Jack Keane: This is INSULTING

GET IT RIGHT NOW. >> Ainsley: THANK YOU, >> SEE YOU TOMORROW. >> Bill: PRESIDENT TRUMP GIVING. AN UPDATE ON THE CONFLICT WITH. IRAN AND REVEALING ABOUT THE. CURRENT STATE OF PLAY. THE PASSAGE OF A MAJOR. DIPLOMATIC DEADLINE. HOPE THE WEEKEND WAS GRAND. TEAM IS BACK TOGETHER IN NEW. YORK. WE'RE FRESH AND -- ONE OF US IS. FRESH AND RESTED AND READY. >> Dana: I'LL CARRY YOU THIS. WEEK. GOOD TO BE BACK. I MISSED EVERYONE. I'M DANA PERINO AND THIS IS.

"AMERICA'S NEWSROOM.". TODAY ENDS THE 60 DAY WINDOW TO. REACH A BROADER DEAL WITH IRAN. THAT DEADLINE WAS LAID OUT IN. THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. AND AN AGREEMENT DERAILED BY. IRAN'S ATTACKS ON TANKER SHIPS. AND U.S. BASES. >> Bill: THAT FIGHTING HAS. SLOWED TRAFFIC IN THE STRAIT AS. WE GET NEW REPORTING FROM THE. "WALL STREET JOURNAL." THAT. PAPER SAYS THAT IRAN USED THE. MEMO AS A STALLING TACTIC AND. HAS SPENT THE PAST TWO MONTHS. PREPPING FOR A LARGER WAR.

>> Dana: PRESIDENT TRUMP WROTE. ON TRUTH SOCIAL THIS MORNING. THIS. THE NUMBER ONE GOAL IS AND. ALWAYS WILL BE THAT IRAN CANNOT. HAVE IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM A. NUCLEAR WEAPON. GENERAL JACK KEANE IS ON DECK. WITH ANALYSIS. TREY YINGST JUST SPOKE TO. PRESIDENT TRUMP. GOOD MORNING, TREY. >> GOOD MORNING. TODAY THE MEMORANDUM OF. UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE UNITED. STATES AND IRAN EXPIRES. IT HAS BEEN 60 DAYS SINCE IT WAS. SIGNED AND REPORTS INDICATE VERY. LITTLE DIPLOMATIC PROGRESS TO.

REOPEN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. ALL OF THIS IS TAKING PLACE AS. PRESIDENT TRUMP TOLD FOX NEWS. IRAN SHOULD PUT UP THE WHITE. FLAG OF SURRENDER. HE SAID I HAVE NO TIME SCHEDULE. NOT IN A HURRY. HE WOULD BOMB THE F OUT OF OMAN. IF THEY GOT IN THE WAY. ONGOING TALKS BETWEEN IRAN AND. OMAN ABOUT CONTROL OF THE. STRAIT. INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING DATA. INDICATED ONLY FIVE CARGO SHIPS. PASSED THROUGH THE STRAIT ON. SATURDAY AND NONE ON SUNDAY DUE. TO IRAN CONTINUING ATTACKS ON.

VESSELS. A BULK CARRIER REPORTED BEING. HIT BY AN UNKNOWN PROJECTILE. SATURDAY. A TODAY PRIOR A VESSEL WAS. TARGETED. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID THIS ABOUT. THE CRITICAL WATERWAY ON FRIDAY. >> President Trump: AFTER WE. FINISH DEFEATING IRAN, WHICH IS. BEING VERY BADLY DEFEATED --. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]. PRETTY SOON I'LL BE DECLARING. THE HORMUZ STRAIT A TERRITORY OF. THE UNITED STATES.

ESSENTIALLY THAT'S WHAT -- WE. HAVE THE BLOCKADE. >> THIS COMES AS TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS, INCLUDING JARED KUSHNER ARE IN. THE REGION PURSUING DIPLOMATIC. AVENUES FOR A CEASE-FIRE IN. GAZA. HE MET WITH THE EGYPTIAN CHIEF. TO SOLIDIFY THE PROCESS FOR. HAMAS TO LAY DOWN THEIR WEAPONS. IN GAZA. HE WAS JOINED BY OTHERS. HE IS MEETING TODAY WITH. BENJAMIN NETANYAHUE, WHO. RECENTLY CALLED THE BOARD OF. PEACE ROADMAP UNACCEPTABLE.

>> ISRAEL DOES NOT ACCEPT THE. 15-POINT DOCUMENT. THE IDF WILL NOT CARRY OUT ANY. WITHDRAWAL UNTIL HAMAS IS. DISARMED. WHEN I SAY DISARMING HAMAS, IT. MEANS HEAVY WEAPONRY, LIGHTER. WEAPONRY, ALL WEAPONRY. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GENUINE. DISARMAMENT, NOT FICTITIOUS. DISARMAMENT. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID ISRAEL. SHOULD NOT BE TARGETING GAZA.

NOW. WE'RE GETTING NEW INFORMATION BY. REUTERS CROSSING THE WIRES FROM. AN IRANIAN OFFICIAL SAY THE. IRANIANS ARE GOING TO AN. OFFENSIVE POSTURE. HE SAYS IRAN HAS SET A DEADLINE. FOR A FEW WEEKS FOR FULL. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MEMORANDUM. OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE UNITED. STATES. >> Dana: TREY YINGST, THANK YOU. >> Bill: ON A MONDAY WE LOVE TO. HAVE GENERAL JACK KEANE WITH US. AGAIN TODAY. APPRECIATE YOUR ANALYSIS.

A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE, WHAT. TREY IS REPORTING HIT THE. REUTERS WIRE ABOUT IRAN SAYING. IT WILL GO ON OFFENSE. "WALL STREET JOURNAL" HAS THIS. HEADLINE. IRAN'S SECRET PLAN TO ESCALATE. THE WAR. THEY GO INTO A LOT OF DETAILS. HOW IRAN WANTS TO STEP THIS. THING UP. BASED ON WHAT YOU KNOW AND YOUR. OWN REPORTING AND YOUR OWN. SOURCES, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF. THESE HEADLINES NOW? >> WELL, CERTAINLY GOING TO THE. END SO-CALLED OF THE 60 DAY. WINDOW HERE IS LARGELY PRO FORM.

YEAH AND SYMBOLIC. WE WENT TO THE CEASE-FIRE. APRIL 7TH AND ENTERED INTO. DIPLOMATIC PHASE. AFTER FOUR MONTHS OF THIS TO. INCLUDE THE AGREEMENT WE HAD. WITH THE MEMORANDUM OF. UNDERSTANDING WHICH THE IRANIANS. BLEW UP A FEW DAYS AFTER IT. DESPITE THE PRESIDENT SIGNED IT, IT TELL GRAPHS LOUD AND CLEAR TO. ALL OF US ONCE AGAIN EVEN IF. IRAN MAKES A DEAL, THEY WON'T. COMPLY WITH IT. THAT'S THE EVIDENCE WE HAVE TO. DATE. SO I HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR A FEW. WEEKS NOW I THINK EVEN THOUGH.

WE'RE IN THIS ECONOMIC PRESSURE. CAMPAIGN THAT WE ARE EXECUTING. AND SECRETARY BESSENT IS DOING. IS CERTAINLY REMARKABLE AND. GOING TO FURTHEST WE'VE EVER. GONE IN TERMS OF IMPOSING. ECONOMIC POWER TO THE BLOCKADE. WHERE THE IRANIANS ARE, THEY ARE. GOING TO RIDE THIS ECONOMIC. PRESSURE OUT IN THEIR MINDS. THEY THINK THEY CAN WITH STAND. IT. EVEN IF THEIR PEOPLE REBEL AGAIN.

THEY'LL MOW THEM DOWN IN THE. STREETS. THAT IS WHERE THESE GUYS ARE. THEY THINK THEY CAN OUTLAST US. IN TERMS OF THE ECONOMIC PHASE. OF THIS. AND AT THE SAME TIME, I HAVE. BEEN SAYING AND I THINK THE. "WALL STREET JOURNAL" HAS PICKED. UP ON IT 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. BECAUSE WHERE ARE THE IRANIANS. COMING FROM HERE? THEY PAY ATTENTION TO OUR. POLITICAL WORLD AND WANT TO. AFFECT THE ELECTIONS. THEY DON'T WANT PRESIDENT TRUMP. AND THE REPUBLICANS TO MAINTAIN. THE CONTROL POLITICALLY THAT. THEY HAVE. THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE. DEMOCRATS GET SOME LEVEL OF. CONTROL. I HATE TO GET INVOLVED IN. POLITICS BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT. WHERE THE IRANIANS ARE COMING. FROM, NOT WHERE I'M COMING FROM. AND THAT'S WHAT IS ON THEIR MIND.

HERE. SO YES, WHEN YOU HEAR PHRASES. LIKE THIS WE'RE GOING ON. OFFENSE, ONE, THAT'S A THREAT. AND A LOT OF THEIR THREATS ARE. HOLLOW. I THINK THERE IS SOME SUBSTANCE. TO IT FOR THE REASONS I JUST. STATED. SO IT'S LIKELY WE MAY SEE. SOMETHING HERE GOING FORWARD. NOW THE IRANIANS MISCALCULATE. TIME AND TIME AGAIN NOT. UNDERSTANDING WHO OUR PRESIDENT. IS. REMEMBER, FIRST IN 47 YEARS TO. EVER CONFRONT THEM MILITARILY. AND TWO, IF THEY PUSH IN THAT. DIRECTION, I SUSPECT THE.

PRESIDENT WILL COME DOWN VERY, VERY STRONG ON THEM ONCE AND FOR. ALL. SO WE'LL SEE WHERE WE ARE HERE. WE'RE IN AN ECONOMIC PHASE. THAT'S A DECISION WE'VE MADE. BUT THE PRESIDENT HAS LOTS OF. OPTIONS THAT HE CAN GO TO IN. TERMS OF MILITARY ACTION WHEN. AND IF NEEDED. THAT'S THE REALITY OF IT. AND IN THE SENSE THE BALL IS IN. THE IRAN'S COURT TO SEE WHAT. THEY'LL DO HERE. >> Dana: TWO OTHER QUESTIONS. MAYBE I'LL TRY TO GET BOTH OF.

THEM IN. ON PRESIDENT TRUMP LAST NIGHT. SAYING THAT HE HAS ORDERED. SECRETARY -- INSTRUCTED. SECRETARY OF WAR PETE HEGSETH TO. REDUCE JOINT MILITARY EXERCISES. SCHEDULED TO BEGIN THE SOUTH. KOREA. GIVE US SOME CONTEXT. HOW SHOULD WE BE THINKING ABOUT. THAT AND VIEWERS? IS IT A BIG DEAL OR NOT? FOR THE SOUTH KOREANS IT FEELS. LIKE A LOT. >> A LACK OF SUPPORT FOR US WITH.

IRAN. IT'S ALL ABOUT NORTH KOREA IS. WHAT IT IS. IF WE WANT THEM TO DO MORE THAN. THAT TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. SECURITY AGREEMENT AND ASK THEM. AS PART OF THE AGREEMENT TO. ASSIST US WHERE WE NEED HELP, NOT WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO. ASSIST THEM WHERE THEY NEED HELP. IN TERMS OF NORTH KOREA. INVASION. WE HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE. SOUTH KOREANS BUILT OUR MILITARY. BASIS AND PROVIDE LOGISTICS FOR. US, HAVE A STRONG MILITARY BUT. WE HAVE 28,500 SOLDIERS BEEN.

THERE FOR YEARS STANDING TALL. MAKING CERTAIN THAT NORTH KOREA. DOESN'T GO SOUTH. AND THIS RELATIONSHIP WILL. OUTLAST THIS DISAGREEMENT WE'RE. HAVING RIGHT NOW. >> Bill: THE CENT COM COMMANDER. VISITING THE U.S.S. LINCOLN. THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT. MORALE AND QUESTIONS HOW THESE. SAILORS AT SEA FOR WHAT IS IT. 200 DAYS PLUS AND BELIEVE. GENERAL. HOW SIGNIFICANT WAS THAT VISIT.

AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE. SHOULD UNDERSTAND? >> FIRST OF ALL, I DID TALK TO. ADMIRAL COOPER. GREAT VISIT WITH THE TROOPS. THERE. THEY FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHAT IS. HAPPENING HERE. I HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH. MISREPRESENTATION IN THE MEDIA. OF THE ACTUAL FACTS THAT TOOK. PLACE. A SOLDIER FELL OVERBOARD AND. RESCUED. THEY WERE CLAIMING MULTIPLE. SOLDIERS WERE COMMITTING. SUICIDE. SAILORS, NOT SOLDIERS, I DON'T. WANT TO INSULT THEM BY CALLING.

THEM SOLDIERS. THE MISREPRESENTATION HAS BEEN. QUITE SIGNIFICANT. I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE DISAGREE. WITH THE WAR. I GOT THAT. AND THOSE ARGUMENTS SHOULD BE. MADE. BUT THIS I'M GLAD COOPER WENT. THERE. WROTE A GREAT ARTICLE IN THE. "WALL STREET JOURNAL" OP-ED. THAT'S WORTH READING TO GIVE YOU. HIS ASSESSMENT OF WHAT TOOK. PLACE AND IT'S INSULTING TO. THESE TROOPS. THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR A LONG. TIME STANDING TALL REPRESENTING. THE UNITED STATES AND THAT'S. WHAT THEY VOLUNTEERED TO DO.

AND WHEN THEY ARE DOING. SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEY REALLY. FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE MEANING AND. PURPOSE OF WHAT IT IS ABOUT AND. THEIR FAMILIES ARE SACRIFICING. AS WELL. WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF THEM AND. WRAPPING OUR ARMS AROUND THEM IN. TERMS OF WHAT THEY HAVE. ACCOMPLISHED. WELL DONE HEADING HOME TO TH.