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Always get, you know, the department of justice in there and international legal aspect of this. so we have always had sort of a committee approach to understanding the issues, and by the way, bringing in our allies and keeping them apprised of our thinking. i think most of that process has evaporated and we saw it if the reporting is correct, and ill bet it is, that he actually ordered a strike and then stopped it during launch. this is the kind of miscalculation that will lead to a shooting wa...

Maritime units in particular. we cant keep the gulf open if the iranians wanted to stop it. we could never find all the missile batteries and the artillery, but we definitely, theyve got something to lose out of a war also. we could go after their oil industry. >> yep. >> theyve got a collapsing economy at the moment, and that has been. and i guess thats the point, sir, because you understand the region well, you understand the military well. there are lots of things between now and war. >> yeah...

That america was ready to strike iran tonight in the early dawn hours iran time. is that -- will that signal help, general? >> well, you know, it may well be appropriate from a tactical viewpoint, but again, the question is what are we trying to achieve, if we want to renegotiate the nuclear accord, one of the lesson number one of diplomacy is talk nice to people in public, and threaten them if you must in private. weve got it reversed. its unlikely to change iranian behavior by public belidge r...

Obviously the administration didnt ask "the new york times" to withhold the story, theyre okay with the signaling to iran that america was ready to strike iran tonight in the early dawn hours iran time. is that -- will that signal help, general? >> well, you know, it may well be appropriate from a tactical viewpoint, but again, the question is what are we trying to achieve, if we want to renegotiate the nuclear accord, one of the lesson number one of diplomacy is talk nice to people in public, a...

A dozen tornados and we could get a repeat in the new workweek. well look apt the satellite radar. had he every snow over the gulf of mexico . see the -- gulf open with ape lot of moisture. we could have severe weather in the central u.s.. again a multifaceted storm with cold temperatures and the snow. some areas seeing a foot of snow . well see it again unfortunately in colorado and toward the northern rocky. it is 18 inches more. well continue to watch the threat for the storms starting in wed...

Battle, were prepared to deal with it. able to deal with communications, handling marines were seeing a stepping up by the u.s. sending a signal to assure israel we have the forces in the region necessary to allies, that were keeping the gulf open and will maintain the strait of hormuz to countries in the region and to us as well. i think that its also sending a signal to iran. were serious, we mean business. we want you to comply with the sanction requirements. were going to tighten them the ne...

Protected the wetlands. wetlands are the long-term health of the gulf. as long as we row tech those wetlands, we can recover an recover relatively quickly. >> researchers from tulane, university ha been looking specifically at blue crab larva and theyve been founding these bulldog blobs under these tiny shells. they believe it may contain a signature from correctsit, the di dispersant most widely used by bp. >> thats one of the things it does. it helps transport rapidly to the skin and cell wall...

Undocumented dont qualify. they claim because of legal status, even their american children were denied health care. like those families, sandra says she will have to start all over again in a new state. at least for now, she says, shell have her family by her side. thelma gutierrez, cnn, albuquerque, new mexico. coming up now on the half hour, that means its time for this mornings top stories. coast guard admiraled that mira says hes optimistic. with all of the seafood tests clean officials i...

Well, that leaves 95.5% of the gulf open. they extended the area which we can go out and fish down to over 25 miles. which means they know something that they say they can close it quickly if they have to, but right now for ten days we can go out 25 miles where thursday we could only go out three miles past the barrier islands. so weve got more room and the guys are glad to be hearing this and a lot of them are heading out to get where the bigger fish are and are good to eat. >> well, sir, how m...