too. news cameday, that out of iran -- a shooting of a u.s. military drone. john of the associated press joins us. good morning to you. john: good morning. how are you? host: fine, thank you. can you update us on the situation and reaction from iran and the u.s.? guest: u.s. central command acknowledged the type of john -- drone shot down.

it is a really big drone and the wingspan is about the size of a boeing 737. the iranians are saying around 4:00 a.m. local time, they shot down this drone as it flew over iranian territory. the u.s. military has disputed that. they are saying the drone was over international airspace. that is a narrow mouth of the persian gulf through which a fifth of the world's global oil supplies moves through on a daily basis. host: has the u.s. government provided definitive true -- proof the drone was not in a iranian airspace? guest: no, right now it is the iranians saying one thing and the u.s. saying another. the iranian side changed what they were saying. originally they said it was overland in iran and now they make it sound like it was overwater, but we don't have a

clear idea of where this drone was shot down. host: did we see any reaction from iran's leadership specifically? even quotes this morning using the term "war." give some context to what has been said. iraniane have the revolutionary guard commander coming out strongly. that is a paramilitary organization that is answerable only to iran's supreme leader and the commander basically came out and said any sort of territorial incursion into iranian airspace would be a "redline" for iran. they would respond and annihilate anyone who did this. he did caution and say iran was not looking for war, but was ready for war if someone -- host: nothing politically, nothing from the trump administration on this? guest: we have not heard from

the white house nor anyone else. so far it is just central command, which is the u.s. military out foot in charge in this region. host: we have seen stories about tensions between the two countries, particularly the recent announcement of the -- uranium. is there a way to connect the dots? how would you put that into context? guest: there is sort of a long-running dispute, tensions between the u.s. and iran go back to the islamic revolution and even in the 1950's when the u.s. helped overthrow iran's prime minister. most recently, what we have seen these tensions take root in his president donald trump decision to withdraw the u.s. from the iran nuclear deal. in the time since, the u.s. has ratcheted up sanctions on iran, including targeting really

crucial oil supplies and oil experts -- exports as well as other methods targeting organizations related to the iranian government and revolutionary guard. it seems that pressure has started to get to iran. -- collapse ine value. they have seen savings disappear, food, medicine, spare tires, basically anything you can imagine is much more expensive. we have seen a strong reaction from the iranian public. they are upset and government has been blamed for these recent mine attacks on oil tankers and the golf.f i'm on -- i was on a u.s. naval base in the united arab emirates yesterday where a navy official showed debris and pieces from what they said was one of the mines that did not go off and they say it bears a striking resemblance to mines used in