I'm John Batchelor. I'm John Batchel. I'm joined by Bill Rajo, my colleague and friend for many years.

He is Senior Fellow for the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy.

We begin the war again in the Straits of Formuz from what we hear from claims by the IRGC

via the Al Jazeera reporting mechanism in Doha, Qatar,

that the U.S. Navy is under attack, will be under attack, has been under attack, is at risk.

All of these are possible. None of them are chosen particularly.

Bill, a very good day to you. We have Al Jazeera claiming two missiles hit the U.S. frigate in the Strait of Hormuz.

The Al Jazeera says this is based on a quote from the IRGC,

saying while the U.S. military says no such attack occurred.

That's Al Jazeera on the basis of an IRGC report, the U.S. Navy, according to

Al Jazeera denying it. You have news from Jerusalem and from CENTCOM itself. Let's begin with

CENTCOM. What is its remarks about this claim by the IRC via Al Jazeera that it struck a U.S. ship. Good day to Bill.

Good day, John. Yes. So the IRGC, as you noted, claimed it it launched attack against

the U.S. warship and struck it twice. The U.S. Navy is flatly denying it. But it's interesting

because they're not denying that a strike took place, that an

attack took place, only that the U.S. warship has been struck. So I'll directly quote from the

USN.com statement that was posted on X. It says, quote, no U.S. Navy ships have been struck,

end quote. Then if the statement goes on to note, short,

very brief statement, the next sentence notes that the U.S. has begun Project Freedom, which is to,

an effort to escort, I assume ships back through the Strait of Hormuz. So it's, this is,

Project Freedom was announced by President Trump to initiate the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. So it's, this is, Project Freedom was announced by President Trump to

initiate the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. So I think the, the question here is,

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