JUST IN: Iran vows 'SEISMIC' retaliation as Trump weighs new sanctions

WHAT THE BEST COURSE WOULD BE. CHARLIE: MAKING FIXES AS LATE. AS LAST NIGHT. RACHEL: YES, YESTERDAY. CHARLIE: AND REPORTS THAT. IRAN'S STRENGTH ON THE STRAIT. OF HORMUZ IS WEAKENING AS THE. U.S. IS GETTING READY TO. ANNOUNCE NEW SANCTIONS ON IRAN. RACHEL: OUR OWN TREY YINGST HAS. THE REPORT. >> VESSELS OUT OF THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ ARE UP 400% EVERY THE. PAST TWO WEEKS AS THE UNITED.

STATES NAVY IS OVERSEEING OTHER. VESSELS IN THE PERSIAN GULF. THAT HAVE MILLIONS OF BARRELS. OF CRUDE OIL ON BOARD. THROUGH A SAFER PASSAGE. IN THE BACK DROP, THERE'S A. U.S. NAVAL BLOCKADE AND FRESH. SANCTIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR IRAN. NEXT WEEK. >> IF TRUMP DECIDES TO TAKE. FURTHER ACTION, OUR RESPONSE, OUR RETALIATION WILL BE. SEISMIC. FIRST WE WILL TELL ALL. NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES AND. COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD NOT. TO JOIN THE UNITED STATES IN. ITS ECONOMIC WAR.

ANY COUNTRY THAT TAKES PART IN. IMPOSING ECONOMIC RESTRICTIONS. ON US WILL BE REGARDED AS AN. ENEMY. OF COURSE, WE WILL FIRST. NEGOTIATE WITH THEM. WE WILL HOLD TALKS AND TELL. THEM TO STEP ASIDE AND DISTANCE. THEMSELVES FROM THE UNITED. STATES. BUT IF THEY DO NOT ACT, WE WILL. STRIKE. WE WILL TARGET THAT COUNTRY'S. INTERESTS. >> IRAN'S PARLIAMENT SPEAKER. MOHAMMAD GHALIBAF SAID WE'VE. RECEIVED NUMEROUS MESSAGES FROM. OTHER COUNTRIES ABOUT ECONOMIC.

COOPERATION IN THE REGION. AND THE UNITED STATES PUT EVERY. SINGLE ONE OF ITS ALLIES AT. RISK FOR DISREGARDING INTERESTS. FOR THE SAKE OF ISRAEL. AND HE SAYS THE UNITED STATES. IS HAVING TROUBLE FIGURING OUT. WHO TO DEAL WITH INSIDE OF IRAN. CHTS . >> IT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF MY. BIGGEST PROBLEMS, I DON'T KNOW. WHO THE HELL TO DEAL WITH. IT'S THE PRO EM. THE ONLY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. WHERE NO ONE WANTS TO BE. PRESIDENT. THEY SAY, WHO WANTS TO BE.

PRESIDENT? OH, NO, I DON'T WANT TO BE. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A. PROBLEM. >> THE U.S. MILITARY PRESENCE. IN THE MIDDLE EAST IS EXPECT. TODAY REMAIN WITH NO CLEAR PATH. FORWARD TO END THE CONFLICT. WITH IRAN. THE USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN IS. HEADED HOME AFTER 274 DAYS, BREAKING A NAVY RECORD. THE VESSEL IS REPLACED BY. JAPAN-BASED USS GEORGE. WASHINGTON. RIGHT NOW THE REGION IS STUCK. IN A CYCLE OF MILITARY THREATS. AND STATEMENTS FROM BOTH SIDES, BUT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT ON IRAN.

IS BEING FELT TODAY. INFLATION AT ONE OF ITS HIGHEST. POINTS IN IRANIAN HISTORY. JUST ABOUT AN HOUR AGO, THE. IRANIAN REAL PASSED 2 MILLION. TO ONE U.S. DOLLAR, GUYS. GRIFF: INCREDIBLE. RACHEL: THANK YOU, TREY. CHARLIE: WITH THAT, LET'S BRING. IN KELLY ANN CONWAY.

TO HAVE YOU ON ON THIS. MOMENTOUS DAY. >> START YOUR ENGINES. CHARLIE: WE'VE BEEN TALKING. ABOUT THE RACE TODAY. BUT THE MIDTERMS ARE STILL. COMING UP AND OF COURSE, LOOMING OVER THE MIDTERMS IS. WHAT WE'RE WATCHING UNFOLD IN. THE MIDDLE EAST. HOW DO YOU SEE ALL OF THAT. PLAYING OUT IN THE ELECTION? >> SO, FIRST OF ALL, THANKS FOR. HAVING ME, EVERYTHING LOOKS. GREAT TODAY. I LOVE THE PATRIOTISM AND. OPTIMISM THAT ATTENDS TO THESE. FREEDOM 250 EVENTS AND I THINK. THAT TELLS YOU WHY PRESIDENT. TRUMP DID WHAT HE DID IN IRAN. HE'S BEEN CONSISTENT FROM THE.

BEGINNING. WE CANNOT ALLOW IRAN TO BE. NUCLEAR CAPABLE AND I THINK. THIS WEEK YOU HAD EVERYBODY. FROM SECRETARY CHRIS WRIGHT, LOOK, YOU'VE GOT NINE MILLION. BARRELS COMING FROM THE STRAIT. OF HORMUZ AND SCOTT BESSENT, OUR TREASURY SECRETARY, SAYS WE. CAN APPLY ECONOMIC PRESSURE TO. IRAN AND NEVER ENGAGE THE. MILITARY AND THE PRESIDENT SAYS. WE'RE IN THIS UNTIL WE CLAIM. VICTORY. I THINK THAT IRAN IS TRYING TO.

TAP, TAP, TAP, PRESIDENT TRUMP. AND THE REPUBLICANS UNTIL THE. MIDTERMS AND THEY KNOW THEY. HAVE A SYMPATHETIC EARS ON THE. LEFT. WE HAVE JEWISH SENATORS, ONE. THE SENATE MINORITY LEADER AND. THEY'RE TURNING THEIR BACKS ON. ISRAEL AND AMERICA IN FAVOR OF. IRAN. LOOK, LET'S REVIEW HOW WE GOT. HERE. IRAN WAS ON THE DOORSTEP OF. BECOMING THE NEXT NORTH KOREA,

INCLUDING THE WAY THEY TREAT. THEIR OWN PEOPLE. NOTHING WORKED, GIVING THEM. PALLETS OF CASH AND JCPOA, DIDN'T WORK. THE PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO. FINISH A NEW WAR THAT'S FIVE. DECADES OLD. RACHEL: YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE. POLL NUMBERS, HOW PEOPLE FEEL. ABOUT THIS WAR AND THEY'RE NOT. GREAT AND I SPOKE EARLIER TODAY. WITH A COUPLE OF YOUNG PEOPLE, WHICH IT'S IMPORTANT. CONSTITUENCY, AND BOTH LEFT AND. RIGHT SAID WE DON'T LIKE THE.

WAR. >> OF COURSE. RACHEL: EVERY TIME THE. PRESIDENT SEEMS TO HAVE A DEAL, HIS POLL NUMBERS GO UP. PEOPLE WANT, AND I WAS JUST IN. THE MIDWEST, WHICH IS A GREAT. WAY TO GET, YOU KNOW, A GOOD. FEEL FOR HOW PEOPLE FEEL, THEY. WEREN'T MORALIZING ABOUT THE. WAR SAYING, YOU KNOW, THEY LIKE. THIS OR THAT, BUT THEY DID SAY. CONSISTENTLY TO ME, WRAP IT UP. WE WANT HIM TO WRAP IT UP. WE WANT TO GET ON WITH THIS. SO, WHAT DO YOU -- LOOKING AT. IT AS A POLLSTER, LOOKING AT. THE MIDTERMS, WHAT DO YOU THINK.

-- WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON. THIS. >> IT DOES HAVE AN IMPACT. NOBODY LIKES WAR, FIRST OF ALL, WE WANT TO KEEP IT OVER THERE. AND NOT OVER HERE AND THE. PRESIDENT IS DOING WHAT HE'S. DOING IN THE MIDEAST TO HELP. PEOPLE IN THE MIDWEST LONGER. TERM. THIS PRESIDENT TAKES THE LONG. VIEW ON EVERYTHING, AND HE HAS. SAID, OBVIOUSLY, YOU CAN'T PUT. WAR ON AN EGG TIMER. WE'VE BEEN THERE FOR SIX. MONTHS. EVERYBODY WOULD LIKE IT WRAPPED. UP. IT NEEDS TO BE WRAPPED UP. SUCCESSFULLY AND COMPLETELY FOR. US TO FEEL THE NEXT PRESIDENT. OF THE UNITED STATES,

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF DOESN'T FACE. A NUCLEAR CAPABLE IRAN. SO, THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT. THAT. I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE. EXPLAINED BY THOSE RUNNING FOR. OFFICE DOWN BALLOT AND THEY'VE. GOT A GREAT ECONOMIC PACKAGE IT. SELL TO AMERICA, THEY NEED TO. TELL PEOPLE ABOUT THAT. IT'S NOT THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL. BILL. IT'S THE DEREGULAR AND ENERGY. INDEPENDENCE, ONLY PRESIDENT. TRUMP CAN GUIDE US THROUGH, HE. MADE US ENERGY INDEPENDENT NOT. ONCE, BUT TWICE. WE'RE NET EXPLORERS OF NATURAL.

GAS FOR THE FIRST TIME AGAIN. AND IMPROVED OUR RELATIONSHIP. WITH THE GULF STATE COUNTRIES. I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO. AFFORDABILITY, WHEN IT COMES TO. SAFETY, SECURITY, OPPORTUNITY, OPTIMISM, PATRIOTISM, THE. REPUBLICANS SHOULD DISTINGUISH. THEMSELVES TO THE OTHER SIDE. LET ME SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE. POLLS QUICKLY. ONE IS, PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. NUMBERS WERE ALWAYS HIGHER THAN. HIS POLLS REFLECTED AND. CONTINUE TO BE. THE DSA IS SUPPOSED TO WIN BY.

20 POINTS. WE'RE CONFUSING VIBES WITH. VOTES AND CONFUSING ENERGY AND. ENTHUSIASM WITH ACTUAL TURNOUT. AND A PARTICULAR THING ABOUT. DATA CENTERS BECAUSE WE'RE. INVOLVED IN POLLING IN THIS. SPACE. YOU'VE GOT TO CREATE FOMO. INSTEAD OF NIMBY-ISM. YOU'VE GOT TO SEE IT FROM THE. BEGINNING. IF WE'RE PART OF THE TECHNICAL. REVOLUTION YET AGAIN AS A. NATION, WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE.

NEED THIS. I UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE DON'T. LIKE THE NOISE OR -- AND SHOW. THEM IN WASHINGTON WHERE THE. DATA CENTER IS, THEY BUILT A. $15 MILLION AQUATIC CENTER. PEOPLE HAVE TO GO IN AND SAY 10. DATA CENTERS THE NEXT FIVE. YEARS AND LOOKING AT 15. LOCATIONS AND WE'D LIKE YOU TO. BE ONE OF THEM. BENEFITS, BETTER SCHOOLS, HIGHER HOME VALUES, MORE POLICE. OFFICERS PERHAPS. WHETHER IT'S THE MIDTERMS AND. THE IRAN WAR OR THE DATA. CENTERS WE'RE IN A DOOR DASH,

UBER, SHOW ME RIGHT NOW, GIVE. ME BENEFITS RIGHT NOW AND. THAT'S TRICKY. GRIFF: YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE. POLLS YOU'RE LOOKING AT. QUICKLY RUNNING OUT OF TIME, THE DEMOCRATS SEEM TO HAVE A. CIVIL WAR ON THEIR HANDS. THEY CAN'T DECIDE WHETHER OR. NOT WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON. HAVE A BETTER VIEW OF AMERICA. THAN LENIN AND MARX. ONE THEY THINK THEY AGREE ON, HOUSE AND SENATE, THEY'RE GOING. TO LAUNCH A SLEW OF. INVESTIGATIONS INTO PRESIDENT. TRUMP AND THIS ADMINISTRATION. WHAT ARE YOU SEEING ON THAT.

FRONT? >> WELL, THEY ARE. THAT'S ALL THEY KNOW HOW TO DO. THEY DON'T HAVE A POLICY. ARGUMENT. THEY DON'T HAVE A POSITIVE. OPTIMISTIC CAPITALIST MESSAGE. TO SELL TO AMERICANS. I THINK THE FACE OF THE. DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS HASAN. PIKER, WHO LIVES IN A $3. MILLION HOME IN LOS ANGELES, DRIVES A $200,000 PORSCHE, I'M. NOT BEGRUDGING THAT. RACHEL: AND THEN HE WENT TO. CUBA. >> AND A WOMAN WAS JUST GIVING,

A ZOOM IN URUGUAY, BECAUSE. THERE ARE A LOT OF SWING VOTERS. THERE. AND GRAHAM PLATNER'S NAZI. TATTOO, I DON'T THINK YOU CAN. WASH THAT STINK OFF. HERE IS FOR THE DEMOCRATIC. PARTY, IT'S PASSE TO SAY DEFUND. THE POLICE, MEN IN WOMEN'S. SPORTS, SO 2020. CHARLIE: ABOLISH I.C.E. >> THAT'S ALL 2020. AND THEY'VE MOVED FAR LEFT AND. HOW MANY IN THE DEMOCRATIC.

PARTY ARE GOING TO FOLLOW. WHEN I THINK BIG TENT, MORE. HISPANICS, JEWISH-AMERICANS, CATHOLICS, ALL THE POLITICAL. INDEPENDENTS, YOUNG MEN, ALL. THE CONSTITUENCIES PRESIDENT. TRUMP GRABBED IN 2024 AND. COMPELLED TO VOTE FOR HIM. I DON'T THINK A BIG TENT IS. BEING THIS CIRCUS THE DEMOCRATS. OF INCLUDING MORE ANTI-SEMITIC, MORE ANTI-AMERICAN FOLKS. SO, I THINK, LOOK, THE SQUAD IS. GOING TO DOUBLE IN NUMBER FROM. SEVEN TO 14 PROBABLY AFTER THIS. ELECTION. AOC GOT SOME TROUBLE THIS WEEK,

THEY'RE REJECTING BIDEN, HARRIS, I THINK EVEN THE. CLINTONS AND OBAMAS ARE IN. TROUBLE BECAUSE BARACK OBAMA. COMMEMORATED 9/11 AND HE DID. NOT SAY WE DESERVE IT, HE. DIDN'T ABOLISH THE SENATE. THEY'RE GOING TO LAUNCH. INVESTIGATIONS AND IF YOU VOTE. DEMOCRAT AND THEY TAKE OVER. IT'S INVESTIGATIONS AND. IMPEACHMENT. IT'S NOT TAX CUTS AND DEREG AND.

SMALL BUSINESS. CHARLIE: AS YOU POINT OUT THE. POLLING, ESPECIALLY WITH THE. SOCIALIST CANDIDATES HAS BEEN. WILDLY OFF AND THERE OUGHT TO. BE SOME RECKONING. >> YOU HAVE TO TRUST THE REA.