Trump issues NEW WARNING to Iran

. >> Lawrence: THAT'S WHY WE HAVE. AN INVESTIGATION. WE'LL FOLLOW IT. >> Brian: NOW TO THE MIDDLE. EAST. PRESIDENT TRUMP THREATENING IRAN. WITH NEW STRIKES DURING A. CAMPAIGN RALLY IN ALASKA. MEANTIME UK MARITIME OFFICIALS. REPORTING TWO VESSELS HAVE BEEN. STRUCK IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. >> Lawrence: CHIEF FOREIGN. CORRESPONDENT TREY YINGSTED IS. LIVE WITH THE DETAILS. GOOD MORNING TREY. >> Reporter: HEY GUYS GOOD. MORNING. PRESIDENT TRUMP ISSUED A NEW. WARNING TO IRAN OVERNIGHT DURING. A RALLY IN ALASKA. THE PRESIDENT SAID WE'RE GOING. TO DO A NUMBER ON IRAN BUT.

DECLINED TO GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT. WHAT THAT MEANS. HE ALSO SPOKE ABOUT THE STRAIT. OF HORMUZ AND THE ONGOING U.S. NAVAL BLOCKADE. >> THE STRAITS HAVE BEEN OPEN. WE'VE BEEN TAKING MORE OIL OUTU. OF THE STRAITS NOW THAN WE DID. BEFORE THE WAR STARTED, BELIEVE. IT OR NOT. WE CONTROL THE STRAITS. THAT'S WHY THE OIL STAYED WHERE. IT IS BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WOULD. BE HIGHER. BUT I SAID NO MATTER WHAT IT IS. IT'S A SMALL PRICE TO PAY FOR. STOPPING THEM FROM HAVING A. NUNUCLEAR WEAPON AND THOSE B TW.

BOMBERS REALLY DID THE JOB. >> Reporter: REUTERS REPORTS. THAT IRAN IS USING NEW TACTICS. TO TARGET VESSELS IN THE STRAIT. THE IRGC IS REPORTEDLY USING. UNARMED SPOTTERS TO INCREASE THE. ACCURACY OF THEIR ATTACKS. IN RECENT DAYS MULTIPLE VESSELS. HAVE BEEN TARGETED WHILE. TRANSITING THIS CRITICAL. WATERWAY. IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS 24 SHIPS. HAVE BEEN HIT, THREE DAYS AGO. SIX IN A SENDINGLE DAY COMPARE. THAT WITH THE BEGINNING OF THE. WAR THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF MARCH. WHEN JUST 13 SHIPS WERE. ATTACKED. WITH TENSION RISING ACROSS THE. REGION ALSO TRACKING THE LATEST.

DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CON LICHT. BETWEEN THE YEMEN BASED HOUTHIS. AND SAUDI ARABIA. AFTER COMING UNDER MULTIPLE. MISSILE ATTACKS THE SAUDIS. LAUNCHED NEW ATTACKS AGAINST OIL. FACILITIES, THE HOUTHIS LAUNCHED. FRESH STRIKES IN SAUDI ARABIA. . >> THE ARMED FORCES CONFIRM THAT. THE OPERATION AGAINST SAUDI WILL. CONTINUE IN THE COMING DAYS. TARGETING SAUDI ENEMY AIRPORTS. IN ALL FACILITIES AND THE. CONSEQUENCES WILL BE SEVERE FOR. THE ENEMY, BY THE COMMISSION AND.

POWER. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP. POSTED ON TRUTH SOCIAL OVERNIGHT. SAYING THE HOUTHIS ARE BEHAVING. VERY BADLY REMINDING THEHEM THA. HE'LL BE HERE AFTER THE. ELECTIONS AND HE WON'T FORGET. GUYS. >> Brian: SO TREY A REPORT TODAY. IN TODAY'S WALL STREET JOURNAL. THE HOUTHIS ARE BUILDING AN. ADVANCED MISSILE WITH CHINESE. PARTS. FROM YOUR SOURCES, WHAT ROLE IS. CHINA PLAYING IN THE. RADICALIZATION AND THE ARMING OF. THE HOUTHI REBELS WHO ARE NOW. GOING AFTER OUR ALLIES IN THE. REGION AND TANGENTIALLY US.

>> Reporter: GREAT QUESTION AND. REGIONAL INTELLIGENT SOURCES. HAVE POINTED THAT THE CHINESE. AND RUSSIANS ARE HELPING IRAN. AND ITS PROXIES NOT ONLY. TARGETING DATA AND INTELLIGENCE. BUT ALSO THE COMPONENTS THEY. NEED TO BUILD THESE MISSILES. CURRENTLY BEING USED TO TARGET. CIVILIAN INFRASTRUCTURE AND. ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS THE. REGION. SO THIS IS SOMETHING AT THE. HIGHEST LEVELS OF DIPLOMACY WILL. HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED BETWEEN. U.S. OFFICIALS AND THEIR. COUNTERPARTS IN BOTH MOSCOW AND. BEIJING AS THIS MOVES FORWARD.

>> Lawrence: TREY, IT LOOKS LIKE. THE ISRAELIS ARE WAITING FOR THE. UNITED STATES COMMAND TO GET. BACK IN OPERATIONS. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE. FRUSTRATION THAT I'M HEARING. THAT THEY WANT TO GET INVOLVED. THEY DON'T WANT TO GIVE THEM THE. CHANCE TO REBUILD. WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM YOUR. SOURCES IN THE DEFENSE. DEPARTMENT? >> Reporter: YEAH, ISRAELI. OFFICIALS HAVE TOLD FOX NEWS. THERE ARE TWO SCENARIOS IN WHICH. THEY WOULD GET MORE DIRECTLY. INVOLVED IN THE WAR AGAINST IRAN.

OR ITS PROXY FORCES. THE FIRST, IF ISRAEL COMES UNDER. DIRECT ATTACK, AND WE HAVE NOT. SEEN THAT IN RECENT MONTHS. AND THE SECOND, IF THE UNITED. STATES ASKS FOR THE ASSISTANCE. OF ISRAEL. BUT THERE IS A A BROADER. CALCULATION BEING MADE HERE. ABOUT HOW TO CONTAIN THIS. RAPIDLY ESCALATING CONFLICT. ACROSS THE REGION BECAUSE IT'S. NO LONGER JUST THE ISSUE OF IRAN. BUT ALSO THE PROXY FORCES IN. YEMEN EXPANDING THEIR ATTACKS. AGAINST U.S. GULF ALLIES LIKE. SAUDI ARABIA. WHEN YOU GET A SENSE OF HOW REAL. TIME THIS CONFLICT IS. DEVELOPING, JUST IN THE PAST 20. MINUTES, TWO ADDITIONAL REPORTS.

OF VESSELS BEING TARGETED IN THE. STRAIT OF HORMUZ AND IT RAISES. THE STAKES HERE BECAUSE WHILE. THE PRESIDENT SAYS THE STRAIT IS. OPEN AND THE UNITED STATES. MILITARY IS STILL ESCORTING. MILLIONS OF BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL. OUT OF THE PERSIAN GULF EACH DAY. THE IRGC IS NOT STOPPING WITH. THEIR ATTACKS AGAINST THESE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS AND AS THIS. INCREASES TO A LEVEL THAT T IS T. SUSTAINABLE, IT WILL ADD. PRESSURE TO THE CURRENT BOILING. TENSIONS ACROSS THE REGION. >> Ainsley: WE'RE PROTECTING. OURS, RIGHT? THESE ARE MERCHANT SHIPS FROM. OTHER COUNTRIES.

>> Reporter: EXACTLY. AND THE NAVAL BLOCKADE LINE IS. ACTUALLY QUITE FAR FROM THE. STRAIT OF HORMUZ. REMEMBER LAST MONTH WE WENT OUT. TO THE YOU USS GEORGE WASHINGTON. AND SAW THOSE OPERATIONS. FIRSTHAND. THE IRANIANS HAVE TRIED TO. TARGET U.S. WARSHIPS AND HAVE. BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN DOING SO. BUT THE THREAT IS THERE AND. THESE COMMERCIAL VESSELS, VERY. FEW ARE ACTUALLY MAKING IT. THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. WITHOUT ANY SORT OF. INTERRUPTION. AND THERE IS THAT SOUTHERN. PASSAGE THAT IS BEING GUARDED BY. THE U.S. MILITARY BUT STILL JUST. GIVEN THE PROXIMITY TO IRANIAN. TERRITORY THEY CAN USE THINGS.

LIKE DRONES AND CREWS NOTIFIES. PUT PRESSURE ON VESSELS PASSING. THROUGH THE WATERWAY. >> Brian: TLFK ARE REPORTS THAT. THE IRANIANS ARE BEGINNING TO. REBUILD THEIR NUCLEAR PROGRAM. THAT WOULD ALSO GET THE I WILLS. RALLIES INVOLVED. THIS HE WILL NOT T.