tankers, one is a threat from the houthis in yemen. we saw that play out this week as well when a houthi missile hit a saudi airport in southern saudi arabia, saudi arabia craso a hallway and juinjure two doze people there. so these are these threat streams we ve been hearing about for some time but the tensions as the rhetoric on both sides and the actions are actually playing out, tensions continue to build, chris. so is there a diplomatic off ramp, i know the japanese prime minister, shinzu abe, earlier today delivered a letter from president trump to the iranian leader, where does that stand? reporter: well, president trump has said now over the last week or two, he s interested in talking to iran. it s clear from u.s. officials we ve spoken to that president trump is not looking for a war here. what s concerning, though, is that as these actions continue