ahmadinejad on the spot. the president summoned before parliament for the first time since the 1979 revolution. conservative parliament members called him out on everything from the limping economy, which is a victim of u.s. sanctions, to his public disagreements with the ayatollah who of course is a supreme leader of iran. now, ahmadinejad tries to make jokes and he made no secret of his distain for the event saying, quote, the fact is that i tried not to attend this session, but i guess it was ordained that i should come, so there is nothing i could do about it. i met him once in person. that seems the way she would have delivered it. there s much more going on. president obama watched today as tehran action, and he used some of the strongest language while standing next to the prime minister of america s closest ally. they must infer they can t escape or invade the choice before it. meet your obligations or face the consequences. while leaving no room for doubt, the pr
u.s. ship. and they didn t respond to signals or voices. they re threatening to close the strait of hormuz. 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 thin
strait of hormuz. 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.
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
secretary pennetta has been made very clear on, he can sustain the current defense strategy if anything like those level of cuts are made. so a solution has to be found. we cannot sustain these additional defense cuts. but he also have to solve our overall fiscal problem. we are going to have to deal with the entitlements program. the biggest national security challenge we face is to get our economy growing, our people back to work, and get our fiscal situation in hand. it undergirds everything we do overseas and it is going to underminus overseas if we don t get our fiscal house in order. this is why people are paying attention and starting to get concerned, maybe alarmingly so. congress can t agree on a mother s day resolution so what gives you hope and optimism, which i know you always are, why are you optimistic they could come to a solution now before the sequestration were to