but they made no mention of a potential executive order. and in fact, they told theup that no decision had yet been made about how to proceed. abby phillip, cnn, the white house. iran is threatening retaliation after the united kingdom seized one of its oil tankers off the coast of gibraltar. a source tells cnn that the uk detained the grace 1 as it s called, because it believed the vessel had weapons bound for syria. iran calls the seizure piracy, and warns it could detain a british tanker if theirs isn t release. cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson has more about it. reporter: the iranian authorities are demanding the immediate release of the supertanker grace 1 they re calling it detention by authorities in gibraltar as an act of piracy, they said gibraltar or britain had no right to activate their own
really escalation yet again because the very surprising journey taken by the grace 1 supertanker. a period of time ten days ago people had breathed a sigh of relief that president donald trump wasn t going to launch a military strike against iran because of a downing of a u.s. drone after the standoff over tankers in the strait of hormuz. once again, we re talking about escalatory rhetoric. nick paton walsh, cnn, london. well, it wasn t just protesters in the united states making fun of donald trump s military-themed fourth of july. moscow also chimed in about it. and we ll take you there live to see what that s about. i ve never been in one of these before, even though geico has been- ohhh. ooh ohh here we go, here we go. you got cut off there, what were you saying? oooo. oh no no. maybe that geico has been proudly serving the military for over 75 years?