Trump readies RETALIATION after Iran targets US bases

N. PIKER. WE WILL TAKE YOU LIVE WHEN VANCE. BEGINS. >> John: WE ARE AWAITING. AMERICA'S NEXT MOVE AFAFTER IRAN. ATTACKED U.S. FORCES IN JORDAN. OVERNIGHT. PRESIDENT TRUMP TELLING FOX THE. U.S. WILL HIT BACK HARD AFTER. THE FIRST KNOWN EXCHANGE OF. STRIKES IN A MONTH. I'M JOHN ROBERTS. WELCOME TO MONDAY. IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF GROUNDHOG. DAY WHEN IT COMES TO IRAN. >> Sandra: IT'S GOOD TO BE. WITH YOU AND START THIS WEEK. WITH YOU. I'M SANDRA SMITH IN NEW YORK. THIS IS "AMERICA REPORTS.". IRAN'S ATTACK COMES HOURS AFTER. U.S. FORCES HIT IRANIAN MILITARY.

POSITIONS AND ONE OF THE. NARROWEST PARTS OF THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ AND THE MILITARY PRESSURE. IS ONLY ONE PART OF IT THERE THE. U.S. IS ALSO TIGHTENING THE. ECONOMIC SQUEEZE ON TEHRAN. >> John: TREASURY SECRETARY. SCOTT BESANT PRESSING G20. FINANCE OFFICIALS TO CUT TRADE. TIES WITH IRAN AND SAYS THE. LATEST ATTACK IS A SIGN THAT. PRESSURE IS WORKING. >> THEY ARE LASHING OUT. KINETICALLY BECAUSE THEY ARE. LOSING ECONOMICALLY THE ECONOMY. DOESN'T HAVE TO COLLAPSE. WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE THE REGIME. COME TO THEIR SENSES.

>> Sandra: BRENT SADLER WILL. REACT IN MOMENTS BUT LET'S GET. TO OUR CHIEF FOREIGN. CORRESPONDENT TREY YINGST HERE. HE'S REPORTING LIVE OUT OF. TEL AVIV. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. PRESIDENT TRUMP TOLD FOX NEWS. THERE WILL BE A RESPONSE TO THAT. IRANIAN ATTACK ON U.S. FORCES. OVERNIGHT IN JORDAN. THE PRESIDENT SAID WE ARE GOING. TO HIT THEM HARD. THERE WILL BE A RESPONSE. THIS COMES AFTER IRAN LAUNCHED. AT LEAST EIGHT BALLISTIC. MISSILES AT U.S. FORCES IN. JORDAN. THE PRESIDENT SAYS ALL THE. MISSILES WERE SHOT DOWN WITH THE. EXCEPTION OF ONE THAT WASN'T.

GOING TO HIT ANYTHING. SIGNIFICANT. THE ATTACK CAME AFTER R U.S. FORCES STRUCK IRAN'S LYRIC. ISLAND AFTER IDENTIFYING. PREPARATIONS FOR AN IRGC ROCKET. LAUNCH THAT WAS MEANT TO PLACE. NEW SEA MINES IN THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ CENTCOM RELEASED A. STATEMENT SAYING U.S. FORCES. TOOK LIMITED PRECISE ACTION. AGAINST IRGC FORCES POSING AN. IMMINENT THREAT IN THE. STRAIT OF HORMUZ. IRAN CREATED THE THREAT AND THE. U.S. MILITARY ELIMINATED IT TO. PROTECT CIVILIAN MARINERS. COMMERCIAL SHIPPING AND THE FREE. FLOW OF GLOBAL COMMERCE. THIS IS THE FIRST KNOWN U.S.

STRIKE AGAINST IRAN SINCE LATE. JULY. THE EVENT COMES AS REPORTS. INDICATE THE U.S. MAY RAMP UP. ECONOMIC PRESSURE THIS WEEK. AGAINST IRAN. >> WE CONTINUE TO HAVE A LOT OF. TOOLS AT OUR DISPOSAL TO PREVENT. THEM FROM DOING SO OR AT LEAST. CUT DOWN ON THEM FROM DOING SO. AND THAT'S WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS. SAYING. YOU ARE SHOOTING AT COMMERCIAL. SHIPPING. YOU'RE BEHAVING LIKE A TERRORIST. COUNTRY. YOU'VE GOT TO STOP OR THERE ARE. GOING TO BE CONSEQUENCES. >> FOLLOWING NEW SANCTIONS. IRANIAN OFFICIALS REACTED OVER. THE WEEKEND WITH IRAN'S SUPREME. LEADER URGING MORE DOMESTIC.

PRODUCTION AND LESS RELIANCE ON. THE U.S. DOLLAR. THE PRESSURE IS STARTING TO. BUILD IN TEHRAN WITH CIVILIANS. SPEAKING OUT ABOUT THE RISING. COST OF GOODS AND THE BROADER. ECONOMIC SITUATION. >> UNFORTUNATELY THAT. OVERSHADOWS THINGS SOMEWHAT. MAYBE IF THE ECONOMIC SITUATION. WAS A LITTLE BETTER PERHAPS THE. WAR WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN REACHED. THAT CEASE FIRE. THEY MIGHT HAVE KEPT GOING. I THINK THE ECONOMIC SITUATION. COULD BECOME MORE CHALLENGING. >> THE REGION WAITS TO SEE HOW. THE UNITED STATES WILL RESPOND. TO THAT IRANIAN ATTACKS ON U.S.

FORCES OVERNIGHT. >> Sandra: TREY YINGST OUT OF. TEL AVIV. THANK YOU. >> John: BRET SADLER IS HERE, RETIRED NAVY CAPTAIN AND FORMER. PENTAGON OFFICIAL FOR THE. PRESIDENT ACCORDING TO. TREY YINGST IS THE CONVERSATION. SET ABOUT IRAN THERE'S GOING TO. BE RETALIATORY STRIKES COMING. HE SAID "WE ARE GOING TO HIT. THEM HARD. THIS AFTER ATTACKS ON AN AIR. BASE -- TWO AIR BASES. ALL OF THE MISSILES EXCEPT ONE. WERE INTERCEPTED.

THE ONE THAT WASN'T INTERCEPTED. FELL INTO A PLACE WHERE IT. WASN'T GOOD HURT ANYBODY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AS FAR AS. WE KNOW FROM THIS BUT IT'S. PRETTY CLEAR THAT THE PRESIDENT. IS SAYING "I'M DONE WITH THIS. GAME THAT IRAN IS PLAYING.". I'M NOT GOING TO SIT BACK AND. LET THEM RETALIATE. >> THE TEMPO AND THE RESPONSE IS. FOR THE PRESIDENT TO DECIDE AND. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT. GIVES US THE BENEFIT OF TIME NOT. TO GO TOO HIGH AND RIGHT OR TOO. EXCESSIVE IN THE RESPONSE BUT. KEEPING THE MAIN THING THE MAIN. THING. THAT IS ALLOWING THE ECONOMIC.

D-DAY TO PLAY OUT BUT AT THE. SAME TIME HAVING AN ADEQUATE AND. TIMELY MILITARY RESPONSE. ANOTHER POINT THAT I THINK IS. IMPORTANT, THE ATTACK ON KERRI. URBAHN ISLAND WHERE THERE WAS. ROCKET ASSISTED MINES THAT. PROACTIVE MILITARY RESPONSE NOT. WAITING UNTIL AFTER THE IRANIANS. ATTACK IS A KEY THING. THAT'S A KEY THING TO BE LOOKING. FOR. MORE AGGRESSIVELY ALONG THAT. LINE IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. >> John: LOOKING AT THE MAP. LARAK ISLAND IS ABOUT 20 MILES. OFF THE COAST OF IRAN.

THAT'S WHERE THEY HAD SOME. MISSILES WITH MINES SOMEHOW. ATTACHED TO THEM THAT THEY WERE. GOING TO TRY TO FIRE INTO THE. STRAIT OF HORMUZ. WE CAN PUT UP THIS OTHER GRAPHIC. OF THE TRANSIT ROUTE THROUGH THE. STRAIT OF HORMUZ. GOING IN BETWEEN LARAK ISLAND. AND KETCHUM ISLAND AS. DEMONSTRATED HERE IN THIS. GRAPHIC WAS THE SO-CALLED. IRANIAN EXTORTION ROUTE TO GET. THEM CLOSE ENOUGH TO IRANIAN. TERRITORY THERE YOU CAN CHARGE. THEM A MILLION DOLLARS TO GO. THROUGH.

>> THAT'S RIGHT. LARAK ISLAND IS A TACTICAL. IMPORTANCE IN CONTROL OF THE. STRAIT OF HORMUZ AND WITH THE. AMOUNT OF AMERICAN MILITARY. ASSETS IN THE REGION, IT'S CLEAR. THERE'S A LOT OF EYES ALONG THE. COASTLINE. IF THE IRANIANS ARE BOLD ENOUGH. TO MOVE OR TRY TO PUT A MISSILE. IN PLACE AND IT GETS HIT BEFORE. IT GETS A SHOT OFF. >> John: JACKSON WAS ON. "NEWSROOM" THIS MORNING AND SAID. HE THOUGHT THE IRANIANS TRYING. TO REMIND THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. AND USING MISSILES TO DO IT AS. OPPOSED TO BOATS.

IT WAS A SIGN OF THE DESPERATION. THAT THEY ARE IN. >> I THINK CLEARLY THE IRANIANS. ARE IN A MORE DESPERATE MOVE. HERE THAN WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE. PAST BY OPPOSING THIS NOW. OBVIOUSLY WE'VE DEALT WITH THAT. COOPER HAS PREEMPTION AUTHORITY. IF HE SEES IRAN GETTING READY TO. DO SOMETHING, HE DOESN'T HAVE TO. ASK PERMISSION TO ACT. >> John: THE PRESIDENT SAID. LAST WEEK SPACE FORCE IS. WATCHING EVERY SQUARE INCH OF. THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ AND IF THE.

IRANIANS GET READY TO DO. ANYTHING LIKE THEY TRIED TO OVER. THE WEEKEND THEY ARE GOING TO. GET PUNCHED HARD. >> ABSOLUTELY. AS FAR AS THE MISSILE LAUNCHES. CONTINUING ON AFTER THE FIRST. TWO WEEKS OF THIS CONFLICT, THE. IRANIANS ARE NOT ABLE TO REALLY. LAUNCH MASSIVE MISSILE STRIKES. AND CERTAINLY NOT COORDINATED. THAT'S STILL THE TRUTH. BUT EVERY TIME THEY TAKE A SHOT. AT OUR BASES IN THE REGION IT'S. LIKE A FINGER POINTING RIGHT. BACK TO WHERE THEY ARE OPERATING. AND MOVING FROM. IF THE PRESIDENT DOES DECIDE TO. GO AFTER THOSE LAUNCHERS THEY. PROBABLY HAVE A PRETTY.

SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF. INTELLIGENCE TO MAKE IT HURT. >> John: WHAT DO YOU THINK THE. PRESIDENT DOES GO AFTER? DOES HE GO AFTER THE LAUNCHERS? SPACE FORCE SAW EVERYTHING. THAT'S HAPPENING SO DOES HE GO. AFTER A DIFFERENT TARGET? >> I THINK HE DOES BOTH. HE CONTINUES THE PROACTIVE. MILITARY POSTURE IN THE STRAIT. OF HORMUZ. SEE THE THREAT, ATTACK THE. THREAT THREAT AS WELL AS GOING. AFTER BALLISTIC MISSILE ATTACKS. BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN THE OTHER. OPTION THE IRANIANS HAVE FALLEN. BACK ON. THEY DON'T HAVE MUCH LEFT TO DO. AND THEIR ONLY LEVERAGE IS IN.

THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ WHICH WE. ARE RAPIDLY REMOVING COMPLETELY. >> John: I SAID OVER THE. WEEKEND. IT'S LIKE A JUVENILE DELINQUENT. WITH A BOX OF MATCHE.