TO GET THE YOUNG KIDS OUT OF THE
WATER.
SUSAN: NEW THREAT FROM IRAN,
WITH THE REGIME WARNING OF
POSSIBLE RETALIATION AGAINST THE
UK AFTER THE SEIZURE OF AN
IRANIAN OIL TANKER BY BRITISH
TROOPS.
THIS IS, AS WE'RE ALREADY IN THE
MIDST OF AN ESCALATING TENSION
IN THE REGION.
SO FOX NEWS'S LUCAS TO LYNN SON
AT THE PENTAGON WITH DETAILS.
REPORTER: THE INCIDENT WHICH
COMES MORE THAN TWO WEEKS AFTER
IRANIAN FORCES SHOT DOWN THAT
U.S. DRONE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP ISSUED THIS
PRESSURE WARNING TO IRAN BEFORE
LEAVING FOR NEW JERSEY.
>> WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH
IRAN.
IRAN HAS TO BE VERY, VERY
CAREFUL.
REPORTER: WHILE AMERICANS WERE
CELEBRATING INDEPENDENCE DAY OFF
THE COAST OF GIBRALTAR NEAR
SPAIN ROYAL MARINES COMMANDEERED
AN OIL TANKER FILLED WITH
SUSPECTED IRANIAN OIL.
FAST ROPING FROM A HELICOPTER,
CLIMBING UP THE HULL FROM
SPEEDBOATS NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO
THE MEDITERRANEAN.
JOHN BOLTON CONGRATULATED THE
BRITISH.
THEY COMMANDEERED THE GRACE 1.
THEY WILL PREVENT AMERICA AND
OUR AL WISE WILL CONTINUE
PREVENT REGIMES IN TEHRAN AND
DAMASCUS FROM PROFITING OFF THIS
ILLICIT TRADE.
THEY SAID THEY WERE TIPPED OFF
BY AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE.
>> WE'LL LOOK HOW IT AFFECTS OUR
SOVEREIGNTY.
REPORTER: THIS COMES AS IRAN'S
PRESIDENT THREATENS TO ENRICH
THE ITS STOCKPILE OF LOW
ENRICHED URANIUM PAST THE CAP
SET BY THE LANDMARK 2015.
HIGHLY-ENRICHED URANIUM IS
NEEDED TO MAKE NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP WALKED AWAY FROM
THE DEAL LAST YEAR.
BUT OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE
AGREEMENT ARE TRYING TO HOLD IT
TOGETHER.
THE PRESIDENT WANTS A NEW
WIDE-RANGING AGREEMENT TO
INCLUDE IRAN'S 2,000 BALLISTIC
MISSILES.
FORMER IRANIAN LEADER, THE
IRANIANS NEED TO TAKE THE TANKER
BACK BY FORCE.
ANOTHER OFFICIAL SAYS THEY
SHOULD IS SEIZE A BRITISH TANKER
AS WELL.
SUSAN: THANK YOU.
JACKIE: WE HAVE THE
VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH.
WILLIAM, WHAT ARE YOU MAKING OF
THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT.
ALSO HOW IT RAISES TENSIONS IN
THE PERSIAN GULF AND HOW IRAN
MAY REACT IN TERMS OF
RETALIATION?
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE
TO TALK ABOUT THIS IMPORTANT
ISSUE.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE
HAVE TO REMEMBER WE SHOULDN'T BE
SURPRISED BY IRANIAN BEHAVIOR IN
SOME WAY BECAUSE SINCE WE
WITHDREW FROM THE DEAL THERE IS
LOT LESS INCENTIVE FOR IRAN TO
COMPLY AND TO BEHAVE.
I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO
REMEMBER, KEEP REALLY IN MIND
HERE, IS THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP
TALKED ABOUT HOW MID-EAST WARS
ARE FOR LOSERS.
THEY'RE NOT GOOD FOR AMERICAN
NATIONAL INTERESTS.
WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND THAT WE
NEED TO FIND A WAY FORWARD HERE.
I THINK THE PRESIDENT'S
COMMITTED TO NEGOTIATIONS THAT
COULD GET AS YOU DEAL.
WE SHOULDN'T HAVE PRESET
CONDITIONS BECAUSE THAT WILL
PREVENT THE OPPORTUNITY TO
REALLY GET THERE WITHOUT WAR,
BECAUSE AGAIN, WAR ISN'T IN OUR
NATIONAL INTERESTS HERE.
JACKIE: DOES IT HELP PRESIDENT
TRUMP WITH HIS MISSION THAT
OTHER COUNTRIES ARE STANDING
BEHIND HIM?
RE WE STRONGER UNITED FOR
EXAMPLE TAKING ON IRAN?
>> SURE.
BUT AGAIN THE UNITED STATES IS
THE MOST IMPORTANT ACTOR IN
THIS.
IT IS UP TO PRESIDENT TRUMP TO
SET THE TONE HERE.
I THINK THIS WILL BE GOOD FOR
THE UNITED STATES TO NEGOTIATE,
FIND A PATH FORWARD.
IT WILL ALSO BE GOOD FOR
PRESIDENT TRUMP HERE.
ELECTORALLY IT DOESN'T MAKE
SENSE TO GET INTO ANOTHER
ENDLESS WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
HE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
HE TALKED ABOUT THAT DURING THE
CAMPAIGN.
HE HAS TALKED ABOUT THAT SINCE
SOME OF POLLING BEARS THAT OUT.
A POLL BY CONCERNED VETERANS OF
AMERICA, A MAJORITY OF AMERICANS
OPPOSE ATTACKS ON IRAN.
THIS IS CASE WHERE PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S INTERESTS HERE IS IN
PEACE, BOTH POLITICALLY AND FOR
OUR COUNTRY.
JACKIE: NO, THE PRESIDENT IS
DEFINITELY MADE THAT CLEAR BUT
OF COURSE IRAN HASN'T REALLY
STOPPED PUNCHING BACK AT THE
NIGHT.
PRESIDENT ROUHANI ACTUALLY
SAYING THAT IT IS GOING TO
CONTINUE TO ENRICH URANIUM AND
THEY WILL MOVE THIS BALL
FORWARD.
SO WHAT HAPPENS IF PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S HAND IS FORCED?
>> AGAIN HOPEFULLY HE WILL CUT
THROUGH THIS, HE WILL FIND A
PATH DIFFERENT FROM WHAT HIS
ADVISOR JOHN BOLTON WANTS.
THE PRESIDENT WANTS PEACE.
I'M NOT SURE ALL HIS ADVISORS
DO.
I THINK THE PRESIDENT NEEDS TO
ASSERT HIMSELF TO BREAK THROUGH
THIS.
PEACE IS IN OUR INTERESTS HERE.
WE COULD DETER IRAN.
THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE
DO THAT.
WE SIGNAL THAT WE WILL STRIKE
BACK IF WE'RE HIT.
THE FACT GETTING TO PEACE IS THE
ANSWER HERE.
IT IS FOOD FOR AMERICA.
IT IS A GOOD FOR THE GLOBAL
ECONOMY.
IT IS GOOD FOR OUR ALLIES.
IT WILL BE GOOD FOR IRAN TO SIT
DOWN AND CUT THROUGH THIS AS
WELL.
JACKIE: WHAT BROUGHT THIS ALL
INTO THE FOREFRONT AGAIN IRAN'S
ECONOMY IS STRUGGLING BECAUSE OF
THE SANCTIONS.
IS ONE NEGOTIATING TACTIC FROM
THE PRESIDENT POTENTIALLY EASE
UP A LITTLE BIT, GIVE THEM ROOM
TO BREATHE?
>> THERE HAS TO BE A OFF-RAMP
HERE BECAUSE IF YOU PUT
PRECONDITIONS ON NEGOTIATIONS,
IF YOU HAVE A MAXIMUM PRESSURE
CAMPAIGN WHERE THE IRANIANS ARE
FORCED TO EITHER CAPITULATE
COMPLETELY, THEN TRY TO FIND A
WAY OUT OF THAT, I DON'T THINK
THAT THE REGIME IS JUST GOING TO
GIVE UP.
I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
TO FIND THE OFF-RAMP, TO GET TO
THE NEGOTIATING TABLE, AND MEET
OUR SHARED INTERESTS IN
SOMETHING MORE PEACEFUL THAN