Secret Service BREAKS SILENCE on alleged Iranian plot to kill Trump

[0:02] So back with the latest in the Middle East, the United States conducting a fresh round of strikes against Iran in an attempt to counter Tehran's aggression in the Strait of Hormuz. [0:11] Let's go live to Tel Aviv where Mike Tobin has the details. Good morning, Mike. [0:16] Good morning, Lawrence. The latest in the back and forth with struggle for control over the Strait of Hormuz has Iran once again firing on its neighbors. [0:23] Jordan, Oman, Bahrain and Kuwait all took fire. [0:27] The Kuwait is saying that border crossings, even an oil rig were hit out there. [0:30] There's been a lot of social media traffic suggesting that U.S. service members were injured in Kuwait. [0:35] Those reports are not true. But this follows another round of U.S. strikes inside of Iran. [0:41] There may be some fresh reporting today about news strikes. [0:45] The U.S. says everything from missile launching sites to maritime locations that Iran was using to meta shipping in the Straits were hit. [0:51] Dozens of targets were hit by land-based and sea-based fighter jets. Guided missiles were fired from ships in the area. [0:56] This latest round of airstrikes came after Iran fired on a Cyprus flag cargo ship crossing the Strait. [1:02] It was traveling outside of the route designated by Iran and following the route encouraged by the U.S. [1:07] One sailor is now missing and the ship was disabled. [1:10] President Trump says Iran triggered this round of violence. [1:13] They agreed to a deal yesterday, a perfect deal for us. No nuclear, no this, no that, no nothing. [1:20] They gave up everything. And then after that, they left the room. [1:24] And then within an hour, they launched a drone and a ship. [1:30] As far as the plot to assassinate President Trump as relayed by Israeli intelligence, the U.S. Secret Service issued a statement. [1:38] While we do not confirm or comment on intelligence matters, we consume information on a global level to effectively execute our protective operations. [1:48] This is pretty serious. You know, you can't just make these kind of claims. [1:54] I think it's important for Americans to understand that what the Iranians are saying and doing is nothing that they haven't been doing for 47 years. [2:04] Meantime, some 20 vessels, upwards of 20 vessels, crossed the strait yesterday. [2:09] That's about half the volume before this latest round of strikes. [2:13] Oil is now up 3.5% a barrel to $79 a barrel. [2:18] And that's about 8% higher than it was before this latest round in the conflict. [2:23] Lawrence, back to you. [2:24] Roger that. Thanks so much, Mike. [2:27] United against nuclear, Iran's CEO and former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., Mark Wallace joins us now. [2:34] Mr. Ambassador, thanks so much for joining the program. [2:36] I want to talk about the strait before we get to the strait, though. [2:39] There is some reporting that when you look at Fordow, Natanz, or Esfjan, there has been no movement there. [2:46] But it does look like some of the surveillance imaging is showing that they're trying to reconstitute Pixax Mountain. [2:55] What do you make of that? [2:57] Well, first of all, thank you for having me on. [3:00] I appreciate it. [3:01] And it was listening to Mike's great report. [3:02] Obviously, he really covered it comprehensively. [3:05] Look, we have really good eyes on these nuclear sites. [3:09] And I'm confident, given the eyes that we have on it, and whenever you see commercial satellite reporting or news reporting or satellite data on these nuclear sites, [3:19] I am quite confident that our military and our intelligence services have truly quite good eyes on these locations. [3:27] And, look, moving surface debris around is one thing. [3:30] Truly trying to dig out this material and reconstituting nuclear program, we will know it. [3:35] But it is worrisome because clearly Iran is not ready to rejoin the community of nations as so many of our friends have hooked in the past. [3:43] And I think it's quite suspect that they ever will want to do that. [3:47] And this kind of conduct is designed to be provocative and get us talking about it. [3:52] Yeah, the president makes the argument that they don't even have the tools to be able to dig out that nuclear dust. [3:59] But they're still attempting to do it. [4:02] I want to move on over to the straight because that seems to be their one tool. [4:06] At what point should the president weigh the options? [4:09] Because we have plans put in place to do that to secure the strait. [4:14] Are we reaching that moment that the president may implement that plan? [4:19] So we take that off the table, those cards? [4:23] Look, for the last 47 years, Iran has been desperate to confront the West [4:27] and use the leverage of terrorism, its proxies across the region, [4:33] its nuclear program, which was its ultimate leverage. [4:36] And now most of that leverage has been eviscerated, obliterated, it's gone. [4:42] And the last gasp of this leverage that they hope to have, [4:45] even as oil prices and China's oil consumption, [4:48] as oil producers around the strait are redirecting, [4:53] the control of the strait and Firmouz and the effort to try to control that [4:57] is their desperate effort to regain or try to assert regional hegemony, [5:02] control in the region. [5:03] And I think that as long as this regime is in power, [5:07] they're going to try to exert whatever leverage they can. [5:10] And the straitful moves is really their last gasp [5:13] because their other tools are gone. [5:15] Such a good point. [5:18] Before I let you go, it would be foolish of me [5:22] if I didn't get you to respond to the tragic passion, [5:26] passing of the late Senator Graham. [5:29] I know you had a relationship with him. [5:32] He was a foreign policy hawk, but one at the safety of America at its core. [5:37] What's your reaction to his passing? [5:40] Well, first of all, thanks for asking that question. [5:42] Because Senator Graham was part of the three amigos. [5:45] We were close to many government officials in our own country and others. [5:49] And Senator Graham was a great friend of ours and our former colleague Joe Lieberman who passed [5:54] some time ago now as well. [5:56] I think really the point to remember Lindsay, [5:59] a group of us were circulating a picture last night [6:02] that our great friend Ileana Ross-Leighton, [6:05] the former chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, sent to me. [6:08] And it was a picture of Lindsay in New Hampshire [6:10] with Jeb Bush, John McCain, Ileana, and others. [6:15] And Lindsay was just beaming with his smile. [6:18] There was a joy to Lindsay's politics, his policy, [6:22] the things that he cared about. [6:24] He loved doing this stuff. [6:26] He loved confronting the challenges of the United States [6:28] and he loved working with other members, regardless of party. [6:33] And I think Lindsay's, the thing that will be missed most about Lindsay [6:37] was his knowledge, expertise, but also the joy that he had [6:40] in working on these issues. [6:42] And I think the sense of privilege that he had in working on them [6:45] and just the joy that he had in working with everyone on Capitol Hill [6:49] and across the aisle. [6:51] We're seeing less and less of that in politics today. [6:53] And with the last of the three amigos gone, [6:56] it's a real sad day for America. [6:59] It really is. [7:00] The man loved being a senator. [7:02] Thank you so much, sir. [7:03] He did. [7:03] I appreciate you, Ambassador. [7:06] Thank you. [7:06] Thank you.