ideas of the party. jimmy carter and kennedy became the polar opposites within the party and jimmy carter on top of that had a feeling that the kennedys felt that they were above we southerners. it is a nasty contest. when someone asked jimmy carter in passing, what do you think of being challenged by ted kennedy. jimmy carter says i ll whip his ass. this is a special report from cbs news. the 174th day of the iran crisis brought a startling and tragic turn of events. the united states mounted a military operation into iran last night to rescue the american hostages. but it failed. eight helicopters took off from the deck of the aircraft carrier nimitz. the eight helicopters headed to a desert staging area 200 miles southeast of tehran. two of the helicopters experienced problems en route. but once on the ground, yet another helicopter malfunctioned. leaving only five for the mission. at that moment, the president scrubbed the mission.
was attacking him recently in the last couple of weeks saying the whole problem is protocol. how did he arrange this speech? this is not about the speech. it s about the deal. and the deal is heavily flawed. let me point out one other thing. you know, you re in the middle of negotiations with the iranians, so why do the iranian revolutionary guards put together a barge, which is a replica of a nimitz in the area i ve got the video. blast it in a military exercise. this is just february 25th. this is an iranian naval exercise off the straits of hormuz and has a u.s. navy replica for target practice. they are constantly burning the israeli flag, the american flag. that s correct.
replica of a nimitz in the area i ve got the video. blast it in a military exercise. this is just february 25th. this is an iranian naval exercise off the straits of hormuz and has a u.s. navy replica for target practice. they are constantly burning the israeli flag, the american flag. that s correct. these are the people you re negotiating with. and what are they doing? they want to humiliate you. they want to destroy a model of a united states aircraft carrier. what are they trying to show? they ve been mocking john kerry and saying that america s begging for a deal. and john kerry according to reports had to tell them to stop yelling at him. but i want to ask this. why was why did john kerry threaten prime minister
the persian gulf and sitting, my guess, in the arabian sea, and they can t sit there forever. so what does one do while we wait on diplomacy with those assets? well, you know, the navy will just keep a con tant rotation going out. they ll replace these with other vessels. as long as the capability remains there. these vessels can pull into port in the mediterranean. we have nato allies. with the range of the missile, they don t have to be close to syria to fire these. they can fire a missile from south of crete and reach anywhere south of syria. we have a long reach, can pull the vessels back, but a constant rotation of navy ships in to the area. i m fascinated how quickly one can move an aircraft carrier because the nimitz is in the red sea and the truman back east. fascinating to watch. and chris, you re tanked with doing that.
planes and you can t position and park many of those next to an urban school or a mosque. on the other hand, i spoke with the former general who commanded the air operation over kosovo who says the delay is making it more likely you re getting a cruse missile strike that will destroy the defense ministry without any defense ministers inside. they will have been moved to a hospital or mosque. puerto rico where they set up an office and are effecting command from there. pentagon officials say they are continuing right now to refine that target list, and when the president calls for it, it will be updated and ready. we talked about the navy warships positioning in the mediterranean. what s the significance of the warships heading to the area. some of it is just for show. the nimitz and its battle group