a van? as we know rocky ball boa single handedly won the cold war. now russian vladimir putin is turning to a different 90s action hero to smooth things over with the u.s. stephen seagal in his comeback project. perhaps he s out for diplomacy. good afternoon, welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we re going to begin in a world lead with a rapid he deteriorating situation that could lead to potentially a stand off at sea between the u.s. and the iranian war ships off the coast of yemen. the u.s. increased its military strength in the region to join other american and allied war ships all monitoring and potentially blocking iran s attempt to deliver weapons to houthi rebels.