sanctions i think the national energy agency says tehran sold more crude in or go stand july despite being hit with additional international restrictions and the measures are aimed at forcing iran to end its nuclear program which tehran maintains it's peaceful but now the agency says oil sales are edging over a million barrels a day of the country's resources much in demand in turkey china and india currently the top importers meanwhile the u.s. treasury claims the sanctions are yielding results and eventually slashed iran's crude exports. policy director of the national iranian american council says tehran's nuclear ambitions they won't be affected at all. i don't know that you could actually look at the lost revenues from oil exports and say iran has taken away money from its nuclear program or reduced money for military spending because frankly with the threat of war i think iran is probably continuing down that path that has already already has been on sanctions you know there's no perfect sanctions regime there's always going to be a whole there's always going to be loopholes th

national energy agency says iran sold more unscrewed in august and july when the restrictions came into force the measures are forcing iran to stop its nuclear program which to iran maintains it's for purely peaceful purposes despite this country's resources are still in demand with turkey china and india currently the top importers the u.s. treasury meanwhile says the sanctions are effective and have slashed school exports in half compared to last year but the policy director adds the international radio american council says iran's nuclear program won't suffer anyway. i don't know that you could actually look at the lost revenues from oil exports and say iran has taken away money from its nuclear program or reduced money for military spending because frankly with the threat of war i think you're on is probably continuing down the path that it's already already has been on with stations you know there's no perfect sanctions regime there's always going to be holes there's always going to be loopholes there's always going to be this game of whack a mole where you draw a response within t

. >>> as tensions between the united states and israel worsen, the united nations atomic energy agency announcing new intelligence suggests that iran has advanced work on a nuclear pom. i'm joined now by former u.n. ambassador to the united nations, fox news contributor, john bolton, pulitzer prize-winning journalist and fox news contributor, judith miller. let's go first to the issue of what is happening in cairo and benghazi and hopefully it will be contained there but these, this storming of our embassy, the burning of our consulate, this is not the stuff of an arab spring, is it? >> no this is radical islamic wave cresting in the middle east. and i think anybody who remembers the takeover of our embassy in tehran in 1979 has to be chilled at the picture of people standing on top of the walls of our embassy in cairo and reports that fire has damaged or destroyed the consulate in benghazi. we better be prepared for something worse coming in the next several days at a minimum. i think it is time to tell the government of egypt, their security forces could have prevented this and we ex

we've got united nations organizations, international atomic energy agency, reporting to the world that increase its supply of enriched nuclear fuel and does a lot of other things that certainly make it look like it's on the path to building a nuclear weapon. we've got the sanctions against them, economic, that are affecting them but not changing their headlong thrust toward nuclear capability. they reject all the diplomatic initiatives. so we're coming to a moment of truth where the intransigence of iranian regime will present us with only two choices. do we accept a nuclear iran which president obama correctly, admirably said is unacceptable, or do we do the only thing left which is to strike militarily at them to disable their nuclear program. and i think unless something changes, that's the moment of truth. that decision is what we're coming to. and it will effect -- affect the stability of the middle east and of the world. jenna: what sort of timeline do you see on that? >> well, eight's hard to say. i think unfortunately could reach a conclusion based on iran's behavior that they

convey a message to him, that the united nations demand iran end its uranium enrichment activities and it provide access to the international atomic energy agencyany and all sites it wants access to. president reagan had an excellent dictum pertaining to relations with the soviet union on nuclear issues. he said, trust but verify. i think with iranians we have to take that a step further. it is don't trust until we verify. in a absence of iaea gaining that access we won't be able to do that. martha: what about israel? there are those who think they will act and that could be imminent in terms of programs a military strike taking out some of these facilities? >> listen, it is certainly a possibility. what i think is important at this moment while we have the focus of the world on president ahmadinejad and the iranian regime's policies in this regard, that, a clear message be sent. by countries, the world over, that, iran's nuclear policies end their and their human rightses policies are unacceptable. we have a regime assisting the syrian regime in killing what the u.n. estimates over 20,000 people in the last year. a regime that locks up with im

national. go like a pro. ♪ . melissa: we've been telling you about rising gas prices for weeks on end and you've been likely feeling the pain at the pumpp but now the energy agencyays after three months gas prices are starting to fall. to find out why and if the low prices are here to stay, patrick dehaan, my gas buddy from gasbuddy.com. thanks for joining us. >> feels like the chair is little cooler since the last time. melissa: yes, absolutely. gas prices going town. i know a lot has to do with the winner blend. for those that don't know that is environmental thing it is cheaper to make gas in the winter because of the way it is blended basically. are there other factors at work helping us out? >> i think there is a big factor. about a week and a half ago the energy information report that highlights weekly changes in the amount of gasoline and oil produced finally showed a very good report. in fact a surprising report to many. crude oil inventories had increased eight and a half million barrels in just one week's time. we saw overall total inventories of gasoline and crude oil jump a significant amount. i think that is what is leading to the selloff in oil an

energy and water subcommittee, i'd like to highlight the national nuclear security administration as an example of where this c.r. does not provide the necessary oversight for good government. the agency is plagued by dramatic cost increases on nearly every major cast under its jurisdiction. the poster child of this inability to accurately estimate cost is a life extension program for the b-61 bomb, the price which has gone from $4 billion to $10 billion. i would be remiss if i didn't mention my disappointment that -- the government has subsidized this company for far too long, and we shouldn't continue to throw good money after bad. i believe that the national security arguments for this program are inconsistent and are persuasive and while ue sack may have a pressive -- usac may have a pressing need for a bailout there is no requirement. in closing, i do support this c.r. because it is timely and bipartisan, but we need to break the habit of perptually kicking every hard decision and deadline down the road. thank you very much. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentleman has expired. the gentleman from kentucky. mr. rogers: i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro te