Trump weighs action against Houthis after Riyadh airport attack

R. CORRESPONDENT TREY YINGST ON THE. GROUND THERE, THANK YOU FOR THAT. REPORT. NOW, ALL EYES ON PRESIDENT TRUMP. HE WEIGHS JOINING SAUDI ARABIA. AND STRIKING BACK. >> IF YOU DECIDE WHETHER TO JOIN. THAT SAUDI STRIKES? LOOKS WE ARE GOING TO LOOK OUT. OF HER GUTS HOW SOON CHRIS WHO. JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THE RECENT. ATTACK. SO WE WILL MAKE A DECISION WE. MOVE VERY QUICKLY. >> US BRING IN FOREIGN POLICY. EXPERT HARLEY LIPPMAN. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. UNTIL NOW THAT U.S. HAS STAYED.

OUT OF THIS THE IRONIC BACK. HOUTHI THEY LEFT OUR AMERICAN. SHIPIPS AND OTHER SHIPS ALONE IN. THE RED SEA. THEY HAVE AN AMERICAN DEAD YOU. HAVE AN ESCORT AND SITUATION. BETWEEN THE SAUDI'S AND THE. HOUTHI. YOU THINK PRESIDENT TRUMP, THE. UNITED STATES GETS INVOLVED NOW? >> YES. AND I WILL TELL YOU WHY THERE. ARE TWO REASONS FOR THIS. ONE IS THIS WAS AN INTENTIONAL. TERRORIST ATTACK. THEY KNEW THEY WOULD BE KILLING. INNOCENT INTERNATIONAL.

PASSENGERS TRAVELING AT AN. AIRPORT AND THEY KILLED MANY OF. THEM INCLUDING AN AMERICAN. THAT IS REASON ONE. REASON TO IS BECAUSE THIS IS. BIGGER THAN THE SAUDER-SAUDI. CONFLICT THIS IS A GLOBAL ENERGY. SUPPLY BEING HELD HOSTAGE BY. THAT HOUTHI AND IRAN. COLLABORATING ON THIS. THIS COULD NOT BE ACCEPTABLE TO. THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE IT. WILL CREATE PRECEDENTS THERE. WILL BE OTHER CHOKEPOINTS THAT.

COULD HOLD HOSTAGE INTERNATIONAL. SHIPPING. WE HAVE TO REMEMBER 80 OR 90% OF. ALL WORLD TRADE IS ON THE OCEAN. IF THEY CHOKE DISAPPOINT HERE IT. WILL CAUSE A HUGE WORLDWIDE. DISRUPTIONS. BRYAN: AND WANT TO PUT UP A MAP. FOR OUR VIEWERS IT SHOWS THE. AREA THAT YOU JUST BROUGHT UP. THIS IS THE CHOKEPOINT ENTER. INTO THE RED SEA WE KNOW IT'S. HAPPENING AND STRAIT OF HORMUZ. AND ITS IMPACT ON WORLD ENERGY. PRICES AND THEY HAVE THE HOUTHI. ATTACKS IN SAUDI ARABIA THE.

CONCERN IS THE UNITED STATES. JOINS THESE ATTACKS THAT THE. HOUTHI WILL USE THAT CHOKEPOINT. AS LEVERAGE AND ATTACK MORE. AMERICAN SHIPS AND SHIPPING. THERE BUT WE COULD BE TALKING. ABOUT MORE INCREASED ENERGY. PRICES BACK AT HOME RIGHT BEFORE. THE MIDTERMS. HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK THE. PRESIDENT IS THINKING ABOUT. THAT? ABOUT THAT CHOKEPOINT? >> I AM SURE HE'S VERY AWARE OF. THE STRATEGIC VALUE OF THAT. CHOKEPOINT. YOU DO NOT NEED THE UNITED. STATES TO DO A LOT AS PRESIDENT.

TRUMP JUST SAID THE SAUDI'S ARE. GOOD FIGHTERS THEY HAVE. SOPHISTICATED MILITARY. THEY CAN DEFEND THEMSELVES. BUT IF THE UNITED HELPS WITH. LIMITED STRIKES IT COULD END. THIS CONFLICT AND STOP THE. HOUTHI FROM CAUSING THIS KIND OF. TERRORIST ACTIONS ON INNOCENT. PEOPLE AND HOLDING UP ENERGY. SUPPLY FOR THE WORLD. SO I THINK THE UNITED STATES. HOPEFULLY WILL JOIN IN. ONLY AMERICA HAS THE POWER AND. THE ABILITY TO DO CERTAIN THINGS.

WITH LIMITED AIRSTRIKES THAT THE. SAUDI'S AS EFFECTIVE AS THEY ARE. CACANNOT DO ALONE. >> SHOULD REMIND PEOPLE DENIES. HIS JADED JOINT LIMITED. AIRSTRIKES FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS. READ THAT ENDED IN A CEASE-FIRE. AND HERE WE ARE NOW. I'M WONDERING WHAT YOU THINK. NEEDS TO BE DONE DIFFERENTLY. THIS TIME AROUND TO ENSURE WE DO. NOT FIND OURSELVES HERE AGAIN? >> WILL ULTIMATELY THE HOUTHI. NEED TO BE DEFEATED THEY HAVE. BEEN U.S. IN DESIGNATED.

A DESIGNATED TERRORISTORGANIZAT. THEY HAVE CREATED TIES WITH HER. AL QAEDA AFFILIATE IN AFRICA. WHICH ULTIMATELY WILL BRING ON. AMERICAN PERSONNEL THAT WILL BE. OPEN TO BEING ATTACKED BY THIS. AL QAEDA AFFILIATE IN AFRICA. THEY ARE ALIGNED WITH IRAN AND. TRYING TO BRING DOWN THE UNITED. STATES. SO AT SOME POINT THE UNITED. STATES HAS TO HAVE A STRATEGY. THAT WILL DECIDED TO END THIS. CONFLICT ONCE AND FOR ALL.

BRYAN: A QUESTION FOR YOU IS HOW. MUCH OF THIS IS TEHRAN? WHAT INCENTIVE DOES IRAN HAVE. RIGHT NOW AT THIS POINT IN THE. CONFLICT WITH THE UNITED STATES. TO ENCOURAGE THE HOUTHI SEEMS TO. ATTACK SAUDI ARABIA? >> I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO. SAY THE HOUTHI ARE DOING THIS ON. THEIR OWN. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT. EVEN IF THAT WERE TRUE THEY. WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO THIS. WITHOUT ALL THE WEAPONS THEY. HAVE BEEN GIVEN BY IRAN. HOW DOES I RUN GET THOSE. WEAPONS? FROM CHINA THIS GOES FULL-CIRCLE.

WHERE WE HAVE ENEMIES THAT WANT. TO DESTROY OUR WAY OF LIFE THIS. IS ANOTHER BATTLEFRONT. IF WE JUST PERSEVERE AND SUPPORT. THE PRESIDENT AND USE IN. MILITARY ACTION OR WISELY WE. COULD END THIS CONFLICT FROM. PREVENTING A MUCH BIGGER. CONFLICT GETTING WORSE. BRYAN: ALL RIGHT HARLEY LIPPMAN. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS. EVENING WE SHALL SEE WITH.