NEW DETAILS: Iran prepping for BIGGER war

INFRASTRUCTURE. SOMETIMES DEEP INSIDE OF RUSSIA. >> Dana: NOW TO THE CONFLICT IN. IRAN. TODAY MARKS THE END OF A 60 DAY. WINDOW TO REACH A BROADER. CEASE-FIRE. IT EXPIRES WITH BOTH SIDES STILL. DUG IN ON THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. MEANWHILE IRAN REPORTEDLY SAYS. IT IS SHIFTING ITS STANCE FROM. DEFENSE TO OFFENSE. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? GENERAL JACK KEANE ON THAT LAST. HOUR. >> WHEN YOU HEAR PHRASES LIKE. THIS WE ARE GOING ON OFFENSE, ONE, THAT'S A THREAT. A LOT OF THEIR THREATS ARE.

HOLLOW. BUT I DO THINK THERE IS SOME. SUBSTANCE TO IT. THEY MISCALCULATE TIME AND TIME. AGAIN NOT UNDERSTANDING WHO OUR. PRESIDENT IS. IF THEY PUSH IN THAT DIRECTION I. SUSPECT THE PRESIDENT WILL COME. VERY, VERY STRONG ON THEM ONCE. AND FOR ALL. >> Dana: WE HAVE MORE FROM THE. WHITE HOUSE. GOOD MORNING, ALEX. >> THE 60 DAY TRUCE OFFICIALLY. EXPIRES TODAY. IN REALITY IT HAS SUNK LONG. BEFORE THE CLOCK RAN OUT DUE TO. CONTINUED FRICTION OVER THE. STRAIT OF HORMUZ AND IN LONG.

ISLAND YESTERDAY PRESIDENT TRUMP. QUIPPED ONCE IRAN IS FINISHED. ONCE AND FOR ALL THAT THE. STRAIT'S CONTROL COULD SHIFT. >> President Trump: PRETTY SOON. I WILL BE DECLARING THE HORMUZ. STRAIT A TERRITORY OF THE UNITED. STATES. [LAUGHTER]. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]. ESSENTIALLY THAT'S -- WE HAVE. THE BLOCKADE. NO SHIPS GET THROUGH UNLESS WE. WANT THEM TO. >> ON SATURDAY IRAN'S DEPUTY.

FOREIGN MINISTER RESPONDED. THE STRAIT WILL ONLY BE CLOSED. AND OPEN UNDER IRAN'S COMMAND. THE PRESIDENT TELLING TREY. YINGST THIS MORNING THAT HE IS. NOT UP AGAINST ANY CLOCK WHEN IT. COMES TO THIS CONFLICT. TIMING IS ON THE MIND OF. MILITARY MEMBERS ABOARD THE. U.S.S. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. EXTENDED DEPLOYMENT BEGAN. NOVEMBER 21ST FOLLOWING REPORTS. OF DETERIORATING CONDITION AND.

MORALE. COOPER MET WITH TROOPS ABOUT THE. CARRIER AND HE ACKNOWLEDGED THE. STRAIN AND ADDING THAT MANY. ELEMENTS OF THOSE STORIES ARE. OLD NEWS. I CHATTED WITH JUNIOR ENLISTED. PERSONNEL AND JUNIOR OFFICERS IN. SMALL GROUPS. ISSUES RELATED TO FOOD, HOT. WATER AND OTHER CONCERNS. THEY WERE ADDRESSED BY. LEADERSHIP AND RESOLVED. THE CREW IS TIRED BUT CONTINUE. TO FIRE ON ALL CYLINDERS. JARED KUSHNER TODAY WILL HOLD A. LENGTHY MEETING WITH PRIME. MINISTER NETANYAHU. THE FOCUS IS ON COOPERATION WITH. THE PRESIDENT'S GAZA PEACE PLAN.

THIS FOLLOWS KUSHNER'S RARE. MEETING WITH HAMAS LEADERS. YESTERDAY IN EGYPT WITH A. COMMITMENT TO DEMILITARIZE GAZA. WAS REAFFIRMED. KUSHNER WAS THERE TO MAKE SURE. THERE WERE CONCRETE STEPS TAKEN. >> Bill: THERE IS A LOT TO COVER. WITH MY NEXT GUEST. CHAIRMAN MAST, CHAIRMAN OF THE. FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. START WITH IRAN. IRAN TWO HOURS AGO SAYS THEY. WILL GO ON OFFENSE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. THIS IS WHERE THE "WALL STREET. JOURNAL" REPORTS. IRAN'S SECRET PLAN TO ESCALATE. THE WAR. INTERCEPT COMMUNICATIONS AND. OTHER INTEL SUGGEST A STRATEGIC. SHIFT BY HARD LINE LEADERS TO. RAISE THE COST FOR THE U.S. IN. ITS REGIONAL OUTLIERS. PUT TWO AND TWO TOGETHER ON THAT. CONFLICT AS YOU SEE IT. >> MY ASSESSMENT WOULD BE. THEY'RE SAYING IT IN WORD, NOT. DEED. PUT BOUNTIES AND U.S. SERVICE. MEMBERS OF $30,000 PER SERVICE.

MEMBER. THAT IS WORD INDEED. THEY ARE MAXED OUT IN HIGH GEAR. AS FAR AS THE OFFENSE THAT THEY. CAN DELIVER. LET'S NOT FORGET WE DESTROYED. THEIR NAVY, AIR FORCE, THEIR. WEAPONS MANUFACTURING IN LARGE. PART. COMMAND AND CONTROL. COMMUNICATIONS, ALL OF THOSE ARE. SEVERED SUBSTANTIALLY. SO WHAT THEY ARE PRODUCING RIGHT. NOW IN THE WHACK-A-MOLE THAT WE. HAVE TO DO TO RESPOND TO IT I. WOULD ASSESS THAT AS THEIR. MAXIMUM CAPABILITIES. >> HERE IS CBS FROM OVER THE. WEEKEND. DON BACON, NEBRASKA REPUBLICAN.

RETIRING AND HOW HE SEES THIS. >> WE CANNOT ALLOW IRAN TO HAVE. A NUCLEAR WEAPON. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD ALLOW. IRAN TO KILL 1,000 AMERICANS. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE A LONG. TIME AGO. I THINK HE STARTED OUT THIS. WHOLE WAR WITH THIS WILL BE AN. EASY FIGHT AND BE DONE AND TAKE. A MONTH, TWO MONTHS, OKAY. DEAL TOMORROW. AND I THINK THAT -- THOSE FALSE. EXPECTATIONS HURT HIM. >> Bill: OKAY. A LOT OF WAYS TO LOOK AT THIS. HOW DO YOU SEE COMMENTARY LIKE.

THAT? >> FORMER GENERAL BACON IS NOT. NAIVE ON WHAT HE IS TALKING. ABOUT. THIS HAS GONE ON AND IT DOES. DEPLETE U.S. STOCKPILES BUT. THOSE STOCKPILES EXIST FOR US TO. USE FOR DEFENSE, FOR DETERRENCE. AND ELIMINATING ENEMIES. ATTACKING US. HE LAID THAT OUT AS WELL. IRAN HAS BEEN ATTACKING US FOR. THE LAST 30 YEARS. IF I GAVE A NUMBER OF THE LAST. 30 MONTHS. THE LAST 30 MONTHS BEFORE EPIC. FURY THEY ATTACKED US OVER 350.

TIMES. KILLED COUNTLESS CONTRACTORS AND. DRIVING SMALL BOATS INTO BIG. SHIP. FLYING DRONES AND BALLISTIC. MISSILES AT US. IT IS SUSTAINED. EPIC FURY IS THE FIRST TIME THE. UNITED STATES HAS SAID WE AREN'T. GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE. THE ONLY WAY WE BRING THAT. FOREVER WAR TO AN END IS TO END. THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN CONDUCTING. IT AGAINST US. THAT'S WHAT HAS TO BE DONE NO. MATTER HOW LONG IT TAKES. >> Bill: THE LAST STORY THERE IN. ALEX'S REPORT FROM THE WHITE. HOUSE, THERE IS SOME MOVEMENT WE.

DO BELIEVE WITH REGARD TO GAZA. JARED KUSHNER MEETING IN EDGE. GIPPED OVER THE WEEKEND. THE HEADLINE. HAMAS LEADERS TELL KUSHNER. THEY'LL DEMILITARIZE GAZA. THEY WILL TURN IN GUNS AND. WEAPONS. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SAID OVER THE. WEEKEND ISRAEL WILL NOT QUIT THE. FIGHT IN THERE. DO YOU SEE A BREAKTHROUGH WITH. THE BOARD OF PEACE IN GETTING. HAMAS TO DISARM? >> THERE IS A NUMBER OF BREAK. THROUGHS THERE. KUSHNER IS THERE HAVING DEBATE.

WITH ALL SIDES OF THE PARTY. ALL ENTITIES OF THE BOARD OF. PEACE SAYING WE WANT THIS. CONFLICT TO COME TO AN END. THE RESOURCES WE'RE BRINGING TO. HAVE IT TAKE PLACE AND HAVE THE. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BY HAMAS, THOUGH. THEY'VE NEVER GIVEN US ANY. REASON TO TRUST THEM LIKE IRAN. HASN'T GIVEN US A REASON TO. TRUST THEM. THE FACT THEY ARE MAKING THAT AS. A STATEMENT IS AN IMPORTANT. STEP. SO I THINK IT COMES DOWN TO A. CHICKEN OR EGG QUESTION FOR THE. UNITED STATES, FOR THE BOARD OF. PEACE AND ISRAEL. WHAT HAS TO TAKE PLACE FIRST IN. ORDER FOR SOMEBODY TO MAKE A.

MOVE FORWARD. DO THEY HAVE TO DROP THE WEAPONS. AND PUT UP A WHITE FLAG OR. ATTACKS UNTIL IT TAKES PLACE? ALL OF THAT IS BEING WORKED OUT. BY JARED. >> Bill: IT HAS BEEN A STUBBORN. THING AND WE CAN SEE IF WE CAN. MOVE THE MET.