Trey Yingst: Iran has MISCALCULATED

. >> Ainsley: THERE WILL BE. CONSEQUENCES IF YOU DEAL WITH. IRAN. 11 MINUTES AFTER THE TOP OF THE. HOUR. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS REPORTEDLY. NOW CONSIDERING LIMITED STRIKES. TO STOP IRAN FROM TARGETING. SHIPS IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. >> Brian: CHIEF FOREIGN. CORRESPONDENT TREY YINGST IS. LIVE IN TEL AVIV WITH DETAILS. TREY? >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING. REPORTS INDICATE PRESIDENT TRUMP. IS CONSIDERING A SERIES OF. LIMITED STRIKES AGAINST IRAN TO. ADDRESS IRANIAN THREATS AGAINST. THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. ONE U.S. OFFICIAL TOLD AXIOS THE. IDEA BEHIND THE PLAN IS TO.

REDUCE THE RISK OF IRANIAN. ATTACKS ON OIL TANKERS, U.S. NAVY SHIPS AND AIRCRAFT TO MOW. THE LAWN, AS THIS PERSON PUT IT. OVERNIGHT ANOTHER TANKER COMING. OUT OF THE STRAIT REPORTED BEING. HIT BY THREE PROJECTILES, AS. IRAN THREATENS THIS CRITICAL. WATERWAY. THE PRESIDENT SPOKE YESTERDAY. AFTERNOON ABOUT THE RENEWED. TENSION. >> THEY'RE A FAILED NATION. THEY'RE A FAILED NATION. THEY'VE GOT 350% INFLATION. THEY HAVE NO CURRENCY.

THEY'RE NOT PAYING THEIR. SOLDIERS. THEIR LEADERS ARE LARGELY DEAD. THEIR NAVY IS GONE. THEIR AIR FORCE IS GONE. THEIR SURVEILLANCE EQUIPMENT IS. ALMOST ENTIRELY GONE. THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE WON'T SMACK. EM. WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. >> Reporter: IRAN'S PRESIDENT. HAS INDICATED IRAN IS STILL. INTERESTED IN AN AGREEMENT, BUT. PRESIDENT TRUMP TOLD FOX NEWS HE. ISN'T SURE HE CAN DEPEND ON IRAN. FOR A DEAL. THE COMMENTS COME FROM IRAN'S.

PRESIDENT, AS THE IRANIAN. ECONOMY IS UNDER NEW ECONOMIC. STRAIN DUE TO THE ON GOING U.S. SANCTIONS AND THE NAVAL. BLOCKADE. >> CLEARLY IF AMERICA RETURNS TO. ITS COMMITMENT UNDER THE. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN WILL. IMMEDIATELY RECIPROCATE. >> Reporter: WE'RE ALSO TRACKING. ANOTHER REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AS. ISRAEL RESUMES STRIKES AGAINST. HAMAS IN GAZA. LOCAL REPORTS INDICATE ISRAELI. FORCES WERE CARRYING OUT AN. OPERATION TO DETAIN A HAMAS. OFFICIAL WHEN THE TROOPS CAME.

UNDER SOME SORT OF ATTACK. THERE'S NO INDICATION ISRAELI. FORCES WERE INJURED. LOT OF MOVING PARTS BUT REGIONAL. FOCUS REMAINS ON IRAN AND WHAT. WILL COME NEXT WITH THE ECONOMIC. PRESSURE AGAINST THE REGIME. GUYS? >> Brian: TREY, THE UAE. YESTERDAY WAS UNDER ATTACK. FEW ROCKETS SHOT AT THEM. THEY KNOCKED THEM DOWN, I THINK. THEY SAY TOP OFFICIALS AT THE. UAE SAY THE CURRENT STATUS OF. THE IRAN WAR IS NOT A. SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION. BECAUSE THEY WERE BEING ATTACKED.

AGAIN. WE KNOW THE GULF ISN'T TOTALLY. OPEN. THE UAE IS PRETTY LOYAL, MORE. LOYAL THAN ANY OTHER GULF STATE. WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU? >> Reporter: ABSOLUTELY. IRANIANS HAVE COME UNDER. CONTINUOUS ATTACK. AS RECENTLY AS YESTERDAY, SHOOTING DOWN INCOMING DRONES. WE'VE ALSO SEEN IMAGES FROM. INSIDE THE UAE AT OIL STORAGE. FACILITIES. THEY HAD TO BUILD THESE METAL. CAGES AROUND THE TANKS BECAUSE. OF THE THREAT FROM IRANIAN. DRONES AND MISSILES. INTERESTINGLY THEY HAVE CUT OFF.

ALL TRADE WITH THE IRANIANS, FURTHER ISOLATING THE REGIME. HOPES OF THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION IS THAT MORE. COUNTRIES ARE GOING TO FOLLOW IN. THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE UAE AND TRY. TO ISOLATE IRAN ON THE GLOBAL. STAGE TO PUT THIS PRESSURE ON. OFFICIALS IN TEHRAN TO MAKE AN. AGREEMENT. >> Lawrence: REAL QUICKLY, TREY. YESTERDAY I TALKED TO THE. PRESIDENT. I SAID THE WHOLE STRATEGY IS. ABOUT THE MID TERMS. THE PRESIDENT RESPONDED THAT IF. THEY WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE MID. TERM, THEN THE GLOVES ARE OFF. THERE WON'T BE A DEAL.

DO IRANIANS REALIZE THAT? THAT THIS MAY WORK AGAINST THEM, TOO? >> Reporter: CERTAINLY. AND THEY HAVE MISCALCULATED SO. FAR IN TERMS OF A TIMELINE. THEY THOUGHT THE PRESIDENT WOULD. LOSE PATIENCE WITH THE MILITARY. ASPECT OF THIS AND WITHDRAW. FORCES. THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE DEMANDING. DURING THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT. THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. THERE'S STILL MORE THAN 50,000. U.S. SOLDIERS DEPLOYED ACROSS. THE MIDWEST. THE USS GEORGE WASHINGTON. ARRIVES.

THERE ARE FIGHTER JET, REFUELER, AND TANKERS PREPARED FOR THE. POSSIBILITY THAT CONFLICT. RESUMES AT A LARGER SCALE THAN. WE ARE SEEING NOW. IN THE BACK DROP THEY ARE FACES. THIS ECONOMIC PRESSURE. IT'S NOT JUST SANCTIONS. TARGETING REGIME OFFICIALS IN. TEHRAN. IT'S THE ON GOING NAVAL. BLOCKADE, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE. FOR IRANIANS TO EXPORT THEIR. CRUDE OIL FROM THE PERSIAN GULF. YESTERDAY WE AIRED THAT SOUND. BITE FROM A CITIZEN IN TEHRAN. SAYING THE PRICE OF GOODS IS.

RISING. WE KNOW INFLATION IS INCREASING. AND THE IRANIAN CURRENCY IS IN A. FREEFALL, MORE THAN 2.1 REAL TO. 1 U.S. DOLLAR. >> Brian: NEED A WHEEL BARROW. FOR A DOLLAR. WHEEL BARREL OF REALS FOR A. DOLLAR. MAYBE TEN WHEEL BARRELS. THEY THINK IT'S GETTING BACK TO. ECONOMIC STRIFE. THAT'S WHY THE PRESIDENT IS. SAYING WHAT HE'S BEEN SAYING. LET'S GO BACK TO THE MOU. THAT WAS DISASTER FOR US.

WE SHOULD NOT GO BACK. >> Ainsley: THEY WERE HOPING OUR. PRESIDENT WOULD GET TIRED. NO, OUR PRESIDENT WILL NEVER BE. TIRED. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT SHOULD BE. TIRED OF BEING SQUEEZED. ECONOMICALLY. HOW LONG ARE THOSE LINES AT 3. A.M.? WE SAW VIDEO PEOPLE WAITING IN. LINE FOR GAS. >> Brian: YOU CAN'T GET A TRUCK. ACROSS THE COUNTRY. NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO GET FOOD. ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THESE PEOPLE, IF THEY'RE CAUGHT. ON CAMERA COMPLAINING, THEY'RE. DEAD. A WOMAN VIDEOTAPED SOMEBODY. COMPLAINING. SHE WAS HUNG ON SUNDAY.

THIS IS A 24-YEAR-OLD. >> Lawrenc.