STANDBY, THE SUPREME COURT.
>> Sandra: A STUNNING NEW
DEVELOPMENT, PRESIDENT TRUMP
JUST MOMENTS AGO SAYING HE
ORDERED STRIKES ON IRAN, PULLED
THE PLUG 10 MINUTES BEFORE THEY
WERE SET TO GO DOWN, THIS AFTER
IRAN SHOT DOWN A U.S. NAVY DRONE
FLYING OVER THE STRAIGHT OF
HORMUZ.
WE WERE COCKED AND LOADED TO
RETALIATE LAST NIGHT ON THREE
DIFFERENT SITES WHEN I ASKED HOW
MANY WOULD DIE.
150 PEOPLE WAS THE ANSWER FROM
THE GENERAL PERIOD OF 10 MINUTES
BEFORE THE STRIKE, I STOPPED IT.
NOT PROPORTIONATE TO SHOOTING
DOWN AN UNMANNED DRONE.
I AM IN NO HURRY, OUR MILITARY
IS REBUILT, NEW, AND READY TO G
GO.
AIR FORCE CORRESPONDENT IS
JOINING US LIVE HERE IN STUDIO
HERE IN NEW YORK.
>> GOOD MORNING, PRESIDENT TRUMP
SAYING HE CALLED OFF THE STRIKE
AS HE WANTED TO AVOID THOSE 150
DEATHS BUT ACCORDING TO IRAN,
PRESIDENT TRUMP ACTUALLY MADE A
FINAL ATTEMPT AT DIALOGUE LAST
NIGHT, SENDING A BACK CHANNEL
MESSAGE TO THE IRANIANS SAYING
HE WANTED TO TALK, NO WORD ON
WHETHER THEY WOULD TAKE UP THE
OFFER.
IF THE DECISION TO ATTACK WAS
MADE AFTER THE DRONE WAS SHOT
DOWN ON WEDNESDAY EVENING.
THE VIDEO FROM IRANIAN STATE
TELEVISION TODAY WHERE THEY
CLAIM TO HAVE RECOVERED TO
BREATHE.
THE OPERATION TO STRIKE IRAN IS
ALREADY UNDERWAY LAST NIGHT,
PLANES WERE IN THE AIR AND SHIPS
WERE IN POSITION, CAME DOWN TO
STAND BACK.
PRESIDENT TRUMP GAVE NOTHING
AWAY.
>> IRAN MADE A BIG MISTAKE, A
VERY BAD MISTAKE.
YOU WILL FIND OUT.
YOU'LL FIND OUT.
>> THE PROSPECTIVE TARGETS
INCLUDED THE RADAR INSTALLATION
AND THE SURFACE-TO-AIR BATTERY
THAT WAS USED TO DOWN THE HIGH
ALTITUDE DRONE WHICH
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID WAS UNARMED
AND UNMANNED AND OVER
INTERNATIONAL WATERS ADDING IT
WOULD'VE MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE
HAD SOMEONE BEEN INSIDE.
THEY WERE ALSO NOW REPORTS THAT
ISRAEL ARE CONCERNED THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION HAS NOT BEEN
STRONG ENOUGH ON IRAN, OFFICIALS
SAYING THAT WITHOUT SOME KIND OF
MILITARY ACTION BY THE U.S.,
EVEN A LIMITED ONE, THEY BELIEVE
THE IRANIANS WILL CONTINUE TO
ESCALATE.
AND AMID THE HEIGHTENED
TENSIONS, NATIONAL SECURITY
ADVISOR JOHN BOLTON WILL TRAVEL
TO ISRAEL ON SATURDAY FOR A
TRILATERAL SUMMIT WITH THE
ISRAELI AND RUSSIAN
COUNTERPARTS.
SOME BELIEVE THAT RUSSIA MAY BE