US military hammer 'READY TO SWING' as negotiations resume

LEAST. >> Charlie: THANK YOU, MARISSA. OKAY, TODAY, ALL EYES ARE ON THE. MIDDLE EAST AS THE U.S. AND IRAN. PREPARE FOR A NEW W ROUND OF PEE. TALKS AFTER THE PRESIDENT PAUSED. A PLAN FOR STRIKES WHICH HE. CLAIMS WOULD HAVE BEEN THE. BIGGEST SINCE WORLD WAR II. >> WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE. TALKING TO THAT NEGOTIATION. IT BEGINS TOMORROW AFTERNOON. AND WE'LL SEE -- LOVE TO DO. THAT, SAVE A LOT OF LICE. THE DEAL IS IMMINENT HAVING TO.

DO WITH THE HORMUZ STRAIT AND. ULTIMATELY --. >> Charlie: BRENT SADLER JOINS. US NOW. GOOD SEE YOU. THE PRESIDENT SAYS THE. NEGOTIATIONS ARE BACK ON. IRAN SAYS NO WE ARE NOT TALKING. TO THE UNITED STATES. WE ARE JUST TALKING TO OMAN. ABOUT PUTTING A TOLL SYSTEM IN. THE STRAIT. WHAT'S THE TRUTH? >> I THINK BOTH THINGS ARE TRUE. THE UNITED STATES IS WORKING.

WITH OMAN. NEGOTIATING WITH IRAN TO TRY TO. REOPEN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. BUT THE IRANIANS ARE NEVER. REALLY GOING TO DO IT UNLESS. THEY ARE FORCED TO OPEN IT. SO, AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE. GOT THE MILITARY HAMMER THAT'S. READY TO SWING. IT LOOKS LIKE THE IRANIANS. AREN'T GOING TO DEAL WITH THE. OMANIS. >> Charlie: WE HAVE GOT AND. PREDICTING ANYTHING IN THIS. SITUATION IS VERY DIFFICULT, BUT. WE HAVE GOT THE MID TERMS COMING. UP IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS. DO YOU -- IF YOU WERE A BETTING. MAN ON THIS, WOULD YOU THINK. THAT WE EVENTUALLY GET BACK TO.

KINETIC STRIKES BEFORE THE. ELECTION? >> GIVEN THE TEMPERAMENT OF THE. IRANIANS, I THINK THAT'S A. FORGONE CONCLUSION. THERE WILL BE MORE STRIKES. THE WORST THING THAT CAN HAPPEN. IS FOR THE UNITED STATES TO DO. NOTHING TORE WALK AWAY AND IRAN. RECONSTITUTES ITSELF. AND WE ARE BACK IN A FIGHT IN. THE MIDDLE EAST AGAIN AND SOME. TIME DOWN THE ROAD, MAYBE LESS. OF AN ADVANTAGE. >> Charlie: WHAT IS THE -- IS. THERE ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, YOU. MAKE A VERY GOOD POINT THAT ONLY.

HARD POWER MAKES IRAN MOVE. BUT IS THERE ANY OTHER. NEGOTIATING TOOL? IS THERE ANY OTHER LEVER OUT. THERE THAT CAN MANIPULATE THE. LEADERS OF IRAN IN TO ACTUALLY. TRYING TO ARRIVE AT PEACE? >> WELL, THERE'S TWO. THERE'S THE ECONOMIC LEVER THAT. SECRETARY BESSENT HAS BEEN VERY. EFFECTIVE AT EXPANDING AND. DEEPENING THE PAIN ON THE. REGIME. CERTAINLY SHOULD GO AFTER MORE. AGGRESSIVELY ALL THEIR FOREIGN. HOLDINGS AND IRGC MEMBERS AND.

THE REGIME. I MEAN, OF COURSE AND THEN THE. OTHER IS THE IRANIAN REGIME IS. FEARFUL OF THEIR OWN PEOPLE, LESS THAN 10% SUPPORT IT, SO, ANY KIND OF MOVEMENT TO EMPOWER. THE PEOPLE OR INFORMATION FOR. THE PEOPLE THERE TO UNDERSTAND. WHAT THEIR GOVERNMENT IS DOING. AND HOW TO ACTUALLY AGITATE. AGAINST IT, THAT'S ANOTHER THING. THAT MIGHT MOVE THIS REGIME. >> Charlie: YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE. OF THE FRUSTRATIONS FROM. WATCHING ALL OF THIS FROM AFAR. IS THAT WE SAW THE PROTEST AT. THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. OBVIOUSLY THE REGIME CRACKED. DOWN VIOLENT A AND BRUTALLY AND.

KILLED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF. THEIR OWN PEOPLE. BUT WE HAVE NOT SEEN A SIMILAR. UPRISING. ARE THEY JUST -- HAVE THEY ALL. BEEN KILLED OR IS THAT SOMETHING. THAT WE MIGHT ACTUALLY SEE. INSIDE IRAN? >> PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT OF FEAR. ABOUT ANOTHER CRACKDOWN. ALSO, THE FACT THAT THEY MAYBE. WAITING TO SEE WHAT THE UNITED. STATES' NEXT MOVE IS ARE WE. GOING TO BE A RELIABLE PARTNER. SOMEONE THAT'S GOING TO PROVIDE. SUPPORT IN THE MOMENT OF THEIR. NEED IF THEY DO RISE UP AGAIN. A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON THEIR.

SIDE. THIS IS WHERE ENGAGING THE. OPPOSITION OVERSEAS AND TRYING. TO GET MORE INFORMATION INTO AND. OUT OF IRAN IS GOING TO.