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Released but not before iran got plenty of propaganda value out of parading these u.s. sailors before the cameras. and those were just the major incidents. in all, the u.s. navy says it counts 23 provocative incidents by iran in 2015 and 35 last year. and one reason iran is able to do this kind of stuff is simply geographic opportunity. the u.s. has lots of military personnel on iran's doorstep in every direction. we have major american deployments in afghanistan which borders iran and also iraq which borders iran. we have thousands of troops in lots of iran's other neighbors, our navy's fifth...

Escorting an aircraft carrier out of the persian gulf when the navy had what was described as an unsafe and unprofessional encounter with an iranian patrol boat. we're told that iranian patrol boat trained a weapon on the u.s. helicopter. a few months before that, iranian patrol boats raced full speed right at an american navy vessel. they got so close the american ship fired three warning shots at the'reian boats. and, of course, 2016 started off with these harrowing images of 10 american sailors being taken into iranian custody. they were held in iran for 15 hours before finally being releas...

Encounter with an iranian patrol boat. we're told that iranian patrol boat trained a weapon on the u.s. helicopter. a few months before that, iranian patrol boats raced full speed right at an american navy vessel. they got so close the american ship fired three warning shots at the'reian boats. and, of course, 2016 started off with these harrowing images of 10 american sailors being taken into iranian custody. they were held in iran for 15 hours before finally being released but not before iran got plenty of propaganda value out of parading these u.s. sailors before the cameras. and those were...

About semantics and whether at this point we can believe anything that comes out of sean spicer's mouth anymore let's talk about this 46% of people of keeping america safe then it wouldn't be repudiated by the community, the military brass, the ambassadorial services anybody who has studied this has said instead of keeping america safe it is increasing the threat because of the propaganda value that it gives to our adversaries particularly what it gives to isis. >> right. which i was talking before to the policy professor in london who is saying it is mega propaganda and putty in isis'

Short-term propaganda value clearly outweighed by the risk to his life. >> jury selection, the timeline here when you consider the number of people who know about this case who probably have strong feelings about this case. the individual going to the jury pool. >> i think you put your finger on it. as much as any viewer remembers this heinous crime, he did it. a mass murder, racism, but in our system, they have to find jurors who take seriously their obligation to approach this with an open mind even if they've heard these terrible things about him including his own admissions. that's difficu...