NEW DETAILS: Iran reveals proposal to END war with US

>> Brian: IRAN'S PRESIDENT. TELLING BRET BAIER THAT THE. REGIME IS EAGER TPOPB AN END TO. THE WAR WITH THE UNITED STATES. >> TRANSLATOR: WE DID NOT CHOOSE. WAR. THE WAR WAS IMPOSED ON US. WE DO NOT SEEK WAR. RATHER, WHENEVER THEY ATTACK US, WE ARE FORCED TO DEFEND. OURSELVES. BUT WE DO NOT WISH TO CONTINUE. IT'S AMERICA THAT MUST CHOOSE.

WHETHER IT WANTS TO END THIS OR. NOT. >> Brian: REALLY? OKAY. IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS. THIS. THE COUNTRY IS NOW PROPOSING --. THIS IS NEW, GUYS. A SEVEN-DAY PLAN TO END THE. CONFLICT. THE PLAN WOULD REOPEN THE STRAIT. OF HORMUZ AND REVIVE NUCLEAR. TALKS. THEY WOULD ALSO UNFREEZE FUNDS. AND WOULD END OUR BLOCKADE. IMMEDIATELY. HERE TO REACT IS FORMER. SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO. MR. SECRETARY, BEFORE WE TALK. ABOUT CHINA, LET'S TALK ABOUT.

IRAN AND THIS SEVEN-DAY PLAN. KIND OF NEW IN "THE NEW YORK. TIMES" TODAY. YOUR THOUGHTS AS YOU KNOW IT? >> WELL, GOOD MORNING, BRIAN. BY THE WAY, THEY'RE CONNECTED. CHINESE AND IRANIANS ARE DEEPLY. CONNECTED. >> Brian: SURE. >> AS FOR THIS NEW PROPOSAL, IT'S NOT NEW. IT'S PROBABLY NOT A SERIOUS. PROPOSAL. THE GENTLEMAN WHO CAME TO NEW. YORK YESTERDAY IS BOTH LYING. ABOUT THEIR ABSENCE OF INTENTION. TO HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON AND AT. THE SAME TIME COMPLETELY. IRRELEVANT. DECISION MAKERS ARE IN TEHRAN,

CONTINUING TO WORK TO UNDER MINE. WESTERN DEMOCRACY AND TERRORIZE. THE WORLD. >> Brian: BRET DID AN INCREDIBLE. JOB LAST NIGHT, BUT REVEALED THE. PRESIDENT REALLY HAS NO POWER. HE SAID HE WANTED THE MOU TO. LAST. NEXT THING YOU KNOW, IRGC IS. BOMBING TANKERS. THEN THE IRGC SAYS, IT WASN'T. US. ELEMENTS OF THE IRGC ARE DOING. IT. TEHRAN WANTS, THEY SAID THEY'LL. OPEN UP THE STRAIT. THEY WILL WANT US TO RELEASE $12. BILLION IN FROZEN IRANIAN FUNDS. THEY WANT US TO WAIVE ALL THE.

SANCTIONS WE JUST PUT ON ON. IRANIAN OIL AND LIFT THE NAVAL. BLOCKADE. THAT WOULD REMOVE THE STRAIT. YOU STILL HAVE THE HOUTHIS. ON THE SURFACE THIS WOULD BE. TEMPTING, WOULDN'T IT? OBVIOUSLY, WITH THE MID TERMS 40. DAYS AWAY, THAT WOULD PLUMMET. GAS PRICES. >> WELL, BRIAN, HERE'S THE. THING. I THINK IF THAT DEAL WENT. THROUGH, I DON'T THINK GAS. PRICES WOULD BE LOWERED BECAUSE. THE THREAT TO THE GULF STATES, THE THREAT TO ISRAEL, WOULD. CONTINUE TO BE THERE. THEY STILL HAVE REMEMBRANCE OF A.

BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM. THEY STILL HAVE CAPACITY TO MINE. THE STRAIT. THE HOUTHIS ARE STILL RUNNING. WILD. HEZBOLLAH IN LEBANON WOULD. REJOIN THE FIGHT, AS WOULD THE. PALESTINIANS IN GAZA, HAMAS AND. GAZA. THIS IS NOT THE KIND OF THING. THAT'S GOING TO BE RESOLVED BY A. PIECE OF PAPER PRESENTED BY. SOMEONE WHO'S COMPLETELY. IRRELEVANT INSIDE THE IRANIAN. DECISION MAKING. I THINK PRESIDENT TRUMP CAN SEE. THAT. HE HAS SEEN EVERY ONE OF THESE. OFFERS BEFORE. TO GIVE THE IRANIANS MONEY TO. REFUEL AND REBUILD WOULD BE.

FOOLISH AND FRANKLY IT WOULD DO. NOTHING TO LOWER ENERGY PRICES. HERE INSIDE THE UNITED STATES OF. AMERICA. >> Brian: I THINK IT'S GREAT. THAT JARED KUSHNER AND STEVE. WHITKOFF ARE VOLUNTEERING TO. HELP. I'D FEEL MUCH BETTER OFF WITH. MARCO RUBIO THERE. THEY KEEP ON TRYING TO GET THESE. DEALS DONE. I THINK MARCO RUBIO'S GOT A RICH. HISTORY AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE. AREA AND CERTAINLY KNOWS HIS. ADVERSARY. LAST NIGHT WAS A BIG DINNER. 120 GUESTS. COUPLE DOZEN CEO'S.

CHINESE LEADERSHIP WAS ALL. THERE. THEY HAD NO TECH EXECUTIVES. LOOKING AT ALL THE OTHER GREAT. TRUMP STATE DINNERS. YOU HAD MACRON. YOU HAD AUSTRALIA'S PRESIDENT. YOU WERE THERE FOR A LOT OF. THEM. QUEEN CAMILLA AND CHARLES WERE. THERE. NOW WE HAVE PRESIDENT XI. I LIKE THAT THE PRESIDENT SHOWS. RESPECT IN FRONT OF THE CAMERAS. YOU GOTTA DO THAT, WORLD LEADER. BUT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, DO YOU. THINK THE PRESIDENT NAILED HIM.

ON PROVIDING SATELLITE IMAGERY. TO BOMB OUR BASES AND KILL OUR. PEOPLE IN IRAN? AND PROVIDE EQUIPMENT FOR THEM. TO RECONSTITUTE THEIR MISSILE. PROGRAM IN IRAN? AND BUY OIL FROM RUSSIA? >> WELL, BRIAN, I SHARE YOUR. VIEWS. I LIKE THE FACT THAT THE. PRESIDENT PAYS RESPECT TO. PRESIDENT XI, BUT WE SHOULD ALL. KNOW, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SHOULD. BE WISE. THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY. TODAY IS PROVIDING TECHNOLOGY TO. THE IRANIANS THAT IS FLYING.

MISSILES AT U.S. SHIPS IN THE. STRAIT OF HORMUZ. HE DIDN'T SIMPLY COME HERE TO. NEGOTIATE OR DO A GOOD THING FOR. THE UNITED STATES AND CUT A. DEAL. HE CAME HERE TO BE A PROUD. LEADER EQUAL RIVAL TO THE UNITED. STATES OF AMERICA, AT LEAST ON. THE WORLD STAGE. BUT WE SHOULDN'T FORGET THIS IS. THE SAME GUY WHO WHEN A VIRUS. WAS UNLEASHED IN A LABORATORY. DID NOTHING TO STOP THE DEATHS. OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.

XI IS NOT SOMEONE WHO'S GONNA. COME HERE AND DO A DEAL. HE WANTS TAIWAN. THE UNITED STATES SHOULD DO. EVERYTHING IN ITS POWER TO MAKE. SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO DEFEND. AMERICA AND AMERICA'S BEST. INTEREST IN EVERY PLACE. I'M CONFIDENT PRESIDENT TRUMP. KNOWS THAT. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I. THINK HE'S BEEN SO STALLWORT IN. CONTINUING TO WIN THIS. TECHNOLOGY RACE WHICH WILL. MATTER SO MUCH TO AMERICA OVER. THE NEXT DECADE. >> Brian: LOOK WHAT HE DID. HE'S KNOCKING THEIR INFLUENCE. OUT IN VENEZUELA, COLUMBIA,

CUBA. THE FIRST THING HE DID WAS SAY, YOU BETTER NOT SELL THAT CHINESE. COMPANY CONTROL OF THE PANAMA. CANAL. ANOTHER MOUNTAIN OF OIL, IRAN IS. UNDER SCRUTINY. WE KNOW THEY'RE DESPERATELY. TRYING TO HOLD ON TO THAT. ALLIANCE. THE PRESIDENT'S PUTTING PRESSURE. WITHOUT PUBLIC HUMILIATION. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IF. SOMETHING EMERGES FR.