necessarily be working and certainly not enough in terms of what republicans want to see mitt romney put up, which is evidence of that he created jobs at bain and to really flush out what his record there was. but we can tell, i think, from this reaction that the romney campaign is take on some water around bain and you ve seen this narrative particularly out of these super p.a.c.s trying to paint him as out of touch. they are talking about his failure to release tax returns, some disclosures around these s.e.c. filings to show he was on southeast company s documents after 1999. it is a problem. if you remember back when john kerry was running these swift boat ads starting to run in 2004 right before the election, this is beginning much earlier than that and democrats feel like they want to define mitt romney as often and as early as they can so that they almost knee
executive of a state. someone mo who has had to make tough decisions and also had more than a few failures in terms of creating jobs and meeting balanced can i tell yu he can t talk about his position as governor? as you know, he was 47th in states for job creation. but also in manufacturing, in 2002 when he was elected, there were 338,000 manufacturing jobs. according to federal data when he left office, there was a drop of 12%. and then there s that awkward fact of romney care. there s that. and then you call him a gymnast or a magician. when it comes to talking about the number of jobs at bain, and then i talk about his ideological promiscuity in terms of what he stands for. so, you know, i think the president s right. i think we re all right here that if mitt romney is going to run on his record as, you know, chief of bain capital and what they did, then he has to be accountable for the good and the bad. as crystal says he doesn t exactly seem to want to talk
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
threatening to close the strait as global pressure grows over its nuclear program. 17 million barrels of oil flow through the strait every day. it s a choke point. as american officials have been 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 shooti
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.