know of from iran, for example, but the u.s. has said that iran has aided and abetted the houthis, and has really been giving that warning over and over again, to expect consequences for these attacks, and even gotten other countries from across the region to kind of band together and to try to minimize these attacks on ships in the red sea. as of now, this is very early. very interesting to see how iran responds to this, and again, we re waiting for any type of response from national security council officials here at the white house. gabe gutierrez, if you do hear of anything within the 7:00 hour you think we need to know, please get on a call and please let us know so we can bring you back. we re going to tine following this major development, but meanwhile, there is also news back in the united states involving the leading candidate on the republican side for president. one donald j. trump. and this news is a lesson, in fact, for all of you who would
that detonated in the red sea in an international shipping lane. it was miles away from any u.s. navy ships. no reports of damage. but the shipping liance are very dangerous. trace: the host of the watch man middle east analyst and a former editor and chief. eric, we sent a message to iran. general jack keane thinks this message should be boulder and louder. i think it s about time is the big statement here. the biden administration keeps saying it wants to avoid a wider war in the region. it s held back from striking iranian back militias and the houthis in yemen but war is upon
way up to the five and they rescued no fewer than nine, kate, nine people overnight who were in harm s way from the raging flood water of the san diego river. so it s been all about preparation, really minimizing the catastrophe here along the coast. the picture utterly different in the desert communities as you re seeing on the screen right there and as you mentioned at the intro to our segment. but in terms of preparation, something very unusual as we push in a couple hundred yards through the bay here, just on the other side of the bay, you see the number 72 through the fog. that is the u.s.s. abraham lincoln, one of the nuclear-powered aircraft of the third fleet. one of the ships that remain in san diego bay. ten other u.s. navy ships in a first ever for the navy have left these waters, the safety of the bay, and have made their way to the channel islands off the coast of santa barbara in an abundance of caution for the
of betrayal. prosecutors say that one of the sailors who received u.s. citizenship last may served on an assault shiand allegedly handd in to an asset relationship with a chinese int months earlier. he allegedly sent photos and videos of the uss essex and other u.s. navy ships to the s chinese officer and as well as layouts and weapons systems. and this went on for over a year. now, much of thed on restricted systems and he had security clearance. and as for the other sailor, he was responsible for installing, repairing and ser vig advicing electrical equipment on u.s. military installations and also had security clearance. he allegedly provided sensitive information to the chinese for almost two years including operational plans for major
area. what this is is iranian navy ships that come up close to these commercial vessels, in this case of yesterday commercial oil tankers, try to get them to stop and pull into territorial waters. with what the u.s. military tells us is to express an intent of aborting them and seizing the cargo. in both cases yesterday u.s. navy ships and surveillance aircraft overhead and chased off the iranian navy ships but not before, in one case near the coast of oman, shots were fired and the ship was damaged. this is, our adversaries working closely together as well, the iranians arming the russians and helping them with oil. thank you so much. republican challenger residential candidate, north dakota governor doug burnham joining the next and why he is one against donald trump. you are watching andrea mitchell reports on msnbc.