‘TOUGH CALL’: Trump hints US could join Saudi fight against Houthis

BOTH OF YOU. >> John: TO ANOTHER WAR NOW, WE. ARE AWAITING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. RESPONSE TO STRIKES BY THE. HOUTHI ON THE RIYADH AIRPORT. KILLING 13 AND INJURING. HUNDREDS. AND WARNING U.S. AIRLINE OF. EXTREME RISK OF FLYING IN SAUDI. AIRSPACE. BRING IN MARK ESPER, THAT ATTACK. ON SATURDAY KILLED 13, ONE WAS.

AN EGYPTIAN FLIGHT ATTENDANT WHO. BLED TO DEATH AFTER HER ARM WAS. BLOWN OFF. THEY KILLED ONE OTHER PERSRSON, WHAT POINT DOES PRESIDENT TRUMP. WHO HAS BEEN SITTING ON THE. SIDELINE WITH HOUTHI AND SAUDI. ARABIA CONFLICT SAY, WE GOT TO. JUMP IN. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, IT HAS BEEN A. TRAGIC WEEKEND FOR SAUDIS, 13. KILLED AND A FEW HUNDRED WOUNDED. AND MULTIPLE ATTACKS ON THE.

AIRPORT AND HOUTHIS ARE. TARGETING THE AIRPORT TO HURT. THE KINGDOM'S ECONOMY BECAUSE OF. TOURISM AND CONFERENCES AND. EVERYTHING THEY HOST. THEY ARE DOING A LOT OF DAMAGE. SAUDIS HAVE ASKED TO COME ASSIST. AND WE ARE PROVIDING. INTELLIGENCE BUT CLEARLY THE. PRESIDENT IS RELUCTANT TO GET. INVOLVED SPECIFICALLY WITH THREE. WEEKS UNTIL THE MIDTERM. ELECTIONS. HOUTHIS ARE FIGHTERS, THEY. FOUGHT SAUDI AND UAE GOING BACK.

TO 2014 AND 2015 AND WE COULD. FIND OURSELVES TRAPPED FOR SOME. PERIOD OF TIME. >> John: THEY SAID THE PRESIDENT. HAS BEEN SITTING ON THE. SIDELINE, STEP CLOSER TO GETTING. ON THE FIELD YESTERDAY. LISTEN TO WHAT HE SAID. >> YOU SAID THERE WOULD NOT BE. ANOTHER STRIKE ON IRAN UNTIL. AFTER THE MIDTERM, DOES THIS. LATEST ATTACK --. >> WE WILL TAKE A LOOK. >> HAVE YOU DECIDED TO JOIN THE.

SAUDIS? >> WE MAY. >> John: HE SAID WE MAY, WHAT. WOULD IT TAKE TO GET HIM TO. ENTER THE CONFLICT? >> WE PROTECT ISRAEL AND OUR. ARAB PARTNERS IN THE REGION. HOUTHIS GETTING INVOLVED IN. ANOTHER FIGHT. ONE AMERICAN WAS KILLED, WE. COULD SEE MORE AMERICANS KILLED, THAT WOULD BE A MAJOR ISSUE.

HE WILL TREAD CAUTIOUSLY AND. DOES NOT NEED HEADWINDS COMING. UP ON NOVEMBER 3RD. >> John: HERE IS WHAT HOUTHIS. ARE SAYING ABOUT FUTURE ATTACKS. >> WE REITERATE OUR WARNING TO. ALL INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES, EXPERTS, EMPLOYEES, WORKERS AND. TRAVELERS, DO NOT OPERATE. FLIGHTS TO SAUDI AIRPORTS, THEY. ARE UNSAFE, EXPECT MECCA AND.

MEDINA. >> John: THIS SEEMS TO BE TRYING. TO SQUEEZE THE SAUDI ECONOMY BY. CONVINCING AIRLINES TO NOT FLY. OVER SAUDI ARABIA OR LAND AT. THEIR AIRPORT. IF THEY GO AFTER CIVILIAN. INFRASTRUCTURE AND KILLING. CIVILIANS AND KILLING AMERICANS. THAT WILL DEMAND A ROBUST. RESPONSE. >> THIS IS TRAGIC IN MANY WAYS. AND GOES BACK TO TEHRAN. IRAN IS PROVIDING THEM, HOUTHI, INTELLIGENCE, TARGETING DATA,

RESOURCES, WEAPONS AND PART OF. IRAN'S PROXY ATTACKS AGAINST. REGION TO CONTINUE TO CLAIM. CONTROL OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, TO CONTINUE TO ASSERT DOMINANCE. IN THE REGION AND TO KEEP THEIR. FIGHT ALIVE. IT IS ALL CONNECTED, I'M. SURPRISED WE'RE NOT SEEING. UPTICK IN ACTION FROM HEZBOLLAH. IN SOUTHERN LEBANON AND IRAQ. WE MAY SEE THAT COMING UP AS. BROADER WAR BETWEEN UNITED. STATES, ISRAEL AND IRAN CONTINUE.

IN THIS STRATEGIC STALEMATE OF A. BLOCKADE. >> John: SEE WHAT HAPPENS AFTER. IMMEDIATE TERM NOVEMBER 4, THINGS MAY BE DIFFERENT, WE'LL.