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An unmanned mq 9 drone over it. the drone arrived on station at 6:20 a.m. local time, eight minutes after the first distress call went out at 6:12 a.m. at 6:45 a.m., local time, just minutes later, prior to the second attack on the second tanker, a missile was fired at the u.s. drone over the altair, a norwegian flagged ship. it missed. u.s. officials 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 on station to assist the norwegian tanker, i'm told. separately, we have learned that a u.s. mq 9 drone was...

Secretary patrick shanahan said yesterday the us is preparing several contingency plans amid growing tensions with iran as donald trump and his team at the white house weighing their options. here to talk about this is president of the middle east institute doctor paul phelan. thanks for being with us. the latest on this is the united states, the pentagon claiming iran shot down a us drone prior to attacking those two oil tankers in the gulf. how big a deal is that drone information coupled with these tanker attacks? >> doesn't add much to the situation. it is a dramatic situation, iran contin...

Responsible for the tanker attacks. take a listen. >> the intelligence, weapons used, the level of expertise needed to execute the operation, recent similar iranian attacks on shipping and the fact no proxy group operating in the area has the resources to act in the area with such a high degree of sophistication. >> based on what he said do you think he has legitimate, unbiased intelligence that shows iran did it? >> alex, the truth is i don't know and one of the reasons i don't know is because secretary of state pompeo and president trump have at times, not just here in the united states, but...

The fact they want more information is appropriate. >> is it because the president doesn't trust and consistently undermines or intelligence community? >> he does that and he also pulls out of treaties unilaterally. i think the rest of the world views put america first as something as an isolationist selfish policy and the trump's extraordinary comments on foreign policy on an almost weekly basis also undermines the trust they have in us. putting aside the tanker attacks, it is the information leading up to this, which i suspect made the allies not trust anything that follows it. shourpd would...

"ice on fire" documentary talking about the dire situation and what can be done to change it, starting now. good day from msnbc headquarters in new york, welcome to "weekends with alex witt." we begin with details on the escalating tensions between iran and the u.s. new claims by u.s. officials iran's proxies shot down a u.s. drone over the red sea and more fallout on attacks on two tankers over the persian gulf with u.s. allies warning against further military escalation. one congressman gave me his take on why allies are asking for more evidence of iran's culpability. >> trump's extraordin...