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E. AS SOON AS THE PRESIDENT BEGINS. SPEAKING. FIRST THIS. BREAKING RIGHT NOW: PRESIDENT TRUMP REPORTEDLY. TELLING AXIOS HE SERIOUSLY. CONSIDERING RESTARTING MAJOR. COMBAT OPERATIONS IN IRAN. AXIOS SAYS HIS PLANS WOULD. INCLUDE STRIKES THAT WOULD BE. BIGGER THAN THE ONES CARRIED OUT. DURING OPERATION EPIC FURY. SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO. NOT MINCING WORDS ON WHAT THE. COST COULD BE FOR IRAN. >> I SAW THE FOREIGN MINISTER.

WHO THE OTHER DAY SAID ABOUT. POLICIES, AND I FOR AND I PRAYED. THE PRESIDENT'S POLICY IS A HEAD. FOR AN EYE. HONESTLY THAT'S WHAT IT'S GOING. TO BE. THEY WILL PAY A VERY HEAVY. PRICE. >> Sandra: I AM SANDRA SMITH. IN NEW YORK. >> Gillian: THAT WAS A GREAT. LINE FROM THE SECRETARY. GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. GILLIAN TURNER IN FOR JOHN. PRESIDENT'S COMMENTS COME AS A. NEW FRONT OPENS IN THE WAR WITH. IRAN. THE HOUTHIS HAVE STRUCK TWO. SAUDI OIL TANKERS IN THE RED. SEA. INDIANA SENATOR JIM BANKS WITH. US TO WEIGH IN AND ALSO THE.

DEBATE OVER ADDITIONAL WAR. FIGHTING. >> Sandra: WE ARE GOING TO. KICK OFF WITH OUR FOX TEAM. COVERAGE ALEXANDRIA HOFF IS AT. THE WHITE HOUSE AS THE. ADMINISTRATION EXPLORES A. NUCLEAR DEAL WITH SAUDI ARABIA. FIRST LET'S GET TO OUR CHIEF. FOREREIGN CORRESPONDENT. TREY YINGST PERIOD. >> GOOD AFTERNOON PERRY THERE. ARE INDICATIONS THE WAR WITH. IRAN COULD ESCALATE IN THE. COMING DAYS. "THE WALL STREET JOURNAL". REPORTS THE U.S. MILITARY IS. SURGING.

EQUIPMENT, ASSETS, MADDOX, SPECIAL FORCES TO THE REGION AND. PREPARATION TO GIVE. PRESIDENT TRUMP A VARIETY OF. OPTIONS MOVING FORWARD. THIS DOES FOLLOW THE 12TH. STRAIGHT NIGHT OF U.S. STRIKES. AGAINST IRAN. THEY HAVE EXPANDED THE TARGET. LIST NOT JUST GOING AFTER. POSITIONS NEAR TO THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ BUT ALSO DEEPER INSIDE. IRANIAN TERRITORY. ACCORDING TO CENTCOM THE RECENT. STRIKES HAVE FOCUSED ON. DEGRADING IRAN'S ABILITY TO. THREATEN VESSELS IN THE. STRAIT OF HORMUZ. PRESIDENT TRUMP ON WEDNESDAY. WARNED IRAN DIRECTLY SAYING THE.

UNITED STATES WOULD TARGET ONE. BRIDGE OR A POWER PLANT ANY TIME. IRAN SHOOTS AT A SHIP IN THE. STRAIT. PRESIDENT T TRUMP HAS ALSO. INDICATED A NEW WARNING IS BEING. ISSUED TO THE HOUTHIS IN YEMEN. HE SAYS IF HOUTHI FORCES ATTACK. ADDITIONAL VESSELS THAT BOTH. IRAN AND THE HOUTHIS WOULD FACE. MAJOR MILITARY PUNISHMENT. THE WARNING COMES AFTER TWO. SAUDI OWNED OIL TANKERS WERE. TARGETED BY THE YEMENI PROXY. GROUP HERE THE PRESIDENT SPOKE. YESTERDAY FROM GEORGIA ABOUT THE. ONGOING CONFLICT AND THE ACTIONS. OF IRANIAN OFFICIALS.

>> WE ARE LIKEWISE WINNING IN. THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN AND. WE ARE ENSURING THAT THEY WILL. NEVER EVER BE ABLE TO DO TO US. WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO SO MANY. >> OVERNIGHT IRAN LAUNCHED NEW. ATTACKS AGAINST U.S. BASES IN. KUWAIT AND BAHRAIN. SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO. INDICATED THAT IRAN WILL. CONTINUE TO PAY A HEAVY PRICE. FOR THESE ACTIONS AND THEIR. UNWILLINGNESS TO MAKE A DEAL. ABOUT THIS STRAIT. SPEAK WITH THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE. CALLING US EVERY DAY BEGGING US.

TO DO A DEAL PRAY THEY SEND US. MESSAGES TO OTHER COUNTRIES. THEY ARE RUNNING OUT OF. COUNTRIES TO SEND. THE PROBLEM IS EVERY TIME THESE. PEOPLE DO A DEAL THEY EITHER. BREAK IT OR AFTER THEY MAKE IT. THEY WANT TO CHANGE THE DEAL. THEY ARE PROBABLY NOT READY TO. DO A DEAL YET BUT THEY WILL BE. SOON. THE PRICE THEY ARE PAYING IS. VERY HIGH. >> HERE IN ISRAEL THERE'S A. SIMILAR ASSESSMENT THE CONFLICT. COULD ESCALATE FOR THE COMING. DAYS I'VE HEARD MANY PUBLIC BOMB. SHELTERS HAS BEEN OPENED AS. ISRAELIS PREPARE FOR THE. POSSIBILITY OF INCOMING IRANIAN. MISSILE FIRE.

>> Sandra: BEFORE YOU GO CAN. THEY GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON. EVERYTHING YOU JUST REPORTED AND. THIS ONGOING DEBATE THAT WE ARE. ALL SEEING ON ADDITIONAL WAR. FUNDING. WHAT YOU ARE HEARING ON THAT. FRONT. >> THE UNITED STATES RIGHT NOW. IS PREPARING BOTH OFFENSIVELY. AND DEFENSIVELY FOR THE. POSSIBILITY THAT THIS CONFLICT. ESCALATES AND THAT'S GOING TO. REQUIRE A LOT OF MONEY AND. RESOURCES ON THE GROUND BECAUSE. WE ARE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT. THE FIGHTER JETS AND THE. REFUELERS THAT ARE STAGING. ACROSS THE REGION ALONG WITH THE.

SPECIAL FORCES ACCORDING TO THE. WALL STREET JOURNAL. WE ARE TALKING ABOBOUT AIR DEFEE. SYSTEMS THE UNITED STATES HAS. PROVIDED TO ALLIES LIKE ISRAEL. FOR MISSILE INTERCEPTORS AND THE. PATRIOT SYSTEMS THAT WORK TO. SHOOT DOWN INCOMING IRANIAN. FIRE. THERE ARE A LOT OF MOVING PARTS. BEHIND THE SCENES AND NOW WHEN. WE LOOK AT THE NEW WARNINGS. TODAY IT'S NOT JUST FOCUS ON. IRAN. IT'S ALSO LOOKING AT PROXIES. ACROSS THE REGION LIKE THE. HOUTHIS IN YEMEN THAT PREVIOUSLY. CAME UNDER AMERICAN ATTACK AFTER. THEY WERE THREATENING FORCES IN. THE REGION. >> Sandra: APPRECIATE YOUR AS.

ALWAYS EXCELLENT REPORTING. TREY YINGST IN TEL AVIV. THANK YOU. >> Gillian: TO ALEX HOFF AT. THE WHITE HOUSE. KAROROLINE LEAVITT JUST WRAPPEDP. HER BRIEFING. ALEX, WHAT WAS YOUR TAKEAWAY? >> QUESTIONS LEANED HEAVILY ON. THE STATEMENTS PRESIDENT TRUMP. PUT OUT REGARDING THE CIVIL. NUCLEAR DEAL THAT'S BEEN SIGNED. WITH SAUDI ARABIA. THAT STATEMENT HE PUT OUT. EMPHASIZES THE DEAL MANDATES NO. ENRICHMENT OF MATERIAL AND. PERTAINS ONLY TO NONMILITARY USE. BUT IN THEIR, SOMEWHAT OF A. CURVEBALL AND THE PRESIDENT. SAYING THAT THE AGREEMENT IS. TOTALLY SUBJECT TO SAUDI ARABIA.

JOINING THE VERY RESPECTED AND. SUCCESSFUL ABRAHAM ACCORDS. SAUDI ARABIA HAS NEVER EXPRESSED. ANY WILLINGNESS TO DO THIS. KAROLINE LEAVITT ASKED WHY IT. WAS NOT PART OF THE INITIAL. AGREEMENT. THE CONDITION TO NORMALIZE. RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL HAS BEEN. ADDED. >> AS YOU KNOW THE PRESIDENT. JUST PUT OUT THIS STATEMENT A. FEW HOURS AGO. I DON'T BELIEVE HE HAS HAD A. CALL WITH MBS IN THE HOURS. SINCE. HOWEVER, THIS IS SOMETHING HE. HAS RAISED IN PREVIOUS. CONVERSATIONS AND HAS ALSO SAID. MANY TIMES IN THE PAST.

>> IF HE DOESN'T AGREE TO THAT, THE DEAL IS GOING TO BE DEAD, SHE SAYS. AT 2:30 THE PRESIDENT WILL. PARTICIPATE IN A RATEPAYER. PROTECTION PLEDGE. MAKING SURE THE E COST OF DATA. CENTERS ARE NOT PASSED ON TO A. MIRACLE AND -- AMERICAN. HOUSEHOLDS. TREASURY SECRETARY BESSENT SAID. THAT THE U.S. COULD SANCTION. BEIJING FOR ACCUSATIONS OF TECH. THEFT BY THEM USING AMERICAN AI. TO BUILD THEIR OWN MODELS. I ASKED ABOUT THIS.

>> DO YOU THINK THIS WILL COME. UP WHEN THE PRESIDENT MEETS WITH. PRESIDENT XI IN SEPTEMBER? >> I'VE HAD THE HONOR OF BEING. PART OF SOME OF THE MEETINGS AND. DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN. PRESIDENT TRUMP AND PRESIDENT XI. AND I CAN TELL YOU THERE'S. ALWAYS A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS. THAT COME UP. I WOULD IMAGINE THIS WOULD BE. SOMETHING THTHAT'S OF HIGH. IMPORTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT AND. THIS ADMINISTRATION TO OBVIOUSLY. ENSURE THAT AMERICA REMAINS. DOMINANT IN THE AI RACE. >> LATER TODAY THE PRESIDENT. WILL BE HOSTING PLAYERS FROM THE. WORLD SERIES CHAMPION LOS.

ANGELES DODGERS, GUYS THREE BACK. TO GILLIAN. >> Gillian: ALEX HOFOF, THANK YOU. >> Sandra: INDIANA REPUBLICAN. SENATOR JIM BANKS, A MEMBER OF. THE SENATE ARMED SERVICES. COMMITTEE. I WANT TO PUT UP THIS REPORT. FROM AXIOS. PRESIDENT TRUMP CONSIDERING A. MASSIVE ATTACK BIGGER THAN EVER. BEFORE. I'M CLOSE TO MAKING A DECISION. WE ARE ALL SET FOR IT. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE HAPPEN. HERE? >> THIS IS THE ONLY THING THE. IRANIANS UNDERSTAND AND THAT IS. THE FULL FORCE OF THE AMERICAN. MILITARY. THEY HAVE TO FEEL THE PAIN.

AS YOU HEARD SECRETARY RUBIO. SAY. CAN'T MAKE A DEAL WITH THESE. PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS BREAK. IT. THEY WON'T KEEP A DEAL UNTIL. THEY KNOW THAT THERE IS TRULY. HELL TO PAY. WE HAVE HAD 12 NIGHTS IN A ROW. OF STRIKES ON IRAN AND EACH. NIGHT HAS BEEN TOUGHER THAN THE. NIGHT BEFORE AND PRESIDENT TRUMP. IS SAYING YOU HAVEN'T SEEN. ANYTHING YET. WE ARE GOING TO TAKE OUT YOUR. BRIDGES. WE ARE GOING TO TAKE OUT YOUR. POWER PLANTS. WE ARE GOING TO HOLD YOU. ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE ACTIONS OF. THE HOUTHIS.

THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT. FOR THE IRANIANS AND THE. AYATOLLAHS ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO. CAN CONTROL THE HOUTHIS AND. HEZBOLLAH AND HAMAS. THE PROXY GROUPS THAT IRAN HAS. FUNDED FOR SO LONG. WE WILL HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE. FOR THAT. THIS IS WHAT PEACE THROUGH. STRENGTH IS ALL ABOUT. WE'VE GOT TO HOLD THEM. ACCOUNTABLE. THE IRANIANS ARE USED TO TOUGH. TALK FROM OBAMA AND BIDEN AND. THE FORMER PRESIDENTS BUT WITH. PRESIDENT TRUMP THEY ARE DEALING. WITH THREATS THAT THE PRESIDENT. IS GOING TO KEEP. THEY KNOW WHEN THEY ARE DEALING.

WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP HE'S GOING. TO DO WHAT HE SAID HE'S GOING TO. DO SO THERE IS STILL MORE HELL. TO PAY IF THEY DON'T COME TO THE. TABLE AND DO THE RIGHT THING AND. END THEIR NUCLEAR PROGRAM AND. STOP FUNDING THEIR PROXY. TERRORIST GROUPS. >> Sandra: SPEAKING OF. SECRETARY RUBIO HE SAID THIS ON. THE IRANIAN REGIME. LISTEN. >> THE UNITED STATES IS. COMFORTABLE LEAVING THESE EVIL. LUNATICS IN PLACE. >> THEY CAN'T HAVE A NUCLEAR. WEAPON. IMAGINE WHAT THEY WOULD DO TO. THE WORLD. FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, DAY ONE. OF THE OPERATION WAS VERY CLEAR.

WE WERE GOING TO D DEGRADE THE. MISSILE LAUNCHERS, DRONES, AND. FACTORIES AND NAVY. >> Sandra: IT'S A VERY CLEAR. MESSAGE THAT SECRETARY RUBIO AND. THE ADMINISTRATION ARE SENDING, SENATOR. >> COULDN'T BE ANY MORE CLEAR. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN. TRANSPARENT AS SECRETARY RUBIO. HAS EVERY SINGLE STEP P OF THE. WAY. HERE'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IF. YOU DON'T DO THE RIGHT THING AND. END YOUR NUCLEAR PROGRAM. WE ARE GOING TO WIPE OUT YOUR. MILITARY. WE ARE GOING TO WIPE OUT YOUR. NUCLEAR ENRICHMENT SITES. NOW HE'S TELLING THEM AND THEY.

KNOW HE'S FORECASTING TO THEM. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THEM. IF THEY DON'T DO THE RIGHT THING. WE ARE GOING TO TAKE OUT YOUR. BRIDGES AND POWER PLANTS. SO IT'S TIME FOR THEM TO DO THE. RIGHT THING. SECRETARY RUBIO HAS SAID OVER. AND OVER AGAIN THAT YOU CAN'T. NEGOTIATE WITH PEOPLE THAT DON'T. KEEP THEIR WORD. BUT WHEN THEY FEEL THE PAIN, THEN THEY WILL HAVE NO OTHER. CHOICE BUT TO COME TO THE TABLE. AND END THEIR NUCLEAR R PROGRAM. AND DO THE RIGHT THING. HOPEFULLY THAT HAPPENS SOONER. THAN LATER. >> Sandra: WE NEED MORE. FUNDING? THIS DEBATE IS RAGING ON.

>> IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART. ABOUT THIS, DEMOCRATS ARE. BLOCKING FUNDING FOR OUR. MILITARY. THIS ISN'T POLITICAL. IT ISN'T CONTROVERSIAL. IT ISN'T PRESIDENT TRUMP ASKING. FOR MONEY FOR OUR MILITARY. THIS IS, EACH BRANCH OF THE. MILITARY IS SAYING HERE IS WHAT. WE NEED TO RESTORE OUR MUNITIONS. TO KEEP OUR TROOPS SAFE, AND WIN. THE WAR. DEMOCRATS ARE BLOCKING THAT. FUNDING THROUGH THEY HAVE. POLITICIZED SOMETHING THAT. SHOULDN'T BE POLITICAL. THAT'S THE SAFETY OF OUR MEN AND. WOMEN IN UNIFORM. IT'S COMPLETELY SHAMEFUL.

>> Sandra: I WANT TO FINISH. OFF WITH THIS BECAUSE THERE'S A. BIG DISCUSSION HERE AT HOME. ABOUT HOW HOW THIS IS AFFECTING. EVERYDAY AMERICANS. WE ARE SEEING ENERGY PRICES A. BIT HIGHER THAN A COUPLE OF. WEEKS AGO. WE STOPPED AND ASKED PEOPLE IN. NEW YORK CITY HOW THEY ARE. FEELING ABOUT IT. >> GAS IS ABOUT $4 A GALLON FOR. THE 87. I'VE GOT THREE KIDS IN SPORTS SO. I AM DRIVING ABOUT 800 MILES A. WEEK. IT ADDS UP QUITE A BIT.

>> I DON'T LIKE PAYING $4 A. TANK. $4 EVERY GALLON. IT'S A LITTLE BIT TOO HIGH BUT. THERE'S NOT MUCH I CAN DO ABOUT. IT. >> IT'S VERY HIGH. >> VERY EXPENSIVE. >> VERY EXPENSIVE BECAUSUSE OF E. WAR GOING ON. THAT'S WHY I THINK EVERYBODY IS. SUFFERING. >> Sandra: OIL PRICES COME OUT. THE BENCHMARK EEUTI TOPPING 92. BRANT CRUDE ABOVE $100.

NOT A CRAZY PRICE SPIKE BUT. THERE'S BEEN CHANGES IN RECENT. DAYS AND WEEKS AS THIS. CONTINUOUS. FINAL THOUGHTS ON HOW IT SHOULD. PLAY INTO DECISION MAKING. >> IT'S IMPORTANT. I DON'T DISCOUNT IT. I HEAR FROM HOOSIERS THAT TALK. ABOUT HIGH GAS PRICES AND WE. WANT GAS PRICES TO COME DOWN AND. THE GOOD NEWS AS YOU SAW WHEN. THE PRESIDENT SIGNED THE SHORT. TERM MOU WITH THE IRANIANS YOU. SAW GAS PRICES IMMEDIATELY GO. DOWN. NOW THEY ARE CREEPING BACK UP.

WE KNOW THAT AS SOON AS WE. STRIKE A DEAL AN END IRAN'S. ABILITY TO HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. AND WE CAN FINISH THE WAR, WE. KNOW GAS PRICES WILL IMMEDIATELY. GO DOWN TO WHERE THEY NEED TO. BE, LOWER THAN WE'VE EVER SEEN. BEFORE BECAUSE OF. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ENERGY. POLICIES. THIS IS TEMPORARY. I FEEL THE PAIN. I HEAR THIS FROM HOOSIERS AS. WELL. GAS PRICES WILL GO DOWN AS SOON. AS IRAN DOES THE.