hello, everyone. let s start this hour with our reporter roulette. trying to stop gunfire on new year s eve. also we ll get a look at your weather for tomorrow night. and some good economic news. let s start with iran. flexing its military muscle. it s conducting naval exercises in the persian gulf. apparently to show the west what it s capable of if the west imposes new sanctions on iran s oil exports. let s bring in barbara starr, pentagon correspondent. she joins us now. barbara, you ve been following developments. what can you tell us about these exercises? isha, let s start with a photo, a picture that the iranians say they took of a u.s. aircraft carriers in north arabian sea. the only u.s. aircraft carrier out there is the uss john stennis. this film apparently taken from iranian aircraft. part of those naval exercises going on right now in the north arabian sea. it could be a tense weekend out in that region off iran s coastline. as these naval exercises continue.
good evening. i m harry smith, in for brian tonight. five days to go and iowans can t blink without seeing or hearing or bumping into a republican presidential candidate. the candidates are making final arguments before tuesday s caucus claiming they have the record, the values and the right stuff to win the nomination and win next november. chuck todd and peter alexander are in iowa tonight. we begin with peter in mason city. peter, good evening. reporter: harry, good evening to you. one sign that mitt romney s campaign is gaining confidence and looking forward to the opportunity to win here in iowa next week is the fact that today they announced they will host a party after tuesday night s caucuses and then stay overnight to do tv interviews before heading to new hampshire where romney is heavily favored. before a large crowd in this iowa city that inspired the broadway play the music man . i feel like breaking into 76 trombones but i will not do that right now. re
we started slipping down more. reporter: finally rescuers were able to get a harness and leash on lola and ivan and a rescuer pa perappelled down. ivan tells us he wants to treat the fire fighters to dinner and says he will be back in the hills soon how he gets his daily exercise. finally if he had to go over the edge again to rescue his dog he would do it. clayton sandell, abc news, los angeles. anybody who has a dog understands. understands. apparent leap hear much more about the rescue and from the young man later this morning on gma get a chance to hear more from him. lot of thankful people out there for that one. to the presidential race and republican voters have put mitt romney back on top in the latest national poll. romney has a four-point lead over newt gingrich and the first type since early november that the national poll shows romney ahead of gingrich. ron paul is in third place. since early december, romney has gained five points in the poll. gingrich
answered, send an e-mail to cnnhelpdesk@cnn.com. hello, everyone. let s start this hour with our reporter roulette. trying to stop gunfire on new year s eve. also we ll get a look at your weather for tomorrow night. and some good economic news. let s start with iran. flexing its military muscle. it s conducting naval exercises in the persian gulf. apparently to show the west what it s capable of if the west imposes new sanctions on iran s oil exports. let s bring in barbara starr, pentagon correspondent. she joins us now. barbara, you ve been following developments. what can you tell us about these exercises? isha, let s start with a photo, a picture that the iranians say they took of a u.s. aircraft carriers in north arabian sea. the only u.s. aircraft carrier out there is the uss john stennis. this film apparently taken from iranian aircraft. part of those naval exercises going on right now in the north arabian sea. it could be a tense weekend out in that region off i
we ll look back at the stories that inspired us from 2011, the stories that inspired us, shocked us. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning, welcome to today on a friday morning. i m matt lauer. good morning, everyone, i m savannah guthrie in for ann. it s the last friday of 2011. happy 54th birthday. you didn t have to say the 54. i was going to say isn t it great we celebrated our 40th in the same week. verizon is payicharging a convenience fee if you want to pay your bill online. didn t the people at verizon pay attention with what happened with bank of america a few months ago with the debit card fee? people are outraged at being nickelled and dimes. you got to pay extra to pay your bill so we ll get into that. a marine who made it through tours in iraq and afghanistan uninjured, forced into a fight for his life after being shot in florida. wait until you hear how he used his military training to survive. we ll talk to him live from t