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Let's head out to Tel Aviv where Trey Yanks is standing by after speaking with the president hours ago multiple times, including when the president was in the situation room. So, Trey, is it your understanding that there's a three-day plan, a four-day plan, or is it we're going to hit you until we get you back to the table plan? Yeah, Brian, good morning. My understanding is that there's a new equation for the Iranians because they were unwilling to make a good faith deal at the negotiating table. And I asked the president if they don't sign the deal, what's going to happen? And he said we'll bomb the S out of them tomorrow night. And so clearly, President Trump is keeping the military option on the table if the Iranians are unwilling to make those concessions. But again, this is a change in thinking. Rather than trying to force the Iranians into a deal that they've been unwilling to make so far, the president is now targeting these critical assets belonging to the Iranian regime. What we saw last night, broadly, a shaping operation. You see the radar systems and the air defense systems taken out by not only Tomahawk missiles, but the fighter jets that were in the skies of Iran. The message that President Trump sent overnight to the Iranian regime, Iran does not control the skies of its own country. And when the president was speaking in the situation room with Fox News exclusively, he was joined by Vice President J.D. Vance and special envoys Kushner and Whitcoff. And Vance told Fox News about the negotiation process. He said we're certainly dealing with both at the very highest levels of the political leadership in Iran, but also the IRGC. The Trump administration right now has presented the Iranians with a deal that would ultimately open the Strait of Hormuz and curb their nuclear program. And what's interesting is this morning, following these powerful U.S. strikes against Iran, the Iranians came out with a statement saying they have closed the Strait of Hormuz. Well, they said that before, but the United States was taking millions of barrels of oil secretly out of the Persian Gulf. And so it gives you a sense of the Iranian propaganda that is coming out of Tehran as it relates to this war and the reality on the ground. And the reality overnight was that President Trump ordered these heavy strikes, not just against the southwestern part of the country, but President Trump tells me that some of the missiles actually hit just about 40 miles outside of the Iranian capital of Tehran. So we've seen multiple operations now from our military intelligence. They start with cyber first, and then they go after the defense systems, and then they hit their actual targets, whether it is a foreign leader or it is weapons facilities or a launcher. Do you get the impression, since they have only been targeting really the defense system, that the next phase, if they don't sign the deal, are the targets, the real targets? Yes, I spoke with President Trump earlier in the day before these strikes began, and he told me he was getting closer to striking Iran's power plants and bridges, because again, Iran has been unwilling to sign this agreement. There was something interesting that happened overnight as the president gathered in the Situation Room. You can imagine how tense this is. He was joined by the vice president and his special envoys along with top generals, and they have a lot of information coming in. But at one point, when I first spoke with the president, he had to go briefly because he was getting an incoming phone call from Iranian officials in Tehran. And when the president called back, he described what that call was like. He said they asked him to stop the bombing, because at that point, there were fighter jets over the skies of their country, and they lacked the ability to actually defend their own territory. And ultimately, the president was very clear. He'll stop bombing if they sign the agreement. It's a very clear equation. The Iranians overnight did, however, respond against Gulf countries and U.S. forces in Bahrain and Kuwait, as well as Jordan. According to the Jordanian army, 20 incoming Iranian ballistic missiles were shot down. But there was no damage caused to U.S. forces. And again, this speaks to the equation. Now, the backdrop here in all of this is quite important. And I spoke with President Trump about this as well. As these strikes are taking place, and the Iranians are unable to control the skies of their own country, the U.S. naval blockade remains in effect. And it's crippling the Iranian economy. The exports for the Iranian regime are down about 90 percent. They're extracting crude oil at a 50 percent rate. And so not only was the president bombing them from the air overnight, keeping the naval blockade in place, and ultimately telling them you have one choice here at the negotiating table, sign the deal, or the war resumes. But he was also communicating with regional allies about what was going on. He told me he spoke quickly with the Israelis. However, the Israelis were not involved in the strikes overnight. Guys? So, Trey, I'm reading about, because you've said we were striking their air defense systems. Will you explain to the public, this is what the definition, definition is basically, will you just explain to the public what that means? These are the, these are the machines that will detect if there's a drone or if there's a missile, right? Yeah, so the Iranians have some domestic production of air defense systems, but broadly they're looking at Russian and Chinese systems. And the S-400s that they had from the Russians previously were taken out by the Israelis and the Americans during the 12-day war last summer that ultimately ended with Operation Midnight Hammer. And that's why they were unable to defend their own nuclear facilities when the president brought those B-2 bombers overhead. Now, ultimately, President Trump told me early yesterday that during the ceasefire, the Iranians tried to rebuild some of this infrastructure. And they have some of these smaller systems, actually shoulder fire missiles. One of the missiles that is believed to have taken down that U.S. fighter jet earlier in the year during Operation Epic Fury. But these are smaller units that are operating inside of Iran. Now, when you compare the Iranian air defense with what the Israelis have, it's quite different because in Israel, they have a tiered system that begins with the Iron Dome, it goes to David's sling in the middle, and then they have the Arrow 2 and 3 system. Ultimately, President Trump, in preparation for the possibility of war with Iran, provided Israel with Patriot and Thad missile defense systems that we understand in the region, also including in Jordan, have worked to shoot down incoming Iranian ballistic missile fire this year. And it speaks to the coordination that is taking place. And that's why it was so interesting to speak with the president last night as he was sitting in the Situation Room because he, along with his team, are juggling a variety of offensive and defensive actions all at the same time. And this is coordinated again with the Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and with the head of U.S. Central Command, Admiral Brad Cooper, and, of course, the Joint Chiefs Chairman. This is a team effort to ensure that as the Americans are going on offense, they're also prepared to protect allies in the Gulf and even further to the West, including Israel and Jordan. Guys? It's really genius in terms of it's almost like a bowl constrictor, just slowly, slowly tightening the grip until they choke to death. The other intangible, the wild card, is the Iranian people. We don't talk a lot about it because we're not into regime change, but 89 or 89 million of them hate their government. And guess what? The government is scared of their people. That's why they're killing them in cold blood. But they're able to communicate now. The Internet is up. Do you think if the next step could be we'll provide air cover if the people want to rise up and put additional pressure? Can you think that might be part of the calculus? It's an interesting question. And what's also quite interesting is because the Internet is partially back on in Iran, we're getting more images whenever the United States actually strikes Iranian territory. And we're also getting more images from Operation Epic Fury that show the massive amount of destruction to Iranian energy infrastructure and a variety of different besieged and IRGC targets that were hit during the 40-day war. Now, as all of this is taking place, there is this question of the Iranian people who earlier this year and also late last year in December tried to rise up against their government because of the difficult economic situation inside of Iran. And they were met in the streets of their country with live ammunition. President Trump says 42,000 Iranian civilians were slaughtered by the regime. And this gives you a sense of how dangerous and scary it is for these civilians as they were expressing their concern about the state of the Iranian economy. Remember, that's why those protests began. And so when you think about the domestic political pressure that President Trump is currently, as we speak, putting on the Iranian regime, it is immense because you have the U.S. naval blockade that's in place and it is crippling all these parts of the Iranian economy that are not just used to support the military programs in Iran, but also the civilian population. And before all of this began late last year, the Iranians were considering moving their capital from Tehran because they couldn't get fresh water to their people. And now this situation and the aftermath of these military defeats during Operation Epic Fury, their top leadership around Supreme Leader, and other officials around 40 of them taken out in that initial wave of strikes during Operation Epic Fury, the second tier taken out. And now you have this third tier that is partially operating and trying to negotiate with what they can. But it's a situation for the Iranian regime that they've never seen in 47 years. Their economy is crumbling and the people are angry. They don't want war. Ultimately, they want a situation where they're not living under an oppressive regime that meets them in the streets of their country with live ammunition. And President Trump promised them earlier this year that he would help them and he has taken out many of the leaders, including Basij commanders and IRGC officials who are actually leading those crackdowns on civilians. But again, the focus here for the region today, guys, those US strikes that took place overnight, President Trump exclusively telling Fox News on the phone in the Situation Room alongside the Vice President and his special envoys that if the Iranians do not sign the good faith deal that was presented by American negotiators, he will "bomb the S out of them" tonight. And so the region is waiting to see what comes next. The US military remains on high alert and the battle damage assessment following those strikes overnight is ongoing. When did he say that to you this morning? Because that means he would bomb tonight. Yes, exactly. He said that overnight as these strikes were taking place. He was in the Situation Room actually watching this unfold in real time. And so he was talking about tonight. And again, that is why the region remains on high alert following those Iranian counter attacks that took place against US forces in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan. But again, when you think about what the Iranians are facing right now, during Operation Epic Fury, there was a systematic campaign that was launched by CENTCOM to not only go after the launching positions of these ballistic missiles and these drones, but also to go after the production lines. And that was critical during all of this because the Iranians no longer have the ability to resupply. And so every time that they launch a ballistic missile at US forces in the Gulf or even further to the West and it gets shot down by a THAAD or Patriot Missile Defense System, that's one less missile in their arsenal and one less piece of leverage they have on the battlefield.

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