ship. more than 40 crew members had to abandon their vessels and 21, according to the u.s. military were recovered by the uss bainbridge. this was a different kind of incident so whoever it was -- the suspicions here in the region that it was iran. iran saying it was somebody else trying to pin it on iran. they proved two capabilities. the capability to attack a ship while it's in port, and this time to attack ships more or less simultaneously while they are in transit. >> i know you don't want to speculate who you believe is responsible for this attack, but you have mentioned to our producers that you understand why people would be pointing the finger at iran right now. talk to me about why? >> some of it is the activity that's happened over the last two months. in late april, iran said if the u.s. sanctions would continue on the rise, and if they would lose