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>> reporter: yeah, hi there, michelle. a lot of breaking news from tehran. the iranians for the first time responding to some of that video evidence that the u.s. put forward after the tanker attacks in the persian gufls. the u.s. saying they implicate revolutionary small guard boats and they were taking an unexploded mine off of one of those ships. the iranians have been denying that. they came out and said, first of all, its unclear when that video was taken. he said the iranian small boats, w...

Disruption they can do in the economic markets. its not clear from the video, that certainly doesnt seem to prove iranian complicity. it shows them taking a mine off. its not clear where that boat went. there are not that many doubts that the iranians were responsible here given how close this was to the iranian coast, but thats a far thing from proof, so now the presidents got some big decisions. can sanctions alone do it? well, you could argue sanctions is whats tryinging this. can recreate an...

They are a nation of terror. >> martha: a tense situation. president trump saying iran is behind the attacks on oil tankers near the straits of hormuz. the administration pointing to this intelligence video. very fascinating to take a look at this. it was taken obviously overnight it. shows the iranian national guard pulling up alongside the tanker and removing, pulling a magnet mine off of the side of one of those tanks as its proof. iran denies these charges. tensions are quickly mounting. nat...

Done. but president trump cant just walkway from this. his involvement, his support is going to be critical. look, they said that only president nixon could go to china, maybe only president trump can preside over actual bipartisan immigration reform. >> let me share with you something we received from president -- from senator john mccain about the presidents decision and point out that the senator is actually in washington, in his office today, and over the weekend was at a national security c...