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Anderson Cooper 360

Strait of Hormuz Tension Escalates

Anderson Cooper 360

CNN

News

3.73.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Tonight, how to square the president's initiative for securing the Strait of Hormuz with how relatively easy it is to shut it down with mines. Plus, is Vladimir Putin bracing for a coup attempt? What a new intelligence report, obtained by CNN, says about that, and the steps he seems to be taking to reduce the risk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Good evening from the newsroom, topping our CNN Global War coverage.

0:08.9

Tonight there was a ceasefire, now there's shots fired.

0:15.6

That is, new video of the Iranian drone strike today on the port city of Fujaira in the UAE.

0:23.4

That's an oil terminal you see burning there.

0:25.4

It is especially significant because of where it's located, which allows the Emirates to

0:29.8

export oil while avoiding the Strait of Hormuz.

0:32.6

That's a point, obviously, not lost on Tehran.

0:35.5

About seven miles off the coast from there,

0:37.6

tanker reported being hit on and on fire,

0:40.1

according to the British security clearinghouse

0:41.7

UL maritime trade operations.

0:44.4

For its part, Central Command says American forces,

0:46.7

quote, blew up six small Iranian boats in the strait,

0:50.1

all of which raises the obvious question

0:51.7

and the president was asked it late today.

0:55.3

Is the ceasefire over?

0:57.0

Is it over?

0:58.2

We're going to hit him tonight?

1:00.7

Well, I can't tell you that.

1:02.3

All right.

1:02.7

That's fine.

1:03.3

You wouldn't.

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