US and Iran are ‘FAR APART’ in negotiations, former CENTCOM official warns

>> Martha: PRESIDENT TRURUMP WI. STRONG WORDS IN THE OVAL OFFICE. FOR IRAN SAYING HE IS DEMANDING. THE REGIME COMPENSATE AMERICANS. KILLED OR SERIOUSLY WOUNDED IN. IRANIAN ATTACKS. COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF BASICALLY. RESPONDING TO IRANIAN DEMANDS. THAT THE UNITED STATES PAY FOR. WAR DAMAGES IN THEIR COUNTRY. ALEX HOGAN LIVE AT THE WHITE. HOUSE AMID A REPORT THAT. PRESIDENT TRUMP USED A RUSE TO.

FLY OUT OF HIS WHOLE SECURITY. TEAM TO GET HIM OUT OF TURKEY. BECAUSE OF AN IRANIAN THREAT. WE ALL REMEMBER THE PLANE SWITCH. THAT HAPPENED ON THE WAY HOME. FROM THAT TRIP. NOW WE ARE LEARNING A LOT OF NEW. DETAILS. HI, ALEX. >> WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE. PRESIDENT SAID HE SAID THE U.S. NAVY IS SWEEPING AND HAS SWEPT. THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ OF MINES. AND THAT THE U.S. COULD. ESCALATE. AT THE SAME TIME LEARNING MORE. ABOUT THE IRANIAN THREAT AGAINST. THE PRESIDENT LAST MONTH. THE "WASHINGTON POST" REPORTING. THAT DESPITE THIS FOOTAGE THAT.

WE SEE HERE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP. IN TURKEY AT THE END OF THE NATO. SUMMIT BOARDING ONTO THE AIR. FORCE ONE JUMBO JET. HE DIDN'T ACTUALLY TAKE THAT. PLANE. MINUTES LATER THE PRESIDENT WAS. SHUTTLED AWAY IN AN AIRPORT. CATERING TRUCK. FOX HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO. INDEPENDENTLY CONFIRMED THE. PRESIDENT TOOK A CATERING TRUCK. ACCORDING TO THE POST THE. PRESIDENT WAS TAKEN TO A SMALLER. PLANE, AIR FORCE C-32A. MEMBERS OF THE PRESS AND OTHER.

STAFFERS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. WERE STILL ON THAT AIR FORCE ONE. PLANE. THEY WERE TOLD TO CLOSE THEIR. WINDOW BLINDS. LATER THE PRESS ASKED THE. PRESIDENT ABOUT THIS. THIS IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY AT. THE TIME. >> President Trump: THEY DIDN'T. HAVE ME CLOSE MINE. I WOULD HAVE DONE IT IF THEY. ASKED. THESE ARE SICK P PEOPLE. >> [INAUDIBLE]. >> I'M NUMBER ONE ON THEIR LIST, BEFORE YOU. BUT IF I GO, YOU GO, RIGHT? >> WHITE HOUSE COMMUNICATIONS. DIRECTOR REACTING TO THIS STORY.

THIS WEEK SAYING AS THE. PRESIDENT HAS SAID RECENTLY. THERE ARE MANY ENEMIES OF. AMERICA WITH THEIR SIGHTS ON. HIM. WE USE EVERY TOOL AT OUR. DISPOSAL TO ADDRESS THOSE. THREATS. MARTHA, BACK TO YOU. >> Bill: IN THE MEANTIME THE. CONFLICT CONTINUES. RETIRED LIEUTENANT GENERAL KAREN. GIBSON IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT. THAT. GOOD DAY TO YOU, FORMER INTEL. DIRECTOR, U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND. GOOD MORNING. HAVE WE REACHED A STALEMATE IN. THIS CONFLICT? >> IT APPEARS SO. IT IS VERY INTERESTING, THESE.

STRONG DEMANDS THAT BOTH SIDES. ARE MAKING RIGHT NOW THAT IRAN. IS DEMANDING REPARATIONS FOR. HARM. THEY KNOW WE WON'T AGREE TO. THAT. THEY ALSO WANT ALL OUR MILITARY. WITHDRAWN FROM THE REGION. WE WON'T DO THAT, EITHER. THE PRESIDENT'S DEMAND THAT THEY. PAY REPARATIONS TO THE FAMILIES. OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN EXECUTED. OR KILLED IN IRAN IS ALSO. INCREDIBLY INFEASIBLE.

BOTH. IT ILLUSTRATES HOW FAR APART WE. ARE IN TERMS OF NEGOTIATIONS AND. THE SECOND POINT IS FOR THOSE. WHO ARE ASKING ABOUT SPLITS. BETWEEN THE MODERATES AND HARD. LINERS IN IRAN, THIS REALLY. SHOWS ME THAT IT IS, IN FACT, THE HARD LINERS CALLING THE. SHOTS, NOT MORE MODERATE FIGURES. LIKE THE PRESIDENT OR THE. FOREIGN MINISTER. >> Bill: WANT YOU TO REACT TO. TWO THINGS. EVERY MONDAY GENERAL JACK KEANE. STOPS BY OUR PROGRAM. HERE IS WHAT HE SAID YESTERDAY.

>> YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHERE. THIS REGIME IS REALLY COMING. FROM. THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RUNNING IT. THEY HAVE AN IDEOLOGY THAT THEY. ARE HOLDING TO. THEY ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE RIGHT. NOW THAT THEY HAVE THE UPPER. HAND. I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT. DON'T WANT TO ADMIT THEM. THAT'S WHERE THE IRANIANS ARE. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT MYSELF. IT'S IRRELEVANT, THEY BELIEVE. IT. >> Bill: WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF. THAT, GENERAL? >> I AGREE WITH GENERAL KEANE. THE IRANIANS THINK THEY HAVE TO. UPPER HAND. THEY THINK TIME IS ON THEIR.

SIDE. THEY HAVE BEEN DECIMATED FROM A. CONVENTIONAL MILITARY. PERSPECTIVE BUT THAT'S NOT. SUFFICIENT TO END THE THREAT TO. THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH TO RAISE. THAT PERCEPTION. ECONOMICALLY THEY ARE IN EVEN. WORSE STRAITS THAN THEY WERE. BEFORE. AS GENERAL KEANE SAYS IT IS A. VERY COMMITTED, ALMOST FANATICAL. AID LOGICAL COMMITMENT TO THE. ISLAMIC REVOLUTION AND THEY DO. BELIEVE THAT TIME IS ON THEIR. SIDE. >> Bill: LAST POINT "WALL STREET. JOURNAL" EDITORIAL BOARD. ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT THE.

HEADLINE. TRUMP'S BLOCKADE KEEPS THE. ECONOMIC PRESSURE ON IRAN. IS THERE ANY SUGGESTION THAT WE. CAN'T KEEP THIS BLOCKADE GOING. FOR ANOTHER SIX MONTHS OR. ANOTHER YEAR OR HOW DO YOU SEE. THAT? >> I THINK WE CAN KEEP THE. BLOCKADE FOR A VERY LONG PERIOD. OF TIME. THE QUESTION IS HOW DOES IRAN. MITIGATE THAT THROUGH OVERLAND. OR OTHER ROUTES. >> MEANING? >> MEANING THE CASPIAN SEA, THEY. BORDER SEVEN NATIONS, TRUCKING.

EQUIPMENT OUT VIA TRAIN OR. WHEELED VEHICLES. GETING THEIR MATERIAL IN AND OUT. OF IRAN OTHER THAN THE GULF OF. OMAN. >>>>>>il.