Trey Yingst: This is CRIPPLING Iran

R. WOMEN'S SPORTS. IT'S JUST COMMONSENSE. "FOX & FRIENDS" STARTS RIGHT. NOW. >> Lawrence: HERE WITH GO, PACE. TALKS ARE SET TO RESUME TODAY. WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP MASSIVE. STRIKE OVER THE WEEKEND WAS. CALLED OFF. CHARLES CHARLES ANY AGREEMENT. DEPEND ON ENDING TEHRAN'S. NUCLEAR PROGRAM. >> Ainsley: CHIEF FOREIGN. CORRESPONDENT TREY YINGST IS. LIVE IN TEL AVIV WITH THE. LATEST. TREY? >> Trey: HEY GUYS, GOOD MORNING. PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLING OFF. PLANNED STRIKES AGAINST IRAN AS. HE SAYS A DEAL IS CLOSE. ACCORDING TO THE PRESIDENT TALKS.

WILL RESUME TODAY AIMED AT. FINALIZING AN AGREEMENT ON THE. STRAIT OF HORMUZ. TRUMP SAYS HE WAS ASKED BY. QATAR, THE UAE, AND SAUDI ARABIA. TO HOLD OFF AS DIPLOMATIC. EFFORTS PLAY OUT. >> BIGGEST ATTACK SINCE WORLD. WAR II. AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN. DISASTROUS. THEY DIDN'T WANT US TO DO IT. FRANKLY, SAUDI ARABIA DIDN'T. WANT IT EITHER.

THOUGHT A DEAL WAS IMMINENT. >> OVERNIGHT IRAN'S PRESIDENT. PEZESHKIAN MEMORANDUM OF. UNDERSTANDING REACHED EARLIER. THIS YEAR STAYING IN PART I. BELIEVE THIS MEMORANDUM WILL BE. THE CENTER OF GRAVITY FOR OUR. FOREIGN RELATIONS IN THE FUTURE. WE MUST STRIVE TO COMPEL THE. ENEMY TO REMAIN COMMITTED TO. WHAT IT HAS SIGNED. THE SECURITY OF THE COUNTRY, THE. REGION AND, OUR ALLIES ENHANCED. BY MEMORANDUM. FOCUS ON THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. WHERE AN EXPLOSION WAS HEARD. THIS MORNING BY A TANKER.

ACCORDING TO GROUPS. A NEW DEAL COULD SEE THE. STRAIGHT OPENED FOR 60 DAYS. WITHOUT FEES. WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ANOTHER. AGREEMENT IN SITE THE REGION. SINCE IRANIANS ARE DENYING ANY. DIRECT PROGRESS. >> WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE. NEGOTIATIONS AMERICA. THE NEGOTIATIONS ARE WITH OMAN. AND ARE FOCUSED ON REACHING AN. UNDERSTANDING OVER A PATH TO. ENSURE THE SECURITY OF SHIPPING. PASSAGE THROUGH THE STRAIT OF.

HORMUZ. >> Trey: HERE IN ISRAEL THE. MILITARY REMAINS ON HIGH ALERT. OFFICIALS BELIEVE THE SITUATION. COULD CHANGE ANY DAY, GUYS? >> Ashley: WHY DID QATAR, THE. UAE AND SAUDI ARABIA HOLD OFF. DOES THAT SHOW BECAUSE THEY FEAR. RETALIATIONS BECAUSE THEY ARE. CLOSE? >> Trey: THEY'RE CONCERNED IF. THE UNITED STATES TARGETS. IRANIAN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THE. RESPONSE WOULD MEAN MISSILE FIRE. TOWARD GAS AND OIL FIELDS IN THE. PERSIAN GULF.

SOME OF THESE AREAS LIKE THE. LIQUIFIED GAS PRODUCTION IN. QATAR OR OTHER AMERICAN LINKED. AMERICAN INFRASTRUCTURE IN SAUDI. ARABIA. IT'S INTERESTING THOUGH THE. IRANIANS SAYING THAT THESE TALKS. AREN'T DIRECTLY TAKING PLACE. WITH THE AMERICANS. AND WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST. THAT THEY MAKE THESE STATEMENTS. SIMPLY TO DOMESTIC AUDIENCE. OFTENTIMES SAY ONE THING. PUBLICLY AND SOMETHING ELSE. BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE. NEGOTIATING TABLE. MANY OF THE OFFICIALS THAT ARE. ACTUALLY LINKED TO THAT OFFICIAL. YOU HEARD FROM THERE, THE. FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESPERSON. HAVE ACTUALLY CALLED PRESIDENT. TRUMP DIRECTLY ASKING FOR A. DEAL.

IT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF THE BACK. AND FORTH MESSAGES THAT ARE. BEING EXCHANGED BEHIND THE. SCENES. WE DO UNDERSTAND THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION HAS A DIRECT LINE. TO IRANIAN OFFICIALS. >> Lawrence: TREY IT, STILL. LOOKS LIKE ONE OF THE THINGS. CONTINUES TO BE A CONCERN IS THE. CONTROL OF THE STRAIT. I DON'T MEAN JUST FROM THE. TRAFFIC COMING IN AND OUT BUT. THE TOLL SYSTEM. WE WERE TOLD WHEN WE STARTED TO. GET SOME LEAKS FROM THAT OOU. THAT THAT DID NOT EXIST IN THE. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.

OF COURSE IT IS A PART OF IT. WHEN IT CAME OUTER PUBLICLY. THE IRANIANS ARE TRYING TO FIND. SOME TYPE OF BACK DOOR DEAL EVEN. THOUGH THEY PLAN ON PAUSING IT. FOR 60 DAYS TO IMPLEMENT THAT. SYSTEM. IS THAT GOING TO BE A NONSTARTER. FOR THE PRESIDENT? >> Trey: IF THAT IS THE CASE, IT. WOULD BE A NONSTARTER FOR. PRESIDENT TRUMP. THAT'S THE CHALLENGING PART HERE. AND WHY WE HAVE TO REMAIN. FOCUSED ON THE FACT OF WHAT WE. CAN GATHER. ACCORDING TO INITIALING REPORTS. THAT, 60 DAY WINDOW WOULD BE. WITHOUT TOLLS. THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN VERY. CLEAR NO ONE IS GOING TO TOLL. THIS INTERNATIONAL WATERWAY.

ULTIMATELY HE SAID IN THE. IRANIANS TRY TO TOLL IT THE. UNITED STATES WILL TOLL IT AND. BE THE GUARDIANS OF THE STRAIT. OF HORMUZ. MOVING FORWARD WE HAVE TO LOOK. AT THE DETAILS COMING OUT OF. THESE TALKS WITH IRAN. YOU SAW THAT MAP OF THE U.S. NAVAL BLOCKADE. THIS IS IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT, AS THIS IS TAKING PLACE AND. WHILE THE PRESIDENT PAUSED THESE. STRIKES AGAINST IRAN THERE IS. ONGOING U.S. NAVAL BLOCKADE OF. IRANIAN PORTS. IT IS CRIPPLING THE IRANIAN. ECONOMY. THEY ARE LOSING HUNDREDS OF. MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EACH AND. EVERY DAY. IT'S PART OF THE REASON THAT THE.

IRANIANS ARE ASKING FOR A DEAL, A SOLUTION HERE. WHILE THE PRESIDENT KEEPS THE. U.S. MILITARY ON ALERT AND. PREPARED AS HE DESCRIBES IT LOCK. LOCKED AND LOADED THERE? ECONOMIC COMPONENT HARMING THE. IRANIAN REGIME AND FORCING THEM. BACK TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE. >> Charlie: TREY, AS AINSLEY. POINTED OUT, A LOT OF NEIGHBORS. AROUND IRAN ARE VERY NERVOUS. ABOUT WHAT IRAN MIGHT DO. WHERE DOES OMAN FALL INTO. THAT -- IN TERMS OF THAT? ARE THEY OBVIOUSLY IRAN SAYS.

WHILE THEY'RE NOT NEGOTIATING. WITH THE UNITED STATES THEY ARE. NEGOTIATING WITH OMAN. ARE THEY -- DO WE HAVE A GOOD. LINE WITH OMAN AND IS OMAN. WORKING WITH AMERICAN. NEGOTIATORS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE. ACTUALLY DO FIND AN AVENUE. TOWARDS PEACE? >> Trey: THIS IS A GREAT. QUESTION. AND I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU. THROUGH A REALLY QUICK ROUGH. TIMELINE. AT THE BEGINNING THE UNITED. STATES WAS RELYING MORE ON OMAN. BEFORE OPERATION EPIC FURY TO. TRY TO GET A DEAL TOGETHER WITH.

THE IRANIAN ARE A SCREAM. AS THINGS PROGRESSED DURING THE. U.S. BOMBING CAMPAIGN WITH IRAN, IRAN CHANGED THEIR POSITION AND. ALMOST APPEARED MORE SYMPATHETIC. TO THE IRANIANS. THE PRESIDENT TOUGH TALK FOR. OFFICIALS WHEN HE AT A CABINET. MEETING AT THE WHITE HOUSE. SINCE THAT MOMENT, OMAN HAS. ACTUALLY CHANGED THEIR TUNE. THEY APPEAR TO BE COORDINATING. DIRECTLY WITH THE UNITED STATES. TO ENSURE THAT THERE ISN'T ANY. SORT OF BACK DOOR DEAL REACHED. WITH IRAN. AND SO, WE DO UNDERSTAND THE. COORDINATION IS STILL TAKING. PLACE. AND THAT THE PRESIDENT'S.

NEGOTIATING TEAM IS IN TOUCH. WITH OMANI OFFICIALS TO ENSURE. THAT THE IRANIANS AREN'T GETTING. SOME SORT OF SWEETHEART DEAL. HERE. THE PRESIDENT WANTS THE STRAIT. OF HORMUZ OPEN. HE WANTS TO ENSURE THAT THERE. ARE NO TOLLS ON VESSELS PASSING. THROUGH. MOST IMPORTANTLY, AS IT RELATES. TO THE STRAIT, THAT THERE ISN'T. A THREAT AGAINST THESE SHIPPING. VESSELS THAT ARE CURRENTLY. TRAPPED IN THE PERSIAN GULF. THAT, THEY CAN FREELY MOVE. WITHOUT THE THREAT OF MISSILES. OR DRONES ATTACKING THEM. MORE BROADLY WE HAVE THERE ISSUE. OF IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM, ACCORDING TO PRESIDENT TRUMP. WHEN HE SPOKE YESTERDAY ON AIR.

FORCE ONE IS GOING TO BE. ADDRESSED AS PART OF THIS. BROADER UNDERSTANDING THAT THE. ADMINISTRATION IS WORKING.