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Lanes are remain open and safe. i think there was some misreporting an confusion on this i want to be very clear. i know they spoke to it too but the purpose is not to do anything in terms of those iranian ships. >> today marie harf former boss jen psaki at the white house was asked about the remarks. her answer didn't provide much clarification. >> we always have contingency plans. that is what the united states does. we have the best military in the world but we also don't get ahead of predicting or laying out what we may or may not do. we're watching this closely. we're monitoring this clos...

the former governor haley barbour. before leaving office he gave 14 pardons including a murderer. in an exclusive interview with cnn, eps he's sorry and has found god and changed his life. he worked in the governor's office as part of a prison program for three years and talked with the governor he said every day. >> reporter: your pardon, as you probably know by now, has triggered a lot of outrage. not just yours, of course. but the pardons of other prisoners. >> yes, sir. >> reporter: what do you think about that? >> well, you know, if the lord lay it on the governor's heart, the i...

Against their own economy. 80% of their revenue comes out of their oil exports. it's hard for me to imagine they'd actually follow through with an attempt to close the gulf. unlike many of the think tanks in washington, though, i think they could do it fairly rapidly. they have a very powerful naval force in the persian gulf. they've got shore base missile batteries but it would force us and the gcc nation, saudi arabia, bahrain, et cetera, into military action against them. we would carry out military strikes, i'm sure of it, against their naval and air forces if they tried to close the persi...

support him. he's followed by ron paul at 22%. rick santorum is now third with 16%. newt gingrich is at 14%. michele bachmann is on the campaign trail in des moines right now, a day after one of her high profile advisers defected. bachmann is likely to face questions about the decision by state senator ken sorenson to jump ship and throw his support behind ron paul. we're keying an eye on bachmann's media event and we'll take you there live for some of the q and a session. he may be the front-runner but mitt romney isn't predicting how he will do in the iowa caucuses. he started ...

The exit of the u.s. forces from afghanistan. he said in a statement today. >> john: what else request fig do pakistanis get for opening up supply route? >> $1.1 billion in combat support funds that the u.s. frozen and will now process. pakistan's ambassador insisted the agreement to reopen borders was not part of a transaction but the pakistanis will gain more than a billion dollars. >> john: jennifer griffin for us at the pentagon. thanks. iran claims it test fired missiles capable of hitting israel. way of saying don't mess with us. they blocked oil tankers from entering strait of hormuz. t...