Ship TARGETED in Strait of Hormuz as Trump puts Gulf ally on notice
, APPRECIATE IT? >> TAKE CARE. >> Brian: PRESIDENT TRUMP. ISSUING A WARNING TO OMAN. THREATENING TO BOMB THE U.S. ALLY IF IT GETS IN THE WAY IN. ITS EFFORTS TO REACH A DEAL WITH. IRAN ON REOPENING THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ WITHOUT TOLLS. CHIEF FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT TREY. YINGST JOINS US LIVE FROM TEL. AVIV WITH THE LATEST. HEY, TREY. >> Trey: HEY, BRIAN, GOOD. MORNING WITH A MEMORANDUM OF. UNDERSTANDING EXPIRED, BOTH THE. UNITED STATES AND IRAN HAVE. INDICATED THE STATUS QUO WILL. CONTINUE WITH NO DIPLOMATIC. SOLUTION IN SIGHT. EARLY THIS MORNING, ANOTHER.
VESSEL WAS TARGETED IN THE. STRAIT OF HORMUZ WITH AN UNKNOWN. PROJECTILE. MEANWHILE, IRAN AND OMAN. CONTINUE TALKS ABOUT THE STRAIT, THE U.S. NAVAL BLOCKADE REMAINS. IN PLACE. AND QUESTIONS REMAIN ABOUT WHAT. COMES NEXT. >> WHAT HAPPENS NOW, THE MOU HAS. EXPIRED. THE IRANIANS ARE STILL TARGETING. VESSELS IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. THEY ARE STILL THREATENING THE. LIFE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP. DO TALKS CONTINUE? >> I THINK AS WE SAID WE. CONTINUE TO HAVE COMMUNICATIONS.
AND DEALS ARE HARD. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ALWAYS AIM. FORTH IMPOSSIBLE DEALS A LOT OF. POLITICIANS SAY THIS IS TOO. CONTROVERSIAL. THIS IS TOO HARD. HE THINKS MORE LIKE AN OWNER. THAN A RENTER. IF SOMETHING IS VIRTUOUS. IS HE IN HIS SECOND TERM NOW. HE HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE. HIS GOAL IS TO LYLE FOCUS ON BIG. THINGS THAT WILL CHANGE THE. WORLD LONG AFTER HE IS NO LONGER. PRESIDENT AND THE NO LONGER. HERE. IS HE TRYING TO FOCUS ON THE BIG. THINGS AND THAT'S WHY HE IS. FOCUSED ON THIS ISSUE. IS HE. GOING TO HOLD OUT TO DO. SOMETHING THAT IS THE RIGHT DEAL.
THAT HE BELIEVES WILL WITH STAND. THE TEST OF TIME. >> IRANIANS RELEASED A STATEMENT. PATIENCE, SOLIDARITY AND HOPE. ARE THE KEYS TO IRAN'S. RESILIENCE IN THE FAILS OF. EVER-INCREASING EXTERNAL. PRESSURES AND THREATS. IRAN'S SPOKESPERSON ADDED THIS. >> THE NEGOTIATORS NEVER BEGAN. AND, THEREFORE, THE 60-DAY. DISCUSSION IS BASICALLY NO. LONGER RELEVANT.
>> IN THAT EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW. WITH JARED KUSHNER HE INDICATED. THERE IS SOME PROGRESS IN THE. GAZA CEASEFIRE TALKS THAT ARE. ONGOING AND SAYS HAMAS COULD. START TO LAY DOWN THEIR WEAPONS. IN AS LITTLE AS 30 DAYS. GUYS? >> Brian: TREY, BACK TO IRAN FOR. A SECOND. IF YOU LOOK AT THE "WALL STREET. JOURNAL," EVERYTHING THE. IRANIANS HAVE BEEN DOING SINCE. MOU WAS SIGNED IS ESCALATING. WITH HITTING OUR NEIGHBORS, NOT. GIVING UP ON THE STRAIT, BEGINNING TO ARM -- GET THE.
HOUTHIS A GAME PLAN TO SHUT DOWN. THE RED SEA PUT ADDITIONAL. STRESS ON OUR FORCES. DO YOU THINK OUR GAME PLAN IS. JUST TO ALLOW THEM TO DO IT AS. WE GET CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THE. MIDTERMS OR DO YOU SENSE THE. PRESIDENT'S PATIENCE WILL WEAR. OUT? >> IT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION. I WOULD POINT TODAY TO THE. COMMENTS FROM MOHAMMED, THE. COUNTRY TRIPS PARLIAMENT SPEAKER. IN IRAN AND ONE OF THE TOP. NEGOTIATORS FOR THE IRAN REGIME. IN TEHRAN. HE SAYS THAT IRAN WOULD NOT BE. WILLING TO COME BACK TO THE.
NEGOTIATING TABLE AND MAKE A. DEAL UNTIL THE UNITED STATES. ADHERED TO THE MOU. THE REALITY IS THE IRANIANS ARE. VIOLATING THE MEMORANDUM OF. UNDERSTANDING EACH DAY AS EARLY. AS THIS MORNING. YOU SAW ANOTHER STRIKE ON A. VESSEL IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. AND IT IS VERY CLEAR IN THIS. AGREEMENT THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED. TO BE TARGETING SHIPS IN THE. STRAIT AND THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO. ENSURE SAFE PASSAGE FOR THESE. VESSELS, MANY OF WHICH ARE. CURRENTLY TRAPPED IN THE PERSIAN. GULF. SO THERE'S A LOT OF THESE PUBLIC. STATEMENTS FROM THE IRANIANS. ABOUT WHAT COMES NEXT IN THE. REGION AND THEIR MILITARY.
PREPARATIONS; BUT THE REALITY IS. THEY ARE NOT ADHERING TO THE. AGREEMENT THAT WAS REACHED EARLY. IN THE SUMMER. >> Lawrence: NEVER INTENDED TO. THANKS, TREY. >> Ainsley: THANK YOU, TREY. AND THEN PUT.
