Thed, we will most certainly respond in an appropriate fashion. Paul retired fourstar general jack keane is a fox news senior strategic analyst. Welcome, general, good to see you again. Glad to be here, paul. Paul reports of threats from the iran, do the they sound credible to you . Yeah. Theyre credible and theyre specific. And i think the reason for that is when theyre using those kind of words, it means theyd likely have multiple sources in identifying that threat, and they have specificity in terms of location. So what am i talking about. Likely, some overhead imagery of ships, missiles, moving or being loaded, missiles moving in a direction of possibly iraq. And also, possibly, some messaging that they picked up. Dont know that for a fact, but im speculate aring. One is capabilities, the other is intent. That explains why patriot missiles have gone back into the theaters and, obviously, aegis destroyers have defenses for that. And it also explains why secretary pompeo ordered the evacuation of nonessentials out of iraq, because they believe there is likely a mass casualty threat to iraq and our personnel there. Paul i guess, also, danger of another benghazi, an attack on a u. S. Consulate or an embassy, and you dont want that. The iranian proxies inside of iraq forced the closure of our consulate in basra a last year as the result of rocket fire. And they also punched a rocket at our embassy in baghdad last year. Paul im told by my sources that the u. S. Military, senior levels of the pentagon, are very much onboard for the dethe employments made in response to this. This isnt some operation just cooked up in the white house to oh, no, far from it. From what i understand it, general mckenzie, commander of central command, newly arrived in that position, after having seen the intelligence recommended to secretary shannon, who he reports to shanahan. That we put resources back into the theater. I think for two reasons. One is to deter the iranians from taking the action that they believe was going to take place. And thats critical and, hopefully, that has been successful. And, two, we have the resources in place to deal with it if they do. Paul you have watching the main rain a january general, sole manny, who runs the quds force. Youve watched him for years. How does he operate . There are these threats. The way ive seen him operate is he works through proxies, militias, to allow for deniability. He works exclusively through proxies, hezbollah, hamas, the houthis in gemmen. Paul right. However, in the war in syria, hes billion on the ground been on the several times, multiple times, theres been a number of generals who have been killed in syria and at least 2,000 casualties the iranians have taken in that conflict. Not very well known how committed they are to their control and dominance of syria. Paul but if they were going to operate to try to impose some casualties on americans, they would probably work through proxies. Ing i cant imagine and maybe im wrong here, but tell me if i am would they confront, say, the u. S. Navy directly . If they confronted the navy directly, they would lose in that. Proxies are the likely thing, and they would do it inside of iraq with the Iranianbacked Shia militia which number, quite frankly, over 100,000. And sulemani has been in there a number of times talking to them. They could also, and this may be something the administration has reacted to, they could move rockets and missiles closer to the iraq Iranian Border to conduct an attack from that location as well. Paul theres been some criticism of the general trump that overall trumped a managers strategy on iraq, lack of clarity. Do you think its clear, and what is it . How would you define that strategy . In terms of iraq . Paul towards iran. To me, it is. The jcpoa, they walked away from it because it was a losing deal giving the iranians a threshold and eventually a Nuclear Capability and and this is important to understand the administration feels very strongly that irans aggressive behavior in the region, seeking regional hegemony and worldwide terrorism that theyre sponsoring, they have to be held accountable for that. And the jcpoa, the nuke deal, took that off the table. Paul and it gave them tens of billions of dollars to prosecute the war in syria and also in yemen. What in the administration has done is put that on the table as the certain issue for them. So the objective through sanction regime, which is now crippling irans economy, through that sank regime they want sanction regime, they want to change irans behavior. Paul right. There is no discussion that im aware of regime change in iran. This administration does the not have those kind of ideas. So however, even though the iranian economys being crippled, its contracted 6 and huge devaluation of currency and inflation spiraling, their behavior hasnt changed, paul. Paul so in that sense, the strategy isnt working, but if you squeeze them enough i think it takes time, and you have to have patience. Paul and the president s now saying, come on and talk. I think his objective, when i was talking to people who were discussing the jcpoa, should we stay in the deal or come out of it, right from the very start he said, look, try to improve it. Lets get out of the deal, and well eventually put a better deal on the table that we can negotiate with the iranians. That has always been the objective. Paul general, thanks so much for being here. Good talking to you. Paul when we come back, attorney general william barr tapping a seasoned u. S. Attorney to investigate the onlies of the russia probe, so what will john durham be looking for as he investigates the investigators . 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And so im not saying that happened, but im saying that we have to look at that. Paul that was attorney general william barr in an exclusive interview with foxs bill hemmer following news this week that the he has tapped u. S. Attorney john durham to look at the origins of the russia probe and determine if Law Enforcement and intelligence officials abused their power during their investigation into the 2016 Trump Campaign. Former cia director john brennan defended that investigation tuesday, insisting that surveillance of the Trump Campaign went through a rigorous due process and was approved by the fisa court. It went through a rigorous due process within the department of justice, the fbi. It was approved by the fisa court. It went through all of those steps, and now if they look back at it in 2020, are they going to find there was something that should have been said differently, whatever . They might. But i think thats what theyre trying to do, uncover something that they will misrepresent as being part of in the deep state effort to try to undermine Donald Trumps election. Paul lets bring in wall street journal columnist Dan Henninger and columnist kim strassel. So, kim, you wrote this week cheering the appointment of john you are the ham. Why durham. Why e do you say that . Well, its overdue, and i ask, paul, what if wed have had someone like john durham put on this case two years ago. Hes an immense live respected career prosecutor who also has specialized in his time at looking at government, improper government action. Hes looked at the fbi, hes looked at the cia. And if wed have had someone like this two years ago when it was incredibly clear that the fbi had played a starring role in this trumprussia collusion story, we might not be where we are now with all of this acrimonious recrimination. We might have gotten some answers a lot sooner. Paul dan, tell us about john durham and his history. Whats his reputation . This is the one gman in the world you do not want on your case, because most likely he will get you. And a guy who knows that, a couple of fbi agents who were associated with the criminal in boston way back when called Whitey Bulger who was public enemy back then, very famous criminal paul mob boss. Mob boss. He framed four guys for murder back in 19 of 8. Turned out he was an fbi informant being protected by several fbi agents. Thirty years later john durham was asked to look back into that case that occurred in 1968, and he got convictions of the two fbi agents who had been protecting Whitey Bulger, an extraordinary investigation into the fbi. Paul so he has experience investigating the investigators, going after the fbi and he was asked by former attorney general mike mukasey in the late bush administration, kim, to investigate the destruction of tapes, videotapes of terrorist suspect interrogations, but he didnt bring any indictments there. So theres no guarantee here that there will be prosecutions. No. Thats why its so important that he was the guy that was named a. Couple of other things about his career. First of all, he seem to be a modest guy. He doesnt give press conferences, he doesnt do leaks, hes not a showboater, and he believes people that have done wrong like the fbi agents that dan mentioned, its no excuse if youre powerful, you cant break the law. But at the same time, hes not someone whos going to gin up a case. He, apparently, is not a thuggish prosecutor in that way. Hes hardnosed but supposedly a straight arrow, and i think thats a what we need in a situation like this to provide the public with a little bit of comfort to think that somebody apolitical is taking a look at this. Paul huge chunk of the public, tens of millions of people suspect that, in fact, Law Enforcement officials and intelligence officials did attempt to surveil and undermine the trump administration. That you cant have if you want to restore trust is and faith in the fbi. No, you cannot. And the question is what did the they do. I mean, paul, i was so taken by that clip we had earlier of john brennan, the former head of the Central Intelligence agency, saying we had i think he said new process in place back in 2016 to conduct these investigations, and he goes now towards 2020 were looking back to try to find something wrong with them. Wait a minute. The cia and the fbi were looking at the Trump Campaign in 2016, rolled forward the president is inaugurated, then the collusion story started appearing in the American Press. And the American Press runs these collusion stories for 18 months. Did john brennan and james comey know back then that there was nothing to those collusion stories, and if they did, why didnt they shut them down . Why did we end up with robert mueller, a special prosecutor brought in from left field, to have to come to those conclusions . What were comey and brennan doing . Paul kim, how is durham going to if fit into the other probes going on, the Inspector General report, for example, and john huber, another u. S. Attorney . Yeah. So just to go back in time, back in 2017 in the fall thena. G. Jeff sessions named john huber to look at some things related to the clinton foundation, also the scandal uranium one and the fisa question. I know that mr. Huber has been waiting for the Inspector General report to come out about the fbis handling of the trumprussia probe in terms of that fisa thing. Now that durhams been put on it, that piece has been moved over to him, so everythings been rationalized. Paul okay, all right. Thank you, both. Its going to be fascinating to watch. When we come back, President Trump rolls out a new immigration plan with a focus on Border Security and meritbased visas. A closer look at what hes fact is, every Insurance Company hopes you drive safely. But allstate actually helps you drive safely. With drivewise. It lets you know when you go too fast. And brake too hard. With feedback to help you drive safer. Giving you the power to actually lower your cost. Unfortunately, it cant do anything about that. Now that you know the truth. Are you in good hands . After my. I wondered,. Is another one around the corner. Or could it be different than i thought . I wanted to help protect myself. 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Paul that was President Trump thursday unveiling his new immigration proposal, the sweeping plan would radically transform the makeup of immigrants in the United States, ending Diversity Visa Lottery Program and implementing a meritbased process. The move would more than quadruple the number of immigrants admitted on the basis of their work skills while dramatically reducing the number admitted because of family ties. Were back with Dan Henninger, alicia fin hi is and columnist Mary Anastasia to to ogrady. All right, its a sketchy plan, theres not a lot of details, but to extent there are details or principles, what do you like in the plan . Well, it is very vague, but it supposedly would increase the number of foreign highskilled workers who could stay in the u. S. Is so those who go to u. S. Universities, get can stay with green cards. This is necessary for finance firms, pharmaceutical companies, they would really like this. Paul so if youre highly educated, you go to stanford, get a s. T. E. M. Degree right now were basically sending them back to china to work for companies that compete with u. S. Companies. Paul what about the the this is different, though, than what the president has proposed in the past, is it not . Hes endorsed the raise act which would cut ilLegal Immigration in half. Right. The raise act also included a similar meritbased system. It would also cut ilLegal Immigration in half whereas this would maintain the current level, it would just reduce familybased migration for distant relatives. Paul mary, what do you think . Government deciding whats valuable, what could go wrong . [laughter] paul youve got to have some rules on immigration, dont you . Well, no, i dont like the idea that theyre, you know, going to decide whos exceptional and theyre going to choose them. Exceptional students, really . Those are usually not the foundation of entrepreneurs. Theyre the people really that you want the least. You want people with entrepreneurial ambition. Paul but government is already deciding on the basis of family ties, so is there is some discretion that but theres another way, you could have a line. You could have a list. You could have a queue where you dont decide, you dont judge whos valuable and whos not valuable. You make the queue, and you process the immigration. The other problems i have with this is the overall number stays the same, which is not good. We need more immigration, and the president says, admits we need more immigration, but he leaves the number is the same. Why . Because hes making a