Trump: We're 'KICKING IRAN'S ASS'

JOHNSON AND GOVERNOR PRITZKER. NEED TO CALL HIM. >> Dana: THANK YOU. >> President Trump: BY THE WAY, WE'RE KICKING IRAN'S ASS, YOU. KNOW THAT, RIGHT? ONE WAY OR THE OTHER IT WILL END. VERY SOON. WE'RE SAVING THIS COUNTRY FROM A. PROBLEM AND THE MIDDLE EAST AND. ISRAEL AND EVERYBODY. WE ARE SAVING THE WORLD FROM. WHAT COULD BE ONE OF THE WORST. TRAGEDIES EVER. WE WON'T LET THEM HAVE IT. THEY WON'T HAVE IT. >> Bill: WHAT IS HAPPENING IN. THE MIDDLE EAST.

PROGRESS IN THE LAST 24 HOURS IN. AN AREA THAT HELPED -- ONE OF. THE TWO BIG CHOKE POINTS IN THE. REGION. OVER ON THE MAP WE'VE BEEN. TALKING A LOT ABOUT THE STRAIT. OF HORMUZ. LET ME PUT THAT IN YELLOW HERE. TO SEE THE CONTRAST BETTER. OVER HERE WHY YEMEN THE BAB. EL-MANDELO STRAIT IS CRITICAL. FOR THE RED SEA AND SAUDI ARABIA. GETTING OAT TO THE MARKET. ESPECIALLY IN ASIA. WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT WITH. YEMENI FORCES BACKED BY THE. SAUDIS. THEY'VE SEEN PROGRESS.

THE CAPITAL CITY HAS BEEN. CONTROLLED BY THE HOUTHIS FOR 12. YEARS. FIGHTING TO THE EAST AND DOWN IN. THE SOUTH AS WELL. WHAT IS CRITICAL TO UNDERSTAND. ABOUT THIS GEOGRAPHY IS YEMEN IS. WHAT BORDERS THE RED SEA. THAT'S THE CRITICAL AREA. THAT'S WHERE THE HOUTHIS CAN PUT. FORCES IN THERE AND HAVE STRUCK. THE SHIPPING LANE. THE TOWN OF MOKA, THERE WAS. SUCCESS ON BEHALF OF YEMENI. FORCES BACKED BY THE SAUDIS AND.

DOWN HERE THEY TOOK OCCUPANCY OF. AN AIRSTRIP AS WELL. WHAT THAT DOES THEN IS ALLOWS. SAUDI ARABIA TO GET THE OIL TO. MARKET AND PLACES IN ASIA. THE HOUTHIS HAVE NOT GIVEN UP. THEY STRUCK BACK SPECIFICALLY. CHANGE THIS COLOR FROM YELLOW TO. RED. THEY CLAIM THEY HIT THE AIRPORT. IN RIYADH IN THAT LOCATION. AND HERE THIS TOWN, RIGHT HERE. ON THE RED SEA WHERE THE CLAIMS. ON BEHALF OF THE HOUTHIS.

WANT TO BRING IN SPIDER MARKSON. TO TALK ABOUT THIS. RERETIRED ARMY GENERAL. NICE TO SEE YOU. IT STRIKES ME THIS IS GOOD NEWS. THE HOUTHIS ARE TOUGH FIGHTERS. IT HAS BEEN A BELLIGERENT WAR. GOING BACK A DOZEN YEARS. HOW DO YOU RATE THE SUCCESS. OVERNIGHT? >> FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR. HAVING ME ON THIS MORNING. THERE REALLY ARE FOUR THINGS. THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT. RIGHT NOW. FIRST OF ALL, THE SAUDIS AS YOU. HAVE INDICATED HAVE BEEN AT THIS. FOR OVER A DECADE WITH SOME.

SUCCESS BUT THE HOUTHIS STILL. HAVE SOME CAPABILITY AND THEY. ARE DEMONSTRATING THAT. CAPABILITY. BUT THE SAUDIS AND YEMENI. FORCES, THERE ARE SOME. LIMITATIONS. THESE ARE IMMEDIATE WHAT WE'VE. SEEN SOME IMMEDIATE TACTICAL. SUCCESSES BUT THE APPLICATION OF. FORCE WITH BOTH OF THOSE IS. PROBABLY PRETTY PIECEMEAL. NOT A LOT OF WHAT I WOULD CALL. SHARED VISUAUALIZATION OF THE. BATTLEFIELD. THEY ARE HAVING A LEVEL OF. SUCCESS GOING AFTER TARGETS BUT.

THERE ARE SOME LIMITS. THE SECOND THING I WOULD SAY IS. THAT THIS REALLY IS ALL ABOUT. THE BROADER MIDEAST. YOUR MAP OF SAUDI ARABIA WITH. THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ AND THE BAB. EL-MANDEDELO INDICATES THE U.S. PRESENCE IS ALL ABOUT TRYING TO. CONTROL OR AT LEAST CHOOSING TO. CONTROL THROUGH PRIORITY OF. EFFORT BOTH THE STRAIT AND THE. BAB EL-MANDELO IF THEY CHOOSE. IF THE UNITED STATES CHOOSES TO. GET INVOLVED IN THIS FIGHT. DIRECTCTLY IN SUPPORT OF THE.

YEMENI FORCES AND THE SAUDIS. TO DATE THEY INDICATED THEY. AREN'T GOING TO DO THAT. ALSO I THINK IT IS FAIR TO SAY. THAT KIND OF THE FINAL THOUGHT. MAYBE IS THAT IRGC IS HAVING. SOME SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES. THEY ARE STRETCHED NOT ONLY IN. TERMS OF WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO. DO IN IRAN TO APPLY PRESSURE AT. THE STRAIT AND ALSO TO TRY TO. CONTROL THE POPULATION, WHICH IS. A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM FOR THE. REGIME RIGHT NOW. IRGC IS STRETCHED THERE.

THEY HAVE PROVIDED SOME TYPE OF. SUPPORT PRESENCE ON THE GROUND. IN SUPPORT OF THE HOUTHIS. SO IT REALLY IS A COMBINATION OF. THOSE FACTORS THAT NEED TO BE. CONSIDERED RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF. EVALUATING THE SUCCESS GOING. FORWARD. >> Bill: YOU REALLY WANT TO. DAMPEN THAT SECOND FRONT. YOU DON'T WANT THE SECOND CHOKE. POINT TO LOSOSE CONTROL OF IT. IN ENGLAND, WE ESSENTIALLY. EVACUATED OUR LONG-RANGE BOMBERS. OUT OF THAT BASE IN WESTERN.

ENGLAND. THE PRESIDENT WAS ASKED ABOUT. THAT YESTERDAY ON THE SOUTH LAWN. OF THE WHITE HOUSE. >> President Trump: WE HAD AN. IDEA THERE MIGIGHT BE A THREAT. AND WHY WOULD I LEAVE THEM. THERE? IT COSTS VERY LITTLE MONEY TO. MOVE THEM RELATIVELY CLOSELY. BUT NO, WE HAD A THREAT AND IF. WE ARE GOING TO BE THREATENED. WE'LL JUST MOVE THEM. THAT ALLEVIATED THAT. WE KNOW THE PEOPLE THAT MADE THE. THREAT. >> WE THINK THERE IS A RISK IRAN. HAVE GOTTEN COMBAT DRONES IN THE.

U.K. >> President Trump: IF THEY DID. THEY WILL SUFFER GREATLY. >> Bill: BRITISH POLICE ARRESTED. ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL IN ENGLAND. DESCRIBED AS A 22-YEAR-OLD MAN. IN LONDON ON SUSPIPICION OF. TERROR. WHERE DO YOU SEE THE STORY GOING. AND DO YOU TRUST THE BRITISH. GOVERNMENT TO RUN IT DOWN. SUCCESSFULLY? >> TO ANSWER YOUR SECOND. QUESTION YES, WE NEED THAT LEVEL. OF TRUST OF INTELLIGENCE SHARING. WHICH WE'VE HAD VERY. SUCCESSFULLY FOR YEARSRS. I'M CONFIDENT THAT THE BRITS, WITH SUPPORT FROM THE UNITED.

STATES, WILL GET ENGAGED AND. WILL TRY TO UNCOVER WHAT THIS. IS. THE PRIMARY THING IS IT'S THE. PROLIFERATION AND RADICALIZATION. THAT TAKES PLACE, NUMBER ONE. WE'VE SEEN THAT OVER THE COURSE. OF DECADES. VERY EASY TO IDENTIFY VULNERABLE. POPULATIONS AND GO AFTER THEM. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE HERE. IT SPEAKS TO THE LARGER. VULNERABILITY THAT THE UNITED. STATES HAS OBVIOUSLY WITH ITS. REACH OVER THE HORIZON AND ITS. BASING ARRANGEMENTS. IT IS NOT DIFFICULT TO GET YOUR.

HANDS ON DRONES AND WEAPONIZE. THEM. WHAT IS THE INTELLIGENCE TELLING. YOU UP FRONT SO YOU CAN BE. ACTIONABLE AND GO AFTER THOSE. TARGETS IN ADVANCE OF A STRIKE? ON THE B-1 BOMBERS THE. INTELLIGENCE WAS FAULTY. WE FIGURED IT OUT BEFORE THERE. WAS A CHALLENGE BUT IT WAS A. WISE DECISION IN TERMS OF. OPERATIONAL DECISION TO RELOCATE. THOSE B-1 BOMBERS. I WOULD NOT MISREAD THAT AS A. DEPARTURE FROM THE REGION BY THE.

UNITED STATES. >> Bill: I HAVE AGREE WITH THAT. FAIRFORD IS 100 MILES DUE WEST. OF LONDON. SEVEN ARRESTS.