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This is CNN breaking news.

We begin this hour with breaking news.

A new standoff is unfolding in the strait of her moose.

Iran's Navy says it has prevented U.S. military ships from entering the waterway,

that according to Iran's state media.

Hours earlier, President Trump announced that the U.S. military would, quote,

guide stranded vessels through the critical oil shipping route, beginning today.

And the U.S. Military Central Command is denying Iran's claims that its Navy hit a U.S. warship with two missiles. Sentcom saying no U.S. Navy ship was struck and that U.S.

forces will guide ships through the strait as part of what's called Project Freedom. We're covering all the late-breaking developments of this very important story. Let's begin over the White House with CNN's Kevin Liptack. Kevin, what are you learning this morning? Well, if I think it's clear that the president is looking for a way to break the standoff here, as the talks appear at a stalemate, as the Strait of Hormuz remains in a chokehold,

the president clearly looking for a way to drive some of this forward. Now, how exactly the U.S. is

going to guide these ships through this critical waterway remains somewhat unclear. U.S. official

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