Trump says Hamas has 'AGREED TO DISARM'

. PROSECUTORS SAY THEY WILL BE. READY FOR IT. >> Dana: THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. >> Sandra: PRESIDENT TRUMP WITH. A MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT ON GAZA. SAYING HAMAS AND ALL OTHER ARMED. GROUPS HAVE AGREED TO FULLY. DISARM. MAJOR MILESTONE IN THE. PRESIDENT'S 20-POINT GAZA PEACE. PLAN. HE POSTED ON TRUTH SOCIAL THIS. AGREEMENT IS A STEP GAZA WILL BE. GOVERNED BY THE BOARD OF PEACE.

GAZA NO LONGER USED AS A BASE. FOR TERROR ATTACKS. A FORMER COMMANDER OF THE U.S.S. COLE. WELCOME TO YOU. HOW BIG IS THIS? >> GOOD MORNING, SANDRA. I THINK IT IS A BIG DEAL. IT DEMONSTRATES THAT PRESIDENT. TRUMP IS PURSUING DIPLOMATIC. MEANS TO TRY TO CREATE AND. ATMOSPHERE AND POLICY WITHIN THE. MIDDLE EAST WHERE CONFLICT IS. NOT THE FIRST CHOICE BUT. DIPLOMACY IS. I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, THIS OPENING FOR GAZA TO FINALLY.

BE ABLE TO GET A NEW PALESTINIAN. GOVERNMENT, TO BE ABLE TO. DETERMINE THEIR FUTURE, THEIR. OWN DESTINY I THINK IS A MAJOR. STEP FORWARD. I'M SURE THAT ISRAEL WILL HAVE. SEVERE CONCERNS AND THAT THE. VERIFIABLE STEPS TO DISARM HAMAS. WILL HAVE TO BE CONCRETE, VERIFIABLE AND THAT THEY'LL HAVE. TO WITNESS IT AS IT GOES THROUGH. THE VARIOUS STAGES. AT THE END OF THE DAY IT IS. EXACTLY WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS. ALWAYS ADVOCATED, LET GAZA. BECOME THAT RIVERA ON THE.

IMMEDIATE TERRAIN ONCOAST THERE. >> Sandra: WE'LL CONTINUE TO. FOLLOW THE DEVELOPMENTS THERE. ASK YOU NOW ABOUT SAUDI ARABIA. AND IRAN TARGETING THE STRATEGIC. ASSETS IN KUWAIT, BAHRAIN, AFTER. THE EGYPT DRONE ATTACK. HOW SIGNIFICANT OF A DEVELOPMENT. IS THIS, SIR? >> I LOOK AT IT AS A MAJOR STEP. FORWARD. FOR THE FIRST TIME SAUDI ARABIA. IS TAKING A ROLE DEFINING TROIS. THEIR SECURITY INTERESTS ARE AND.

WHAT THEY ARE WILLING TO DO. THEY ARE PULLING TOGETHER THE. COALITION THAT THEY HAVE NEVER. DONE OUTSIDE OF OPEC TRYING TO. CREATE THE CONDITIONS TO TRY TO. SAFEGUARD THEIR SHIPS COMING. THROUGH THE RED SEAPORTS WHERE. THEY WON'T BE ATTACKED BY THE. HOUTHI REBELS. THE UNFORTUNATE SIDE OF THIS THE. NATIONS THEY HAVE PULLED. TOGETHER TO DO THIS LITERALLY DO. NOT HAVE THE CAPABILITY. THEY DON'T HAVE THE FORWARD. DEPLOYED CAPACITY OR THE. WARSHIPS THAT CAN DEFEND AGAINST. THE ATTACKS BY THE HOUTHI. REBELS. LET'S FACE IT. THE HOUTHIS HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE.

MOST MODERN WEAPONS POSSIBLE BY. IRAN AS ONE OF THEIR PROXY. GROUPS TO INFLUENCE IRAN'S POWER. WITHIN THE REGION. SO WHILE A MAJOR STEP FORWARD, I. THINK THAT THE REALITY ON THE. GROUND IN THE STRAIT IS GOING TO. BE VERY, VERY TENUOUS AT BEST. >> Sandra: SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE. SAYING IT IS BIG NEWS BUT. IRRELEVANT? >> IN REALITY I THINK IT IS. I THINK THAT SAUDI ARABIA IS. TAKING THIS STEP FORWARD AT THE. END OF THE DAY THEY WILL HAVE TO. TRY AND WORK AND SEE IF THE.

UNITED STATES HAS ANYTHING THAT. THEY CAN SPARE OUTSIDE OF THE. CURRENT CONFLICT WITH IRAN THAT. MAY HAVE THE CAPACITY AND. CAPABILITY. SAUDI ARABIA BY THE SAME TOKEN. COULD TURN TO EUROPE, WHICH DOES. GET OIL FROM THAT COUNTRY, AND. SAY WE NEED HELP AND BRING THOSE. EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, WHO DO HAVE. THE CAPACITY AND CAPABILITY, TO. DEFEND AGAINST THOSE DRONES AND. MISSILES FROM THE HOUTHI REBELS. AND PROTECT THE SHIPPING COMING. THROUGH THE.