NEW activity at Iran nuke site draws Trump warning: DON’T ‘GET CUTE’

? >> John: ALL RIGHT, YES, NO BONE. THROWING, THAT'S FOR SURE, PETER. DOOCY FOR US AS WE AWAIT THE. PRESIDENT. THANKS. SANDRA? >> Sandra: NEW SIGNS, IRAN MAY. BE HARDENING A NUCLEOSIDE TRUMP. HAS THREATENED TO STRIKE FRESH. SATELLITE IMAGES SEEN SHOW MORE. DIRT PILE UP OVER TUNNEL. ENTRANCES AT PICKAX MOUNTAIN, ADDING PROTECTION AGAINST A. POSSIBLE AIRSTRIKE LET'S BRING. IN NOW FOUR STAR GENERAL JOSEPH. PATEL, FORMER COMMANDER OF. CENTCOM, WELCOME TO YOU, SIR. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. SO WHAT ABOUT THIS NEW ACTIVITY. OF THIS IRAN NUCLEAR SITE AS IT.

IS DRAWING NEW WARNING FOR THE. PRESIDENT? >> YEAH, THANKS, SANDRA PIKER, IT'S GOOD TO BE WITH YOU AGAIN. WELL, THIS IS FURTHER EVIDENCE. HERE THAT IRAN IS TRYING TO IF. NOT REBUILD THE PROGRAM RIGHT. NOW, AT LEAST. PREPARE THE FACILITIES SO THEY. CAN CONTINUE TO PURSUE THIS. APPROACH, WELL, WELL INTO THE. FUTURE BECAUSE THAT LOCATION. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, PICKAX. MOUNTAIN IS IN THE GENERAL. VICINITY OF NATANZ, BUT IT'S. ALSO A MOUNTAIN THAT'S ABOUT.

2,000 FEET HIGHER THAN FOR THE. 11 OF THE SITES WE DESTROYED. LAST YEAR, AND SO IT GIVES OUR. RENT THE ABILITY TO DIG DEEPER, BURROW DEEPER TO PROTECT THEIR. ACTIVITY AT THAT LOCATION. >> Sandra: BECAUSE THE LAST. TIME WE SAW PRESIDENT TRUMP MAKE. PUBLIC REMARKS ABOUT PICKAX. MOUNTAIN WAS SEPTEMBER 9TH, AND. HE SAID THIS. >> WE CAN READ IT FROM SPACE. CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS? THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY AND. WE'RE READING SOMEBODY WE KNOW. EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON.

BUT WE KNOW THIS LITTLE ACTIVITY. AT PICKAX. I WOULD ADVISE IRAN NOT TO GET. CUTE BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE TO HIT. THEM VERY HARD BECAUSE WE HAVE. NO CHOICE, OR? >> Sandra: THAT WAS A GOOD. NINE DAYS AGO. SO WE KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN A. FOCUS FOR THE PRESIDENT. >> YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, AND IT'S. NOT JUST THE PRESIDENT, BUT OF. COURSE THE INTELLIGENCE. COMMITTEE AND THE MILITARY AS. WELL, AND OUR EXTRAORDINARY. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY, I'M. SURE, HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON THIS. AND MAKING SURE WE'RE KEEPING A. VERY, VERY SHARP EYE ON THIS. BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND EXACTLY.

WHAT IS HAPPENING AS MUCH TO THE. EXTENT AS WE CAN. WITH THIS. SO AS OTHER THINGS ARE PLAYING. OUT ACROSS THE REGION AND IN THE. WAR WITH IRAN, KEEPING OUR FOCUS. ON THIS, OF COURSE, REMAINS. VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. >> Sandra: A CONTROVERSIAL. FIGURE IN AMERICAN POLITICS. RIGHT NOW, IS THIS STREAMER. FAR-LEFT STREAMER HASAN PIKER. AMONG OTHER THINGS, HE SAID THIS. ON THE MIDDLE EAST AND I DON'T. OFTEN ASK YOU TO GET POLITICAL,

BUT I'LL ASK YOU TO RESPOND TO. THIS HOWEVER YOU WILL. HE MADE THE CASE THAT THE MIDDLE. EAST WOULD BE MORE STABLE IF. IRAN HAD NUCLEAR WEAPONS. LISTEN HERE. >> THINK IRAN, MUCH LIKE ANY. OTHER SOVEREIGN NATION HAS A. RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF IN ORDER. TO CREATE REGIONAL STABILITY IN. THE WORLD WHERE MUTUALLY ASSURED. DESTRUCTION IS THE ONLY WAY FOR. COUNTRIES TO HAVE SOVEREIGNTY. >> DO YOU THINK THAT MIDDLE EAST. WOULD BE MORE STABLE IF IRAN HAD. A NUCLEAR WEAPON? >> I BELIEVE YES, I BELIEVE THE.

MIDDLE EAST WOULD BE MORE. STABLE. >> Sandra: WITH YOUR OBVIOUS. EXPERTISE, HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO. THAT? >> WELCOME WITHOUT A NUCLEAR. WEAPON, HAS BEEN THE MOST THAT'S. THE BIGGEST FACTOR IN THE MIDDLE. EAST CAUSING INSTABILITY ACROSS. THE REGION. THEY HAVE BEEN A PROMOTER OF A. REVOLUTIONARY IDEOLOGY THAT IS. EXTENDED FROM TEHRAN TO BEIRUT. COVERING MANY PLACES IN BETWEEN. THEY RAISED PROXY ORGANIZATIONS. THEY HAVE ATTACKED AND KILLEDD.

AMERICANS AND OTHERS ACROSS THE. REGION. SO I THINK IRAN IS THE BIGGEST. SOURCE OF INSTABILITY AND. TERRORISM ACROSS THE MIDDLE. EAST NO DOUBT IN MY MIND. >> Sandra: YEAH, FINALLY, ENERGY PLAYS A BIG ROLE INTO ALL. OF THIS. A BLOOMBERG HEADLINE. READS THEY'LL GET NO CRUDE NEXT. MONTH. WE KNOW HOW MUCH LEVERAGE OIL. HAS IN THIS WAR. GET YOUR FINAL THOUGHTS AS HERE. IN HOPE, WE DO SEE THAT WELL, CONTRACT WTI STILL OVER $100 A.

BARREL TODAY. >> YEAH, AT THE CENTER OF. GRAVITY IS SHIFTING A LITTLE BIT. FROM THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ DOWN. TO THE -- AND WHERE THE HOUTHISE. HAVE EXERTED SIGNIFICANT CONTROL. OVER THE RED SEACOAST ALONG THAT. CRITICAL CHOKE POINT. SO YOU'VE GOT TWO CHOKE POINTS. THAT ARE VERY VULNERABLE RIGHT. NOW, PLUS THE BYPASS THAT SAUDI. ARABIA HAS RUNNING ACROSS. OUR COUNTRY HAS BEEN ATTACKED. SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION. RIGHT HERE, AND SAUDI ARABIA IS. TRYING TO FIND ITS WAY OUT OF.

THAT, BUT WORKING WITH THE. UNITED STATES AND WITH GULF. PARTNERS AND OTHERS AROUND THE. WORLD, SO THIS IS A VERY, VERY. SERIOUS SITUATION THAT'S LIKELY. NOT GOING TO BE RESOLVED. MILITARILY. IT'S LIKELY TO REQUIRE SOME KIND. OF DIPLOMATIC EFFORT TO BRING. THIS TO A CONCLUSION. >> Sandra: THE EUROPEAN. CONTRACT COMING. JUST OVER $1$103 A BARRE.