to a rant as a nation of terror excuses the islamic republic of carrying out attacks in the gulf of oman the u.s. says these black and white images of iranian forces prove that terror on set off explosions on 2 oil tankers yesterday iran is calling the u.s. accusations alarming and wrong also coming out of. the women's walkout in switzerland and a nationwide strike to demand a quality women want more time more respect and more pay. come to go for welcome to the show the u.n. secretary general antonio terrorist is calling for an independent investigation to determine who carried out yesterday's attacks on 2 oil tankers in the gulf of oman the u.s. military has released a video it insists proves that iran is responsible but terran says the allegations are baseless tensions have been running high since president donald trump told the u.s. out of the international nuclear pact on or around last year. the united states says this is the video that proves iran was behind the attacks u.s. military claims it shows iran's revolutionary guard removing an unexploded limpet mine from one of the oil tankers i

of global growth and trade riffs. so similar line as what we heard from the iea as well the u.s. blamed iran for attacks on two oil tankers in the gulf of oman. u.s. central command released footage it says shows an iranian patrol boat removing an unexploded mine from one of the vessels. iran has categorically denied the allegations. hadley joins us live and has been following the developments over the last 24 hours hadley, give us the latest from theground. >> no surprise, joumana, this is a major hot spot, not just, of course, for global shipping, but also for oil and frankly for geopolitics as well. just to mention it is over 40 degrees celsius here on the coast. this is one of the seven emirates of the united arab emirates and we're about 70 miles from where the two incidents took place early yesterday. let's listen in to what secretary of state mike pompeo had to say >> this assessment is based on intelligence, the weapons used, the level of expertise needed to execute the operation, recent similar iranian attacks on shipping and the fact that no proxy group operating in the area has the resources and proficiency to act with such a high

of hormuz, the u.s. military releasing video that says it shows an iranian navy crew removing an unexploded mine attached to one of two tanker ships attacked in the gulf of oman. the u.s. officials believe the iranians were trying to recover evidence of their involvement in the attack. senior international correspondent ben wedeman joins us live from abu dhabi with the latest. this is an important global corridor for trade. any kind of sabotage or shenanigans here have ramifications all around the world. what do we know? >> that's right. about 30% of the world's oil, christine, passes through the straits of hormuz where this incident happened early yesterday morning. now, in this video that was released by the pentagon what we see is a boat coming up to the kokuka courageous which is this japanese owned tanker that was hit early yesterday morning. what we see is men seeming to remove an object from the side of the ship. now, the pentagon says that is a limpet mine. the iranians are denying any involvement in this incident and of course the japanese company that owns that tanker is saying they believe that the damage caused to it was not from a mine or a torpe

on thursday, two tankers were crippled in the gulf of oman. u.s.ilitary leaders released photos a thisideo when they -- which they claim show oinchian special forces removing an unexploded mine. secretary of state mike pompeo called it a crisis moment. >> these attacks present a clear threat to international peace d ecurity and an unacceptable campaign of escalating tension by iran. robert: but iran has denied n volvement and accused the trump administrat stoking talk of war. joining me tonight are four of the sharpers reporters who cover this president. peter baker, chief white house correspondent for "the new york times." , yamiche alcindite house correspondent for the pbs newshour. ashley parker, white house he reporter for wow post and eamon javers, washington correspoent for cnbc. peter, when you look at all of the facts and all of the different cues from this administration, is president trump leaning toward mility intervention? peter: that's a greatuestion he was very straightforward today in saying that iran was responsible. didn't hedge it

the latest round of sanctions comes after iran shot down a u.s. drone over the gulf of oman the u.s. also blames tehran for a string of attacks on oil tankers in the area iran denies the accusations the sanctions were 1st levied in august last year shortly after the us are negative on a nuclear deal struck by the obama administration iran in may and a partial withdrawal from the deal and said it would grow its stockpile of weapons grade uranium at a un security council meeting germany spoke for many when it forced fears that the saber rattling could escalate into war friends germany and the united kingdom are gravely concerned by the increased tensions in the bit further hike after the downing of the u.s. drone by iran on the 20th of june these developments risk miscalculation and conflict we call for deescalation and dialogue with respect for international. but with both the u.s. and iran unwilling to back down such calls are likely to go on answered. governments across europe are warning people to take precautions as a record heat wave moves across the continent of the ber

. >>> a tanker still smolders in the gulf of oman. a u.s. official tells cnn's barbara starr iran is trying to prevent it from being towed. >> they're a nation of terror. they were unstoppable. and now they're in deep, deep trouble. >>> another strange twist in the investigation into the shooting of david ortiz, the alleged trigger man rolfi ferriera cruz yells to reporters ortiz was not his intended target. >> there's a potential organization here. it's not just a case of mistaken identity. ♪ >>> you're up early on a weekend. glad to see you. i'm christi paul. >> and i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. good to be with you. this morning, we start with the story that iran was involved in that attack in the gulf of oman. the u.s. saying it launched a missile flying over and that missile missed and fell into the water. >> drone was able to capture, however, these images. of iranian boats closing in on the tankers. the official cnn has been speaking to did not determine whether they were actually seen carrying out the attack itself, thoug

two tankers reportedly attacked in the gulf of oman outside of the persian gulf the u.s. navy receiving two distress calls and is investigating. oil popping on the news. we will head live to the region for more. >>> hong kong still on high alert. government offices are closed. tensions spilling into the streets. >>> a rare retail winner in a big way. shares of restoration hardware are surging. >>> the rate shock and your car. could falling rates boost a shaky auto market? we'll hit the car lot as our special series rolls on. >>> the long wait is over. the blues hoisting thestanley cup for the first time in franchise history. in case you missed the big game, we have all the highlights on this thursday, june 13th as "worldwide exchange" begins right now. >>> good morning welcome from wherever in the world you may be watching. i'm brian sullivan thank you very much for joining us we begin with breaking news. the u.s. navy fifth fleet assisting two tankers reportedly attacks in the gulf of oman south of iran. the u.s. navy in the region received two separate distress calls. o

u.s. claims that it was behind 2 tank explosions in the gulf of oman the u.s. released the video to back up its claims but germany has said that it's inconclusive the u.k. says it's almost certain a branch of the iranian military was involved. the world health organization has decided not to declare an international public health emergency over the outbreak in the democratic republic of congo there are fears the virus could spread to uganda after 2 people died this week. and that yemen's who the rebels have won civilians to stay away from airports in saudi arabia and the u.a.e. the armed group says it will continue to target airports and military sites as long as the war in yemen goes on. gas has been fired at protesters in mali's capital bamako off to demonstrations broke out near a military barracks it's growing tension over the g. 5 security forces in place across the country so we can speak now to nicholas hockey joins us live from tell us what's happening there. well larry and the riots are taking place in the neighborhood of by love who in downtown by my

states and iran have sharply escalated their war of words over attacks on to oil tankers in the gulf of oman the u.s. military has released a video which it says supports claims that tehran is to blame for the explosions now u.s. secretary of state my palm pale also alleged that tehran was behind the blast but iran says the u.s. allegations are baseless and has accused washington of warmongering. smoke billows from a stricken ship but is it a smoking gun the u.s. says iran was behind attacks on 2 oil tankers in the gulf of oman. this is based on intelligence the weapons used the level of expertise needed to execute the operation recent similar arabian attacks on shipping and the fact that no proxy group operating in the area has the resources and proficiency to act with such a high degree of sophistication. the u.s. military has released photographs appearing to show damage under limpets mind on one of the time because. it also published a video of grainy black and white footage that it says shows evidence of iran's revolutionary guard removing an unexploded limp it. on thursday a fire broke out on

where a dangerous situation is heating up after 2 tankers were reportedly attacked in the gulf of oman the u.s. navy was a ploy immediately to assist the sea vessels as they were blazing their crews were evacuated the situation remains of an attack in may 14 ships were attacked near for jerry row near the united arab in the united arab emirates an international investigation it's even tack said a state actor was likely at fault in that case this afternoon u.s. secretary mike pompei o announce a trumpet ministration believes iran is responsible for this attack iran has devolved denied involvement in this or the other attack the location of the strike is crucial as it is near the strait of hormuz an important choice choke point through which crude headed particularly to. asian markets passes because further significances japanese prime minister shinzo oddly continues his visits with iranian leaders and tehran on the heels of the time the most crucial region oil price of oil which started to spike joining us now to further discuss the moves in the market is our producer site just walk i'm sorry w

u.s. navy sends a 2nd destroyer to the side of 2 ship fires in the gulf of oman after accusing iran of attacking the oil tank. you can't help secretary hands a u.s. extradition request for julian assange is to the courts meaning the whistleblowers fate could be decided at a hearing on friday. and new alliance of euro skeptic parties in the european parliament say they're ready to oppose the extension of anti russian sanctions. a warm welcome you're watching r.t. international with me the caring. the u.s. has accused iran of attacking 2 or oil tankers in the goals of amman and sent missile destroyers to the area the un security council has just held an emergency session on the incident and there was an angry exchange between the u.s. and iranian and voice. the united states assesses that iran is responsible for these attacks iran categorically rejects the u.s. unfounded claim with regard to the 13th of june all tank incidents and condemns it in the strongest possible terms. right after the 2 tankers caught fire u.s. secretary of state mark pompei was quick to point the finger as iran. well the u.

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of powerhouses brazil. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program the u.s. and iran have sharply escalated their war of words over attacks on to oil tankers in the gulf of oman and u.s. secretary of state my pompei office of the tehran was to blame and that the u.s. military released footage that it says shows iran forces removing an unexploded mine from one of the damaged ships but iran has denied attacking the tankers and said that it had assisted in the rescue operation. u.n. secretary general and urging calm warning that the world cannot afford a major confrontation in the gulf. smoke billows from a stricken ship but is it a smoking gun the u.s. says iran was behind the attacks on 2 oil tank is in the gulf of oman this is the estimate is based on intelligence the weapons used the level of expertise needed to execute the operation recent similar rate in attacks on shipping and the fact that no proxy group operating in the area has the resources and proficiency to act with such a high degree of sophistication saudi arabia and the united kingdom say they agree with washington's assessment early on thursday a fire broke out on a norwegian oil tanker followin

describes iraq as a nation of terror and accuses the islamic republic of attacking tankers in the gulf of oman the u.s. says these images show the raining in forces at work to prove that i don't think splosion. is yesterday around since the u.s. accusations are longing and wrong also on the program. nationwide strike for equality switzerland's of women. spend more. on the novel old approach to solving the housing crisis to visit artists of the. literally taking the issues. i'm still going to welcome to the program un secretary general and turn into terrorist is calling for an independent investigation into yesterday's attacks on to oil tankers in the gulf of oman united states has released a video it says proves that iran is responsible to iran says the allegations are baseless tensions between the 2 countries have been running high since president trump pulled the u.s. out of the international nuclear deal with iran last year. the united states says this is the video that proves iran was behind the attacks u.s. military claims it shows iran's revolutionary guard removing an unexploded limpet mine fro

that iran was behind the bombing of 2 tankers in the gulf of oman last week iran has rejected those allegations these are the new images that the u.s. says proves iran was behind the attacks on 2 oil tankers last thursday in the gulf of oman on it the u.s. claims an unexploded mine was being removed from one of the tankers to hide evidence iran denies any involvement the u.s. says that its new deployment includes security forces and troops for additional surveillance and intelligence gathering in the region imagine observers believe this escalation is aimed at deterring the iran and calming allies worried that transit through key shipping lanes could be in jeopardy. iran has announced it will soon breach limits on how much enriching uranium it can stockpile under the international nuclear deal it's signed in 2015 it also says it will be able to make weapons grade uranium last year u.s. president donald trump pulled the u.s. out of the deal and reimposed economic sanctions on iran and even.

this is deja vu news live from berlin fears of confrontation grow as president donald trump repeats the u.s. claims that iran carried out attacks in the gulf of oman he says these black and white images of raney and forces prove that tehran set off explosions on 2 oil tankers yesterday iran is calling the u.s. accusations alarming and brawled. also coming up women in switzerland go on strike gender equality might be in trying to the law but these women say their reality is very different now and they're demanding more time more respect and more pay. the world health organization is set to declare an international emergency to the spread of ebola from the democratic republic of congo to uganda. plus australian football fans breathe a huge sigh of relief at the women's world cup as one of the tournament favorites returns to the winner's circle at the expense of powerhouse. i'm sorry so much kind of thank you for joining us the united states and iran escalate their war of words over attacks on 2 oil tankers in the gulf of oman the u.s. military has released a video that it says supports claims that tehran is to blame for yesterday's explosions u.s. s

u.s. official says shortly before two tankers were instruct with explosives in the gulf of oman, iran triedl to shoot down a u.s. drone as it tracked iranian boats. in the aftermath of the attack, cnn has also learned iran is attempting to keep one of those tankers from being towed. >>> u.s. president trump is trying to dial back comments he made earlier this week in an interview with abc news, he said he would accept dirt on a political opponent from a foreign government. but would not necessarily report it to the fbi. but on friday, he told fox news he would report it after he looked at it. >>> hong kong's chief executive carrie lam has announced she's suspended the extradition bill that sparked mass protests this week. lam defended the bill but opposed wide lawn opposition to the text. activists want the bill to be completely withdrawn. >> earlier, cnn's anna coren spoke with a pro-beijing and asking him why carrie lam decided to suspend it. >> basically, two reasons, the first is that obviously, the communication between the government and the people of hong kong had not been all that s

i want to bring you the latest on this story about incidents taking place in the gulf of oman. the u.sfth fleet says two tankers were damaged in the sea of oman in an incident there. a fire reported on one vessel and a reported attack on another. let's give you stocks to watch from around the newsroom. dani burger a is looking at german telecoms. paul is covering tesco and morrison. annmarie hordern is covering companies involved in the nord stream 2 pipeline. you have taken us through the energy story but of course this has links to companies that have vested interests. annmarie: a number of companies that have financial interests. keep an eye on the open of omb, royal dutch shell, gazprom, juniper. these are companies that could tension the move off of -- that could potentially move off of trump's comments. matt: news on morrison working together with amazon? paul: let's talk about tesco. two bits of negative news. first quarter like for like sales are below estimates. also the news separately that morrison is expanding it's packed with amazon. withpanding its pact amazon. tesco shar

accusations then claims of evidence of iran's role in explosions on board 2 tankers in the gulf of oman the u.s. has released a video it claims shows the iranian revolutionary guards removing an unexploded mine from one of the tankers washington says the pictures clearly show members of iran's elite force approaching the vessel and removing what it claims was a limpid mine now that comes just hours after the u.s. secretary of state's mike pompei you blamed iran for the incident saying quote these unprovoked attacks present a clear threat to international peace and security the iranian foreign minister jaffa serif as it back up mr pompei or in the last hour he's been on twitter saying the b. team is moving to a plan b. sabotage diplomacy for more on this video let's go live to washington and our correspondent kristen salumi so kristen what's our reading of what we think this video may or may not even show. well it's not just a video there's also some stills and a timeline of what happened in the hours after the distress call 1st came in for those attacks this was all released just in the last ho

u.s. navy fifth fleet. quote. we are aware of the reported attack on shipping vessels in the gulf of oman. u.s.aval forces in the region refused two separate distress calls at 6:2:12 a.m. local bahrain time and seconds one at 7:00 a.m. u.s. navy ships are in the area and rendering assistance. officials say uss bainbridge, a guided missile destroyer and part of the abraham lincoln strike group rescued 21 sailors. the aircraft carrier sent to the region early last month had just completed a port visit to amman. the head of the american forces in the region general frank mackenzie was in the middle east warning of unspecified threat and proxies. iranian state media claims to have rescue you had sherels from one of the ships and some of those sailors were taken to a port in iran. last month four oil tankers were damaged by mines which the pentagon blamed on iran at the time. iranian leaders have threatened to disrupt oil shipments in the strait of hormuz if the u.s. continues to strangle its economy with sanctions, harris. >> harris: jennifer, thank you very much. the search for that mom in connect

of destabilizing peace and security in the middle east it follows u.s. allegations that iran was behind an apparent attack on to oil tankers in the gulf of oman on thursday iranian foreign ministers branded that claim sabotage diplomacy the u.s. has sent missile destroyers to the region secretary of state said washington's assessment was based on intelligence adding that no one else in the region had the capacity to carry out such an attack. islamic republic of iran is responsible for the attacks that occurred in the gulf of oman no proxy group operating in the area has the resources and proficiency to act with such a high degree of sophistication the us immediately jumped to make allegations against iran without a shred of factual circumstantial evidence only makes it abundantly clear that the b. team is moving to a plan b. sabotage diplomacy well the u.s. military's central command has now released a video showing what it claims is an iranian military patrol boat removing an unexploded mine from one of the tankers but as we said tirant does deny involvement in the attacks and has questioned the timing of the incidents as khaled moppin explains. so ther

tankers near the port of pajero a month later on june 13th 2 more ships were attacked in the gulf of oman the u.s. and its allies were quick to blame naval mines they said were placed on ships holes by forces linked to the islamic republic of iran on wednesday one u.s. ally seemed to go from certainty to doubt. we cannot point fingers at any state because we do not possess this evidence if they are other nations that position is clear evidence in the international community will listen to them and if you move to it kind of the evidence has to be clear precise scientific and there.

what or who is to blame for the explosions on board 2 tankers in the gulf of oman the u.s. blames iran and they released this video purporting to show iran a sort of illusory gods removing an unexploded limpet mine from the japanese old kuta courageous the timestamp according to the americans shows it happened after the vessels crew had been rescued well ron didn't do it and do you know they did it because you saw the lower i guess one of the mines didn't explode and it probably got essentially a run written all over it and you sort of voted no trying to take the mine off and successfully took that mine off the boat and that was exposed that was a boat that will damn. near didn't want the evidence left behind i just i don't know that we have a signature we could be perfect in the dark that worked very well. russia and germany say the video at least inconclusive and the incident requires 30 s. today should iranian leaders accuse the u.s. of what they call diplomacy against the country. speaking at a gathering of eurasia leaders in kyrgyzstan iranian president hassan rouhani s

u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo essentially blaming tehran for what we saw, the attack on two tankers yesterday in the gulf of omanis is one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. it is interesting to note that when you take a step back here and look at the u.s. allies in this region, saudi arabia and the uae, they remained pretty mute and iran kicking back a short while ago saying this is sabotage diplomacy i want to update you on a couple of things that happened over the last several hours u.s. central command released new video they say shows an iranian revolutionary guard vessel close to one of the tankers and to be removing what looks like a device above the water line folks i've spoken to saying to me that those attacks that took place off the coast a month ago on four vessels, two saudi, had similar properties to what we saw over the last 24 hours one of which is that the vessels weren't sunk, they were just disabled as if whoever was doing this, iran or potentially another state actor or nonstate actor, don't know yet, they weren't trying to sink the ships, weren't trying to escalate the situation. th

iran still denies attacking two tankers in the gulf of oman. u.s. officials are debunking that claim with the release of this video. they say it shows iran's islamic revolutionary guard removing an idexploded mine from the sof a tanker after that attack on thursday. president trump says there is no doubt in his mind. >> iran did do it. you know they did it because you saw the boat. i guess one of the mines didn't e and it probably has iran written all over it. >> nowhe u. says iranian-backed force fired on two american drones with a missile on june 6th. then fired a missile, a second one last week. last month the united states moved military reinforcemts to the persian gulf to counter what officials call credible and imminent threats from iran. >>> the an conflict will be one of several topics this morning on "meet the press" with chuck todd. chuck will also speak wh presidential candidate mayor pete buttigieg and house mine orty whip steve scalise. that starts after news4 today. >>> all right. a little closer to e home, lonni bunch will officially b

gulf of oman. much of the world's oil is shippedhrough the region and theat cks as well as harsh new rhetoric betwee the u.s. and iran sent shock waves well beyond. and tonight a new development, the u.s. military now claiming that two of its drones were also targeted by iran. nbc's courtney hubi has the latest. he reporter: crippled japanese tanker courageous arrived in port in the united arab emirates today after it was attacked in the gulf of ome. .s. believed iranian boats placed mines on the courageous and motorship. iran denies being involved. the u.s. now saying two u.s. military drones were also targeted iranian forces. the first drone shot down by iranian backed houthi rebels on june 6th, near the red sea. the second was targeted by an iranian surface-to-air missile. it missed, slashing down in the water below. >> iran is blaming the u.s. for destabilizing the region,ng warnif it continues it'll roll back its commitment to the nuear deal by next month. turan calling their relationship multifaceted and . multilateral >> reporter: last month the u.s. military she aircraft carrier abraham lincoln, b-5

. >>> new details about the tanker attacks in the gulf of oman. u.s. officials say iran was engaged in provocative behavior in the hours leading up to the attacks. stay with us. we're the slowskys. we like drip coffee, layovers- -and waiting on hold. what we don't like is relying on fancy technology for help. snail mail! we were invited to a y2k party... uh, didn't that happen, like, 20 years ago? oh, look, karolyn, we've got a mathematician on our hands! check it out! now you can schedule a callback or reschedule an appointment, even on nights and weekends. today's xfinity service. simple. easy. awesome. i'd rather not. >>> welcome back to our viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. you're watching "cnn newsroom." i'm cyril vanier. and we're following breaking news in hong kong. where the chief executive carrie lam has just announced she is suspending the controversial extradition bill that sparked massive protests this week. anna coren joins us now from hong kong. anna, what did you make of this speech? it sounded to me like carrie lam was at

obtained by cnn, that the pentagon says implicates iran in the attacks on two tankers in the gulf of oman. u.s. officials say the new images show an iranian navy vessel removing an unexploded mine from one of the tankers. again, the easternians appear to be removing the devices in the video, not putting on and we will tell you why the u.s. believes this still makes them culpable. iran denies culpability. the second time in a month the tankers have been seriously damaged and the question is will the u.s. respond with military action? >> meanwhile president trump's stunning assertion that he would again accept dirt on political rivals on foreign adversaries has ricochetted through washington. even the head of the u.s. election system felt the need to again explain the law. republicans are trying to defend his comments, but the trump campaign is standing by them. and the president himself acting as his own spokesperson, and that's something that he will have to do more of, with sarah sanders leaving her post. so we expect to hear from the president any moment about these topics and more. we have

u.s. military has released a video it says shows members of the iranian revolutionary guard removing an unexploded mine from one of the tankers hit by explosions in the gulf of oman the u.s. secretary of state's mike pompei oh has accused iran of being behind the attacks iran's dismissed the allegations of sabotage diplomacy. humans who the rebels say they've carried out another attack on our power airports in the southwest of saudi arabia it's the 2nd this week saudi arabia sessa said defenses have intercepted 5 drones targeting the airport near the town of hummus in shape. sudan's ruling military council admits it ordered the dispersal of a sit in protest outside army headquarters new pictures of the violence in khartoum on june the 3rd i've just been released after an internet blackout. ok let's get more on our top story the tanker explosions in the gulf of oman and now any incident in the region impacts the straits of hormuz shipping channel that can have knock on effects on the supply and the price of oil globally around $1.00 3rd of all traded by sea passes through the strait that's 20 percent of the total traded worldwide the sea route is used by major pro

u.s. military has released a video it says shows members of the iranian revolutionary guard removing an unexploded mine from one of the tankers that by explosions in the gulf of oman the u.s. secretary of state has accused iran of being banned the attacks tehran has dismissed the allegations. yemen's who the rebels say they have carried out another airport in southwestern saudi arabia it's the 2nd this week saudi arabia says its air defenses intercepted 5 drones target in the airport near the town of homs and shake . hands ruling military council admits to the dispersal of a sit in protest outside army headquarters new pictures of the violence in khartoum on june the 3rd have just been released after an internet blackout. not public gatherings have been banned in the district of uganda where 2 people have died of the bone a virus both victims recently across the border from the democratic republic of congo where the latest outbreak there has killed an infected thousands the world health organization is holding an emergency meeting on friday to discuss developments ports in the capital kampala. where a hospital in which to uganda is made a 5 year old boy in his gra

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what or who is to blame for the explosions on board 2 tankers in the gulf of oman the u.s. blames iran and they released this video purporting to show iran sort of a gods removing an unexploded limpet mine from the japanese old kuta courageous the timestamp according to the americans shows it happened after the vessel scraw had been askew well iran didn't do it and do you know they did it because you saw the load i guess one of the mines didn't explode and it probably got essentially iran written all over it and you sort of voted no trying to take that mind off and successfully took that mind off the boat and that was exposed that was a boat that will damn. near didn't want the evidence left behind i guess they don't know that we have a signature we could be perfect in the dark that worked very well russia and germany say the video released inconclusive and the incident requires further investigation iranian leaders accuse the us of what they call diplomacy against the country. speaking at a gathering of eurasia leaders in kyrgyzstan iranian president hassan rouhani said the

against iran is just one possibility following thursday's attacks on two oil tankers in the gulf of oman. the u.sleased this image of what appears to be an unexploded mine attached to the starboard side of one vessel. and the department of defense says this video shows iran's revolutionary guard removing that mine. germany's foreign minister said he is not convinced this video proves iran is to blame. >> this was taken from an american camera. the world needs to unite against this threat from islamic republic of iran. >> reporter: democrats are resisting a military response. >> where this administration might be leading us on a path to war that could get away from this white house very quickly. >> reporter: other democrats today beat the drum for impeachment of the president. congresswoman ocasio-cortez says momentum is growing. >> we need to at least open an inquiry so that we can look at what is going on. >> reporter: president trump insists he did not obstruct justice, and says the constitution allowed him to fire special counsel robert mueller if he wanted to. >> article 2 allows me to do wha

what or who is to blame for the explosions on board 2 tankers in the gulf of oman the u.s. blames iran and they released this video purporting to show iran is sort of a gods removing an unexploded limpet mine from the japanese old kuta courageous the timestamp according to the americans shows it happened after the vessel screw had been askew well iran didn't do it and do you know they did it because you saw that load i guess one of the mines didn't explode and it probably got essentially iran written all over it and you sort of blow it in a trying to take the mind off and successfully took their mind off the boat and that was exposed was a boat that will damn. near didn't want the evidence left behind i guess they don't know that we have a signature we can detect in the dark that worked very well. russia and germany say the video at least inconclusive and the requires further investigation iranian leaders accuse the us of what they call diplomacy against the country. speaking at a gathering of eurasia leaders in kyrgyzstan iranian president hassan rouhani said the u.s. is pu

of 51 worshipers. accusations are flying from both the u.s. and iran over what was behind explosions on to oil tankers in the gulf of oman the u.s.is touting a grainy video as evidence iran attacked the ships iran's foreign minister calls it sabotage diplomacy this u.s. military video this u.s. military video the u.s. military rather claims this video shows a revolutionary guard patrol boats and men removing an unexploded mine from one of the tankers after the incident u.s. secretary of state mark pump a are says an attack was carried out and only iran had the weapons and expertise with just hours later the japanese owner of the ship said he did not believe a mine or top paedo were involved in the holes and more going to the crew is saying that it was hit by flying object they're saying that something came flying to put a bomb on the side of the boat is something we are not considering your what. iran of course the accusations by the us alarming foreign minister zarif says it's immediately jumped to make allegations and he warned of this scenario months ago iranian ships were among the 1st to rescue crew from the damaged tank as

other he wanted things to calm down especially in the area of the persian gulf and also the gulf of oman as well. you have the stand off between the u.sd iran which is still going on in the gulf of oman and has been going on. the tension has been high in the entire persian gulf region. if you look at some of things the iranians have been saying over the past 24 hours and especially today, they believe that iran supreme leader humiliated president trump by rebuffing a an offer from president trump which was brought over here by the prime minister of japan for new talks to happen. right now the iranians not willing to talk and the situation heating up rather than cooling down. >> absolutely right. very tense. thank you. >>> coming up, we're going to have more on the breaking news. the justice department backing the refusal to release president trump's tax returns to investigators calling the request unprecedented. >>> the president trying to tamp down the furor on he would take remarks from foreign add ver sars. wit looks like jill heading offe on an adventure. jill has entresto, a heart failure medicine that helps her heart so she can