FIRST TOP STORY THIS HALF AN
HOUR, IRAN TENSIONS, SECRETARY
OF STATE MIKE POMPEO TO MEET
WITH RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR
PUTIN AND SERGEY LAVROV TODAY IN
RUSSIA.
THE PENTAGON REPORTED TO DEPLOY
120,000 TROOPS TO THE MIDDLE
EAST.
PRESIDENT TRUMP ISSUING A STERN
WARNING YESTERDAY, WATCH.
>> WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS,
IT'S GOING TO BE A BAD PROBLEM
FOR IRAN IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, I
CAN TELL YOU THAT, THEY'RE NOT
GOING TO BE HAPPY.
THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE HAPPY
PEOPLE, OKAY.
YOU CAN FIGURE IT OUT YOURSELF.
THEY KNOW WHAT I MEAN BY IT.
MARIA: PRESIDENT TRUMP'S'S
COMMENTS FOLLOW SABOTAGE OF FOUR
SAUDI ARABIAN TANKERS, IRAN IS
LIKELY BEHIND THIS ATTACK
ACCORDING TO WALL STREET
JOURNAL, JOINING ME RIGHT NOW
FOX NEWS SENIOR STRATEGIC
ANALYST JACK KEANE, SIR, GOOD TO
HAVE YOU ON THE PROGRAM.
>> GOOD MORNING, MARIA.
MARIA: YOUR TAKE ON SABOTAGING
OF THE SHIPS AS WELL AS NOW THE
JOURNAL REPORTING THAT IRAN IS
BEHIND THIS, HOW DO YOU SEE IT?
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THAT'S
SOMETHING THAT'S UNUSUAL, HASN'T
HAPPENED IN QUITE SOME TIME,
LAST YEAR 2 SHIPS WERE HIT BY
THE IRANIAN PROXIES, THE HOUTHIS
AND BEFORE THAT IT WAS 2010
AL-QAEDA AGAINST JAPANESE SHIP.
I THINK THE FACT THAT IRANIANS
DID NOT ANNOUNCE THEIR
INVOLVEMENT, LET'S ASSUME THAT
THEY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED, I THINK
LEAVES US TO THE CONCLUSION
BECAUSE UNITED STATES HAS MADE A
POLICY STATEMENT THAT IS
DIFFERENT FROM THE PAST, THEY
SAID WE ARE GOING TO HOLD YOU,
IRAN, ACCOUNTABLE FOR ANYTHING
THAT YOUR PROXIES DO.
WE ARE GOING TO REACT TO YOU NOT
JUST THE PROXIES, THAT IS A VERY
DIFFERENT POLICY STATEMENT, SO
WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS HERE.
I DO THINK THE IRANIANS ARE NOT
GOING TO DO SOMETHING SO
PROVOCATIVE THAT WOULD INVOLVE A
MAJOR OPERATIONAL RESPONSE BY
THE UNITED STATES.
MARIA: SO YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT,
YOU DON'T BELIEVE IRAN WAS
BEHIND IT?
>> NO, NO, IT'S LIKELY THAT THEY
ARE BUT I THINK THAT THEY ARE
KEEPING IT UNDER WRAPS QUITE
UNUSUALLY FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY
DON'T WANT A RESPONSE FROM THE
UNITED STATES THAT'S SO
CONSEQUENTIAL TO THEM.
MARIA: WHAT'S THE MESSAGE POMPEO
IS BRINGING TODAY TO RUSSIA,
HE'S MEETING WITH VLADIMIR
PUTIN, WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING
THAT CONVERSATION TO BE CLEARLY
INVOLVING IRAN AS WELL.
>> YEAH, WELL, YOU TO SEE WITH
HE'S DEALING, PUTIN IN 20 YEARS
IN POWER HAS MANAGED TO PUT
RUSSIA BACK ON WORLD STAGE AS
GLOBAL POWER AND LITERALLY
CONSISTENTLY PUSHING AGAINST
WHAT PUTIN PERCEIVES AS HE'S
HE'S INCREASED INFLUENCE IN
EASTERN EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST,
SOUTH ASIA, LATIN AND SOUTH
AMERICA, IN AFRICA AND ALSO IN
THE ARCTIC, THAT'S THE BACKDROP
THAT OF THESE DISCUSSIONS, ON
TOP OF THE LIST BECAUSE I NOTICE
THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS TOLD
NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM I REALLY
WOULD LIKE TO START TALKING TO
RUSSIA ABOUT DISARMAMENT, NOT
JUST OVER MEDIA TACTICAL WEAPONS
THAT THE TREATY THAT WE ARE
PULLING OUT OF BUT ALSO WANTS TO
TALK TO HIM ABOUT THE STARK
TREATY AND DOESN'T LIKE THE IDEA
THAT POSSIBLY WE ARE ENTERING IN
NUCLEAR ARM'S RACE, EVERYBODY
TRYING TO INCREASE CAPABILITY.
THAT'S NUMBER 1, NUMBER 2, TALK
ABOUT IRAN AND WHAT IS HAPPENING
THERE BECAUSE IRAN AND RUSSIA
ARE IN POLITICAL MILITARY
ALLIANCE, BELIEVE ME, HE'S GOING
TO HAMMER HIM ON VENEZUELA AND
THE RUSSIANS ARE PROPPING UP
MADURO AND THEY HAVE ADVISER
CLOSE TO MADURO AND I BELIEVE
CALLING THE SHOTS.
MARIA: MADURO WAS SUPPOSED TO
LEAVE AND THE WORD WAS THAT
RUSSIA STOPPED HIM FROM ACTUALLY
LEAVING, SO, YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT,
INSERTING THEMSELVES THERE AS
WELL.
THERE'S THE BORDER CRISIS,
GENERAL, FORMER DHS OFFICIALS
OUSTED FOR PUSHING BACK ON THE
TRUMP'S ADMINISTRATION PLAN TO
ARREST THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS,
TEXAS BORDER AGENTS SAY THAT
5,500 MIGRANTS ARE ILLEGALLY
ENTERING THE U.S. EVERY DAY,
FEDERAL AUTHORITIES ARE
ARRESTING SCAM, FAKE MARRIAGES
AND FAKE FAMILIES AND I SAW IT
FOR MYSELF, MAYOR OF EL PASO,
KIDS ARE BEING RENT TODAY CROSS
THE BORDER, WATCH THIS.  THE
CHILDREN ARE PUT INTO VERY
DANGEROUS SITUATIONS.
>> AND IN SOME CASES THEY'RE
INFORMING ME THAT WE MAY HAVE, I
DON'T KNOW HOW TO PHRASE IT,
RENTING CHILDREN, SO TO SPEAK,
NOT THE ACTUAL FAMILIES AND
BRINGING CHILDREN IN, SO HUMAN
TRAFFICKING, THERE ARE SOME REAL
SERIOUS ISSUES THAT CONGRESS
NEEDS TO ADDRESS.
MARIA: GENERAL, WHAT'S YOUR
REACTION TO THIS, WHAT WE SAW AT
THE BORDER WAS INCREDIBLE IN
TERMS OF PEOPLE CROSSING IN A
VERY MUCH AUTO PILOT WAY,
CONTINUALLY AND THE KIDS BEING
PUT IN SUCH TERRIBLE POSITIONS.
>> THERE'S NO COUNTRY IN THE
WORLD THAT CAN POSSIBLY HAVE A
SITUATION WHAT WE ARE HAVING AND
NOT CALL IT A SOVEREIGNTY ISSUE
AND CRISIS, IT ABSOLUTELY IS AND
BECAUSE OF THE SUFFERING THAT
THE PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH AND
THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN INVOLVED
IT'S ALSO A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS.
THE PRIMARY SOLUTION TO THIS AND
YOU'RE WELL VERSED IN THIS,
MARIA, YOU'VE EXPOSED IT OVER
AND OVER AGAIN IS LEGISLATIVE
AND HOPEFULLY LIBBED SAY GRAHAM
WILL FOLLOW UP WITH WHAT HE SAID
HE WAS GOING TO DO TO INTRODUCE
LEGISLATION THAT POSSIBLY WILL
GET BIPARTISAN SUPPORT TO BEGIN
TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM AND WE CAN
SOLVE THIS PROBLEM BUT IT'S
GOING TO TAKE LEGISLATION TO DO
IT.
MARIA: SENATOR GRAHAM JOINED ON
SUNDAY AND BROKE NEWS THAT HE
WILL BE DROPPING A BILL
TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, THAT HE
BELIEVES WILL ADDRESS LOOPHOLES,
WE WILL SEE WHAT THAT
LEGISLATION LOOKS LIKE, GENERAL,
