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13 sailors being held captive by somali pirates in the straigts f hormuz and draws the fury of the iranian military. up first tonight, the enormous stakes of new hampshires presidential primary. remember, it was in this state, the hillary clinton come back four years ago, sent the democratic race into the historic obama/clinton marathon. tonight, starkly new numbers suggests former massachusetts governor mitt romney could all but lock up this cycles republican race this month with a ...

Jenna, if iran would make a move to shut down the strait of hormuz that would be the end of the iranian regime. i doubt that would happen. that would give us a excuse to go in there and wipe out their nuclear program. that would be it. i tell you this i think the situation in iran is bluster and blow. they knew they would get hit with the sanctions next year. they know people will not be in the market for their oil next year. i think theyre trying to get the price high so they can make a little ...

Move to shut down the strait of hormuz that would be the end of the iranian regime. i doubt that would happen. that would give us a excuse to go in there and wipe out their nuclear program. that would be it. i tell you this i think the situation in iran is bluster and blow. they knew they would get hit with the sanctions next year. they know people will not be in the market for their oil next year. i think theyre trying to get the price high so they can make a little bit of money before the worl...

Danger is if we were to accede to their demand and not show a forceful presence under international law which is freedom of transit of the seas and these straits that we are supposed to do. if we dont do that and we allow them to bluster us into a position of weakness, that would fit a pattern where -- he cant have that. that would make it all a lot worse. martha: lets talk oil prices for a while. whats the impact now and whats in the near future? >> we saw oil prices close yesterday eight month...

The strait of hormuz. >> the on thing that would cause danger is if we were to accede to their demand and not show a forceful presence under international law which is freedom of transit of the seas and these straits that we are supposed to do. if we dont do that and we allow them to bluster us into a position of weakness, that would fit a pattern where -- he cant have that. that would make it all a lot worse. martha: lets talk oil prices for a while. whats the impact now and whats in the near f...

While theres a lot of bluster and military chiefs gave soundbites had a lot of brevado, the video shows somebody with a whole lot of hot air and probably not a lot of military capability in order to back up those threats if the world actually decides to take any action against their nuclear program. ali? >> totally different story if they had a nuclear weapon, though, and especially if they have a -- >> exactly. >> now they have a rod. >> exactly. thanks so much for that report. lets get to the ...

Four years ago, 61% of young voters said they were definitely likely to vote themselves. now its 50%. so across the board -- >> let me stop you there for one second, connor. is that because theyre disen cha enchanted with obama somehow, that the luster has gone off a then very inspiring 2008 campaign? what would you contribute that to? >> i think definitely on some level, you have seen president obamas approval ratings, which started out very high among millennials in our generation decline quit...

Four years ago, 61% of young voters said they were definitely likely to vote themselves. now its 50%. so across the board -- >> let me stop you there for one second, connor. is that because theyre disen cha enchanted with obama somehow, that the luster has gone off a then very inspiring 2008 campaign? what would you contribute that to? >> i think definitely on some level, you have seen president obamas approval ratings, which started out very high among millennials in our generation decline quit...

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Capabilities and perhaps other units as well. the biggest risk would be mines that the iranians would try to lay in the straits but our minesweeping capability is such i think we would wrap that up fairly closely. i dont think even with a government like irans that theyre so irrational they really intend to do this simply against the threat of economic sanctions. gregg: in your judgement do they feel as though washington is weak and thus they sort of can get away with this bluster and bravado? >...