So many 'CONCERNS' in potential Hamas deal, expert warns

JACKUI. >> GILLIAN TURNER AT THE WHITE. HOUSE, THANKS. VICTORIA COATES, FORMER DEPUTY. NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR TO. PRESIDENT TRUMP SERVES AS VICE. PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL SECURITY. AT THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION AND. IS JOINING US NOW. APPRECIATE HAVING YOU ON THIS. MORNING. SO MUCH IS HAPPENING. JUST YOUR QUICK REACTION TO THE. NEWS ON THE GAZA ANNOUNCEMENT. AS THE PRESIDENT SAID IT COULD. BE A BIG DEAL. ALWAYS HAMAS TENDS TO SLOW WALK. THINGS, THERE WAS SOME REPORTING. THEY ARE CASTING DOUBT ON THE.

SEQUENCING OF THINGS. HOW SOON COULD THIS HAPPEN? >> WELL JACKUI, GREAT TO BE WITH. YOU. YES, OF COURSE, EVERYONE IS. SAYING IF. THERE ARE SO MANY CONCERNS, SO. MANY MIGHTS IN THIS. THIS DEAL COULD BE DIFFERENT. BOTH HAVE TO DO WITH THE IRAN. WAR. FIRST IS THAT HAMAS MAY HAVE A. LOT LESS SUPPLIES COMING FROM. IRAN. A LOT LESS MONEY. THAT'S HOW THEY USE THEIR. CONTROL OVER GAZA. THEY MAY BE AT THE LOSING END OF. THIS. WE'RE SEEING THE SAME THING WITH.

HEZBOLLAH IN LEBANON. THE SECOND THING IS REGIONAL. AGAINST HAMAS. THEY NO LONGER WANT HAMAS TO. HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT. ISRAEL. IF THE SITUATION GETS RESOLVED. HAMAS MAY BE UNDER TREMENDOUS. PRESSURE FROM THEIR FORMER. SUPPORTERS WHO ARE NOW SAYING. WRAP THIS UP. GIVE UP THESE WEAPONS. LET'S GET TO A BRIGHTER FUTURE.

FOR THE STRIP AND A MORE SECURE. FUTURE FOR ISRAEL. >> SENIOR ADMINISTRATION CALLS. MENTIONED THAT IRAN TRIED TO. DISCOURAGE HAMAS FROM GOING INTO. THIS DEAL BUT HAMAS THEY SAID. HAS BEEN ABANDONED BY IRAN. ON THE OTHER SIDE, THOUGH, YOU. HAVEVE THE POTENTIAL OF THE WAR. WIDENING. INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THAT IRAN. COULD HAVE BEEN BEHIND A MASSIVE. CYBERATTACK THAT HIT MINNESOTA. ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THERE WERE 30 COMMUNITY WATER.

SYSTEMS AFFECTED. ONE CITY WAS FORCED TO BRIEFLY. SHUT DOWN ITS WATER PLANT. MINNESOTA I.T.SELVESS IS. COORDINATING WITH THE F.B.I. AND. EPA TO DETERMINE THE SCOPE OF. THIS WHOLE ATTACK. BUT WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE. POTENTIAL FOR IRANIAN HACKERS TO. BE BEHIND THESE INFRASTRUCTURE. ATTACKS HERE IN THE U.S.? THAT WOULD BE AN ESCALATION. >> OH, DEFINITELY. THIS IS EXTREMELY SERIOUS. MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT 30.

ELEMENTS IN THE MINNESOTA WATER. SUPPLY CHAIN. THIS IS THE IRANIANS TRYING TO. GO AFTER THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. WHERE WE LIVE. AND SO I THINK WE HAVE TO BE. VERY MINDFUL YES OF THE HACKERS. AS YOU SAY BUT BEAR IN MIND, JACKUI, DURING THE BIDEN. ADMINISTRATION WHEN WE HAD WIDE. OPEN BORDERS WE DON'T KNOW HOW. MANY IRANIANS WITH AFFILIATIONS. TO THE IRGC CAME INTO OUR. COUNTRY. WHEN WE WROTE ABOUT IRAN. STRATEGY AT HERITAGE BEFORE. OPERATION MIDNIGHT HAMMER LAST.

YEAR WE BOTH SAID OUR BIGGEST. CONCERN IS DOMESTIC. WHAT HAS CREPT INTO OUR COUNTRY. UNWATCHED. WHAT KIND OF CELLS MIGHT BE. HERE. WE HAVE TO BE ON SUPER HIGH. ALERT. I'M VERY GLAD WE HAVE KASH PATEL. IN THE F.B.I. VERY ATTENTIVE TO. THIS. EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE FROM. MINNESOTA TO TEXAS NEEDS TO BE. ON HIGH ALERT. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS HERE. >> THE IRANIANS AT THE SAME TIME. ARE TRYING TO APPEAR STRONGER. THAN THEY ARE.

CENTCOM HAD TO FACT CHECK CLAIMS. THEY MADE YESTERDAY SHOOTING. DOWN AMERICAN FIGHTER JETS. THEY ALSO APPEARED TO BE. SUGGESTING THEY ARE BEHIND THAT. STRIKE, THE DRONE STRIKE ON THE. LNG TANKER IN EGYPT. THAT HASN'T BEEN VERIFIED. EITHER. THERE APPEARS TO BE A SERIOUS. CONCERN ON THE PART OF THE. SAUDIS THAT THERE COULD BE A. SECOND FRONT THAT OPENS IN THIS. WAR IF THE HOUTHIS ARE NOT. CONTAINED IN THE RED SEA. AND THEY HAD THIS COALITION MEET. YESTERDAY, 43 COUNTRIES TRYING. TO PUT TOGETHER A MARITIME. DEFENSE PACT.

14 SIGNED ON TO TRY TO PROTECT. THAT OTHER SHIPPING LANE FROM. BECOMING A BIGGER ISSUE. OBVIOUSLY IRAN SUPPORTS THE. HOUTHIS. HOW BIG OF A DEAL WOULD THAT BE. A SECOND FRONT IN THE RED SEA? >> DEFINITELY BE A PROBLEM. RIGHT NOW SAUDI IS MOVING 5. MILLION BARRELS OF OIL A DAY. A QUARTER OF NORMALLY COMES OUT. OF THE PERSIAN GULF. EAST/WEST THROUGH THE PETRO LINE. PIPELINE ACROSS THE PENINSULA. AND FROM THEIR PORT ON THE RED.

SEA THROUGH THE STRAIT WHICH IS. WHAT THE HOUTHI ARE TRYING TO. MENACE. THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR THEM AT. THAT END. IT IS NOT INSUR MOUNTABLE. THERE IS A PIPELINE AROUND THE. SUEZ, YOU CAN USE THAT. THEY CAN DO SOMETHING INCREDIBLE. AND USE THE TRANS ISRAEL. PIPELINE GOING FROM THE RED SEA. UP TO THE MEDITERRANEAN ACROSS. ISRAEL. THOSE WORK AROUNDS ARE THERE. BETTER YET WOULD BE TO END THE. HOUTHI MENACE ONCE AND FOR ALL. WE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEE MORE.

COUNTRIES SIGN ONTO THE MARITIME. ACCORD. 14 IS A GOOD START. THIS IS THE REGION STARTING TO. TAKE ITS OWN SECURITY INTO ITS. OWN HANDS. THAT IN THE LONG RUN IS REALLY. GOOD FOR THE UNITED STATES. >> FINAL QUESTION. U.S. IS LOOKING INTO CHINA'S. REPORTED PLANS TO ARM THE. IRANIANS WITH 400 ROCKET. LAUNCHERS. THE PRESIDENT SAID HE WOULD BE. QUITE DISAPPOINTED IF XI WENT. BACK ON HIS PROMISE NOT TO ARM. THE IRANIANS. TREASURY SECECRETARY TOLD FOX. BUSINESS THAT BASICALLY THEY. WERE IN COMMUNICATION AND WERE.

SURE THE CHINESE WOULD STOP THAT. DOWN IF THE U.S. ASKED FOR THAT. TO HAPPEN. BUT THE PROSPECT OF CHINA. GETTING MORE READILY INVOLVED IN. THIS, HOW BIG OF A DEAL IS THAT. AND DO YOU AGREE WITH THE. ANALYSIS OF SOME THAT THE. PRESIDENT SHOULD LEVERAGE THOSE. WEAPONS SHIPMENTS TO TAIWAN TO. PUT CHINA BACK ON ITS HEELS ON. THIS? >> I AM ALL FOR SENDING WEAPON. SHIPMENTS TO TAIWAN ESPECIALLY. THINGS THEY ALREADY PAID FOR.

THAT'S JUST GOOD BUSINESS FOR. OUR COMPANIES. BUT IN TERMS OF CHINA, JACKUI. THEY HAVEN'T DONE THAT MUCH. THE STUFF THEY'VE GIVEN THE. IRANIANS IS STUFF THEY ALREADY. HAVE. INTELLIGENCE, SATELLITE IMAGES. I DON'T LIKE IT AND I THINK THEY. SHOULD KNOCK IT OFF. 400 MAN PADS AREN'T GOING TO. SAVE IRAN. THEY AREN'T STEAMING BATTLESHIPS. TOWARD THE REGION OR GIVING THEM. SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL RELIEF. I THINK CHINA IS PROBABLY GOING. TO TAKE A BACK SEAT ON THIS ONE.

THEY NEED THE ENERGY TO START. COMING OUT OF THE GULF. ESCALATION DOESN'T DO THEM ANY. GOOD. I THINK WE'LL TAMP THAT DOWN. THE RUSSIA SANCTIONS THAT THE. SENATE POISED TO PASS NEXT WEEK, THAT HAS 100% SANCTIONS OR. TARIFFS IN THE PRESIDENT'S POWER. ON ANYONE WHO BUYS RUSSIAN OIL. THAT'S A BIG STICK FOR HIM TO. USE AND HE CAN USE IT TOTO. LEVERAGE SUPPORT FOR RUSSIA AND. ALSO USE IT TO LEVERAGE SUPPORT. FOR IRAN. >> CHINA IS THE TOP OF THE LIST. WHO WOULD PAY THE BIGGEST PRICE.

FOR THAT. THAN.