NOW: US targeting Iranian oil tankers near Kharg Island

. >> Martha: INCREDIBLY. HEARTBREAKING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WILL TAKE YOU BACK TO. "THE STORY" NOW, THE. UNITED STATES MILITARY STRIKING. IRANIAN TARGETS NEAR KHARG. ISLAND INCLUDING SIGAN DISABLING. CRUDE OIL TANKERS. SECURITY CORRESPONDENT JENNIFER. GRIFFIN JOINS US WITH THIS. BREAKING NEWS FROM HER. REPORTING. LIVE FROM WASHINGTON. KILO. >> HELLO. WE'VE SPOKEN TO SEVERAL. OFFICIALS WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE.

U.S. MILITARY, THE CENTRAL. COMMAND IS IN FACT CARRYING OUT. AIR STRIKES RIGHT NOW AGAINST. TARGETS NEAR KHARG ISLAND AS YOU. MENTIONED AS WELL AS AN AREA IN. THE SOUTHERN PART OF IRAN NEAR. THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. THE TARGETS I'M TOLD ARE OIL. TANKERS, IRANIAN OIL TANKERS AND. THIS IS PART OF AN ONGOING. EFFORT TO SQUEEZE IRAN. ECONOMICALLY. THESE ARE ECONOMIC TARGETS. THIS IS NOT A BEGINNING OF A NEW. PHASE THAT WOULD INVOLVE GROUND.

TROOPS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT BUT. THIS IS PART OF THE ONGOING. EFFORT TO SQUEEZE IRAN. ECONOMICALLY BECAUSE THE ENTIRE. ECONOMY IS BASED ON CRUDE OIL. EXPORTS SO THIS IS ONGOING AS WE. SPEAK BUT THAT IS THE LATEST. THAT.