Address to deal with a breaking development in the persian gulf. Iran seized two small u. S. Navy boats and took 10 crew members into custody. Cbs News National security correspondent david martin is following the story at the pentagon. Reporter the two small boats were on route from kuwait to bahrain but ended up on irans farsi island in the persian gulf. U. S. Officials believe the boats and the 10 sailors aboard were picked up after they had suffered a mechanical breakdown and drifted into iranian territorial waters. Officials do not know if shots were fired, but say irans foreign minister has personally assured secretary of state kerry the sailors will be allowed to continue their journey. It would seem a harmless incident, except that two weeks ago, Iranian Revolutionary guard ships fired off rockets within a mile of the american Aircraft Carrier truman. The rockets were aimed the other way, but firing live munitions in the middle of crowded shipping lanes drew a strong scott, u.
It would seem a harmless incident, except that two weeks ago, Iranian Revolutionary guard ships fired off rockets within a mile of the american Aircraft Carrier truman. The rockets were aimed the other way, but firing live munitions in the middle of crowded shipping lanes drew a strong protest from the u. S. Scott, u. S. Officials expect the sailors will be allowed to continue their journey as soon as it is daylight in the persian gulf. Pelley david martin reporting at the pentagon. Dade, thank you. Tonight, cbs news has confirmed that 10 yemenis held at guatanamo bay will be transferred to middle Eastern Countries willing to take them. With that the population at the u. S. Detention camp for terror suspects will fall below 100 for the first time. President obama had vowed to close guantanamo in his first address to congress in 2009 but congress so far has blocked him. In just a short while, we will Union Address from the 44th president , but first, the battle to become the 45th. A new
Special guest at the capitol tonight. People often say, youre doing a great job raising him, and i say, hes raising me, too. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley president obama interrupted preparations for tonights state of the Union Address to deal with a breaking development in the persian gulf. Iran seized two small u. S. Navy boats and took 10 crew members into custody. Cbs News National security correspondent david martin is following the story at the pentagon. Reporter the two small boats were on route from kuwait to bahrain but ended up on irans farsi island in the persian gulf. U. S. Officials believe the boats and the 10 sailors aboard were picked up after they had suffered a mechanical breakdown and drifted into iranian territorial waters. Officials do not know if shots were fired, but say irans assured secretary of state kerry the sailors will be allowed to continue their journey. It would seem a harmless incident, except that t
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley president obama interrupted preparations for tonights state of the Union Address to deal with a breaking development in the persian gulf. Iran seized two small u. S. Navy boats and took 10 crew members into custody. Cbs News National security correspondent david martin is following the story at the pentagon. Reporter the two small boats were on route from kuwait to bahrain but ended up on irans farsi island in the persian gulf. U. S. Officials believe the boats and the 10 sailors aboard were picked up after they had suffered a mechanical breakdown and drifted into iranian territorial waters. Officials do not know if shots were fired, but say irans foreign minister has personally assured secretary of state kerry the sailors will be allowed to continue their journey. It would seem a harmless incident, except that two weeks ships fired off rockets within a mile of the american Aircraft Carrier truman. The r
Pelley this is our western edition. President obama interrupted preparations for tonights state of the Union Address to deal with a breaking development in the persian gulf. Iran seized two small u. S. Navy boats and took 10 crew members into custody. Cbs News National security correspondent david martin is following the story at the pentagon. Ep reporter the two small boats were on route from kuwait to bahrain but ended up on irans farsi island in the persian gulf. U. S. Officials believe the boats and the 10 sailors aboard were picked up after they had suffered a mechanical breakdown and drifted into iranian territorial waters. Officials do not know if shots were fired, but say irans foreign minister has personally assured secretary of state kerry the sailors will be allowed to continue their journey. It would seem a harmless incident, except that two weeks ago, Iranian Revolutionary guard ships fired off rockets within a mile of the american Aircraft Carrier truman. The rockets were