SAYS IT'S ALSO DESTROYED DOZENS OF RADAR INSTALLATIONS. >> STRUCK AT THE HEART OF IRAN'S NUCLEAR ENRICHMENT PROGRAM. WE STRUCK AT THE HEART OF IRAN'S NUCLEAR WEAPONIZATION PROGRAM.
WE TARGETED IRAN'S MAIN ENRICHMENT FACILITY IN NATANZ. WE TARGETED IRAN'S LEADING NUCLEAR SCIENTISTS WORKING ON THE IRANIAN BOMB. WE ALSO STRUCK AT THE IRAN'S BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM.
>> EARLY THIS MORNING, MULTIPLE EXPLOSIONS WERE HERD AT IRAN'S NATANZ NUCLEAR POWER FACILITY. IRAN SAYS THAT SITE HAS NOT BEEN DESTROYED. ISRAEL SAYING THAT CENTER HAS BEEN SEVERELY DAMAGED.
OTHER REPORTS THAT IT HAS BEEN DESTROYED. SO IRANIAN STATE MEDIA TODAY ALSO SAYING THAT THREE MILITARY COMMANDERS IN THE IRANIAN REGIME WERE KILLED, AS WELL AS SIX NUCLEAR SCIENTISTS WHO WERE KILLED. IRAN'S MINISTRY ISSUED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT SAYING, QUOTE: THE AGGRESSIVE ACTIONS OF THE ZION NIST REGIME AGAINST IRAN COULD NOT BEEN V.
BEEN CARRIED OUT WITHOUT THE COORDINATION APPROVAL OF THE UNITED STATES. U. S.
GOVERNMENT MAIN SUPPORTER OF THIS REGIME WILL BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES OF ISRAEL'S ADVENTURISM. U. S.
SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO ISSUED A STATEMENT AS WELL SAYING, QUOTE: WE ARE NOT INVOLVED IN STRIKES AGAINST IRAN AND OUR TOP PRIORITY IS PROTECTING AMERICAN FORCES IN THE REGION. IT WAS 3:00 A. M.
THIS MORNING WHEN SIRENS BLARED ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WAKING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN ISRAEL TELLING THEM TO GET TO SHELTERS. DEFINITION MINISTER DECLARED A SPECIAL STATE OF EMERGENCY AFTER THIS ELABORATE STRIKE IN ANTICIPATION FOR THE IRANIAN ATTACK THAT WOULD LIKELY FOLLOW. AND ISRAEL SAYS THAT IRAN LAUNCHED 100 DRONES IN RETALIATION.
JORDAN SAYS IT WAS ABLE TO STRIKE DOWN SOME OF THOSE DRONES OVER ITS AIR FORCE. AND ISRAEL SAYS THAT ITS AIR FORCE, THE FIGHTER JETS WERE ABLE TO TAKE OUT MANY OF THOSE DRONES BEFORE THEY REACHED ISRAELI AIR SPACE. GUYS, BACK TO YOU.
>> Ainsley: ALEX, ANY WORD IF THOSE 100 DRONES MADE IT INTO ISRAEL OR DID THE IRON DOME PREVENT THAT. >> THE FIGHTER JETS WERE ABLE TO BE UP IN THE AIR AND STRIKING DOWN THE DRONES BEFORE THEY ENTERED ISRAELI ARAB SPACE. A MAJOR SIGH OF RELIEF FOR PEOPLE WHO AGAIN WOKE UP AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING, RUSHING TO THOSE SHELTERS, WAITING FOR WORD OF WHEN AND IF IT WOULD BE SAFE AND WHETHER OR NOT THE IRON DOME WOULD BE OVERWHELMED.
SO WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CLARITY AS OF NOW THE HOME COMMANDS HAS TOLD PEOPLE THEY ARE ALLOW GOD A LITTLE FURTHER OUT FROM THEIR HOME. THEY DO NOT NEED TO STAY IN THEIR SHELTER OR RIGHT NEXT TO THEIR SHELTER, BUT, STILL, THE STREETS ARE EMPTY. PEOPLE ARE INSIDE.
THERE IS NO PUBLIC GATHERING ALLOWED TODAY OR THROUGHOUT THE COMING DAYS AS THE IDF WARNED JUST ABOUT AN HOUR AGO THAT THIS LIKELY COULD CONTINUE AS, AGAIN, WE ARE FOLLOWING THESE NEW REPORTS OF ANOTHER WAVE OF POTENTIAL STRIKES TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW IN IRAN. >> Lawrence: ALL RIGHT. ROGER THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH, ALEX.
>> Ainsley: THANK YOU. >> Lawrence: A LOT OF PEOPLE WONDERING WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE UNITED STATES? ARE WE GOING TO GET INSERTED IN THIS WAR?
WHAT ABOUT THE TALKS GOING ON BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND IRAN? I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH THE PRESIDENT THIS MORNING. HE SAID IT DIDN'T HAVE TO GO DOWN LIKE THIS.
I WANTED PEACE. I WANTED TO BE KNOWN AS THE PRESIDENT OF PEACE. THIS IS WHY I TOOK A WHOLE TOUR IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
HE HAS SINGS RELEASED A STATEMENT. I REALLY THINK IT GOES INTO THE MIND OF WHAT HE WAS THINKING FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. THIS IS WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAYS I GAVE IRAN A CHANCE AFTER CHANCE TO MAKE A DEAL.
I TOLD THEM IN THE STRONGEST OF WORDS TO JUST DO IT BUT NO MATTER HOW HARD THEY TRIED, NO MATTER HOW CLOSE THEY GOT. THEY JUST COULDN'T GET IT DONE. I TOLD THEM THAT IT WOULD BE MUCH MORE -- MUCH WORSE THAN ANYTHING THEY KNOW, ANTICIPATED OR WERE TOLD THAT THE UNITED STATES MAKES THE BEST MILITARY EQUIPMENT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BY FAR AND THAT ISRAEL HAS A LOT OF IT WITH MUCH MORE TO COME AND THEY KNOW NOW WHO USE IT.
HARDLINERS SPOKE BRAVELY BUT THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. THEY ARE ALL DEAD NOW. AND IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE.
THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN GREAT DEATH AND DESTRUCTION BUT THERE IS STILL TIME TO MAKE THIS SLAUGHTER WITH THE NEXT ALREADY PLANNED ATTACKS BEING EVEN MORE BRUTAL COME TO AN END. IRAN MUST MAKE A DEAL BEFORE THERE IS NOTHING LEFT AND SAVE WHAT WAS ONCE KNOWN AS THE IRANIAN EMPIRE. NO MORE DEATHS, NO MORE DESTRUCTION.
JUST DO IT BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. CHARLIE.
>> Charlie: IT'S INTERESTING TO LISTEN TO THAT STATEMENT. YOU KNOW, THERE IS SORT OF AN ARM'S LENGTH WHERE THE PRESIDENT IS SAYING, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TRIED TO NEGOTIATE WITH BOTH SIDES. SPECIFICALLY IRAN HAS THOUGHT SORT OF COME ALONG.
LAST NIGHT, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED GETTING REPORTS OF THIS, MARCO RUBIO, SECRETARY OF STATE, WARNED THAT THIS WAS A UNILATERAL ACTION. MEANING THAT IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE UNITED STATES WAS INVOLVED IN; HOWEVER, MUCH THEY MIGHT HAVE KNOWN ABOUT IT. HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT AMERICA'S PRIORITY WAS SAFEGUARDING AMERICANS AND AMERICAN INTERESTS IN THE REGION.
AND THAT ISRAEL WAS ACTING ON -- OUT OF SELF-DEFENSE. ALL OF THAT, I THOUGHT, I THINK IS INTERESTING. BECAUSE IT IS SORT OF MORE OF AN ARM'S LENGTH THAN WE HAVE SEEN FROM ADMINISTRATIONS PREVIOUSLY THAT WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT PEACE, ISRAEL IS ACTING ON ITS OWN RIGHT NOW.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS. IF IRAN RETALIATES, AND RETALIATES AGAINST THE UNITED STATES' INTEREST. IT'S GOING TO BE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DEAL.
>> Ainsley: PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID CENTCOM IS ON HIGH ALERT AND U. S. WILL DEFEND U.
S. AND ISRAEL. IF THEY RETALIATE.
U. S. SENT IN FIGHTER JETS.
WORLD'S NUMBER ONE SPONSOR OF TERROR TO HAVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS. THE MILITARY ASSESSED IRAN HAS ENOUGH ENRICHED 15 NUCLEAR BOMBS IN IRAN THROUGH PROXIES. THEY FIRED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MISSILES INTO ISRAEL OVER THE PAST YEARS.
HOW WOULD AMERICA RESPOND IF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OR TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MISSILES ARE LOBBED INTO AMERICA? WE WOULD RESPOND THE SAME WAY. IRAN WAS GIVEN EVERY CHANCE UNDER DONALD TRUMP TO NEGOTIATE A DEAL.
THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO EVEN TALK THIS WEEKEND. WE'RE BEING TOLD IRAN IS SAYING THAT THAT PROBABLY WILL NOT BE HAPPENING. DONALD TRUMP TOLD BRET BAIER LAST NIGHT THAT WE WERE NOT INVOLVED IN THIS.
TRUMP WAS AWARE BEFOREHAND OF THESE STRIKES. AND THAT HE HOPES THAT IRAN WILL RETURN TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE. THEY ARE GOING TO DEFINITELY TRY FOR THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE IN LEADERSHIP THAT WILL NOT BE COMING BACK HE SAYS.
REFERRING TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE NOW DEAD. >> Lawrence: THEY KILLED THREE GENERALS. ISRAEL HAD A SUCCESSFUL OPERATION.
I THINK, YOU REALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS TWO WAYS. YES, THE UNITED STATES WASN'T DIRECTLY INVOLVED, BUT AS THE PRESIDENT NOTES IN HIS STATEMENT, ISRAEL HAS OUR WEAPONS AS WELL. AND WE WILL DEFEND ISRAEL IF IT'S BECOME NECESSARY.
HE ALSO SAYS THAT HE TRIED TO GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE PEACE. HE WARNED THEM THAT THEIR PEOPLE WOULD DIE. THAT THEIR LEADERSHIP WOULD DIE.
JUST COME TO THE NEGOTIATING. YOU CAN'T HAVE ENRICHMENT. YOU CAN'T HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON.
JUST SIGN A DEAL. AND I THINK ONCE WE GOT TO AN AREA WHERE ISRAEL WAS WORRIED THAT THERE COULD BE SOME ATTACK ON THEIR PEOPLE, I MEAN, WE JUST HAD OCTOBER THE 7TH, AND I THINK, HONESTLY, ISRAEL WOULD HAVE ATTACK AD LOT SOONER IF A LOT OF THESE FOLKS DIDN'T HAVE THE HOSTAGES. AND SO I THINK WE'RE GETTING TO THE PERIOD OF TIME RIGHT NOW WHERE THE WALLS ARE CLOSING IN.
IRAN STILL HAS AN OPPORTUNITY, ALTHOUGH BECAUSE OF THEIR RADICAL AGENDA AND THEIR IDEOLOGY, I THINK THERE WILL BE SOME SORT OF RESPONSE FROM IRAN. BUT THEY COULD PUT THE BRAKES ON THIS. THEY COULD CHOOSE THE PEACE THAT SAUDI ARABIA AND OTHER MIDDLE ERNIE COUNTRIES HAVE DONE UNDER THIS ADMINISTRATION.
BUT, UNFORTUNATELY THE LEADERS THERE, CERTAINLY THE AYATOLLAH IS UNDERGROUND RIGHT NOW HIDING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE HE IS SO FEARFUL. >> Ainsley: DON'T FORGET WHAT IRAN'S AYATOLLAH ALWAYS SAID DEATH TO AMERICA IS NOT JUST A SLOGAN. IT IS A POLICY.
OPENING THREATENING TO WIPE BOTH ISRAEL AND THE U. S. OFF THE FACE OF THE MAP.
AND WE'RE ALSO BEING TOLD THAT ISRAELIS, YOU HEARD ALEX'S REPORT THAT MANY OF THEM ARE BEING TOLD OR ALL BEING TOLD TO PREPARE YOUR SHELTERS NOR LONG TERM USE. MANY WERE RUSHING TO THE GROCERY STORE BEFORE THEY HAD THAT CALL TO STAY HOME TO GET BOTTLED WATER AND A LOT OF SUPPLIES. >> Charlie: AS YOU POINTED OUT, IDF BELIEVES IRAN HAS THE CAPACITY TO BUILD AS MANY AS 15 NUCLEAR WEAPONS WITHIN DAYS.
>> Ainsley: VERY SCARY. >> Charlie: MATTER OF DAYS OF A RAMP-UP. YOU HAVE TO SIT HERE AND WONDER, IF COULD BE, YOU KNOW, KNOWS, THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF CASES IN THE PAST, WHERE IRAN HAS TALKED A BIG GAME AND WOUND UP NOT BEING ABLE TO MATCH THE ACTIONS WITH THEIR WORDS.
BUT, IF INDEED THIS IS NOT JUST FROM IRAN. IT'S FROM THE IDF. IF THEY ARE DAYS AWAY FROM BEING ABLE TO TURN THAT NUCLEAR MATERIAL INTO WEAPONS, THEN WE COULD BE LOOKING AT DAYS AWAY FROM A NUCLEAR ARMED IRAN.
>> Lawrence: SO THE PRESIDENT HAD A VISION FOR IRAN. IT WAS REALLY A PEACEFUL VISION, LIKE HE HAS TRIED TO DO IN ALL OF THE MIDDLE EAST WITH THE ABRAHAM ACCORDS AS WELL. THIS IS WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID BEFORE THIS ATTACK.
>> IRAN WILL NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. [APPLAUSE] BUT WITH THAT SAID, IRAN CAN HAVE A MUCH BRIGHTER FUTURE. WE'LL NEVER ALLOW AMERICA AND ITS ALLIES TO BE TALENT WITH TERRORISM OR NUCLEAR ATTACK.
THE CHOICE IS THEIRS TO MAKE. WE REALLY WANT THEM TO BE A SUCCESSFUL COUNTRY. WE WANT THEM TO BE A WONDERFUL, SAFE, GREAT COUNTRY.
BUT THEY CANNOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. THIS IS AN OFFER THAT WILL NOT LAST FOREVER. THE TIME IS RIGHT NOW FOR THEM TO CHOOSE.
RIGHT NOW. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO WAIT. THINGS ARE HAPPENING AT A VERY FAST PACE.
HAPPENING RIGHT HERE. THEY ARE HAPPENING AT A VERY FAST PACE. SO THEY HAVE TO MAKE THEIR MOVE RIGHT NOW.
ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, MAKE YOUR MOVE. >> Lawrence: LATER ON IN THE PROGRAM, WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING BREAKING COVERAGE ALL MORNING.
