POSSIBLE ATTACK: 'Unknown projectile' hit ship in Strait of Hormuz

>> Martha: WE HAVE WHAT COULD. BE ANOTHER POSSIBLE ATTACK O ONA. SHIP IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. TODAY. AN UNKNOWN PROJECTILE HIT AN. ENGINE ROOM AND A FIRE BROKE OUT. AND THE CREW ABANDONED THE. LIBERIAN FLAG SHIP BUT ONE. MEMBER IS REPORTED MISSING AND. THAT COMES TO US FROM REUTERS. REPORTING THIS AFTERNOON. CHIEF INTERNATIONAL. CORRESPONDENT STEVE HARRIGAN. REPORTING LIVE FROM THE REGION.

IN TEL AVIV. HI, STEVE. >> Reporter: MARTHA, DESPITE. THIS CONTINUED VIOLENCE AND. REPORTS OF ATTACKS AGAINST. COMMERCIAL SHIPPING IN THE. STRAIT OF HORMUZ, ADMINISTRATION. OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO BE. CONFIDENT THAT A DEAL FOR FREE. PASSAGE OF ALL COMMERCIAL. SHIPPING THROUGH THAT STRAIT IS. REALLY ON THE HORIZON THAT SUCH. A DEAL COULD BE SIGNED AS EARLY. AS TOMORROW AND IN THE MEANTIME. CENTCOM CONTINUES ITS TOUGH. BLOCKADE OF IRAN AND ALL OF ITS. PORTS, CENTCOM RELEASED VIDEO OF. THAT BLOCKADE IN ACTION.

>> CAPTAIN, REQUESTING TO ALTER. COURSE. YOU DO NOT COMPLY, WE WILL. COMPEL COMPLIANCE WITH FORCE. WE WILL MONITOR YOUR COURSE FOR. COMPLIANCE AT THIS TIME. >> Reporter: SINCE THAT. BLOCKADE BEGAN, CENTCOM HAS SAID. IT HAS DIVERTED MORE THAN 45. COMMERCIAL SHIPS AND HAS. DISABLED TWO SHIPS, IRAN IN THE. MEANTIME CONTINUES TO INSIST IT. IS NOT NEGOTIATING DIRECTLY WITH. THE U.S. BUT IRANIAN OFFICIALS.

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