NEW: US strikes Iranian targets

TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE. WILL BE A CASE. REALLY SHOCKING. GARRETT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BREAKING RIGHT NOW, U.S. FORCES. ARE STRIKING IRGC TARGETS IN. IRAN AFTER RECENT ATTEMPTED. ATTACKS AGAINST COMMERCIAL. SHIPPING LANES IN THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ. THIS IS ON ONCE AGAIN THIS. AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AND. TREY YINGST SPOKE WITH. PRESIDENT TRUMP EARLIER AND HE. REPORTS LIVE FOR US FROM. TEL AVIV. >> Reporter: MARTHA, GOOD.

AFTERNOON. CURRENTLY THE UNITED STATES IS. CONDUCTING EXTENSIVE AIR STRIKES. AGAINST SOUTHWESTERN IRAN NEXT. TO THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TARGETS. BEING HIT AND AGAIN THIS APPEARS. TO BE A MEDIUM RANGE TARGET LIST. FOR THE UNITED STATES TRYING TO. DECREASE THE THREATS TOWARDS. VESSELS IN THIS CRITICAL. WATERWAY AND ALSO RETALIATE FOR. THE ATTACK ON U.S. FORCES. EARLIER THIS WEEK. I DID SPEAK WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP. EARLIER WHO SAID A NEW WARNING. TO IRAN SAYING IF THEY DO. RESPOND, THEY WILL BE HIT MUCH. HARDER, THE PRESIDENT WENT ON TO.

SAY THIS IS A VERY BIG HIT TO. DE, IF IT GOES A THIRD TIME, THEY ARE GOING TO BE TOTALLY. WIPED OUT AS A COUNTRY. IN TERMS OF A POSSIBLE AGREEMENT. WITH THE IRANIANS, THE PRESIDENT. SAID I THINK AN AGREEMENT WITH. THEM IS NOT WORK WORTH THE PAPER. IT'S WRITTEN ON. WE GAVE THEM A LOT OF CHANCES. FINALLY, THE PRESIDENT ADDED THE. USS GEORGE WASHINGTON IS LOADED. TO THE GILLS AND WE ARE LOADED. UP. THE PRESIDENT TALKING ABOUT THE. NEW AIRCRAFT CARRIER THAT. ARRIVED LAST WEEK TO REPLACE THE. USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN. STEPPING BACK HERE, WHAT WE KNOW.

TONIGHT, THE UNITED STATES IS. STRIKING TARGETS IN IRAN, THE. IRANIANS ARE THREATENED TO. RETALIATE AND THE PRESIDENT IS. WARNING IRAN AGAINST DOING THIS. WE HAVE SEEN SIMILAR WARNINGS. FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP IN THE PAST. AGAINST THE IRANIANS TALKING. ABOUT WIPING OUT THEIR COUNTRY. BUT AGAIN MORE THAN SIX MONTHS. INTO THIS CONFLICT THERE IS NO. SENSE THAT WE ARE ANYWHERE. CLOSER TO AN AGREEMENT IN THE. REGION. THE PRESIDENT TELLING FOX NEWS. IT CAN'T EVEN BE WORTH THE PAPER. IT'S WRITTEN ON AND ULTIMATELY. THIS TIT FOR TAT, THE BACK AND. FORTH THAT WE ARE SEEING RIGHT. NOW NEAR THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IS.

EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. >> Martha: TREY YINGST, THANK. YOU VERY MUCH. WITH THAT WE BRING IN RETIRED. VICE ADMIRAL ROBERT HARWARD, FORMER DEPUTY COMMANDER OF U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND AND MEMBER OF. THE IRAN POLICY PROJECT AT THE. JEWISH INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL. SECURITY OF AMERICA. GROWING UP IN IRAN. GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US. THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME TODAY. YOUR REACTION TO THIS LATEST. MILITARY ACTION THAT THE. UNITED STATES IS TAKING AGAINST. IRAN TODAY. >> I THINK IT'S GOING AFTER.

EVERYTHING THEY HAVE THAT CAN. PROJECT POWER. THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE. PRESIDENT'S COMMENTS, IT'S. ALIGNED WITH THIS STATEMENT THAT. HE MADE IN THE SUMMER OF '05 AND. '06. NEGOTIATIONS ARE OVER AND THERE. IS NO RETURN TO THE MOU AND HE. WILL LOOK FOR UNCONDITIONAL. SURRENDER. THAT WAS ALWAYS HIS INTENT AND. NOW THAT HE'S TIED ECONOMIC AND.

MILITARY POWER TOGETHER, HE HAS. A SOUND STRATEGY AND CAN. ACCOMPLISH THAT OBJECTIVE. >> Martha: THAT MAY REQUIRE A. CHANGE IN REGIME BECAUSE THEY. ARE PULLING AT EVERY LEVER OF. THE ECONOMY, EVERY AREA THAT. THEY CAN HIT. I WANT TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON. THIS BECAUSE TODAY THERE IS A. MEETING BETWEEN RUSSIAN. PRESIDENT PUTIN AND THE IRANIAN. PRESIDENT AT THE SHANGHAI. COOPERATION SUMMIT IN. KYRGYZSTAN. HERE IS A PICTURE OF THE TWO OF. THEM.

PRESIDENT PUTIN SAYING RUSSIA. STANDS IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE. IRANIAN PEOPLE, WE ADMIRE YOUR. COURAGE AND HE WENT ON TO SAY WE. ARE TRYING TO PROVIDE YOU WITH. THE ASSISTANCE THAT YOU NEED AS. WE DISCUSSED WE ARE SUPPLYING. YOU WITH THE NECESSARY GOODS. SAYS PUTIN. CHINA HAS ALSO HAD THE SAME TONE. AT THESE MEETINGS. YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT? >> NOW SEEING THE POLITICAL. POWER COME TO PLAY AND THAT'S. EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS. IRAN HAS ALWAYS BEEN A SURROGATE.

OF RUSSIA AND A SURROGATE OF. CHINA. THEY BOTH HAVE STRATEGIC. INTEREST IN THIS SO WHILE THE. PRESIDENT HAS APPLIED BOTH. ECONOMIC AND MILITARY POWER, YOU. WILL START SEEING THE POLITICAL. POWER COME TO PLAY INCLUDING HIS. FUTURE VISIT TO CHINA SO YOU ARE. SEEING THE RUSSIANS DOUBLE DOWN. THEY NEED THIS ALLY, THIS IS THE. SECOND FRONT AGAINST THE WEST, THEIR FIRST DAY IN UKRAINE SO. THIS IS ESSENTIAL. PUTIN NEEDS TO START THINKING AS.

WELL AS THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE, WHAT. DOES RUSSIAN LOOK LIKE POST. PUTIN? HE IS MAKING SURE THIS ALLY AND. THE FRONT AGAINST THE WEST STAYS. SUPPORTED AND SO THIS CONFLICT. IS MUCH BIGGER THAN JUST THE. U.S. AND IRAN, THIS IS ABOUT. RUSSIA AND ABOUT CHINA AND. UKRAINE. ALL OF THIS IS TIED TOGETHER. >> Martha: 100%. YOU KNOW THE REGION SO WELL. HAVING LIVED THERE AND HAVING.

BEEN THE HEAD OF U.S. CENTRAL. COMMAND. WHAT IS YOUR ASSESSMENT RIGHT. NOW OF THE POSITION THAT IRAN IS. IN BECAUSE WE ARE HEARING THAT. MORE SHIPS ARE MAKING IT THROUGH. THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE STRAIT. ON THE OMANI SIDE AND SHIPS ARE. GETTING THROUGH AND WE KNOW THAT. THERE'S A TON OF ECONOMIC. PRESSURE THAT THE TREASURY. SECRETARY HAS PUT ON THEM. HOW LONG BEFORE THEY WILL BREAK. AND IF YOU THINK THEY WILL? >> I KNOW THEY WILL. THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

IT'S INEVITABLE. WE'VE CROSSED THAT TIPPING POINT. ALREADY. YOU CAN LOOK AT WHAT THE OIL. MARKETS ARE DOING, THEY REMAIN. STABLE, $81 PER BARREL. IRAN IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO. LOSE RESOURCES. THEY HAVE NONE NOW BUT MORE AND. MORE PEOPLE CAN'T PUT GAS IN. THEIR CARS. PEOPLE WON'T BE ABLE TO HEAT. THEIR HOMES IN THE WINTER TIMES, FOOD WILL BECOME AN ISSUE. ALL OF THIS ECONOMIC PRESSURE. TIED WITH THIS CONTINUED. MILITARY CAMPAIGN WILL.

INEVITABLY DRAW THE REGIME TO. THE GROUND AND NOT SO MUCH. EXTERNALLY BUT I THINK MORE. IMPORTANTLY INTERNALLY. THE PEOPLE WILL RISE UP AGAINST. THEIR REGIME WHEN THEY HAVE THE. ABILITY TO DO THAT AND THERE ARE. THINGS WE CAN HELP ON THAT SIDE. OF THE EQUATION AS WELL. THAT IS STARTING TO COME. TOGETHER AND YOU ARE SEEING A. FULL ECONOMIC MILITARY AND. POLITICAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE. REGIME OF IRAN. >> Martha: ALWAYS INTERESTING. TO GET YOUR TAKE ON IT BECAUSE.

OF THIS MILITARY ACTION WE'VE. SEEN THIS AFTERNOON. WE DO SEE THAT OIL PRICES ARE UP. AROUND 90 BUT AS YOU POINT OUT, THEY HAVE HOVERED IN THAT REGION. BETWEEN 80 AND 90 AS WE'VE SEEN. THE BACK AND FOR.