lead to an unusual triple crown. he won by a length after disqualification at the kentucky derby. 10 to 1 long shot captured $19.5 million. war of will, the only horse to run in all three triple crown races, finished ninth. he won the preakness three weeks ago. new today, u.s. military aircrafts are hovering in the skies near the persian gulf as the head of centcom said the threat of war may be imminent. reporter: we re on the deck of the u.s.s. abraham lincoln in the north arabian sea. this was surged into the region about a month ago after the u.s. picked up intelligence that iran could be in the final stages of preparing an attack against americans here. this aircraft carrier is massive and it s not just a show of presence that we have from the carrier itself but you can see a
window of operational safety between jose and irma. this has been a large event. you re going to see a lot of positive stories from it. control expectations, on an island have to transport commodities, food and water pap long road ahead to bring electric power back online assembled two of the most powerful flotillas total of nine large ships. cut right to the kearsarge wasp mclean and uss abraham lincoln and iwo jima, an air craft carrier and large platform for helicopters. an operation, most americans, can t picture it, never mobilized for this type of emergency response nefrt our history. so to the extent i can assess it, pretty proud of that. the extent it meeds the need, hope it does, because we re saving hundreds if not thousands
the gap begins to close. so let s simplify things. let s close the gap between people and care. let s close the gap what s your favorite kind of cheerios? honey nut. but. chocolate is my other favorite. oh yeah, and frosted! what s your most favorite of all? hmm.the kind i have with you. me too. intervening in iraq, as insurgents move closer to baghdad, the u.s. military moving an air craft carrier into the region right now. what does the white house have planned? this latest crisis grows at the hour in iraq, what s next? anything surrounding the controversy of his disappearance is not part of reintegration. that will be addressed and an
presented to president obama. also, remember, there s still currently only one aircraft carrier in the region in the persian gulf. they would have to move an air craft carrier off the coast of syria if they were going to have a no-fly zone. shepard: a lot of discussion around here. anything from the syrian regime? well, at the united nations a short time ago the sirrian representative indicated the assad regime is being framed and reminded people about intelligence regarding wmd in iraqing which proved wrong. what hand in iraq is still alive in our mines. until this very moment. our region, ladies and gentlemen, is still living the consequenceses of such force. the syrian representative added that the assad regime would allow u.n. investigators in to investigate this amend
obama threatened tough sanctions against iran. december 4, iran captured a u.s. drone packed with high-tech military equipment and iran started warning it would shut down a critical oil route if sanctions went forward. the u.s. responded by sending a powerful air craft carrier into the area and threatening a military response. last wednesday two people killed an iranian nuclear scientist by attaching a bomb to his car. iran blamed the u.s. and israel and they denied any involvement. wendall goler is live at the white house. reporter: martin dempsey, the joint chiefs chair is meeting with his counterparts in