HOUSE CAMERA THERE.
WE'LL TAKE YOU TO THE WHITE
HOUSE.
FIRST HERE IS LINDSEY GRAHAM ON
CAPITOL HILL ON IRAN.
>> HERE IS THE DEAL.
THIS DRONE WAS IN INTERNATIONAL
WATERS.
WE'VE BEEN FLYING PATTERNS LIKE
THIS FOR MONTHS.
WE'RE TRYING TO COLLECT
INTELLIGENCE TO MAKE INFORMED
DECISIONS.
WE'RE TOLD THE IRANIANS, BEFORE
THEY SHOT THE DRONE DOWN, THAT
IF YOU ENGAGE AGAINST AMERICAN
PERSONNEL OR ASSETS YOU DO SO
AT YOUR OWN PERIL.
THE PRESIDENT DOES NOT WANT A
WAR WITH IRAN OR ANYBODY ELSE.
BUT HE IS THE
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF AND SO WHEN
ABE WAS ASKED BY THE PRESIDENT,
THE PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN TO
DELIVER A MESSAGE TO THE
IRANIANS LET'S TALK, NOT ONLY
WAS HE REBUFFED, THEY ATTACKED
A JAPANESE SHIP WHILE THE
JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER IS
DELIVERING A MESSAGE FROM THE
AMERICAN PRESIDENT LET'S SEE IF
WE CAN NEGOTIATE.
SO THAT TELLS ME ALL I NEED TO
KNOW ABOUT THE IRANIAN REGIME
AND THE NEGOTIATING.
SO I TALKED TO THE PRESIDENT
THIS MORNING.
I WILL MEET HIM THIS AFTERNOON.
THEY MADE A BIG MISTAKE BY
SHOOTING OUR DRONE DOWN.
WHAT'S PROVOCATIVE IS TO SHOOT
THE DRONE DOWN AND BLOW UP A
JAPANESE OIL TANKER WITH THE
JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER IN THE
YOUR OFFICE TRYING TO START
NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE UNITED
STATES.
WHAT THE PROVOCATIVE IS HAVING
YOUR PROXIES SHOOT INTO SAUDI
ARABIA.
THIS IS THE WAY THIS IS HEADED.
IF THEY START ENRICHMENT AT THE
LEVELS THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IN
A FEW DAYS, ISRAEL WILL HAVE TO
RESPOND OVER TIME.
THERE IS ONE NATION ON THE
PLANET THAT IS NOT GOING TO
GIVE THE IRANIANS THE PASS ON
THEIR NUCLEAR PROGRAM, THAT'S
ISRAEL.
ISRAEL WILL, AS A LAST RESORT,
ATTACK TO PREVENT A NUCLEAR
ARMED IRAN.
WE'LL COME TO THEIR AID.
HERE IS WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO
DO.
THEY'RE TRYING TO BREAK OUR
WILL.
INTIMIDATE US TO COME TO THE
NEGOTIATING TABLE.
THE PRESIDENT MADE AN OFFER TO
NEGOTIATE, THE RESPONSE WAS TO
ATTACK A JAPANESE TANKER, THE
EMISSARY OF THE PERSON CHOSEN
TO DELIVER THE OFFER AND LAST
NIGHT THEY SHOT DOWN A DRONE.
IRAN NEEDS TO GET READY FOR
SEVERE PAIN INSIDE THEIR
COUNTRY.
THEIR CAPABILITY PALE IN
COMPARISON TO OURS.
WE WON'T LET THEM DISRUPT
NAVIGATION OF THE SEAS, ATTACK
OUR ALLIES AND U.S. INTERESTS
WITHOUT PAYING A PRICE.
SO IF THEY'RE ITCHING FOR A
FIGHT, THEY'LL GET ONE.
>> MILITARILY?
>> WE'RE A LOT CLOSER TODAY
THAN WE WERE YESTERDAY AND ONLY
GOD KNOWS WHAT TOMORROW BRINGS.
IF NEXT WEEK THEY GO BACK INTO
ENRICHMENT, PUTTING THEM BACK
ON A PATH TO A BOMB WHICH THEY
WERE ON ANYWAY, THAT ESCALATES
THE TENSIONS BETWEEN ISRAEL AND
IRAN.
IF THEY DO ANYTHING ELSE
AGAINST AN AMERICAN ASSET AND
THIS PRESIDENT DOESN'T RESPOND
LIKE RONALD REAGAN THAT'S A
SIGNAL TO NORTH KOREA AND THE
ENTIRE WORLD WE'RE ALL TALK.
SO IRAN'S FATE IS IN THEIR
HANDS.
AND ITS IT'S UP TO THEM TO
DECIDE HOW IT ENDS.
>> WHEN YOU SAY THE U.S. WILL
AID ISRAEL.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
MILITARY INVOLVEMENT?
>> 100%.
IF THEY GO BACK INTO THE
ENRICHMENT BUSINESS THAT PUTS
THEM ON AN ACCELERATED PATH TO
A BOMB AND ISRAEL HAS TO DEFEND
ITSELF AGAINST THE THREAT.
I'M CONFIDENT WE'LL BE THERE.
NOBODY WANTS TO GET THERE.
I'M ALSO CONFIDENT THAT WE'LL
PROTECT THE STRAITS OF HORMUZ
AND WE'LL PROTECT AMERICAN
MILITARY PERSONNEL AND
CIVILIANS ON THE GROUND.
I'M CONFIDENT THAT IF THERE IS
A WAR WITH IRAN, THEY LOSE.
I'M CONFIDENT IT WOULD BE VERY
DEVASTATING TO THE REGION.
IT WILL NOT BE PRETTY.
DON'T WANT TO GO THERE.
BUT WHAT MORE DO YOU EXPECT THE
PRESIDENT TO DO?
HE SENT THE JAPANESE PRIME
MINISTER TO TRY TO START
NEGOTIATIONS AND THEY BLOW UP A
JAPANESE TANKER.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
>> IS THE PRESIDENT PREPARED TO
ACT MILITARY TEARLY?
>> I WILL LET YOU ASK HIM.
IF HE DOES NOT CHANGE THE
COURSE WE'RE ON, THEN OTHERS
WILL ACT.
>> YOU TALKED TO THE PRESIDENT
THIS MORNING AND YOU WILL TALK
TO HIM LATER.
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT HE -- THAT
HE SEES WE'RE ONE STEP CLOSER
TO WAR?
>> I THINK ANYBODY WOULD
BELIEVE THAT WE'RE ONE STEP
CLOSER.
THEY SHOT DOWN AN AMERICAN
ASSET WELL WITHIN INTERNATIONAL
WATERS TRYING TO ASSESS THE
SITUATION.
WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DO?
RONALD REAGAN TOOK A LOT AND
THEN HE ACTED.
THIS PRESIDENT HAS TAKEN A LOT
FROM IRAN.
HE WAS RIGHT TO GET OUT OF A
BAD DEAL AND RIGHT TO PUT
SANCTIONS ON THEIR DISRUPTIVE
BEHAVIOR THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
HE WOULD LIKE A BETTER DEAL.
TO ME IT'S CLEAR THAT THE
IRANIANS ARE TRYING TO BREAK US
IRANIANS ARE TRYING TO BREAK US
BETWEEN OUR ALLIES, TRYING TO
CREATE CHAOS.
AND YOU CAN LEGITIMIZE THIS WAY.
IF WE DO IT WITH IRAN,
NORTH KOREA COULD EXPLODE A
BOMB, SHOOT OFF A MUSCLE,
THINKING THAT IS HOW YOU GET
AMERICA BACK AT THE TABLE.
>> FOR THE CAMPAIGN STRATEGY --
>> ALL I CAN SAY IS IF YOU ARE
NOT WILLING TO STAND UP TO
AGGRESSION, YOU ARE GOING GET
HURT.
IT WAS NOT A VERY GOOD STRATEGY.
THIS IS NOT AN ENDLESS WAR.
THIS IS A PROVOCATIVE REGIME
THAT SHOOTS ITS OWN PEOPLE DOWN
IN THE STREET, THAT THREATENS
THE BUSINESS OF THE STATE OF
ISRAEL.
IF YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO TAKE
THIS ENEMY ON, YOU WILL REGRET
IT.
YOU PUT ALL THE PRESSURE ON
ISRAEL.
HE'S A DEALMAKER, HE'S TRYING TO
AVOID CONFLICT.
BUT THIS IS TRULY A DEFINING
MOMENT FOR HIM.
WHEN OBAMA SAID YOU BETTER NOT
USE CHEMICAL WEAPONS, THE REST
IS HISTORY.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS TOLD THEM
YOU CANNOT ATTACK OUR ALLIES.
THAT IS AN UNACCEPTABLE WAY TO
LIVE IN THE 21ST CENTURY.
THEY ARE TESTING HIM.
THEY NEED TO DO SO AT THEIR OWN
PERIL.
GOD HELP US WITH NORTH KOREA AND
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
>> ARE YOU GOING TO MONITOR
ENRICHMENT BEFORE DECIDING TO
TAKE MILITARY ACTION?
>> I THINK IF THEY DO THIS,
ISRAEL WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE THE
CALCULATIONS.
SO, 95% IS WHAT YOU NEED.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 3.5 AND
20 IS BIG.
IT IS LIKE WALKING ACROSS THE
STREET.
I DON'T THINK IT IS THE PROBLEM.
I THINK WE ARE TRYING TO FIND A
WAY TO DEAL WITH A ROGUE REGIME
THAT HAS BEEN AN EXPONENTIAL
AREA FORCE FOR EVIL.
THEY KNOW THAT THEY WILL LOSE.
THEY JUST DON'T BELIEVE YET THAT
