DAVID: TWO OIL TANKERS INVOLVED
IN AN ATTACK IN THE STRAIT OF
HORMUZ.
AND PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING IRAN
IS THE SUSPECTED CULPRIT.
>> IT'S THE ASSESSMENT OF THE
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT THAT
IRAN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
ATTACKS THAT OCCURRED IN THE
STRAIT OF OMAN.
DAVID: TENSIONS WITH IRAN HAVE
BEEN HIGH RECENTLY.
THE U.S. WARNED IRANIAN
AGGRESSION WILL BE MET WITH
FORCE.
WE ARE JUST LEARNING THAT THE
U.S. HAS VIDEO OF IRAN'S
MILITARY REMOVING UNEXPLODED
MINES FROM ONE OF THE TANKERS
THAT WAS HIT.
JOINING US IS ANTHONY TATA.
GENERAL, THIS NEW VIDEO, THE NEW
INFORMATION ABOUT THE VIDEO THAT
HAS BEEN DISCOVERED SEALS THE
CASE AGAINST IRAN, DOESN'T IT?
>> IT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THIS
ADMINISTRATION USING INFORMATION
WARFARE AND GETTING THAT THING
OUT THERE RIGHT AWAY WHEN IN
FACT EARLIER IN THE DAY IRAN WAS
SAYING THEY HAD NOTHING TO DO
WITH IT.
AND THEY WERE HELPING THE
TANKERS THAT WERE ATTACKED.
THEY HAVE BEEN HARASSING SHIPS
IN THE STRAITS OF MORE CUTS FOR
DECADES, EVEN SINCE 1979, 40
YEARS AGO WHEN THE SHAH WAS
OVERTHROWN, THEY HAVE BEEN DOING
THIS IN THE PERSIAN GULF.
THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DESTROY
AMERICA AND ISRAEL.
THE OBAMA DEAL MADE NO SENSE TO
ANYONE WHO THINKS STRATEGICALLY
ABOUT IRAN.
THEY ARE THE NUMBER ONE SPONSOR
OF TERROR AND THEY EXPORT IT
EVERYWHERE.
THEY TRY TO DISRUPT AND DESTROY
THE WORLD ECONOMY BY DISRUPTING
THE FLOW OF OIL IN THE PERSIAN
GULF.
DAVID: A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID HOW
COULD AN ATTACK BE MADE WITH
MINES JUST FLOATING WATER.
IN FACT THESE MINES WERE
APPARENTLY WERE PLACED ON THE
SHIPS WHILE IN IRANIAN PORTS.
THEY PUT IT ON THE SHIP AND THEY
HAVE VIDEO THEY CAN RELEASE
SHOWING THAT BEING DONE.
THAT'S WHAT WAS DONE.
THIS IS A PRESIDENT WHO BELIEVES
VERY STRONGLY IN COUNTER
PUNCHES.
>> IRANIAN FROGMEN GO DOWN THERE
AND PUT THE MINES ON THE SHIPS.
THEN THEY GET OUT INTO THE
STRAITS OF THE HORMUZ AND
EXPLODE.
NOW WHAT OUR RESPONSE I, THIS
VALIDATES PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
EARLIER RESPONSE ABOUT A MONTH
AGO.
THIS IS THE SIXTH SHIP ATTACK IN
THE LAST MONTH.
WHEN WE SENT THE TAIR CARRIER
STRIKE GROUP INTO THE PERSIAN
GULF IT VALIDATES THE RESPONSE
AND THE INTEL WE WERE GETTING.
WHEN YOU SAW THE DEMOCRATS AND
THE LEFT WERE ATTACKING THE
PRESIDENT SAYING YOU ARE
OVERREACT.
IT VAL DATES THE FACT THAT THIS
IS A PRESIDENT -- IT VALIDATES
THE FACT THAT THIS IS A
PRESIDENT WHO TAKES PREVENTATIVE
MEASURES.
IN NO WAY, SHAPE OR FORM DOES
THE PRESIDENT WANT TO GO TO WAR
WITH IRAN.
BUT WE HAVE TO PROTECT SNIPGHT
PERSIAN GULF AND PROTECT
AMERICAN VITAL INTERESTS.
WE HAVE TO BE DEFENSIVE IN
NATURE AND BE PREPARED TO
RESPOND TO ANYTHING THAT IS AN
ACT OF WAR.
DAVID: ONE OF THE SHIPS IS OWNED
BY THE JAPANESE.
PRIME MINISTER ABE WAS IN IRAN
TALKING PEACE WITH IRAN WHILE
ONE OF HIS SHIPS WAS BEING LADEN
WITH EXPLOSIVES.
THIS IS A DIRECT INSULT TO ABE.
THE PRESIDENT SENT OUT A TWEET
SAYING WHILE I APPRECIATE ABE
GOING TO IRAN I FEEL IT'S TOO
SOON TO THINK ABOUT MAKING A
DEAL.
THEY ARE NOT READY, AND NEITHER
ARE WE.
>> IT'S THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
WELCOME TO IRAN.
AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST WHAT
IRAN ALWAYS DOES.
THEY HATE THE WEST, AND THEY ARE
RULED BY THESE RELIGIOUS ZEALOTS
THAT WANT TO DESTROY ISRAEL,
AMERICA AND OF ANY OUR ALLIES.
SO GETTING OUR ALLIES TOGETHER.
SAUDI ARABIA NEEDS TO GET ON
BOARD.
JORDAN AND EGYPT IN THAT REGION
ARE I THINK PART OF THIS LOOSE
ALLIANCE PREPARED TO TAKE ON
IRAN IN A WAY THAT IS
MEANINGFUL.
I THINK WE HAVE GOT -- I KNOW WE
HAVE A GREAT PRESIDENT LEADING
THE WAY ON THIS.
HE HAS A VERY GOOD FOREIGN
POLICY TEAM AND NATIONAL
SECURITY COUNCIL THAT IS
ADVISING HIM.
WE ARE TAKING NECESSARY STEPS,
BRINGING THE ALLIANCE TOGETHER
AND BEING PREPARED TO DO
STRATEGIC ACTIONS AGAINST IRAN
SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE
THE FREE FLOW OF COMMERCE.
>> THIS IS A PRESIDENT WHO
DOESN'T FOOL AROUND.
AND HE DOES COUNTER PUNCH.