we re more than 78,000 people looking out for more than 70 million americans. that s health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. megyn: more on our breaking news out of the pentagon as it confirms iran fired on an unarmed u.s. drone on move 1. the unmanned predator drone was apparently conducting routine surveillance 16 miles off the coast and the attack marks the first time ever a u.s. drone has been fired upon by iranian fighter jets. we asked john bolton our former ambassador to the united nations to come back and he did. and back with us is our national security correspondent jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. jennifer you said the first time it happened within the drone was doing routine maritime surveillance. it wasn t hit. does the pentagon say this was an act of war?
when the two fighter jets fired at it. megyn: is that what we are supposed to do? the swiss are protecting power in tehran. i m sure it was a stiff note by the state department. if you don t like this kind of behavior from iran now, assuming our drone was in international air space. just imagine way it s going to be like when iran gets nuclear weapons. megyn: are they just trying to provocative with this? they are trying to show they are ready. they don t like this surveillance. i think they are worried more about israel taking military action, preemptive military action against their military program and they would love to bring down another american drone. it would be a proper began today coup for them if they could. it has the side benefit of increasing tensions in the persian gulf. i ll bet the oil traders are bidding up the price of petroleum on the international
in utah nor that. well, president obama has not even been sworn in officially yet, but some say he is already a lame duck due to the partisan gridlock that s come to define washington over the past few years. we ll debate what may and may not happen in the coming weeks, next. plus, our most important ally in the mideast warning it will go it alone against iran if necessary. does it signal that israel and prime minister benjamin netanyahu think that we, america, do not have their back? we ll talk about what s likely to happen there with john bolton. and the can t-miss moment of the day. an american soldier just back from war finding one of the biggest challenges of all is simply waiting to surprise his little girl. their heartwarming reunion ahead. you never stop missing those who make your life complete. i m nervous, like a first date. [ male announcer ] if you re eligible for medicare,
in the middle east remains that iran will get nuclear weapons unless israel or the united states acts militarily. i see zero chance the obama administration will do that, so people are necessarily concentrating on israel. i think president obama will put merciless pressure on israel not to use military force. i think he will try to affect the outcome of the israeli election in january and do what he can to make sure netanyahu s not reelected. that could include a very public discussion with iran bilaterally, it could include behind-the-scenes pressure. but i think the stakes are very high here. megyn: i want to talk to you about that because another news item that came out not long before the election was this report not long before the third debate which was on foreign policy was that president obama was about to sit down, or there d been an agreement tove h leadership at the top in iran, perhaps ahmadinejad. and the white house denied that
market. that s another plus for iran as well. megyn: this juan was in international air space versus iranian air space? that s what the pentagon says. the rq-170 sentinel hat went down in 2011, that went down over iranian air space and it was he eventually learned from u.s. officials, it was monitoring iran s nuclear sites. megyn: this is a more significant attempt because you are allowed to be in the international air space. thank you both. jennifer. ambassador. we appreciate you being here and we ll be right back. don t go away.