Trey Yingst: The US has found a way to BYPASS Iranian threats

KUSHNER IN KIEV ON RENEWED. TALKS ON ENDING THE WAR. CHARLIE: AND THE U.S. TOOK. THREE TANKERS IN RESPONSE TO. FIRING ON U.S. SHIPS. >> IRAN TARGETED TWO WAR SHIPS. IN THE GULF OF OMAN.

WE KNOW THE ATTACK WAS. RESPELLED ACCORDING TO U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND, BUT THEY'RE. GOING AFTER A U.S. AIRCRAFT. CARRIER AND A GUIDED MISSILE. DESTROYER AND U.S. THEN STRUCK. THREE OIL TANKERS WITH CENTCOM. BRAD COOPER SAYING LET THE. MESSAGE TO THE IRGC LET ME BE. CLEAR, WE WILL TAKE OUT THREE. OF YOURS AND WE WILL NOT. HESITATE AND EXPOSE THE IRAN. OIL FLEET AS THEY LOOK FOR WAYS.

AROUND THE CONONTESTED WATERWAY. >> THE OIL PRODUCINGNATIONS OF. THE GULF ARE ACTUALLY BUILDING. ALTERNATE PIPELINE ROUTES THAT. WILL NO LONGER ENTAIL OIL GOING. THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. AND THE IRANIAN CHOKEHOLD TO. THE EXTENT THEY HAVE ONE AND I. CAN TELL YOU THEY DO NOT HAVE. ONE, WE'RE IN CONTROL OF THE. STRAIT, BUT TO THE EXTENT THAT. THEY CAN THREATEN THEIR. NEIGHBORS ONCE WE LEAVE, THAT. WILL NOT EXIST ANYMORE. >> IRAN HAS THREATENED TO.

ESCALATE CLOSE TO THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ FOLLOWING THOSE U.S. STRIKES ON SATURDAY, GUYS. GRIFF: THANKS, TREY. CHARLIE: IT'S KIND OF. INTERESTING, THE WALL STREET. JOURNAL REPORTING THAT IT LOOKS. LIKE THIS SQUEEZE IS, IN FACT, BEING FELT A WHOLE LOT MORE BY. IRAN THAN IT IS BY THE U.S. AND. A LOT OF THAT HAS -- PROBABLY. HAS TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT. THE UNITED STATES IS NOW. WILLING TO TAKE OUT THESE. IRANIAN TANKERS.

HAS THAT EVER BEEN DONE BEFORE? >> AT THIS LEVEL, NO. THERE HAVE BEEN SIMILAR THINGS. IN THE PAST IN THE '90S, FOR. EXAMPLE, OFF THE COAST OF. KUWAIT, BUT AT THIS LEVEL IT. JUST HASN'T TAKEN PLACE. REMEMBER THE BACK DROP HERE. THERE'S A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF. ECONOMIC PRESSURE ON THE. IRANIAN REGIME, CURRENTLY. FACING EXTENSIONS, THE NAVAL. BLOCKADE IS IN PLACE MAKING IT. NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE. IRANIANS TO EXPORT CRUDE OIL. AND THEN YOU HAVE THIS. OPERATION OVERSEEN BY THE U.S.

NAVY TO GET MILLIONS OF BARRELS. OF GULF CRUDE OIL OUT OF THE. PERSIAN GULF EACH AND EVERY. DAY. THE NUMBER OF VESSELS PASSING. THROUGH THE STRAIT ABOUT 40%. WHAT IT WAS FROM PRE-WAR. LEVELS, BUT THE NUMBERS OF. BARRELS IS AROUND 18 MILLION A. DAY AND BEFORE THE WAR, 20. MILLION. THE UNITED STATES HAS FOUND A. WAY TO BY PASS THE IRANIAN. THREAT IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. AND AS WE SAW THIS WEEKEND. THEY'RE STILL DOING PROVOCATIVE. ACTION IN THE AREA NOT JUST. COMMERCIAL VESSELS, BUT NOW. AGAINST THE U.S. MILITARY.

A NEW U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER. ARRIVED IN THEATER, USS GEORGE. WASHINGTON AND PRESIDENT TRUMP. TOLD FOX NEWS IT'S LOADED TO. THE GILLS WITH AMMUNITION AND. WE KNOW THERE ARE FIGHTING JETS. ON BOARD AND 5,000 SAILORS. PREPARED TO BRING THE FIGHT TO. IRAN. RACHEL: TREY, IT'S COME OUT. THAT ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SAYS THAT HE. BELIEVES ISRAEL HAS COMPLETED. 80 TO 90% OF ITS CAMPAIGN. AGAINST IRAN. I'M CURIOUS WHAT THAT MEANS. DOES THAT MEAN THAT AMERICA,

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. ALSO HAS COMPLETED 80 TO 90% OF. ITS CAMPAIGN? BECAUSE SINCE WE'RE PARTNERS IN. THIS CONFLICT, I'M ASSUMING. WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE AND WE. ARE PUTTING IN THE SAME EFFORT. ESPECIALLY THIS THING WAS DONE. ON THE BEHEST OF ISRAEL. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WE'RE 80 TO 90% COMPLETE. IS AMERICA 80 TO 90% COMPLETE. AS WELL? >> I WOULD SAY WE SHOULD LOOK. TO U.S. OFFICIALS AND ASK THEM. THAT QUESTION. THE ISRAELIS ARE IN THE MIDST.

OF ELECTION SEASON SO A LOT OF. THEIR COMMENTS ABOUT FOREIGN. POLICY AND EVEN DOMESTIC ISSUES. ARE FOCUSED BROADLY ON THE. ELECTION. WE KNOW THE ISRAELIS FOUGHT--. >> WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN. ELECTION, TOO. >> AND OPERATION EPIC FURY. YES, AND THE ISRAELIS SAID THAT. MOVING FORWARD THEY ARE. PREPARED TO ASSIST THE UNITED. STATES IF THEY ARE ASKED TO DO. SO. THE ISRAELI MILITARY DOES. REMAIN ON HIGH ALERT AND U.S. DEFENSE OFFICIALS ALONG WITH. THE ISRAELIS HAVE WARNED. AGAINST THE POSSIBILITY THAT. IRAN COULD TRY TO ESCALATE AS.

WE SAW OVER THE WEEKEND CLOSE. TO THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, BUT. BROADER CONCERN OF THE. POSSIBILITIES THAT THE IRANIANS. COULD DIRECTLY TARGEGET ISRAEL N. THE FUTURE. RACHEL: COULD I FOLLOW THAT UP? WE'RE WILLING TO HELP IF ASKED. TO. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION WE. WERE PARTNERS TOGETHER WITH. THIS, WE WERE OPERATING IN. CONJUNCTION. >> AT THIS POINT THAT ISN'T THE. CASE. EARLIER IN THE YEAR IT WAS. DURING O OPERATION EPIC FURY. BUT THE ISRAELIS SAY THEY'RE.

READY IF THEY'RE ASKED BY. PRESIDENT TRUMP TO MOVE AGAINST. IRAN, BUT THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT. IT PUBLICLY AND PRIVATELY, AT. THIS POINT HE DOESN'T NEED. ISRAEL'S SUPPORT GIVEN THERE. ARE 50,000 DEPLOYED ACROSS THE. REGION. DESTROYERS, TANKERS AND. REFUELERS. THAT COULD CHANGE IF THE. CONFLICT DOES EXPAND ONCE. AGAIN. AT THIS MOMENT THE ISRAELIS. AREN'T INVOLVED IN THE ACTION. IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THEIR. COUNTRY. GRIFF: TREY, CAN I COME BACK TO.

THE ECONOMIC PART THIS HAVE. WHOLE THING. YOU HAD A SOUND BITE FROM. SECRETARY BESSENT TALKING ABOUT. THIS. IT APPEARS, AND YOU WOULD KNOW. BEST, THAT IRAN IS FACING. ECONOMIC PRESSURE THE LIKES OF. WHAT THEY PROBABLY HAVE NEVER. SEEN IN THEIR 47 YEARS AS S A. REGIME YOU'RE DEALING WITH NOW. YOU'RE REPORTING TWO MILLION. RIAL TO THE U.S. DOLLAR AND ARE.

THEY HELPING? >> SOME GULF ALLIES ARE AND. JUST GIVEN OUR LOCATION GIVEN. AT THE MOMENT I WANT TO BE. CAREFUL WHAT WE'RE REPORTING. HERE, BUT THERE IS CERTAINLY. CONCERN AMONG GULF ALLIES THE. POSSIBILITY OF COMING UNDER. IRANIAN ATTACK GIVEN OPERATION. EPIC FURY THEY WERE TARGETED. WITH MISSILES AND DRONES AND. MOVING FORWARD WITH IRAN AND. THE REGION AND WHAT THE POSTURE. SHOULD BE ECONOMICALLY AND.

DEFENSIVELY. THE ECONOMIC TOLL CANNOT BE. UNDERSTATED. RIGHT NOW THE IRANIAN RIAL MORE. THAN TWO MILLION RIAL TO A. SINGLE U.S. DOLLAR AND. INFLATION IS RAPIDLY RISING. INSIDE OF THE COUNTRY. YOU HAVE THE COUNTRIES LIKE THE. UAE THAT HAVE TAKEN SIMILAR. ACTION AGAINST IRAN, AND TRYING. TO ISOLATE THE REGIME AND. TEHRAN FROM.