as an example, we recently arrested an individual, an iranian-american, who had, according to the indictment, plotted to utilize an individual association with the mexican keitel to assassinate the saudi ambassador in washington, d.c. that quite obviously implicates somewhat more than a criminal case. consequently, the impact on international relations -- it is implicated in terms of what we do, and consequently, there is an exchange and understanding of what is going to happen, although the justice department and ourselves will do what we believe is best, regardless of that. nonetheless, there has to be a dialogue on the implications and impact of a case such as that. the relationship has evolved -- evolved over time. it goes without saying that the president and others should not, have not interfered with investigations that have to be handled independently. so that stricture is still there and adhered to, but on the other hand, because of the, again, globalization, the seeping across or leaking across of information and impact of cases, there has to be a different dialogue now than there

an earful. >> one thing that i don't understand, you're dressed like an american. >> yes. i am an american. i'm american iranian. >> you know, there's only one kind of american and that's american. >> yeah, i grew up, i was born here, i grew up here. >> my ancestors are from holland, but i don't claim to be a dutch american. i'm an american american. if you want to be mainstream. >> yeah. >> then you're no longer an iranian muslim. you're an american. >> reporter: what they heard time after time was this -- why don't american muslims do more to denounce terrorism? >> why are there not more voices being brought to the forefront criticizing the muslims who are being extreme? >> reporter: it's no joke. deep in the bible belt, the comics contrived a little quiz. >> people of birmingham, come play a game with us. name that religion. you can win prizes. >> if anyone says, i love god but hates the brothers or sisters, he is a liar. whoever loves god must also love the brothers and sisters. old testament, new testament or the koran. >> i would go with old testament or koran. oh, new testament. >> there's not a lot of d

iranian state television broadcasting video of a man claims is a captured american spy. look at this he's identified as an iranian american from arizona. he joined the u.s. army after graduating from high school. served in iraq and received training in languages and espionage. he says he was sent to iran by the cia. so far the cia has made no comment on that report. >>> the news agency is reporting the united states is on the verge of transferring taliban prisoners held in guantanamo bay to afghan government custody. senior u.s. officials have been in secret talks with afghan taliban insurgents for the past ten month. and now reportedly the u.s. is offering to transfer taliban prisoners from guantanamo in exchange for actions by the taliban leadership. that reportedly includes denouncing international terrorism and a willingness to enter into former political talks with the afghan government. >>> this morning there are new concerns about the stability of the korean peninsula. after the death of north korean president of kim jong il. carroll han is in our washington, d.c. newsroom now. for carol. >> report

as an iranian american i am concerned about rumors that you may be planning a trip to iran. the pro-government press has written more than once that you have been invited to come to iran and you have accepted. they would consider that a coup if it happened. >> i have been invited for many years. one of my films, might have been bowling for columbine won the top prize to the teheran film festival and the prize was a beautiful persian rug. i am not going to iran. i don't know if it is really -- the thing with iran, i have been very active -- they have a couple filmmaker's essentially under house arrest and i have been active with other film makers in trying to convince the iranian government to leave them alone--the iranian films -- they have the greatest filmmakers in iran. if you have a chance to see an iranian film they are really good. there is definitely a country that loves the movies and we saw through the green movement year or two ago that there is a huge sentiment in the country to be free of the dictates of those who would want to run the country. iran is a democrac

according to iranian authorities, this is a taped confession of an american spy. shown being interviewed. iranian officials say he's a cia analyst who's worked with iraqi officers. the u.s. state department acknowledges his name, that he's been detained in iran and says they falsely accuse people of cnn. his family in michigan would not go on camera, but they told us it's been 100 days since they last heard from amir. they say he went to iran to visit elderly relatives in august and has been detained since then in the prison where three american hikers were held in. in a state, the family says amir has never had affiliations with the cia. his family tells us what before his trip, he got permission to enter -- about his u.s. military service, everything, and that he was told here that it would be no problem. we want to talk to people at the intersection to see what the problem is now. haven't been able to reach them by phone yet. i'm going to knock on the door, see if anything can talk to us. hi. i'm brian todd with cnn. i wanted to see if someone could talk to us

exactly inevitably in the other way around i just wonder if we americans would have seen an iranian drone flying over of the united states have the americans would have reacted as an r.q. one seventy advanced stealth reconnaissance drone which what i'm hearing. said they lost it over afghanistan last week others are saying the iranians must be busily looking at this drone and what a great way of. creating technology transfer this is an incredibly serious event and it's of course against international law the united states yet again breaking international law with these drones you see this is provocative towards iran it's already threatened reprisal obviously not just shooting this drone down but also the reprise will not be limited to their country's borders what should we read into that. i think. iran has been looking to allies in the region and gosh it has a lot of allies if you think of that pakistan won't even be at the bomb conference of afghanistan and. the iranians iran has never been less isolated arguably and if if well over here in london we were hearing all week about the diplo

. >>> iranian state tv is broadcasting video of a man it claims is a captured american spy. he's identified as an iranian- american from arizona. in this video, the man says he joined the u.s. army after graduating from high school, served in iraq and received training in larges and espionage. etch says he was -- he says he was sent to iran by the cia. so far the cia has not commented on the report. >>> our time is now 7:17. we have an update on the final pullout of soldiers of iraq of american soldiers hoping to come home from christmas. these are the last troops leaving iraq yesterday. the 110-vehicle convoy made the five-hour trip crossing over into kuwait. they left in darkness and in very strict secrecy to try to prevent any final insurgent attacks. the troops are now being processed. some of them may fly back here in the united states the next few days. >> we were the last ones. wow. the last ones. can't explain it. >> although the war is over, the united states will still keep a heavy presence there. >>> and here in the bay area, homecoming celebrations are already happening as military me

an iranian american man who is being held on spying charges in iran is being told he has got to face elatives and his family says he was forced to confess in a televised video. the state department says he is being falsely accused. >> the faa just announced new sweeping changes to prevent pilots from flying fatigued. 50 people were killed. federal transportation investigators did not cite fatigue as a direct cause of the crash but said neither pilot appeared to have slept in a bed the night before. there are tens of thousands, right, of flights every day around the world. showing all the flights in air right now. leading into the holidays there is 43.3 million people who will fly. under the old rules which were unchanged since the 1960s, pilots potentially worked overnight shifts of up to 16 hours. the eight hours could include eating, showering, and going to hotel. a workday could be extended if a pilot flew an empty play. now under the new rules duties would range from nine to 14 hours, beginning when reporting to duty and end when parking the plain. minimum rest periods of ten hour

corner-mail, as an iranian american i am concerned about rumors that you may be planning a trip to ron. the pro-government press has my written more than once a yearn have been invited to come and you have accepted. they would consider that a coup if it happened. >> i have been invited for many years. i think one of my films, it might have been bowling for i yearsine, won the top prize investable a number of years agp the top prize was a beautifull persian rug that they sent me. no, not going there to the film festival i don't know if it isy. an, iy -- you know, the thing is , i'm very active in a lasthe year to., theye uple've had a couple of filmmakers, since been under house arrest, and i have been active with other film makers ie this country trying to convince the iranian government to release them, leave them alone, let them make the film's.heme the iranian films, some of the greatest filmmakers. have a chance to see a phone, there really to are really good. so there is definitely a countrs that loves movies. through ink, you know, we saw through the movement here your o two ago

of course we will continue our special election coverage throughout the evening iranian forces have shut down an american manned drone in the east of the country that's according to iran's state news agency the aircraft used for spying was reportedly downed with minimum damage and seized by iranian authorities american radio host an independent blogger steve lemmon says these tactics are nothing new from the u.s. these drones but you were. carson's. been doing it so in america for so doing in many other countries. person so many teams there would be. rather you all. we wanted to change the regime to make it subservient to you which interest. is there is that curry's the notion believes it is the right tools or b. to run it'll be able to conduct its over thirty years it doesn't have to get a war in washington disagree do you realize the karzai. steven lemon talking to me a little earlier syria has reportedly accepted the arab league's plan to send a mission of foreign observers into the country this comes in the wake of sustained foreign pressure in damascus with the un's high commissioner for human right

. >>> iranian state television broadcasting video of a man they say has confessed to being a cia spy. identifying the man as an american who received special training to infiltrate iran's secret services. sources telling fox news there is no evidence the person paraded on iranian tv works for the cia. immarianne rafferty. you now, back to "geraldo at ger large." large live in kau ksh -- kuwait. >> today's historic election was a milestone. after decades of repression and dictatorship under saadah hi hussein years of violence has evolved to a democracy is something that words cannot fully express. it is like philadelphia in 76 like the berlin wall falling in 1989679 it was an amazing day. each of you should have been there to see it. it was a day that would make you proud to be an american. what i would like you to do is see some of the sights and sounds that so touched us that so inspire us. watch the people of iraq exercising the new found right to democracy. the headline here an amazing turnout. a wonderful turnout. an inspiring turnout. you folks who live in the united states who are watching this just be proud of t

an alleged confession of a man they claim is a cia spy who infiltrated iran's secret services. he's an american iranianho received special training at military bases in iraq and afghanistan before heading to iran before his alleged intelligence mission. it shows him quote-unquote confessing and describing his mission. sources telling fox news there is no evidence this person paraded on iranian tv works for the cia. the u.s. military recording the final troops left iraq after nearly 9 years of war. it has ended. the final convoy crossing this morning. armored vehicles carrying troops through the night. it comes at a high price. 4500 american lives 100,000 iraqi lives. the war began in 2003 with an attack called shock and awe with missiles targeting baghdad to kick out then president and now dead sadam hussein. the nearly 9 years of war costing $800 billion. >>> the house set to vote on a senate bill extending the payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for another two months. the senate passing their legislation. they are after a deal to extend the tax cuts for a year. speaker john boehner voicing his disp

. >>> pentagon is being very tight-lipped about the images on iranian television of an american drone captured last week. they say it was reassembled parts of other aircraft, the capture is considered a major blow to american intelligence. it is a valuable government secrets. >> turning now to weather, it was chilly this morning. >>> we had some black eyes and did not even have rain. lots of sunshine today. happy birthday to my grandmother, 83. look at this shot from this morning. there was frost on the golf course at the river bend golf and country club. the frost worked its way out of there and melted away. look at some of these numbers outside. 46 degrees in the district and fairfax 47 degrees. we will continue to see these temperatures climbing a little for the afternoon. yesterday it was 45 untypically we are at 49 degrees. we are a little below average. 40 degrees downtown officially and 49 degrees in raleigh. we have cooler weather filling in. there is a cold front off to our west. we were watching a little snow shower action but it will not bring any precipitation just clouds.

they're loaded on and on and on, the more they're hitting ordinary people so that now if you're an iranian-americand you want to send money home to your old mother, it's almost impossible to find any bank that will handle the transaction even though there's a so-called humanitarian exception to sanctions. and if we formally sanction the central bank, it will be even more difficult. so i think that, actually, we've gotten carried away with sanctions. it's become the default option, and, you know, that's all they ever talk about in congress because there's another israel or pro-israel organization for whom it is all they to is write sanctions bills, and you know who i'm talking about. in terms of whether dialogue is still possible, obviously, it's very difficult because of the divisions. but, you know, ahmadinejad came to the u.n., and he repeated three or four times -- i was at one session where he said it -- that iran would stop enriching uranium to 20% if iran got fuel for the tehran research reactor which, by the way, was provided by the united states back in the 1960s under adams for peace. as f

iranian forces have shot down an american unmanned drone in the east of the country that's according to iran's state news agency the aircraft used for spying was reportedly downed with minimum damage and seized by iranian authorities american radio host and independent blogger steven lemmon has told me that these tactics are nothing new from the u.s. . these drones but you were. recorded since. we've been doing it so in america for so doing in many other countries. for since i'm a. brother you all will. be easy we want you to change the regime to make use of syrians to you which interest. is this the currys the notion believes it is the right. to run it's all government to conduct it's over thirty years it doesn't have to go into war she was disagrees you do realize the costly. to syria now and it's reportedly accepted the arab league's plan to send the mission of foreign observers into the country this comes in the way can sustain foreign pressure on damascus with the un's high commissioner for human rights calling for international intervention she said four thousand people have bee

iranian forces have shot down an american unmanned drone in the east of the country that's according to iran's state news agency the aircraft used for spying was reportedly down with minimum damage and seized by iranian authorities well to discuss the tense situation around the islamic republic i'm now joined live from chicago by steven lemon who is a radio host and independent blogger steven it's reported the aircraft carried no weapons so it does look like that its main purpose was reconnaissance what do you think it was up to what was it looking for. well it's a spy plane bill these drones patrol you were supporters reconnaissance spying he's been doing it in america for some time he's doing it in many other countries he's been spying on iran for a long time person cement hundred seventy s. bill america instead of running on a war with the. b.b.c. we wanted to change the regime to make it subservient to you which interest in revenues the as the as the khorasan notion that it believes it is the right to his own sovereignty to run its own government to conduct its overthe years it do

promise that operations against intruding drones will continue may not be limited to iranian borders american radio host an independent blogger stephen then says the highly volatile situation in the region has brought the world to the edge of global war fare. rare is not libya iran is a big country powerful military could affect get weapons is going to weapons they can reach us in the region they can reach israel iran has been very blunt saying if the carrots but israel. if we were for it will fire a very good tear gas released if it can you were speechless and i'm sure you'll do it we're talking about something very serious we're talking about the possibility of a general war derail given a name we're all three. an author and journalist afshin rattansi believes that the incident is a clear breach of international law. there's narky one seventy advanced stealth reconnaissance drone which what i'm hearing is said they lost it over afghanistan last week others are saying must be busily looking at this drone and what a great way of. creating technology transfer this is an incredibly serious event and it's of

confirmed a drone shown on iranian tv is an american aircraft.n intact drone on a pedestal with uniformed people looking over it. the u.s. has said the aircraft crashed but iran claims its forces shot it down last week. the u.s. officials add they have no reason to believe the video of the drone is fake or fraudulent. blu also say it would be very hard to fake such a display. >>> on the case right now, the maintenance man accused of beating, raping and stabbing a 7-year-old girl and then dumping her body in a trash compactor. well, that person has just gone to court for the first time now. 20-year-old ryan brunn wore a bullet-proof vest for his first appearance before a judge. sunny hostin is on the case. so sunny, what are the charges being imposed on him? >> he was arrested on suspicion of murder and false statements to authorities. so certainly, he is the only suspect in this case. and police believe that they have the right man responsible for the murder of the little 7-year-old. >> he is wearing a bullet-proof vest. what's the reason why? >>

to the news this hour iranian forces say they've shot down an american unmanned drone in the east of the country the craft he used for spying was recovered on the ground large and damaged also on journalist afshin rattansi says the u.s. has broken international law by sending the drone to you ron. there's an r.q. one seventy advanced stealth reconnaissance drone which what i'm hearing is they lost it over afghanistan last week others are saying iranians must be busily looking at this drone and what a great way of. creating technology transfer this is an incredibly serious event and it's of course against international law the united states yet again breaking international law with these dreams it's interesting that even some neo conservatives criticizing obama saying well we're talking about nuclear facilities iran is thinking about a much bigger game and this is really about influence within the region egypt is a big loss in states after the fall of the u.s. back to where barak from the atlantic to be indian oceans and of course even greece backing some oil sanctions against syria a

. >>> iranian authorities denied a request from the u.s. to return an american spy drone. iran's government said it captured the unmanned aircraft last week. iranian officials said the u.s. should apologize for invading the u.s. airspace instead of asking for the drone's return. >>> boehner expects the house to pass their version of the payroll extension. they freeze the pay of federal workers and reducing the amount of long-term unemployment to be given out, and democrats say it will not pass because it forces the president to approve a controversial pipeline. >>> right now, on capitol hill, four occupy d.c. protesters on a hunger strike are demanding district voting rights. the demonstrators say they refuse to eat until congress grants d.c. full representation instead of a nonvoting house delegate. yesterday they tried to meet with harry reid and rogers. >>> a billionaire that owns the new jersey nets is running for president of russia. he decided to challenge prime minister, vladimir putin, after boycotting the elections. he plans to make current president his prime mini

>> a fox urgent, we're learning iran claims it has arrested an american-born spy working for the cia. airing on iranian state television claiming this is a man born in arizona according to the iranian state television was trying to infiltrate the service and station is running quote, unquote, his confession. our news room is gathering information on this. we can tell you u.s. officials have not confirmed any of this and analysts say that iran has been making claims like this previously and even in recent days, none of them really have turned up much. just last tuesday, we reported iran said it indicted 15 people on charges of spying for the u.s. and israel and fox news is working and we will abury it to you as soon as we have more information. >> i'm harris falkner, this is the fox report, also, tonight. >> and that is the last truth, the last vehicle, the war is over. sngsly, for the united states in iraq. and there they are. >> ending, not with a treaty or a battle, but with border crossing and inside the last convoy, emotions running deep. >> and the last one, can't explain it. >> we really, truly w

. >>> iranian television released video of what they're calling an american spy to infiltrate iran's intelligence services. the video identifies the man as amir from arizona. he joined the united states army after graduating from high school in 2001 and served in iraq and received training in languages and espionage. iran has frequently announced the arrest of alleged american informants accused of spying on the nuclear program. the cia has not yet commented on this video. >>> today the man accused of trying to assassinate barack obama will be back in federal court for a detention hearing. on friday a judge ruled oscar ortega hernandez is competent to stand trial without any more mental health evaluations. prosecutors asked for more extensive tests, but the judge denied the request. a preliminary psychiatric screening already found ortega hernandez competent. he is accused of firing an assault rifle at the white house last month. president obama was out of town at the time. >>> it was not an elegant win, but the redskins will certainly take it. the burgundy and gold have no shot of m

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official tells cbs news there is high confidence that iran did in fact capture an american spy plane. the iranian government showed off what it says is the unmanned u.s. drone on state television. it's one of our country's most sophisticated spy planes. it disappeared over iran this weekend. exactly how it was captured remains a mystery. >> we look at the images and there are folks looking at them. >> when u.s. technology falls into the wrong hands, it's always a concern. >> the pentagon has not confirmed that iran has the drone. experts say the plane appears to be in good condition. >> 16 miles that commuters have been dreaming about four years. >> bring families closer together. >> the major deal bringing bart's south bay expansion one step closer to reality. >>> how do you lose pieces of the moon? the mystery at nasa. ,,,,,, keurig has a wide variety of gourmet coffee and tea to choose from. keurig is the way to brew fresh, delicious coffee in under a minute. way to brew. so with keurig, every cup tastes like it's brewed just for you. because it is. it made a mistake, when it repaved a portion

lost control of an armed uav last week over western afghanistan and the military is determining it's status. iranian state television that iran's military shot down an unmanned american spy plane like this one along its border with afghanistan. so far nato is not connecting iran's statement to its own. stay tuned. >> heather: right now u.s. military personnel are leaving a pakistani air base. u.s. cargo planes arriving at the base to assist in the evacuation orders following a severe backlash last month air strike that accidentally killed 24 pakistani scattered showers. pakistani government has been demanding that the u.s. leave the base prompting many pakistanis to hit the streets in protest. it's viewed as part of the c.i.a. predator drone program. >> gregg: senator john mccain with a big warning about u.s. aid to pakistan saying that the billions of dollars that we give the country must come with strings attached. >> we tried to cut relations off with pakistan for ten years and it didn't work. we have to address it in realistic fashion and aid has to be gaged on the degree of cooperation that they are showing us in helping us prevent the needless deaths of young a

iranian state t.v. is showing footage of an american spy drone that officials claim was downed by the military last week the revolutionary guard says it was captured by electronic ambush and grounded near the afghan border around confirm six years ago that the u.s. was sending surveillance craft to spy on its military and nuclear facilities the pentagon says iran is unlikely to recover data from the drug. i was in debt channel has more developments in iran and other stories from around the world. today. and these are the images the world seeing from the streets of canada. operations. policeman has been killed another four people injured in the north caucasus republic of dagestan it out happened on thursday when police officers arrived at the site of a road accident and that call came under fire it's unclear who the attackers were therefore she's still working out the crime scene north caucasus region remains one of the ways volatile of the country in dagestan has been gripped by always daily violence between authorities and extremists. american anti corporate on keep my protesters in boston we've given

iranian state t.v. has shown footage of an american spy drone that officials claim was down by the military last week the revolutionary guard says it was captured by electronic ambush ungrounded near the afghan border iran confirmed six years ago that the u.s. was sending surveillance craft to spy on its military and nuclear facilities the pentagon says iran is on lightly to recover data from the drug. but artie's in the you tube channel has more on developments in iran and other stories from around the world. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. showing corporations are on the day. admission free accreditation free transport charges free. range minsk free risk free studio type free. download free broadcast quality video for your media projects a free media dog r.t. dot com. expressed nutritious and delicious products on the price of healthy eating. we need to test these foods for toxicity allergenicity immune response lower nutrition and for environmental contamination don't you feel like a law brought some consider

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iranian state t.v. is showing footage of an american spy drone that officials claim was downed by the military last week the revolutionary guard says it was captured by electronic ambush and grounded near the afghan border around confirm six years ago that the u.s. was sending surveillance craft to spy on its military and nuclear facilities the pentagon says iran is unlikely to recover data from the train. i village the dishes of all moscow out programs coming your way see it up next though let's get a live business report with kids. thank you alice now there is an east to west divide on the markets today in europe is a flat out of the e.u. summit which saw a majority of the bloc commit themselves to tighter fiscal rules to save the euro but here russia sharply down that also seems to be for political reasons what we hearing more about that in a moment but first let's have a look at those numbers the sell off of both the all ts and the my sex appears to be speeding up in the mid session but the bulls are down more than four percent let's have a look at some individual moves on the my sex all mages are d

official telling cbs news there is high confidence that iran did in fact capture an american spy plane. the iraniannment showed off what is said to be an unmanned u.s. drone on state tv. it is one of our country's most sophisticated spy planes. it disappeared over iran this weekend. exactly how it was captured is a mystery. >> we have had a chance to look at the images and there are folks looking at them. >> when u.s. technology falls into the wrong hands, it's always a concern. >> the pentagon has not confirmed that iran has the drone. experts say the plane appears though to be in good condition. >>> there is an uptick nationally in texting while driving. a dangerous habit is against the flaw 35 states including california -- against the law in 35 states including in california federal officials stood at intersections around the country and found 1% of drivers using hand-held devices up from .6 in 2009. separately a phone survey finds 18% of drivers say they have texted on the road. >>> the secret formula to coca- cola is now on display. >> sort of. it's been locked up in a bank for the last 86 ye

iranian state t.v. is showing footage of an american spy drone that officials claim was down by the military last week the revolutionary guard says it was captured by electronic ambush ungrounded near the afghan border iran confirms six years ago that the u.s. was sending surveillance craft to spy or its military and nuclear facilities pentagon says iran is unlikely to recover data from the jail. well now a little later this hour we explore how music can be used as a weapon and even as a tool of torture the first day of its latest business. thank you terry it's been a challenging week in russia the tense all the math of the parliamentary election has added to capital outflow and lots of volatility in the stock markets but we all the headlines happen some positive stories particularly in the banking sector which saw record results from the to be the companies see a photo explains why the country is still a good place to do business russia is obviously criticised for things that it needs to modernize itself its legal system and and other things but what russia cannot be criticised voice for the state of its

americans say, well, all right, the u.s. government has come out with a lawsuit accusing people in the iranian government of planning an attackkilling american civilians in a terrorist attack in washington, d.c. we allege they are doing it, and we take it to court which is not enough to cause ta conflict, and if that is the case, then mesh america does not want a war. >> of course we don't want a war. and listening to your introduction about the costs of war, i wish we had the calculations in the beginning of the war in iraq, supposed to be a cakewalk and we would have the iraqi war paying for the effort itself and now here we are $1 trillion later, and you have to be careful talking about how costly or inexpensive a war is. it is always more expensive and not only in terms of treasure, but in blood, and in this case how many have been lost and wounded and not the mentioned how many innocent iraqis we have killed in the process. >> what would conflict with iran look like? isn't it most certainly that a full conflict would involve on the ground troops and long-term commitment, too? >> well, the pentagon has dusted off whatever

claiming it shot down an unmanned american spy drone flying over iranian air space. they say the thrown drone is in the hands of the iranian military. alternate came forward with a possible explanation. barbara starr is joining me live from washington. between iran and alternate there are two different stories about this drone. >> reporter: there are indeed, don. good evening. iranian authorities are saying they did shoot down a highly-classified unmanned spy plane over their territory along the eastern border with afghanistan. iran says the drone was an rk-170. that's one of the most secret drones in the u.s. military and intelligence arsenal, essentially a stealth drone, flies undetected, gathering intelligence and targeting information. what is the u.s. say something so far the u.s. is using the alternate aplooins lines in afghanistan to issue a statement is only saying the uav which the iranians may be referring to may be a u.s. unarmed reconnaissance aircraft that had been flying a mission over western afghanistan last week. the operators of the uav lost control

officials confirm that this aircraft shown on iranian state tv thursday is an american spy drone, losfek. the two-minute video shows the centinal largely intact, though one wing seems to have been severed. iran claim its took it down with an attack and u.s. officials reject that claim. nba basketball is back. owners and players ratifying a new collective bargaining agreement, ending the five-month lockout and paving the way to reopen training camps on friday. the 10-year deal calls for a 50/50 split of basketball-related income and mostly leaves in intact the salary cap system. for your latest headlines, go to foxnews.com. you are watching the most powerful name in news, fox newschannel. the record. >> the most sought-after states, florida, ohio and pennsylvania, the all-important swing states. tonight we have brand new poll numbers. who wins these swing states? the latest poll shows in a primary former speaker of the house newt gingrich takes a commanding lead over governor mitt romney in florida, ohio and pennsylvania. does that mean speaker gingrich is a safe bet for the republicans