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Through the straits of hormuz a number of times. the u.s. navy has been dealing with the iranians decades. they try to penetrate close to the u.s. ships. the navy knows how to deal with iranians. i think it would be a terrible miscalculation on the part of the iranians if they decided to take a strike on the part of the u.s. fleet. it would not go well for them. i don't think they're that stupid. they are thoughtful enough to realize that would be a bad mistake. i heard the secretary of defense pat shanahan talk about you want to be careful about the miscalculations, and i think this is miscal...

Lot of people are. the effect of the matter is that we have been dealing with iran for decades and i know the folks any rack, if they have a threat they will increase the security posture. they will know how to deal with that threat. i know we will have a prepared measured response to the iranians. the effect of the matter is, the president doesn't want to go to a war and the iranians certainly don't want the u.s. to go to war. as long as there is no miscalculation on either sides part we will be fine. >> bret: of the head of the revolutionary guard, a bad character. >> i think he is a bad cha...

Died sick months apart, ed, on the same type of plane. >> ed: wow. some very interesting and horrifying details. what are you seeing at reagan airport and hearing from aviation officials for what's happening around the country, around the world? lot of planes grounded. on the other hand, as i understand it, this plane is a small percentage of the overall u.s. fleet. >> reporter: yeah, that's exactly right. the boeing max 8 and 9, 737 max 8 and 9, grounded wednesday by the president and the faa is a fairly new plane. so the number of actual airlines that have them in operation right now is smal...

>> i have absolutely no idea, frankly. none whatsoever, because if they decide not to take the flight, will the airline reimburse them or put them on another plane? if they decide to fly, that's up to them. we just don't know. for those reasons, it's unacceptable. would i fly or would i not fly? i have no doubt about the superb excellent par excellence of the safety of the u.s. fleet, but we're not in a normal situation here. we have a divergence of views upon the safety of a brand new plane. it won't be long by the way. we'll get information from this black box as soon as they read it out, i ...

Information on others joining in on the grounding of the planes? >> reporter: i'm struggling to keep up. ireland has joined the list of countries that's grounding the 737 max and several individual european countries are talking about doing the same. we're -- that's what's i was waiting for. france confirming that they rar planning to ground the 737 max. if france and uk does it, you might expect the entire e.u. this joins australia and a long list of other countries. 52% of the global fleet is now grounded. really that leaves pretty much only the u.s. fleet. the u.s. and canadian 737 max flee...