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hear whether the inspectors will be able to get to that plant. it is the fighting, the shelling that is precisely why it's making it so necessary, alisyn and victor. >> all right, melissa bell in kyiv. thank you. let's bring in now retired brigadier general steve anderson. he just returned from ukraine. general, you were talking to people there about the logistics and the maintenance or the weapons systems they've received from the u.s., and other countries, we should say. what are the biggest issues that they're facing at this point in the war? >> well, really, there's two issues...

Away. that's when a u.s. navy ship that was in the area, the uss thunderbolt got close, communicated directly with the iranian ship and moved in, as well as a seahawk helicopter from above, essentially as a warning to the iranians to let go of what is american property operating according to the military in international waters. at that point, the military says the iranian ship let go of the towline, essentially letting go of this american maritime drone, and then left the area after approximately four hours. the commander of u.s. navy's 5th fleet said this was a flagrant unwarranted and incon...

What the true position is of any of those folks that you put up. were they catering to the base for a primary and now saying their real position or vice versa? that's unfortunate in our politics, honestly. >> on such a crucial topic, too. alyssa farah griffin, thank you so much. >> thank you. all right, iran intercepted. new details on how the u.s. navy stopped an iranian ship from capturing an american drone. they said it couldn't be done. because the big drug companies have billions of dollars and an army of lobbyists. but aarp has never run from a tough fht.

Died, including nearly 400 children. international aid is pouring in to help pakistanis who have lost everything. the u.s. just announcing $30 million in humanitarian aid. to find out how you can help pakistan's flood victims, go to cnn.com/impact. and this just in to cnn, the united states navy blocked an iranian ship from capturing an american maritime drone in the arabian gulf overnight. how did it happen? >> reporter: for some context over the course of the past year, the 5th fleet has had a program to integrate unmanned maritime vessels nor into the operations and that's part of what yo...