the ground if it were tweeting for help. >> julie: thank you. be sure to catch tyrus always on fox nation. thanks for joining us. shep? >> trace: and we begin with breaking news. president trump set to leave the white house any moment for the weekend. white house in new jersey. we'll see if he stops to talk to reporters about the big headlines and word that iran has seized another oil tanker ship in the all-important strait of hormuz. this time a british tanker. one more escalation in the face off between iran and the west. i'm trace gallagher in for shepard smith. iran intercepted the ship after iran denied that a drone was downed. the pentagon said indeed it did happen. let's get to jennifer griffin. she's live for us at the

pentagon. jen, what do we know? >> trace, u.s. officials say they believe that iran has forcibly taken yet another oil tanker against its will. we received this statement. "we're aware of reports that iranian forces seized a british oil tanker, this is the second time in just over a week. the u.k. has been the target of violence by the regime. the tanker is heading to iran and gone dark according to shipping officials that say they have lost contact with the ship, which was in the persian gulf passing through the strait of for muscle. the u.k. security council is holding an emergency meeting to decide how to respond. we received this statement from the ship's owners.

>> yesterday the iranian ney individual said they captured a united emirates tanker last weekend. president trump addressed the rising tensions moments ago. >> we hope for their sake, they don't do anything foolish. if they do, they will pay a price like nobody has ever paid a price. >> he spoke in the oval office not long ago. trace? >> jennifer, what about the denials by the iranians that the u.s. did not bring down their drone? >> u.s. defense officials say there's clear evidence that the u.s. shot down an iranian drone. the top officials for iran deny it. this video released by the iranians to prove the u.s. navy did not shoot down the iranian drone appears to prove the opposite. an iranian drone was above a

u.s. navy vessel for hours. the tape stopped. marines on board the u.s.s. boxer used this state of the art electron electronic jamming device to bring down the drone. it causes the electronics on board a plane to jam. the relatively new technology deployed at sea for the first time in january. secretary of state pompeo addressed iran's foreign minister denying that the u.s. downed the iranian drone. >> it went down. the fact that foreign minister didn't know or lied about it, i can't account for. it happened. >> iran's foreign minister is in new york. trace? >> trace: thanks, jennifer. let's get to trey yingst live for us in the mideast newsroom. trey? >> the seizure of this tanker does come between heightened

tensions with britain and iran. another tanker was headed for syria claiming 2.1 million barrels of light crude. one thing to get to, trace, there's early reports that a second tanker, a british flagged tanker made a sharp northward turn towards the iranian coast. early reports indicating that this tanker could have been seized today. if this is confirmed, two tankers in the span of three hours that would have been seized by the iranians escalating more tensions. more details about the iranian vessel. it appeared things were simmering down. you had jeremy hunt indicating sunday that his country would release the tanker as long as it wasn't headed for syria. as this week progressed and we saw iran's foreign minister in new york city and holding talks there, the messaging from the iranians certainly have changed, flipped. early on it appeared that they

wanted to have conversations early in the week, they were discussing a ballistic missile program being on the negotiating table. the ayatollah putting a cap on that saying they're not going to negotiate under the current conditions. two things to keep an eye on. whether or not the tankers will be able to be released what the british will demand if it is indeed confirmed that both tankers were taken in but i rainian forces and what the reaction is from the west and whether or not we hear from president trump at the white house. trace? >> trace: trey yingst live in the middle east. to set the table, we do know, we have confirmed that a british tanker with 23 crew has been seized by the iranian government. we do not yet know or have confirmation about a second tanker. but i want to bring in seth jones from the center for strategic and international studies. he's director of the trans national threats project and senior adviser for the

international security program. it seems to me, seth, this is a provocation that is surprising to a lot of people considering you're going after a british tanker. the u.k. is one of your final lifelines economically. they have not put the sanctions in place and yet you're going after them? i don't get the logic here. what are your thoughts? >> well, i think the iranians wanted to respond this week. one of the reasons they have gone after a british tanker is first it's still a tanker. this is not a missile strike. so it's not escalatory that much. so the iranians are holding off going off u.s. tankers because it's too escalatory. so the british are in the sweet spot. demonstrates that iran is serious about trying to get sanctions relief and get negotiations started but not willing to escalate by getting into a war with the united

states. >> trace: it's interesting. you bring this, maybe it's not escalatory. yesterday there was the seizure of the united arab emirates tanker. we didn't hear a peep about that. we were all talking about the drone being brought down, being disabled by the u.s. government. the problem is we didn't hear anything about the united arab emirates. is iran thinking it's okay to kind of tap and test the waters to see what we can get away with here? >> there's no question that iran is trying to test the waters to see how much they can get away with. iran's position right now is a pretty weak one. they have been backed into a corner. there's the sanctions that are having a significant impact on the iranian economy. i think they're looking for anyway to get sanctions relief and the only way they'll do that is to get some kind of a deal with the administration right now or start working towards a deal to get some sanctions

relief. >> trace: you say test the waters. i want this on the screen. this is from the head of u.s. central command. he says -- >> if your estimate, seth, what is our intent and our commitment when it comes to things like seizing foreign oil tankers? >> well, i still think the u.s. would probably differentate right now seizing a u.s. oil tanker and seizing a foreign one. i still think the u.s. is concerned -- >> trace: this is a british oil tanker and a big deal that you're seizing a british oil tanker. the united arab emirates may have gotten more play had the drone not been disabled. this is a british oil tanker and will cause a dust-up in the west. >> it will.

but they're not taking the action of sinking it. they're calibrating their actions but only up to a certain level. if they were to sink the tanker, that would be an act of war. that would be interested if we worked on that road. >> trace: i want to play this sound bite from mike pompeo. this, by the way, was before we got word the british tanker had been seized. watch this. >> president trump he make the decision about how to proceed. he's made clear we'll conduct negotiations with no preconditions. the iranians say we'll talk but if and only if the united states does something. we need them to come to the table. >> come to the table right now. probably not a lot of talk right now. the president is about to go to the new jersey white house for the weekend, seth. if your estimation, this has to be topic one at the white house right now, correct? >> there's no question, this is at the top of the president's

list of issues to discuss. we're now at a point where we were with the north korean missile tests where we have to start thinking about what is our actual long-term strategy with the iranians and where do political negotiations fit in. we're there right now. >> trace: i was reading an article by "the washington post." he said the analogy he used, he believes that iran is punching itself out. using a boxing term. fair analogy? >> i'm not sure i would say punching itself out yet. i think it is getting close to doing that. i mean, i have worked against iran when i was in the united states special operations. it's not surprising backed in the corner they've been backed into that they're reacting this way. i think where they have to be careful is that they take actions that really get into

conducting a military kinetic activity, they'll find themselves in the middle of war. they're not going to come out well from that. >> trace: and the heat is rising. seth jones, good insight. thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> trace: and just ahead, more on the situation with iran and word that it seized a british tanker. we'll head to the state department and talk about the security measures that were being taken to protect the strait before all of this went down. remember the idea of u.s. military ships giving guidance to ships? we'll talk about that and more. y that sometimes a little down time can lift you right up. expedia. everything you need to go. expedia. let's see, aleve is than tylenol extra strength. and last longer with fewer pills.

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have been seized by the iranian revolutionary guard are british operated oil tankers. now back to trey yingst. he's live in the mideast newsroom with the breaking up date. trey? >> trace, we were able to confirm this development right now. a liberian operated tanker was seized 40 minutes after the first tanker was seized by the revolutionary guard, this is a major escalation. the company released a statement about the british tanker. they said they were concerned about the safety on crew aboard the vessel. there were 23 on board. the vessel taken in by the iranians. we don't know how many people were on board but 40 minutes after, around 4:00 to 4:40 local team, this vessel taking a right

sharp turn. the big question, trace, why are the iranians doing this? last week they attempted to intercept a british-flagged vessel near the strait of hormuz. that was pushed off by a small british warship. there was an iranian tanker being head by british forces near the state of gibraltar. the iranians could be looking to get their tanker released or the overarching concerns, they want to put pressure on the west when it comes to the iran nuclear deal. you have to remember the iranians this month have broken two key commitments in the nuclear deal by surpassing enrichments and the stockpiles. each of these actions putting another bargaining chip on the table for the iranians in potential talks coming up, trace. >> trace: trey yingst live.back to you with breaking news.

he makes a good point saying there's concern about the 23 crew on board the ship, the first british ship that was taken by the iranian revolutionary guard. the british government says they have not had any contact with those crew members at all since this ship was seized. i want to bring in our chief white house correspondent, john roberts. the president has just commented on this. we don't have the tape. john will give us the paraphrasing of what the president said, john. >> yeah, trace the president is still talking on the south lawn. the helicopter has not taken off yet. we're probably five, ten minutes away from hearing from the president. he took some questions and continuing to take questions. he did talk about this. he said they heard it was one tanker and then heard it might be two tankers. now he said the liberian flagged vessel appears to be the second tanker that iran has seized. the president reminding that the united states has a lot of warships and firepower out there, which clearly is a signal

to iran not to escalate this too far. i think the white house is trying to make head and tails of what's going on here. a state from the spokesman for john bolton said we're aware of reports that iran seized a british oil tanker, this is the second time in just over a week that the u.k. has been the target of escalatory violence. the united states will work with our allies to defend the securities and interests against iran's mall a lined behavior. as jennifer griffin said, the take down of the iranian drone that the u.s. said was working in too close proximity to an american warship, which is why it was taken down. i think iran surprised as well that it was taken down not but a missile but electronic counter measures, the new system that the united states just deployed there in the persian gulf. what we'll hear from the

president when we get the tape back, and the helicopter is still on the ground. so we're still probably five or ten minutes away from that. you'll probably hear from the president a very strong warning to iran not to take this any further. if iran were to decide to seize an american oil tanker, that would be a dramatic escalation of this call and mouse game that iran has been playing. i think you would see a very sharp response from the united states in regard to that. again, a lot of this depends on whether or not lives are at risk. remember what the president said after the global hawk was brought down about the 20th of june there in the straits of hormuz. the president saying he wouldn't lawn asp retaliatory strike. we've seen a proportional response in terms of this call

and mouse game. so if iran were to seize a u.s.-oil tanker, that would be a dramatic escalation. now we talked about whether or not the crew would be in physical danger from iran. if they were, that could prompt a sharp escalation in the u.s. response. the iranian regime is smart enough to maybe play some games with the u.k., which is also kind of weird. the u.k. remains a signatory to the joint comprehensive plan of action in the iranian nuclear deal. until they attack a u.s. asset that might result in the loss of lives, we'll see a measured response from the united states. i hear the helicopter getting ready to take off. likely we'll hear from the president soon. trace? >> trace: it's a good point to make. the u.k. is one of the economic life rafts for iran. they have not implemented the

snap back sanctions that could go in effect if they violated the agreement. you think they would handle the u.k. can kid gloves. if this was a u.s. tanker, that it would be a dramatic escalation. what is the gap? is there a vast gap between the fact that this is not a u.s. tanker and it's a british tanker and another british operated tanker? how far is the gap between these two allies as far as is this being a big concern for escalation for the us? >> it's a big concern but it's not considered to be a trigger point. the seizure of a u.s. flagged or u.s. operated vessel could be soon as some sort of a trigger point. don't forget, too, when you talk about signatories to the joint comprehensive plan of action, the u.k. is one. france is one. emmanuel macron had conversations with rouhani of

iran. he was warning that france may have to take action if iran passes that nuclear threshold and continues to go down the road that everybody believes of developing a nuclear weapon. so even though those countries remain signatories to the iran nuclear plan, they have made it clear to iran that they're only going to tolerate so much before taking action. i thought i heard the helicopter going up, but it appears it's still on the ground. the president is still talking. so clearly we're going to hear a lot from him shortly. >> trace: when the president talks, we'll get back to you. john roberts live on the north lawn. state department correspondent rich edson is reporting live for us at the state department. rich, what are you hearing from there? >> good afternoon, trace. a senior u.s. official is telling us the seizure of these tankers amounts to piracy in international waters and a significant escalation against the united kingdom. the senior u.s. official shows that iran cannot get along with many people certainly in that

region. this also comes today as the united states was organizing an effort here today on preventing just this very issue. a summit here with a senior u.s. official telling us 100 different diplomats from 60 different nations about maritime security in the strait of hormuz. what the united states is stressing in trying to organize here is that not only the u.s. can be the one defending and protecting ships in the strait of hormuz. this has to be an international effort. the administration has pointed out that most of the goods, the oil that traverse the strait of hormuz, go to asia and europe. so the united states is looking for countries around the world to step up and work on that type of security. in fact, u.s. officials have been saying that they're hoping they can get this together, that there will be follow-on meetings after this. today was a diplomatic setting but now a military strategy component to this. this is all the united states

has been expanding their military footprint because of what the u.s. has said is iran's destabilizing activity. so all of this within the hours of this meeting here at the state department today, trace. trying to combat this very issue now with the shipping companies saying this u.k. tanker heading north towards iran. >> trace: we'll get back to you with breaking news. thanks, rich. i want to put the map back up on the strait of hormuz. we're talking about this. as we set the table, it's important to know that is a very narrow strait and 60% of the world's oil comes through that strait. that's why it is such a critical waterway. to set you back up to what we know today, the breaking news is that a short time ago, a couple hours, we know the iranian revolutionary guard has admitted that they seized a british tanker with 23 crew aboard. the british government has not

been able to contact that tanker. they have had no contact at all with the crew. they're concerned about their safety. we're hearing reports that tanker has turned and now heading to the coast of iran. on top of that, a second tanker, a liberian-flagged tanker operated by a british company has also been seized by the iranian revolutionary guard. we will effort that and continuing coverage of the breaking news, the escalation between iran and the west as "shepard smith reporting" continues. with all that usaa offers why go with anybody else? we know their rates are good, we know that they're always going to take care of us. it was an instant savings and i should have changed a long time ago. we're the tenney's and we're usaa members for life. call usaa to start saving on insurance today.

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the president praised the people at his rally that chanted "send her back." ilhan omar came from somalia as a child and became an american citizen. the president said he's unhappy with some of her comments including one about him. congress woman omar had a different chant when she arrived in minnesota last night. democrats and some republicans have criticized the president's comments about omar and three other democratic congress women of color but he's not backed down or apologized. let's bring in chris wallace. chris, we're going to talk about ilhan omar and the rest of the squad. i want 10 seconds about the i iranian revolutionary guard seizing these british vessels. an escalation?

>> absolutely. the seizing of a foreign vessel is big. we're going to talk about the squad and going to talk about it sunday. there's been serious questions raised about race and loyalty to the country. but when you get into a situation like the where ships are being seized and the possibility of military action and lives literally being at stake that obviously takes precedence. makes it a lot more serious. the second point i would make about iran, they're playing a dangerous game here. the one hand they're getting hammered by u.s. sanctions. the economy is getting squeezed. they're trying to create and go right up to the line of creating international crises that will try to get the west if not the u.s. to negotiate new deals and to find new ways to provide them with economic relief. when you start taking british flag tankers or in this case now a liberian flagged tanker, you

run the risk of severe military reprisals at which point instead of getting a lifting of sanctions, they may get a military punch in the nose. it's serious stuff. they're playing a dangerous game. >> trace: and getting hammered by u.s. sanctions and getting relief from the u.k. but going after their tankers. doesn't make sense. >> there's one other factor. the britts seized an iranian tanker off the coast of gibraltar, which britain says is a part of the u.k. and because they say that they were trying to smuggle iranian oil in and break some of the sanctions put on them. i think there's a certain amount after reprisal. again, you're getting on a hair trigger here in terms of the possibility of military

reprisal. >> trace: i want to ask you quickly. we're going to go to the president's comments. both sides is backing down because it appears both sides think this is a winning argument. the president has elevated and may not be good for democrats in general. but they like the attention and they like firing back. the president, as long as he keeps it on policy and saying what the so-called squad supports is outside the mainstream and too far to the left, that's fine. when he started to get -- >> trace: stand by, chris. here's the president. >> very good numbers economically. the country is doing really well. we expect great things and have a lot of potential. a lot of way to go. we're the hottest economy now

for the last period of time. we have a lot of potential for growth. europe -- i just want to let you know. >> [question inaudible] >> we always have an alliance with the u.k. the united states has very few tankers going in because we're using our own energy now. we made a lot of progress over the last 2 1/2 years. we'll talk to the u.k. we have no written agreement but we have an agreement. they've been a very good ally of ours. we heard about it.

we heard it was one or two. we'll be working with the u.k. on this. we have no written agreement but i think we have an agreement which is longstanding. >> [question inaudible] >> if you go back to the four congress women, the things that they have said about our country are terrible. what they said about israel are just terrible. i don't know. i can't say for sure but a lot of people say they hate our country. it's a disgrace what they said. you can't talk that way about the united states and i think frankly to say that about

israel. we just gave the embassy in jerusalem, making jerusalem the capitol of israel. i just gave golan heights, recognized golan heights. i did all of this for israel. and omar -- i find it hard to believe but omar put in sanctions bill against israel and other things beyond sanctions. so when i hear that, you just can't talk about our country that way. when people are angry at them, i fully understand it. >> [question inaudible] >> i don't know if it's good or bad politically. i don't care. when people speak so badly, when they call our country garbage, think of that.

that's worse than deplorable. when they call our country garbage, i don't care about politics. i don't care if it's good or bad. many people say it's good. i don't know if it's good or bad. i can tell you this. you can't talk that way about our country, not when i'm the president. so i think they said horrible things. they're anti-semitic. you look at the kind of statements that they made about israel, it's a disgrace. >> they have first amendment rights to say what they want about our country. that's what the constitution guarantees. do you see not agreeing with you as the same thing as hating the country, sir? >> yeah, that i have first amendment rights. that doesn't mean i'm happy about them saying -- when they sad bad things about us, we can certainly feel -- again, we have first amendment rights also. we can certainly feel and say what we want. >> [question inaudible]

>> we're going to be speaking with the u.k. this is only going to show what i'm saying about iran. trouble. nothing but trouble. remember this, the agreement, the ridiculous agreement made by president obama expires in a short time. it was a short-term agreement. when you deal with countries, you have to deal in 50 years and 100 years. not the short term. that was a ridiculous agreement. it goes to show you i was right about iran. let's see what happens. it's not american ships. it's u.k. could be one, could be two. we'll be speaking to them. they have a new prime minister coming soon. that's a good thing for the u.k. >> [question inaudible] >> in the past you said that america is the laughingstock of

the world. why is it okay for you to criticize america but not -- >> i believe people are great people. i believe everybody is great. i love our country. i'm representing our country. people can't go around speaking about our garbage. this is the greatest country in the world. we have the strongest military by far. we had a depleted military. we spent $700 billion last year and 700 the year before. we have a great powerful military. we have the greatest economy on earth, not even close. you can't speak about our country the way those four congressmen, they said garbage. they say things about israel that is so bad. i'm not going to repeat it. they can't get away with that act.

>> [question inaudible] >> these women have said horrible things about our country and the people of our country. nobody should be able to do that. if they want to do that, that's up to them. i can't imagine they're going to do very well at the polls. i say this: if the democrats want to embrace people that hate our country, so far left that nobody has ever seen anything like it, if they want to embrace people that are so anti-semitic and anti-israel, they want to do that, that's up to them. but i don't have to do that. i think what they say and what they have said is a disgrace to them, to the democrats and frankly to our country. >> [question inaudible] >> a long time ago, yeah. i had a falling out. i didn't get along with him.

>> [question inaudible] >> i don't really know. i'd have to look into it. it's a long time ago. >> [question inaudible] >> i do think we have bigger problems than plastic straws. it's interesting about plastic straws. you have a little straw. what about the plates, the wrappers and everything else that are much bigger and made of the same material? so the straws are interesting. everybody focuses on the straws. a lot of other things to focus on. it's an interesting thing. talk up. >> [question inaudible] >> so secretary mnuchin did have a call with the chinese counter

parts. had a very good talk. we're dealing with china, doing very well, not doing well. they had the worst year if 27 years. we're doing well. let's see what happens. our farmers are doing well. i've taken some of the billions of dollars of tariffs that we collect from china, we collect billions and billions of fees and tariffs. i gave it to our farmers. >> [question inaudible] >> false information. fake news. i talk about it but they didn't advise me. they told me but it's fake. what you're saying, fake news. >> [question inaudible] >> rand is a friend of mine. i have 53 very good friends. they're in the senate.

i also have a lot of friends. you saw that the other day when they brought a ridiculous vote up and only four republicans out of hundreds voted against. so i have a lot of great friends. i'm 94% in the republican party. rand is a friend of mine. rand asked me if he could get involved. the answer is question. other senators asked me to get involved, i'd say yes depending who they were. we'll see what happens. i have many people involved. iran is going to work out very nicely. iran is showing their colors. going to work out nicely. iran is in big trouble right now. their economy is crashing. it's coming to a crash. they're trying to bring soldiers back home because they can't pay them. bad things are happening to them. it's easy to straighten out or very easy for us to make it worse.

>> [question inaudible] >> you know what is racest to me? when somebody says the horrible things about our country, the people of our country, anti-semitic, that hate everybody, that speak with scorn and hate, that is really a very dangerous thing. i think these four congress women, i could say some worse than others, but if you look at the statements that they have made, what they call the people of our country and our country garbage, when they hit israel the way they have hit israel so hard, so horrible, i think to me that is a diss grace. we should never forget it. we're dealing with people that hate our country. >> [question inaudible] >> no, i don't. let me tell you, they had an impeachment vote the other day. a big waste of time.

it's a disgrace. no other president should have to go through it. the vote was a totally lopsided vote with many democrats voting in favor. as far as i'm concerned, they already took their impeachment vote and the impeachment vote was so lopsided, it was a massive victory. you know what? at some point they have to stop playing games. they're just playing games. you know, i won't be watching mueller. >> [question inaudible]

>> we're looking at zimbabwe right now. >> [question inaudible] >> the first lady feels very strongly about our country. she thinks it's horrible what they said about israel and horrible what they said about our country, these congress women. they cannot call our country and our people garbage. they can't talk about evil jews, which is what they say, evil jews. that's what the first lady thinks. >> trace: the president is on his way the new jersey for the weekend. that was tape play-back. i want to bring back in chris wallace. he got a couple of questions about iran, the squad and plastic straws. when are plastic straws villainized when the rest of the plastic gets a free pass? first on i ran, he didn't seem overly aggravated by the seizure

of those vessels. >> i completely agree with you. what struck me about that is that he was very measured in his response. he said iran is nothing but trouble and has been trouble for a long time. he took another shot at president obama's deal with them. he said he was going to talk to the u.k. about the situation with the british tanker that has been seized by the iranians. seemed quite measured and i agree. not aggressive at all about a response. doesn't mean that won't happen but he was not sending a signal that we're anywhere close to escalating the situation there in response to what iran has done. >> trace: now on to the squad. it doesn't appear he's backing off. some say he will run against joe biden or kamala harris or elizabeth warren but the squad will be the face of the opposition. do you buy that? >> he can now. there's not a democratic nominee. ultimately in 2020 there will be and that will be the face of the party. but it doesn't hurt for him

politically -- i said this before we heard from the president to go after their policies and their statements doesn't hurt him at all. even though there's a big split inside the democratic party, the big story before the president's tweets last sunday was the split between aoc and nancy pelosi. it doesn't hurt for him to make the face of the party and to try to link the democrats together. where he gets into shakier territory is when he talks about sending them back to where they came from or they don't like the country, they should leave it. if he's on policy, he's on fine ground. a target rich environment to go after the squad but he has to be more measured. can i say real quickly? we have stephen miller, the white house senior policy adviser. one of the president's top people, speechwriter. we'll talk about the fight with

the squad as well as the president's immigration policy. a lot going on on that front. we'll have an exclusive interview with him and with jerry nadler, chairman of the house judiciary committee that will be holding the meeting with robert mueller on wednesday. you just heard the president say he won't be watching but i'll make you a prediction. he will watch a little. >> trace: he will watch a little, chris. everybody watches. chris wallace, always good. thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> trace: let's bring in general jack keane. a fox news senior strategic analyst and retired general. general, i have to ask you quickly, the president doesn't seem as chris wallace said very agitated and the seizure of these two vessels in the strait of hormuz. your thoughts. >> well, the president is very much aware as is his entire team around him that they're playing a winning hand. their streak offensive campaign

to isolate them politically and economically is working beyond expectations and the best thing i've seen in 39 years of any administration pushing against iran. and what is happening to the iranians, i have never seen them as inept as they are in some of the mistake that they continue to make before our eyes and trying to create a crisis environment so pressure will be put on the trump administration to back off the sanctions. one thing after another they have tried nothing. they haven't increased any of the pressure on the trump administration. they have a long playbook to go yet and they're going to continue with provocations to be sure. but in reference to what you said, this administration is very much aware that what they're doing is working. and that is not responding

militarily. if they have to respond military, it will be measured and limited. they don't want to walk up the ladder of escalation that leaves you to a potential conflict. that's a losing hand. >> trace: what i hear you saying, general, desperate countries do desperate things. you think right now iran is desperate straights. >> yeah, it's affecting their judgment. you can see one thing after the other. one was the six tankers and they got caught at it. we evidence of it. they had an attack commander shoot down our drone and didn't have the authority of the national leadership to do that. the president did not respond in kind, which gave him leverage with our allies, particularly the europeans. you have the guy in new york city talking about we may put

ballistic missiles on the table. the national leadership is furious with him. within 24 hours, he's contradicting himself. so yeah, they have got control issues and they have other issues in fronts of them. they're going to continue provocation to be sure. we'll have to deal with that. >> trace: doesn't appear that we look measured and they're frantic. general jack keane, great to hear from you. >> thank you. >> trace: 50 years ago tomorrow, two american astronauts became the first humans to walk on the moon. 50 years ago! neil armstrong took that first step and buzz aldrin followed while michael collins manned their command module. today the white house honoring the apollo 11 mission, aldrin, collins and armstrong. members of the family attended the event. president trump asked aldrin

what he thinks of the current space program. >> frankly a little disappointed in the last 10, 15 years. we were able to achieve so much early. we have the number 1 rocket in the u.s., the number 1 space cra craft. we cannot get into lunar orbit. that's a great disappointment to me. >> the president said his administration is working on plans to get to mars. a half century after astronauts first stepped foot on the moon. >> one small step for man, one giant leap for man kind. >> with a phrase and a foot step, neil armstrong became the first man on the moon. >> how am i doing? >> touching down after a trip president kennedy began 8 years earlier. >> i believe this nation should commit itself to achieving a

goal before this decade is out of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth. >> and as the nation united in support, the sky was no longer the limit. different missions marked our progress. >> the atlas booster performed perfectly. >> project mercury and john glenn took us to orbit. >> i can see the booster a couple hundred yards behind me. >> gemini saw an american spacewalker take a step among the stars. >> i'm under my own control. >> it's beautiful. >> i feel like a million dollars. >> but it was apollo that brought us to the moon. in july of 1969, at a young federal agency called nasa, controllers held their breath. until four words crackled across

the void. >> the eagle has landed. >> we copy you on the ground. you have a bunch of guys about to turn blue. >> it took just 66 years to go from the wright brothers at kitty hawk to this extraordinary moment. buzz aldrin joined minutes later. >> it's a good step. >> the landscape, dusty and barren. nasa called it the sea of tranquillity. >> you have the flag up now. you can see the stars and stripes. >> even as they planted the flag, their crew mate orbited in the command module not knowing whether his friends would return, whether he would have to go home all alone. >> when you look at the design of the lunar module, there was one rocket motor and it had to work, yes or no. if it didn't lift them off, they were dead. i was coming home. >> president nixon had a speech just in case that happened.

instead, he shared in the success. >> hello, neil and buzz. i'm talking to you by telephone from the oval room at the white house. this has to be the most historic telephone call ever made because of what you have done, the heavens have become a part of man. >> the space ran won. the soviet union a banned their own mission and america celebrated their heros. after humanity looked to the stars. and watched man kind take a first step on the moon. >> apollo 11, signing off. >> trace: great stuff. "shepard smith reporting" on that 50 years ago tomorrow, man first walked on the moon. let's continue coverage now of breaking news. i want to bring in michael singh from middle east affairs. currently managing director at

the washington institute, a think tank focused on middle east policy. back to the seizure by the iranian revolutionary guard of the two oil tankers in the straits of hormuz. one of them is a british flag tanker. it appears this is a grave mistake on behalf of iran. your thoughts? >> well, trace, it's just the latest, obviously, provocation from iran. a string as you know of incidents in the strait of hormuz, in the persian gulf. it looks like the iranians may feel they have nothing to lose because of the oil sanctions. they may feel because president trump doesn't want a war, this is a way to be push the u.s. and the allies back. it a dangerous time. we haven't seen anything like this since the 1980s. and i think that any

mis-christmaslation can lead to conflict. >> now you're not just poking the americans there. you're poking the u.k. bear. and they were kind of on your side a little bit in the past several months. >> that's right. that's the way we see it, trace. it's not the iranian narrative. they hope to pressure the europeans to break with washington more a and somehow deliver sanctions relief. but i think obviously there's a chance that they get the opposite reaction. you said earlier, trace, the u.s. is trying to recruit other countries, recruit allies to help in maritime security in the gulf. this is a great demonstration of why it's necessary. >> yeah, very quickly, michael, i want to find out, do you think this is an escalation or is this just a bump in the road? >> i think we're going to see more of this. i think the iranians are not trying to cause a confrontation. but they are trying to, again,

throw american policy off track. >> thanks, michael. appreciate it. >> trace: we'll continue coverage of this breaking news. iran seizing two oil tankers. i'm trace gallagher in for shepard smith. "your world" with neil cavuto is next. ♪ >> neil: hot in the city indeed and a lot of other places. maybe not as hot as the surface of the moon where i can get up to 260 degrees. man, we're closing in fast. you see how we connected that? neil cavuto. all right. maybe not 200 degrees, but for two out of three americans right now, it's going to feel like at least 110 degrees this weekend. that is pretty darn hot, which is why we have pretty much aren't over at all. jackie deangelis in the thick of it in new york city.