00:00Operation Midnight Hammer was an epic operation that caught Iran completely off guard as they say
00:08our bomber pilots are now back home in Missouri and President Trump thanked them in a post last
00:13night for a job well done exclamation point all caps. We're learning more about the many levels
00:19of deception and decoy. It was like a James Bond movie that went into this mission. The real strike
00:26force went east toward the heavily fortified nuclear facility at Fordow. Those B-2 bombers
00:32dropped a dozen bunker buster bombs on Fordow alone each weighing 30,000 pounds and they never once
00:40encountered enemy fire. Chief national correspondent security correspondent Jennifer Griffin is at the
00:46Pentagon. I tell you you just can't stop being wowed by what we pulled off Jennifer. An absolutely
00:53flawless mission. But Harris U.S. military forces are now on high alert across the Middle East expecting
00:59an imminent response from Iran. The U.S. Navy actively planning its response should Iran's
01:05Revolutionary Guard Navy mine the Strait of Hormuz. Few here at the Pentagon think this is over despite
01:11Saturday's flawless military strike on Iran's three nuclear facilities a plan that has been honed in
01:17practice since 2008. U.S. B-2 pilots have been practicing this 37 hour round trip flight to the
01:25Middle East for years. The 30,000 pound bunker buster bombs tested against hardened targets as recently as
01:32last year. This operation underscores the unmatched capabilities and global reach of the United States
01:40military. As the president clearly said last night no other in the military no other military in the world could have done
01:49this. 125 U.S. warplanes each B-2 refueled in midair three to four times each way on the non-stop 18 hour flight from
01:59Missouri. An air refueling bridge across the Mediterranean and Middle East. 14 GBU-57 bunker buster bombs among the 75
02:08satellite guided munitions dropped and 30 Tomahawk missiles fired from an Ohio class submarine 400
02:15miles away which stayed in the air one hour and 40 minutes time to drop after the last B-2 struck in
02:22Fordeaux. Captain Todd Sahil an intelligence targeting officer focused on this problem for years was asked
02:28whether the Tomahawks could destroy Isfahan and the deep tunnels where the Iranian uranium conversion takes place.
02:38No. In that case it's extremely limited because those weapons are really designed to go after surface
02:44targets. They don't have much penetration capability. The problem is like you mentioned the mountain which
02:49is deep under hard granite and unreachable by conventional munitions to include the GBU-57.
02:55Isfahan is arguably a tougher target Harris than Fordeaux. The U.S. will be using signals intelligence and other
03:01means to sniff for nuclear particles at the sites along with Israeli human intelligence on the ground
03:07to give the final bomb damage assessment Harris. Yeah and the world awaits to see what that will
03:12hold. Jennifer we have breaking news right now and it's partially on what you were talking about.
03:17Qatar's foreign minister now has just announced it is shutting down its airspace to all commercial
03:21flights indefinitely and we know just a few minutes ago that the U.S. issued a shelter in place order
03:27for Americans in Qatar. What does all of this tell you? Well there's very significant intelligence
03:33and a warning that Iran could strike at any time an imminent threat to Qatar. Of course Qatar is where Al-Udid is.
03:44That's the largest U.S. military base in the Middle East. Normally there would be 10,000 U.S. troops stationed there.
03:50Last week we reported that most of the aircraft had been moved from Al-Udid. However those missiles, crews and
03:58ballistic short and medium range from Iran would take just a few minutes to reach Qatar and there's also
04:04the possibility of swarming drones. So right now high alert inside Qatar. We've seen the the warnings
04:10at U.S. embassy at the U.S. embassy as well as at other embassies across Qatar. I'm so glad you're on
04:15with us at this moment because following a U.S. security alert for U.S. nationals in Qatar out of an
04:21abundance of caution we've recommended that British nationals in Qatar also shelter in place until further
04:26notice. So this is ramping up and what we do know is our military is at the ready. They've been
04:32pulling into place for a couple of weeks now even. Jennifer thank you very much. Always appreciate
04:38your reporting. More on the breaking news out of that region. KT McFarland served as deputy national
04:44security advisor during President Trump's first administration. So hitting our troops in that
04:51region Iran has done so many times before. Over 200 times under President Biden. It is time we respond.
04:59What do you foresee just out of these warnings from Qatar?
05:04Well Iran's going to retaliate. The question is what how are they going to retaliate and how successful
05:08will they be? I mean the most they could do is to try to take out U.S. forces or attack U.S. forces
05:13in the region. But as you pointed out we're ready for that. We've brought more assets into the region
05:18to defend our bases our people. We've taken dependence civilian dependence out of the region
05:23so to make a smaller target if you will. And we've also particularly Israel has degraded the
05:29capability of Iran to have those kind of attacks. So we're ready but we're expecting to take the blow
05:34but we're ready. I mean Iran could also go after Israeli facilities in the region or bomb Israel again.
05:40But again their ability to do so has been greatly reduced. We know they're going to do something.
05:44The question is what and would it trigger the response that President Trump has talked about.
05:50You know they've got to all be nervous. I mean they've shown that Donald Trump. Donald Trump has
05:53shown that he's not a patsy. He's not going to believe that oh well we feel you know we want to
05:57negotiate. He's going to do what he has to do to protect Americans. And what I hear you getting at
06:02is they have to be really careful when they make this next move. I mean it's like walking on toothpicks
06:07on top of a lily pad. You can't be too heavy footed or you'll go into water and you don't know how deep
06:12it is. I mean Trump is willing to do what is necessary. Right. I mean it's just that tricky.
06:17I have parents in the south so I have a lot of those little sayings. But look what you're saying
06:22is they've got to try to hit us but not hit us too hard. I don't know if they can pull that off.
06:26Many of their military commanders were taken out by Israel. And the ones that remain know that if
06:32they you know they could be taken out as well. I mean it's pretty clear that Mossad has thoroughly
06:36penetrated the Iranian military, the Iranian civilian leadership. And if they try to do
06:42something that would especially something that would cause the loss of American life you know
06:46they might as well pull the trigger on their own heads. What President Trump was interesting when
06:50he's talked about regime change. Now regime change in the George W. Bush Barack Obama sense is
06:56American marines go in. We get rid of the guy. We put our own government in. We try to figure out
07:01how they should become a modern American democracy. And it's never worked. Didn't work in Afghanistan.
07:06Didn't work in Iraq. Didn't work in Libya. President Trump has said to the Iranian people
07:11look you should have leaders who make your country great again. It's up to you. And he said consistently
07:17throughout his two terms that it's up to the people to decide their own country. You know you
07:22decide what kind of a government you want. What leaders you want. How you worship your God.
07:27It's up to you. If you want to do regime change that's on you. But we might applaud it if you do
07:32this in the case of Iran. So a few minutes ago when Ambassador Danone was here he was telling me
07:38and it seems like a point of desperation we were both agreeing off camera and then the conversation
07:45ensued. He said that they are hiring prisoners coming out of jails in Israel. Iran is doing this
07:51trying to find the angriest among them to see if they can flip them as assets and give them menial
07:56tasks. He said they'll send them you know take a picture over here you get a little bit of change
08:00for that until they work them up into doing something worse. You know that's an act of
08:07desperation right. I mean the Iranian the Ayatollah we know is in hiding. He's already listed he already
08:12has decided he's going to be a martyr. He's 86 years old. He's dying of cancer. What a great way to
08:18go out. He's already designated three people who would be his successors. But you have to wonder
08:22what's the conversations they're having within the leadership group of Iran because of the generals
08:27looking at each other and say I've had this job for 48 hours now. My predecessor was assassinated.
08:32I want to keep this job. Did I sign up for this? Did I sign up for martyrdom? And maybe as President
08:38Trump says the Iranian people want to make Iran great again. President Trump's offering an opportunity
08:43to come to the negotiating table and extend the hand of freedom and peace.
08:47Yeah and and meanwhile Iran looks for enemies within the countries that it would like to have
08:52death of. Yeah. Katie McFarland great to have you. Thank you so much. Thank you for watching the
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