'TAKE IT OUT': Expert urges US to strike key Iranian sites

>> Brian: SO PRESIDENT TRUMP IS. WARNING THE REGIME EVERY U.S. SOLDIER WHO DIES WILL BE. AVENGED. HE WEIGHS THE NEXT STEPS. FOLLOWING A TENTH CONSECUTIVE. NIGHT OF STRIKES ON IRANIAN. MILITARY SITES. AISHA JOINS US NOW. >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING TO. YOU. THE PRESIDENT IS WEIGHING. WHETHER HE'S GOING TO RETURN TO. A FULL SCALE CONFLICT WITH IRAN.

THAT WOULD INCLUDE STRIKES THAT. ARE CLOSER TO TEHRAN, STRIKES. CLOSER TO NUCLEAR SITES THAT. THEY HAVE BEEN AVOIDING SO FAR. THINGS ARE HEATING UP EVEN THIS. MORNING. WE SEE SIRENS GOING OFF IN. BAHRAIN AS IRAN IS STRIKING U.S. ASSETS INSIDE THAT COUNTRY. IRAN WAS TARGETING U.S. ASSETS. AND TARGETS INSIDE KUWAIT AND. JORDAN AS WELL. THIS IS ALL IN EXCHANGE FOR U.S.

FORCES STRIKING IRANIAN MILITARY. COMMAND CENTERS, MARITIME. CAPABILITIES, MISSILE AND DRONE. LAUNCH SITES AND AIR DEFENSE. SYSTEMS. THE U.S. HAS BEEN POUNDING IRAN. EACH NIGHT SINCE THREE U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS WERE KILLED OVER. THE WEEKEND. A FOURTH AS WELL KILLEDED IN A. DOWNED IRANIAN DRONE EXPLOSION. IN IRAQ ON SATURDAY. THE PRESIDENT ISSUING A STARK. WARNING ON TRUTH SOCIAL MONDAY. WRITING EVERY TIME IRAN KILLS AN. AMERICAN SOLDIER THEY WILL PAY. FOR THAT KILLING MANY TIMES.

OVER. TWO SOLDIERS, BRIAN, HAVE NOW. BEEN IDENTIFIED. ONE JUST 25 YEARS OLD AND 19. YEARS OLD. VERY YOUNG. THE DIGNIFIED TRANSFER OF THESE. FALLEN SERVICE MEMBERS, WHICH. PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS SUPPOSED TO. ATTEND, IS NOW BEING. RESCHEDULED. IT'S BEEN DELAYED. WE DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE ON WHEN. THAT WOULD BE RESCHEDULED SO. FAR. THE PRESIDENT WILL HOST THE.

PRESIDENT OF LEBANON LATER TODAY. AS ISRAEL HAS BEGUN WITHDRAWING. TROOPS FROM THE SOUTHERN PART OF. THAT COUNTRY, OF LEBANON. THAT, OF COURSE, IS PART OF THE. U.S. BROKERED DEAL THAT JUST. TOOK PLACE A COUPLE OF WEEKS. AGO. BRIAN. >> Brian: THANKS SO MUCH. VERY COMPREHENSIVE. LET'S BRING SOME MORE INSIGHT. INTO IT BY BRINGING IN FORMER. AMBASSADOR TO NATO. REALLY KNOWS THE REGION. "THE WALL STREET JOURNAL" HAS. IRAN MOVING CENTRIFUGES INTO THE. MOUNTAIN WHERE THEY HAVE AN.

UNDER GROUND NUCLEAR FACILITY. IS IT TIME TO HIT PICK AX? >> YES, ABSOLUTELY. THERE'S NO REASON NOT TO HIT. TARGETS LIKE THAT. WE SAID ALL ALONG THEY CANNOT. HAVE A NUCLEAR PROGRAM. THEY'RE NEVER GOING TO. ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY'RE SEEKING. TO BUILD A NUCLEAR WEAPON. WE SHOULD JUST TAKE IT OUT. NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. >> Brian: PRESSURE'S BUILDING. THE BLOCKADE'S BACK. IRAN NOT ALLOWED TO SELL OIL. THEY ARE NO LONGER HAVE THAT 60. DAY WINDOW TO WORK OUT A BIGGER. DEAL. NOW THEY ARE SUFFERING FROM TEN.

STRAIGHT DAYS OF ATTACKS THAT. SEEM TO BE RAMPING UP AS WE GET. MORE AIRCRAFT INTO THE REGION. AMBASSADOR, THE MOU, I KNOW YOU. WERE NOT FAN OF. NEITHER WAS I. IS THIS A BETTER ANSWER? >> IT'S PART OF A BETTER. ANSWERING. BRIAN, WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS A. CLEAR GOAL AND STRATEGY TO. ACHIEVE THE GOAL. OPENING THE STRAIT COULD BE. THAT, BUT THAT'S A VERY. DIFFICULT MILITARY LIFT AND IS. GOING TO REQUIRE PERMANENT. AMERICAN MILITARY ENGAGEMENT. I DON'T THINK WE WANT THAT.

I THINK AS LONG AS THIS REGIME. STAYS IN PLACE WE'RE GOING TO. HAVE A PROBLEM. THEY'RE GOING TO ATTACK. SHIPPING. THEY'RE GOING TO ATTACK THEIR. NEIGHBORS. THEY'RE GOING TO THREATEN. ISRAEL. THEY'RE GOING TO SUPPORT THE. PROXIES AND TRY TO GET A NUCLEAR. WEAPON. I'D LIKE TO SEE A STRATEGY FOR. HOW WE ACTUALLY GET A DIFFERENT. REGIME IN IRAN. >> Brian: THE HOUTHIS SAY. THEY'RE GONNA START BLOCKING. SAUDI ARABIA FROM USING THE RED. SEA. THAT WILL BE PROBLEMATIC. THOSE TWO HAVE BEEN GOING AT IT.

AGAIN. >> IT IS AND IT ISN'T. THAT ROUTE IS WHAT SAUDI ARABIA. WAS DOING AND OTHER COUNTRIES. WOULD BEGIN TO DO TO AVOID GOING. THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. TAKE IT TO THE OTHER SIDE OF. SAUDI ARABIA, SHIP IT OUT FROM. THERE. SO BY NOW SAYING, OKAY, WE'RE. GONNA HAVE OUR PROXIES CLOSE. THAT, TOO, THEY'RE TRYING TO. REALLY HAVE DIRECT IMPACT IN THE. SHORT TERM ON OIL PRICES AND ON. GASOLINE PRICES HERE BECAUSE. THEY KNOW THAT'S OUR PRESSURE.

POINT. >> Brian: WHAT WOULD HITTING THE. CAPITAL DO TO THIS CAMPAIGN? >> IT WOULD SEND ANOTHER SIGNAL. TO THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARD THAT. WE ARE PREPARED TO HIT THEM. THAT WE ARE SERIOUS, WE CAN. INFLICT PAIN ON THEM. UNLESS THERE'S A FOLLOW ON THAT. SOMEHOW CONVINCES IRANIANS, THE. ARMY, PEOPLE OF IRAN, DIFFERENT. INSURGENT GROUPS THAT MIGHT BE. THERE. UNLESS THERE'S A WAY THAT IT. BRINGS ABOUT A CHANGE, IRGC IS. GOING TO HUNKER DOWN AND RIDE. THIS OUT.

>> Brian: SO WE HAVE THE GULF. STATES BEING HIT BECAUSE WE HAVE. BASES THERE AND THEY'RE ALLIES. OF COURSE. HOW DO YOU FEEL THIS IS GOING TO. AFFECT OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH. THE GULF STATES. >> THEY ARE VERY FRUSTRATED. RIGHT NOW. THEY DON'T WANT TO BE HIT. THEY DIDN'T WANT THIS BIG WAR. NOW THAT WE'VE STARTED IT, THEY. SEE US TAKING HALF STEPS WHERE. WE'RE HITTING IRAN AND CAUSING. IRAN TO FIRE BACK. I THINK THEIR VIEW WOULD BE. SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE IT.

BUT NOW THAT YOU'VE DONE IT, YOU. HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY. >> Brian: I THINK THEY USE THE. WORD WE STARTED IT TECHNICALLY. BUT THEY REALLY STARTED IT 47. YEARS AGO. THIS IS THE FIRST ADMINISTRATION. TO ACTUALLY DEAL WITH IT. >> YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. FOFOR 47 YEARS, EVER SINCE THEY. TOOK OUR DIPLOMATS HOSTAGE, WE'VE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE. IRANIAN REGIME. IT WAS FAIRLY STABLE AND WE HAD. KNOCKED BACK THEIR NUCLEAR. PROGRAM JUST WITH THE STRIKES. LAST SUMMER. BUT THIS REGIME IS NOT GONNA. CHANGE CHARACTER.

AND THE GULF STATES KNOW THAT. I THINK THEIR VIEW IS IF YOU'RE. GONNA DEAL WITH IT, DEAL WITH IT. ALL THE WAY. THEY WILL BE PREPARED TO HELP. THEY WANT TO BE SUPPORTIVE BUT. DON'T WANT TO.