perhaps mahmoud ahmadinejad was hoping for some survival tips. public he chose to talk against capitalism. on the streets outside some cubans just have the idea that mahmoud ahmadinejad is possible. >> all countries have the right to the develop the country they need. any problems should be involved through dialogue. but so far there have been no floobs iran sara, "bbc news," havana. >> and the european union, leaders having to grapple with its new problem child, hungry. they thought about holding out for groups with economic problems and real fears the country may be sliding from the rule of threw right-wing populism. this from budapest. hungry is a country where austerity start early and never stopped. its currency is exapsing. its population in the syria of crisis the >> i aware it's donning on them that the government they hired to sort things is out becoming the pariah. in the space of 18 months, victor has achieved a lot. he has introduced a flat tax that put a hole in the country's budget. to fill the hole he nationalized the private pensi

. >>> el presidente de venezuela, hugo chávez y mahmoud ahmadinejad viajaron a visitar al presidenteera entre méxico y estados unidos, junto a sus padres de estados unidos, en búsqueda de una visa que le permita salvar su vida en este país. >>> aaron rodríguez cruzó a méxico para intentar volver con una visa humanitaria. >>> en el momento que sale de estados unidos, aaron tiene los 10 años de castigo. >>> tenía un año cuando llegué a estados unidos. >>> como miles de jóvenes inmigrantes, aarón apenas se enteró que no tenía residencia en el país. >>> cómo va a vivir él del otro lado, si no le pueden dar atención médica. >>> hace un año los padres de aarón obtuvieron residencia, pero la situación fue crítica para aarón, porque tuvo una operación a corazón abierto. >>> esta familia trató de tomar el paso, hablar con las autoridades del servicio de inmigración para pedir permiso para usar sus datos en estados unidos, pero la petición fue negada. >>> aaron rodríguez había conseguido su permiso para permanecer en estados unidos. >>> lo que conseguimos es un admisión legal. >>> ciertamente

ma mumd ahmadinejad has lashed out at western leaders over new sanctions. iran's president dismissed the effectiveness of an oil embargo by the european union. he said the eu, not iran, will lose out. ahmadinejad made his first public remarks about the sanctions in a speech in southern iran. he said iran won't suffer because only about 10% of its oil goes to the eu. other iranian leaders have said the share is closer to 18%. ahmadinejad said tehran is ready to revive talks with six nations over its nuclear program. he made no mention of threats from iranian leaders to close the strait of hormuz. millions of barrels of oil pass through the waterway every day. nato's secretary-general urged iran to keep shipping lanes open. >> i urge the iranian leadership to live up to its international commitment, including stop the enrichment program and ensure free navigation in the strait of hormuz. >> rasmussen said nato leaders have no plans to irpt ven. >>> egyptians are preparing for another day of protests. mass rallies have been called on friday when prayers are he

. >>> como parte de su gira por latinoamérica arribó a nicaragua mahmoud ahmadinejad, uno de los queentas de su gestión en nicaragua. >>> estados unidos y otros critican a mahmoud ahmadinejad por apoyar el holocausto, pero nicaragua dice que es independiente de tener relaciones con los países que le parece. >>> que alguien me critique es el derecho de cualquier país por hacerlo, pero el resto solamente es condimento político. >>> somos usados, irán nos usa como un mensaje a estados unidos, que tiene proyección en latinoamérica. >>> muchos opositores, también criticaron la presencia del príncipe de asturias, y que dicen que su presencia, es también parte del fraude, porque ortega pudo ser reelecto con un 62% de los votos. >>> muy contento por estar en nicaragua, y asistir a la toma de posesión del presidente. >>> no anden por diplomacia, apoyando a regímenes como este. >>> un grupo se unió a apoyar al candidato mantilla que no reconoce el mandato de ortega, que ante 8 mil personas tomaría el poder, en managua, nicaragua, marilini delgado. >>> en méxico, la popularidad de enrique peña

they've brokwithin ahmadinejad totally. i was stck by the fact in terms of talking about address that the person who showed up in istanbul right after bill burns was there talking about talks was the speaker of the among lists and a personal representative basically of a guy who's really close to khamenei. that's as close as you'reoing to get to an address. >> rose: why do the iranians continue to pick up americans and say they're engaging in spying and do these very public kinds of denunciations of them? >> well, i think that the iranians in the search for dignity... i mean, here is a season where one of their nuclear plants was invaded by a computer virus that was able to ange the settings and nipulate the dials so the ability to say we've caught this guy and he's a spy and we've sentenced him to death. or we were able to compromise the system on this drone which if you were actually able to do it you would just keep doing it, you would in never say that to anybody. you just keep doing it and people would wonder where do

perhaps ahmadinejad was hoping for some survival tips. he planned to rail against capitalism, calling it a system in decline. he told me that it was very positive. or countries have the rights to develop the technologies that they need. any problem should be solved through dialogue. so far, there has been no sign that iran plans to return to the negotiating table. the overriding mood has been one of defiance. >> two years ago today, a massive earthquake shook haiti. large parts of the country still bear the scars. more than 300,000 people died and a million and a half left homeless. there is some evidence of rebuilding. to mark the day that thousands took to the streets on in port- au-prince to demand new housing. our correspondent reports. >> in just 35 overwhelming sense, the earthquake destroyed lives, homes, and the heart of haiti'of government. that night, he lost one daughter and fear that he would lose a second. >> she wants to fight. the head was open. her body was crushed under the rubble. >> this is the spot where she almost die

imposes tough economic sanctions meanwhile the president ahmadinejad's it received strong backing from the venezuelan leader hugo chavez as he tours south america to shore up support from close allies. and saving the euro the leaders of france and germany pledged to boost the growth and give more power to brussels to stem the debt crisis with tough new fiscal rules but critics say when it comes to watching the pennies the e.u. itself sets a bad example. two thousand and eleven saw a revolution fever sweeping through the arab world toppling regimes and sometimes bringing even more discontent and frustration next to we sit down with the author under scholar jean shop to ask whether nonviolent revolutions are actually a possibility and whether outside military intervention can ever bring proper peaceful democracy. i'm sitting down with gene sharp his book from dictatorship to democracy is seen by many as a guide on how to carry out a revolution through nonviolent means it's often referred to as the bible of calo gravel dr sharp looking at how revolutions unfold in the arab world do you se

with the turmoil in syria, i think ahmadinejad -- he has obviously allies. but he's got a lot of opposition within the top clerical establishment. >> to the point about being impeached, the supreme leader made a very strange statement in which he said one wonders why we have a parliamentary system. there are certainly benefits -- why we have a presidential system. >> exactly. >> you look, he's had trouble with ahmadinejad, who was sort of his guy. he had trouble before that. trouble with rafsanjani before that. so he may be thinking, look, why do i need this nationally elected figure who inevitably becomes a rival? why not a parliamentary system where you have this low profile prime minister figure? really interesting would be the supreme leader, the longest serving leader in the middle east now, very old. if he were to die, would you have a new supreme leader or would that call into question the whole system? >> that would be a mess, in my opinion. you do. you have rural constituencies versus clerical constituencies. i'm not going to call that one. >> danie

. >> he wrote a little note to ahmadinejad high pressu ahmadinejad.eign policy of pretty please is not working well. >> the that how you could characterize? >> a fan of governor romney. the letter was written about three years ago shortly after he came into office. in those first five months, obama did try to reach out a bit of a hand to ahmadinejad. that was one of reasons why he wasn't tough on the june elections in iran that ahmadinejad stole. once he rebuffed that obama effort, ever since then obama's been tough and in fact, you could argue he's been more success at tightening sanctions because everyone knows he gave iran a chance and iran rejected it, which in some ways a necessary prerequisite to get countries like china to cooperate in tightening of sa sanctions. if they thought it was our fault, china would use their own economic interest to say we have no reason top go along with the tighter sanctions. obama showed he was willing to try a new relationship. he wasn't naive about it and he didn't do it long. he did it long enough that people ha

with ahmadinejad we'll be reviewing policies. on previous visits ahmadinejad promised iranian investment in the region, the biggest a $350 million deep water port off the atlantic coast of anything car wag wa. that promise remains unfulfilled. >> he's been there every two years or so since 2005. there's always a big gap between the rhetoric of promise of large-scale investment and what actually is delivered. >> reporter: since 2005 iran has opened six embassies in latin america. the islamic republic has also doubled trade with brazil, the region's biggest economy. analysts say this visit is more show than substance. >> i think this is for domestic consumption in his own country to show that he is not isolated despite sanctions and despite u.n. resolutions along those lines. in latin america generally he doesn't really have much of a political base. >> reporter: ahmadinejad's latin american tour worries some leaders in washington. a critic of venezuela's socialist policies calls it a tour of tyrants and is calling for an investiga

iran's president ahmadinejad has arrived in cuba for talks with raul castro. iran is blaming america and israel for the killing of a nuclear scientist on wednesday. >> it whistle stop tour by iran's president. he has now touched down. despite the mounting pressure over iran's nuclear program, mr. ahmadinejad stepped out apparently totally relaxed. he was given the warmest of cuban welcomes. at the university, another show a friendship. he was awarded an honorary doctorate too polite applause. there was no mention of the big issue of the day. europe is threatening more sanctions as it refuses to stop. >> he is clearly trying to send a message to the world that despite the increasing pressure from america and the european union, iran still has friends and one of them is cuba. >> these nations are united, r hostile, fo relations with america. he chose to rail at capitalism. on the streets outside, some cubans have no idea this visit was under way. >> [speaking foreign language] >> he told me it was very positive. all countries have the right to develop the techno

ahmadinejad stepped out here apparently totally relaxed.he was given the warmest of cuban welcomes. there were no words for him, just this. a sign for victory. at the university, another show friendship. iran's president was awarded an honorary doctorate. there was no mention of the biggest issue of the day, iran developing nuclear weapons technology. europe is threatening more sanctions if they refuse to stop. ahmadinejad is clearly trying to send a message to the world. despite the increasing pressure from american and european union, iran has friends and one of them is cuba. these countries are united by their hostile relationships with america. perhaps on a dish of was hoping for some survival tips. he decided to rail against homeless. there is some evidence of rebuilding. for many, the rebuilding is not coming fast enough. >> in just 35 seconds, the earthquake destroyed lives, homes, and the heart of haiti's government. that night, this man lost one daughter, he feared he would lose a second. >> she is fighting, but there is no help. a

ahmadinejad describes castro as it and healthy. one week ago, president ben ali came the first to be ousted. since then, there have been elections and a new interim government is in place. joblessness remains a pressing issue. >> to news said today, the shackles of oppression, and people in the streets with smiles on their faces, no longer having to whisper. on the surface, at least, this is a much changed country. it's a far cry from a year ago. the dictatorship that ruled for 20 years was overthrown. a discussion about politics and the press. >> [speaking foreign language] >> not from a radio station based in exile, but one that's relocated in the capital of tunisia. progress is slow, but things are moving in the right direction. >> you have the new regime. on the other side, you have the old regime coexisting at the same time together. >> one year on and many things have improved for the people of tunisian. the freedom of speech, the ability to criticize political leaders. this was as much about economics as it was politics. the

president ahmadinejad onboard this jet as he arrives in that country to meet with its president.aking place against iran. and then a couple of campaign events we want to show you. this is palmetto, south carolina, an event, the palmetto seniors' show. newt gingrich will be appearing there later on. but mitt romney is already in florida. he's campaigning both in south carolina and today in florida. that's a shot in west palm beach. of course, the florida primary is coming up right on the heels of south carolina, and so he is in the sunshine state as well. some of the stories we're following for you as the second hour of "happening now" starts right now. ♪ jenna: rick was just talking about the republican campaign is heating up in south carolina, the candidates are fighting for that ticket to florida, some of them are there already. just laying the ground work. we're glad you're with us, everybody, as we watch this process together, i'm jenna lee. jon: let's talk a little politics, shall we? jenna: why not? jon: i'm jon scott. newt gingrich, rick perry, rick santorum all trying to

>> i mean, too on the economic front because i was there in july, and i mean, ahmadinejad has over the last year has taken some pretty radical economic policies and the imf was lauding him but he basically cut almost all price subsidies at the beginning of last year and it caused a huge spike in basically everything, because iranians were getting energy for free, basically, so you had, you know, evything from bread to water to electricity spike and now you have got the sanctions on top of that so when i was there in july most people were much more focused on ahmadinejad like why are you cutting these subsidies you have made our life so much more difcult, so the focus was more on the government than it was on the foreign, you know, the foreign impact of the sanctions but now with these other things i think you cod have as david wow said a very unstable situation and i mean do they blame the west now for this or do they focus on their own government? i don't know, but what has happened in the last week is feeding what already has been a very unstable economic situation. >> rose: some arg

the first two years where he wanted to talk to ahmadinejad and ahmadinejad didn't want to talk to him, i think that's put us in a very weak position. i think his position with regard to israel frightens me for the security state of israel. i think his overall stewardship of the economy, even if it improves somewhat is going to be negative numbers. because we have more debt than we've ever had in our history. he has no plan to really deal with that debt. and he leads by following in that area. he lets the republicans and the democrats fight it out. he has no real plan. he's yet to articulate a financial plan that says to this country i can lead you to growth. he has an energy plan that's a disaster. his energy plan is basically say no. say no to nuclear power, say no to fraccing, say no to the pipeline, say no to coal. say no to everything but wind -- there's a gun to your head metaphorically, mr. giuliani. answer me this, where are the ticks in the obama box? where has he had success? >> he's had success with charity, success and failures with terrorism, success with ones that are obv

was the target of the iranian intelligence ministry and the office of the president, president ahmadinejad. and they believed that the united states was going to overthrow the regime, but because it was bogged down in iraq and in afghanistan-- don't forget, it was during the previous administration in 2007-- so they would resort to what they would call "soft means." and the instrument for bringing about such regime change through a velvet revolution, though soft means, were american foundations, american think tanks, and american universities. they didn't know how these institutions in the united states work. >> hinojosa: so let me... so basically, the iranian intelligence ministry and president's office believed that the woodrow wilson center, and you specifically, were holding conferences around iranian issues, not with the intention of having academic dialogue, but with the ultimate intention of rthering american government policy to destabilize iran. >> perfectly-- you put it perfectly. their idea, or their understanding, was that we are inviting-- with the wilson center or other found

ahmadinejad is threatened to close the strait of hormuz, oil prices are $102 a barrel again today.is is going to -- ron paul can't have this policy of we need to pull out of the middle east. it's our fault that ahmadinejad and iran and certain other radicals in the middle east are mad at us because of the american exceptionalism attitude. we can't have that going into, especially going into an election, right? >> greg: yeah. also, even when he gets on that limb of foreign policy, even his delivery seems off. >> juan: last night i think was his worst debate performance. he was meandering at times. gee, ron. because ron paul can be at times so electric, because he is making points hand's like jeez this is -- >> dana: when he talks about ending the fed, he got huge applause. >> juan: he talks about legalizing drugs and prostitution -- >> greg: i'm clapping! [ laughter ] >> andrea: these are people who don't think we should go around and start wars. he seems to take it too far. >> eric: we got to go. >> dana: save it for another day. >> eric: directly rehead, greg has thoughts why poli

president ahmadinejad's received strong backing from the fans wait in the that hugo chavez as he told south america to shore up support from our close allies. and was a reporter you saw saving the euro the leaders of france and germany pledged to boost growth and give more power to brussels to stem the debt crisis with tough new fiscal rules but critics say when it comes to watching the pennies the e.u. itself sets a bad example. but up next we take you to a journey through a unique moment in american history stay with us for that. this is our moment this is our time to reclaim the american dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth that out of many we are one that won't we breathe we hope and where we are met with cynicism and doubt and those who tell us that we can't we will respond with that time a spree that sums up the spirit of a people. yes we came. here to this to. take it seriously. and then this is good you know it isn't so create can't have it when they think they are holding danger. where did it all go wrong for barack obama and the democrats have to sweeping to power with

ahmadinejad said sanctions will not force iran to give in to western demands. a team is expected to visit iran this weekend. >>> two buildings several stories high come crashing down in brazil. this happened last night in rio de janiero. one of the commercial buildings was 20 stories high, the other 10. two people are feared dead at this time. witnesses heard a loud explosion before the collapse which could have been caused by a natural gas leak. the mayor of the city says the buildings collapsed because of structural damages not an earthquake. >>> the american rescued by an elite navy seal team from her captors in somalia will reunite with her family today. jessica buchanan and another aid worker were captured by somali pirates in october. seal team 6, the same special operations unit that killed osama bin laden, freed the hostages yesterday. buchanan's friends and professors in pennsylvania say they are ecstatic as well as relieved. >> it's about 2:00, 2:30 this morning i happened to be checking my computer, just i had been up and briefly looked at it and i s

ahmadinejad has turned to south america and made venezuela the first stop of his tour on the continent and the ardent critic of washington the venezuelan leader hugo chavez defended ahmadinejad he said there was no proof that iran is seeking to develop atomic weapons and they were on your president called the accusations of lie and said tirant and caracas should resist the quote mean and arrogant united states both leaders joked their relationship shouldn't cause any concern as iran and venezuela have long been trading partners with image i will also visit nicaragua cuba and ecuador. and along with mark would ask why didn't you go chavez is a leader that washington likes to paint a as an enemy of america but there are thousands in the u.s. who have a lot of warm feelings for the from buoyant venezuelan president i thought he was worried portnoy are reports. winter morning in the south bronx new york city outdoors the temperature is near freezing indoors. seventy seven year old alison many otis is bundled up brewing up pot of coffee and raising the heat just enough. to take the chill ou

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