
Trump WARNS Houthis after latest strikes on Saudi Arabia
D. BACK. >> John: MORE TO COME ON THIS. DAVID SPUNT FOR US, THANK YOU. >> Sandra: THE IRAN-BACKED. HOUTHI THREATENING SAUDI ARABIA. WITH NEW STRIKES AFTER THE. DEADLY AIRPORT ATTACK OVER THE. WEEKEND. PRESIDENT TRUMP SPOKE TO. REPORTERS ON THAT JUST A MOMENT. AGO. >> Reporter: HAVE YOU MADE A. DECISION ON THE HOUTHIS? >> THEY ARE BEHAVING VERY BADLY. >> WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO. ABOUT THAT? >> IF I TOLD YOU I MADE A. DECISION. THE HOUTHIS HAVE ACTED VERY. BADLY. >> Sandra: REBECCA HEINRICH ON. NEXT STEPS THE PRESIDENT MIGHT.
TAKE BUT LET'S GET TO CHIEF. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT. TREY YINGST. >> SANDRA, GOOD AFTERNOON. THE IRAN-BACKED HOUTHIS. LAUNCHING ADDITIONAL ATTACKS. AGAINST SAUDI ARABIA OVERNIGHT. FIRING A BALLISTIC MISSILE. TOWARD THE CAPITAL OF RIYADH. THIS CAME AFTER A DEADLY. WEEKEND. 14 KILLED AND HUNDREDS INJURED. AT KING KHALID INTERNATIONAL. AIRPORT THE HOUTHIS TRYING. THREATENING TO ESCALATE THE. SITUATION WARNING FOREIGN. AIRLINES AGAINST USING SAUDI. AIRSPACE OR AIRPORTS RIYADH,
SAUDI ARABIA, HAS ISSUED A. NOTICE TO AIRMEN SUSPENDING. OPERATIONS AT THE AIRPORT FOR. THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. GENERAL JACK KEANE REACTING TO. THE ESCALATION TODAY ON FOX. EXPLAINING HOW IT COULD BE. ADDRESSED. >> IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE IN THE. REGION COMING TOGETHER CERTAINLY. FOR THE GREATER GOOD OF THE. REGION AND THAT'S WHY THE. UNITED STATES HAS BEEN INVOLVED. FROM THE BEGINNING BUT THAT. COULD LEAD TO THAT KIND OF. STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE WHICH HAS. ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF THE REASONS. WHY WE HAVE GONE TO WAR WITH.
IRAN. WE CAN'T LET THE HOUTHIS. CONTINUE TO DO THIS WANTON. KILLING OF INNOCENT PEOPLE. >> THE QUESTION HERE IS IF THE. UNITED STATES COULD GET MORE. DIRECTLY INVOLVED POSSIBLY. LAUNCHING STRIKES AGAINST THE. HOUTHIS FEARED THE UPTICK IN. VIOLENCE HAS WORRIED MANY U.S. GULF ALLIES OVER CONCERNS THE. ATTACKS COULD UNRAVEL AND. EVENTUALLY INCLUDE IRANIAN. INVOLVEMENT ONCE AGAIN. >> TARGETING THE KINGDOM OF. SAUDI ARABIA IS NOT THE ONLY. TARGET TO THE GULF COUNTRIES. FOR THE HOUTHIS TO TARGET THE. ENTIRE REGION AND TARGET THE. GLOBAL SECURITY.
THOSE THAT BELIEVE THAT PEACE IN. THE WORLD IS A COMMON. RESPONSIBILITY MUST HAVE ONE. FIRM DEFINITE STANCE. I DO NOT SAY THAT THEY MUST. CONDEMN THE HOUTHI TERRORIST. ATTACKS ON THE KINGDOM BUT THEY. SHOULD HAVE A FIRM STANCE IN. TAKING EFFECTIVE STEPS TO. CONFRONT THIS THREAT. >> TODAY IT APPEARS THE SAUDIS. ARE STRIKING BACK. THEIR MILITARY ISSUED AN. EVACUATION ORDER FOR THE YEMENI. OIL COMPANY. A HOUTHI CONTROLLED FACILITY. AHEAD OF POSSIBLE STRIKES. THE HOUTHIS QUICKLY RESPONDED. ISSUING AN EVACUATION ORDER FOR.
FACILITIES IN SAUDI ARABIA. THE PRESIDENT WEIGHING IN IN A. LENGTHY POST ON TRUTHSOCIAL. TODAY ADDING ONCE AGAIN THE. HOUTHIS ARE BEHAVING VERY BADLY. REMINDING THEM HE'LL BE AFTER. THE MIDTERM ELECTION AND HE. WON'T FORGET. >> Sandra: TREY YINGST, THANK YOU. >> John: LET'S DIG DEEPER ON. THIS WITH FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR. REBECCAH HEINRICHS GREAT LET'S. PUT UP ON THE SCREEN HERE A MAP. OF THE HOUTHIS AND THEIR MAJOR. ESCALATION AGAINST SAUDI ARABIA. THE TWO BIG AIRPORTS THEY HIT. WITH THE KING KHALID. INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN RIYADH. WHICH IS RIGHT IN THE CENTER AND. THE KING FAHD INTERNATIONAL.
AIRPORT IN DAMMAM. THEY HIT SOME OTHER ONES AS. WELL. THIS IS THE HOUTHIS GOING AFTER. CIVILIAN INFRASTRUCTURE. WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD SAY. IN SOME CASES COULD CONSTITUTE A. WAR CRIME. SAUDI ARABIA HITTING BACK. ISSUING AN EVACUATION ORDER FOR. CERTAIN FACILITIES. WHERE DO YOU THINK THIS IS. HEADED? >> THE HOUTHIS HAVE NOT SLOWED. DOWN AS YOU POINTED OUT BUT THEY. ARE EVEN SAYING THEY ARE. DELIBERATELY TARGETING. CIVILIANS. THEY ARE TARGETING CIVILIAN. INFRASTRUCTURE. SAUDI ARABIA IS TRYING TO HAVE. SOME SENSE OF NORMALCY.
THERE'S A BIG ENERGY CONFERENCE. GOING. THEY DIDN'T STOP IT. THEY ARE TRYING TO SHOW NOT ONLY. THAT THEY ARE GOING TO CONTINUE. TO OPERATE NORMALLY BUT THEY ARE. ALSO GOING TO HAVE SOLIDARITY. ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. I THINK THAT WHAT WE JUST HEARD. THERE FOR THAT PARTICULAR. OFFICIAL IS RIGHT. THE HOUTHIS ARE REALLY PART OF. THE SO-CALLED AXIS OF RESISTANCE. FROM THE IRANIANS. THEY ARE NOT JUST TARGETING THE. SAUDI ARABIAN. THEY ARE TARGETING THE ENTIRE. ARCHITECTURE. PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LIVE IN. PEACE, THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE. GOING AFTER. THE U.S. LED WITH OUR GULF. PARTNERS AND THE ISRAELIS TO. ORDER THAT EXISTS IN THE MIDDLE.
EAST. SO WE WANT PEOPLE WHO JUST WANT. TO TRADE AND LIVE IN PEACE BUT. SEEM TO BE ANATHEMA TO THE IRGC. IN IRAN SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND. WHY THE HOUTHIS ARE DOING THIS. PRESIDENT TRUMP A LITTLE BIT. MORE OF WHAT HE IS SAYING. YESTERDAY ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT. THE U.S. WOULD GET INVOLVED. LISTEN. >> Reporter: HAVE YOU. SPOKEN... >> I HAVE. THE HOUTHIS ARE MISBEHAVING VERY. BADLY. >> John: IRANIANS ARE TRYING. TO ESCALATE TO GET. PRESIDENT TRUMP BACK INTO THE. FIGHT BEFORE THE MIDTERM.
ELECTION. THE HOUTHIS ARE BEGGING THE U.S. TO STAY OUT BUT THEY ARE HITTING. SAUDI ARABIA IN SUCH A WAY THAT. IT MAY DEMAND A U.S. RESPONSE. YOU KIND OF WONDER IS ALL OF. THIS GEARED TOWARD PULLING THE. U.S. BACK IN FOR SOME SORT OF. GREATER PUSH AHEAD OF THE. MIDTERM ELECTIONS? BECAUSE THEY WANT TO SEE WHAT. THE EFFECT MIGHT BE? >> I THINK THAT THE IRANIAN. REGIME IS DOING SO BADLY BUT. THAT'S THE IMPORTANT CONTEXT. BECAUSE OF THE U.S. COMMAND. UNDER ADMIRAL COOPER. BECAUSE OF THE NAVAL BLOCKADE. BECAUSE OIL IS GETTING THROUGH.
BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMIC PRESSURE. FOR THE ECONOMY INSIDE IRAN IS. DOING SO BADLY THAT THE IRGC IS. REALLY WORRIED ABOUT THE IRANIAN. PEOPLE RISING UP, HAVING. PROTESTS. WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DO IS. THEY ARE TRYING TO GET THE. HOUTHIS TO CREATE PROBLEMS. BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT. ARE FUNDING THE HOUTHIS AND. DIRECTING HOUTHIS. AND THEY'RE TRYING TO PROVOKE. PRESIDENT TRUMP TO HAVE A. RESPONSE BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT. THE IRGC WANTS, POLITICAL. OPPOSITION AGAINST. PRESIDENT TRUMP. AND HIS ADMINISTRATION. SO I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S. GOING ON. >> John: TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE. THE ELECTION IS. THERE'S A FEELING REPUBLICANS. COULD LOSE THE HOUSE BUT THEY.
COULD HANG ON TO THE SENATE AND. I GUESS IRAN IS TRYING TO CHANGE. THAT CALCULATION AND SEE IF THEY. CAN MAKE THEM LOSE BOTH HOUSES. THE HOUTHIS WARNING THAT. SAUDI ARABIA COME ALL OF THEIR. AIRPORTS ARE IN THE CROSSHAIRS. AS WELL AS INTERNATIONAL. AIRLINES THAT ARE USING THOSE. FACILITIES. LISTEN TO WHAT ONE OF THE. HOUTHIS SAY. >> Interpreter: WE REITERATE. TO LEAVE THOSE AIRPORTS BECAUSE. THEY HAVE BECOME A LEGITIMATE.
TARGET FOR OUR MILITARY FORCES. INDEED OUR MILITARY OPERATIONS. WILL CONTINUE UNTIL ALL SAUDI. OIL FACILITIES AND THE VITAL. FACILITIES ARE DESTROYED. IF SAUDI ARABIA DOES NOT RESPOND. TO THE DEMANDS OF ENDING THE WAR. AND ENDING THE SIEGE. SP WHAT I MEAN, THEY ARE. TARGETING SOME PRETTY SENSITIVE. AREAS. THEY ISSUED EVACUATION ORDERS. FOR ARAMCO FACILITY, SAUDI OIL. FACILITY. THEY ARE A CAPABLE MILITARY. FORCE, THE HOUTHIS, IT SEEMS THE.
UNITED STATES AND SAUDI ARABIA. COULD PUT THESE GUYS TO BED. PRETTY QUICKLY. >> THAT'S RIGHT. THE HOUTHIS ARE A JIHADIST. MILITARY ORGANIZATION. THEY'VE GOT ABOUT 300,000. MEMBERS OF THIS MILITARY. COALITION ORGANIZATION BUT THEY. CAN'T STAND UP TO THE SAUDI. MILITARY WHICH IS VERY CAPABLE. WITH THE HELP OF THE. UNITED STATES. THE UNITED STATES REMAINS WHAT I. CALL, IT'S THE COALESCING FORCE. EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE SO MUCH. FEWER MILITARY OFFICIALS IN. SAUDI ARABIA HELPING THE SAUDIS, THE U.S. LEADERSHIP IS ESSENTIAL.
FOR MAKING SURE THAT THE SAUDIS. CAN OPERATE WELL, THE ORGANIZED. WELL AND HAVE THE CONFIDENCE. WHAT WE DON'T WANT THE AT THIS. POINT IS FOR THE IRANIANS VIA. THE HOUTHIS TO GET THE SAUDIS TO. TAKE A DEAL OR CAPITULATE IN. SOME WAY BECAUSE THEY'RE. NERVOUS. WE WANT THE UNITED STATES TO. BOLSTER THE SAUDIS AND THEN I. THINK IN THE COMING WEEKS YOU'LL. SEE THERE'S A LOT OF MILITARY. FORCE MOVING INTO THE REGION AND. SO PRESIDENT TRUMP IS GETTING. SOME THINGS READY FOR. >> John: I GET A SENSE THE. NEXT THREE WEEKS WILL PROBABLY. BE BE PRETTY STATUS QUO. NOVEMBER 4TH. THINGS MIG.