they chose mahmoud ahmadinejad years ago and they chose a different path this time around. that provided an historic opportunity to us and the west to address this issue. we are not talking about sanctions. the effect on sanctions have been two fold. when sanctions started iran has less than 200 centrifuges, we have 1900. the met product the 18,800 centrifuges that has been added to the stock. centrifuges, so anxiouses have utterly failed in that regard. it seems the west is taking advantage of that opportunity. we have a new government in iran with a different approach to foreign policy. they have not changed. we will insist on our rights. we will not negotiate or compromise on the rights of our people. we believe this can be addressed through constructive engagement. the window of opportunity is limited. >> israel is not impressed from comments from the iranian foreign minister. there's no shortage of finger pointing between the two countries. reaction from jerusalem, from nick schifrin. >> here in jerusalem the israelis are smarting over the terms and deal made with iran

. >> some alternative christmas messages have been from reverend jesse jackson, mahmoud ahmadinejad from iran, and a cartoon character. >> in turkey the cabinet has been shaken up. some are calling on the prime minister to step down as well. >> prime minister recep tayyip erdogan announced a cabinet restructure, replacing 10 ministers. >> translation: some of the ministers asked to resign because of ongoing developments and some quit as they contest mayoral elections. >> earlier, the economy minister resigned. the departure of the environment minister was different. one that exposed divisions within the government. >> they decided to announce their resignation on live television during an interview with local network, and also asked prime minister recep tayyip erdogan to resign. it was a call the prime minister chose to ignore. police are citing illicit money transfers. many believe the scandal stems from a struggle between recep tayyip erdogan's government and this man, the muslim cleric who is set to have men followers within the turkey's police and judiciary. the government dismissed

they chose mahmoud ahmadinejad. they chose a different path this time around. and that election provided a historic opportunity to us and to the west in order to try to address this issue. we are not talking about sanctions. the effect of sanctions has been two-fold. when sanctions started, iran had less than 200 sentence triv fuse. it has been about 18,000 and 800 centrifuges that has been added to iran's stock of centrifuge. sanctions have utterly failed in that regard. on the other hand. the people of iran blamed the west for restrictions that have been imposed on the livelihood, on the ability to buy medicine, on the ability to finance and purchase food items from abroad and they have blamed it squarely on the west for because they have tried to exercise their right and they have resisted pressure and intimidation and iranians are almost allergic to pressure and intimidation, they respond negatively. it seems to me that the west is trying to take advantage of this object to the form. we have a new government in iran with a different. foreign policy, differe

last year, charlie rose of cbs "this morning" put the matter to then president of iran mahmoud ahmadinejad. >> (translated): i remember that last year iranian and american intelligence groups had a meeting but i haven't followed up on it. i thought they had come to some kind of an agreement. >> reporter: but this year the new president of iran, hassan rouhani, seemed to deny knowing about levinson's fate. >> (translated): we do not have any information about this person. actually, our intelligence services have said that he is not in iran. >> reporter: today in tel aviv secretary of state john kerry declined comment on whether levinson was working for the c.i.a. in iran but pledged to continue seeking his return. >> i have personally raised it with the iranians and, of course, -- in the course of our discussions and we will continue to try to seek his release and return to the united states. >> reporter: late today david mcgee, an attorney for the le levinson family, said the u.s. government needs to do more. >> they have not work to full capacity. they have not made his case a priority ca

the past speakers include the former president of iran mahmoud ahmadinejad's brigitte bardot margin lisa simpson and survivors of the nine eleven attacks in new york so the idea behind it is to be extremely thought provoking and to just get people to question the status quo a little bit more and certainly by choosing edward snowden city to talk about privacy today i think they're hoping that view is will be nudged to question tradition and the status quo that little bit more cabin as you say food for thought is the turkey the christmas put to slowly digested with the scrutiny sherry no doubt. very best wishes she with the guys over there london as well of course happy christmas from moscow. now on. the healthy food but not for the employees apparently we got a story about one mcdonald's the restaurant's pushing its workers to choose a salad instead of its burgers. i'd also piracy for good tell you how an iconic heavy metal band plans to use data from a legal song to fill their. interest rate of about it always plenty of good stories for you to take. pleasure to have you with us here on t

ahmadinejad hardliners who oppose any deal with the united states that like khomeini in the one nine hundred eighty s. will jump at any chance to discredit the current moderate president hassan rouhani any. surprise also led to the deaths of thousands of innocent people around the world particularly in central america reagan took money from the iranians and use that money to. well nuns in nicaragua but those are just the most obvious results of the october surprise again occur were able to free the hostages like he and bonnie solder had planned carter would have won re-election after all he was leading the most polls in the months leading up to the election and it reagan were never elected america would be a much more progressive nation. flashforward thirty three years and once again a democratic president is trying to negotiate in good faith with iran. president obama has made a deal with the moderate iranian president that if everything goes as planned will solve a major international crisis but like president carter's deal president obama's deal is opposed by republicans who have

ahmadinejad hardliners who oppose any deal with the united states and like khomeini in the one nine hundred eighty s. will jump at any chance to discredit the current moderate president hassan rouhani . the october surprise also led to the deaths of thousands of innocent people around the world particularly in central america reagan took money from the iranians and use that money to. well nuns in nicaragua but those are just the most obvious results of the october surprise again occur were able to free the hostages like he and bonnie solder had planned carter would have won reelection after all he was leading the most polls in the months leading up to the election and it reagan were never elected america would be a much more progressive nation. flashforward thirty three years and once again a democratic president is trying to negotiate in good faith with iran. president obama has made a deal with the moderate iranian president that if everything goes as planned will solve a major international crisis but like president carter's deal president obama's deal is opposed by republicans w

. >> mahmoud ahmadinejad made surrounding areas a focus instead of improving the capital of tehran. he strengthened the power of reem anal areas. >> critics say parliament created headaches for the government. introducing a time-consuming and costly proposal at a people when the government is solving significant economic problems. one politician said it would take 25 years to g a new capital. by that time who knows what tehran will look like. >> for the first time in 30 years china is easing a one child per couple policy. it will allow couples to have two children instead of one. >> officials say it may have worked too well. they are worried about the decline of china's population. >> argentina's national weather center declared a red alert. for two weeks a heat waive strained power cids. some marched in the streets. >> no one listens to us. we followed the correct procedures and called the energy company. only a computer deals with us. they say the engineers are out working, but that's a lie. we have no alternative but to do this. the government is haning out water and until energy

the previous government of mahmoud ahmadinejad made it a focus of his administration. instead of improving tehran, he focused on strengthening the power of regional areas. many saw that plan as short-sighted and a waste of money. >> critics say parliament is creating headaches for the new president hassan rouhani. introducing a time-consuming and costly proposal at a time when the government is trying to solve significant economic and foreign policy problems. one politician said it will take 25 years to build a new capital. by that time who knows what tehran will look like or whether it will still exist. >> americans living in india are about to face more government scrutiny. the government says it will clamp down on tax violations by the families of u.s. diplomats and are investigating the status of men -- american teachers working there, a week after americans arrested a diplomat for visa fraud and underpaying her housekeeper. >> now olympics. and michael eaves is here with a couple of new sports. >> it's hard to believe we are 40 days away from the winter olympics ,

you might note that he joins the ranks of mahmoud ahmadinejad the former president of iran in delivering this alternative alternative message. they would say he's in that kind of company. over the last year, you've noticed edward snowden started as just leaking this information but now in becoming more of a provocateur speaking out and this christmas message he urged people in britain and obviously around the world are also paying attention to rally against this mass government surveillance that we've seen. let's take another listen to what he said, another part of it. >> the conversation occurring today will determine the amount of trust we can place both in the technology that surrounds us and the government that the regulates it. together, we can find a better balance, end mass surveillance. and remind the government that if it really wants to know how we feel, asking is always cheaper than spying. for everyone out there listening, thank you and merry christmas. >> and michael, if you remember the or well's novel "1984" and the big brother spying, he says that's nothing compared to wh

mahmoud ahmadinejad the former president of iran has done it before. channel 4 said that edward snowden's decision to reveal the extent of these surveillance programs has been one of the most significant events fst year and in fact, british security services for their cooperation with the united states also got a lot of heat. and he's kind of rallying not just the british people but obviously the world who's watching to have a dialogue about these mass surveillance programs going on not just in the u.s. but around the world. let's take a listen. >> a child born today will grow up with no conception of privacy at all. he'll never know what it means to have a private moment to themselves an unreported un andlized thought. and that's a problem because privacy matters. privacy is what allows us to determine who we are and who we want to be. >> well, so brianna, it's not clearly as uplifting a message as the queen gave but one he thought was important to talk about. i might add that here in this country, even "time" magazine, he was one of the runner-ups fo

., who know it is family has asked me would i interview the iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad. so ahmadinejad, one time i asked him and basically he said, look, you know, he knew of him when i mentioned him, knew who he was about, didn't say the me "he's a c.i.a. guy" but a lot of people in america didn't know that. that was a disclosure we just had. >> right. interesting. >> rose: but they kept sort of suggesting they had him. >> interesting. >> rose: but then you had zarif saying "we don't have him. if we had him we'd deliver him. those poor people in the family, we have such sympathy, if we knew where he was we would tell you." >> i don't understand it either. if they did have him and turned him over, let him go home, boy, that would unlock a lot of good will for them. so the thing about iran, there are veils inside veils inside veils and you never know which veil you'll have. >> rose: and everybody's gut reacting should we trust them. >> no. >> rose: the same way it's why should we trust the palestinians they started lobbying missiles. >> but these are legitimate questions

ahmadinejad, even alley g. and margi simpson. he's going to rally -- he says this big brother type spying and orwell's famous book 1984 is nothing compared to what's going on today. >> the conversation occurring today will determine the amount of trust we can place both in the technology that surrounds us and the government that regulates it. together we can find a better balance. end mass surveillance. and remind the government that if it really wants to know how we feel, asking is always cheaper than spying. for everyone out there listening, thank you and merry christmas. >> so carol, a very positive message from edward snowden about the world we live in today. but i think that over the years, he's obviously been a very controversial figure, and so he has gone from kind of revealing this nsa surveillance program, i think to being more of a -- >> he did tape that in russia, right? because he can't leave and russia's not exactly a place where freedom of speech flourishes and if he said anything against russia,

ahmadinejad, he seemed to acknowledge that iran was holding levinson. >> is anything that could happen, a trade or something that would allow him to come back to the united states? >> translator: i remember that last year, iranian and american intelligence groups had a meeting, but i haven't followed up on it. i thought they had come to some kind of an agreement. >> reporter: but this year, when charlie rose followed up with the new iranian president hassan rowha rowhani, he seemed to admit knowing less about levinson's fate. >> we do not have any information about this person. actually, the intelligence services have said that he is not in iran. >> reporter: the new disclosures that say levinson was working for the cia, may now encourage iran to finally admit they've been holding him. levinson was seen in this 2010 hostage video pleading for help. >> i need the help of the united states government. >> reporter: the levinson family has been pushing the u.s. government to do more. >> is it one of those things that you get used to? >> oh, never. never. >> reporter: last year, his wife ch

and number two, the kind of compliance is not the mahmoud ahmadinejad style, it's going to be a little bit here and a little bit there and a little bit in the other place, very hard to use that kind of grinding away of the terms of the agreement to get people enthusiastic about going back to sanctions. iran understood that, i don't think the administration here did. martha: interesting point. you mentioned that poll. let's take a look at another one that's interesting as well when you talk about the effort to kind of soften the stance of the american people who, of course, have historically been very mistrustful of iran ever since the osage situation and before. -- hostage situation and before. iran's leaders seen as not serious about addressing nuclear concerns, 62% believe that iran is not serious about changing their stance on their progression towards weapons at all. >> well, it shows that 62% of the american people are smarter than barack obama. of course, the iranians are not going to give up their nuclear weapons program. they've been after it for almost 25 years, they're determ

rouhani is not mahmoud ahmadinejad. their style is very different. he has put out a velvet approach to foreign policy. netanyahu has said recently, rouhani has an iron fist sheathed by a velvet glove. rouhani was a nuclear negotiator, and he even bragged that he had used at the cover to advance iran's nuclear efforts. while he may be president, he is not the supreme leader, which is khamenei. the guy who at the end of the day really controls the shots is ali khamenei. rouhani was chosen by a special, very small group that khamenei had picked. they chose acceptable candidates within a narrow band of political thought. i think people do, people i work with look forward to the day when people in iran have a genuine choice between alternatives politically, but they are a long way from it. to your point, in terms of how much wiggle room rouhani has, the iranians have two big goals. >> you can watch the rest of this online at the c-span video library. we will move onto the willard hotel for remarks by secretary of state on kerry at the brookings institutio

that's the same network mahmoud ahmadinejad used this. the fact he was granted that says how important he is. his message is also important. he's warning us about the dangers of surveillance excesses. i don't think his primary point is about russia or china saying there shouldn't be any kind of national security interests at play here with regards to surveillance. i think what he's saying is when you spy on everyday people, you run the risk of creating a surveillance culture that's dangerous and undermines american democracy, and the supreme court seems to agree with him. the federal court just a few weeks ago said dada mita mining unconstitutional and the court system agrees with him. >> here is more of what edward snowden had to say. let's listen up and talk on the other side of it. >> a child born today will grow up with no conception of privacy at all. they will another what he it means to have a private moment to themselves, an unrecorded, unanalyzed thought, and that's a problem because privacy matters. privacy is what allows us to

past names include madonna and former iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad. recorded the message while on asylum in russia. >>> he thought he was going to die. a 22-year-old colorado man lucky to be alive this morning after he was caught in an avalanche trapped for four hours. it happened sunday while he and his brother and a friend were skiing. everything but the top of his head was buried in the snow. can you imagine. his brother and friend immediately started to dig him out. >> just so grateful to be above the surface a little bit. i think it would have been a lot more dramatic if i had been completely buried. it was basically like i was being buried in sand or buried in something very heavy and i couldn't move at all. >> he walked away with a torn a.c.l. lucky to be alive. they say what happens in vegas stays? vegas but what if you left behind $300,000 in cash? a cab driver noticed the cash in a back seat after dropping off a man. when he opened it up, he was shocked to find stacks of hundred dollar bills. he turned it over to police. they were able to tr

he's prom -- mahmoud ahmadinejad. he's promised to work with the west. the united states and iran are negotiating, talking, and this is a good thing. this is the way countries should pursue their interests. this is the way to avoid war. through diplomacy, the united states and its allies have frozen iran's nuclear program for the first time in more than a decade. the agreement imposes daily inspections to ensure iran will not develop a nuclear weapon. and iran has made agreements to move this process forward. ending our decades' long cold war with iran isn't going to happen overnight but through robust sustained diplomacy, we may prevent an iranian nuclear weapon and disastrous war and spare thousands of our children and theirs from a horrible situation. we cannot achieve these goals if congress undermines these negotiations, and i have supported sanctions in the past. in fact, i have a very good friend and constituent who is in the chamber today who has supported sanctions, and she was born and raised in iran, very concerned about the human rights situa