glenn: cpac is happening in washington, d.c. tomorrow night, i m there to close it i m the keynote speaker. you will see it at 6:00 live on fox. from new york, good night, america. bret: next on special report. we have another report about rules for american marines in afghanistan that make fighting and winning tougher and more dangerous. momentum builds for new sanctions against iran on the heels of new worries about its nuclear program. conservatives give an early indication of presidential preferences two and a half years before the next election. and tiger woods says he is sorry and chives the media for its coverage of his marriage and his affairs. all that plus the fox all stars and the friday lightning round right here, right now. bret: from washington. i m bret baire. this is a fox news alert. the justice department will not
bret: we told you earlier about more rules of war in afghanistan that could hamper nato s ability to win the war. we ll find out what the fox all stars think when we come back. (pouring rain)
iran has started tone rich its uranium to higher levels. iran continues to move ahead and we need to move quickly. iran may only be months or a few years away from a nuclear weapon. so the sooner sanctions are ratchetted up, the better. senior administration official tells fox the sanctions aren t ready for prime time. but, when they re, they will, quote, inflict quite a bit of bite. bret? bret: major garrett live on the north lawn. major, thank you. speaking of hostile territory, president obama today spent some time in a place where he has been the subject of open der recognition. derision. anita vogel explains from las vegas. harry reid has never stopped fighting. nevada senator harry reid stood shoulder to shoulder with president obama today in las vegas. while most senators welcome that kind of photo op. in an election year. it s moments like these that some political experts say hurt
bret: in world news, the u.s. has renamed its mission in iraq operation new dawn. meanwhile a senior u.s. commander says the period after iraq s upcoming parliamentary elections could be more dangerous than election day itself. reporter malini wilkes looks at the tensions that could boil over. angry protesters gather after hundreds of candidates got kicked off the ballot weeks before iraq s national elections. a shiite national election blacklisted the candidates, accusing them of ties to saddam hussein s baath party now outlawed in iraq. includes sunni politicians and many believe it s blatantly sectarian move that compromises the integrity of the march 7th voting. it s impossible to get rid of the sectarianism.
statement. it was cringe-inducing, i m sure a lot of it was sincere. too much information. this is private stuff. and, unfortunately, in our culture, there is nothing that is private anymore. bret: pretty amazing, juan, people were gathered around televisions i saw today. i was in the airport today. that s just the case. things shut down for a moment. because i think this is really not about an individual. it s about a corporate brand, tiger woods. it s about tiger woods as, you know, mr. perfect, the discipline guy. the guy who can go out there and do it all, especially for corporate america and for advertisers. he has taken a step back. i think that s what we saw today. was he was sending a signal. i think james rosen picked this up in his reporting this evening and saying, you know what? this is a signal to advertisers, he is coming back soon. get ready. the whole episode is sad and disappointing. i don t really care about tiger s endorsements. i think people spent way too muc