Pressure is building on Iran 'ON ALL FRONTS': Former CENTCOM deputy commander

>> President Donald Trump: FIVE ROCKETS SHOT AND ALL FIVE. ROCKETS WERE KNOCKED DOWN TO THE. GROUND. AND THEY NEVERTHELESS TOOK A. SHOT SO IT'S OUR TURN. AND WE WILL SEE IF WE GET THERE. WITH AN AGREEMENT BUT WE WILL. HIT THEM VERY HARD. >> Martha: PRESIDENT TRUMP. MOMENTS AGO SPEAKING IN THE OVAL. OFFICE SAYING THAT THE. UNITED STATES IS READY TO. UNLEASH ON IRAN AFTER THE LAUNCH.

OF MULTIPLE BALLISTIC MISSILES. AT U.S. TROOPS AT OUR BASE IN. JORDAN. THE PENTAGON SAYS THAT EVERY. MISSILE WAS INTERCEPTED AND NO. AMERICAN CASUALTIES BUT ONE OF. THE CENTRAL DEVELOPMENTS HERE IS. THAT THE UNITED STATES AND. SAUDI ARABIA TOGETHER QUICKLY. HIT BACK WITH ATTACKS ON IRAN. BACKED MILITIA IN IRAQ. BEFORE TAKING OUT SEVERAL. IRANIAN LEADERS WHILE WAITING ON. IDENTIFICATION OF WHICH LEADERS. THOSE WERE. WITH THAT WE BRING IN RETIRED.

VICE ADMIRAL, FORMER DEPUTY. COMMANDER OF THE U.S. CENTRAL. COMMAND AND MEMBER OF THE IRAN. POLICY PROJECT AT THE JEWISH. INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY. OF AMERICA. HE GREW UP IN IRAN AND WENT TO. SCHOOL IN TEHRAN. ADMIRAL, GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH. US. THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME. TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT. THIS. IS THIS AN ESCALATION, AN. EXPANSION IN TERMS OF COUNTRIES. THAT ARE NOW INVOLVED IN THIS. WITH THE U.S. AND SAUDI ARABIA. DOING JOINT STRIKES? >> WITHOUT A DOUBT, MARTHA. YOU ARE SEEING THE PRESSURE.

BUILD ON IRAN ON ALL FRONTS. NOT ONLY WITH SAUDI. PARTICIPATING IN THIS ATTACK BUT. YOU ARE ALSO SEEING UP IN. LEBANON. YOU SEE THE LEBANESE GOVERNMENT. MAKING AN AGREEMENT WITH ISRAEL. TO UNDERMINE AND TRY TO GET RID. OF HEZBOLLAH. YOU'VE SEEN THE BRITISH WILLING. TO CONTRIBUTE SHIPS TO THE. BLOCKADE. YOU'RE SEEING OTHER COUNTRIES. WILLING TO GO AFTER THE HOUTHIS. SO THE PRESSURE IS BUILDING. TREMENDOUSLY IN IRAN AND YOU ARE. STARTING TO SEE SOME OF THE.

BREAKING POINTS THERE IN THE. EXECUTIONS YESTERDAY, THE PEOPLE. CAME OUT TO PROTEST AND THEY HAD. TO SHOOT THEM DOWN TO PREVENT. THEM FROM OVERWHELMING THE. EXECUTION TEAM SO THE PRESSURE. IN IRAN IS BUILDING AND WE COULD. SEE A TIPPING POINT COMING IN. THE NOT-TOO-DISTANT FUTURE. >> Martha: BUT THEY KEEP. MAKING THESE VERY AGGRESSIVE. MOVES. THIS ATTACK TOWARDS U.S. ASSETS, U.S. INDIVIDUALS IN JORDAN. THANKFULLY THEY WERE SHOT DOWN. AND THEN YOU HAVE THIS NEWS THAT.

CHINA IS SUPPLYING THEM WITH. SHOULDER FIRED MISSILES. THIS IS A REUTERS REPORT AND WE. JUST HEARD THE PRESIDENT RESPOND. TO A QUESTION FROM. JACQUI HEINRICH ON THIS AND HE. SAID HE DOES NOT KNOW IF THAT IS. TRUE AND THAT HE WOULD BE. DISAPPOINTED IN PRESIDENT XI. JINPING IF IT IS. YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT? >> ON BOTH OF THEM, THEY HAVE TO. SHOW THEY HAVE SOME POWER LEFT. THEY HAVE TO SHOOT MISSILES. THEY ARE VERY SPECIFIC. THEY SHOOT WHERE THEY CAN HAVE. THE MOST IMPACT. THEY SHOOT QUICKLY SO WE CAN'T.

RESPOND AND TAKE OUT THEIR. MISSILES AND DRONES SO THEY HAVE. TO SHOW THEY HAVE SOMETHING LEFT. AND THAT IS ALL THEY HAVE LEFT. AND BACK TO CHINA, LOOK, IRAN IS. DIRECTLY IN CHINA'S SPHERE OF. INFLUENCE, THEY GET A LOT OF. THEIR OIL FROM THERE AT A. DISCOUNTED PRICE SO THAT THEY. CAN'T GET IT ON THE OPEN MARKET. ASIDE FROM THAT, IRAN IS. AUTHORITATIVE, REPRESSIVE THAT. UNDERMINES THE WEST JUST LIKE. CHINA AND RUSSIA SO IN BOTH. THOSE REGARDS THAT ILLUSTRATES.

HOW HARD IRAN IS TO CHINA AND. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE MISSILES, WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY WENT IN. BEFORE THE CONVERSATION, THAT. THE PRESIDENT HAD OR AFTER. YOU HAVE TO ASSUME THEY COULD. HAVE BEEN SUPPLYING THEM ALL. ALONG BUT IT ILLUSTRATES HOW. IMPORTANT THOSE LAND LINES ARE. THE ABILITY TO MOVE STUFF INTO. IRAN THROUGH THE LAND LINE SO. SHUTTING DOWN THOSE LAND LINES. SHOULD BE ON THE PRESIDENT'S.

AGENDA. >> Martha: VERY INTERESTING. GENERAL JACK KEANE ALSO SAID THE. SAME THING. WE HAVE TO SHUT DOWN THEIR. SUPPLY LINES IF THERE IS ANY. MAJOR WAR. THAT HAS BEEN A VERY IMPORTANT. PART OF CUTTING OFF THE LI.