they didn t want the evidence left behind. u.s. officials tell fox news after the explosions, iranian gun boats surrounded a tanker and forced the crew to surrender. the 23 crew are now being held in iran. they appeared on iranian state tv thanking iran for its hospitality. u.s. defense officials released this photo claiming it shows an unexploded mine attached to one of the ship s hulls, this comes weeks after attacks on four other tankers. the pentagon blamed them as well concluding iranian divers and fast boats placed mines on the ships. they claim john bolton is trying to sabotage diplomacy. jennifer griffin is reporting live for us at the pentagon. jennifer? trace, fox news has learned a
we just learned that iran tried to shoot down an american drone on two separate occasions. u.s. officials say four tugboats contracted to pull the norwegian-owned tanker, one of the two tankers damaged in an attack thursday have been prevented from doing so but i by iranian gun boats. u.s. officials now tell us one of the two tanker crews were in fact detained by the iranians early thursday morning after first being rescued by another merchant vessel. one of the crew spoke earlier today on iranian tv. i m from russia. the service is excellent. they hosted us well. everything is fine. only 23 are present in this video. the u.s. navy says they rescued
mine from a ship. reporter: u.s. officials tell me four tugboats contracted to pull the norwegian owned tanker, one of two tankers damaged in attacks thursday has been prevented from doing so by iranian gun boats that have surrounded the tanker. at first the iranians put out a press release saying they rescued all 44 of the sailors on these two disabled tankers. u.s. officials tell us one of the two tanker crews were detained by the iranians thursday after first being rescued by another merchant vessel. one of the crew members spoke earlier today on iranian state television. translator: i am from russia. they hosted us really well. everything is fine. reporter: only 23 are present in this video. the u.s. navy said it rescued 21 taylors from the other oil tanker that was attacked. important to remember those 23 sailors detained by iran have now been held for nearly two
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thanking kim, the president said overnight, thank you to chairman kim jong-un for keeping your word and starting the process of sending home the remains of our great and beloved missing fallen. i am not at all surprised that you took this kind of action. also thank you for your nice letter. i look forward to seeing you soon. secretary of state mike pompeo heads to singapore to meet with counter parts from the region, which would include north korea. trish? thank you, jennifer. to another threat right now. iran conducting a large scale exercise in the strait of hormuz today involving 50 gun boats. they practiced swarming operations that could be used to shut down the waterway. oil travels through there. so should we be worried about this? retired colonel bob mcginnis says we should care. we do care.