Trump issues new THREAT to Iran if linked to FlyDubai attack

. >> Dana: HARARRIS FAULKNER IS NT. FROM D.C. >> Harris: BEGIN WITH A FOX NEWS. ALERT ON THE SWEEPING TERROR. INVESTIGATION INTO THE ATTACK ON. THAT FLYDUBAI PASSENGER. JETLINER. AT THIS HOUR THE SEARCH FOR. ANSWERS ABOUT THE CO-PILOT, PASSENGERS ARE CALLING A. TERRORIST. HE IS ACCUSED OF STABBING THE. CAPTAIN OF THAT FLIGHT AND. TRYING TO CRASH THE PLANE. SOME ARE WONDERING IF IRAN HAD A. HAND IN IT? I'M HARRIS FAULKNER AND YOU ARE.

IN "THE FAULKNER FOCUS" FROM. WASHINGTON, D.C. TODAY. FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE WORLD IS. HEARING FROM THAT HERO CAPTAIN. WHO HELPED SAVE THE LIVES OF. MORE THAN 170 PEOPLE ON THAT. FLIGHT. HERE HE IS FROM HIS HOSPITAL BED. TALKING WITH INDIA'S PRIME. MINISTER BY VIDEO CALL. >> I WAS STILL GETTING HIT BUT I. OPENED THE DOOR. EVERYONE ELSE -- I KNOW GOD.

SAVED ME. >> Harris: GOD SAVED THEM ALL. ISRAEL'S INITIAL ASSESSMENT IS. THAT THE SUSPECT, AN OMANI. NATIONAL. LIKELY ACTED ALONE. HOWEVER, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS. POINTING TO THE POTENTIAL. COORDINATION BETWEEN THE SUSPECT. AND OUR ENEMY, IRAN. HERE IS MORE FROM THE PRESIDENT. >> HAS ANYBODY BRIEFED YOU ON. WHETHER OR NOT THE GUY, THE. PILOT OF THE FLYDUBAI PLANE IS. LINKED TO IRAN? >> President Trump: WE'RE. WORKING ON IT RIGHT NOW.

THEY'VE BEEN VERY OPEN WITH US. I WILL SAY THE ANSWER BASED ON. WHAT I'M HEARING IS YES BUT. WE'RE WORKING ON IT. >> Harris: AGAIN, I'M LIVE IN. OUR NATION'S CAPITAL RIGHT NOW. WITH AN ALL-STAR LINEUP OF. GUESTS THIS HOUR. STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN TOMMY. PIGETTE IS ON SET IN MOMENTS. WITH WHAT HE IS LEARNING ABOUT. THE INVESTIGATION AND OUR. VIGILANCE HERE AT HOME. FIRST I WANT TO GO TO SENIOR. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT TREY. YINGST IN ISRAEL.

TREY. >> GOOD MORNING. TODAY THAT INJURED CAPTAIN IS. SPEAKING OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME. LISTEN HERE AS HE DESCRIBES THE. MOMENTS AFTER THE ATTACK TOOK. PLACE IN HIS CONVERSATION WITH. INDIAN PRIME MINISTER MODI. >> AT THAT MOMENT I WAS FIGHTING. FOR MY LIFE. THERE WAS A MOMENT WHEN I. REALIZED I HAD FALLEN DOWN DUE. TO INJURIES AND IF I DON'T SET. UP. I KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING ON A. FLIGHT EVEN WITH MY EYES CLOSED. WHEN I WAS ON THE GROUND I.

REALIZED THE AIRCRAFT IS GOING. DOWN AND I TOLD MYSELF THIS IS. THE LAST PUSH. THTHE DOOR IS RIGHT THERE. I WAS STILL GETTING HIT BUT I. OPENED THE DOOR. EVERYONE ELSE WHO HELPED WAS. JUST AS INCREMENTAL TO THIS. EFFORT. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP INDICATED. THAT IRAN MAY BE BEHIND THE. ATTACK.

>> ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE SOURCES. TELL FOX NEWS ISRAEL WILL. PARTICIPATE IN THE INVESTIGATION. ALONONGSIDE THE UAE TO DETERMIN. THE EXACT MOTIVE OF THE CO-PILOT. AND IF HE HAD ANY DIRECT TIES TO. FOREIGN ENTITIES. INVESTIGATORS WILL TRY TO. UNDERSTAND HOW A WEAPON ENDED UP. IN THE COCKPIT. NETANYAHU VOWING TO RESPOND IF. THERE IS FOREIGN INVOLVEMENT. >> AS TIME PASSES THE PICTURE IS.

BECOMING CLEARER. THE FRIENDS PRESENTED THE. CATASTROPHE. HE INTENDED TO CRASH THE PLANE. ALONG WITH THE PASASSENGERS. WE'RE INVESTIGATING WHETHER HE. WAS SENT AND WHOEVER SENT HIM. WILL PAY A HIGH PRICE. >> THE PRESIDENT MAKING VERY. CLEAR HERE THERE COULD BE A. DIRECT ISRAELI RESPONSE IF IT IS. DETERMINED THAT IRAN IS BEHIND. THE ATTACK THAT TRIED TO TAKE. DOWN MORE THAN 170 PEOPLE ABOARD. THAT FLIGHT.

HARRIS. >> Harris: IN "FOCUS" WITH ME. HERE TOMMY PIGETTE. STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKE PERSON. WE WERE TALKING DURING TREY'S. REPORTS. WHEN YOU SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT. EVEN THE PRESIDENT IS LOOKING. FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR IRAN'S. MAYBE ININVOLVEMENT IN ALL OF. THIS? >> LOOK, THE IRANIAN REGIME IS. THE WORLD'S LEADING STATE. SPONSOR OF TERROR. I DON'T WANT TO GET AHEAD OF. WHERE THIS GOES. THE PRESIDENT SAID WE'RE LOOKING. AT THIS. THE AXLES OF THE IRANIAN REGIME. LOOKING GENERALLY REINFORCE WHAT.

THE PRESIDENT MAYBE DOING HERE. BOTH THE FACT THEY CAN'T HAVE A. NUCLEAR WEAPON BUT OPERATION. ECONOMIC OUTCAST WHERE WHICH ARE. OWE -- IDENTIFYING FINANCIAL. FACILITATORS AND PROTECTING THE. AMERICAN PEOPLE BUT TO STOP THE. DESTABILIZING ACTIONS OF THE. TERRORIST PROXIES ACROSS THE. ENTIRE REGION. >> Harris: THAT'S INTERESTING. BY US LEANING IN ON THAT YOU. WERE TELLING ME WE SEE THIS FROM. IRAN ALL THE TIME.

NOT A SHOCKER YOU WOULD LOCK. THEIR WAY. >> THE IRANIAN REGIME HAS. TARGETED CIVILIAN. INFRASTRUCTURE. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A REGIME. THAT SLAUGHTERED TENS OF. THOUSANDS OF THEIR OWN PEOPLE IN. ADDITION TO THE TERRORIST. ACTIVITIES WE'VE SEEN ACROSS THE. WORLD FROM THE IRANIAN REGIME. SO THAT AGAIN REINFORCES THE. NECESSITY OF WHAT THE PRESIDENT. IS DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE. IRANIAN REGIME CANNOT CONTINUE. TO DESTABILIZE THE ENTIRE REGION. AND WORLD AND CANNOT HAVE A. NUCLEAR WEAPON. IF THEY HAD A NUCLEAR WEAPON THE.

RESULTS WOULD BE UNIMAGINABLE. WE CANNOT ALLOW IT TO HAPPEN. >> Harris: LET'S TALK ABOUT THE. INVESTIGATION COMING FORTH. IRRESPECTIVE OF WHAT MAY OR MAY. NONOT BE GOING ON FROM IRAN. THIS SORT OF THING NOW IN ITS. THIRD DAY ARE WE MOVING SLOWLY. OR FAST? WE'VE HAD TO LEAN ON THE ABRAHAM. ACCORDS I WOULD IMAGINE WITH. SAUDI ARABIA COMING TO THE. RESCUE. >> WE CONTINUE TO BE IN. COMMUNICATION WITH PARTNERS. ACROSS THE REGION AS WE ALWAYS. ARE. WHAT WE'VE SEEN AND IMPORTANT. CONTEXT AT LARGE IS THE.

PRESIDENT HAS AMAZING. RELATIONSHIPS WITH COUNTRIES. ACROSS THE REGION AND THEY ARE. STRONGER THAN EVER BECAUSE OF. THE DIPLOMATIC WORK THE. PRESIDENT HAS DONE INCLUDING. ISRAEL AND GULF ALLIES AND. PARTNERS. WE HAVE ARE SEEING OUR. RELATIONSHIP ON THE DEFENSE. LEVEL ON COMMUNICATION LEVEL AND. HE CAN ACHE LEVEL GETTING. STRONGER AND STRONGER BY THE DAY. BECAUSE OF WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS. DOING. NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THE. PRESIDENT IS TAKING ON THE BULLY. OF THE MIDDLE EAST, IRAN. >> Harris: THE DAY AFTER THIS. HAPPENED JUST A FEW HOURS AFTER. I HAD ON THE FORMER PRIME. MINISTER NEFTALI BENNETT AND HE.

THANKED SAUDI ARABIA. WITHIN HOURS YOU SAW THE SHIFT. TO THE UAE. TALK TO ME ABOUT THE. RELATIONSHIPS THERE IN. PARTICULAR. >> THERE IS NO SECRET THE. PRESIDENT WANTS TO SEE AN. EXPANSION OF THE ABRAHAM. ACCORDS. SOMETHINING ONLY POSSIBLE BECAU. OF THE PRESIDENT'S DIPLOMATIC. WORK IN THE FIRST TERM. SOMETHING PEOPLE THOUGHT WAS. IMPOSSIBLE. HE WAS CRITICIZED FOR THE. APPROACH TO LED TO THE ABRAHAM. ACCORDS AND WE'RE SEEING THAT. HAPPEN. THE PRESIDENT GOING TO THE. REGION LAST YEAR ANOTHER.

IMPORTANT CONTEXT TALKING ABOUT. THE GOLDEN AGE THAT'S POSSIBLE. AND WHAT THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO. SEE. HE WANTS TO SEE A GOLDEN AGE FOR. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, BUT. ALSO A GOLDEN AGE FOR THE MIDDLE. EAST IS POSSIBLE BASED OFF THE. ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND. INVESTMENT. PEACE AND PROSPERITY. THAT IS A BIG CONTRAST. THE IRANIAN REGIME THAT IS. DESTRUCTION. WE HAVE FROM THE PRESIDENT PEACE. AND PROSPERITY AND IRRELEVANT.

IRANIAN REGIME WHICH IS. DESTRUCTION. >> Harris: ALL EYES ON THAT PART. OF THE WORLD NOW. WHAT WAS THE RESPONSE IN THE. STATE DEPARTMENT, YOURSELF. INCLUDED, WHEN YOU SAW WHAT WAS. UNFOLDING A WORLD AWAY WITH THAT. PLANE? >> OF COURSE THE FIRST THING WE. DO IS TRY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE. ABLE TO ASSIST AMERICAN CITIZENS. AND IF THEY ARE INVOLVED AND. THEN PROVIDE THE PROPER. ASSISTANCE. NO MATTER WHERE AN AMERICAN. CITIZEN IS IT IS ALWAYS OUR. FIRST RESPONSE. WE COORDINATE WITH DIFFERENT.

COUNTRIES IN THE REGION AND OPEN. UP THE DIPLOMATIC CHANNELS. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED. AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT. IN ADDITION IT ALSO REMINDS ME. OF THE IMPORTANCE E OF MAKING SE. THAT WE HAVE SECURE BORDERS, HAVE A SECURE VETTING POLICY AND. ABLE TO VET PEOPLE COMING TO THE. UNITED STATES. ONE OF THE THINGS THE SECRETARY. HAS DONE IS MAKING SURE IF THERE. IS AN INDICATION THAT YOU WILL. POSE A TERRORIST ATHREAT ON A. VISA IT WILL BE REVOKED. THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF. PROTECTING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. >> Harris: A LOT OF VETTING. QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT CO-PILOT AT.

THE CENTER OF THIS INVESTIGATION. RI.