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One u.s. soldier apologizing for entering iranian waters. barbara starr, what do they say about this video? >> when that u.s. sailor was shown on iranian tv apologizing saying it was his mistake, his sailors' mistake for wandering in iranian waters. it got a lot of attention. was this apology made under duress. obviously it was. they were not in control of their fate. u.s. central command saying in part clearly this staged video exhibits a sailor making an apology in an unknown context as an effort to defuse a tense situation and protect his crew. the sailor who is also one of the commanders o...

Drifting off course. and they came within three miles of iran's farsi island. that is a very sensitive military area for iran's revolutionary guard corps. so they come within three miles. the iranians begin to approach them. one of their engines on the two boats is in bad shape and they really can't back off and get away. and in fact the commander you heard from talked a little bit about this and hinted about it. have a listen to what he had to say. >> the iranian patrol boat came out when we were having engine issues and had weapons drawn so we tried to talk to them until more boats came out ...

Revolutionary guard corps. that's when the iranians came out on their boats. here's what is so interesting. the sailors may not have even realized at that point how far they had drifted off course into iranian territorial waters. but when they did, they really had no ability to get away to basically gun the boat and the engine and move away very quickly because they were having this engine trouble. and in fact one of the sailors who spoke on iranian television, we believe to be the commander of the unit, he hinted at this problem. have a listen. >> the iranian patrol boat came out when we were...

From the u.s. to iran? oddly enough we got an answer to what could be an answer to those questions through an interview that one of the sailors did with iranian state television while they were in custody. have a listen. >> it was a mistake that was our fault and we apologize for our mistake. the iranian patrol boat came out when we were having engine issues and had weapons drawn, so we tried to talk to them until more boats came out and took us in. >> now on the apology, u.s. officials tell me, one, there's no official apology. john kerry did not apologize to the iranians that anything that s...

During this episode, was an apology issued? we got an interview, one of the sailors did with iranian state television while they were in custody. have a listen. >> it was a mistake that was our fault and we apologize for our mistake. the iranian patrol boat came out when we were having engine issues and had weapons drawn, so we tried to talk to them until more boats came out and took us in. >> now o the apology, u.s. officials tell me one, there's no official apology. john kerry did not apologize to the iranians that anything that sailor said would be considered under duress saying anything re...