JUST IN: US envoys hold hours-long talks with Iran on sidelines of UN

MEETING HISTORIC, SHE WILL. ADDRESS THE U.N. GENERAL. ASSEMBLY TODAY. >> Ashley: AND STEVE WITKOFF AND. KUSHNER HELD MEETINGS AFTER. DELIVERING A MESSAGE TO IRAN. >> President Trump: I HAVE A BIG. DECISION TO MAKE, WILL A DEAL BE. MADE WITH IRAN THAT LET'S THET. REBUILD AND CREATE A FAR GREATER. COUNTRY THAN IT EVER WAS BEFORE,

DO I DRIVE THEM INTO HELL WITH. NO CHANCE OF SURVIVAL AND NO. HOPE OF FUTURE GREATNESS OR. GENERATIONS? I BELIEVE WE'LL MAKE A DEAL. RIGHT AFTER THE ELECTION. BECAUSE IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE. FOR THEM NOT TO. >> Ashley: FORMER NATIONAL. SECURITY ADVISOR TO DICK CHENEY, STEVE YATES JOINS ME NOW. HOW MUCH PRESSURE TO GET THIS.

WAR ENDED WITH PUBLIC SCRUTINY. FOCUSED ON THIS WAR? >> PUBLIC SCRUTINY IS THERE FOR. SURE. IF THE PRESIDENT IS FEELING. PRESSURE, HE DOES NOT SHOW IT. HE IS USING HIS NUANCE WE HAVE. COME TO KNOW AND LOVE AND. PAINTING A FAMILIAR PICTURE. SAYING HERE IS THE BRIGHTER. FUTURE, YOU SHOULD MOVE IN THAT. DIRECTION BUT I AM UNITED STATES.

AND I HAVE POWER TO DO THINGS. THE PRESIDENT SAYING HE'S GOING. TO ACT AFTER THE ELECTION IS. DIFFERENT, TOO. I HOPE THE MEETINGS HE'S HAD. WITH GULF ALLIES EXPANDED. AUDIENCE OF THOSE IT WILL IMPOSE. MAXIMUM PRESSURE. UNIFIED MIDDLE EAST FROM TURKEY. TO PAKISTAN DOES GIVE ABSOLUTE. PRESSURE. ULTIMATE CHALLENGE IS DIVIDED. GOVERNMENT IN IRAN.

HE'S TALKING TO PEOPLE WILLING. TO TALK. IRGC IS WILLING TO ENGAGE IN. ECONOMIC TERRORISM AND TERRORIZE. IRANIAN PEOPLE. >> Ashley: WHAT ABOUT GULF. STATES WHO TOLD THE PRESIDENT. NOT TO ESCALATE FURTHER. WHAT HAPPENS IF HE DOES. ESCALATE, WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE. RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE U.S.? >> THE FLIP SIDE APPLIES, WHAT. HAPPENS IF IRAN ESCALATE AND. THEY HAVE BEEN SUING FOR TIME. AND PEACE.

THE GULF COUNTRIES ARE. DIFFERENT, NOT ALL ARE THE SAME. CAPABILITY, THERE ARE ALLIES. LIKE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES WHO. HAVE LEANED IN IN MEANINGFUL WAY. FROM DEALING WITH POLITICAL. ISLAM TO DEALING WITH THIS. CHALLENGE AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN. SLOWER. AND SAUDI BADLY -- WITHHOLDING. ARM SALES THAT PUT US IN DEFICIT. TO HAVE CAPABILITY THAT SHOULD. HAVE MADE THIS EASIER.

THE PRESIDENT HAS THE TEAM HE. HAS, I THINK WE HAVE SUFFICIENT. OPTION TO COMPLETE THE MISSION. TO SEVERELY DEGRADE IRGC WITHOUT. OCCUPYING IRAN AND HOPEFULLY. MAKING ROOM FOR IRANIAN PEOPLE. TO SHAPE THEIR FUTURE. >> Ashley: THE WORLD WILL HEAR. FROM BOTH SIDES TODAY WITH. ISRAEL PRIME MINISTER AND IRAN. PRESIDENT SET TO ADDRESS THE. GENERAL ASSEMBLY. AND GREENLAND, NEW AGREEMENT. ALLOWING U.S. TO STRENGTHEN.

MILITARY OPERATION ACROSS THE. ISLAND. SIMPLIFY WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT. THIS MEANS FOR THE U.S.? >> ANOTHER DIPLOMACY 101 CLASSES. WHERE NONE OF THE THINGS. SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN. THE PRESIDENT UPSET THE APPLE. CART BUT WE'VE ENDED UP WHERE WE. NEED TO BE, COMPLETE ACCESS FOR. DEFENSE OF NORTH AMERICA AND FOR. OUR SPACE-BASED ASSETS FOR.

MISSILE DEFENSE. ARCTIC IS STRATEGIC AREA BECAUSE. TOP OF GLOBE IS NOT IN LINE OF. SIGHT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. IT IS IMPORTANT. WHAT THE U.S. HAS ACCESS TO IN. PERPETUITY, WHICH MEAN FOREVER, IS SUPER IMPORTANT. WHO DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS IS JUST. AS IMPORTANT, SIGNAL TO CHINA. AND RUSSIA. WE HAVE NATO, WE HAVE DENMARK. AND GREENLANDERS IN UNISON WITH.

US ABOUT THOSE OBJECTIVES, WIN. FO.