US RETALIATES: Airstrikes hammer Iran after attack on base in Jordan

UNTIL AFTER THE MID TERMS. DRUG CARTELS ARE SMUGGLING. SOMETHING FROM THE U.S. INTO. MEXICO. WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT THAT IS. FIRST, BREAKING, THE U.S. IS. POUNDING PARTS OF IRAN TONIGHT. THE LATEST STRIKES BEGAN ABOUT. SIX HOURS AGO. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING THEY ARE. IN RETALIATION FOR IRANIAN. ATTACKS ON U.S. MILITARY BASES. IN JORDAN AND THROUGHOUT THE. REGION AND FOR THE PLACEMENT OF. MINES IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. ALSO TONIGHT, U.S. OFFICIALS SAY. JORDANIAN AIR DEFENSES. INTERCEPTED 10 OF 13 BALLISTIC.

MISSILES THAT ENTERED THE. KINGDOM'S AIRSPACE. THERE HAVE BEEN NO U.S. CASUALTIES ANNOUNCED FROM THE. IRANIAN ATTACKS ON FACILITIES IN. JORDAN SO FAR. SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT. PETER DOOCY HAS THE LATEST. TONIGHT LIVE FROM THE NORTH. LAWN. GOOD EVENING, PETER. >> PETER: GOOD EVENING, BRET. IN THE TIME SINCE THE LAST BIG. U.S. STRIKES AGAINST IRAN THERE. HAVE BEEN VARIOUS REPORTS ABOUT. DWINDLING U.S. WEAPONS. STOCKPILILES. REPORTS THAT OFFICIALS HERE HAVE. DENIED. THERE IS NO BETTER WAY TO SHOW.

THE WORLD THAT YOU'RE NOT. WORRIED ABOUT RUNNING OUT OF. WEAPONS THAN USING THEM. >> I THINK NEGOTIATIONS ARE. OVER. THERE IS NO RETURN TO THE MOU, THERE NEEDS TO BUN CONDITIONAL. SURRENDER. >> REPORTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED. NEAR STRAIT OF HORMUZ. AS TRUMP EXPLAINS, IF THE FAILED. NATION OF IRAN RETALIATES FOR. THIS VERY JUSTIFY ATTACK THEY. WILL BE HIT AGAIN AT A MUCH. HARDER AND HIGHER LEVEL BUT IT. WILL NOT BE THE BIGGEST ATTACK. OF THEM ALL.

THAT'S WAITING IN THE WINGS. JUST YESTERDAY, THE ARMY. SECRETARY DAN DRISCOLL RESIGNED. AND THE ATLANTIC REPORTS TRUMP. WAS SURPRISED WHEN DRISCOLL TOLD. HIM HOW MANY GENERALS AND OTHER. TOP OFFICERS HAD BEEN FIRED, PUSHED OUT OR PASSED OVER FOR. PROMOTION UNDER HEGSETH. >> DRISCOLL DOESN'T FEEL LIKE HE. CAN WORK WITH THE SECRETARY OF. WAR, HE NEEDS TO GOT. >> ISOLATING IRAN FROM THE REST. OF THE WORLD IS GETTING HARDER. AS IT GETS CLOSER TO RUSSIA. IRAN'S PRESIDENT MET WITH.

VLADIMIR PUTIN EARLIER TODAY. >> RUSSIA SANDS IN SOLIDARITY. WITH THE IRANIAN PEOPLE. WE ADMIRE YOUR COURAGE AND. RESILIENCE IN THE PURSUIT OF. YOUR NATIONAL INTEREST. >> HOURS BEFORE TODAY'S U.S. STRIKES AGAINST IRAN, U.S. ECONOMIC PRESSURE FOLLOWING A. SO-CALLED ECONOMIC D-DAY, WAS. SEEN BY EXPERTS AS A SUCCESS. >> SO FAR, CLEARLY THE ECONOMIC. STRANGULATION OF THE IRANIAN. REGIME IS HAVING AN EFFECT. IF YOU PREVENT THE IRGC FROM. BEING ABLE TO HAVE THE MEANS TO. RECONSTITUTE THEIR FORCES, TO.

PAY THEIR SOLDIERS, THEY REALLY. ARE IN A CRISIS MODE. >> BUT THE PRESIDENT AND HIS WAR. PLANNERS APPEAR TO HAVE. CONCLUDED THAT IN THIS CONFLICT, ECONOMIC PRESSURE MUST BE. COMBINED WITH MILITARY MIGHT. >> HOW LONG BEFORE THEY WILL. BREAK IF YOU THINK THEY WILL? >> I KNOW THEY WILL. THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. IT IS INEVITABLE. >> OIL AND GAS EXECUTIVES MET. PRIVATELY WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP. TODAY TO TALK ABOUT WAYS --. RATHER, THEY WERE OFFERED AN. OPPORTUNITY FOR U.S. HELP IF. THEY TAKE ON SOME RISK AND GO.

BACK AND START DRILLING IN. VENEZUELA. NOW THAT MADURO IS GONE. OFFICIALS ARE TRYING HARD TO. BRING DOWN THE COST OF OIL AND. GAS WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON IN. THE STRAITIT. AS MIDTERM VOTERS START TO. FIGURE OUT WHO TO BLAME FOR TH.