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The reason over the last 37 years export revolution around the world and support terrorism around the world, including against american troops in iraq and afghanistan, diplomats in places like lebanon. it not surprising the revolutionary guard corps would be in charge of holding american sailors ships nor in my opinion is it surprising it happens hours before barack obama gives his final state of the union and days before we might be releasing over $100 million to iran. this is an effort by iran...

"hostage "s are you referring to that experience? that would be awful, obviously. >> welling iran has a history of holding american hostages and trying to kill americans whether its in iran or iraq or lebanon. and now, theyve seized two u.s. naval vessels. i would say put the map of the persian back up on the screen and viewers can see how improvable it is from naval vessels go from kuwait to bahrain would have ventured into iranian waters. it would seem like iran waited the time theyd have maxi...

None of that can minimize the potential -- not just potential but the actual difficulty of this here. u.s. and iranian forces in close contact here, questions in particular, heres the key question were these u.s. navy boats taken under duress at gun point? there nine men, one woman -- >> according to iranians. >> according to the official iranian news agency. senator cotton, youre still with us. your reaction to the latest information that were getting. i want to point out we have a picture of a...

Do you buy that? >> one would certainly hope if iran doesnt promptly release these sailors that president obama would not proceed in releasing $100 billion to them. i have my doubts. take stock of a few of the things that happened over the last six months. iran violated u.n. security council resolutions about ballistic missiles, fired rockets within a few hundred yards of u.s. naval ships in the strait of hormuz, convicted a "the washington post" reporter held hostage on trumped up false charges...

Mechanical problems and lost power and begin to drift it possible the other vessel that had power, might have moored up to. im skeptical of the claims out of iran and some from our administration. >> youre like everyone anxious to hear what the president of the united states is going to say about is in tonight. i assume hell have to mention this in the state of the union. what words would you like to hear from him? >> i welcome relief to americans and the world the president took a hard line and...

Obviously, weve been assured of their safety and that they will be able to proceed on their journey promptly. obviously, if theyre not, that would be of concern, but were focused on kind of seeing that move forward at this point in time. >> do you know if these two american vessels accidentally or for whatever reason did, in fact, violate iranian territorial waters in the persian gulf? >> i think youre raising some really good questions, wolf. i just dont have more details that i can get into wi...

Some kind of a relationship with iran will help us resolve this more peacefully. so, in a sense, an issue like this, a conflict like this is exactly the kind of test of the obama doctrine that he was going to talk about tonight, so -- >> whats clear is that secretary of state john kerry immediately got on the phone. i assume he called zarif, the foreign minister or another high-ranking official to get these americans out. >> two years ago, you wouldnt have had that channel. >> that channel is a ...

That connection between those two. not to say that was the motive but that timing does not look good for the administration. >> well find out from the u.s. navy what two small vessels were doing. where the u.s. has a major naval facility, on their way to bahrain, headquarters of the u.s. navys 5th neat in the persian gulf. well find out what they were doing. stand by. i want to bring in republican senator tom cotton of arkansas key member of the senate intelligence and armed services committee. ...

Happening now, breaking news. americans held by iran. ten u.s. sailors taken into custody by the revolutionary guard in iran after the u.s. loses contact with their vessels in the persian gulf. tehran assuring the u.s. the sailors will be released soon. will the iranians keep their word? president obamas last chance. the president set to give his final state of the union speech just three hours from now. were learning new details of what he will say tonight, and well also talk about what the p...

Jim sciuttos reporting remains to me astonishing. the administration is rushing out officials to say theres no hostile intent in irans seizing our ships and holding our sailors in communitiny cat toe the administration seems intent on protecting iran and the nuclear deal than getting our sailors back. put. the map of the persian gulf, americans and can see how unlikely it is those two ships drifted from the coast of saudi arabia, the path they were taking, into iranian waters. even if they did, ...