obama has given every indication that he wants to shake rouhani's hand. there is the situation where the united states walked away from what appeared to be imminent military strike which shows how little appetite there is in the u.s. for as strike on iran. they see an america that is t willing to play. >> but that isn't what the administration says.t is the administration says, look,ed the sanctions are working andnc the iranians are under appreciator and that's why they are doing it. and now the new moderate voice , he has impressed the rest of the iranian leadership with how well he did in theith election. they are willing to say, all right, go see if you can cut a o deal. >> well, look, we have had sanctions for a very longtime.g i keep -- we have been hearing about how the sanctions have gone on for years and years with no change in the iranian -- in the iranian behavior. people forget that more thanrget 600 candidates for president were de selected before they found six acceptable people. cre rouhani has been there going back more than 30 years there

you know, rouhani began his speech today by saying yes to peace. no to war. well, you know, game over. what could go wrong after that kind of statement? that is the kind of false diplomacy that the iranians have proven themselves very adept at. but the threats of terrorism that iran supports, the world central bank of international terrorism you can see spreading. when the u.s. withdraws from afghanistan, taliban and al-qaeda will take back over there. it will support pakistani taliban, the groups that attacked this christian church. the government of pakistan will be -- you can see all across africa, the seam of terrorism from the north to the south growing. it is definitely getting more dangerous. >> ambassador, thank you, outside the united nations. thank you, sir. >> coming up, an american christian pastor is being held in prison in iran. but now his wife found a new way to take her plea directly to iran's new president. the pastor's wife is here next. howdy partner. you're not linda. i'm filling in for officer owens. she used double miles from her capita

you know, rouhani began his speech today by saying yes to peace. no to war. well, you know, game over. what could go wrong after that kind of statement? that is the kind of false diplomacy that the iranians have proven themselves very adept at. but the threats of terrorism that iran supports, the world central bank of international terrorism you can see spreading. when the u.s. withdraws from afghanistan, taliban and al-qaeda will take back over there. it will support pakistani taliban, the groups that attacked this christian church. the government of pakistan will be -- you can see all across africa, the seam of terrorism from the north to the south growing. it is definitely getting more dangerous. >> ambassador, thank you, outside the united nations. thank you, sir. >> coming up, an american christian pastor is being held in prison in iran. but now his wife found a new way to take her ♪ lyrics: 'take on me...' ♪ 'take me home...' ♪ 'i'll be gone...' ♪ 'in a day or...' man: twooooooooooooooooo! is that me, was i nging? vo: not paying for scheduled ma

president hassan rouhani talked about resolving the standoff with the west peacefully. now on the eve of this trip to the united nations in new york city, he is reiterating iran's stance, it has a right to continue enriching uranium for its nuclear program, which he says are for peaceful purposes. rick is a former spokesman for the last four u.s. ambassadors to the expugn a fox news contributor, rick, good to see you today. you, too. >> among some of the things that rouhani said recently is wishing a well yom kippur to people in israel and jews around the world who toe show he is different from ahmadinejad who threatened to annihilate all jews. he has flipped the switch. why. >> he never flipped the switch. sending out a couple of tweets is not changing policy. i don't know who people are watching, but it's quite clear what iran has to do. the u.n. security council has said multiple times, it's not like we have a communications problem with iran. it's not like the united states hasn't been clear going back the other way, to tell them exactly what has happen. look at the

but rouhani says it's never been working ton and isn't working on it today. he starts with a double lie and then we tore believe that his next statement it will never construct one is true. i think this is a very shaky basis, looks like we are the supplicant and we will give a lot of way which will give iran in a position to go nuclear in a very short order. >> president rouhani did not want to shake hands with president obama or have that photo at the u.n. but he did do the phone call. kirsten? >> well, look, there is a lot to be skeptical about here. absolutely. there is every reason to believe that the iranians will mislead. and up to no good. the question is we haven't been talking to them and they have been moving closer to building a bomb or so we believe. that's not working. so, trying to talk and start some sort of conversation is a step hopefully in the right direction. it has to be, i think, dealt with with less skepticism. >> i think that's all. >> fair enough. >> i think that's there is something terribly unseemly about, it is sort of like a high

we heard rouhani at the u.n. was a caution. the speech he gave was very much pitched to his home audience which includes a lot of hard-liners who seem skeptical of everything he is trying to do. he has two audiences he is trying to mediate between. jenna: that is interesting you mention that we'll look at some headlines out of the united states and iran later on in our program and i think viewers will see differences there. in the article you wrote for "the new york times," one of the things you talked about not only in the piece but also in your books having a proactive strategy when it comes to iran rather than a reactive strategy. how do you think this week sets up to be proactive rather than reactive? >> we mostly have been in reactive mode with the iranians. at some level i think that is understandable. there is lot of skepticism here in the nights understandably what the iranians are actually up to. this is one of the moments where we need to be a lot more proactive. iranians are coming forward. they're changing their ton

is rouhani a wolf in sheep's clothing? >> his track record was much more than his predecessor. there's a possibility -- what's wrong with talking? i don't get this. okay so you fund terrorist and we're not going to talk to you. if you talk to him, maybe get working dealings and they won't fund terrorists. >> obama said he didn't have time to sit down with yahoo. >> there was a reason for that. >> you don't think there's a reason not to talk to rouhani? >> no. >>> right before he was elected, rouhani filmed a youtube video where he says he takes credit for the nuclear program and claims credit for actually expanding it. he says we wanted to complete all of these and need time. before it was iran's nuclear negotiator. he sees an opportunity because putin embarrassed the president. he sayso you're willing to sit down with me. i'm going to use the american media to make a fool out of you. there's no way they're not trying to obtain a nuclear weapon, bob. can we talk about the other topic? i want to play a sound bite from secretary of state john kerry on syria. he was probably the s

that is the same rouhani we're calling a moderate today. let's not forget he was in his position as head of the national security council there in iran during the time of the bombing of the jewish center, cultural center in argentina. jenna: but according to reports he is not half as bad, even if that is all true as you say, congressman, according to reports he is not as bad as sulamani. the sanctions you passed don't affect the revolutionary guard, what do you do about that? >> they would actually affect the revolutionary guard. they would affect the revolutionary guard because the revolutionary guard is repatriating the money from overseas as well as the banking system. this goes the extra step the treasury department, stuart levy, former undersecretary of treasury wanted to take to totally close doesn't economy there and block all repatriation of profits back into the country. it would cut off not just the revolutionary guard but it would bring the economy to a standstill. it is time to do it. we have no other option. we're out of time i

. >> one of the people we expect is the president of iran, rouhani, will be there. there's been discussion whether he would be meeting with the president or whether secretary kerry will meet with the foreign minister. there was a letter sent by reverend billy graham to the president of iran about the christian person held there for coming up on a year asking that he be released. it's interesting that even if religious leaders are are making a plea to the president of iran to release this pastor. >> i understand why the reverend billy graham, jr., wants this pastor released. i think there might be grounds for optimism. i think the iranians are using a number of american prisoners they have. a former fbi agent and others as pawns, bargaining chips. in a gesture of humanitarian goodwill it may be that hassan rouhani release it is pastor in the near future. maybe he'll announce it tomorrow. that's good for the pastor. we would welcome that. the detention has been unfair. don't think it means the slightest modification in iran's 20-year-long program to get deliverable nu

>> no, this is another play from hassan rouhani's play book from ten years ago. they will make a surface, superficial compromise. they will continue their charm offensive. they'll do anything they can optically to get relief from the economic sanctions, but they will not sacrifice the nuclear program. if you listen to hassan rouhani's speeches in new york, last week, he made it clear. this is the same gameplan they followed before, and i'm afraid if you look at the president's kind of abject longing for a handshake or a conversation with hassan rouhani last week, it's very clear iran enters this negotiation holding the upper hand. >> let's look at what how harouy said in 2004. he gave a speech and boasted about the quarterback sneak. here's what he said during negotiations with europeans. >> quote, while we were talking with europeans in tehran, we were installing parts in the facility in isfahan. we were able to complete the work. ambassador, is this all part of a fake? >> absolutely. i quote those very lines in my book about my time up here, surrender is not an

should president obama sit down with rouhani at the u.n. this week? >> well, i don't know about that. but i do know there are some good signals and we need to celebrate the good signals and we need to make our decisions in consultation with israel. it is, in fact, israel that they have threatened to wipe off the globe and it is posh that we stay locked with israel as we approach these new signals from iran. >> let's turn to domestic affairs. you just heard our interview with senator cruz who is calling for a filibuster which would defund obama care while funding the government. i guess two questions. what do you think of cruz's strategy and how do you think this is going to play out over the next couple of weeks? >> well, it's not brute political force. it's called the american people in elections. i don't think in america we should throw tantrums when we lose elections and threaten to refuse to pay the bills. the american people had a choice between someone who said repeal obama care and president obama and not since ronald reagan has a president bee

i missed rouhani but the move is a common gesture of contempt in the middle east. the reaction copping coming -- coming after the first visit after taking office last month. he said he believes that the u.s. and iran will resolve and set the nuclear issue step-by-step in the not too distant future. yesterday he said he had the backing of the people of iran. >> translator: i believe, whatever result we achieve through negotiation my government will have the full backing of all the powers, meaning the three main powers in iran and the people of irain -- iran. >> and benjamin netanyahu has voiced skepticism about rouhani and he meets with the white house this week. >> uma: thank you for that update. there is some contention there at home. and here as well. as you might imagine israel is keeping close watch on developments with iran. monday, benjamin netanyahu is set to meet with president obama at the white house. question: is real diplomacy possible with iran? iranian president says he is open to talks but will his countrymen back him? does it give time to give him a

rouhani euphoria. this was great excitement for the new so-called moderate leader. president obama did everything he could to get a handshake and a personal phone call, begging the regime for that phone call. i think in tehran the hard liners are actually pleased. they got president obama's speech where he committed not to engage in regime change in iran and rouhani got all of this without giving anything on the world stage. >> speaking of which, president obama insists that a diplomatic solution over iran's nuclear program can be negotiated, but in his speech at the u.n., rouhani said iran will never, ever give up its uranium enrichment. as you know, iran is already close to what's known as breakout capacity, meaning it could finish a device in a matter of weeks. you know, mark, in truth, what's there to negotiate? greg, that's exactly right. the iranians have declared domestic enrichment to be nonnegotiable, so that could be capitulation if they gave up the right. now, excluding iran, there are 33 co

rouhani, it's iranian action that matters. we'd welcome a credible and verifiable agreement with iran there. have also been some early cracks in the tentative deal cut with the russians on syria turning over its chemical weapons. the former u.n. inspector charles delfer he's cautiously optimistic it will stick. >> we have to worry about syrian cheating but the russians will be hurt as well if bashar al assad is caught cheating this this case. >> reporter: not surprised prime minister benjamin netanyahu is taking a hard line against iran, stalling for time but netanyahu doesn't get a chance to address the general assembly until next wednesday. >> what's your sense of the iran meeting? is it going to happen? >> reporter: seems more and more likely, but not a formal one-on-one. what seems likely would be sort of an informal hallway bump into each other just as we saw between president obama and putin when they didn't want the formality of a one-on-one. >> as far as chance meetings go, it will be historic, no question. ed henry, t

president obama speaks in the morning and rouhani in the afternoon. if there was a moment to have a, quote, unquote, chance encounter and a handshake between obama and rouhani, that will be it. there is questions if there are substantive negotiations or not. i find this very troubling that rouhani is the head of a designated state sponsored terrorism and that makes him the equivalent of a terrorist and not somebody the president of the united states should shake hands with. >> thank you very much first of all forgiving us per spec tiff on the breaking -- perspective on the breaking news and talking iran with us. >>> now we move to another story making headlines at this hour. a tropical storm that is packing dangerous and de sprocket tiff tiff -- destructive winds. we will take to you this place and tell you how they are coping. and facing mounting pressure. will president obama be forced to make revisions to the signature health care law? >> they are focused on politics. they are focused on trying to mess with me. they are not focused on you. >>> stor

so this is not the last we heard of it when rouhani speaks today. benjamin netanyahu will speck next week -- will speak next week. >> joining me now form el state department official, christian whiten good to see you. thanks for coming on. >> great to be here. >> trace: what do you make of president obama saying he is not going to meet with rouhani no handshake no meeting no nothing. >> sounds leak he was more than willing to do that but the iranians said no. they blame some logistical and a snafu, but it's pathetic. the president of the united states is willing to meet with this evil terrorist regime with the blood of thousands of americans on its hand, the chief sponsorrer of terrorism in the world. that didn't happen. >> trace: why are we pursuing diplomatic ties in the first place? we already established you have to stop enriching urainum. white do we have to try to get them to go to the next step? >> i sawing this first hand at the state department in the last decade. it's fairly easy to convince member office the foreign policy establishment,

protesters and demonstrators are outraged that rouhani is even here. >> minister rouhani belongs in prison. he has so much blood on his hands. he is guilty of so many crimes in iran, of executing so many people. of torturing so many people. in fact even said himself he duped the west with nuclear talks. >> reporter: and despite all this talk iran is still violating six security council resolution including brazenly ignoring the demand to stop uranium enrichment, mart. that. martha: will be a very interesting day. bill: you don't know what the speeches will entail, what the headlines will come from. remember chavez a few years ago? banging his fist up in the air. martha: i can still smell the sulfur, chavez, right? bill: new york city. martha: unbelievable. we see posters and placards all the time say the iranian president should never be in the city of new york as that man said on the streets. a lot of controversy. bill: we're awaiting on speeches. you will see a little bit of them throughout the day on fox. >>> meantime we're only days from a potential government shut down. how will senat

and obviously rouhani hopes to get relief from the sanctions. so from iran's point of view, there's no downside at all. from our point of view, it simply allows iran space to continue towards a nuclear weapons capability. >> what do you expect from israel this week? >> i think prime minister netanyahu will continue his speeches warning about the iranian nuclear threat. it is an existential issue. many arab friends of the united states are just as worried as israel is about an iranian nuclear weapon. if they get a nuclear weapon, it won't stop there. saudi arabia will respond, egypt, turkey, perhaps others. that's why stopping iran is so important. because proliferation around the region will take some place that's already volatile and make it more dangerous. >> syria is still on the table there. russia pushing back against a lot of efforts that the u.s. and others are trying to make in resolving the situation as best they can at this point. we've got this tentative agreement that they're going to turn over their stockpiles, going to be destroyed

rouhani said iran never threatened any other country. this is extraordinary statement after guy supporting the regime, supporting as saud in syria, that carried out terrorist attacks the world over, that supports hezbollah, which killed hundreds of american soldiers, killed hundreds of american soldiers by supplying ieds to insurgents in iraq, that statement alone should tell you the way this guy operates. when he said that iran's nuclear programs are for peaceful purposes only, he was lying. jenna: that said, is there anything that we could do in our behavior in our speech that would change the intension of the iranian regime at this point? >> well the only reason we've had any kind of conciliation from iran because we imposed fairly punitive sanctions on iran and so instead of, the american policy should be to redouble the sanctions effort and make the threat of military force that much more credible rather than to try to dial it back to show how reasonable we are. the only reason rouhani was even elected because they're under punishin

rouhani pushing for a resolution between the two great nations to finally resolve u.s. concerns over iran's nuclear ñrprogram. rouhani is ready to offer more transpartnerency and to assure the u.s., that the iran nuclear program will not be weaponized but only if crippling sanctions against iran will be lifted. row rue was greeted by supporters and one reading yes to peace and no to war. and hard line conservative protestors chanted death to america and hurling eggs and tomatoes. and obama using a phone call with rouhani to bring up concern over the three americans held in iran including the pastor who was jailed for his kristyen faith. earlier today, his wife told fox news, that her husband's imprisonment is hardest on the children. >> my daughter locks at me. mommy, how many more birthdays. it is my heart that broke. i know it is eight years, i haven't told them that and i couldn't answer her. and in my heart, i anyhow that i would do whatever it takes to bring him home. >> he was sentenced to eight years and the obama call to rouhani gives her hope her husband will

and remember, rouhani is not president obama's equal. the ayatollah khomeni is guy running things, the supreme leader. so they're not really equal. jenna: that's a good point. we don't want to imply from what we know from our own politics to president in other countries is not always the case. >> right. jenna: i was looking at rouhani's editorial. this is one part of it. he says the international community faces many challenges in this new world, terrorism, extremism, drug trafficking, seibcybercrime and cultural encroach mane. how many of these things is iran guilty of themselves? >> good question. everyone of them starting with terrorism. the u.s. government says iran is the largest state sponsor of terrorism in the world. jenna: that holds true today, right? so if the president was to meet with the president of iran would be knowingly meeting with one leader in a country that we designated as a state sponsor of terror. >> that is exactly right. this is a country that kills lots of americans this is a country who has troops right now i

. >> in his first interview with the western journalist, new iran yoon president, rouhani told curry of the news he does not have a bomb and will not. >>translator: in the nuclear program, discovering enters with full power and complete authority. i have given the nuclear negotiations portfolio to the foreign ministry. >> exiting his own briefing room, secretary of state john kerry gave the remarks a cautious welcome. >> everything needs to be put to the test. >> european diplomats tell fox news they don't believe rouhani has the authority to cut the deal. they also don't believe rouhani has no thompt french and british are reportedly pushing the white house action by action steps on granting u.n. inspectors to key sites there in exchange for easing of economic sanctions that have hobbled iran's economy in the last two years. >> the new president made clear he wants to or says he wants to adistress that problem. to do that he needs to demonstrate he's serious about resolving the conflict with the international community. >> one veteran urged access sors not to be taken in by the char

i think the negotiators and the clever ploys in my view that president rouhani has communicated at the united nations to really separate the united states from the t five plus one in geneva, long story short, though, i think he explicitly communicated his interests in continuing the processing of the uranium and that's a fundamental position. i think it goes back to geneva and i think the proof will be in their deeds and looking at the united nations. et cetera got to stand up to the plate, making sure they have the inspection regime and to verify the iranian intention with regards to their nuclear program. >> gregg: the inspectors say that tehran's program is already highly advanced. so even if they were to hand over their enrichment of uranium, they have so many advanced send tree finals, they could replace the fuel, couldn't they? >> that's important about iaea. they're a signatory to many united nations conventions. they believe in international norms. i think we need to continue to insist that they act like the iranian nation that we know they are and at the same time, understand

there should be more demanded of rouhani. he's been responsible for the murder of thousands of people. we think he's responsible for murdering 52 iranians in iraq, and had seven hostages headed there. he has a lot of blood on his hand. he should be required to go through couple of steps before he talks to the president, like willing to give us an inventory of all of his nuclear facility, like he should start dismantling them and we should have inspectors them and the inspectors should start inspecting so we don't repeat the mistakes of the past. >> steve: i have a feeling, if the president does meet with mr. rouhani later today, this topic that you guys are here about where these 52 dissidents were murdered in a hospital on the first day of september, this is not going to come up. a lot of people haven't heard about it. what happened? >> what happened is this is a group of iranian dissidents who have been in iraq. we promised them in 2003 that they would be protected persons. we then pulled out. turned them over to the iraqis

they're angry rouhani is even here. >> probe rouhani belongs in prison. he has so much blood on his hands. he is guilty of so many crimes in iran, of executing so many people, of torturing so many people. in fact he ensaid himself he duped the west with nuclear attacks. >> and despite all the talk, iran is violating six security council resolutions, including the demand to stop uranium enrichment. we'll see you when the iranian president takes the podium for his speech. whether or not he will offer any olive branches or new concession wes have not yet heard. >> neil: the secretary of state does want to meet with iran's foreign minister, slated for thursday, but middle east analyst says, like a presidential power, this is a bad idea. why. >> any meeting with the iranian regime will only prove to legitimize -- >> you don't believe -- >> that do we have to go by in the political and economic isolation that exists between the u.s. and iran is because of their behavior, and what we don't even need to remind to go past the 34 years of history we had with them.

is not between putin and obama, i mean obama and rouhani, but rouhani and putin. they shade they will give them the 300-s system which will make it invulnerable to israeli attack. is there something going on between those two. is putin in the drivers seed on syria, is it in the drivers seat on iran? between russia and iran they control majority of the world's exported oil. what is their goal going to be? get america out of the middle east. martha: russia is intent on continuing to sell arms to these countrys. >> yes. martha: perhaps the more important conversation would be a meaningful discussion between president obama and president putin. >> yes. or even putin and rouhani and the iranians. what is the expression, there is many a slip between the cup and the lip. i think that is where we are with the three countries. martha: you said it. thank you very much, kt. >> thanks. bill: jon scott back from vacation. "happening now" rolls your way. good to have you back. we missed you. >> good to be here, bill. breaking news out of kenya. military action underway to free

it did not hit rouhani, though. >> it is strong reactions who said earlier, he hopes to seek a nuclear deal with the u.s. in the next three to six months. gregg? >> bryan, there are three americans being held still in iran that also came up in the telephone call between the two presidents. what more can you tell us about that? >> right. during the phone call, obama discussed his concern for the three americans that have been held in iran, including idaho pastor abediney, he's a father of two young children. he has been in jail for a year for over his christian faith. earlier today, his wife told fox news she has not spoken to her husband in months. >> early january was the last time the iranian government allowed any more phone calls. he called may few times from september to january, probably three times for a few minutes at a time. but after that, there has been -- it's been disconnected. the iranian government has not allowed for any more phone calls. >> she also says obama's call gives her hope that her husband will be home soon. people trying to figure out what this means. some ho

general assembly in new york between president obama and president rouhani and the iranians at first were intrigued by and this then eventually blinked if you will and said we can't do this. the officials that are talking here in washington are speculating that the reason for this is that back at home in tehran president rouhani has hardliners that he has to deal with. it wouldn't have looked so good for him out of the box. he has only been sworn in for a month and a half to go shaking hands about barack obama. the president of the great satan. so, it didn't happen. but that doesn't mean that the diplomacy is dead all together. tomorrow, in new york, for the first time since 1979, the two top at this particular times of the united states and iran, secretary of state kerry iranian foreign minister are requesting to meet face to face no breakthroughs are expected. >> basically rouhani guy said i better not shake his hand because then i might get in trouble back with the mull also a and all these other people i'm going it play it safe. is he a weasel politician like all the rest of them

are you concern about him being a pawn in negotiations. >> that's why we think that president rouhani should take the action to release amir. if he wants to demonstrate his serious news and won't use the case as a bargaining chip but will do the right things and release him. it's clear he should come home, and we think if iran wants to join the global community, they should demonstrate with actions it's serious, and this is one positive way to do that. >> and congressman, why you were speaking, we photographed some pictures of you holding the, free amir" sign. you're pushing your colleagues to get involved and it's being successful. >> i've asked members of congress to join me just so that iranian people, the iranian government and the iranian leader knows the american people and their representatives are paying attention. so this is one of those few times when members on beth sides of the aisle -- if you have darryl issa and john lewis on the same side, it's something that they american people all believe in. this would maintenance for us to stand together and ask for this gesture to

thankfully, hopefully came from our side and not their side. >> rouhani, if that's his real name, is speaking right now, i believe we have a picture of him here. there he is. andrea, interesting thing. apparently we offered -- the its offered to have an encounter with him. where i come from, that's totally different. but they said it was too complicated. did they just slap us down or a legitimate, hey, we're really busy and let's do this again, starbucks in my neighborhood? >> i think that the iranians see an opening with this president that they can drag things out. >> yeah. >> if you're rouhani, you want time on your side, right? they want to delay, drag their feet. they know that they can manipulate the president and he said it's complicated. drag it out. that's all they need is time on their side to get the nuclear weapon that rouhani said i'm planning on getting. >> right. negotiations buy you time while the machines continue to work at home to try to produce a nuclear weapon. >> exactly. the iranians do two things at once. bob, what are you giggling about? >> i'm sorry. first t

he urged rouhani to comply with international law. on thursday the top diplomats from the five u.n. security council states, germany and iran, met in new york and that was a first since 1979. the iranian diplomat who attended the session responded to comments from secretary of state john kerry who urminged iran to open -- who urged iran to open up the closed facilities and stop then itch ared level. >> secretary kerry does not want to dictate what we should or should not do. >> he claimed the iranians have never been pursuing a nuclear weapon and tweeted lyndsay graham of south carolina. also on sunday, president obama 's top national security aid discussed the prospects for the eventual normalization of nations like washington and tehran. >> it is way too soon to presume either the prospect of an agreement on the nuclear program which we hope to be able to achieve, but we are quite sober about the potential for that. and that would obviously need to be a first step before going on to discuss other aspects of the u.s.-iranian relationship which has a long way to go to get to the sta

rouhani both talking about 15 minutes it lasted. the call took place before the iranian president left his hotel here across the street from the united nations. and they, of course, discussed the nuclear program. earlier the iranian president had a news conference in which he expressed confidence that a deal can be reached. during that news conference, did he discuss the iranian nuclear program. did he not say though if iran will stop uranium enrichment. he has refused to do that in the past. or say if iran will actually obey the six security council resolutions that they have been defying. he was asked if his country will open its nuclear facilities. he did not say yes to that either but said it's up to negotiators. it was in a very short period of time. it will be a settlement on the nuclear file objected the nuclear issue. >> well, the iranians say they hope to have a deal in place within one year. finally tonight, harris, maybe a little example that there is potentially a thaw, i'm told that the members of president rouhani's de

president rouhani indicated iran will never develop number clear weapons. i've made clear we respect the right of the iranian people to pursue energy. so the tests well be meaningful, transparent, and verify act, which will bring relief from the sanctions currently in place. resolving this issue could serve as a major step forward in a new relationship between the united states and the islamic republic of iran, based on mutual interest and mutual respect, and help fa tate a better relationship between iran and the international community and other's in the region, one that would help the iranian people and help us address other concerns that could bring greater peace and stability in the middle east. the past meaningful agreement will be difficult and at this point both sides have some concerns that will have to be overcome. i believe we have a responsibility to pursue diplomacy and we have a unique opportunity to make progress with the new leadership in tehran. i also communicated to president rehanni my deep respect for the iranian people. as i said befor

. >> i spoke with president rouhani. the two of us discussed efforts to reach an agreement over iran's nuclear program. >> after an historic week for the first time since the hostage crisis of 1979, the u.s. and iranian presidents have spoken about seara, poison gas and about iran's nuclear program. do they want peaceful power? or are we being played? tonight the fox five gladiator and i grapple over whether to give peace a chance. plus in a werld exclusive, as l.a. jury decides whether to hit michael jackson's concert promoter can damages in the hundreds of millions, for wrongful death. the king of pop's original doctor feelgood z in another world exclusive i interviewed the man behind the antimuslim video blamed for murders of our men in benghazi. he's just out of federal prison. and is first up, right after the break. [ thunder crashes ] [ female announcer ] some people like to pretend a flood could never happen to them. and that their homeowners insurance protects them. [ thunder crashes ] it doesn't. stop pretending

whether it is rouhani. s face is the same. >> what is accomplished with our president meeting with their president then? >> what is accomplished to test and try them and see how far we can push them. it has to be verified and be aware of the progress they are making. rouhani boasted he was able to sweet talk the europeans while iowa ran completed the enrichment facility. he boasted about that. he likes to talk one thing and doanother. mek has been able to help with the intelligence. what should we do in response to the killing of the members that have u.s. badges given to them as protection. >> we ought to get them out of there. there is no need to settle them in the united states. i would welcome neighbors. but at least get them out of harm's way. we owe them that. >> people who helped us in the past. the pakistani doctor who hopped to get osama bin laden. we have to make sure we take care of them. thank you for coming in. >> a former nfl stars wants to save 300 children, the same teenagers that broke in t

you can tell rouhani is a political professional. he is focused on the process and the second big thing that came out of this was not only is he not ahmadinejad, he wants a deal and wants it quick. he doesn't want a big deal that will take a lot of time and is complicated. he wants deal on nuclear that is small and get the ball rolling i can go back and sell in tehran. jenna: sounds like you're optimistic? >> i've seen this movie before and everyone find a way not to be successful. i think we'll have to wait for the results. i will say this, this is the best shot all the countries had in a long, long time. jenna: claudia, you've been at the u.n., and covering this event this week. the president of iran was at a non-proliferation meeting this morning. we have the meeting with the foreign minister, secretary of state this afternoon. how do you see this entire week being orchestrated? who we actually in a position now where the two side can work on a deal? >> this new president of iran is the same old wine even in not a very different b

runriew rouhani. you want to see the photograph of the president of the united states shaking hands with the president of iran? is that going to come back to haunt you? >> first time in three decades that the president of the united states and the president of iran has spoken to each other. that is note worthy. if it were to work and there were some sort of thawing of relations that would be a great first step. many people say that iran doesn't appear, through its actions, to be wanting to have. >> through actions. iran is hacking into the united states navy while the president is speaking, hacking us. >> this guy seems like is he ready to negotiate because he is he sick and tired of the sanctions that is crushing his people. so you actually may have some movement there. the bulk of the phone call presidents two presidents were around the nuclear issue. charles krauthammer though says this phone call and our intentions, we are just walking right into a big trap. listen. >> what they are doing very cle

like you we viewed rouhani discontent. we have taken note of overtures by iran. whatever words we made here it is iranian action that matters. we would welcome a credible and available agreement with iran. the president has a chance to address the world on this at the u.n. general assembly. speaks after 10:00 a.m. eastern time, bill. >> do you expect this to happen. some sort of informal. >> probably informal. i think it's unlikely the president is going to do a formal one-on-one with a spray of reporters and all of that i think on the slips like he did with vladimir putin a couple weeks ago when they had their differences that was an opening there remember, that helped lead in part to the diplomatic opening with sire syria in the chemical weapons. maybe something on the sideline. >> bill: it will be an interesting picture if that happens. ed henly good to see you in new york. good luck with the traffic out there. it is brutal as you have seen already. >> okay. >> a bipartisan group of more than 60 members of congress calling on iran's new president to free a for

president obama is in the oval office and on the phone with president rouhani. the first time leaders of the two countries have spoken in 1979. where are we now in relations between these two countries? >> well, i don't think anything can be shown to have changed except that there was a conversation and we have this rather more appealing fellow. he does very well by comparison with his thugish predecessor. he seems maury fined and more -- more refined and more reasonable, but so far iran hasn't done anything. if you listen to the sound bite they are talking about arriving in a an agreeable framework to resolve the outstanding issues. what does that mean? that is just talk. a lesson until iran actually agrees to do something and then does it that would reduce the possibility of it having a nuclear arsonal, the only thing you can have is a mild degree of interest and not much hope. joy all right. the phone call -- >> all right. the phone call fold a meeting between secretary of state kerry and zarif, the fellow on the right with the white beard, and the iranians a

rouhani is the smiling face on the regime. >>> president obama and rouhani do get together for talks, it would be the first exchange between the u.s. and iran in more than 30 years. >>> later today a memorial service will be held for the 12 victims. the president and first lady will be there meeting with families before the service. this will be held at the marine barracks not far from where the gunman opened fire. the service is closed to the public but the navy has invited 4,000 people to attend. those are your headlines this hour. >> it's like an after dinner mint here to sweep it all. >> i don't know. it came to me. metaphors from fast and furious. >> good, allison. i like that fall graphic. do you see that? the fall leaves. it was very nice. feels like it across the great lakes. this picture describes what's going to go on. parts of the great lakes are going to be below your average temperatures and go into the high plains, rapid city, north platte, down towards dodge city. your temps will be above average. 20 degrees above average. we had all of that flooding last week. all of t

rouhani is the head of iran. i have a message for people like richard, stop losing congressional elections. you had keep losing congressional elections two cycles in a roy. americans elect republicans in house. democracy for you to dial. it is intransigent i refuse to deal because i don't like an election. >> i glad you brought that up and having a conversation about elections because if i remember correctly, 2012 election was about obamacare. republican guy, mitt romney said let's repeal obamacare and president obama said we'll implement obamacare. american people overwhelmingly keep president in us office and eight democrat senators reelect them in office and obamacare in place. republican even though they lost the election will do everything in their power to dismantle the law, checked through congress, checked through the supreme court around now they will dismantle it. martha: michael, what do you say about that, too late you had your chance? >> when republicans win house that election doesn't count, but pre

rouhani, the president, is asking on the instructions of, and within the constraints set down by the supreme leader. he is not free lansing, not acting on his own. >> it's amazing. do you expect formal talks to ever happen between their president and our president in near months? >> i wouldn't rule it out. formal talks, no. i think the talks will take place at the level of senior officials, but not the head of state. i don't rule out a meeting between the two heads of state, the two presidents. but again, think that's more form than substance. we shouldn't overstate the importance of it. it's a significant gesture, but that's all it is. >> trace: and they continue to give weapons to syria and weapons to hezbollah and we continue to try to negotiate. ambassador good, to see you, sir. thank you. >> thank you. >> trace: meantime, president obama sending a message to republicans. obamacare is here to stay, he says. we'll tell you what g.o.p. lawmakers have to say about that. plus, a controversial plan to prevent another superstorm sandy, and it could involved the government taking people

that was the response from president rouhani. >> he wrote the speech before he saw president obama's remarks. didn't sound very friendly? >> no. why. i think the iranians have suffered under the sanctions. he is making it sound like it is hurting the woman and children and babies. they have a fund of international finances they could use. they are not dipping into. it what he wants to make is a case lift the sanctions and maybe we will talk. sanctions have hurt them but not enough. they think they are on the way to nuclear weapons and so close they will get them. how did reagan win the cold war examinally. he didn't invade soviet union. but makes it so difficult that their own people said look. we have to have a change. >> two ways to look at this. potential snub. the administration said it was too complicated and there is a lost internal politics and tough for president rouhani and president obama to get together. should our leader look at this as a badge of honor. they don't want to talk or move a head. or does the world think that rue row have the other hand. >> iranians will come

the problem is they have a long history rouhani, the president was the negotiator in 2003 for iran on nuclear weapons with the europeans. he boasted afterwards that by keeping things calm, by negotiating and smiling, they were able to complete a nuclear facility. these are people that have such contempt for the u.s. and the west that they actually saver their strategies spin the west and spin the uranium. they are worried they have no military options as long as the negotiations are happening and he they are going to happen for a long time. >> bret: speaking of the iranian foreign minister here is what he said this weekend on abc. >> not seeking nuclear weapons so we're not six months, six years away from nuclear weapons. we do not want nuclear weapons. we believe nuclear weapons are detrimental to our security. we believe those who have the allusion that nuclear weapons provide them the security are badly mistaken. we need to have a region and a world he free from nuclear weapons. >> and like charles, senator lindsey graham tweeted after that appearance, quote: the iranian foreign mi