jennifer griffin is at the pentagon, with strong words from the secretary today.>reporter: and they come one day after the pentagon announced the unprecedented large war game that is going to take place in the persian gulf in september. secretary panetta, today, issued his wanting after meeting with the u.k. defense minister here at the pentagon and he told the iranians to think twice before closing the strait. >> the united states and the international community are going to hold them directly responsible for any disruption of shipping if that region. >>reporter: the iranian parliament has simply issued verbal threats, threatening to target any ships going through the strait would take part in the oil embargo against iran's oil industry. but they have not taken any moves yet to close the state. >>shepard: "hold them responsibility," does not make anyone quake. did he give specifics? >>reporter: he said they are increasing their resources, assets in the region, and he is referring, of course, to some of the recent reports that the pentagon is sending, an anti-miss

jennifer griffin is live for us at the pentagon. what is the administration saying about the iranian mills test? >> ed the state department spokesman described it as not a positive development. that's diplomatic for they're annoyed. the iran janice tested a medium-range ballistic missile and could strike all the israel and u.s. basis. that's new. the iranians practiced on targets that were mockups of airbases in the region. >> iran has had the missile development programs two decades and continued development, including increasing longer range systems and these remain of acute concern. >> it's not the first time that the iranians said they've tested a shahab missile. the iranians don't have a long-range missile capable of striking the united states. >> what about these reports that the pentagon has been quietly sending additional assets over to the persian gulf? >> that's right. mostly naval assets but no additional aircraft carrier groups. the chief of naval operations said last week the navy is doubling the number of mine sweepers

jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon tonight. , they there are still 1824 servicemen missing in vietnam. >> yes, but today at least there was a degree of closure for six families who had been waiting 50 years to find out what had happened on christmas eve, 1965. colonel joseph christian know, colonel derek jeffers, lt. colonel dennis airlines and jeff master sergeants william cardwell, hassinger and william thornton were buried in the same casket at afterton national cemetery. at first the families say they had hoped they had been taken prisoner. and when the prisoners of war were released those hopes faded, shep. >> shepard: how did they eventually manage to find the remains it? >> it was a villager in laos to took search teams to the sites in 1995. follow-up teams similar to these ones that you see here from search sites across vietnam visited the site again in 1999 and 2001. but the excavation was suspended until 2010 and 2011. when human remains and some personal effects were finally found. the u.s. military found 62 sets of r

national security correspondent jennifer griffin has details. >> reporter: the apology came from hillaryon in a phone call to pakistan foreign minister. "we are sorry for the losses suffered by pakistani military. we are committed to working closely to pakistan and afghanistan to prevent this from ever happening again." for seven months, the white house, state department and pentagon said they would not apologize for the cross-border shooting incident on novembe november 26 that left 24 pakistani troops dead. and balked at any suggestion they apologized in the aftermath. >> it was obviously no apolog apology. >> u.s. military investigation ordered by the top general in afghanistan found that the pakistani forces have fired at u.s. troops and helicopters first. while acknowledging certain communications mistakes made at the time. >> how much money does it cost the american taxpayers because the administration refused to apologize since november? >> the statement speaks for itself. >> for seven months the supply route through pakistan remain closed. costing the u.s. taxpayer estimated $2.1

we start off with the national security correspondent jennifer griffin at the pentagon on the latestve concerning iran. good evening. >> good evening. today, defense department announced unprecedented 20 nation demining military exercise slated for september. it will take place near but not in the strait of hormuz. according to u.s. central command. >> this is not an exercise that is aimed to deliver a message to iran. this is exercise designed to within this multinational forum, increase our capabilities and cooperation. >> not only is the pentagon deploying the uss john c. stennis aircraft carrier four months early to the persian gulf denying it's moving to three-carrier policy this summer, it's also deploying an ex-banned radar site and sad antimissile defense shield to the gulf to monitor iranian ballistic missiles, a a all of this after stationing squadron of fighter jets in the persian gulf. uss ponce reconfigured for floating dock for special operation and demining ships. in 2006, iranian drivers carried out a military exercise shown here, placing mines under water. mines desi

i got this from jennifer griffin , and she works the pentagon and has confirmed through law enforcement. fox news has confirmed that the guns were purchased at two separate gander mountain gun shops. one in thornton, colorado. one in aurora, colorado. then the other guns were purchased at two bass pro shops, both in denver. what is describe the by law enforcement source as "a significant amount of ammunition also bought this." all of the guns according to the reporting of jennifer griffin bought, legally, as those four gun tours. and now, another person inside the movie theater describes the shooter as "relentless." how are you? >>guest: all right. pretty shaken up. >>shepard: do you remember the first time you spotted this man? >>guest: well the first time i caught a glimpse, i looked to see who threw the canister and i thought it was a joke, and they were doing it as a prank. >>shepard: and then what did you see next? >>guest: next i saw a flash. and a loud sound. and i presumed that was like a firecracker or someone was lighting it off to be funny. >>shepard: i can only assume on ope

jennifer griffin live with the news in washington tonight.usly is the pentagon taking this latest threat to hit our bases? >> well, they're mindful, harris. this is the third day of iranian war games. today they fired more medium range missiles but by their own admission their range was

our jennifer griffin live with the news at the pentagon with more on this, jennifer? >> good evening, harris. wikileaks founder julian assange said he decided to release these emails now to show the hypocrisy of certain european companies that he says the emails show were still doing business with the assad regime as recently as this year. quote: the materialism embarrassing to syria but also embarrassing to syria's external opponents. wikileaks released 25 of the 2.4 million emails today focusing on an italian defense technology group and a greek company that the emails show sold sophisticated radios and equipment to the syrian police. the same police who are killing and torturing civilians. assange is still hiding out at an embassy in london. is he facing extradition charges for rape and other sexual molestation charges to sweden. harris? >> harris: well, are we expecting any smoking guns to come out in these emails? >> well, in fact, the emails show the back and forth about a 2008 will deal cut before the violence began. it's a 50-million-dollar deal. it was signed

jennifer griffin live with the news in washington tonight. nnifer, how seriously is the pentagon taking this latest threat to hit our bases? >> well, they're mindful, harris. this is the third day of iranian war games. today they fired more medium range missiles but by their own admission their range was about 800 miles. though it can typically go further, up to 1200 miles. the u.s. has been positioning patriot missile batteries across the region to protect their bases, harris. >> well, which western targets are most at risk at this point? >> well, there is the fifth fleet base in bahrain and united arab emirates and qatar. 30,000 u.s. troops in the gulf. the commander of revolutionary guards aerospace division said today quote, these bases are all in range of our missiles and the occupied lands. he was referring to israel are also good targets for us. western oil tankers are also targets, especially u.s. and european flag tankers making their way through the strait of hormuz. iran has threatened to target anyone oil elm bar go that began on j

jennifer griffin on the top story at the bottom of the hour live at the pentagon. every day it's more and more red rick at very minimum on -- rhetoric at very minimum on this matter. that's right. now here's a graphic dedescription of how the revolutionary guard will go about closing the strait of hormuz showing which missiles it would use to attack u.s. aircraft carriers in the gulf to halt traffic through the strait which could send oil prices sky high. secretary panetta warned the iranians from doing so. >> we have invested in capabilities to ensure that the iranian attempt to close down shipping in the gulf is something that we are going to be able to defeat. >> reporter: panetta issued his pointed warning to iran after meeting at the pentagon this morning with british defense minister phillip hammond. the two discussed the increasing tension in the middle east. >> did he say at all, jennifer, how with h we would defeat this? >> reporter: no, but he was clear that the u.s. and its allies are in a position to stop iran if they need to. the pentagon announced this

jennifer griffin in d.c. tonight.types of tragedies before. >> since 1999 and the columbine shooting there have been more than 27 mass casualties shootings defined as more than four people killed at one time. this is the largest mass casualty shooting in colorado since that shooting left 12 people dead. most have been domestic gunmen with no links to international terror groups or al-qaeda. they usually involve psychologically disturbed straight aheads like the two teenage boys who killed classmates 15 miles from the aurora, colorado movie theater. in 2002, two snipers terrorized washington, d.c. the pair of shooters had no broader affiliation. at virginia tech in 2007 the student who went on a shooting rampage there killing 32 people, most fellow students was a lone wolf who len killed himself. last year in arizona, congressman gabrielle giffords was shot and six people killed by a lone gunman. the fbi says of the mass shootings, there are only 1% that are more than five killed at a time. shepherd? >> shepard: jennif

>> jon: jennifer griffin at the pentagon. thank you.double engine failure is what caused a navy jet to crash into a virginia beach housey complex in april. that's according to a navy report released today. the aircraft went down shortly after taking off from a nearby base. the wreck destroyed nearly 30 apartments and hurt seven people but nobody died. a naval air force commander says it's the first dual engine failure in that kind of plane which the navy has been flying for more than three decades. officials say they will will take no disciplinary action against the crew but that future training will cover the issues they believe caused the crash. former president george w. bush is in africa this week promoting a health initiative that aims to fight cancer on the continent. he and former first lady laura bush have been working on renovations for a screening center in the nation of sam buy sam -- zam buy susan b. komen for the cure and the u.s. government. the wild police chase has just ended in california. next, how the cops got off by

jennifer griffin on fox top story live at the pentagon. jennifer, what do we know about these chemical weapons? >> well, according to a senior u.s. defense source, jon, u.s. intelligence agencies noticed about a week ago that elements within the syrian regime had transferred some of syrians stockpile of chemical agents. possibly sarah palin nerve gas to -- saran nerve gas. violence on the rise lately. not clear to this u.s. military source whether the movement of the stockpile was authorized by president bashar assad or whether t was carried out by local commanders within the syrian military, who are frustrated that they cannot suppress the rebellion in homs. the intelligence i'm told came from multiple signals intelligence intercepts and raised all sorts of alarm bells here at the pentagon, jon. >> jon: so if the chemicals are missing, are there any plans for the pentagon to use force to try to get? >> well, aording to defense sources who have sat in on intelligence assessment meetings, regarding plans for syria, even in light of the new m

jennifer griffin is in washington tonight. we're getting a better look at this suspect, huh? >> well, bulgarian authorities say he arrived in the country within a week of the attack. this airport security camera video shows the suspected bomber pacing back and forth just moments before the bombing. he is dressed like a tourist. the explosives were in his backpack and his fake michigan driver's license survived intact. the bulgarian shared it with u.s. authorities. >> usually we will work closely with bulgarians to assist them in any way with their investigation of this terrible attack. >> the suspect's name on the fake i.d. was jacques martin, a white male, his home address, a casino and hotel in baton rouge, louisiana, shep. >> shep: the israelis have said that hezbollah on one account and iran on another are responsible for this. now iran is responding. >> that's right. iran's top officials have denied they are behind the bombing, even though israel's prime minister, netanyahu, reiterated the charge today. >> yesterday's attack in bulgaria was perpetrated by hezbollah, iran

jennifer griffin with more from the pentagon tonight. who was on it. >> four indians on board and two passengers from the emirates. one indian was killed and three indians were injured. u.s. navy officials say that the u.s. in its boat exhausted all warning measures sounding radio, loud speakers, flashing lights and fired warning shots before using lethal force against the pleasure craft vessel as it approached the navy oil tanker for a second time. one defense official said that the 50-foot boat initially turned away and then came back in a menacing manner. the navy's fifth fleet based in bahrain put out this statement, quote. the u.s. crew repeatedly attempted to warn the vessel's operators to turn away from their deliberate approach. when those efforts failed to deter the approaching vessel, the security team on the boat fired rounds from a 50 caliber machine gun. the injured are being treated at a local hospital while police in dubai inspect the boat, below deck they were uninjured. >> shepard: that's somewhat close to the straight o

jennifer griffin confirm that with the pentagon earlier.l you that he is not on any terror watch list. as far is a criminal record goes, the only thing is a traffic ticket from 2011. no criminal records. as for whether he owned the guns legally, it is still unclear. again, police reported that he may have had buckets of ammunition inside his apartment, along with some booby-traps. there were reports earlier that there were some explosives used along with the shooting. along with the guns inside the theater. police think say that that is not true. there were no explosive sound, and the shrapnel injuries at some of the victims received might have been because there were so many degree pieces flying around -- so much debris flying around. jamie: bullet casings as i have heard it described. we can only imagine. thank you very much. greg: one other point, and trace gallagher mention this. our viewers said they wouldn't be surprised if the suspected gunman had a military background. jennifer griffin checked with the u.s. army. they ran a check of

national security correspondent jennifer griffin live in washington. jennifer, the complexities run abound. >> reporter: well, arthel, it is interesting. this is the third straight day iran has been carrying out tests, war games in the region. the war games are certainly timed to coincide with the imposition of this oil embargo. today the iranians said that they were, that part of the war games were testing their homemade drones. the missiles that they tested, they say could hit 35 bases in the u.s. bases in the middle east. now there are paces as you know in kuwait, in the united arab emirates and in qatar. they are all within striking range of these ballistic missiles. most of them are medium-range missiles. some are shahab-3, those are the longest range missiles they have tested. according to the iranian revolutionary guard those missiles have a range of 800 miles. they can go up to 1200 miles. of course israel, the border of israel is about 600 miles from iran. according to the iranian revolutionary guard commander in charge of this exercise he said

jennifer griffin is live in washington. what is the reaction from veterans groups? >> they were disappointed but not surprised that is as justice anthony kennedy wrote the 1st amendment protects the speech can he detest as well as the speech we embrace. >> obviously the veterans of foreign wars were disappointed but we also look at it as an opportunity. the court in their ruling explained why they disagreed with the law. and i think we have an avenue to move forward to fix it and that's what we plan to do. >> we're going to continue to out these phonies as often as possible. a lot of times we get apologies after the fact when people realize future employers, perspective employers look on the internet and find their name and the fact they lied about service. >> those that lie about their service tend to say they received the highest awards for valor, medal of honor and service crosses. >> what do the groups plan to do? >> they plan to reintroduce new, more narrow stolen valor law that the court will find constitutional. in fact, congressman joe heck, republican from

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national security correspondent jennifer griffin has details. >> reporter: the apology came from hillary "we are sorry for the losses suffered by pakistani military. we are committed to working closely to pakistan and afghanistan to prevent this from ever happening again." for seven months, the white house, state department and pentagon said they would not apologize for the cross-border shooting incident on novembe november 26 that left 24 pakistani troops dead. and balked at any suggestion they apologized in the aftermath. >> it was obviously no apolog apology. >> u.s. military investigation ordered by the top general in afghanistan found that the pakistani forces have fired at

jennifer griffin has the story like from the pentagon. jennifer?eporter: it was a six-man crew flying in an air force ac47 plane. after take off they went miss over laos christmas eve 1965 the last day their families knew for sure they were alive. 50 years later, they were laid to rest, finally, at arlington national cemetery a day closure for the families. all six were buried in a single casket. one from rochester, new york, and a colonel from florence, south carolina, and chief master sergeant, from new york, and chief master sergeant from lebanon, oregon, and lieutenant colonel from cedar rapids, iowa, and chief master sergeant from i'd foe hauls, idaho, shown in photographs taken before they crashed over laos. thornton's son was in sixth grade when he was told his dad went missing and he kept thinking he would just walk out of the jungle and return home. he thought he was simply misplaced. their recovery came in 2010 and 2011 when search times conducting missions similar to the one ship here in vietnam, in 2010 they found evidence of human rema

rick: jennifer griffin joining us from the passenger. thank you so much.enomena there have been mass shootings as recently as last summer at that summer camp in norway i believe where gnome young people were killed. this is the kind of thing that happens in the states but it happens unfortunately all around the world. jenna: to your point so many different option of that batman movie overnight. this was just one, in one area, in one city where we saw this shooting happened. we heard from the city just about two hours ago who spoke about the shooting. we also expect to hear from presidential candidate mitt romney. he's going to be speaking in new hampshire. as we get him live we will bring that to you. in the meantime we'll have continuing coverage of the movie massacre in colorado. we have a team of reporters arriving on the scene. jon scott is on his way to cover this. we have brand-new witnesses, reaction and new details coming in on the gunman. we are continuing to keep you updated on this question. hopefully we can start answering why. why did he choos

national security correspondent jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon with that. jennifer, what does this, to what extent does this solve nato's problem? >> reporter: well it is a partial solution i will say. there are still 50,000 vehicles that will need to be moved out of afghanistan before the 2014 deadline. 100,000 containers will need to be moved. some of those won't be able to be moved across the pakistan border because they are considered lethal and there are still restrictions what can cross pakistan at its two border crosses. what is significant, jon, just moments ago the pentagon confirmed several trucks, vehicles have crossed over at the shaman border crossing from pakistan into afghanistan. those are the first vehicles to pass in the last eight months since the pakistanis closed this back in november after 24 pakistani soldiers were killed. for the first time we heard a verbal apology from the pentagon to the pakistanis for those deaths. captain john kirby just told reporters just moments ago, that we are sorry for those mistakes. he was referring to th

national security correspondent jennifer griffin explains the decision and what some veterans groups it. >> xavier alvarez said he was a medal of honor recipient shortly after joining los angeles utility board. it was a lie. he pled guilty under the stolen valor act. paid a $5,000 fine. then he took his case to the supreme court. >> i earned con bat infantry badge. there are suddenly people claiming up to earn the medal and award. it devalues mine. >> court ruled 6-3 that the law violated the first amendment free speech protection, which includes the freedom to lie. as justice anthony kennedy wrote for the majority, the first amendment "protects the speech we detest as well as the speech we embrace." the aclu welcomed the court's ruling. "the first amendment reserves to individual citizens not the government the right to separate what is true from what is false. and to decide what ideas to introduce in to private conversations and public debate." >> veteran of foreign wo wars were disappointed but we look at the ruling. they explained why they disagreed with the law. i think we have

jennifer griffin at the pentagon.g antsy. >> iran's war games on the heels of iranian legislators threatening to close the strait of hormuz to any ships from countries taking part in the oil embargo. among the missiles they tested were a shahab 3 missile with a range of 1200 miles and can strike all of israel and u.s. bases in the region. the iranians practice on targets that were mockups of airbases in the region. the pentagon has been sending additional assets to the persian gulf, mostly naval, but no additional aircraft carrier groups. the chief of naval operations said last week the navy is doubling the mind sweepers to eight and positioned in the persian gulf the newly refurbished uss ponsay now configured to host special operations forces and demining vessels. there's the squadron of stealth f22 fighter jets that appeared in bases at the united arab emirates and in the middle east. this could be used for deep strikes into iran. it's not the first time iran has tested the shahab 3 which is nuclear capable. iran d

team coverage leland vit ter and jennifer griffin is live pe pentagon. the rein d.c. >> they had a muted reaction, saying quote, essentially this was not a positive development. now, the tests today by iran was of a shahad medium range missile. it has a range of 200 miles and strike all of israel but also u.s. bases in this region. that is what is new. iranians practice on targets that were mockups of air bases in the region. >> they have active missile development programs for two decades and continued it increasing long range systems and this is key concern. >> it's not the first time they have tested which is capable of being loaded with a nuclear warhead. it doesn't have a missile that can reach the u.s.. >> john: jennifer, thank you. as the pentagon has been sending these additional assets to the persian gulf. what can you tell us about that. >> reporter: mostly been sending naval assets. an admiral said recently the navy is double the number of mine sweepers and the u.s.s. ponce is in position in the persian gulf. it's newly refurbished mother ship

jennifer griffin on what happened. >> u.s. navy officials say the u.s.ship flashed warning shots before using lethal force against the small pleasure craft, as it approached the oil tanker for a second time. the small boat turned and crossed back toward the rapahanick. one person was killed. three others was injured. the navy put out a statement -- the u.s. crew repeatedly attempted to warn the operator osto turn away from the deliberate approach. when the efforts failed to deter a approaching vessel, the security team fired rounds from the 50-caliber machine gun. the ship fired on ted was 50-foot uae vessel with four passengers on board, two from the united arab emirates who were uninjured. retired vice admiral has been swarmed by the iranian fast boats in the persian gulf. >> we train the sailors if a vessel is approaching you close aboard you give it warning. you give it signals like search lights. light off flares. >> navy rule changed after the cole was attacked by boat packed by explosives and killing 17 u.s. sailors. mo

jennifer griffin with this news like at the pentagon this afternoon. how did the navy warn the boat in the first place? >> well, u.s. navy officials say the u.s. and the boat exhausted all warning signals flashing and firing warning shots before using lethal force against the pleasure craft and that is what they call it. that craft approached the navy oil tanker for a second time, and one defense official said the small boat initially turned away and then came back in a menacing manner and the fleet put thought statement "the crew repeatedly attempted to warn the vessels' operators to turn away from the deliberate approach, and when the efforts failed, the security team on the boat fired rounds from a 50 caliber machine gun." >>shepard: jennifer, this happened amid really growing tensions in the middle east, the timing is poor. >>reporter: it is. one person was killed. three were injured. and it happened about ten miles off the coast of the united arab emirates, just a few miles southwest of the strait of hormuz that we talk so much about where all the

jennifer griffin with the news live for us at the pentagon, and, what can you tell us exactly about the movement of the chemical agents. >>reporter: according to a senior u.s. defense source u.s. intelligence monitors intercepted several streams of signals intelligence about a week ago suggesting elements in the syrian regime have transferred some of the stockpile of chemical agents. possibly saran news gas to the homs region. there was movement of the chemical agents but there is no sign they have been used. violence at home has been on the rise. according to this military source it is not clear whether the movement of the stockpile was authorizeed by president bashar al-assad or carried out biological commanders in the syrian military frustrated they cannot suppress the rebellion in homs. >>trace: is the pentagon planning to get involved to secure the missing chemical stockpiles? >>reporter: there have been top-level meetings at the pentagon and elsewhere on the intelligence. but according to my source, in light of the new massacre where 227 people appear to have been killed by helico

national security correspondent jennifer griffin has details of another develo developing investigation tonight with worldwide implications. >> airport security camera video shows suspected bomber pacing back and forth in the airport before the attack. he is dressed like a tourist. he was carrying a fake michigan driver's license. it survived nearly intact and bulgarians shared it with the american authorities. >> we will assist them with the investigation of the attack. >> the suspect's name on the i.d. was jacques philipe martin. his address was casino and hotel in baton rouge, louisiana, indicating it's a probable fake. hezbollah yesterday posted on the website a graphic description of how iran's revolutionary guards would close the strait of hormuz by targeting u.s. aircraft carriers. >> the united states and the international community are going to hold them directly responsible. for any disruption in that region. >> the pentagon top brass focused on tracking syria's chemical weapons. a senior official says the u.s. is in discussion with israel about the move by israelis to destroy

. >> 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. the u.s. moved in position to keep the strait open by force if need be. this resolved around global concerns regarding the nuclear program. correspondent leland vittert is in jerusalem for us tonight with the latest. >> iranian state tv broadcast the war games saying they were a show of the military strength and warning to potential enemies. it's impossible to verify if the missiles with the 1 ton warhead hit the intended target. iran, missile has a range of 1250 miles and putting in its sights the military in the region. it didn't include the naval forces in the strait of hormuz. iran foreign policy committee said the military should attempt to disrupt crude oil shipping in the strait as retaliation for the latest european oil sanctions. current lay fifth of the world's oil flows through the strait where the experts say iran gun boat