'UNRESTRICTED RESPONSE': Iran's supreme leader threatens US

. JON: ALEX HOGAN FOR THE WHITE. HOUSE, THANKS. LET'S BRING IN FORMER CIA. STATION CHIEF DAN HOFFMAN HE. DIRECTED THE MIDDLE EAST. DIVISION HE IS NOW A FOX NEWS. CONTRIBUTOR. THE SITUATION AND IRAN, VERY. MUCH ON VOTERS MINDS BECAUSE GAS. PRICES REMAIN HIGH. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT WHAT THE. SITUATION IS ON THE GROUND RIGHT. NOW AND AROUND? >> WELL, WHAT WE ARE NOT SEEING.

IS ANY INTERNAL THREAT TO THE. REGIME. IN OTHER WORDS WE ARE NOT SEEING. A MASSIVE PROTEST IN SPITE OF. THE FACT IRAN IS FACING. UNPRECEDENTED ECONOMIC PRESSURE. FROM THE BLOCKADE AND THE. SANCTIONS. THE IRANIAN REGIME THIS HARDLINE. IRG SEAT REGIME VIRTUALLY. INFINITE THRESHOLD OF PAIN. THEY'RE WILLING TO INFLICT ON. THEIR OWN CITIZENS FOR THERE IS. NO INDICATION THEY BUILT THIS. WAR IS A LOSER FOR THAT WE HAVE. SEEN THREE EFFORTS IN OUTREACH. TO THE IRANIANS VICE PRESIDENT.

VANCE LETTER, QATAR'S BEEN. TRYING TO NEGOTIATE IN TEHRAN. AND THEN JUST LAST WEEK WE SAW. SAUDI MINISTER OF DEFENSE WITH. THE PAKISTANI CHIEF OF OF THE. STAFF OF THE ARMY AS WELL AS A. HEAD OF INTELLIGENCE IN TURKEY. ALSO TRAVELED TO TEHRAN. IT'S NOT LIKE THE EYE IRANIANS. ARE BEGGING US TO NEGOTIATE ON. OUR TERMS. I THINK WHAT THEY WANT IS FOR. THIS TO BECOME A FOREVER WAR AND. BOG US DOWN IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WILL THEY TRY CONCURRENTLY TO.

REDUCE OUR ABILITY TO PROJECT. POWER IN THE REGION. JON: GENERAL JACK KEANE ARE FOX. NEWS MILITARY ANALYST SAYS. YOU'VE GOT TO GET RID OF THIS. REGIME ONCE AND FOR ALL. LISTEN TO GENERAL KEANE. >> WE'VE GOT TO PUT THIS REGIME. OUT OF BUSINESS BUT THAT IS THE. REALITY LET'S SET THE CONDITIONS. TO DO THAT YOU CANNOT DO IT WITH. JUST ECONOMIC PRESSURE ALONE. THEY HAVE TREMENDOUS RESILIENCY. AND DON'T CARE ABOUT THEIR.

PEOPLE WE HAVE THE OFFENSE OF. CAPABILITY WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT. TO BE ABLE TO TAKE DOWN MUCH OF. THEIR OFFENSE OF THE IRANIANS. CAPABILITY TO RETALIATE. LET'S COME TOGETHER HERE ONCE. AND FOR ALL AND PUT THIS REGIME. ON A GENUINE PATHWAY TO. COLLAPSE. JON: I ADMIRE AND RESPECT. GENERAL JACKCK KEANE BUT IF THEY. HAVE NOT COLLAPSED YET WE'VE HIT. THEM PRETTY HARD WHAT MORE CAN. WE DO?

>> THAT IS CERTAINLY AN OPTION. FOR US. INCREASE KINETIC STRIKES THE. STRIKES WE HAVE DELIVERED SO FAR. HAVE NOT INDUCED IRAN TO. NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH AND. MOREOVER IF WE DIDN'T LAUNCH. KINETIC STRIKES THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION WOULD NOT BE. PREPARED FOR IRAN TO LAUNCH. STRIKES OF THEIR OWN THEY'VE GOT. BALLISTIC MISSILES AND DRONES. DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THEIR. COUNTRY THEY WOULD DIRECT TO. THOSE AT OUR GULF ALLIES THEY. HAVE TARGETED OUR BASES IN THE. REGION THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO. TARGET CRITICAL ENERGY. INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAUDI ARABIA. AND BOUGHT HER IN THE UAE AMONG.

OTHER PLACES THEY HAVE ALSO GOT. WORLDWIDE HYBRID OPERATIONS. ASYMMETRIC OPERATIONS. ASSASSINATIONS THEY COULD SEEK. TO TARGET US IN THAT MANNER AS. WELL. RECEIVING THAT ON OUR OWN SOIL. HERE IN THE UNITED STATES THE. IRANIANS HAVE TRIED TO KILL. PRESIDENT TRUMP AND SECRETARY OF. STATE POMPEO THERE IS A LOT WE. WOULD HAVE TO PLAN FOR IF WE DO. INDEED DECIDE WE WANT TO RETURN. TO KINETIC ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAN. AND I ACCRUED GENERAL KEANE. THERE MAY BE NO OTHER WAY TO.

INDUCE REGIME CHANGE AND GET TO. A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT ABOUT. IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM, THERE. BALLISTIC MISSILES AND SUPPORT. TO PROXY TERRORISTS. JON: DAN HOFFMAN FORMA.