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0:00The situation with Iran just heated up.
0:02>> Hey guys, good morning. Overnight, Iran
0:04launched at least eight ballistic
0:06missiles at US forces in Jordan. A US
0:08source familiar tells Fox News there
0:10were no significant impacts and the
0:12majority of the incoming fire was
0:15intercepted. The attack came after US
0:17forces struck Iran's Larak Island after
0:20identifying preparations for an IRGC
0:22rocket launch that was meant to place
0:24new sea mines in the straight of Hormuz.
0:26Sentcom released a statement saying US
0:28forces took limited precise action
0:30against IRGC mine lane forces posing an
0:33imminent threat in the straight of
0:34Hormuz. In essence, Iran created the
0:36threat and the US military eliminated it
0:39to protect civilian mariners, commercial
0:42shipping, and the free flow of
0:43commercial of global commerce. Now, this
0:45is the first known US strike against
0:47Iran since late July.
0:48>> But think about what position that puts
0:50the United States in. Just a few days
0:52ago, Trump said the straits open. We got
0:54rid of all the mines here. Iran is about
0:56to launch rockets that are going to drop
0:58mines in the Straight of Hormuz, which
1:00means if a ship were to hit one of
1:01those, it would be America's fault. But
1:03that's not all. Watch this.
1:04>> Iranian President Massud Peskin spoke
1:06today about the exchange of fire.
1:10>> We do not seek war. That has been our
1:12message to the world until now. However,
1:15in the face of aggression, we will not
1:17stand by. We are capable of delivering
1:20decisive response. Instability in this
1:22region would affect everyone and create
1:24serious problems. Instability is in no
1:27country's interest.
1:28>> So then why put mines in the straight of
1:30that comes as reports indicate the US
1:31may ramp up economic pressure this week
1:33against Iran following new sanctions
1:35last week. Iranian officials reacted
1:37over the weekend with Iran's Supreme
1:38Leader Mustaba urging more domestic
1:41production and less reliance on the US
1:43dollar. And you know why that is?
1:45Something very strange started happening
1:47in Iran over the last few days. Check
1:49this out. You have these wild gas lines
1:53all over the country. An oil producing
1:56nation is unable to refine its own
1:58natural resource and provide gas for its
2:01economy. This is wild.
2:02>> The blockade has been unbelievable. The
2:05financial
2:06uh the financial hits that we're giving
2:09them, we're hitting them very hard.
2:10Never nobody's ever been hit like this.
2:12>> And they're a failing nation right now.
2:15>> And at the right point, we'll either win
2:17or they'll do something. But, you know,
2:19I don't mind winning. Just winning that.
2:21I don't need a signature on a piece of
2:23paper. But we're doing very well. Their
2:25navy's gone. Their air force is gone.
2:27Their leaders are gone. Their uh all of
2:30their anti-aircraft.
2:31>> So, what can we take from that
2:33statement? The president says it is
2:35possible to win this thing without a
2:36deal and without a signed piece of
2:38paper. And the second thing he said is
2:40it looks like Iran may try something.
2:41Now, he said that before this attack on
2:44the US Marines and now look at what the
2:46president is saying. President Trump
2:47told Fox News there will be a US
2:50response to the Iranian attack on US
2:53forces overnight in Jordan. The
2:55president said we're going to hit them
2:56hard. There will be a response. The
2:59president said all of the missiles were
3:01shot down with the exception of one that
3:03wasn't going to hit anything
3:04significant. Overnight, Iran launched at
3:06least eight ballistic missiles at US
3:08forces in Jordan. The attack came after
3:10US forces struck Iran's Lark Island
3:13after identifying preparations for an
3:14IRGC rocket launch that was meant to
3:17place new sea mines in the straight of
3:18Hormuz. So Iran is claiming that the
3:21United States is the aggressor here. But
3:24Iran had a plan to put mines in the
3:25straight of Hormuz, which wouldn't just
3:27endanger US ships, but all ships. And
3:29what did Iran's leaders say? Their
3:31leverage is destabilization. Their
3:33leverage is uncertainty. This is the
3:35currency with which they are continuing
3:38this campaign of aggression on their
3:39end. Look at this. They're trying to sew
3:41that uncertainty right now. They're
3:43saying that a tanker in the street of
3:45Hormuz struck two mines. But that's
3:48actually false. And if something like
3:50that were to happen, that's actually
3:52false. But if something like that were
3:53to happen, what would it do to oil
3:55prices? Oil prices would go to $100,
3:57$200 a barrel if tankers were being
3:59sunk. And that's their plan.
4:01Destabilization. Try to wreck the world
4:03economy. Make it all Trump's fault so
4:05that Trump loses the midterms. But
4:07there's more. Look at this.
4:08>> US forces struck two Iranian launchers
4:11on Laric Island. Forces there were seen
4:13preparing to launch rockets with sea
4:15mines into the straight of Hormuse. And
4:18SenCom says it completed clearing sea
4:20mines from the straits international
4:22shipping routes last week. This marks
4:24the first US military action in about a
4:27month. The last time the US confirmed
4:29targeting Iran was on July 29th.
4:32President Trump posting an AI generated
4:34video saying that Carg Island where
4:36roughly 90% of Iranian oil exports
4:39originate was being quote blown to
4:41smitherreens. Well, Iran denies that and
4:43so far there's been no evidence that the
4:45island was under attack. Although,
4:47President Trump also said this in an
4:48interview that aired this weekend that
4:50was taken earlier. So, is he going to
4:52strike? The war in Iran hit its sixth
4:54month mark on Friday. The US Treasury is
4:57likely to unveil new secondary sanctions
5:00to ramp up pressure on Iran. US Treasury
5:03Secretary Scott Bessant said this quote
5:05yesterday. You're going to see a lot
5:07more of these every week. We're starting
5:09with the banks and we're telling banks
5:11it's not okay to have Iranian money and
5:13to aid the regime.
5:14>> Every week the United States is going to
5:16ramp up economic pressure. And look what
5:18that's doing to Iran's economy. They're
5:20shutting down and they're now going
5:22about lockdowns in their own country.
5:24Look, apparently in this interview,
5:26their president is saying that they've
5:28talked with the heads of various offices
5:31to shut them down and switch to remote
5:34work so they don't consume electricity,
5:37gas, travel expenses. Remote work is
5:41possible. That's not a thriving economy.
5:43That's not a system that is surviving.
5:44Remote work happens before everything
5:47falls apart. And you can't operate like
5:48that forever. If remote work was so
5:50great, they would have been doing it
5:51before this conflict happened. But
5:53there's more. Look at this.
5:54>> Iranian officials are now reacting
5:56publicly to the new US economic pressure
5:59against their country. Iran's Supreme
6:01Leader Mustaba Hamayi released a rare
6:03statement over the weekend urging more
6:06domestic production and less reliance on
6:08the US dollar. His official exac account
6:10posted equally vital is giving special
6:13attention to economic growth, boosting
6:15production, gradually phasing out the US
6:17dollar from playing a pivotal role, and
6:19ultimately making resistance economy the
6:21central focus. All of which are among
6:23the goals of the serviceoriented
6:25government. President Peskian also
6:28discussed the strain experienced in
6:30Thran.
6:31>> Listen to this. Exports and imports have
6:33fallen by 25 to 35%.
6:36>> This is our exports have fallen more,
6:39but our imports have also declined. Of
6:41course, exports have seen a bigger drop
6:44than imports.
6:45>> This is clear to those who understand
6:47economics. I do not want to spell it
6:49out. I do not know what to say to those
6:52who claim that the sanctions have no
6:54effect.
6:55>> And now this comes as the US naval
6:57blockade remains in full effect. US
6:59Central Command says as of August 28th,
7:02SenCom forces have redirected 82
7:04commercial vessels.
7:05>> So this blockade that we heard wasn't
7:07working. It wasn't doing anything. It
7:09started slow, but now things have gotten
7:12to a point where the footage coming out
7:14of Iran of what this economic blockade
7:16is doing is just so incredible to look
7:19at. It cannot be ignored. And there's no
7:21way a news network that wants to try and
7:23carry water for the regime in Iran is
7:25able to just wash that away and say,
7:27"Oh, no, that's not actually happening."
7:29It is happening. They just told
7:31everybody that has a job, stay home. Use
7:33the internet. Oh, wait. But the internet
7:35doesn't work there all the time because
7:36they shut it down when there are
7:38protests or when they don't want certain
7:39information going out. Things are not
7:42looking good. And this explains why
7:45there was this rocket attack and this
7:47ballistic attack. This is a lastditch
7:50effort to try and mess with the world
7:51economy and make it look like Trump has
7:53failed.
7:54>> Hey Trey, so the word is they would
7:56thought they were laying mines. They
7:58were probably and they just cleaned out
8:01the whole area.
8:02>> So they're not going to let them put
8:04mines down again. So it makes perfect
8:06sense.
8:07>> Do you get the sense that the straight
8:10is going to continue to build? I think
8:12it's averaging 27 ships there uh a day
8:15and I think when it's when it's at its
8:17best it's between about between 100 and
8:20115. Do you get the sense it's going to
8:22continue today?
8:23>> Of course it is.
8:26>> Yes, absolutely. What's happening right
8:28now is we hear these statements from
8:29Iranian officials in Thran and they say
8:31the straight of Hormuz is closed. But
8:33the US Navy is overseeing vessels each
8:35and every night with millions of barrels
8:37of crude oil that are currently stuck in
8:39the Persian Gulf out through this
8:41southern route out of the straight of
8:42Hormuz.
8:43>> And here's the fascinating thing about
8:44this. If Iran was telling the truth, if
8:47they were legitimately able to say that
8:49the straight of Hormuz is closed and if
8:50you sail through there in your vessel,
8:53you may encounter a mine, something may
8:55happen. Why are they trying to put new
8:56minds out there? If they've got plenty
8:58of minds out there, if they've got this
9:00thing on lockdown and they control this
9:01area, why are they doing something now
9:04to try and make what they're saying a
9:06reality if it's already a reality? That
9:08doesn't make any sense at all, does it?
9:09Now, there are also posts, alleged viral
9:13posts claiming that the US Navy is
9:17creating a way to bypass the straight of
9:19Hormuz, digging a new route for ships on
9:22the Omani side. Reports claim satellite
9:25imagery indicates a covert dredging
9:27operation has secretly created a
9:30previously unused shipping corridor.
9:32According to the report, the route is
9:341,600 ft wide and has a natural depth of
9:37roughly 93 feet, potentially allowing
9:40very large crude carriers to navigate
9:42it. So far, there haven't been any
9:43official reports of this, but if it
9:45happens, you know that the people in
9:48Iran are going to do something about it,
9:50which could mean another attack. But as
9:52we've seen, the US military, there are
9:54still 50,000 personnel over there ready
9:57to make sure that shipping stays safe in
9:59this part of the world. Look, but just
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11:31>> And so, it's an indication that the US
11:33military has the ability to undercut
11:35Iranian efforts to close the straight.
11:37and they are watching closely if the
11:39Iranians try to remine the straight of
11:41moose and that's exactly what took place
11:43overnight. The Iranians have these fars
11:45five rockets and they have a distance a
11:48range of about 65 nautical miles and
11:50they can be used to place sea mines and
11:52that's exactly what the US military
11:54wants to avoid because they want to keep
11:56this critical waterway open and flowing
11:58so that more vessels can start to pass
12:00through. This coupled with the ongoing
12:02US naval blockade is putting new
12:04pressure on the Iranian regime. And it
12:06even forced Iranian officials over the
12:08weekend to admit this economic pressure.
12:10Not just the Supreme Leader Mustavi, but
12:12also Iran's president Masud Peskian said
12:14in an interview with state media. I
12:17don't know what to say to people that
12:18say that sanctions have no effect on our
12:20country.
12:21>> Yeah,
12:21>> Trey
12:23attacking US forces that are stationed
12:25in in Jordan. If you're an American
12:28family and you have a child that is
12:30stationed in Jordan, that's pretty
12:31alarming. You said uh the majority of
12:34the missiles have been intercepted so
12:35far. The ones that were not intercepted,
12:37do you know how many there were and
12:39where they hit?
12:40>> So, we don't have exact numbers yet, but
12:42the indication is that the Iranians
12:44targeted US bases in Jordan. Remember
12:46earlier this year, US forces were killed
12:48in a similar Iranian missile attack.
12:50These are very serious missiles that the
12:52Iranians are using, and they still have
12:54some in their arsenal. We do know that
12:56the US has shifted a lot of their air
12:58defense to the TH that and Patriot
12:59systems to protect these areas and the
13:01US forces that are there.
13:02>> You know what? These US troops that are
13:05in Jordan, you've got people that are
13:07out there and that are saying, "Oh, the
13:08US shouldn't have any troops overseas.
13:10We shouldn't do this, shouldn't do
13:11that." Look, these troops are protecting
13:13the entire peaceful world by just being
13:16in harm's way because they're the
13:18closest target to this regime. This
13:20regime wants to make a strike. This
13:22regime wants to put people in harm's
13:23way. this regime says it wants to strike
13:25back at the US forces. Well, if they're
13:27close, what does that mean? That means
13:29they get all the attention. They are
13:31deliberately drawing fire from the
13:33Iranians just by their presence there.
13:35And their presence there is something
13:36that the entire world, especially people
13:38in our country, should be very thankful
13:41of. Meanwhile, once again, conflict
13:43breeds uncertainty. Oil prices are
13:46elevated. $85 a barrel today. On Friday,
13:50it was 83. So, they're up. And if you
13:52look over this five-year period of oil
13:55prices, you know, you could see where
13:57stuff happened. But what was this over
13:59here? When Joe Biden was president,
14:01there was no conflict in the Middle
14:02East. Can you imagine if there had been
14:04a conflict in the Middle East when oil
14:05was $118 a barrel on June 3rd, 2022?
14:10What would oil prices have looked like
14:11then if the US had no leverage and no
14:14ability to help work on behalf of our
14:16own country and the free world against a
14:19regime that says it wants to threaten
14:20it? Think about that for a second while
14:22you watch this.
14:23>> So Trey, we heard the statement from the
14:25Iranians essentially as they are
14:27attacking uh the neighbors in the Gulf,
14:29but they want them to be partners again.
14:31>> Yeah.
14:32>> And on the face of you look at that and
14:34as you say that's just ridiculous that
14:36you can't attack people and expect them
14:37to be friends. But we've also heard of
14:40some of the Gulf States potentially
14:42doing their own deals with the run. Is
14:44there any I guess facts to that that
14:48this is happening behind the scenes or
14:50are they going to be in lock step with
14:52the United States?
14:53>> Oh, it's happening. Oman was trying to
14:55work out.
14:55>> So there are indication that talks
14:56continue between Oman and Iran about
14:59control of the straight of Hormuz. But
15:00President Trump has rejected these talks
15:02because he says the US is in control of
15:05the strait and they will decide
15:06ultimately when and where vessels are
15:08getting through.
15:09>> One thing we don't know is we don't know
15:11what's going on beneath the news. We've
15:14got the news that negotiators in Oman
15:16and Iran are trying to come up with some
15:18agreement on the Straight of Hormuz.
15:20That very well might be true. We've also
15:22got this alleged dredging operation to
15:25bypass the Straight of Hormuz. Both of
15:27those things could be true at the same
15:29time, but one greatly changes the
15:30interpretation of the other, doesn't it?
15:32We don't have all the facts. All we can
15:34do is sit back and look at what's
15:36happening here and try to digest for
15:38ourselves exactly what is being said and
15:40what it actually means. And we can tell
15:42a few very important things from what
15:43Iran is saying. Iran is saying that
15:46their country is experiencing problems
15:49because of these sanctions by going to
15:51remote work. What they're saying is they
15:53do not see a future, at least a near
15:55future, where they're going to have
15:56enough oil to function normally. Now,
15:58they're an oil producing nation. At the
16:00exact same time, they claim the Straight
16:02of Hormuz is 100% under their control,
16:04but they're trying to fire their rockets
16:06and drop mines in the Straight of Hormuz
16:07because it's not under their control.
16:09And we can square all of this with the
16:11fact that oil prices are not going
16:12parabolic. And we can put together a
16:15picture that reveals that the US is in
16:18control of this and that when the
16:19president says our blockade is working
16:20and the straight is open, he's right. It
16:23is those things are true. And here's
16:25what happens next. Look
16:26>> ask you about what what you are hearing
16:27about what's happening inside Iran. Not
16:29with the leadership, the current
16:30leadership, but with the people there.
16:32It's been over 6 months now. They have
16:34very little internet access. The
16:36inflation's out of control. How much are
16:38they suffering?
16:38>> And now they're supposed to stay home
16:40and work from home.
16:41>> Yeah, we're starting to get new images
16:42from inside of Iran that show long lines
16:44at gas stations, rising food prices, and
16:47severe economic indications about the
16:49Iranian realal that crossed 2.1 million
16:52realale to one US dollar today. A
16:54historic low for the country's currency.
16:56This is taking place under the backdrop
16:58of these ongoing US economic sanctions
17:00and the US naval blockade that is making
17:02it extremely challenging for the
17:04Iranians to export any crude oil to prop
17:06up their economy. So the Iranian people
17:08are starting to speak out. We have heard
17:10some statements and sound bites from
17:12people there on the streets of Iran that
17:14say the cost of goods is rising there
17:16especially in the capital of
17:18>> Trey with this latest attack. You know,
17:20obviously Iran still has the capability
17:21to shoot off a few missiles here and
17:23there, but it seems just so different
17:25from the start of the war and the past
17:26couple years when Iran was fighting with
17:28Israel when there were barges where we
17:30were seeing hundreds of missiles coming
17:31in at a time. I remember watching you do
17:33live shots where there were just
17:34missiles falling out of the sky like a
17:36meteor shower. Yeah, that's true. When
17:38this conflict first started, this guy
17:40right here in the center, he is in
17:42Israel and he was wearing like a
17:44bulletproof vest and a helmet and
17:46protective gear when he was giving these
17:48reports. And now he's not anymore. And
17:50this is the thing. Iran had so much
17:52conventional capability that their plan
17:55was to become so strong in a
17:56conventional sense that even without a
17:58nuclear deterrent, they would be so
18:01formidable that nobody would want to
18:03mess with their ability to place
18:06leverage on the straight of horses and
18:08to try and control the world economy and
18:10mess with the world economy the same way
18:12we're seeing today. Now, the fake news
18:14is out there acting like Trump has lost
18:16and this is just another sign that Iran
18:18is still around and it's been 6 months
18:20and they're still able to launch
18:22something, but what are we talking
18:24about? We're not talking about a barrage
18:25of 100 ballistic missiles at once. No,
18:29we're talking about a couple of rockets
18:30with mines laid on them that didn't
18:32actually get launched and their
18:34capability to get launched was removed
18:36by US forces. And then we hear that
18:38there was a launch of missiles at US
18:40bases in Jordan, but those were
18:42intercepted. We're not hearing hundreds
18:44of missiles at once. And this idea that
18:46Iran is stronger than they've ever been
18:48right now is a fairy tale.
18:51>> What does it say to you about Iran's
18:53missile capabilities now, that after 6
18:55months of war, they're really only able
18:57to shoot a handful of missiles?
18:59>> They're not the same.
19:01>> Yeah, it's a great question. Look, the
19:02bottom line here, the Iranian military
19:04is degraded, but not destroyed. And
19:06that's very important to look at because
19:08more than 6 months now into this
19:09conflict, the Iranians still do have the
19:11ability to launch ballistic and cruise
19:13missiles along with drones. The UAE says
19:16they shot down an incoming Iranian drone
19:18earlier today. And it gives you a sense
19:20of what remains in their arsenal along
19:22with the threat of these sea mines that
19:23according to US central command they
19:25were trying to place more of in the
19:27straight of Hormuz. Now they say they
19:28control this critical waterway that so
19:30much of the world's oil passes through.
19:32But we do know in the backdrop the US
19:34Navy is overseeing an operation to get
19:36millions of barrels of crude oil out of
19:38the Persian Gulf each day.
19:40>> Now let's think about this from the
19:42perspective of somebody who lives in
19:44Iran right now. When this conflict
19:46started, you knew that your company had
19:48your country had a formidable navy and a
19:51formidable ballistic arsenal and an air
19:54force. Today you do not get information
19:58from your own government that hundreds
20:00of missiles are being launched. Massive
20:02salvos are being launched in
20:04retaliation, like you were when this
20:06conflict started, like you were a year
20:08ago after the operation that took out
20:11Iran's nuclear facilities with the B2
20:14bombers. Meanwhile, there's
20:15hyperinflation. Meanwhile, there are gas
20:17lines. Meanwhile, they're telling you,
20:19"Do not leave your house. Stay home.
20:22Don't go anywhere. Don't use any fuel.
20:24whatever you do in an oil producing
20:26nation. So, the facts tell a very
20:29different story than the propaganda. And
20:32that's why we're now getting all these
20:34reports that the blockade is working.
20:35Things have gotten to such a point in
20:37Iran where what's happening there is
20:39impossible to ignore. Their president is
20:41saying that this is impossible to
20:43ignore. What do you think this means for
20:45the next few months? Do you think
20:46President Trump's right? Do you think
20:47Iran's going to try something? Let me
20:48know. I'll see you in the next