you are in the, cnn newsroom. hi, everyone. i am jessica dean in washington and we begin this hour at the white house president biden unexpectedly on his way back to the white house right now, we re turning from delaware to meet with his national security council over rising tensions in the middle east. us officials including biden himself warned and iranian attack on israeli territory could be coming within the next few days leaving both the us and israeli forces on high alert. and we ve already seen some aggression this morning as ronnie and forces seized a container ship with ties to an israeli businessman. it was intercepted in the strait of hormuz. the only shipping routes that connects the persian gulf to the open ocean and joining us now senior white house house reporter kevin liptak and senior international correspondent been wedeman. let s talk to kevin first. we know the president is on the way back to the white house. how is it responding to this moment? as israe
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