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shows us just how dangerous disgruntled millionaires can be and finally pennsylvania governor tom corbett doesn't know jack about economics luckily tom will teach him a little lesson in tonight's daily ted. if there's something on your bucket list you haven't done yet you have. about five minutes to do it at least according to the doomsday clock yesterday the figurative time piece run by the bulletin of the atomic scientists that is supposed to gauge just how close the human race is to blitter aging itself crept one minute closer to midnight with midnight signifying the apocalypse and now stands at eleven fifty five just five minutes away from annihilation the clock which was created in one thousand nine hundred seven has been adjusted twenty times in the last sixty plus years to account for the changing threats to emit humanity as well as the work put in by us humans to resolve those threats in the one nine hundred fifty s. the clock as close as it ever has to midnight ticking to eleven fifty eight and in the early ninety's we moved seventeen minutes away from extinction but here we are
shows us just how dangerous disgruntled millionaires can be and finally pennsylvania governor tom corbett doesn't know jack about economics luckily tom will teach him a little lesson in tonight's daily ted. if there's something on your bucket list you haven't done yet you have. about five minutes to do it at least according to the doomsday clock yesterday the figurative time piece run by the bulletin of the atomic scientists that is supposed to gauge just how close the human race is to blitter...
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steve hartman found this story "on the road" in corbett, oregon. >> reporter: on a high ridge above theia river just down from heaven, you'll find an angel on a front-end loader. woody davis is kind of a jack of all trades. and although he's never made much money at it, by all accounts he has earned his wings. >> he's the epitome of something dear. >> reporter: did he always get paid for everything he did? >> i wouldn't say that. >> you'd have to chase him down to pay him sometimes. >> i made a check out and stuck it in his pocket. you can't hand it to him. >> it's uncommon. he's special, he's a gift that this community has had all these years. >> reporter: which is why folks here in corbett, oregon, are now going out of their way to thank woody for the thousands of good deeds he's done for them. >> this is the stacking crew. >> reporter: recently, they all got together to cut and stack his firewood for winter. a couple guys fixed up his old pickup truck. someone even built him a beautiful wood box and invited the whole town to sign it. did you know how much the community cared for him?
steve hartman found this story "on the road" in corbett, oregon. >> reporter: on a high ridge above theia river just down from heaven, you'll find an angel on a front-end loader. woody davis is kind of a jack of all trades. and although he's never made much money at it, by all accounts he has earned his wings. >> he's the epitome of something dear. >> reporter: did he always get paid for everything he did? >> i wouldn't say that. >> you'd have to chase...
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praise saved for the joule eulogy. >> wow. >> reporter: but woody davis and the people of corbett show that may be too late. turns out, even angels like to know they've made a difference. steve hartman "on the road" in corbett, oregon. >> pelley: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. with the florida primary coming up tuesday, bob schieffer will have a special one-hour edition of "face the nation" this sunday morning live from miami and i'll see you sunday evening on "60 minutes." till then, for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur? [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] inside every box of heart healthy cheerios are those great tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholesterol. stickers? uh-uh. a superhero? ♪ kinda. [ male announcer ] and we think that's the best prize of all. ♪ >>
praise saved for the joule eulogy. >> wow. >> reporter: but woody davis and the people of corbett show that may be too late. turns out, even angels like to know they've made a difference. steve hartman "on the road" in corbett, oregon. >> pelley: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. with the florida primary coming up tuesday, bob schieffer will have a special one-hour edition of "face the nation" this sunday morning live from miami and...
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praise saved for the joule eulogy. >> wow. >> reporter: but woody davis and the people of corbett show that may be too late. turns out, even angels like to know they've made a difference. steve hartman "on the road" in corbett, oregon. >> pelley: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. with the florida primary coming up tuesday, bob schieffer will have a special one-hour edition of "face the nation" this sunday morning live from miami and i'll see you sunday evening on "60 minutes." till then, for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> this is 9news now. >>> life without parole. that was the sentence handed down today by a judge to brittany norwood. norwood is the woman convicted of brutally murdering her coworker, jayna murray, inside the lumulemon shop. andrea was there as the sentence was read. >> reporter: brittany norwood learned her fate late today. she will spend the rest of her life in prison without the possibility of parole. the judge's decision came after a heartbr
praise saved for the joule eulogy. >> wow. >> reporter: but woody davis and the people of corbett show that may be too late. turns out, even angels like to know they've made a difference. steve hartman "on the road" in corbett, oregon. >> pelley: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. with the florida primary coming up tuesday, bob schieffer will have a special one-hour edition of "face the nation" this sunday morning live from miami and...
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. >> transferring jurisdiction of property at 341 corbett avenue to the department of public works. supervisor wiener: this legislation will enhance public spaces and public of green space, in particular in the corbett heights neighborhood. this is a parcel that is zoned for public. it is filled with mature trees, it is on the slope at making it difficult for development, it was transferred a number of years ago to the mayor's office of housing under the surplus property ordnance that is designed to increase housing for formerly homeless people. since then, nothing has happened with it. it has sat there vacant. the surrounding neighborhood it is very interested in improving this space, making it more usable, gardening and. they have at the forefront of this, and the president of the organization will speak about plans for the parcel. there are some pretty amazing plans for making this a greater and more usable public space. this legislation would transfer the property to the department of public works so that the neighbors can do that work. the legislation also provides discretion f
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since last august governor corbett department of welfare has removed over eighty eight thousand children from the medicaid rolls in an effort to reduce waste fraud and abuse sadly the majority of these children's families can't afford legal help to regain their medicaid status and many of them won't even know they lost their benefits the state needs the money after all how else can you afford to give fracking companies a fracking tax break pollution and oil and gas profits over the lives of children that's how governor republican governor corbett roll and the very very ugly reverend jesse lee peterson reverend peterson a super conservative african-american republican who has campaigned against the likes of urban jesse jackson and president obama told the huffington post that he would quote they call black people to the south and put them on the plantation so they were under. and the ethics at the couple working and went on to say quote i'm going to put them on the plantation they need a good hard education on what it is to work these remarks came just a day after newt gingrich seemed to
since last august governor corbett department of welfare has removed over eighty eight thousand children from the medicaid rolls in an effort to reduce waste fraud and abuse sadly the majority of these children's families can't afford legal help to regain their medicaid status and many of them won't even know they lost their benefits the state needs the money after all how else can you afford to give fracking companies a fracking tax break pollution and oil and gas profits over the lives of...
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most important oil routes if the west stepped up its sanctions let's discuss this more with james corbett editor of the corbett report website james thank you for joining us so france has been calling for tougher sanctions against iran and do you think military exercises were a major factor in all of this. i think that would have to be one of the factors but i think it's quite remarkable to think that france and the us and other countries would be willing to step up sanctions that have already had such a profound effect on the iranian people on the basis of their hunch that her own is developing nuclear weapons as as france has basically put it it's quite remarkable because that really does is tantamount to an act of war and and really the i think the only logical outcome for this is another increase in military tensions between the countries involved in that region that are already on the knife edge of military tension so it is quite an explosive thing to be talking about increased sanctions against a country that's already pretty much got its back to the to the wall when it comes to the
most important oil routes if the west stepped up its sanctions let's discuss this more with james corbett editor of the corbett report website james thank you for joining us so france has been calling for tougher sanctions against iran and do you think military exercises were a major factor in all of this. i think that would have to be one of the factors but i think it's quite remarkable to think that france and the us and other countries would be willing to step up sanctions that have already...
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colleagues, this legislation transferring 341 corbett avenue to the department of public works will allow the neighborhood to do what it has been wanting to do with this space for a long time, and that is to transform it into usable public space, a public park, of sorts, a community garden. this neighborhood lacks significant open space. and this space, which is the largest open space in the neighborhood, has a significant history in the neighborhood. for a long time, it was used by the neighborhood as open public space. at some point, it was closed off after someone was injured on it, and for quite some time, the neighborhood has been wanting to reopen it. it has a beautiful slow, with great views, with dozens of mature trees. almost a decade ago, this property was transferred to the mayor's department on housing. surplus property ordinance he has many merits to it, but unfortunately, in my view, this property never should have been transferred. it is not to release surplus property. this is neighborhood open space. -- it is not truly a surplus property. they are instructed to either dev
colleagues, this legislation transferring 341 corbett avenue to the department of public works will allow the neighborhood to do what it has been wanting to do with this space for a long time, and that is to transform it into usable public space, a public park, of sorts, a community garden. this neighborhood lacks significant open space. and this space, which is the largest open space in the neighborhood, has a significant history in the neighborhood. for a long time, it was used by the...
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cutting public education is a top agenda for governor corbett.bett told reporters his number one priority as governor is school voucher legislation. the chester upland district pays more than $39 million a year to area charter schools. the charter school payments, the cut in state aid and massive debt are overwhelming. the school is unable to make payrolls or pay its bills. but teachers and other faculty are working without pay to keep the school running. >> i feel that the governor does not look at the situation the same way that we look at it. they are looking at it from an economic standpoint we're looking at it from a life standpoint. for them it's about the figures. for us it's about students lives. >> i'm joined tonight by linda cook, a regional president with the pennsylvania state education association. and sarah ferguson, elementary school math and literacy taeeacr for the chester upland school district. thank you for being with us i can't believe what i'm hearing reading and listened to today. linda cook, how is the governor's charter s
cutting public education is a top agenda for governor corbett.bett told reporters his number one priority as governor is school voucher legislation. the chester upland district pays more than $39 million a year to area charter schools. the charter school payments, the cut in state aid and massive debt are overwhelming. the school is unable to make payrolls or pay its bills. but teachers and other faculty are working without pay to keep the school running. >> i feel that the governor does...
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pennsylvania governor tom corbett cut $900 million in state education funds last year. but budget cuts aren't the only problem. 45% of chester upland's operating budget goes to two district charter schools. well, the largest of the schools was founded by the largest single donor to tom corbett's gubernatorial campaign. even though the charter school is under investigation for test score irregularities, it's doors remain open while the public school system fights to survive week by week and the teachers work for nothing. yes, my friends, this is america. shame fully america. i'm joined again tonight by sara ferguson a ferguson a teacher and george walker, a middle school special education teacher in the district. mr. walker good to have you with us tonight. what will $3 million more mean to your district? how long will those funds last? is this a good development today? >> it's a fair development. these funds will only last to the end of the month, just to the end of january, and the teachers are we're still working to teach our children, we come to work every day and th
pennsylvania governor tom corbett cut $900 million in state education funds last year. but budget cuts aren't the only problem. 45% of chester upland's operating budget goes to two district charter schools. well, the largest of the schools was founded by the largest single donor to tom corbett's gubernatorial campaign. even though the charter school is under investigation for test score irregularities, it's doors remain open while the public school system fights to survive week by week and the...
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most important oil routes if the west stepped up its sanctions let's discuss this more with james corbett editor of the corbett report website james thank you for joining us so france has been calling for tougher sanctions against iran do you think military exercises were a major factor in all.
most important oil routes if the west stepped up its sanctions let's discuss this more with james corbett editor of the corbett report website james thank you for joining us so france has been calling for tougher sanctions against iran do you think military exercises were a major factor in all.
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. >>> tom corbett ordered flags to fly at half staff in honor of joe paterno. the head football coach died sunday of complications from lung cancer. manuel gallegus reports for wjz from state college, pennsylvania. >> reporter: students stopped at the mill on their way to classes monday morning and lit candles and left notes for the man they call joe pa. >> we were feeling sad. now that we visited with sue and jay, and diana, we had some laughs and remembered good times. >> reporter: sunday the band played amazing grace as thousands attended a candlelight vigil on the campus. paterno died ten weeks after the trustees fired him. the board said the hall of fame coach could not affectively lead in the wake of a child molestation scandal involving jerry sandusky. joe paterno coached at penn state university for 46 years, his career ended in the midst of a scandal. the university has the delicate task of finding a way to cream rate his life. -- to comeme rate his life. -- commemorate his life. charles pitman played for the first team paterno coached. >> his work, co
. >>> tom corbett ordered flags to fly at half staff in honor of joe paterno. the head football coach died sunday of complications from lung cancer. manuel gallegus reports for wjz from state college, pennsylvania. >> reporter: students stopped at the mill on their way to classes monday morning and lit candles and left notes for the man they call joe pa. >> we were feeling sad. now that we visited with sue and jay, and diana, we had some laughs and remembered good times....
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one of them, william corbett, was a city police officer shot and killed by friendly fire. 17 officers were arrested on federal charges in a kickback scheme with a towing company. bealefeld introduced two new commanders were charged with fixing what is wrong. grayling williams is the new chief of internal affairs. he comes from the drug forssmann administration at home and security. >> i can count on the number -- i can count the number of baltimore police officers on one hand that i actually know and socialize with. i do not have some of the issues and concerns people have with having somebody from within the department. >> i thought it was important that we find somebody that would have the credibility, that would have the community credibility to stand alone and immediately when trust based on their credibility. john king it comes from montgomery county to take over the department's training. an independent report on the torbay shooting release -- revealed lapses in training. >> hired people to the problem solvers. >> he and knowledge would be called a broken relationship with the c
one of them, william corbett, was a city police officer shot and killed by friendly fire. 17 officers were arrested on federal charges in a kickback scheme with a towing company. bealefeld introduced two new commanders were charged with fixing what is wrong. grayling williams is the new chief of internal affairs. he comes from the drug forssmann administration at home and security. >> i can count on the number -- i can count the number of baltimore police officers on one hand that i...
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> item 14, ordinance transferring jurisdiction of certain unimproved real property located at 341 corbett avenue to the department of public works. president chiu: roll-call vote. >> on item 14. supervisor wiener, aye. supervisor avalos, aye. -- no. surber rise in campos, -- supervisor campos, no. supervisor elsbernd, aye. supervisor kim, no. supervisor mar, no. supervisor olague, no. six ayes and five nos. president chiu: the ordinance is finally passed. if we could pass over items 15- 17 which have to do with the expansion proposal and take that up after 4:00 p.m. let's move to item 18. >> amending the administrative code to establish the san francisco sentencing commission and set forth the purpose, powers and duties and establish membership criteria. president chiu: supervisor wiener. supervisor wiener: i am proud to be sponsoring this legislation partnering with our district attorney. thank you for cosponsoring. with realignment coming, we may have some significant challenges in our jails. what we do have is some spare capacity in our jails now, given the transfer of prisoners, we wi
> item 14, ordinance transferring jurisdiction of certain unimproved real property located at 341 corbett avenue to the department of public works. president chiu: roll-call vote. >> on item 14. supervisor wiener, aye. supervisor avalos, aye. -- no. surber rise in campos, -- supervisor campos, no. supervisor elsbernd, aye. supervisor kim, no. supervisor mar, no. supervisor olague, no. six ayes and five nos. president chiu: the ordinance is finally passed. if we could pass over items...
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hi, my name is joslin corbett. i'm the letter si coach at paul revere. i'm here to show support for paul revere staff and our principal. i'm also here to express my concern over the way that our principal and school has been portrayed by some people in recent times. i'm very concerned because we need at paul revere consistent leadership. that is leadership that sheila provides us. losing our principal in the middle of a three-year reform means starting all over again from scratch and potentially losing two years' worth of hard work, effort, and progress on the parts of our parents, teachers, staff members and students. i refuse to dignify the outlandish claims that have been made by the few parents that spoke at this meeting a while ago because they're simply not true and without merit. i have listened to the minority speaker and they want to replace her. but i don't believe they're in an opposition to sheila. i believe this comes from misinformation to the changes that have taken place since she has become principal. these changes were needed and reform
hi, my name is joslin corbett. i'm the letter si coach at paul revere. i'm here to show support for paul revere staff and our principal. i'm also here to express my concern over the way that our principal and school has been portrayed by some people in recent times. i'm very concerned because we need at paul revere consistent leadership. that is leadership that sheila provides us. losing our principal in the middle of a three-year reform means starting all over again from scratch and...
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. >>> pennsylvania governor tom corbett has ordered flags at all state facilities to fly at half staff in honor of joe paterno. the former penn state head football coach died sunday of complications from lung cancer and manual gallegus at state college pennsylvania has the story. >> students stopped at the memorial on the way to classes monday morning. they lit candles and left notes for the man they called joe-pa. marcy colette visited paterno's family after he died. >> we were feeling sad. and now after we visited with sue and jay, and diana, we had some laughs and remembering the good times. >> reporter: sunday night, the penn state band played amazing grace as thousands attended a candlelight vigil on the campus. paterno died 10 weeks after penn state's trustees fired him. the board said the hall of fame coach could not effectively lead in the wake of a child molestation scandal involving the former defensive coordinator jerry sandusky. they say paterno should have gone to the police when he first found out about the allegations in 2002. >> joe paterno coached at penn state for 46
. >>> pennsylvania governor tom corbett has ordered flags at all state facilities to fly at half staff in honor of joe paterno. the former penn state head football coach died sunday of complications from lung cancer and manual gallegus at state college pennsylvania has the story. >> students stopped at the memorial on the way to classes monday morning. they lit candles and left notes for the man they called joe-pa. marcy colette visited paterno's family after he died. >> we...
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the world's most important oil routes if the west stepped up sanctions james corbet editor of the corbett report website says tensions in the region will only rise if the u.s. and its allies continue to pressure iran.
the world's most important oil routes if the west stepped up sanctions james corbet editor of the corbett report website says tensions in the region will only rise if the u.s. and its allies continue to pressure iran.
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today pennsylvania governor tom corbett ordered flags to fly at half staff to honor the former penn state coach. hundred stopped at a makeshift memorial or the statue of joe paterno stands. >> i think everybody here is very sad and with his passing. he was a great man. we all loved him. he was pinned state football. -- he was penn state football. registered a loss his battle with lung cancer. -- yesterday he lost his battle with lung cancer. starbucks will soon expand beyond its well-known copy. the seattle-based chain now plans to add alcohol to the menu. we are told by the end of the year, beer, wine, and more upscale food will be sold at selects stars. the expanded menu also includes snacks and hot black bread is already available at six stores in seattle and portland -- hot flat bread. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> precipitation moving out, but there is a lot of moisture left behind from the snow over the weekend, the rain and drizzle. that is producing some thick fog in spots. there could still be some dense fog to contend with free o
today pennsylvania governor tom corbett ordered flags to fly at half staff to honor the former penn state coach. hundred stopped at a makeshift memorial or the statue of joe paterno stands. >> i think everybody here is very sad and with his passing. he was a great man. we all loved him. he was pinned state football. -- he was penn state football. registered a loss his battle with lung cancer. -- yesterday he lost his battle with lung cancer. starbucks will soon expand beyond its...
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the editor of the corbett report current affairs website says that by trying to slap more sanctions on iran the u.s. and e.u. are only stirring up dangerous tension in the region i think it's quite remarkable to think that france and the us and other countries would be willing to step up sanctions that have already had such a profound effect on the iranian people on the basis of their hunch that her own is developing nuclear weapons as as france has basically put it is quite remarkable because that really does is tantamount to an act of war the idea that iran would really close off the straits of hormuz or attempt to do so would only be an absolute last measure resort for a country that relies on the importation of refined gasoline and other things through the very straits that they would be a sensibly sabotaging and planting mines in so it's it's quite remarkable to think that that iran would do that in any other situation other than they felt that the entire existence of their country was under threat so adding more sanctions to to the mix is is really just a recipe for military disa
the editor of the corbett report current affairs website says that by trying to slap more sanctions on iran the u.s. and e.u. are only stirring up dangerous tension in the region i think it's quite remarkable to think that france and the us and other countries would be willing to step up sanctions that have already had such a profound effect on the iranian people on the basis of their hunch that her own is developing nuclear weapons as as france has basically put it is quite remarkable because...
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middle go ahead with its the right to block off the vital strait of hormuz transit routes but james corbett editor of the independent news report says the threat is unlikely to be carried out. i think there is no doubt there is some provocation and some testing of the waters quite literally and figuratively going on right now and certainly with the rands recent threats to to block the strait of hormuz now we see the americans sending ships through there to sort of test the defenses so to speak so so i think there is definitely some cat and mouse going on right now and i think at this point it is saber rattling and testing both sides testing to see how far the other is going to go canned and as i say at this point i would be extremely shocked to see iran actually pulling out the the option of of mining or otherwise blockading the strait of hormuz because that seems to me that that's that's pretty much the last card up their sleeve so i don't think they want to put it on the you know on the table too early oddly enough i think the further that iran is pushed into a corner here than war their
middle go ahead with its the right to block off the vital strait of hormuz transit routes but james corbett editor of the independent news report says the threat is unlikely to be carried out. i think there is no doubt there is some provocation and some testing of the waters quite literally and figuratively going on right now and certainly with the rands recent threats to to block the strait of hormuz now we see the americans sending ships through there to sort of test the defenses so to speak...
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wants again accused foreign powers of sponsoring the rest and independent news out of said james corbett says the syrian leader may have a point. it's important to understand that when he speaks of this conspiracy that he's going to strike down and these foreign terrorists who are invading his country that this is in fact not something that's open to debate it was actually revealed in documents that were leaked from the u.s. state department last april that prove beyond a shadow of doubt that the u.s. state department has pumped in at least six million dollars secretly on covertly into syrian opposition groups since two thousand and sixty arab league mission there is is pretty much pre-ordained no matter what the mission itself comes out with if there is even one dissenting voice the one dissenting voice will be given all of the media attention so it's a it's a question of which way the powers that be have decided this is going to go in unfortunately it looks like it's going to stack up in the in favor of military intervention once again. and a professor of international relations at mar
wants again accused foreign powers of sponsoring the rest and independent news out of said james corbett says the syrian leader may have a point. it's important to understand that when he speaks of this conspiracy that he's going to strike down and these foreign terrorists who are invading his country that this is in fact not something that's open to debate it was actually revealed in documents that were leaked from the u.s. state department last april that prove beyond a shadow of doubt that...
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important oil routes if the west stepped up sanctions james corbett the editor of the colbert report website says tensions in the region will only rise if the u.s. and its allies continue to pressure iran. i think it's quite remarkable to think that france and the us and other countries would be willing to step up sanctions that have already had such a profound effect on the iranian people on the basis of their hunch that era to run is developing nuclear weapons as as france has basically put it it's quite remarkable because that really does is tantamount to an act of war and and really the i think the only logical outcome for this is another increase in military tensions between the countries involved in that region that are already on the knife edge of military tension so it is quite an explosive thing to be talking about and i think of the escalation in recent weeks with the recent ten day military drill in in the straits of hormuz has to be weighing heavily on the minds of of the u.s. and others but but i think really the idea that iran would really close off the straits of hormu
important oil routes if the west stepped up sanctions james corbett the editor of the colbert report website says tensions in the region will only rise if the u.s. and its allies continue to pressure iran. i think it's quite remarkable to think that france and the us and other countries would be willing to step up sanctions that have already had such a profound effect on the iranian people on the basis of their hunch that era to run is developing nuclear weapons as as france has basically put...