Yingst: Pressure is mounting

>> Julie: SIRENS BLARING IN. KUWAIT OVERNIGHT AFTER IRAN. LAUNCHED A NEW WAVE OF MISSILE. AND DRONE ATTACKS. KUWAIT'S AIR DEFENSES. INTERCEPTED THEM. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE CAN. ORDER MORE RETALIATORY STRIKES. ON IRAN AT ANY GIVEN TIME. HE ALSO SAYS ANY MILITARY. CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE REGIME. WOULD LIKELY BE BRIEF, BUT BOTH. SIDES HAVE TRADED BACK AND FORTH. STRIKES SO FAR THIS WEEK AS THEY. FIGHT TO CONTROL THE.

STRAIT OF HORMUZ. THE U.S. NAVY IS BLOCKADING. IRANIAN PORTS AS PART OF THE. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S ECONOMIC. PRESSURE CAMPAIGN. HERE'S THE PRESIDENT. >> WE ARE FOR THE MOST PART. DOING IT WITHOUT TROUBLE. EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE THEY SHOOT. A DRONE AND WE KNOCK IT DOWN. WE HAVE A VERY STRONG CONTROL. WE SEE EVERYTHING THAT THEY ARE. DOING. THEY CAN'T GO TO THE BATHROOM. WITHOUT US. NOT ALLOWING IRAN TO HAVE A. NUCLEAR WEAPON.

AND FRANKLY, OTHER PRESIDENTS. SHOULD HAVE DONE IT, BUT THEY. DIDN'T HAVE WHATEVER IT TAKES TO. DO IT. >> Julie: CHIEF FOREIGN. CORRESPONDENT REPORTS FROM. TEL AVIV, ISRAEL. >> GOOD MORNING. OVERNIGHT IRAN LAUNCHING ANOTHER. ATTACK IN THE GULF TARGETING. KUWAIT WITH MISSILES AND DRONES. SIRENS SOUNDED THEY'RE FORCING. CIVILIANS TO TAKE SHELTER AND. PROMPTING THE KUWAITI FOREIGN. MINISTRY TO CALL THIS ATTACK A. FLAGRANT VIOLATION OF THE. COUNTRY'S SOVEREIGNTY.

THE EVENT CAME AFTER. PRESIDENT TRUMP INDICATED. WEDNESDAY THE UNITED STATES IS. PREPARED TO STRIKE IRAN AGAIN. WHEN NEEDED. >> WE TOOK OUT ALL OF THE NEW. EQUIPMENT THAT THEY TRIED TO. BUILD ALONG THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ. SOME DEFENSIVE, SOME OFFENSIVE. WE ARE TAKING OUT A LOT OF. SHIPS, WE BLEW UP MUCH MORE THAN. THEIR RADAR. IT WAS A VERY HEAVY ATTACK LAST. NIGHT. WE ARE PREPARED TO DO ANOTHER. ONE ANY TIME WE WANT.

>> Reporter: REPORTS INDICATE. THE UNITED STATES RAMPING UP. EFFORTS THROUGH THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ, GETTING. 18 MILLION BARRELS OUT OF THE. PERSIAN GULF WHILE ESCORTING 40. COMMERCIAL VESSELS TUESDAY. THE CRITICAL WATERWAY REMAINS A. SOURCE OF REGIONAL TENSION AS. OFFICIALS BELIEVE THE RECENT. U.S. STRIKES FURTHER DEGRADED. IRAN'S ABILITY TO THREATEN THE. STRAIT. INSIDE OF IRAN ECONOMIC PRESSURE. IS MOUNTING. U.S. TREASURY SECRETARY. SCOTT BESSENT SAID WE ARE. TELLING FRIENDS AND FOES, DO NOT. DEAL WITH THIS EVIL REGIME.

THE IRANIAN RIAL CONTINUES TO. DETERIORATE IN VALUE AS THE. IRANIAN PEOPLE START TO FEEL THE. STRAIN. >> I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF. SANCTIONS, BUT I'M NOTOT IN FAVR. OF WAR EITHER BECAUSE BOTH HAVE. A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR LIVES. AND DRIVE INFLATION HIGHER. THE ONLY WAY THE SITUATION CAN. IMPROVE IS THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS. THOUGH THEY DON'T SEEM TO. SUPPORT NEGOTIATIONS EITHER. >> Reporter: IN ISRAEL DEFENSE. OFFICIALS ARE WARN.