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The second attack, on the second tanker, a missile was fired at the u.s. drone on station over a norwegian flagship. it missed. u.s. officials have assessed that the missile was a modified sa-7 surface to air missile fired from iran's mainland. it was fired after the u.s. drone arrived to assist the norwegian tanker. separately we have learned from u.s. officials that an american mq9 drone was shot down over yemen by iranian-backed rebels on june 6. the british government has issued a statement blaming iran 's revolutionary guard for the tanker attack saying no other state or non-state actor c...

Mainland after u.s. drone arrived on station to assist norwegian tanker, separately we have learned from u.s. official that week earlier american mq9 drone was shot down over yemen by iranian-backed houthi rebels, that attack took place on june 6th, eric. eric: jennifer, some of the allies are speaking up and condemning iran for this. >> that's right, the british government has issued a blunt statement blaming iran revolutionary guard corp. for the tanker attack saying no other state or nonstate actor could plausibly have been responsible but the german government says it needs more evidence t...

From towing away the tanker in the gulf of oman. alex, today iran's president said the u.s. is seriously destabilizing this region. he also upped the ante. he said iran will take further steps to develop its nuclear program. now this in the absence of any dialogue between the united states and iran is causing a lot of concern that we may just stumble into some sort of conflict as these two sides dig in without any resolution. the europeans are calling for caution. they are saying all the evidence to the tanker attack needs to be evaluated and needs to be gathered before they can assess what's ...

Defensive counter air that are -- that could be used to counter any kind of potential attack at sea. >> and there are several other ships part of the carrier group with the lincoln. do you get a sense, i know we spoke last weekend about the u.s. military getting prepared for possibly war. do you get a sense that things have ramped up in the last week? >> reporter: to be honest, kendis, i've seen the tensions have gone up and down since we've been in the region for the past couple of weeks. at times it seems like the maritime threat seems to -- the tension seems to go down and then now of cours...

There is still much that we do not know. today germany said there was not enough evidence to pin the tanker attack on iran. the u.k. came out agreeing with the u.s. that iran is behind the attack. if this is starting to feel like you've seen this movie, it's because you have. maybe this movie will end differently. right now it's unclear what happens next. will the administration unleash more information and will they make the case to the united nations? will they share the intelligence with our allies? what is the end game? joining us now, hagar somali. former treasury spokesperson for terrori...