CONVICTED.
LIZ?
LIZ: THANK YOU, RICK LEVENTHAL.
OKAY I WANT TO BRING IN QUICKLY
FORMER INTELLIGENCE ADVISOR TO
GENERAL DAVID PETREYAS, A MEMBER
OF THE INSTITUTE.
YOU JUST HEARD THAT HEZBOLLAH
REPORT.
CAN YOU REACT TO THAT?
>>  WELL HEZBOLLAH HAS BEEN
DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME SINCE
THE 1983 ATTACKS AGAINST
AMERICANS IN LIB A LEBANON AND
IT DOESN'T SURPRISE US THEY ARE
BETTER AT DOING THESE THINGS
THAN IS AL QAEDA.
LIZ: THE REASON I WANT TO GET TO
YOU FOR THAT IS BECAUSE
PRESIDENT TRUMP, WE SNOW HE SLAP
PED SIGNIFICANT HISTORIC
SANCTIONS ON IRAN'S NATIONAL
BANK, THEY ARE REALLY TIGHTENING
ON THEM.
THE PRESIDENT IS SAYING THAT
IT'S ALSO BECAUSE OF THEIR
TERROR ACTIVITIES, WATCH THIS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: WE HAVE JUST
SANCTIONED THE IRANIAN NATIONAL
BANK, THAT IS THEIR CENTRAL
BANKING SYSTEM, AND IT'S GOING
TO BE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF
SANCTIONS, SO THAT JUST TOOK
PLACE AT A COUPLE OF OTHER
THINGS.
THIS IS VERY BIG.
WE'VE CUTOFF ALL SORTS OF FUNDS
TO OUR END.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: RIGHT TO THE
TOP.
LIZ: ARE WE GOING TO SEE
RETALIATION FROM IRAN ON THAT?
>>  I THINK THIS WAS A MISS
CALCULATION BY THE ISLAMIC
REPUBLIC OF IRAN.
THEY DIDN'T EXPECT THE TRUMP
ADMINITRATION TO GO AFTER THE
CENTRAL BANK OF IRAN.
THIS IS BIG.
THIS IS THE ONE WE WERE ADVOCAT
ING FOR TWO YEARS AGO
THAT IF WE WANTED TO HURT THE
ISLAMIC REPUBLIC YOU'D GO OUT TO
THE CENTRAL BANK OF IRAN.
THIS SHUTS DOWN ALMOST
EVERYTHING.
THIS IS BIG, THIS WOULD ACTUALLY
HURT THEM IN THESE NEGOTIATIONS
WITH EUROPE TO TRY TO FIND
BYPASS MECHANISMS.
THE CENTRAL BANK WAS CARVED OUT
OF SANCTIONS AND NOW IT IS IN
AND THIS IS BIG AND IT'S FOR
TERRORISM SO IT'S HARD FOR A NEW
DEMOCRAT PRESIDENT LIKE MY
COLLEAGUE SAID, TO UNDO THESE
SANCTIONS.
THESE SANCTIONS ARE WITH
TREASURY, AND BASED ON TERRORISM
ACTIVITIES AND THIS IS A BIG ONE
THIS IS BIGGER THAN A PROPORTION
STRIKE AGAINST IRAN FOR THE KING
OF SAUDI ARABIA ATTACKS.
THIS HURTS MORE THAN THAT JOINT
ATTACK ON SAUDI ARABIA.
LIZ: THEY NEED U.S. DOLLARS TO
SETTLE THEIR OIL TRADES.
>>  RIGHT.
LIZ: CRITICS BLAMED THE
PRESIDENT FOR PULLING OUT OF THE
2015 IRAN DEAL AND THE SENATE
NEVER RATIFIED IT.
FINAL WORD?
>>  YEAH, I MEAN IF YOU LISTEN
TO THE WORDS OF SENATOR SCHUMER
AND MENENDEZ ANY FUTURE IRAN
DEAL HAS TO BE A TREATY, IT HAS
TO BE APPROVED THE SENATE SO
