New escalation in Middle East: Iran strikes U.S.-contracted vessel

>> John: NEW ESCALATION AROUND. THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. SOURCES TELL FOX THAT IRANIAN. FORCES HIT A SHIP WITH AMERICANS. ON BOARD. IS ONE SECURITY CHIEF SHUTS DOWN. THE PROSPECT OF NEW TALKS WITH. WASHINGTON. CHIEF FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT. TRYING TO REPORTS LIVE IN TEL. AVIV. THE BEST REGULATION THE U.S. WASN'T ASKING FOR TALKS, RIGHT? >> YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT, JOHN. AND GOOD AFTERNOON. SUBSTITUTE TO TELL FOX NEWS THAT.

IRAN STRUCK A U.S. CONTRACTED. VESSEL AROUND THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ EARLIER THIS WEEK. WE UNDERSTAND THERE WAS SOME. MINOR INJURIES, INCLUDING SMOKE. INHALATION. AND THOSE THAT WERE INJURED WERE. TAKEN TO A REGIONAL GULF COUNTRY. FOR TREATMENT. SOME U.S. PERSONNEL WERE ON. BOARD. TENSION AROUND THE STRAITS. CONTINUES AS REPORTS INDICATE. MULTIPLE EXPLOSIONS WERE HEARD. AROUND THE CRITICAL WATERWAY. OVERNIGHT. THE IRANIANS CLAIM THEY SHOT. DOWN ANOTHER U.S. MQ ONE. PREDATOR DRONE OVER THE STRAIT, AND WE DO KNOW U.S. FORCES. DESTROYED TWO BOATS THIS WEEK. THAT WERE TRYING TO STEAL A U.S.

DRONE, VICE PRESIDENT J.D. DISCUSSED THE THREAT TO THEIR. SHIPPING LANES ON TUESDAY. >> DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE DID. ACCOMPLISH A SUBSTANTIAL. DESTRUCTION, NOT JUST OF THEIR. NUCLEAR PROGRAM, BUT ALSO THE. IRANIAN MILITARY, WE HAVE SEEN. THE IRANIANS SHOOTING AT. COMMERCIAL SHIPPING EVEN IN THE. MIDST OF PEACE NEGOTIATIONS, AND. I THINK THE PRESIDENT HAS. ACTUALLY DONE THE RESPONSIBLE. THING HERE, WHICH IS TO TRY TO. ENSURE THE WORK ENERGY MARKETS, DESPITE IRANIAN TERRORISM. CONTINUE TO GET THAT FLOW OF OIL.

AND GAS. >> A FOCUS ON ONE OF THE. COUNTRY'S LARGEST PROXY. FORCES THE HOUTHIS IN YEMEN ARE. RAMPING UP THEIR ATTACKS ON. YEMENI GOVERNMENT FORCES AND. NEIGHBORING SAUDI ARABIA. THE SAUDIS INTERCEPTED A HOUTHI. DRONE OF NEAR THE HOLY CITY OF. MECCA AS THESE ATTACKS EXPAND IN. RANGE THE KEY THING TO REMEMBER. HERE IS THAT THE ESCALATION IS. LINKED TO THE SITUATION WITH. IRAN AND THE HOUTHIS ARE. RECEIVING DIRECT ORDERS AND. SUPPORT FROM THE REGIME IN. TEHRAN. >> SINCE SAUDIS ARE CONDUCTING. STRIKES, THEY HAVE REQUESTED. U.S. SUPPORT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS. NOT CREATED THAT YET.

LET ME GIVE YOU A DIFFERENT. PERSPECTIVE ON THIS WHY ARTHUR, WHO IS HE'S DOING IT BECAUSE. IRAN IS PAYING THEM CASH AND. OFFERING THEM MATERIAL, AND. OPERATIONAL SUPPORT. BUT THIS IRANIAN ESCALATION IS. EVIDENCE OF THE PAIN THAT. THEY'RE GOING THROUGH. ECONOMICALLY. >> THERE ARE A LOT OF MOVING. PARTS. HERE, BUT MORE THAN SIX MONTHS. INTO THE CONFLICT, THERE IS. CURRENTLY NO END IN SIGHT.