and if the deal is to prevent iran from ever acquiring a nuclear weapon, why are we allowing iran to enrich, to keep some of their stockpiles and centrifuges. your agreement is based on the assumption that we can verify if iran cheats but the defense science board and former cia director hayden have stated that our capability to detect iran's undeclared or covert nuclear sites is either inadequate or does not exist. so can we catch when iran cheats and when they do cheat, not if but when, what consequences will iran suffer, and reports surfaced yesterday as the chairman said of an undeclared iranian enrichment site. what information can you share about this new site and will this development impact, how will this development impact the negotiations? on cuba, mr. secretary, yesterday in the senate you said, quote, the change that we are making, we believe, assists the united states to be able to promote the democracy and the rights that we want for the people of cuba, end quote. however, cuba spy vidal who's leading the castro delegation said that havana will not accept a u.s. embassy

in iran -- >> and why is that before we go to iran? why is it the population-- they think that we have propped up regimes that have no popular will and so, therefore it, except for us, those regimes would not be in power? >> i think there's a couple of reasons. i think they blame us for many of their problems. they blame us for our support of israel. and they do see us as-- as propping up regimes -- >> the people of saudi arabia, for example. >> yes that they're unhappy with. some, certainly not all. >> rose: then guto iran where the ayatollah and the clerics -- >> despises the united states. sees the united states as the devil but the people of iran love us, culturally love us-- music clothes -- >> western films. >> western films western books. it's really interesting. 45% of the population in iran is 25 and younger. and that's where most of these feelings are about-- positive feelings are about glus and you see it erupt as it did when there was a contested election. that's when it came up and then it sort of got slapped down and put

public the threat of iran. if there's some way this could be done as i said earlier with support of the white house and of both parties obviously this would be in israel's interest and i think israeli government is very much aware of this. >> there is discussion of protocol and sometimes protocol can be set aside sometimes it's not. can you imagine a situation where an american president would go address a session of the knesset, without the agreement to those in israel? >> i think not but i think israel last the key the that so i don't think it's a quite good analogy. >> well, i guess that's the difference between global superpowers and small countries in tough neighborhoods. intor sable thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> we'll be back with more "inside story" after a short break. when we return, two americans talking about the israeli-american relationship, partisanship and the obama netanyahu relationship as well. remember when politics was supposed to stop at the water's edge? stay with us. it'

it is 10% of iran's gdp. i'm wondering if you can comment on that and if you can comment if you can comment about has there been any evolution in iran's regional policies since the election? we're seeing a willingness to engage united states on a nuclear issue, but over the last year and a half, heavy seen any difference in regional policies? thank you. >> thanks. second question first. i haven't seen any difference. if anything, i've seen iran trying to take advantage of different openings, for example in yemen. and we've seen a continuation of destabilizing activities support for terrorist groups. i think there's been -- you could make the case that for reasons of their own, they've done some positive things in iraq, not in any cooperation with us because it advanced their interest. but that's their own agenda. the people who are responsible -- what we're doing is entirely segregated from everything else on the nuclear file. it has been walled off. and the people who are responsible for trying to pursue the

why iran? why is iran being used? >> well iran is safe for them in some ways because in pakistan the americans have an intelligence presence. parts of the pakistani blood pressurement cooperate with us, other apartments don't. jenna: there's those that say, wait a minute, iran is shia al-qaeda is sunni they don't get along, so there's no merit in this. to that, what do you say? >> well, you know, iran and al-qaeda have a lot of common enemies, including us, and there's definitely points of tension between them, antagonistic episodes between them, in fact they're at each other's throats in syria and yemen and elsewhere. but they still have a deal, and that allows them to cooperate against us and the against the west. jenna: it was interesting reading that these are letters informing bin laden of activity but also asking permission. talk to us about that part and what this shows us about his role in these operations. >> well, you know, in the passage you highlighted there, what does it say? eunice is waiting for bin lad

public the threat of iran. if there's some way this could be done as i said earlier with support of the white house and of both parties obviously this would be in israel's interest and i think israeli government is very much aware of this. >> there is discussion of protocol and sometimes protocol can be set aside sometimes it's not. can you imagine a situation where an american president would go address a session of the knesset without the agreement to those in israel? >> i think not but i think israel last the key the that so i don't think it's a quite good analogy. >> well, i guess that's the difference between global superpowers and small countries in tough neighborhoods. intor sable thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> we'll be back with more "inside story" after a short break. when we return, two americans talking about the israeli-american relationship, partisanship and the obama netanyahu relationship as well. remember when politics was supposed to stop at the water's edge? stay with us. it's

on iran not tough enough, 70% of those polled said the president is not tough enough on iran. what will stop iran from getting nuclear weapons? force will be necessary. 62% diplomacy and sanctions alone. let's start with the panel. >> these details that are coming out now about the agreement being time limited meaning that in a decade iran can essentially become a legitimate nuclear power, develop its weapons without restrains and remember this will mean a lifting of the sanctions so iran will be with a very strong economy undeterred. it simply is catastrophic. when obama says we want to make sure it doesn't have a nuclear weapon that was not the objective of these negotiations. it was to stop the iranian nuclear program. there are six resolutions saying they have to stop enrichment. it will allow a new generation of centrifuges and allow development of ballistic missiles but doesn't do anything about actual war weapon. so it does none of that. and the worst element is it will end in time at which point iran will be a legitimate nuclear power. it is an unbelievably bad deal. i

on iran, there's no equivalent si. the secretary was talking about with respect to preventing them from getting a weapon and the question of what happens with respect to their compliance with respect to their nuclear program. if you have a year of breakout time, by the way, everybody, i think it's a publicly known number that has been banted around in the press that prior to our joint agreement, the breakout time was about two months, maybe three max but somewhere around two months. we have already extended that. and our effort is to get a period of time, i'm not going to say how long, but a period of time during which they have to live by a one-year breakout. now one year breakout does not meantime it takes to get a bomb. one year breakout is time it takes to get enough material for one nuclear weapon, which they haven't yet designed or been able to test or put. on a war head. that's many more years it takes to get there. we don't lose one option that we have today, not one option during that period of time. slap back

it is a must 10% of iran's gdp. i'm wondering if you can comment on that and if you can comment about has there been any evolution in iran's regional policies since the election? we're seeing a willingness to engage united states on a nuclear issue, but over the last year and a half, heavy seen any difference and original policies? thank you. >> thanks. second question first. i haven't seen any difference. if anything, i've seen iran trying to take advantage of different openings, for example, in yemen. and we've seen a continuation of destabilizing activities support for terrorist groups. i think there's been -- you could make the case that for reasons of their own, they've done some positive things in iraq, not in any coordination or -- or cooperation with us because it advanced their interest. but that's their own agenda. the people who are responsible -- what we're doing is entirely segregated from everything else on the nuclear file. it has been walled off. and the people who are responsible for trying to pursu

it is iran's third largest city. half the world as the saying went back when this was the capital of persia and beyond. the city is renowned for its architecture, the grandest bridges and motives dating back to the middle ages. >> where are you from? >> usa. from america. where are you from? from, serks vohan or from tehran? >> tehran. >> nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you, too. >> yes, hello. >> welcome. >> thank you. thank you so much. very beautiful. ♪ >> i'm guessing from the decor, this is a former wrestler's hangout? ♪ ♪ tucked deep in the labyrinth of the bazaar, the smell of something very, very good. this shop has been here doing the same thing for a hundred years. and based on the line, it must be doing it right. i've had biryani in india. i had it in uzbekistan but there's no question who invented it. >> no. >> biryani. maybe you know the word. though this doesn't look like any biryani i ever had. minced lamb shoulder, onion, tumeric, cinnamon, mint, and of course, saffron, more valuable than gold

back to iran. charlie: iran today has great influence in iraq, has great influence in syria, has great influence in lebanon. mike: and yemen. charlie: huge influence. the most powerful influence in those countries from an outside source. mike: yes. that is part of the struggle that is going on. absolutely. let me just go back through the things that bother us about what the iranians are doing. their desire to be the most powerful country in the middle east, not in our interest. it is iranian policy for israel to no longer be on the face of the earth. the supreme leader, who is the most powerful person in iran calls the shots on national security, president rouhani does not have influence on national security. all national security decisions are made by the supreme leader. the supreme leader has called israel a cancer that needs to be cut out. four days before the interim nuclear agreement was first signed in the fall of 2013, the supreme leader called zionists animals and called for israel's annihi

back to iran. charlie: iran today has great influence in iraq, has great influence in syria, has great influence in lebanon. mike: and yemen. charlie: huge influence. the most powerful influence in those countries from an outside source. mike: yes. that is part of the struggle that is going on. absolutely. let me just go back through the things that bother us about what the iranians are doing. their desire to be the most powerful country in the middle east, not in our interest. it is iranian policy. it is iranian policy for israel to know longer be on the face of the earth. the supreme leader, who is the most powerful person in iran calls the shots on national security president rouhani does not have influence on national security. all national security decisions are made by the supreme leader. the supreme leader has called israel a cancer that needs to be cut out. four days before the interim nuclear agreement was first signed in the fall of 2013, the supreme leader called zionists animals and cal

what does it say to a country like iran that doesn't yet have nuclear weapons, we're trying to get iran to forswear them, if the kind of assurances the countries with nuclear weapons want to give them up are in effect ignored? big things at stake here. >> i was just rereading "russia hand" where he talks about negotiating that. that budapest memorandum actually commits and obligates us to certain things. will you explain what those obligations are? >> we made a commitment to stand with two other countries ironically, for several propositions. and critical among them were the territorial integrity and the sovereignty of ukraine. and that has been grossly violated over the last year. so where are we? i think there are -- there's a good news piece of this and a bad news piece of this. the good news is this. because of the pressure we were able to exert with president obama leading throughout this process in working with the europeans, getting them to exert the pressure with us keeping the unity that was so necessary to making that pressure effective, we did create space for ukraine to have

see iran favorably. 77% say that the development of nuclear weapons by iran is a critical threat. bret baier, we'll be watching tonight on "special report." thanks for your time today. >> thanks, gretchen. >>> meantime housect÷ abruptly going out of session. as lawmakers try to keep the department of homeland security up and running. deadline tonight. that's when the agency faces this partial shutdown unless some sort of compromise is reached. for her part, nancy pelosi is having none of it. the house minority leader says a stopgap funding measure is basically a gimmick by the republicans to service israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu's visit next week. >> i have heard some other things that some of their colleagues have said that the republicans in the house are act acting like crazy people. that i've thought is something i could identify with. they could have benjamin netanyahu speak to congress when the government is open instead of closed. i think they'd look bad doing that, don't you? and i think that's one reason they're kicking the can down the road. >> joining me no

one more question on iran while we're still on this. many people in congress who i've spoken with seem surprised that at the end of this agreement, whenever this agreement ends, the iranians are basically free to do what any other signatory of the iaea treaties and so forth -- they could go back and build the number of centrifuges in the tens of thousands the supreme leader has discussed. tell us what we're supposed to think about that. that's a big israeli concern. it's a big concern in congress. and also tell us how this concept of a phased agreement in which the iranians would be frozen for ten years, then may be able to build up slowly, might work to alleviate those concerns. >> so without getting into any of the details of the negotiations, because keep in mind, what's so challenging about these is that it's a classic -- it really is the classic example of nothing's agreed until everything's agreed. and because of these elements are so interrelated, sometimes you hear -- one thing comes out in the media. allegedly something we're p

does he not believe this or trust iran? >> well i think he does not believe it nor does he trust iran. there are legitimate reasons not to trust iran. all you need to do is ask the nuclear inspectors i.a.e.a. who says that iran has not answered basic questions on the past evidence. they presented two iranians on the past work on nuclear weapons, until they are answered, there's every reason to be concerned about it. my issue is the venue in which concerns should be vented. he should not do it in a joint speech to congress two weeks before his election without coordination with the white house or state department. that's unacceptable. a breach of protocol from both sides. guys thank you for joining us. >>> greece's syriza party will present reforms on monday. at home the left-wing government is struggling to collect taxes. they are more indebted than of. >> reporter: these are the chin whose parents lost the ability to care for them many during the crisis, they are among 300 living in a foster care charity, sos children vill

ou y,iran soluly opsed tery esten of israel. netanyahu, the prime minister of israel, very clear and eloquent on the issue of how important it is that iran not, not continue to develop its nuclear weapons. where will we see the united states ultimately come down on this? another deadline comes and goes, it's extendeextended and there's a vote this week. where does that vote take us? >> well i'm hoping that what we're going to do in the banking committee, which i can speak from, thursday which is just a couple days from now we are going to have a markup on some legislation to make it tougher and tougher as far as sanctions are concerned on iran. that's something the obama administration doesn't want. they have said that, they put pressure on their fellow democrats not to support it but we are going to bring it out and we are going to let people vote up or down on it. i hope they will vote the right thing, not the political thing. >> and the political thing seems to be driving much of this, as the administration continues to sugge

could transit through iran and train through iran. there was some times at which al qaeda personnel were treated as if they were in loose form of house arrest. their restriction of movement wasn't very significant and the newest batch of documents that was just out this week as tom reported you have al qaeda officials, senior al qaeda officials saying we can go to iran if we want to. we can train six to eight brothers to plot attacks on the west from iran. >> take a listen to the former head of the defense intelligence agency lieutenant general mike flynn. >> i would segment iran because iran is part of the problem. iran is a deep part of the problem. iran is a state sponsor of terror. iran has killed more americans than al qaeda has through their terrorist network called hezbollah. we have to recognize that that this is a very dangerous country. >> all of these intelligence officials know this stuff about iran and yet there is this decoupling, if you will in this negotiation process. >> president obama has assumed according to report

is on the table is that iran would be limited to one year. in other words it would take them a year. they would have the things the centrifuges, enrich uranium, all those ingredients, it would take a year to work with the tools to create a bomb. i need to hasten to add that iran has insisted that it has no interest in building a nuclear bomb that it's against its faith, it's again shariah, and it's a mull his country, and that comes from the leader but the things it needs for a nuclear program for what it says are peaceful purposes are the same sorts of ingredients, as it will need for making a weapon. so the question comes down to trust. so the interesting thing that -- interesting step forward that happened during this particular round of talks, is for the first time, two other cabinet members came along with those two men you see on the screen the iranian foreign minister on the left, and the secretary of state john kerry on the right. along with them both of them brought their energy secretaries. the united states energy secretary joined

is on the table is that iran would be limited to one year. in other words, it would take them a year. they would have the things, the centrifuges, enrich uranium, all those ingredients, it would take a year to work with the tools to create a bomb. i need to hasten to add that iran has insisted that it has no interest in building a nuclear bomb, that it's against its faith, it's again shariah, and it's a mull his country, and that comes from the leader, but the things it needs for a nuclear program for what it says are peaceful purposes are the same sorts of ingredients, as it will need for making a weapon. so the question comes down to trust. so the interesting thing that -- interesting step forward that happened during this particular round of talks, is for the first time, two other cabinet members came along with those two men you see on the screen, the iranian foreign minister on the left, and the secretary of state john kerry on the right. along with them, both of them brought their energy secretaries. the united states energy secretary j

iran and they were what i called second tier people in iran. they were heads of the business community, presidents of the universities, personal friends of the supreme leader personal friends of the president at the time. now many of the people that we got acquainted with over a ten year period moved into positions of key responsibilities in this new government. so i feel particularly lucky we had an opportunity to build friendships with these people. and one of the things i learned along the way is the iranians are deeply concerned about respect. the one thing they yearn for is respect. think about the whole notion of the west respecting them. very important. another thing i learned was that if you want to engage iranians and especially the shitte -- shiite muslims. you can say help me understand what the koran spells out on everything from nuclear war to sex. i think it is a way of demonstrating respect to people of religious faith and many of the people we met during the period were sincere in their faith. many were clerics and leaders in th

and iran. this is a dialogue coordinated by the peace research institute of oslo in norway and the catholic university of america with vatican participation. and jim, as i mentioned, has just come back recently from his very first visit to iran. and i'm going to ask him to come up and talk a little bit about what that visit was like. and about interfaith dialogue. and the prospects for a better people to people relationship between the u.s. and iran. so congressman. so thank you again for coming. >> well it's great to be with you barbara. and first let me just say that i have admired you from afar and have enjoyed your writings and the work that you have done with iran your book "bitter friend, bosom enemies" is one of my favorites. and i appreciate your scholarship on that. >> very good. how do you want to begin? do you want to talk about the interfaith dialogue and how you got involved with that to begin with and then maybe tell us about what it was like to actually be in the heart of the axi

>> charlie: yeah, back to iran. i didn't get away from iran, i didn't think. but the prime minister coming here is also part of the question and the difference between iran and the united states is an iranian question, i think. there is some possible agreement that might be in the works in which there would be over a period of time a restriction on what they do. >> well, charlie, first of all, i think we need to be careful because the deal is not cut. it's very much in the works, and i don't want to get into predicting exactly what, if anything, will come out of these negotiations. first of all, there's not an insignificant chance there isn't a deal, we're not going to take a bad deal we're only going to take a deal that we have confidence our interests and the interests of our partners in the region are secured so i don't want to foreshadow with any specificity what may or may not come out of this deal burks we are looking, obviously, for an extended period of time, at least double-digit years of assurance and transparency. >> charlie: 12 to 15, something lik

that's the position from iran. after that john kerry took to the podium, but addressed very little the issue of iran, it was senator john mccain that was more vocal. he said that iran remained the threat for global security in the world, and iran is sponsoring international terrorists and it's the greatest concern for the peace in the middle east saying that iran is combatting the shia militias on the ground and backing the bashar al-assad regime. that is very much reflecting an opinion and a good portion of the u.s. congress. there's a lot of pressure to try to meet the deadline of end of march, to come to a resolution of the nuclear solution. a lot of pressure on the obama administration and the president of iran who, if you recall carried out much of his electoral campaign on a promise to bring a resolution to this issue. certainly a lot of pressure there on both administrations, and then you have the u.s. congress where a vast majority of the senators there do favour for more sanctions. >> zeina khodr, briefly,

and iran to reach a nuclear deal. and now the uptake. will cyber warfare compromise any agreement. >> and plus, that is the animal a block away. >> two sides and different story and a shooting that killed a las vegas mother of four road rage or self defense. >> and these two guys are in grave danger. >> they have been starving for a long time. >> what is killing the california sea lions and how do we save them? it is all "happening now". >> we'll start with politics. new questions of a new hillary clinton presidential run as some call her nomination inevitable. others are pointing to problems on the horizon. >> i am jenna lee. >> and i am jon scott. critics are calling out the clinton foundation launched by the president more than a decade ago from accepting contributions for from foreign governments. it is an issue that former white wight press secretary robert gibes said clinton must address soon. >> there is no doubt that the appearances are awkward at best and they will have to do something in the short term to deal with this in a wa

iran is allowed to have your want more interaction between the peoples of iran and the united states. i coordinate the iran task force here at the atlantic council. im delighted to have a speaker with us today, someone who has been involved with a run for many years to someone who has also just had their first visit there. a former first term congressman from the second district of kansas, during his tenure he was a member of the house energy and commerce committee, which has broad jurisdiction over health care, energy, and environmental issues. he also served on the veterans affairs committee. he is currently a law firm partner and he advises clients who has matters pending before congress. but i think that form our perspective what is the most important thing about congressman slattery is that he has been part of something called an interfaith dialogue between the united states and iran. this is the dialogue coordinated by the peace research institute in norway and the catholic university of america. as i mentioned, jim has just come back recently from his rate first visit to iran

deal with iran. do you think it is appropriate for him to come in this manner at this time to washington? >> well i'll let mr. boehner answer that and mr. netanyahu. i speak with prime minister netanyahu all the time. we're declining to meet with him, i'm declining to meet with him simply because our general policy is we don't meet with any world leader two weeks before their election. i think that's inappropriate. that's true with some of our closest allies. david cameron who has got an election coming up recently came to visit because we insisted that if he wants to come and it was a very important meeting, he needs to be far away enough from the election that doesn't look like in some ways we're meddling or putting our thumbs on the scale. to the broader issue, fareed i don't think there's been any rebuttal of my argument. i haven't heard a persuasive rebuttal of my argument that we crafted very effective sanctions against iran specifically to bring them to the negotiations table to see if we coul

does he still have family in iran? >> his parents are there, but his siblings have had to leave. >> interesting. >>> adam captures people in transit. they are moving but his camera freezes them in time. his work includes his new project called stainless. it has gone viral. and we asked him to join us for his first person report. >> i'm also interested in working in events in situations where nothing really happens to us nothing is more common than waiting for a train on the platform. it happens every day. so far i recorded platforms in six cities. i think all of these places have pretty different characteristics. on the other hand when you look at them all of them all of these videos have the same kind of feeling. i'm always trying to capture something that makes people feel that this whole thing is happening to us continuously. we live in the minute and in the hour. there's days and hours that we are waiting for, and they are arriving at some point, but they don't really stop. the really interesting part of creating t

. >> he called it 'the deal of the century for iran,' even though it has clearly stopped iran's program. >> warner: what infuriates the administration is not the substance of netanyahu's critique. it's where and when it will be delivered, here, before a joint session of congress tuesday, and how the visit came about. >> i did not consult with the white house. the congress can make this decision on its own. >> warner: in january, republican house speaker john boehner announced he'd invited netanyahu to speak, without conferring with the white house or democratic leaders. >> i don't believe i'm poking anyone in the eye. there is a serious threat that exists in the world... >> warner: it later emerged that he'd orchestrated the visit with the israeli ambassador, longtime netanyahu' political adviser ron dermer. the administration fired back, saying neither the president nor vice president biden would meet with netanyahu so close to israel's election. >> i think it's insulting and i think that it politicizes foreign policy in this country in a way that it shouldn't be politicized. >> warner

our attention. >> entitled iran's nuclear program is a threat, says iran must agree to cooperate fully and unconditionally with the international atomic are agencies. >> press tv, a state run english outlet, has a piece rouhani reaffirms, illogical pressure, trying to prevent other states from joining the club. they have always maintained that nukes were part of their program. >>> lining up at cell phone stores, the government is concerned about untraceable sim cards, steiny cell phone chips that hold the information of the phone's owner. pakistanis are now required to provide their fingerprints in order to match phones with owners. >> whirling dervishes to their religious roots. >> diseendersdescenders. >> a practice that is 750 years old. legend has it that as the islamic scholar walked through the market and heard the hammering of gold smiths and the chanting of god's name, reached oneness with the divine. roomi was a devout muslim. his followers said the deeply spiritual ceremony the sama is being turned into entertainment. farook has lumped campaign to reclaim his ancestors' pract

and iran are seeking a framework agreement to curb iran's nuclear program and impose international monitoring in return for an easing of u.s.-led sanctions before a march 31 deadline. the talks appear to be gaining momentum, with the involvement of high-ranking officials from both sides and leaked details of a plan to limit iranian nuclear production for at least ten years. they are set to resume next week. >> the advancing talks and the new leaked cable come just as netanyahu prepares for a controversial u.s. visit where he'll try to undermine the nuclear deal. on march 3, netanyahu will address a joint session of congress on iran at the invitation of republican house speaker john boehner. the trip has caused a major rift with the white house to the point where obama has refused to host netanyahu for a meeting and administration officials are also reportedly withholding details of the talks from israeli counterparts. speaking last week, white house press secretary josh earnest said israel has spread false information about the negotiations. >> there's no question some of the things the israe

discrimination on nation like iran. >> translator: enforces are sanctions, well aware of iran and its government intentions and goals. today no one in the world can claim that the iranian nuclear program has a nonpeaceful nature. >> nigeria's president goodluck jonathan says he underestimate the threats of boko haram. the multinational african force is now prepared to tackle the group. violence has recently spilled over to neighboring nations. yvonne ndege reports from beuj. >> these chaddian soldiers are being trairnd by national armies. designed to help countries fight violent groups. the folks is boko haram. >> what they take away from this is better cohesion, better cooperation amongst each other amongst nations african partners their western partners. >> reporter: this increased confident comes as president goodluck jonathan told nigerian media that he underestimated boko haram's ability. diminished in the next three to four weeks. >> we're not fully equipped and ready to fight the war. because of the armament and our position. over time, like we said in some fora, the military w

minister will insist that the world crush iran's nuclear ambitions now, otherwise iran could target israel with weapons. behind closed doors he'll urge lawmakers to slap new sanctions on iran and will destroy chances for a deal because no deal is a good deal for israel. and binyamin netanyahu will communicate israel safety concerns to lawmakers, so be it. that is not what it's about. this is about republicans playing politics ahead of 2016. hoping to score points with voters supporting israel and this is a foreign leader desperate to garner votes in a tight race back home. i have to wonder if enough israelis think it's wise to upset leaders in the united states. israel counts america as its biggest ali in the world. david shuster is an expert on all things washington and politics. can you think of an example of something like this occurring in the past. when i say something like this we had international leaders speak to congress. the idea of a week before the election calling somebody who is in a tight election to address the u.s. congress? >> yes, it really is unprecedented. if yo

i wanted to ask about iran. in your written testimony, you have said that iran was on track , by this year, in terms of its icbm program. has i run continued to -- has iran continue to develop its icbm program? and what is the status? director clapper: the iranians have continued on their space launch vehicle program. they recently put into orbit a satellite. any work they do on missiles could conceivably go towards work on icbm. it will be hard to determine whether a given missile is launched for the purposes of a space launch vehicle, because it they do that they also acquire proficiency, expertise, and experience in what could be an icbm. so it is a hard question to answer because it has a lot to do with intent. but there is no question that they have the technical competence. i think the huge, medium-range ballistic missile force that is operational today poses a threat to the region now. senator ayotte: and if they were to get icbm capability, that obviously poses a threat in terms of our country. director

obama administration's stance on iran. as you heard, no nuclear bomb. some are worried that the potential upcoming nuclear deal could still leave that possibility that iran could race toward a bomb when it wants that would be all too real. on tuesday when he addresses congress benjamin netanyahu, is expected to issue that very warning that the world has to do more to stop iran. will this plea work? joining us from los angeles is the leading iranian resistance group representative, which this week reviewed what it says is a secret underground nuclear site that iran has hidden. you know, your group had this evidence satellite photos and such that some critics say is fake. what did you find and why do you think that was important? >> i think the one way to prove either way is to get the iaea to go and inspect the site. the reason that site was significant in northeast of tehran is that because it's an young ground facility run by the defense ministry. there are four hallways and they're doing uranium enrichment and research a

we have a long list of concerns with iran. along with that is their nuclear program and terrorism around the globe. >> the weekly standard reporting more than a million documents and filed captured by navy seals in a raid back in 2011. but the white house has been slow to release them. in may 2012 the white house released just 17 of them and iran provided more than shelter for terrorists. in 2012 the u.s. treasury noted iran moved money, documents, passports, weapons and even recruits to pakistan and afghanistan. all of these disclosures coming ahead of the coming speech to concern in which he will voice life and death concerns about iran. >> iran threatened to destroy the state of israel numerous times. if they had nuclear capability i am afraid they would used it against israel and us. shannon. >> all right. our next guest as the next revelations remind us who the united states is dealing with in tehran. a former special assistant to george w. bush. sir, thank you for joining us. >> glad to be here shannon. >> with this info

we want the administration to quit giving concessions to iran because if they keep doing it, iran will have the ability to have undetectable nuclear breakout and will be able not only to have a weapon but remember this this administration pulled our intercept system out of poland and out of the czech republic. that was intended to protect europe and the united states if there was a launch from iran. so under this situation, we have to be tough in these negotiations. >> this was behind the decision to have prime minister of israel benjamin netanyahu talk with congress and get israel's input in terms of any deal with iran as well. >> yes i think if you look at the situation from the standpoint of israel and i was in israel in 2006 during the second lebanon war, when hezbollah were firing rockets. over the border and iranians were helping them fire the rockets had supplied a lot of missiles and rockets. at that time there were 20,000 missiles and rockets. today there's 100,000. iran continues to supply and their generals and officers are up on the border of israel in syria, as you know, e

because nobody can doubt what iran is about. everybody who knows that region of the country, who has any kind of intelligence on what the iranians are doing, knows what they're about. not to ignore that is an absolute default of responsibility. >> ignoring, ignoring a military pact between russia and iran, ignoring the sponsorship of terrorist organizations by iran ignoring their role in the war with iraq on the part of the united states. a third of our casualties are attributed to the involvement of iran, yet this administration insists on proceeding. >> well, you know, in a way i'm at a bit of a loss for words and you know how rare that is in my lifetime. >> i do. >> because what you are saying is so manifest in its clarity and in its implications and somehow or other, this administration is playing whatever game they're playing and allowing a lot of this stuff to proceed. it's threatening that whole region. we have enormous interests in that region and it's now going to be undermined by an administration that is absolutely wi

within six months iran had pretty much recovered from the. they also started to increase the number of centrifuges in a cascade. praises the only a 164 cascade to a cascade is a configuration of multiple centrifuges. i increased the number of those. they increased the number of gas and ultimately they didn't come out too far behind where they would have been heading anywhere -- anyway had they been on track. iran program was set back by multiple factors not just stuxnet. over the years iran started enriching uranium at the plant in early 2006 or 2007. and it took from 2007-2010 for them to get up to speed. that was because there were other sabotage going on. they were also sanctions diplomatic efforts to halt the program. so there was a multipronged approach is to try to slow down the program. >> host: what was it like to try to research this? >> guest: it was a pretty complicated book to write. i was trying to do multiple tracks. all of the politics around their nuclear history. i do look at the technical details around the worm itself what

and iran are in geneva for another round of talks in relation to iran nuclear powers. france britain, russia and germany hope to strike a deal before a deadline coming by march 31st. to so-called p5+1 is trying to prevent tehran developing a nuclear bomb in exchange for the easing of economic sanctions. iran is not seeking to produce nuclear weapons, and a report from the atomic energy agencies iran disconnected a machine that could be used to refine iranian effectively. iran stalled in other areas, and the agency is concerned as to undisclosed related activities involved in a military related organization including activities related to the development of a nuclear payload. binyamin netanyahu reports that the country can't be trusted. the us state department sees it differently. >> this has never been about trust. we have ongoing concerns about these issues. any agreement would have measures that would be an important component of what is agreed. we are not there yet. >> the white house is obtaining letters with the eya tolea over the nuclear programme. there has been

for 10 years from iran, is this a concession to iran? are we trying to sort of put ourselves on the side of iran in the ongoing battle in the middle east? >> i don't know that we're trying to put ourselves on the side of iran but you can make a case martha, i don't know this to be true but you can make a case we've gone gentle with bashar al-assad in syria because he is an ally of iran. and you can also make the case that we might have gone a bit gentle with vladmir putin in russia because we need russian support for nuclear agreement with iran. so centrality of this nuclear agreement may be affecting other choices in america's foreign policy. martha: certainly appears to be. in terms of advising jeb bush what would you say to him about iran? >> well, i would say you need to be not from florida but from missouri when it comes to a deal with the iranians on their nuclear program. i will be healthily skeptical about a nuclear agreement. i won't reject anything out of hand. i want to look at details, martha, but one thing i know has to be i

leader of iran. now, if they have a cozy relationship with al qaeda, that is something that he is not going to want to discuss because al qaeda is our clear enemy. he wants to make a deal with iran. he seems to think he is seeing into the soul of this supreme leader to some extent, no? >> the president made clear from very beginning of the administration he wanted quote, decouple nuclear talks on one hand from all other regime activities. that is why he turned a blind eye towards repression in iran and june 2009 elections after the mullahs fixed elections. one of the reasons we haven't heard any real discussion of iran and terrorism in any kind of a consistent way from the administration, in spite of fact, i think it is really important to point out, the treasury department, when it is doing these ding nations is making clear consistent unequivocal case there exist as secret relationship between iran on one hand and al qaeda. so you have obama, bureaucrats in the obama administration being very clear

outcome of that has been one that was a change of iran. history wasn't just officially in congressman, he was someone who takes care of families as a friend of communities you have been working on for years. that is how we were able to go to iran. and we were received well. not as an official guest but as a friend. considering i think whoever came here yes, it has happened but not just because of the abraham trade but because of taking part in world economy bank or meetings from the parliament. there are other officials meetings going on but some have been part of the abraham dialogue. so they are friend so it is natural to have a recession or guv them a tour. >> some members of the iranian parliament have been in washington? >> i think they are coming every six months for the world bank. >> we don't do what we should be doing to encourage direct conversations. we are dealing with very few members of the administration few members of the government congress or the executive branch, have any personal relationships with iranians and this is