navy official who says two of iranian vessels came within 300 yards of the uss mitt saw -- >> nhtsa.sailors were captured back in january, forcing them to their knees at gunpoint before they were eventually released and on the heels of the raging controversy over the obama administration paying $400 million in cash as the rogue nation released four american hostages earlier this year. i've been on an aircraft carrier in the strait of hormuz. when i was out there -- kennedy: wow. melissa: thank you. that's what i was going for. [laughter] they said it is relatively common for iranian ships to come out and buzz around. is this really that big of a deal? >> well, i think this is a propaganda ploy, as best we can tell. the strait of hormuz is a critical waterway through which incredible amounts of oil from the oil-producing monarchies on the arabian peninsula pass even year. the iranians have repeatedly threatened to block it if we provoke them. but i think they're showing they can face up to the u.s. navy and get away with it. you know, our ships are entitled if they're in reasonable ap

this is shot from the uss nhtsa.s with horns and flares to back off. >> weapons uncovered. >> but at least two of the iranian boats kept approaching, coming within 300 yards, forcing the nhtsa to alter course tuesday. the iranian boats finally turning away. by wednesday, a significant rise in tensions. revolutionary guard corps boats harassing and endangering u.s. navy vessels three times in 24 hours. the most dangerous resulting in the u.s. navy firing warning shots at the iranians. >> they did feel compelled ultimately to fire three warning shots and the reason for that is they had used steps that -- they'd taken stepsal ready to try to de-escalate the situation. >> it happened at the northern end of the persian gulf. an iranian fast boat like this approached two u.s. navy patrol craft. the uss tempest and uss squall. u.s. officials say the squall using its 50-caliber machine guns fired three warning shots into the water at the iranians. this after the iranian boat had circled around the u.s. vessels, at one point

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the court knows that from the nhtsa studies that are in the record, the north carolina example one. what the studied there was compare three jurisdictions that were able to put in a requirement against the nine jurisdictions that for various resource reasons, availability of judges' reasons and other reasons were unable to do it. the experience of the park police, i can tell you in the wake of mcnealy, is while they can get the warrants 24/7 in maryland, they have stopped doing blood draws except in extraordinary circumstances in virginia and d.c. because the magistrates are not available 24/7. even in mcnealy itself where the court listed in a long, long footnote -- >> why in maryland have they been able to and virginia not? >> for the federal system, it's not a resource constraint. some of it, as the court recognized in mcnealy, is a willingness of the judges to be available 20/7, a matter of priorities in federal court. you may not get in southern district of new york you may have 24/7 availability for terrorist attacks, but you may not have them for routine drunk driving. even i

navy of iranian gunboats harassing the uss nhtsa yesterday in the straits of hormuz.d four-star general of the u.s. army here with us today. appreciate it, general. you think about this, we just recently gave the iranians $1.3 billion and and in return we get this and this kind of behavior. you really feel like they're playing us for fools. >> well, they have been for some time. i mean, for eight years a principal foreign policy objective of the obama administration which has driven so many of his policy decisions in the middle east is this nuclear deal and the desire, as a result of that deal, that the iranians would join international community of nations and, essentially, behave like other nations -- leland: this behavior is not -- >> it's ridiculous. leland: and important to note, those are gunboats. those are not out to deliver gift baskets to the u.s. navy warships. what are the rules of engagement? at some point is a u.s. captain going to have to decide to fire some warning shots and send these guys on their way? >> the fact is the navy has clearly, and that ca