it s a choke point, and as american officials have been warning privately and publicly, a serious flash point. what about if they decide to block us off at the straits of hormuz. we have made it clear that the united states will not tolerate the blocking of the straits of hormuz. we will respond to that. the question tonight is, what will iran do next? what happens then? what s being done right now to head it off. barbara starr is here, and on the phone, curt lithal, former commander of the u.s.s. cole. what do you believe to be the intent of the iranians. were they trying to bait the u.s. military, provoke an altercation? maybe just a little bit of both, anderson. the thinking is that the iranians were not looking for a shooting match. they were going to break off, but they were going to cause a little heart-stopping action before they did that. one of the things here is look, the iranians gained intelligence by getting so close to u.s. navy ships. they were able to
mississippi hood general went back to block some of those pardons. he said they re a slap in the face to everyone in law enforcement. first, though, four of the convicted murder who is received full pardons were released on sunday, according to the mississippi department of corrections. one link between them, as inmates, they all worked at the governor s mansion on a type of work release program. one of those men is david gatlan. the shooting victim of the family he left behind are in a word, scared. martin? anderson, it s been a very chaotic last couple of hours as the legal wrangling has been underway to try to at least bring to a halt. as you point out, there has been success tonight on the part of the mississippi attorney general. they ve got that temporary injunction. what that means is that those who are still in prison who have not been released, they ll be in prison. as for those murderers, they re out but they ll have to report to the department of corrections on a
gatlin. i m andy levy and i will see you next time. merry christmas. bret: the obama administration reveals a new link between al-qaeda and the iranian regime. this is special report. bret: good evening. i m bret baier. the state department announced it is offering a sizable reward for information leading to the capture of a man believed to be brokering deals between al-qaeda and the iranian regime. it is the first time the reward for justice program has offered a bounty for a financier of terrorism. and this one is believed to be inside iran. national security correspondent jennifer griffin has more on the developing story.
they re going to get weaker. however this seesaw battle goes in the next few days, the impact of training, arms that are coming in, greater familiarity, it s going to tilt the balance in favor of the opposition. so from gadhafi s perspective, i think that time is not on his side and perhaps they understand this, but if they don t, then i hope that we ll do everything we can to encourage them to that effect. you say time is not on their side, on this evening, these two instruments of war are being taken off the table. the a-10, the tank killer can take gadhafi s troops off the ground. it s a very powerful war weapon, the ac-130, again the gatlin guns you see on the side here, this can be an incredibly painful experience that you re the ground forces and this is above you and you re coming in contact with, as of tonight, the
words. the term mama grizzly has come to define sarah palin politically. that s partly because of the popular video she launched last year touting female conservatives. you might remember that video became an internet sensation with a ton of buzz. it left a lot of people asking who made it. now the creators of that video are speaking out for the first time in an exclusive television interview. it turns out it was made by young guys with a background in country music. one is josh gatlin, son of larry gatlin from the gatlin brothers and the other eric welch, au music video producer who shot one of the gatlin brothers videos. we spoke with them how they produced it and what made it so unique. i was out on the road for five events just filming all around her, following her. like a fly on the wall. and then there was an emphasis, they wanted to focus on the 2010 midterms being very focused on women. i geared the lens toward finding