Perino: I would take this warning seriously

. >> Dana: THE DAYS ARE LONG BUT. GO BY FAST. I'M DANA PERINO AND THIS IS. "AMERICA'S NEWSROOM.". GET YOU TO THE N NEWS, UAE IS. LEADING THE INVESTIGATION INTO. THE MID-AIR STABBING. THE ATTACK NEARLY CRASHING A. PLANE CARRYING MORE THAN 170. PEOPLE. MOST ISRAELIS. >> Bill: PRESIDENT TRUMP. THREATENING GRAVE CONSEQUENCES. IF IRAN IS HELD IN CONNECTION. WITH RESPOPONSIBILITY. ISRAEL SAID IT IS TOO EARLY TO. KNOW THIS. THE PRESIDENT OFFERED THIS TO. FOX NEWS AND OTHERS.

>> HAS ANYBODY BRIEFED YOU IF. THE CO-PILOT WAS LINKED TO IRAN? >> I WILL SAY THE ANSWER BASED. ON WHAT I'M HEARING IS YES BUT. WE'RE WORKING ON IT RIGHT NOW. >> THE IRGC OR RADICALIZED SOME. OTHER WAY AND --. >> Dana: TREY YINGST REPORTING. LIVE FROM TEL AVIV. WHAT DO WE KNOW THIS MORNING, TREY? >> GOOD MORNING.

TODAY THE CAPTAIN OF THAT FLIGHT. WHO WAS INJURED DURING THE. ATTACK IS SPEAKING OUT FOR THE. FIRST TIME. TAKE A LISTEN HERE AS HE. DESCRIBES THE INITIAL MOMENTS. AFTER THIS CO-PILOT LUNGED AT. HIM IN A CONVERSATION WITH PRIME. MINISTER MODI OF INDIA. >> AT THAT MOMENT I WAS FIGHTING. FOR MY LIFE. THERE WAS A MOMENT WHEN I. REALIZED I HAD FALLEN DOWN AND. REALIZED IF I DON'T GET UP I. HAVE BEEN A PILOT FOR 17 YEARS. AND A CAPTAIN FOR THE PAST 11. YEARS. I KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE. FLIGHT EVEN WITH MY EYES CLOSED.

WHEN I WAS ON THE GROUND I. REALIZED THE AIRCRAFT WAS GOING. DOWN AND I TOLD MYSELF, THE DOOR. IS RIGHT THERE AND I WAS STILL. GETTING HIT. I OPENED THE DOOR. EVERYONE ELSE WHO HELPED WAS. JUST AS INCREMENTAL TO THIS. EFFORT. >> Bill: AS THEY START TO. INVESTIGATE THE CO-PILILOT IN T. ATTEMPTED HIJACKING OF A. COMMERCIAL AIRLINER. PRESIDENT TRUMP INDICATED IRAN. MAY BE BEHIND THE ATTACK.

>> ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE SOURCES. SAY ISRAEL WILL PARTICIPATE IN. THE INVESTIGATION ALONGSIDE THE. UAE TO EXAMINE THE EXACT MOTIVE. OF THE CO-PILOT AND DIRECT TIES. TO ANY FOREIGN ENTITIES AND TRY. TO UNDERSTAND HOW A WEAPON ENDED. UP IN THE COCKPIT. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU TOLD "FOX &. FRIENDS" ON THURSDAY THE. ATTACKER HAD UNDERGONE RADICAL. ISLAMIST INDOCTRINATION. >> WELL, THIS IS BEING. INVESTIGATED NOW.

AS YOU KNOW, THE ATTACKER, THE. CO-PILOT WHO ATTACKED THE. CAPTAIN IS NOW BEING. INTERROGATED. HERE IS WHAT WE DO KNOW. FIRST WE KNOW THAT HE UNDERWENT. ISLAMIST RADICAL INDOCTRINATION. THAT APPEARS TO BE SOMETHING. WE'RE GATHERING FROM THE. INFORMATION, HIS PERSONAL. INFORMATION. >> IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES. ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU. JUST RELEASED A STATEMENT ABOUT. THIS ONGOING INVESTIGATION. HE SAYS QUOTE, WE'RE.

INVESTIGATING WHETHER HE WAS. SENT BY SOMEONE AND WHOEVER SENT. HIM WILL PAY A HEAVY PRICE, DANA. >> Dana: I WOULD TAKE THAT. SERIOUSLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Bill: ANALYSIS. COLONEL, GOOD MORNING ON THIS. FRIDAY. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK. >> GOOD MORNING. >> Bill: SOMETIMES WE EXPECT. INSTANT ANSWERS, THAT HASN'T. BEEN THE CASE HERE. HE WAS YELLING BUT THAT HASN'T. BEEN THE CASE YET. HOW DO YOU MAKE SENSE OF THIS AT.

THIS HOUR? >> YOU KNOW, I MAKE SENSE OF. THIS IN A COUPLE OF WAYS. ONE, I THINK IT WILL BE. IMPORTANT TO DETERMINE WHETHER. THE AIRPLANE WAS THE TARGET OR. THE WEAPON. MEANING WAS THE CO-PILOT'S. INTENT TO TAKE IT OVER AND CRASH. AND KILL EVERYBODY OR INTENT TO. TAKE IT OVER, CRASH AND KILL. EVERYBODY AND KILL EVERYBODY ON. THE GROUND? THE PLANE WAS CLOSE TO ISRAEL. WHEN IT WAS ATTEMPTED HIJACK. THAT'S THE FIRST THING I WOULD. LOOK AT. THE SECOND THING I WOULD THINK. ABOUT IS THAT I WILL NOT BE.

SURPRISED IF THE IRANIANS ARE. BEHIND THIS. THE IRANIANS ARE RUNNING OUT OF. ASSETS AND OPTIONS. SO THEY ARE TRYING TO EXPAND THE. CONFLICT IN ANY WAY THEY CAN. SPECIFICALLY THIS AIRCRAFT THAT. THEY ATTACKED, WE KNOW IT WAS. MOSTLY ISRAELIS, A FEW AMERICANS. ON BOARD. AN EMIRATI COMPANY. WHY THAT IS IMPORTANT IS THE U'U. -- IN AUGUST THEY STOPPED. TRADING WITH IRAN FROM THE UAE. >> Dana: PERHAPS A CLUE IN WHAT.

NETANYAHU JUST SAID. WHAT I HEARD TREY SAY PRIME. MINISTER NETANYAHU MAY BE GIVING. US A CLUE. HE SAID THAT IF IRAN WAS. RESPONSIBLE AND IF HE WAS. ENCOURAGED BY SOMEONE TO DO IT, THEN THAT SOMEONE WILL PAY A. PRICE. DID YOU PICK UP ON THAT? >> YEAH, I DID. AND THAT'S REALLY, REALLLLY. INTERESTING COMING FROM PRIME. MINISTER NETANYAHU BECAUSE THE. ISRAELIS HAVE A VERY FORMIDABLE. MILITARY FORCE AND HAVE A.

HISTORY OF ATTACKING ENEMY. LEADERS IN POSITIONS OF. AUTHORITY WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN. WRONGED ISRAEL. IF PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU HAS. SAID THAT PERHAPS AN INDIVIDUAL. IS IN CHARGE, THEN THAT GUY'S. CLOCK IS TICKING. >> WE HAVE NOT BEEN TOLD ABOUT A. WEAPON. MAYBE A KNIFE, MAYBE IT WASN'T. MAYBE IT WAS CALLED A CRASH AXE. THAT PILOTS HAVE ACCESS TO. INSIDE THE PILOT IN CASE THEY GO. DOWN AND BREAK A HOLE THROUGH. THE COCKPIT TO GET OUT AND SAVE.

THEMSELVES. WE'LL WAIT ON THAT. WE HAVE MORE MOVEMENT PERHAPS IN. THE MIDDLE EAST. WE'RE NOW UNDER THE. UNDERSTANDING ANOTHER AIRCRAFT. CARRIER WILL BE SENT TO THE. REGION ARRIVING IN SIX WEEKS. TIME. GENERAL JACK KEANE ON THAT. FIRST. >> THEY ARE ANTICIPATING, YOU. KNOW, WHAT WE'VE ALL FELT IS. THAT ISRAELIS FEEL THE SAME. NETANYAHU ADMITTED IT, THAT IRAN. WOULD LIKELY ESCALATE PRIOR TO. THE ELECTIONS IN ISRAEL AND THE. UNITED STATES.

WE'RE MAKING CERTAIN IF THE. PRESIDENT MAKES A DECISION, WHICH I THINK THAT WE HAVE FULL. CAPABILITY FOR MAJOR COMBAT. OPERATIONS, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS. ABOUT. >> Bill: THAT'S WHAT AMERICA IS. THINKING ABOUT. THEY ARE THINKING ABOUT A. MID-TERM ELECTION IN 30 DAYS, BUT THAT COMMENT THAT IRAN CAN. MAKE A MOVE AND DO SOMETHING. PRIOR TO, HOW DO YOU VIEW THAT? HOW DO YOU ANALYZE THAT? >> ABSOLUTELY. I THINK GENERAL KEANE IS SPOT ON. IN HIS ANALYSIS. THE UNITED STATES IS POSITIONING.

TO MINIMIZE THE OPTIONS THAT. IRAN HAS TO DO ANYTHING TO. DISRUPT OUR ELECTIONS POSSIBLY. BUT CERTAINLY ANY TYPE OF LARGE. SCALE ATTACK. THE U.S.S. ROOSEVELT OUT OF SAN. DIEGO LEFT TWO DAYS AGO. SHE WILL JOIN THE U.S.S. GEORGE. WASHINGTON AND THE U.S.S. GEORGE. BUSH. THEY'LL HAVE THREE AIRCRAFT AIR. YEARS IN THE REGION. THAT PUTS THE CAPABILITY LIKE. WHAT WE SAW IN APRIL WITH AROUND. THE CLOCK STRIKES AVAILABLE. ADDITIONALLY, YOU KNOW, A THIRD.

MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT T LEF. OUT. THAT PUTS THREE MARINE. EXPEDITIONARY UNITS IN THE AREA. A COUPLE THOUSAND AIRBORNE. TROOPS THAT DEPLOYED EARLY ON IN. APRIL THAT ARE STILL IN THE. REGION. SO I THINK THAT THE UNITED. STATES IS PUTTING A LOT OF THE. PIECES ON THE CHESS BOARD AND. MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL OUR. OPTIONS IN PLACE TO PROHIBIT THE. IRANIANS FROM DOING ANYTHING BUT. ALSO GIVE THE PRESIDENT A LOT OF.

OPTIONS SHOULD HE DECIDE TO DO. SOMETHING. >> Dana: IT'S INTERESTING. THIS ENTIRE WEEK THE PRAISE FOR. TREASURY SECRETARY SCOTT. BESSENT'S OPERATION TO SQUEEZE. IRAN ON THE FINANCIAL SIDE PLUS. THE MILITARY EFFECTIVELY. UTILIZING THE BLOCKADE, ALL OF. THESE THINGS ARE POINTING TO. IRAN BASICALLY CRASHING UNDER. ITS OWN WEIGHT. SO I U UNDERSTAND THE PRESIDENT. BEING -- HAVING OPTIONS. IT DOES SEEM LIKE A LOT OF.

ASSETS GOING TO A REGION IF THE. FINANCIAL PART OF THE EQUATION. IS WORKING. >> IT'S ABSOLUTELY WORKING. BUT DANA YOU REMEMBER IF YOU. PUSH A CAT AGAINST THE WALL THE. CAT WILL FIGIGHT. SO WE'RE READY WHEN THE IRANIANS. DECIDE THEY WANT TO FIGHT. >> Bill: JUST LOOK AT THE ASSETS. IN THE REGION. MAYBE THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER IS. GOING THERE TO MAKE IT THREE OR. REPLACE ONE OF THEM. SO THESE ARE THE OPTIONS O.