JUST IN: Iran reportedly resumes ballistic missile production

KAYLEIEIGH: THE WAR WITH IRAN HS. A DANGEROUS NEW FRONT. POTENTIALLY OPENED. SAUDI ARABIA HAS SHUT DOWN A. MAJOR OIL PIPELINE AFTER IT WAS. ATTACKED BY KRONE CANS THERE. IRAQ -- DRONES FROM IRAQ, HELPING TO BYPASS DISRUPTIONS IN. THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. AT THE SAME TIME, IRAN-BACKED. HOUTHIS HAVE SEIZED A STRATEGIC. ISLAND NEAR THE RED SEA. THREATENING ANOTHER CRITICAL. ROUTE FOR OIL AND GLOBAL TRADE.

MEANWHILE, IRAN HAS CONTINUED. PRODUCING BALLISTIC MISSILES IN. UNDERGROUND FACILITIES. AND U.S. OFFICIALS SAY IRAN. OBTAINED SATELLITE IMAGES FROM. CHINESE ENTITIES BEFORE A JULY. STRIKE THAT KILLED THREE. AMERICAN TROOPS. THAT'S IN THE "WALL STREET. JOURNAL.". PRESIDENT TRUMP ONCE AGAIN. MAKING IT CLEAR THAT IRAN CANNOT. HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. >> IF THEY HAD A NUCLEAR WEAPON, I'D BE CALLING THE STREAM. LEADER -- SUPREME LEADER, AND. I'D BE ACING, HOW ARE YOU, SIR? AS OPPOSED TO BOMBING THE CRAP.

OUT OF THEM. [APPLAUSE]. WE CANNOT LET IRAN HAVE A. NUCLEAR WEAPON, IT'S VERY. SIMPLE. WE CANNOT LET THEM HAVE A. NUCLEAR WEAPON. KAYLEIGH: LET'S BRING IN FORMER. NAVY SEAL AND AUTHOR OF "THE. FOURTH OPTION," JACK CARR. GREAT TO SPEAK WITH YOU. I WANT TO START WITH THIS WALL. STREET JOURNAL REPORT ABOUT THE. THREE U.S. TROOPS WHO WERE. KILLED IN A JULY ATTACK FROM. IRAN. THEY APPARENTLY OBTAINED HIGH. RESOLUTION AT SITE -- SATELLITE. IMAGES OF OF THE BASE IN JORDAN. CAN FROM CHINA, WE KNOW CHINA IS.

A FRIEND OF IRAN. >> CERTAINLY, BOTH CHINA AND. RUSSIA HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN. SEEING US CONTINUE TO GET BOGGED. DOWN IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THEY'RE LEARNING LESSONS. THEY ARE LEARNING LESSONS, RUSSIA, NORTH KOREA, CHINA ARE. ALL LEARNING LESSONS FROM WHAT. WE'RE DOING IN IRAN RIGHT NOW. HAVE WE LEARNED TO USE OUR. MILITARY EFFECTIVELY AND. EFFICIENTLY, WHAT DID WE TAKE. FROM THE WARS IN IRAQ AND. AFGHANISTAN, THERE'S A DIRECT. LINE BETWEEN HOW WE LEFT. AFGHANISTAN, OF COURSE, AND. RUSSIA'S INVASION OF UKRAINE.

SO NOW IS A VERY CRITICAL POINT. RIGHT HERE. CAN WE GET THAT POLITICAL. OUTCOME THAT WE WANT, ALL THE. THINGS THAT WE WANTED IN. FEBRUARY IN TALKS WITH IRAN, CAN. WE GET THOSE THROUGH THE. APPLICATION OF MILITARY FORCE, OR ARE WE GOING TO GET BOGGED. DOWN AGAIN WHICH ALLOWS CHINA. AND RUSSIA SPECIFICALLY MORE. FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT TO ACHIEVE. THEIR GEOPOLITICAL GOALS? KAYLEIGH: YOU KNOW THE PLAYERS. IN THE REGION VERY WELL, AND. THERE IS THIS NEW REPORT, SAUDI. ARABIA SHUTS DOWN A PIPELINE AS. KNEW THINKS SEIZE AN ISLAND, OPENING A NEW FRONT IN THE IRAN.

WAR. CAN YOU BREAK DOWN EXACTLY WHAT. THIS MEANS FOR U.S. INTERESTS? >> SURE. SO THAT ISLAND THAT THEY TOOK. REALLY BREAKS, ONE OF THE. ENTRANCES INTO THE RED SEA INTO. TWO SHIPPING CHANNELS. SO WHOEVER CONTROLS THAT REALLY. CAN THREATEN SHIPS GOING UP INTO. THE RED SEA AND THEN THROUGH THE. SUEZ CANAL. SO WHAT IT DOES IS DIVERT. RESOURCES FROM WHAT WE'RE DOING. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ARABIAN. PENINSULA TO THIS SIDE BECAUSE. IF WE HAVE BOTH OF THOSE. ESSENTIAL CHOKES THREATENED, COP. STRAINED -- CHOKEPOINTS -- THEN.

THE WORLD OIL MARKETS ARE REALLY. THREATENED, AND THAT CAUSES. PROBLEMS ACROSS THE GLOBE. SO IS THIS ANOTHER FRONT? WELL, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S. ANOTHER FRONT, BUT IT'S. CERTAINLY A DIVERSION OF. RESOURCES. I'VE HEARD PEOPLE CALL THE. HOUTHIS A PROXY FORCE, AND IT'S. NOT NECESSARILY A PROBLEMS CITY. FORCE IN THE SAME -- PROXY FORCE. IN THE SAME WAY, BUT THERE'S. SOME IDEOLOGICAL SIMILARITIES, NOT EXACT BECAUSE THEY'RE A. DIFFERENT T VERSE CALLS, I GUES,

WITHIN SHIA. -- VERTICALS. BUT THEY CAN, CERTAINLY, PUT A. LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE UNITED. STATES AND DIVERT RESOURCES FROM. OUR MAIN EFFORT WHICH IS ON THE. OTHER SIDE OF THE ARABIAN. PENINSULA. KAYLEIGH: I NOTICE A NEW. STATEMENT THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS. MADE, I'VE HEARD IT AT LEAST. THREE TIMES, HE MADE IT AGAIN. THIS MORNING IN IRELAND. HE SAID WHEN WILL THE WAR ON. IRAN END, HE SAID PROBABLY RIGHT. AFTER THE MIDTERMS. IRAN IS TRYING TO HOLD OUT AS. LONG AS THEY CAN TO COMPLICATE. THE ELECTION. DO THE IRANIANS LOOK AT DOMESTIC.

AMERICAN POLITICS AND MAKE THOSE. TYPE OF CALCULATIONS, AND DO YOU. THINK IT WILL END RIGHT AFTER. THE MIDTERMS? >> WELL, I MEAN, THAT'S A GOOD. QUESTION. OF COURSE, WE'RE TALKING IN. POLITICAL TERMS, AND THE. ADMINISTRATION, NOT JUST THIS. ONE, BUT ALL ADMINISTRATIONSINGS. SIGNAL TO INTERNATIONAL AND. DOMESTIC AUDIENCES AS WELL. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, AND I. DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO IT. BUT CERTAINLY IF WE'RE TO GOING. TO HAVE A PRESENCE IN THE MIDDLE. EAST FOR A LONG TIME TO COME, THE QUESTION REALLY IS CAN THAT. PRESENCE BE MEASURED, CAN IT BE. CONSTRAINED OR IS IT GOING TO BE.

ERRATIC AND A DESTABILIZING. FORCE IN THE REGION. THAT'S THE HIGH LEVEL WHERE ARE. WE GOING THE GO WITH WHAT WE'VE. DONE THUS FAR AND WHERE WE'RE. GOING INTO THE FUTURE REGARDLESS. OF THE MIDTERMS.