ATTACK ON THE SAUDI OIL FACILITY

IS FRONT AND CENTER AS WORLD

LEADERS GATHER AT THE

UNITED NATIONS THIS WEEK.

IRAN'S PRESIDENT IS THERE ON A

MISSION TO SUPPORT IT WIN FOR

HIS COUNTRY -- OR WIN SUPPORT

FOR HIS COUNTRY, ROUHANI

UNVEILING A PLAN TO INVITE

PERSIAN GULF NATIONS INTO A

COALITION.

AT THIS TIME THERE IS NO PLANNED

MEETINGS BETWEEN PRESIDENT TRUMP

AND ROUHANI.

WITH IRAN'S ROUHANI COMING TO

TOWN, THE STAGE IS SET FOR A

POSSIBLE BETWEEN WORLD LEADERS.

LET'S TURN TO STATE DEPARTMENT

SPOKESPERSON MORGAN ORTAGUS.

GREAT TO SEE YOU.

>> THANKS, GREAT TO BE BACK.

BEFORE WE GET TO THAT,

"THE WASHINGTON POST" IS ON THE

FRONT OF THE STORY SAYING

PRESIDENT TRUMP IS HOLD

ON MILITARY AID DAYS BEFORE

CALLING THAT UKRAINIAN.

OFFICIALS SAY, IT GOES ON TO

SAY, ORDERING ACTING WHITE HOUSE

CHIEF OF STAFF MICK MULVANEY TO

HOLD BACK CLOSE TO $400 MILLION

IN MILITARY AID FOR UKRAINE.

IS THAT ACCURATE?

>> WE WILL LET THE WHITE HOUSE

SPEAK FOR THE PRESIDENT'S

INTERACTIONS AND CONVERSATIONS.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE

WITH SECRETARY POMPEO SET ON

SUNDAY ON THE SUNDAY SHOWS, HE

REITERATED THE FACT THAT IT IS

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION THAT

HAS PROVIDED AID TO UKRAINE.

MEANWHILE, DURING THE OBAMA

ADMINISTRATION THEY SENT

BLANKETS AND GOOD WISHES.

UKRAINE HAS BEEN FACING RUSSIAN

AGGRESSION FOR QUITE SOME TIME

AND IT'S THE TRUMP

ADMINISTRATION THAT IS WORKING

TO THOROUGHLY COUNTER THE

RUSSIAN THREAT THAT THE

UKRAINIAN SPACE.

>> Mike: IRAN'S FOREIGN

MINISTER RAISING THE POSSIBILITY

OF A NEW NUCLEAR AGREEMENT WITH

PRESIDENT TRUMP, LET'S LISTEN.

>> WE ARE PREPARED IF

PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SERIOUS ABOUT

PERMANENT PERMANENT -- PERMANENT

PEACEFUL NUCLEAR PROGRAMMING

IRAN.

AND PERMANENT MONITORING OF

IRANIAN NUCLEAR FACILITIES.

>> Mike: YOUR REACTION,

MORGAN?

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FACT OF

WHERE WE ARE.

SECRETARY POMPEO HAS LAID OUT

FOR THE PAST WEEK BEFORE HE WENT

TO SAUDI ARABIA AND UAE, IRAN

COMMITTED AN UNPRECEDENTED

ATTACK AGAINST THEIR NEIGHBOR

SAUDI ARABIA AND IT'S IMPORTANT

TO NOTE THAT SECRETARY POMPEO IS

RIGHT.

WE HAD MANY PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

MEDIA -- WE HAVE MANY FORMER

OBAMA ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS,

PEOPLE WHO SHOULD HAVE KNOWN

BETTER, THAT BELIEVED THE CLAIM

OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE OBVIOUSLY

LYING, THAT THEY WERE

RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTACK.

ANYBODY WHO HAS ACCESS TO

GOOGLE MAPS COULD HAVE FIGURED

IT OUT ON THEIR OWN, THAT IT

WOULD HAVE BEEN PHYSICALLY

IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO HAVE THE

CAPABILITY TO DO SO.

SO THE SECRETARY --

SECRETARY POMPEO POINTED THIS

OUT RIGHT AWAY.

MANY PEOPLE RUSH TO LEAVE THE

IRANIANS AS OPPOSED TO BELIEVING

U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE AND

FORMER INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL.

IN THE IRANIANS HAVE REALLY BEEN

PAINTING THEMSELVES INTO A

CORNER HERE WITH THIS

UNPRECEDENTED ATTACK ON THEIR

NEIGHBORS.

HOW THEY'VE DONE THAT IS WE SAW

SOMETHING VERY SIGNIFICANT.

WHAT WE CALL THE E3, U.K.,

GERMANY AND FRANCE, TODAY PUT

OUT A STATEMENT THAT SAID THEY

BELIEVE THAT THEY BELIEVE IRAN

IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTACK IN

SAUDI ARABIA AND WHAT'S EVEN

MORE IMPORTANT, SOMETHING THAT

WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR

THE PAST YEAR IN HIS

ADMINISTRATION, SINCE

SECRETARY POMPEO CAME TO THE

OFFICE, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT

WHY THE JCPOA WAS NOT A GOOD

DEAL AND IT'S NOT JUST BECAUSE

IT DID ACTUALLY PROVIDE A

PATHWAY FOR THE IRANIANS TO GET

A NUCLEAR WEAPON, BUT BECAUSE

THE JCPOA DID NOT ADDRESS THE

MALIGN ACTIVITY BY THE IRANIANS

IN THE REGION AND THE JCPOA DID

NOT ADDRESS THEIR BALLISTIC

MISSILE ACTIVITY EITHER.

SO THE E3, U.K., GERMANY AND

FRANCE WERE VERY GRATEFUL, NOT

ONLY SAID THAT IRAN WAS

RESPONSIBLE, THEY SAID IN A NEW

DEAL THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE

TO CONFRONT IRAN'S BEHAVIOR IN

THE REGION.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT

A LONGER-TERM NUCLEAR

NEGOTIATION AND LOOK AT THEIR

BALLISTIC MISSILE PRODUCTION.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE

WANTED, OUR FRIENDS AND ALLIES

HAVE TO BE ON BOARD WITH US FOR

QUITE SOME TIME.

AND I KNOW SECRETARY POMPEO SAID

EARLIER TONIGHT BUT HE

ENCOURAGES NATIONS TO DO SO.

>> Mike: HERE IS

PRESIDENT TRUMP TODAY ON

POTENTIAL TALKS WITH IRAN.

>> I DON'T THINK WE NEED A

MEDIATOR.

HE'S A FRIEND OF MINE, BUT WE

ARE NOT LOOKING FOR ANY

MEDIATORS.

THEY KNOW WHO TO CALL.

>> Mike: YOU EXPECT

CONVERSATIONS ON THE SIDELINES

UP THERE AT THE U.N.?

>> THAT'S CERTAINLY UP TO THE

PRESIDENT TO DECIDE.

I WOULD REMIND YOU THAT FROM

MINISTER ABE OF JAPAN ASKED IF

HE COULD GO TO IRAN AND BEGIN TO

NEGOTIATE BETWEEN THE TWO.

AND WHILE THEY WERE THERE HOW

DID THE IRANIANS RESPOND TO THE

DIPLOMACY OF ABE?

THEY ATTACKED A JAPANESE

LECTURE.

EVERY TIME WE SEEN IN THE

ADMINISTRATION WHEN

PRESIDENT TRUMP AND

SECRETARY POMPEO HAVE EXTENDED

THEIR HAND IN DIPLOMACY, IT IS

MET WITH KINETIC ACTION.

THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN OFFERING

FOR A LONG TIME, JUST SAW

SECRETARY POMPEO AT THE

WHITE HOUSE, SECRETARY MNUCHIN

IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE SAYING

FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, SAYING

THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP WOULD BE

WILLING TO MEET.

HOW DID THE IRANIANS RESPOND TO

THAT?

THEY TOOK 60% OF THE OIL

CAPACITY IN SAUDI ARABIA OFF THE

MARKET.

SO WE HAVE CALLED FOR PEACEFUL

RESOLUTION.

WE CALLED FOR DIPLOMACY, AND

EVERY TIME WE ARE MET, AND OUR

ALLIES ARE MET, WITH KINETIC

ACTION BY IRAN.