Iraq. The president went to al asad in 2018 and met with our troops there. The back up said quote well take all necessary measures to protect and defense u. S. Personnel, partners and allies in the region. The president has been briefed and hes monitoring the situation closely. We are just learning he may address the nation tonight. We may be hearing from President Trump about this attack tonight. Do not forget iran had promised historic revenge for the killing of general soleimani as someone who murdered as many as 00 americano as many as 600 amers on for the attacks on the u. S. Embassy in baghdad. Joining me former delta force member, retired Lieutenant General william borsma. General, i will start with you. What is your sense of what the iranians have done . They promised a historic revenge. When you hear about 1 Ballistic Missiles when you hear about 12 Ballistic Missiles launched from iran targeting u. S. Bases, whats your response to that. If they are planning historic revenge there is more to come, there has to be. This was a relatively weak response. I think well see some more. Trish i want to jump in and share some good news. Some sourcing coming through to fox. Sources saying there is no talk of casualties, no casualties expected. These are early reports of no casualties. General we know 5,200 u. S. Troops were there in iraq. Thousands were sent over the weekend to fortify the bases. An early report but encouraging. It is encouraging. I think what you see here is the radical elements of the Supreme Council prevailed and forced this military response as opposed to a more covert response. Now i think they will live to regret it. Mr. Trump made it clear this will not be proportionate in terms of his responses. Stand by there is more to come trish where what do you mean, more to come. I think you will see an american response to this thing that wont can proportionate. I dont want to speculate on the targets. But i think you will see a military and economic response and potentially other elements of National Power will be used. Trish k. T. , do you think the president will respond that aggressively to this even if we get reports that there are no casualties . I think President Trump has been looking for a way to take americas engagement in the middle east and change the. We have oil now because of trumps actions. We are selfsufficient. We are the Worlds Largest exporter. We into longer need what the middle east is selling. And has trump has said let somebody else fight for his piece of long bloodstained landing. General boykin is right. There may be more to come. But if their response is to attack a couple of u. S. Bases, chances are we have the capability of shooting down those. And we have taken action in the last five days to harden those areas to make sure there are not casualties. If this turns out this is their action and no americans casualties, i think the iranians, if thats good enough for their national pride, i think we are in a very different position. Trump kept saying in his statement after the killing of soleimani. We want peace. We dont want war. We want you back to the negotiating table. We want a relationship with you, but we want to renegotiate with you. Iranian general yesterday afternoon who is the aide to the supreme leader. He said you made your strike. Well have a proportionate response then the cycle is finished. Normally everybody threatened everything in retaliation. The iranians said well retaliate and well do it proportional alley. Proportionallali. A this is a guy a lot of the iranian people didnt like. This is a bad guy responsible per reuters reporting 1,500 individuals who opposed him in iran. So in some ways maybe this could be an opportunity for them to recognize there is a new sheriff in town. Its no longer president obama and it isnt president carter or former secretary of state clinton. We are not going to sit by and allow our u. S. Embassy to be attacked. There will be retaliation. Once they know that, they know the rules of the road, right . I also think. The iranian economy is in dire shape. What is iran going to do . Think lose as much as anybody if they blockade the persian gulf. Trish we are getting something in from Iranian State t. V. Reporting that there has been a second round of attacks thats happening against these up s. Bases. You anticipated this is just the beginning. Iranian state tv confirming a second round of attacks gifnlts s. Bases. It could be a long night. Let me go back to what kt said. I hope she is right because she is the expert. I hope she is right. If we can close this whole thing out and everybody would go home satisfied they had done their best. But let me say that i am concerned about this whole issue of cultural targets. The iranian people as kt said have already shown that they are not happy with their government. They have risen up against their government. 1,50 off the 1,500 of them hn up against soleimani and been killed. The last thing we need is to hit cultural sites. Trish i think thats off the table. Mike pompeo said the president was trying to say enough with the proxy wars. The proxy war stuff has got to stop. At some point you have got realize you can behave within the boundaries of iran itself. There are consequences. And i think that that message certainly, you know, has been heard. What they do with it of course is the big question right now. I agree with you. But well see what happens with this latest round of missiles that have been fired and what else they do. I am not sure it will be confined to just firing a few missiles. I think we may see to terrorist acts potentially directed at israel. I think israel is a likely target. Iran, hezbollah forces, whether its lebanon, yemen, iraq, but i think if you look at where the mullahs were say a week ago, they had people in the streets, inflation estimates at high as 70 . Unemployment at 40 . They are not getting their one export which is oil. They are not getting to it market. I think President Trump should keep his mouth shut and not try to talk to them about his missiles are bigger than their missiles. Trish thats assuming its not that long a night. Thats assuming there are no casualties. I spoke with a source earlier tonight who told me there is a lot of u. S. Medical personnel being moved into syria, specifically general surgeons. But nonetheless they are the preparations i imagine you always take and you have to be ready for. But nonetheless, alarming to think we need that much in terms of medical personnel taking people who have been harmed. Agree. Good preparations. Kt, we spent so many thousands of troops overseas over the weekend. What would those troops be doing as they are trying to fortify the bases . They are trying to fortify the bases. So we would have the capabilities. If there are any offseat terrorist attacks, i think our people are people are ready. I think trump should be patient about this. If this is it, we are in a good position. They got their macho pride back. If general boykin is right and it will be other things as well and there are fatalities, then i think we are talking about a different thing. But the iranian leaders know this. They have had a real fall. So i they they are looking for an exit ramp as well. Trish i think they are scared. I think they did not anticipate the president would lash out so address ideally and take general soleimani. There has always been sort of the way we do things. If you think about recent history, going back to barack obama, we were piling cash into airplanes in the middle of the night full well knowing we were looking at this sound earlier today from john kerry in 2016 in which he said yes some of that money will go to Terror Organizations. We knew some of that money would fund death and terror and we did the deal anyway. They are the ones who blew that one up. They violated the deal. They then struck back with a u. S. Drone attack, attacking a u. S. Drone as well as the oil fields. General bo general boykin, he said this multiple times, i will negotiate. But they responded with an attack on a u. S. Drone. At what point do you say you have got to get the hint. In 2016, january of 2016 they took two american patrol boats off the coast of iran. They rue millated our soldiers in the patrol boats. Iran never modified its behavior. And we gave them 150 billion. So it is a different landscape now, its a different commanderinchief. A different approach to the Iranian Foreign policy. I think it first thing you will see is an increase in the sanctions. I think the president has made very clear that hes ready to go to the next level of sanctions. And with iraq as well. Trish sanction them. If you can quarantine them off from the world. We have sanctions. We sanctioned them a lot in iran. The problem, general, sometimes with sanctions, and i like sanctions, especially as an economic and business reporter. They can have a profound effect on behavior. One hopes the people rise up and take the bull by the horns and say enough with this leadership that caused so much economic struggle for us. But if you have a leadership regime like this one in iran trying to suppress their people by cutting off the internet and cutting off the outside world. And killing and assassinating 1,500 dissidents, you make it challenging for the people to rise up. Arent those hurting the people, they arent hurting the leaders themselves. What we just demonstrated is we have a new way to go after those leaders pretty extra d pretty strategically. Keep in mind probably the primary reason the people have not been able to drive their own government out of power because of the irgc and soleimani. He is the one who controlled the landscape. He controlled the military, the weapons and major sectors of the economy. Thats why the people have nothing to rise up with except their own courage. Trish for sure. Joining me right now, i want to jump in. I want to go to our National CorrespondentJennifer Griffin who was the first to break this news that indeed the u. S. Was under attack in iraq earlier this evening. Jennifer, what can you tell us as we learn about a second round. What we were the first to report is u. S. Military bases came under attack from shortrange Ballistic Missiles or cruise missiles fired from inside iran. Thats a bit of a game changer. They were not the rockets reported earlier. These were fires from the Iranian Revolutionary guard corps from inside iran. Here is the statement. At approximately 5 30 p. M. Iran launched a dozen Ballistic Missiles against the u. S. Military and Coalition Forces in iraq at two military bases at al asad and erbil. We are working on initial Battle Damage assessment. I spoke to a senior official. Under missile attack from iran. These are cruise missiles are shortrange Ballistic Missiles. Among those u. S. Bases targeted. Alasad and a base in erbil. The hope of deterring the expects iranian strike. What happens next depend on them. I think we should expect they will retaliate in some way, shape or form through their proxies as he have been doing now for how many years, or by their own hand. So we take this one step at a time. We are prepared for any contingency. Is per went on to say u. S. Troops are not withdrawing from iraq. Here is esper again. There is a a big offramp sitting in front of tehran. Message u us they want to sit dn with no preconditions to find a way forward. Reporter that was before tonights missile attacks on u. S. Troops. Now the pentagon chiefs and the president where in the white house. Trish jennifer, thank you very much. Outstanding reporting as always. I want to share with the viewers, they are looking at some video that has come in from Iranian State tv reporting there has been a second round of attacks. The pentagon confirming the first round of attacks on two u. S. Air bases. One in Northern Iraq, erbil and the other at Al Asad Air Force base. There are 5,200 u. S. Forces in iraq. There were 12 Ballistic Missiles launched. They are not guide there so they can be difficult to navigate. But again both of those air force bases coming under attack and we learned from Iranian State tv that a second round of attacks have been launched. Kt mcfarland and general boykin are still with me. Kt has said that if this evening goes well enough and there are no u. S. Casualties, and early reports indicate that, then there might be a window of opportunity for iraq potentially to save face, for the u. S. To save face, and for the u. S. To call it a day. They got the message. Dont think about actually killing americans. Do you think they have gotten the message . And what do you think the president is going to be responding with tonight as we wait for him to address americans . I think that exit ramp with secretary esper is still there for iran if they want to deescalate. We are ready to talk as long as the damage that has been done does not include American Military or civilian personnel. If there were injuries and its been indicated there havent been, then have a lot to continue to talk about. I think also knowing the extent of the attack two different ways of attack. The tight missiles. Is that the end of it or is there going to be more. Fit is the end of it, there is an opportunity to continue the economic and diplomatic solutions. I think the president had to use the military force because iran just wont stop. We saw it in may in the gulf oman with four commercial ships being attacked. We saw it in june with the drone being knocked down. And right after the Iranian Nuclear deal was signed, they attacked an american ship. I think they have been bullies and unchecked. It was time for the president to take Decisive Action and say there is a new sheriff in the white house and we are not putting up with you anymore. The first thing he did was to tie up the iran nuclear deal. But the president had to make this decision and he took Decisive Action. But we can still have that diplomatic solution that iran is ready to sit down and talk. I guess thats the question. Joining us by phone, kt. It does not feel as though iran has given any indication of any willingness to talk but you remain optimist. Tell us why we hud think about it differently. I was with President Trump when he made his First Military engagement with the decision to bomb the syrian airfield that had delivered chemical weapons to the syrian men, women and children. I was with him, there were taste us in the situation room. Hes a reluctant warrior. He gets all the information. He asked what could go wrong. He thinks of it from the status and the perspective of the other side. He doesnt just say im angry because you have done this. He looks at it from the eyes of the opposition. What they are they thinking. What do they need to get out of this. What is their position. How do i challenge them and threaten them in a way without escalating. I think those are the things trump is thinking about right now. Trish thank you very much. I think you make a very important point and its a good insight into the president s character. I had conversations with him as well, and he stressed how cite call it is that we not lose any american lives. He takes this very seriously, which is important. I think the toughest part about being president is thinking about the lives at stake and the lives on the line and having to look at those family members when their sons or daughters come back and they are wound or they have been lost. The president takes all of that. He told me and you and others, he takes it extremely seriously to heart in a way every president should. Kt mcfarland, thank you. Well talk with you later in the show. I want to bring into the conversation again general boykin. Is it important if a president does take that into consideration. It would be wonderful if the reports are true and there are no u. S. Casualties. Lets not forget about the influence of hezbollah. Hezbollah is a Terror Organization responsible for so many civilian deaths. Despite the russian state media out tweeting today that iran would not have civilian casualties, a tweet i should point out, alexandria ocasiocortez foolishly liked because its flatout wrong. Iran has been responsible via its surrogates and hezbollah for many civilian casualties. How do we deal with iran sort of regime thats in power maybe negotiating on the one hand and terrorists backing him up in the other room . I think there are serve things we have to do. By the way. Iran created hezbollah. Its not that they support them. They created hezbollah. Hezbollah was the organization that blew up the Marine Barracks in october of 1983. They killed more than civilians, they have gone after military tarring test as well. The sanctions are crippling them. You said earlier they hurt the people as well. Well, thats one of the unfortunate problems with sanctions. But at the same time we have got to squeeze the mullahs in the Supreme Council. Sanctions are important. We have a wide array of corporate possibilities. We can support the people of tehran and support the opposition. I was in erbil in may. I talked to a guy who has been in tehran for more than a decade. He told me the people there are so fed up with their government. He said they would rise up against the government if they had the capabilities to do so. Trish i heard that as well from sources in iran. And the danger of course in any situation like this is you unite the people and they rally together with the horrible regime that worked to oppress them. But nonetheless they feel victimized. I get it. Thats a danger in a situation like that. Its important to point out and we appreciate you doing so. General boykin well be talking to you later in the show. Joining us by phone. Dr. Zuhdi jasser. This was expected. They had promised some kind of historic revenge. They anticip