE GOVERNMENT. AND THESE SHADOW FLEET OIL. TANKERS THAT WE HIT ARE LIKELY. IRAQI SHADOW FLEET OIL TANKERS. THAT HAVE BEEN TRYING TO MOVE.

OUT IRAN'S ILLICIT OIL. SO THAT'S A GOOD THING. KEVIN: LET ME ASK YOU, DAVID, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT APPLYING. MAXIMUM ECONOMIC PRESSURE, HOW. DO YOU ISOLATE THE REGIME. WITHOUT HARMING SOME OF THE. PARTNERS? THEY MAY NOT BE CLOSE PARTNERS, BUT THERE ARE OTHER PARTNERS. AROUND THE REGION AND, INDEED, AROUND THE GLOBE THAT WILL BE. IMPACTED AS WE, AGAIN, ATTEMPT. TO ISOLATE THE REGIME? HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT AFFECTING. THAT? >> WELL, IF F YOU LOOK AT THE. BEHAVIOR, FOR EXAMPLE, OF THE.

UAE WHICH HAS OFTEN BEEN A. WINDOW AND TRADING OUTLET FOR. THE IRANIANS, THEY'RE ACTUALLY. JOINING WITH US. SO I THINK THAT THE ANSWER IS TO. APPEAL TO OUR FRIENDS THAT THEIR. BETTER INTERESTS ARE SERVED BY. THIS MAXIMUM PRESSURE STRATEGY. THE SOONER WE DEAL WITH. NEUTRALIZING IRAN, THE BETTER. OFF WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE. OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE ALL EMBARKED. ON FINDING ALTERNATIVE ROUTES TO. GET THEIR ENERGY OUT OF --. THROUGH RAIL, ROAD, PIPELINES, WHATEVER YOU HAVE.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME, BUT. THERE ARE OTHER ALTERNATIVES. THAT THEY HAVE. SO, AND THE ENERGY MARKET'S. RELATIVELY SOFT. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT CONSUMERS IN. EUROPE OR ASIA, THERE'S A PERIOD. OF WHERE THE PRICE MAY BE A. LITTLE BIT HIGH, BUT IT'S WELL. WORTH PAYING. AND I HOPE THAT WHEN CHINESE. PRESIDENT'S IN WASHINGTON, WE'RE. GOING TO CONTINUE WITH DIALOGUE. ABOUT HOW THEY SHOULD CONTINUE. TO, YOU KNOW, ABSORB THIS PERIOD. OF TIME. KEVIN: I THINK THE PROFESSOR. REALLY NAILED IT RIGHT THERE, MICHAEL. ULTIMATELY, THIS IS A TIME PLAY.

WE WANT TO AFFECT CHANGE, BUT WE. HAVE TO BE PATIENT. AT THE VERY TAME -- SAME TIME, I. THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AT LEAST. FROM THE ADMINISTRATION'S. PERSPECTIVE THAT THIS BE SHARP, THIS BE FOCUSED AND THIS AFFECT. THE KIND OF BEHAVIOR BECAUSE, LISTEN, THE REGIME IS NEVER. GOING TO DO ANYTHING UNLESS THEY. HAVE TO DO SO, IT SEEMS TO ME, AT THE TIP OF A BAYONET. MAYBE I'M MISREADING THAT, BUT. THEY ARE COMFORTABLE, SAYING ALL. THE RIGHT THINGS AND THEN, OF. COURSE, BREAKING EVERY AGREEMENT. THAT THEY MAKE. DO I HAVE THAT RIGHT? >> YES.

THE PLAYBOOK IS THEY INCREASE. THE THREAT SPHERE, THEN --. ATMOSPHERE, THEN THEY ASK FOR. CONCESSIONS. THAT'S THE PLAYBOOK. AND THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS. DONE WITH THE PLAYBOOK. YOU CANNOT BELIEVE A PROMISE. FROM THIS REGIME. WHAT WE NEED TO DO NOW IS WHAT. YOU SAID, KEVIN, BE PATIENT, BE. STRATEGIC, KEEP THE FOOT ON THE. GAS, JUST KEEP IT GOING BECAUSE. WE KEEP GIVING THEM A PAUSE, RIGHT? WE KEEP PICKING UP THE PHONE. WHEN THEY WANT TO TALK, AND THAT. ALLOWS THEM TO REGROUP, REARM, REIF FIT AND REATTACK OUR TO. ALLIES. SO THIS ECONOMIC PRESSURE IF IT.

HOLDS, IF IT CONTINUES, WE'LL BE. HAVING A MUCH DIFFERENT. CONVERSATION 100 DAYS FROM NOW. IF THERE IS NO PAUSE, IF THERE. IS NO LETUP IN THIS STRATEGY. KEVIN: LASTLY, AMBASSADOR, LET. ME ASK YOU, ARE YOU BULLISH THAT. SOMETHING GOOD HAPPENS, MEANING. SOMEHOW, SOME WAY WE COME TO. SOME SORT OF AN AGREEMENT. BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE. YEAR, OR IS THAT PIPE TO DREAM? >> WELL, I'M BULLISH IN THE. SENSE THAT TRUMP, PRESIDENT. TRUMP AND D THE ADMINISTRATION R. THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE THE UPPER.

HAND OVER THE IRANIANS. BUT AS YOU AND, YOU KNOW, HAS. BEEN SAID HERE, IT'S GOING TO. REQUIRE PERSISTENCE. THERE'S NO AGREEMENT TO BE HAD. WITH THE IRANIANS. THIS IS NOT A DRIVE TO GET THEM. TO A NEGOTIATING TABLE FOR AN. AGREEMENT WHICH THEY WILL SIGNGN. AND THEN DISHONOR. IT'S ABOUT NEUTRALIZING THEIR. ABILITY TO PROJECT POWER. IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE. HAVE AN ALLIANCE THAT'S GOING TO. JOIN US IN THAT, AND IT'S ABOUT. MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO. INTERFERE WITH THEIR NUCLEAR. PLANS ON A LONG-TERM BASIS.

SO THIS IS KIND OF ON AND. OFF-AGAIN VIOLENCE, ON AND. OFF-AGAIN DIPLOMACY, ON AND. OFF-AGAIN ECONOMIC SANCTIONS. THAT ARE GOING TO BE WITH US FOR. A WHILE, SO I HOPE THE AMERICAN. PUBLIC HAS THE PATIENCE TO DEAL. WITH IT. KEVIN: AND THAT'S ALWAYS THE. KEY. AMBASSADOR, AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU. SO MUCH FOR COMING IN AN.