>> Mike: THE FALLOUT OF THE
ATTACK ON THE SAUDI OIL FACILITY
IS FRONT AND CENTER AS WORLD
LEADERS GATHER AT THE
UNITED NATIONS THIS WEEK.
IRAN'S PRESIDENT IS THERE ON A
MISSION TO SUPPORT IT WIN FOR
HIS COUNTRY -- OR WIN SUPPORT
FOR HIS COUNTRY, ROUHANI
UNVEILING A PLAN TO INVITE
PERSIAN GULF NATIONS INTO A
COALITION.
AT THIS TIME THERE IS NO PLANNED
MEETINGS BETWEEN PRESIDENT TRUMP
AND ROUHANI.
WITH IRAN'S ROUHANI COMING TO
TOWN, THE STAGE IS SET FOR A
POSSIBLE BETWEEN WORLD LEADERS.
LET'S TURN TO STATE DEPARTMENT
SPOKESPERSON MORGAN ORTAGUS.
GREAT TO SEE YOU.
>> THANKS, GREAT TO BE BACK.
BEFORE WE GET TO THAT,
"THE WASHINGTON POST" IS ON THE
FRONT OF THE STORY SAYING
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS HOLD
ON MILITARY AID DAYS BEFORE
CALLING THAT UKRAINIAN.
OFFICIALS SAY, IT GOES ON TO
SAY, ORDERING ACTING WHITE HOUSE
CHIEF OF STAFF MICK MULVANEY TO
HOLD BACK CLOSE TO $400 MILLION
IN MILITARY AID FOR UKRAINE.
IS THAT ACCURATE?
>> WE WILL LET THE WHITE HOUSE
SPEAK FOR THE PRESIDENT'S
INTERACTIONS AND CONVERSATIONS.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE
WITH SECRETARY POMPEO SET ON
SUNDAY ON THE SUNDAY SHOWS, HE
REITERATED THE FACT THAT IT IS
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION THAT
HAS PROVIDED AID TO UKRAINE.
MEANWHILE, DURING THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION THEY SENT
BLANKETS AND GOOD WISHES.
UKRAINE HAS BEEN FACING RUSSIAN
AGGRESSION FOR QUITE SOME TIME
AND IT'S THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION THAT IS WORKING
TO THOROUGHLY COUNTER THE
RUSSIAN THREAT THAT THE
UKRAINIAN SPACE.
>> Mike: IRAN'S FOREIGN
MINISTER RAISING THE POSSIBILITY
OF A NEW NUCLEAR AGREEMENT WITH
PRESIDENT TRUMP, LET'S LISTEN.
>> WE ARE PREPARED IF
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SERIOUS ABOUT
PERMANENT PERMANENT -- PERMANENT
PEACEFUL NUCLEAR PROGRAMMING
IRAN.
AND PERMANENT MONITORING OF
IRANIAN NUCLEAR FACILITIES.
>> Mike: YOUR REACTION,
MORGAN?
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FACT OF
WHERE WE ARE.
SECRETARY POMPEO HAS LAID OUT
FOR THE PAST WEEK BEFORE HE WENT
TO SAUDI ARABIA AND UAE, IRAN
COMMITTED AN UNPRECEDENTED
ATTACK AGAINST THEIR NEIGHBOR
SAUDI ARABIA AND IT'S IMPORTANT
TO NOTE THAT SECRETARY POMPEO IS
RIGHT.
WE HAD MANY PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
MEDIA -- WE HAVE MANY FORMER
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS,
PEOPLE WHO SHOULD HAVE KNOWN
BETTER, THAT BELIEVED THE CLAIM
OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE OBVIOUSLY
LYING, THAT THEY WERE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTACK.
ANYBODY WHO HAS ACCESS TO
GOOGLE MAPS COULD HAVE FIGURED
IT OUT ON THEIR OWN, THAT IT
WOULD HAVE BEEN PHYSICALLY
IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO HAVE THE
CAPABILITY TO DO SO.
SO THE SECRETARY --
SECRETARY POMPEO POINTED THIS
OUT RIGHT AWAY.
MANY PEOPLE RUSH TO LEAVE THE
IRANIANS AS OPPOSED TO BELIEVING
U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE AND
FORMER INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL.
IN THE IRANIANS HAVE REALLY BEEN
PAINTING THEMSELVES INTO A
CORNER HERE WITH THIS
UNPRECEDENTED ATTACK ON THEIR
NEIGHBORS.
HOW THEY'VE DONE THAT IS WE SAW
SOMETHING VERY SIGNIFICANT.
WHAT WE CALL THE E3, U.K.,
GERMANY AND FRANCE, TODAY PUT
OUT A STATEMENT THAT SAID THEY
BELIEVE THAT THEY BELIEVE IRAN
IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTACK IN
SAUDI ARABIA AND WHAT'S EVEN
MORE IMPORTANT, SOMETHING THAT
WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR
THE PAST YEAR IN HIS
ADMINISTRATION, SINCE
SECRETARY POMPEO CAME TO THE
OFFICE, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
WHY THE JCPOA WAS NOT A GOOD
DEAL AND IT'S NOT JUST BECAUSE
IT DID ACTUALLY PROVIDE A
PATHWAY FOR THE IRANIANS TO GET
A NUCLEAR WEAPON, BUT BECAUSE
THE JCPOA DID NOT ADDRESS THE
MALIGN ACTIVITY BY THE IRANIANS
IN THE REGION AND THE JCPOA DID
NOT ADDRESS THEIR BALLISTIC
MISSILE ACTIVITY EITHER.
SO THE E3, U.K., GERMANY AND
FRANCE WERE VERY GRATEFUL, NOT
ONLY SAID THAT IRAN WAS
RESPONSIBLE, THEY SAID IN A NEW
DEAL THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE
TO CONFRONT IRAN'S BEHAVIOR IN
THE REGION.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT
A LONGER-TERM NUCLEAR
NEGOTIATION AND LOOK AT THEIR
BALLISTIC MISSILE PRODUCTION.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE
WANTED, OUR FRIENDS AND ALLIES
HAVE TO BE ON BOARD WITH US FOR
QUITE SOME TIME.
AND I KNOW SECRETARY POMPEO SAID
EARLIER TONIGHT BUT HE
ENCOURAGES NATIONS TO DO SO.
>> Mike: HERE IS
PRESIDENT TRUMP TODAY ON
POTENTIAL TALKS WITH IRAN.
>> I DON'T THINK WE NEED A
MEDIATOR.
HE'S A FRIEND OF MINE, BUT WE
ARE NOT LOOKING FOR ANY
MEDIATORS.
THEY KNOW WHO TO CALL.
>> Mike: YOU EXPECT
CONVERSATIONS ON THE SIDELINES
UP THERE AT THE U.N.?
>> THAT'S CERTAINLY UP TO THE
PRESIDENT TO DECIDE.
I WOULD REMIND YOU THAT FROM
MINISTER ABE OF JAPAN ASKED IF
HE COULD GO TO IRAN AND BEGIN TO
NEGOTIATE BETWEEN THE TWO.
AND WHILE THEY WERE THERE HOW
DID THE IRANIANS RESPOND TO THE
DIPLOMACY OF ABE?
THEY ATTACKED A JAPANESE
LECTURE.
EVERY TIME WE SEEN IN THE
ADMINISTRATION WHEN
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND
SECRETARY POMPEO HAVE EXTENDED
THEIR HAND IN DIPLOMACY, IT IS
MET WITH KINETIC ACTION.
THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN OFFERING
FOR A LONG TIME, JUST SAW
SECRETARY POMPEO AT THE
WHITE HOUSE, SECRETARY MNUCHIN
IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE SAYING
FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, SAYING
THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP WOULD BE
WILLING TO MEET.
HOW DID THE IRANIANS RESPOND TO
THAT?
THEY TOOK 60% OF THE OIL
CAPACITY IN SAUDI ARABIA OFF THE
MARKET.
SO WE HAVE CALLED FOR PEACEFUL
RESOLUTION.
WE CALLED FOR DIPLOMACY, AND
EVERY TIME WE ARE MET, AND OUR
ALLIES ARE MET, WITH KINETIC
ACTION BY IRAN.