Oil prices surge after attacks on energy sites
ISRAEL HAD ISSUED AN EVACUATION ORDER BEFORE THE ATTACK. EVACUATION ORDER BEFORE THE ATTACK. WE'VE GOT IT ALL. BEFORE THE ATTACK. WE'VE GOT ITIT ALL COVERED FROM D.C. TO. COVERED FROM D.C. TO THE MIDDLE EAST,T, STARTING WITH GABE. GUTIERREZ AT THE WHITE HOUSE. >>> TONIGHT, THE. >>> TONIGHT, THE DEVASTATING WAVE OF U.S. AIRSTRIKES S IN. U.S. AIRSTRIKES IN IRAN. . THE PENTAGON AYING. IRAN. THE PENTAGON AYING NEARLY 8000 REREGIME. THE PENTAGON AYIYING NEARLY 8000 REGIME TARGETS STRUCK SO. NEARLY 8000 REGIME TARGETS STRUCK SO FAR, MORE THAN 120. TARGETS STRUCK SO FAR, MORE THANAN 120 IRANIAN VESSELS. FAR, MORE THAN 120 IRANIAN VESSELS SUNK, AND A PHONE. IRANIAN VESSELS SUNK, AND A PHONONE CALL WITH NBC NEWS, CALL WITH NBC NEWS, PRESIDENT TRUMP DISMISSING IRANIAN. PRESIDENT TRUMP DISMISSING IRANIANAN RETALIATION AGAINST. DISMISSING IRANIAN RETALIATION AGAINST ISRAEL OVERNIGHT, ISRAEL OVERNIGHT, TELLING ME THE ATTACK WASAS NOTHING. ATTACK WAS NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT HAHAPPENED TO THEM. HAPPENED TO THEM. THEY'RE GOING DOWN. . THEY'RE LOSING BIG.
THEY'RE GOING DOWN. THEY'RE LOSING BIG MEANWHILE, A STRIKE. MEANWHILE, A STRIKE ON AN IRANIAN GAS FIELD, WHICH IRAN IS. ON AN IRANIAN GAS FIELD, WHICH IRAN N IS BLAMING ON ISRAEL, AN. AND AN IRANIAN ATTACK ON OIL FACILITIES IN QATATAR. FACILITIES IN QATAR CAUSING OIL PRICES TO SPIKE. TO SPIKE. VICE PRESIDENT VANCE TODAY CAUSINING THOSE. TODAY CAUSING THOSE RISING PRICES A TEMPMPORARY BLIP. RISING PRICES A TEMPORARY BLIP. >> WE'RE GOING TO. TEMPORARY BLIP. >> WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF. TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS. WE'RE GOING TOTO COME. WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK HOME. AND WHEN T THAT. AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, YOU'RE GOINING TO SEE ENERGY. GOING TO SEE ENERGY PRICES COME BACK DOWN TO O REALITY.
DOWN TO REALITY. >>> ALL OF ISRAEL OVERNIGHT KILLED. AROUND THE INTELLIGENCE MINISTER, WHO HELPED. MINISTER, WHO HELPED LAUNCH THAT RECENT BRUTALAL CRACKDOWN ON. BRUTAL CRACKDOWN ON IRANIAIAN PROTESTERS. >> AS OF THIS. MOMENT, THE REGIME MAINTAINS POWER WITHIN IRAN, EVEN. WITHIN IRAN, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE VASTLY DEGRADED ON. VASTLY DEGRADED ON ALMOST EVERY FRONT. >>> DIRECTOR O OF. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE TULSI GABBARD AND CIA. GABBARD AND CIA DIRECTOR JOHN RADCLIFFFFE TESTIFYING. RADCLIFFE TESTIFYING ON CAPITITOL HILL, SCRIBING THE THREAT. ON CAPITOL HILL, SCRIBING THE THREAT FROM IRAN BEFORE. FROM IRAN BEFORE U.S. AIRSTRIKES. >> IT LEFT. >> IT LEFT UNIMPEDED, YES, SENATOR, THEY WOWOULD. UNIMPEDED, Y YES, SENATOR, THEY WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO. HAVE THE ABILITY TO RANGE MISSILES TO THE CONTINENTAL. RANGE MISSILES TO THE CONTINENTAL U.S.. U.S.. >> IS FORMER HIGH- RANKING. RANKING COUNTERTERRORISMSM OFFICIAL JOE KENT, COUNTERTERRORISM OFFICIAL JOE KENT, WHO RESIGNED IN. OFFICIAL JOE KENT, WHWHO RESIGNED IN PROTEST OVER THE WAR.
WITH IRAN, ARGUING THERE'D BEEN NO IMMINENT THREAT TO. IMMINENT THREAT TO THE U.S., APPEARED WITH SUPPORTER. WITH SUPPORTER TUCKER CARLSON. >> WAS IRAN ON THE. TUCKER CARLSON. >> WAS IRAN ON THE VERGE OF GETTING A. >> WAS IRAN ON THE VERGE OF GETETTING A NUCLEAR WEAPON? VERGE OF GETTING A NUCLEAR WEAPON? >> NO. >> NO. THEY, THEY WEREN'T. THREE WEEKS AGO, THREE WEEKS AGO, WHEN THIS, THIS STARTED. STARTED. >> THE CIA DIRECTOR IS CALLED SLAMMING. >> THE CIA DIRECTOR IS CALLED SLAMMING KEN'S ACCUSATION. KEN'S ACCUSATION. >> INTELLIGENCE E REFLECTS THE. REFLECTS THE CONTRARY. >>>> SO YOU DISAGREE. CONTRARY. >> SO YOU DISAGREE WITH MR. KENT. >> SO YOU DISAGREE WITH MR.R. KENT. >> I DO. WITH MR. KENT. >> I DO. IRAN HAS BEEN A. >> I DO. IRAN HAS BEEN A CONSTATANT THREAT TO. CONSTANT THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES FOR AN EXTENDED. FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, AND POSED AN IMMEDIATE.
PERIOD OF TIME, AND POPOSED AN IMMEDIATE THREAT AT THIS TIME. POSED AN IMMEDIATE THREATAT AT THIS TIME. >> LATER, DEMOCRATS. THREAT AT THIS TIME. >> LATER, DEMOCRATS PRESSING GABBARD, PRESSING GABBARD, WHO PREVIOUSLY BEEN A SKSKEPTIC OF U.S. A SKEPTIC OF U.S. INTERVENTION ABROAD. >> WAS IT THE. INTERVENTION ABROAD. >> WAS IT T THE ASSESSMENT OF THE. >> WAS IT THE ASSESSMENT OF THE INTELLIGENCE. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY THAT THEHERE WAS A, QUOTE, WAS A, QUOTE, IMMINENENT NUCLEAR THREAT POSED BY THE. IRANIAN REGIME? YES OR NO? >> SENATOR, THE ONLY. YES OR NO? >> SENATOR, THE ONLY PERMANENT WHO CAN. >> SENATOR, THE ONLY PERMANENT WHO CAN DETERMINE -- IS THE. DETERMINE -- IS THE PRESIDENT. >> YOU'RE EVADING G A. >> YOU'RE EVADING A QUESTION, BECAUSE TO PROVIDE A CANDID. PROVIDE A CANDID RESPONSE TO THE COMMITTEE WOULD. COMMITTEE WOULD CONTRADICT A STSTATEMENT FROM THE. CONTRADICT A STATEMENT T FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
STATEMENT FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. >> GAVE HIS JOINING. WHITE HOUSE. >> GAVE HIS JOINING US NOW FROM THE. US NOW FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. THERE'S ALSO A FOCUS. WHITE HOUSE. THERE'S ALSO A FOCUS ON THAT CRITICAL. ON THAT CRITICAL STRAIT OF HORMRMUZ, GETTING IT BACK. STRAIT OF HORMUZ, GETTING IT BACK OPEN, AND YOU HAVE. GETTING IT BACK OPEN, AND YOU HAVE THE NEW REPORTING ON. THE NEW REPORTING ON THAT TONONIGHT? >> A U.S. OFFICIAL. >> A U.S. OFFICIAL TOLD NBC NEWS THE MILITARYRY DROPPED. FOUR 5000 POUND DEEP PENETRATING BOMBS, OFTEN CALLED BUNKER. PENETRATING BOMBS, OFTEN CALLED BUNKER BUSTERS, THAT. BUSTERS, THAT SLAMMED INTO FACILILITIES HOLDING. IP. IRAN'S ANTI-SHIP CRUISE M MISSILES ALONG THE STREET OF. ALONG THE STREET OF HORMUZ, BUT THEY DID NOT T WIPE OUT THE.
