Trump urges the Iranian people to rise up and fight

Russia secretly helping Iran develop SUPERSONIC missiles: Report. RESPOND TO THAT COUNTERATTACK OVERNIGHT AGAINST U.S. FORCES. MARTHA. >> Martha: THANK YOU. WITH THAT WE B BRING IN OUR MIDE EAST EXPERT AND THE MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE FELLOW RAISED IN TEHRAN AS I MENTIONED. WHEN YOU HEAR PRESIDENT TRUMP SAY, URGING THE IRANIAN PEOPLE, WHEN WILL THEY RISE UP AND FIGHT, WHAT IS YOUR REACTION? >> THE IRANIANS HAVE BEEN ON THE STREETS AND THEY'VE PAID WITH THEIR LIVES AND I KNOW THE PRESIDENT IS SYMPATHETIC TO THAT BECAUSE HE'S ASKED NUMEROUS TIMES WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THEM NOT TAKING TO THE STREETS? WHY WOULD THEY WHEN THEY ARE BEING SHOT AT. RECENTLY PUTTING THE NUMBER AT 50,000 PEOPLE. WE ARE AT A PLACE WHERE I FEEL THE FRUSTRATION OF THE PRESIDENT BECAUSE HE'S DONE EVERYTHING HE COULD. HE IS BOMBING THE IRANIAN REGIME, HE IS GETTING RID OF THEIR ECONOMIC OUTCAST, AND THE QUESTION REMAINS, WHY THEY ARE ON THE STREETS BUT I WANT TO TURN THAT QUESTION ON ITS HEAD. I WANT TO SAY WHY -- [INAUDIBLE] WHY AREN'T THEY PACKING THEIR SUITCASES? BUYING A ONE WAY TICKET AND GOING TO ANY COUNTRY THAT WOULD HAVE THEM. THAT LIST IS SHRINKING BY THE DAY. THIS IS A REGIME THAT IS ON ITS LAST BREATH AND IT COULD TAKE MONTHS AND MAYBE YEARS BUT AS MY COLLEAGUE SAYS, IT'S A ZOMBIE REGIME, IT HAS LOST MOST OF ITS CAPACITY. >> Martha: HISTORY TAKES TIME AND I KNOW THAT IS A FRUSTRATION. THE PART OF A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD LOVE TO SEE A REGIME CHANGE BUT IT DOES FEEL THAT THEY ARE GETTING WEAKER BY THE MOMENT. THEY SOMETIMES TALK A BIG GAME AND SEEM SOMEWHAT EMPOWERED. THIS STORY TODAY IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES, RUSSIA IS SECRETLY HELPING THEM DEVELOP SUPERSONIC CRUISE MISSILES WITH THE GOAL OF BEING ABLE TO REACH U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIERS IN THE REGION. HOW CREDIBLE DO YOU THINK THAT STORY IS AND WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO IT? >> THAT IS THE LATEST STORY THAT WAS PRINTED BY THE "FINANCIAL TIMES." I THINK THOSE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE RECOVERING IT. IT'S ALARMING. THE THOUGHT OF A SUPERSONIC MULTIPLE SOUND BARRIER AND THEN LOW ALTITUDE AND AIRBREATHING, SOUNDING ALMOST LIKE A DRAGON. IT DOESN'T NEED TO CARRY OXYGEN TANKS OR PROPELLERS BUT IT CAN TAKE THE OXYGEN OUT OF THE AIR WHICH MAKES THESE MUCH LIGHTER AND MUCH EASIER TO HIT THEIR TARGETS. MADE FOR ATTACKING SHIPS, BY THE WAY SO IT HAS BEEN REVEALED NOW BECAUSE OF FINANCIAL TIMES THAT SINCE 2023, THE IRIRANIANS AND E RUSSIANS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING THIS WHICH IS CALLED 340L, THEY ARE SHARING THEIR TECHNOLOGY WITH IRANIANS AND SENDING THEIR TECHNICIANS TO IRAN AND TRYING TO DEVELOP THIS.S. THEY HAVE NOT USED IT AS THE FINANCIAL TIMES HAVE SAID BUT IT'S KIND OF ALARMING AND UNCOMFORTABLE TO THINK THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THE POSITION OF THE TECHNOLOGY AND WOULD BE ABLE T O SHARE IT WITH ITS PROXIES AND WITH OTHER ROGUE ACTORS. IT HAS A POTENTIAL OF PROLIFERATION IN THAT REGION WHICH IS ALREADY MAYHEM. >> Martha: IT SEEMS LIKE BOTH RUSSIA AND CHINA HAVE INTEREST IN KEEPING THIS GOING AND KEEPING OUR ATTENTION AND OUR FOCUS ON THIS WAR IN IRAN WITH REGARD TO THEIR OWN ISSUES