NOW: Russian diesel tanker heading to US

. SANDRA? >> Sandra: GOT. WE'LL WATCH FOR THAT. CLAUDIA THANK YOU. JOHN? >> John: ALL RIGHT, SANDRA A. RUSSIAN TANKER LOADED WITH. 40 TONS OF -- 40,000 TONS OF. DIESEL EN ROUTE TO NEW YORK. IT'S THE FIRST SHIPMENT UNDER. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S DEAL WITH. VLADIMIR PUTIN. THIS AS UKRAINE WANTS THAT CHINA. AND RUSSIA ARE WORKING TOGETHER. ON A START STARTLING ALTERNATIVE. ONE THAT COULD PROVIDE MOSCOW. WITH A MAJOR BATTLEFIELD. ADVANTAGE. ARNOLD IS A RETIRED TWO STAR. MARINE CORPS GENERAL, ALSO CEO. OF THE GROUP, AND JOINS US NOW,

GENERAL, GREAT TO SEE YOU. 40,000 METRIC TONS OF DIESEL. TURNS INTO ABOUT 12 AND A HALF. MILLION GALLONS. PEOPLE SAY COME WELL, TRUMP HAD. HAD -- THAT'S LESS THAN 8% OF. OUR DAILY CONSUMPTION OF DIESEL. AND DIESEL, ACCORDING TO TRIPLE. A, $6.31 A GALLON TODAY. JUST GOING TO MAKE ANY. DIFFERENCE. >> JOHN, THAT'S JUST A COUPLE. HOURS OF USAGE IN THE DAY HERE. REDUCING FUEL PRICES IS A VERY. VALID, LEGITIMATE, AND NECESSARY. POLICY GOAL. THE PRESIDENT HAS IN A POSITIVE. INITIATIVES IN THAT REGARD. HOWEVER, I DON'T THINK THAT.

LIFTING THE SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA. AND BUYING DIESEL FUEL FROM. RUSSIA AND FUELING MACHINE, WHICH JUST YESTERDAY HAD A. MASSIVE ANOTHER BALLISTIC. MISSILE ATTACK ON KYIV KILLING. WOMEN AND CHILDREN, KNOCKING OUT. THEIR ENERGY. SO UKRAINIANS WILL FREEZE. MY HOPE IS THEY WILL CHANGE. THEIR MIND, BEEF UP THE OTHER. INITIATIVES THEY HAVE TURNED. THAT TANKER AROUND AND GO IN A. DIFFERENT DIRECTION. I'M KIND OF IDENTIFIED WITH THE. CHAIRMAN OF THE ARMED SERVICES. COMMITTEE, REPUBLICAN ROGER. WICKER. I'M IN THE SAME CAMP WITH HIM ON.

THIS REGARD. >> John: YES, THOUGH, I MEAN, TELL US ABOUT RUSSIA HERE. PUTIN SAYS HE'S WILLING TO COME. BACK TO THE TABLE FOR TRILATERAL. TALKS WITH UKRAINE. THERE MAY BE SOMETHING ON THE. BOOKS NEXT MONTH AND THEN HE. LAUNCHES THIS ALL OUT ASSAULT. LIKE HE DID. WHAT'S HE DOING? >> RUSSIA IS -- PUTIN'S GOAL IS. TO BASICALLY MOVE BACK TO THE. OLD SOVIET EMPIRE TERRITORY, WHICH MEANS HE WANTS TO MOVE. WEST. HE WAS NEVER GOING TO STOP AT. UKRAINE, THAT'S WHY WE'VE GOT TO. STOP HIM IN UKRAINE. SO HE HASN'T CHANGED HIS STRIKE. MAYBE ANY MORE THAN IRAN HAS.

CHANGED THEIR STRIKE. HE'S NOT GETTING ANYWHERE, WHICH. IS, I MEAN, THAT'S THE CRAZY. THING ABOUT ALL OF THIS, BUT HE. HAS, APPARENTLY, ACCORDING TO. SOME REPORTS COMING OUT. PARTNERING WITH CHINA. IT'S AN ALTERNATIVE TO STARLINK. WHAT COULD THAT DO. >> FIRST OF ALL, ANYTHING THAT. WE CAN DO TO KEEP CHINA FROM. BUILDING RUSSIA'S MILITARY. CAPABILITY PARTICULARLY A. TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCE LIKE THAT, THAT WOULD HELP THEIR COMMAND. AND CONTROL LOOK. COME ON STARLINK IS A BRILLIANT. PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY. AND IT'S VERY NECESSARY. UKRAINE USES IT TO HELP DEFEND.

ITSELF. OUR PENTAGON AND OUR. LEADERSHIP THERE IS ENCOURAGING. MORE AND MORE COMMERCIAL FIRMS. TO BRING THEIR TECHNOLOGY INTO. THE PENTAGON, SO WE SHOULD NOT. WANT RUSSIA TO GET ANYTHING. THAT'S ANYWHERE EQUIVALENT TO. THAT THE OTHER POINT I WOULD. MAKE. IT'S BEEN IN THE NEWS AND THAT. IS WE SHOULD NOT HAVE ANYTHING. WE GET FROM COMMERCIAL PRIVATE. CITIZENS SHOULD NOT BE IN THE. POSITION OF DICTATING HOW THAT. MATERIAL IS USED ON THE. BATTLEFIELD, BOY, NO MATTER HOW. INFLUENTIAL. THAT'S AN INHERENTLY. GOVERNMENTAL DECISION. PRIVATE CITIZENS SHOULD NOT BE.

INVOLVED IN THAT. >> John: SO LET ME JUST. DECIPHER THAT. SO YOU'RE SAYING ELON MUSK. SHOULD STAY THE HECK OUT? >> CERTAINLY, IF HE'S A PRIVATE. CITIZEN AND THAT'S HIS. TECHNOLOGY. AND BY THE WAY, OUR PENTAGON. LEADERS, THIS IS WHY THEY'RE MAD. WITH ANTHROPIC, BECAUSE. ANTHROPIC TOLD THEM YOU CAN'T. USE SOME OF OUR CAPABILITIES AND. WE CAN'T HAVE THAT. PREVALENT. SO WHEN HE LANDED IN FORT MYERS, GO, PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS ASKED. THE QUESTION ABOUT WHAT IF HIS. AMBASSADORS SAY THAT THERE MIGHT. BE A STRIKE AGAINST THIS WE CAN. PUSH THE PRESIDENT SAID, I DON'T. KNOW WHO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING. ABOUT THAT. EARLY NOVEMBER, WE'RE GOING TO. HAVE A THIRD CARRIER STRIKE. GROUP IN THE REGION TREMENDOUS. AMOUNT OF FIREPOWER TO HAVE JUST. SITTING AROUND. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO. HAPPEN AFTER THE MIDTERMS? >> WELL, JOHN,, TODAY IS A VERY. MEANINGFUL DAY FOR OUR. COUNTRY COME TO THE UNITED. STATES MARINE CORPS. 43 YEARS AGO TWO DATE. COME AROUND IT'S TERRORIST. PROXIES KILLED 241 MARINES IN. THE BARRACKS IN BEIRUT. AND THEY HAVE NOT CHANGED THEIR. STRIPES ET AL. SO THEY CONTINUE TO. SO AT SOME POINT, WE NEED TO. MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL THE.

CAPABILITIES. SO THE PRESIDENT HAS AN. UNLIMITED SET OF OPTIONS TO USE. I PERSONALLY CONTINUE TO BELIEVE. THAT THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING TO. GET ON TOP OF THIS AND END THE. WAR LIKE EVERYBODY SAYS, IS. WE'VE GOT TO TAKE OUT THE CENTER. OF GRAVITY. WE'VE GOT TO TAKE OUT THE IRGC. REPUBLICAN GUARDS. THAT LED THE ATTACK ON THE. MARINE BARRACKS IN BEIRUT. TODAY AT CAMP LEJEUNE, MEMORIAL. LECTURE IS EVERY YEAR TO HONOR. THOSE THAT MADE THE ULTIMATE. SACRIFICE. SO IRAN'S TIME IS COMING. I DON'T THINK IT WILL COME. BEFORE THE MID-YEAR. >> John: IT WILL, IT SEEMED TO. BE COMPLETELY OUT.