sides have been in touch, and that the underwater drone will be returned. chinese officials say the u.s. made more of the incident than they believe it really was. president-elect donald trump taking to twitter this morning and writing, "china steals u.s. navy research drone in international waters, rips it out of the water and takes it to china in an unprecedented act." also unhappy about the incidence, senator john mccain wrote today, the chinese navy seizure is a flagrant violation of the freedom of the seas. china had no right to seize the vehicle and the united states must not stand for such outrageous conduct. our matt rivers reports from beijing. >> reporter: the u.s. unarmed military research ship was about 50 miles off the filipino coast thursday where the navy says it was conducting research using two underwater drones. officials said the research was