New ATTACKS escalate tensions, target Saudi oil facilities

>> Brian: TENSIONS ESCALATING IN. THE MIDDLE EAST HOW MANY TIMES I. HAVE READ THAT OUT LOUD. THREATENING TO WIDEN THE WAR. RIVALRY GOING INTO THE BIGGER. STORY, OF COURSE, OUR FIGHT WITH. IRAN. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS PAUSE. DOLLARS U.S. STRIKES AS HIS. ADMINISTRATION GIVES DIPLOMACY. MORE TIME AND GIVES CREDIT TO. THE OMAN FOR TRYING TO BROKER.

SOME TYPE OF END LOGJAM AT THE. STRAIT OF HORMUZ. SINCE WE STOPPED ATTACKING OVER. THE LAST THREE DAYS NO ATTACK ON. MERCHANT SHIPS THROUGH THE. STRAIT. THIS IS THE ADDED FRONT. THE HOUTHIS HAVE BEEN ON THE. SIDELINE IN 2025 THEY HAVE BEEN. ON THE SIDELINE. SINCE THIS WAR STARTED THEY HAVE. BEEN ON THE SIDELINE. THEY HAVE BEEN URGED TO MOVE. FORWARD. GUESS WHAT? THEY ARE CARGO PLANES FROM IRAN. LANDING IN YEMEN IN THE HOUTHI. CONTROLLED AREAS ALONG WITH THE. IRANIAN COMMANDERS TELLILING THM. ESSENTIALLY HOW TO SHUT DOWN THE.

STRAIT IN 100 WORDS OR LESS. WHAT HAVE THEY DONE? THEY HAVE ATTACKED THREE SAUDI. VESSELS OF, TWO OF THOSE SHIPS. HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONTINUE TO. UNLOAD THEIR OIL. NOW, WHAT IS SIGNIFICANT ABOUT. THIS IS SINCE THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN, THE. STAWDIES SAY OKAY, NO PROBLEM. I WILL REDIRECT EVERYTHING. THROUGH 8 MILLION BARRELS A DAY. THROUGH THIS STREET STRAIT. YOU SHUT THIS DOWN, IT'S GOING. TO REALLY DISRUPT PRICES. LIKE $90 A BARREL. AND NOW THAT'S DROPPED 5. OFFICERS WHEN WE GOT UP THIS. MORNING. WHY?

BECAUSE SO FAR, WE HAVE NOT --. WE HAVE NOT GONE BACK TO. FIGHTING. WHAT ABOUT HORMUZ STRAIT? THREE OR FOUR SHIPS GETTING. THROUGH AT A TIME. LAST TIME WE ALSO FOUND OUT. AFTERWARDS BEFORE WE GOT INTO. THE MOU THAT WE HAVE BEEN. GETTING OUR OWN SHIPS THROUGH. THE STRAIT ON THE OMAN SIDE. SHUT THE TRANSPONDER O OFFICE, THEY WEREN'T NECESSARILY BEING. LOGGED IN TRADITIONALLY THERE. COULD BE A LOT MORE OIL FLOWING. THROUGH. THE HOUTHIS ATTACKING RISKS. OPENING UP A SECOND SHIPPING. CRISIS THAT COULD BE HAPPENING. WE COULD ALSO FIND A WAY TO.

NEUTRALIZE THE HOUTHIS AS WELL. NOW THE WAR COULD DRAW MORE U.S. FORCES, YES. WE HAVE MOMORE U.S. FORCES IN TE. AREA BUT WE'RE ALSO TALKING TO. THE GULF STATES SAYING IF WE. ATAX KUWAIT, BY THE WAY HAS. ATTACKED BACK QUIETLY AND UAE IN. THE PAST ATTACKED BACK QUIETLY. GET THEM ALL TO COME IN AND JOIN. US. AFTER ALL WE HAVE THE SAME. OBJECTIVE TO NEUTRALIZE IRAN AND. NOW THIS IS THE SITUATION WHERE. WE WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN GET. THIS OPEN AGAIN WE GET THE OTHER.

STRAIT OPEN UP AND PRICES DOWN. TO $65 A GALLON. HERE TO DISCUSS THIS AND WHERE. WE GO FROM HERE, U.S. MARINE. CORPS VETERAN, IRAQI INVASION. COMMANDER AND VISITING FELLOW AT. HERITAGE, COLONEL MIKE JERNIGAN. ARE YOU PLEASED THAT AFTER 14. STRAIGHT DAYS WE HAVE THREE DAYS. OF NO ACTION? >> HEY, GOOD MORNING, BRIAN. I AM. AS ONE OF THOSE BOOTS ON THE. GROUND IN OTHER WARS, I AM VERY. THANKFUL THINK TIME THAT WE HAVE. ANY CONVERSATION THAT STOPS. FIGHTING. WHETHER IT'S TEMPORARY OR.

WHETHER IT LEADS TO LASTING. PEACE. >> Brian: DOES IT CONCERN YOU. HOW QUICK THEY ARMED UP LAST. TIME WE PAUSED? >> YES. THE RUSSIANS AND THE PEOPLE'S. REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARE BUSILY. REARMIMING IRAN. AND WE ARE BUSILY DESTROYING. THINGS AS THEY CONTINUE TO GET. THEM. CENTCOM REPORTS THAT WE HAVE. ABOUT 20% LEFT OF THE TARGET. LIST THAT WE HAVE NOT YET STRUCK. FROM THE INITIAL TARGET PACKAGE. OF WE HAVE MORE TARGETS TO. STRIKE BUT TO YOUR POINT.

EARLIER, IT'S ENCOURAGING TO. SEAT GULF ALLIES BEGINNING TO. GET INVOLVED IN THIS. >> Brian: I FOUND OUT FROM TWO. SEPARATE SOURCES EXTREMELY. CREDIBLE, ONE OF WHICH IS THE. PRESIDENT, IT'S NOT TRUE WE ARE. OUT OF INTERCEPTORS, A WOULD I. LIKE TO HAVE MORE? YES. THAT "NEW YORK TIMES" STORY IS. SOMETHING NOT VERIFIED. TWO SEPARATE SOURCES A THIRD, IF. I LOOK AT THE INTERVIEW. AMBASSADOR MIKE WALZ DID ON. SUNDAY. SO THERE IS SOMEONE IN THE WHITE. HOUSE OR IN AND AROUND THE WHITE. HOUSE THAT IS ALMOST PLANTING. THESE STORIES. THERE SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE BIT.

OF DIVIDE AT THE EXECUTIVE. BRANCH. DOESN'T IT SEEM THAT WAY? >> YOU KNOW, I'M NOT CONCERNED. ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF INTERCEPTORS. THAT WE HAVE. YES, IF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE COME. AND HELPED US, WE WOULD HAVE. MORE. IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT. OUR GULF ALLIES HAVE BEEN BUYING. THOSE VERY SAME INTERCEPTORS. FROM US FOR 30 YEARS. NEED RESUPPLY GET THEM LOCALLY. FROM THE SAUDIS OR BAHRAIN. >> Brian: WHAT DO YOU WOO DUTY. HOUTHI SITUATION.

EFFECTING EVERYONE OIL AND GAS. AND THAT'S WHAT IRAN WANTS THEM. TO DO. DO YOU THINK WE HAVE TO TAKE. KINETIC ACTION IF THIS. CONTINUES? >> YEAH. THE HOUTHIS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO. THINK THE HOUTHIS AS THE TALIBAN. OF YEMEN. THEY'RE ILLEGAL GOVERNMENT WITH. A DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS FERVOR. TRYING TO CREATE ANOTHER STATE. YEMEN. KINETIC STRIKES AGAINST THE. HOUTHIS, THE SAUDIS ARE DOING. THEM AND I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED. IF OTHER GULF STATES COME IN AND. CONTRIBUTE INCLUDING AMERICA. IRAN HAS TRIED TO WIDEN THE.

FRONT OF THIS WAR. IT'S GOING TO COME BACK AND HURT. THEM AS MANY OF THEIR PROXIES. ARE GOING TO GET DAMAGED AND. DESTROYED AND HOPEFULLY. DISSEMINATED. >> Brian: VLADIMIR PUTIN LYING. TO THE PRESIDENT SAYING HE IS. NOT HELPING AND VOLODYMYR. ZELENSKYY IS GOING TO SHOW THAT. RUSSIANS ARE EXACTLY HELPING THE. IRANIANS. SO, HE, I'M SURE IS, GOING TO. CONTINUE TO LOSE CORRECT W.