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 gauge the u.s.itary response as they come at the shapes. that gives them valuable information if the next time
warning privately and publicly, it is also a serious flash point. what about if they decide to block us off at the straits of hormuz? we made very clear that the united states will not tolerate blocking of the straits of hormuz. that s another red line for us and that we will respond to that. we will respond, he says. the question tonight is what will iran do next. what happens then. and what s being done right now to head off a crisis. barbara starr is at the pentagon. jill dougherty covering the diplomatic angle. and on the phone, kirk lippold, former commander of the uss cole. what does the u.s. believe the intent was? trying to bait the u.s. military, provoke an altercation? maybe a little bit of both. the thinking is is the iranians really 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 some intelligence by ge
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
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 gauge the u.s.itary respons
mitt romney spoke of creating jobs through capitalism. it s not to walk away from free enterprise or say there is something wrong with the free market system. to make it work for the american people. a new ad from the romney campaign defended his work at bain capital and portrayed him as conservative businessman. mitt romney helped create and ran a company that invested in struggling businesses, grew new ones and rebuilt old ones, creating thousands of jobs. those are the facts. today newt gingrich hammered romney s record at bain. let me be clear to question a presidential candidate claim he created job is not attac attacking capitalism. that questions a candidate. the attacks received support from afl-cio. i agree that some of the things that he says. not a lot. some evidence that the gingrich attack on the romney bain record may be having an impact. rasmussen poll has romney heading with 28%. gingrich surging to second with 21%. rick santorum dropping to a