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
speech that includes free speech of corporations. the companies in this lawsuit argue that the f.d.a. is forcing producers of a lawful product to use their own packaging and advertising to convey an emotionally charged government message that will cost them millions of dollars at the very least. the f.d.a. isn t commenting saying it does not discuss pending litigation. but ironically the campaign may also prove costly to federal and state governments, which reap more than $50 billion in cigarette taxes and fees each year, shep. shepard: jonathan serrie live in atlanta tonight. john, thanks. watching television could be just as bad for you as smoking. that from a new study. we can t believe it here. researchers in australia say every hour you watch can cut your life expectancy by more than 20 minutes. that s if you are sitting in front of the tv. they say other studies have shown one cigarette only does half as much damage. yet another study offers a way to undo some of the damage. re