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Now. >> so iran is denying any involvement and saying the u.s. doesnt have a shred of evidence. of course, the u.s. feels its evidence is crystal clear. but what is not clear is what does the u.s. do next? the acting secretary of defense says the immediate goal is to build international consensus that iran is behind this. what were hearing from u.s. allies is an agreement with the u.s. assessment. but not the blatant blaming of iran that the u.s. is doing at least not yet. the europeans, of cour...

Play in tehran. when you look at the government and leadership in tehran, theyre attacked the united states. the foreign minister javad zarif, he came out and said the u.s. is trying to sabotage the escalation here in the persian gulf area. this tanker attack took place as irans supreme leader was actually meeting with the prime minister of japan. the iranians saying, look, why on earth would we have attacked tankers as this meeting was going on. guys. >> fred pleitgen thank you from tehran. let...

And sam kiley is in the united arab emirates. fled first fred first to you. the u.s. is blaming iranians for the tanker attack and for allegedly firing a missile at a u.s. drone. what is irans reaction to all of this? >> reporter: well, first of all, as far as the tankers are concerned, as you said the iranians still continue to say that they are not behind those attacks. with that video that the u.s. has presented, which allegedly shows them taking something off what the u.s. believes could be ...

There. what do you think? >> absolutely. if you look at the sides of the ships where the explosions occurred its similar to what happened to uss cole. you can see explosive residue on the side. you can see the metal shoved inward indicating it was an external explosion on the ship. the fact the iranians went and removed one of the mines. these are all pieces of the evidence picture that the united states is now building along with the forensics that hopefully we will obtain from the previous fou...

>> reporter: us defense officials tell me there are no execute orders for us naval vessels to escort commercial ships through the strait of hormuz. us central command release this photo. the unexploded limpet mine removed from one of the tankers is the same type used to attack more oil tankers in the same area. united arab emirates presented evidence to the un security council the attacks were state-sponsored. oil prices increased by 4% following thursdays tanker attack but remain lower than whe...

Of 2017 is that the russians attacked our democratic process to help one candidate over another one, and they did it with a high level of certainty. i have been on the committee, this is my third term. i have never seen them have this level of certainty at a unanimous level. the senator can say whatever he wants. hopefully the truth will let out. >> lets go to the escalating tensions with iran. the intelligence points to iran as being responsible for the tanker attack in iran. er that denying an...

Things could be true. at this juncture this early on there is still much that we do not know. today germany said there was not enough evidence to pin the tanker attack on iran. on the other hand, the uk came out agreeing with the u.s. that iran is behind the attack. if this is starting to feel like youve seen this movie, its because you have. but maybe this movie will end differently. right now its unclear what happens next. will the administration release more information and will they make the...

Davis and mike moreno, thank you very much. >> a watchdog agency says kellyanne conway broke the law and should be fired and why the president is not going to do that, and the u.s. central command releasing this video saying it proves that iran is responsible for the tanker attack in the gulf of oman. well go live there next.