US military redirects DOZENS of ships amid Iranian blockade

THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Bill: RELATED MATTER NOW. U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND RELEASING. AUDIO FROM THE BLOCKADE OF. IRANIAN POINTS. U.S. WARSHIP ORDERING A. COMMERCIAL VESSEL TO TURN AROUND. OR ELSE. >> CAPTAIN, YOU ARE REQUEST TO. ALTER COURSE TO 190. IF YOU DO NOT COMPLY WE WILL. COMPEL WITH FORCE. WEWE WILL MONITOR YOUR FORCE FO. COMPLIANCE AT THIS TIME.

>> AT LAST COUNT AS OF YESTERDAY. IT REDIRECTED 44 SHIPS AND BOARD. EVIDENCE ANOTHER TWO AND. DISABLED TWO SINCE THE BLOCKADE. RESUMED LAST MONTH. COMES AFTER REPORTS THIS MORNING. THAT A TANKER WAS STRUCK IN THE. STRAIT OF HORMUZ. IF SO, THAT WOULD BE THE FOURTH. ATTACK IN THE STRAIT GOING BACK. TO LAST FRIDAY. DANA. >> Dana: ALL OF THIS COMES AFTER. PRESIDENT TRUMP SLAMMED THE. IRANIAN LEADERSHIP YESTERDAY. ACCUSING THEM OF LYING ABOUT. PEACE TALKS.

THE PRESIDENT SAYS THEY ARE. HAPPENING. IRAN SAYS THEY ARE NOT. TRUMP WARNING THE REGIME THEY. HAVE ONE FINAL OPPORTUNITY TO. MAKE A DEAL OR FACE QUOTE. DECAPITATION. >> President Trump: WHEN WE TALK. WE SAY WE'RE TALKING. IF WE'RE NOT TALKING I'LL SAY. IT. WE ARE TALKING RIGHT NOW WE'RE. TALKING AND TALKING AT THE. REQUEST OF IRAN. BACKED BY SAUDI ARABIA, BACKED. BY UAE, AND BACKED BY QATAR IN. PARTICULAR. OTHERS ALSO.

MANY COUNTRIES CALLED. THTHE LEADERS OF MANY, FRIENDLY. WITH A LOT OF THEM. ALMOST ALL OF THEM ONE WAY OR. THE OTHER. THEY ARE ALL WANTING TO GIVE. THIS A LAST CHANCE. THIS IS THE LAST CHANCE. >> Dana: REBECCAH HEINRICHS IS A. SENIOR FELLOW OF THE HUDSON. INSTITUTE. WHAT DO YOU KNOW OF THE TALKS? WHAT IS GOING ON? >> WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS TALKING. ABOUT IS CLEARLY WE DO HAVE THE. UNITED STATES NEGOTIATORS. ENGAGING WITH SOMEBODY OVER IN. IRAN. AND THIS IS WHAT THE GULF STATES.

WANT THE UNITED STATES TO. CONTINUE TO PURSUE. AS I'VE SAID REPEATEDLY, THOUGH, DANA, THE IRANIANS EVEN PUBLICLY. AT THIS POINT SEEM TO BE IN A. CAMPAIGN TO EMBARRASS PRESIDENT. TRUMP BY SAYING THERE ARE NO. NEGOTIATIONS AT PLAY AND. FURTHERMORE THERE IS NO EVIDENCE. THAT WE HAVE SEEN THAT. DEMONSTRATES THE IRANIANS ARE. WILLING TO NEGOTIATE IN GOOD. FAITH EVEN IF THERE ARE. INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE TALKING AS. BILL JUST LAID OUT. WE STILL HAVE IRGC SHOOTING INTO. A STRAIT JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS. AGO. >> Dana: HERE IS PRESIDENT TRUMP.

ON THE PHASES OF TALKS WITH. IRAN. >> President Trump: THE FIRST. PHASE IS THE OPENING OF THE. STRAITS. SECOND PHASE WILL BE THE. DENUCLEARIZATION. IT WILL TAKE A LITTLE WHILE BUT. WE ARE VERY STRONG ON IT. THEY CANNOT HAVE A NUCLEAR. WEAPON. IRAN CANNOT HAVE A NUCLEAR. WEAPON. >> Dana: YOU HAVE MAINTAINED. TIME HAS BEEN ON OUR SIDE. ALTHOUGH AS I UNDERSTAND IT, YOUR THINKING HAS BEEN ALTERED. IN THREE WAYS. THE FIRST ONE, WHAT WOULD THAT. BE?

>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL BECAUSE. THE IRANIANS CONTINUE TO SHOOT. DIRECTLY AT U.S. FORCES AND HAVE. KILLED SEVERAL MORE AMERICANS, PRESIDENT TRUMP ONE OF HIS GREAT. VIRTUES HE SAID HE DOESN'T WANT. TO PUT TROOPS IN HARM'S WAY. HE DOESN'T WANT AMERICAN. CASUALTIES. IF THERE ARE AMERICAN CASUALTIES. THE UNITED STATES MUST DO. SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WE'RE. DOING AND EXACT A GREAT PENALTY. FOR THAT AND I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT. YET. THE SECOND CHANGE I THINK IS.

THAT THE GULF STATES HAVE NOT. BEEN HELPING THE UNITED STATES. TO THE DEGREE THEY SHOULD. THIS IS THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. IF THE SAUDIS WILL CONTINUE TO. BEG THE UNITED STATES NOT TO DO. WHAT IS NECESSARY, WE NEED A. CHANGE STRATEGIES WITH THE GULF. PARTNERS. IN THE BEGINNING OF THE CONFLICT. THEY WERE MORE WITH US. THEN AS WE POINTED OUT BEFORE. EVEN THE SAUDIS HAVE RESTRICTED. AIRSPACE AGAINST THE UNITED. STATES AND SO I THINK AT THIS. POINT THE UNITED STATES NEEDS TO. BE MUCH MORE FORCEFUL. GO ALONGSIDE THE ISRAELIS AND. TAKE MUCH MORE ROBUST MILITARY.

ACTION. >> Dana: THAT WAS ECHOED BY THE. "NEW YORK POST" TODAY SAYING. SAUDI'S GRAVITATE TOWARD MIDDLE. EAST BASKET CASES. IRANIAN REGIME LOOKING. INCREASINGLY EMBOLDENED BY THAT. SAUDI ARABIA MUST BE PUT TO A. CHOICE. DID YOU HAVE A THIRD POINT THAT. YOU WANTED TO MAKE? >> YES, I DO. THAT IS THAT WE HAVE THE. CREDIBLE REPORTING THE CHINESE. ARE CONSIDERING SENDING MORE. WEAPONS TO IRAN. WE CANNOT PERMIT THAT TO HAPPEN.

SO I DO THINK ALTHOUGH WE HAVE. THE ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE, WE HAVE. GREAT MILITARY POWER AND SURGING. IN THE REGION, SO WE HAVE THE. ADVANTAGE AND IN THAT SENSE WE. CAN OUT LAST THEM BUT WE DO NOT. WANT THE CHINESE TO GET INVOLVED. IN THIS. SO THAT'S WHY I THINK WE DO NEED. TO MOVE QUICKLY TO TRY TO COMPEL. THE IRANIANS TO STOP AND THAT. MEANS, I THINK, MUCH MORE ROBUST. MILITARY ACTION TO HIT DIFFERENT. TARGETS THAN WE'VE BEEN HITTING. INCLUDE THE IRGC THEMSELVES AND.

ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THE. IRGC RELIES ON FOR THEIR WAR. EFFORT. THAT IS NECESSARY AND TIME IS OF. THE ESSENCE. >> Dana: NOT A LOT OF MOVEMENT. IN TERMS OF PROGRESS, I GUESS, IN TERMS OF TALKS. BUT MOVEMENT IN YOUR THINKING, THANKS FOR SHARING THAT AS WE. GET.