JUST IN: Iran puts BOUNTY on US service members

THERE. PRAYERS TO HER AND EVERYBODY. AFFECTED. MEANWHILE THE 60-DAY CEASEFIRE. WITH IRAN SET TO EXPIRE TODAY. IRANIAN ARMY CHIEF IS AS. NOUNSING A BOUNTY ON U.S. SOLDIERS. SAYING ANYONE WHO HANDS OVER. INVADING MILITARY PERSONNEL WILL. RECEIVE AWARD EQUIVALENT DOLLAR.

30,000 DOLLARS. YOU DON'T PUT A BOUNTY ON. AMERICAN LIVES IF YOU WANT. PEACE. WHAT COMES NEXT? WILL ANYTHING BE DIFFERENT THIS. TIME? >> SOMETHING THAT IS VERY. DIFFERENT, IRAN IS STARTING TO. FEEL ECONOMIC PRESSURE THAT IS. RESULTING FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. WISE DECISION TO BLOCKADE ACCESS. TO IRANIAN THE PORTS FOR TRAFFIC.

NAVIGATING THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. I SEE THIS RHETORIC, THIS. ANNOUNCEMENT OF A BOUNTY AS. DESPERATION. IRAN KNOWS IT CAN'T GO ON LIKE. THIS FOREVER. THAT SHOULD PROVIDE A PATH OUT. OF THIS WAR. AGAIN, AS IT WAS IN JUNE OF. 2025, THERE ARE OPTIONS, INTENSE.

ESCALATION TO SOLVE WITH. AMERICAN TROOPS OR NEGOTIATION. THAT CAN GET US A BETTER DEAL. THAN PRESIDENT OBAMA RESTED WITH. THE JCPOA. IT IS A SIGN THEY ARE TRYING TO. CLING TO LEVERAGE WHEN IN. ACTUALITY THEY ARE LOSING. LEVERAGE BECAUSE THEIR ECONOMY. IS SUFFERING AND LOSING ABILITY.

TO PROVIDE WAY OF LIFE FOR THEIR. PEOPLE. CAN THAT REALITY COEXIST WITH. COMPLICATED DOMESTIC POLITICAL. REALITY IN AMERICA, TOO. >> Todd: TALK ABOUT THAT, TALK. ABOUT DOMESTIC REALITY AND. TIMING, THEY ARE HAND IN HAND. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE FINISHING. OFF SUMMER VACATION IN THE. NORTHEAST, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT. CALENDAR, WE ARE 2-1/2 MONTHS. AWAY FROM THE MIDTERM.

ARE WE PAST POINT OF THIS. CONFLICT BEING OVERED BY MIDTERM. MEANING PRESIDENT TRUMP DOES NOT. DO MUCH BETWEEN NOW AND. NOVEMBER. TRY TO HOPE THIS WAR RECEDES. FROM HEADLINE AND PRESIDENT. TRUMP UNLEASHES HOLY HELL ON. IRAN. >> PERHAPS, TODD, I THINK HE IS. INTERESTED IN PATH TO ENSURE. IRAN DOES NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR. WEAPON. IT IS SIMPLE AS THAT, I DON'T.

THINK THERE IS ANYTHING BEHIND. SCENE OTHER THAN EARNEST DESIRE. TO STOP HOSTILE ACTOR TO. REREDEFINE SCOPE OF POWER. TO THE POINT OF YOUR QUESTION, I. DON'T THINK WE ARE TOO LATE AND. REPUBLICAN PARTY CANNOT RECLAIM. POLITICAL CAPITAL LOST FROM THIS. WAR. I THINK WE MIGHT SEE THIS MORE. COMFORTABLES UNDER WHICH THE.

UNITED STATES IS CONTROLLING. THIS CONSTRICTING SNAKE AROUND. THE IRANIAN ECONOMY AND AROUND. THEIR MILITARY. IF THAT NOOSE CAN STAY IN PLACE, IF LEVEL OF HOSTILITY CAN STAY. RELATIVELY STABILITY THEN I. THINK PRESIDENT TRUMP MIGHT. ACCEPT THAT AND YOU WON'T SEE. INTENSE ESCALATION BETWEEN NOW. AND MIDTERM ELECTIONS. THE GOAL WILL ALWAYS BE PATH TO. ENSURE IRAN DOES NOT HAVE A.

NUCLEAR WEAPON AND PRESIDENCY. TRUMP IS COMMITTED TO THAT AND. WILL NOT LET POLITICAL. CONSIDERATION PUSH HIM OFF THE. MARK. >> Todd: HE'S BEEN LASER FOCUSED. ON THAT AND REPUBLICAN. CANDIDATES NEED TO CARRY THAT. AND REMIND PEOPLE, WE DON'T LOVE. HIGH GAS PIECES, BUT IF IRAN H.