i'm jealous of your interview with ahmadinejad. i also really wish that we could have interviews with rahimi. he is the supreme leader who is calling the shots in iran. he owns the nuclear portfolio. we're reading tea leaves and trying to figure out where his head is. david is completely right. i don't think rahimi believes that we would strike. who knows what this guy thinks. the administration itself is depending on envoys and depending on other people who they send back and forth. at this point we're sort of flying blind there. chris: does military support the idea of force in the region? the chair of the joint chiefs was grilled about his view of the mistakes made in the iraq war. here was his thoughtful answer to the u.s. senate. >> i have been scarred by rereading a quote from einstein who said "if you have an hour to save the world, spend 55 minutes of it understanding the problem and five minutes of it trying to solve it." i think sometimes, in particular, as a military culture we don't have a ratio right. chris: so that's

president ahmadinejad was there. face-to-face with hugo chavez's mother, two have what looks like an emotional exchange and one point president ahmadinejad reaches over and touches hugo chavez's mother's shoulder. this is the exchange that sparked the controversy in iran, a country where the strict interpretation of islamic law says, if you're a man you can't touch a woman in f. she's not related to you. several clerics criticize president ahmadinejad, one said he was clowning around failed to uphold dignity of iran and the presidency. another said what ahmadinejad did was a sin and delivered a reminder that men can only touch women, they're not related to, only if the woman is drowning or in need of medical attention. suzanne? >> so, explain this to us. how could this weaken him in some ways, and how is the ayatollah, split with the ayatollah weigh in with what has happened here? could this make it very hard for him to leave in some way? >> well, look, this is a fascinating story in and of itself. look at big pictur

people ahmadinejad from iran. -- like ahmadinejad from iran. he stood next to the leader of iran and said we were brothers. how should the american people view your standing next to these people? here is what he told me. >> i could ask the american people, what mr. ahmadinejad did against the u.s. people? nothing. he has done nothing against the american people. many americans, however, have been poisoned by the mainstream media. and they repeat, he is the devil, they now consider that chavis is ami. that fidel is an enemy, that ahmadinejad is an enemy. what did he do against the american people? nothing, nothing wrong. however, americans and the u.s. government have done a lot of fraud against the cuban people. tavis: what ever one thinks about chavez, nelson remember him giving ted koppel the business. he said you do not tell us who our friends are. we make those decisions. it is ok for nelson mandela, why is it not ok for hugo chavez to decide who is friends were? he did do things his own way, yes? >> there's no question about it. he has the

a photo of president mahmoud ahmadinejad is upsetting the clerics.g the heat. >> reporter: he is feeling some help. to most people, these images look like nothing more than a simple hug. that's not how the clerics are seeing it, where strict interpretation of islamic law says men and will can't touch if they're not related. one cleric calling this a sin. another saying ahmadinejad was clowning around and failing to uphold the dignity of iran. this reaction really highlights a growing conflict in iran between ahmadinejad and his political enemies who say he overstepped his power during his two terms, became too big for iran's good. ahmadinejad not up for re-election in june, but he's hoping one of his aides will make a run. this criticism doesn't bode well for his aide or ahmadinejad's last few months in office. erin? >>> now our fifth story "outfront." is lance armstrong bill clinton? the disgraced cyclist says it's only a matter of time before the public forgives him, just like the public forgave bill clinton for the monica lewinsky affair. he says

ahmadinejad embraces her as he offers condolences, and both appear to be crying.but several conservative iranian politicians say this violated islamic norms in iran. unrelated men and women are not allowed to touch each other in public. a blogger on iranian affairs has this response -- >> this is the first time on tv i have ever said, well done to ahmadinejad for defying this. i think it will be a lot more embarrassing had he shunned away from a 75-year-old grieving mother and not embraced her when she needed some consolation. there has been a wide variety of reactions. i read one cleric who said it is ok because she was 75 years old and if the woman in question is that older does not matter. but the leader of ifsahan said it does not matter how old the female counterpart is, this has nota rohartaam act, and is worthy of somebody who is president of the islamic republic. for the population itself this is just really embarrassing. i do not think this is an issue with the iranian public. >> european diplomats have confirmed that seven hostages held in nigeria by a g

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>> did ahmadinejad ever say or hint anything along these lines?marc ambinder said the people in the bush administration who he spoke to were sure at the time that ahmadinejad would speak loudly about it, that he would try to demagogue the u.s., even claim the americans were trying to kill him. he said these officials were surprised when ahmadinejad never saed anything about it, and neither did any other iranian official. >> brian todd reporting. interesting story. >>> now to one of the most secret and sensitive issues on the war in terror. the use of killer drones. the issue of "time" magazine said the veil of secrecy is becoming a political problem and president obama may be presenting some public remarks to hunt down and kill potential terrorists. "time" magazine's michael crowley, the author of the insightful article has got some details. how politically risky is this whole issue of drones becoming for the president? >> wolf, isn't it remarkable, during the presidential campaign, this was a selling point for the president, tough on terrorism, d

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chavez was reportedly close to ahmadinejad and often praised him for his anti-west, anti-american stance. venezuela's acting head of state says the former president's body will be permanently displayed inside a glass tomb at a military museum near the presidential palace. chavez died tuesday reportedly from a heart attack. it comes after a years long battle with cancer. >>> osama bin laden's son-in-law has pled not guilty this morning. suleiman abu ghaith has been charged with plotting to kill americans because of the september 11th attacks. he spent most of the last decade locked up in iran before being arrested last week in jordan. >>> a new plan to ban gun shows is at the cow palace and other parts of the bay area are being introduced this morning. senator mark leno drafting a bill that would allow local control over gun shows. the county would have to pass a resolution before a gun show could be held somewhere like the cow palace. this marked the latest attempt to stop gun shows at the cow palace. if you recall, back in 2009, then-governor arnold schwarzenegger vetoed such a ban. >>>

pam says she is quoting muslims including mahmoud ahmadinejad. what is your reaction?he ads are absurd and offensive. you are quoting a man who is a holocaust denier. he is not an american muslim. mrs. geller has a track record of vilifying the muslim community and her most recent homophobic ads who are not only offensive to the muslim american community. >> this is not the first time ads have gone up. you know the similar ads in new york. your organization successfully sued the agency that tried to ban the ads. san francisco's transit authority is in the same boat. listen. >> this is again what we see. ad attacks and defamation against me. you have the prime minister of turkey saying the muslims are our soldiers. the quotes i am using are quotes from the leader of the phmuslim brotherhood in egypt. my calling attention to this makes me homophobic. not calling attention to the polite of gays under the sharia is -- we don't hear this at all. it's interesting and it speaks volumes to the motive -- >> i will say there has been plenty of condemnation of mahmoud ahmadinejad

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chavez was close to ahmadinejad and often praised him for his anti-west, anti-american stance. in the meantime, venezuela's vice president says chavez's body will be permanently displayed in a glass tomb inside a museum. chavez died earlier this week from a heart attack after a long battle with cancer. >>> the son-in-law of osama bin laden, a man said to be a key al qaeda leader is set to appear in a federal courtroom this morning. he's in new york today facing charges of conspireing to kill americans. some republican lawmakers critical of that hearing saying he should be placed in guantanamo bay. >>> the u.s. forest service may let more fires burn instead of fighting them to save money. the agency was $400 million over budget after last year's busy fire season. environmentalists say the agency wasted money and put firefighters at risk by battling fires in remote areas that pose little or no danger to property or natural habitats. the forest service says the change will allow it to be more flexible meaning it can treat each fire individually. in all, agency oversees nearly 200

when you look at who chavez was lumped in with the likes of fidel castro marmar gadhafi mahmoud ahmadinejad and saddam hussein they share a commonality they all opposed the us corporate imperialist takeover of the planet going forward keep this in mind when a leader is vilified and demonized and usually signifies their threat to the status quo so regardless of what you've heard what your personal thoughts are about chavez he simply cannot be dismissed as a tyrant because his voice of opposition and others like him serve a necessary divide to prevent the global corporate enslavement and tyranny. given the news of the death of been a swell and president hugo chavez there are many questions over the future of the country the bowl of varian movement and the relationship in a soil will have with both the us and the rest of latin america moving forward so to talk about what might happen next in the country the good the bad and perhaps the ugly legacy of hugo chavez i'm joined now by jim brown global strategist with global thank you so much for coming on and you for having me so you just wrote a r

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you would rather deal with ahmadinejad than me. >>absolutely. >> and so would mitt romney.) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? >> announcer: broadcasting across the nation on your radio and on current tv, this is the "bill press show." >> bill: filibuster, a filibuster. we had a real filibuster yesterday! oh, my god how exciting. good morning everybody. what do you say? thursday march 7. welcome to the "full court press." here on your local progressive talk radio station. here on current tv and here on sirius x.m. this hour only. don't ask me why they only take one hour. that's their decision, not mine. stupid as it is. good morning, good morning, good morning. we've got lots to talk about. lots that you are going to want to call in about. a lot of activity in the nation's capital yesterday. president obama taking a whole tassel of republicans out to dinner last night at the jefferson hotel. we'll tell you who was there. we don't know what they had to eat or what picked up the -- or who picked up

he pals around with ahmadinejad. what the hell are they doing going down to his funeral?ay? give the public what they want. you know, i always wondered why does joe kennedy jr. promote that sxhafz that oil? turned out he was getting a million a year, his wife was getting $300,000 a year. why did he control the country, the army? he paid the generals off like crazy. i bet he was sending a lot of money to hollywood. >> you want to defend hollywood, blake, for going to the chavez funeral? the guy hated america. it's very important to note that. castro guy. he's a communist. i think the venezuelans hated him because he was a total dictator. why go to his funeral? what's the message here? >> i don't know what their message was. i can't speak for them. i do know that there are a couple of sides to this, right? you're quite right to bring up the fact that he's palling around with gadhafi and ahmadinejad. i think that's the strongest point against. in terms of the economic side, there are people who feel that some -- you know, when you look at his efforts to eradicate poverty --

if netanyahu is right and one year away from mahmoud ahmadinejad having nuclear weapons, what does that have to do? >> well, i think it means we need to prepare for the possibility of a strike on iran. the iranians don't believe us. they are not scared. ayatollahs are not scared. they don't believe the speeches that president is making. all options are on the table. trust me, they don't believe it. the threats don't have credibility. think we need to make them credible. he said containment won't work. i think you need to say to them clearly, you will never get a nuclear weapon. you will never get a nuclear weapon. we will stop you and use military power to do it when it comes to that. >> sean: i don't think anybody in this country wants to get bogged down in iran in a decade long war. here is what my friends in the military tell me. the iranians are not stupid. they have built these facilities these nuclear facilities, they are way under ground. we would need massive. a bombing. we have trouble over refueling, there are certain military obstacles, it would make it a difficult job. this

if they come on now and tell me anything about ahmadinejad is building a bomb. really?ll believe it when he walks in the room with it and shows me. that's how much i don't trust anything said by the military industrial complex of this great country. >> when you see what happens just today in baghdad, 55 people killed and i think 17 different bombings. two other assassinations took place. 200-plus people wounded. that's a typical day in baghdad over the last few years. >> that's right. >> this is not peace. this is not democracy. this is not freedom. >> right. >> what is it? >> what it is is first of all we set this thing up to where we supported the shiites and the sunnis are now -- there is going to be a version of a civil war. right now, as we speak here live on cnn there is an alternate reality on another network. they are over there today saying how great it is. iraq's free. >> you mean fox. >> yes. i don't really want to, you know, disparage. >> let me read this tweet from donald rumsfeld. the iraqis deserve our respect and appreciation. >> he's a war criminal as f

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chavez beamed and embraced mahmoud ahmadinejad as the iranian leader toured leftist. knowing that they were aiming to develop the bomb, chavez joked a nearby grassy knoll would open up. they laughed. what chavez really relished was playing on the world stage. >> translator: yesterday the devil came here. and it smells of sulfur still today. >> reporter: standing at the lectern that president george w. bush used the day before hugo chavez sniffed the air and made it personal, accusing the american leader of talking as if he were the owner of the world. when an earthquake rocked haiti, chavez claimed it was the result of u.s. weapons testing, an excuse to send american troops into the country. chavez, of course, had humanitarian aid programs of his own. when cash-strapped americans were shivering in the winter cold, chavez volunteered venezuelan oil to heat homes in the bronx for free. local politicians and local media turned out, too. chavez was never afraid to wield his oil wealth against his foes or he'd use it to win friends and influence his neighbors. he once rewa

we are 6 million israelis missing to mahmoud ahmadinejad calling for the humiliation of israel. we taken seriously. you came with another trauma. the name is iraq. we do not want to go to another war. this is not a war. this is a one night operation and we should speak on it. >> senator mccain, it is hard to consider was going on in iran in isolation. the whole region is in turmoil. a former israeli diplomat said to me that what israel is doing right now is making territorial concessions in the context of the peace agreement. they are being asked to pitch a tent in the middle of the hurricane. you look at what is happening in syria and lebanon. he recently returned to egypt. you spend some time with president morrissey. -- mursi. based on your recent trip and what you have seen in the region and the turmoil, how does is real concern in the range of challenges it faces? >> i have not seen the middle east and world in a more dangerous situation in my lifetime. during the cold war, it was clear what the challenges were. we are seeing the millie's particular and the world in the mid

we have the iranian president, ahmadinejad, but they're mostly from latin america. this is a type to recall and reflect back on hugo chavez and his legacy. he's the man, this car harismat leader. every president in the region has come through venezuela in the last three days. we've heard the national anthem. a lot of presidents stood up and did sort of a guard of honor next to the casket. now we're hearing more music and prayers. this is just a way for them to recognize, even if they don't agree with him ideologically, all of the dreams that he had for this region, michael. now this is just the beginning of the funeral proceedings and ceremonies will actually continue. he will continue to lie in state for another seven days. they had to extend this because so many people turned out. tens of thousands of venezuelans turned out to say good-bye. they waited in the hot sun for up to 12 hours at a time, sleeping outside. it became so worrisome that they decided to extend this period. and then the big announcement came. they decided to embalm his body. so, in fact, what t

ahmadinejad and the clerics back home. maybe he was caught in the clasp of a grieving mother, could do nothing about it. but this horrible attempt by his supporters to cover up the evidence of what happened and replace that nice lady with that man, this failing so spectacularly is a good thing for the world because when people lie and makeup stuff for political reasons get caught and become an international laughing stock, photoshopping does not advance you politically and instead makes you look ridiculous. the past. >> like the 2012 election didn't happen. >> the election didn't go our way, that means we surrender principles? >> the plan assumes repeal of the president's health care law. >> something we're not giving up on. >> same old stuff. >> we're not giving up on destroying the health care system for the american people. >> what? >> we are not giving up o n destroying the health care system for the american people. >> we don't like this law. >> somehow magically maintains savings of obama care. >> please explain that

leaders across latin america and beyond writing in venezuela for hugo chavezneral of ahmadinejad. put ondy will be permanent display in a military museum. we have more on the morning in caracas. >> they waited all night and all they are under the scorching sun. hundreds of thousands of mourners one in the prospectus to the president to have lost. inside the military academy, he lays dressed in his impeccable uniform and beret. >> he looked very circassian. you would have thought he was emaciated, but it was his same imposing face. >> even in death, he remains bigger than life. imposing, but the most important thing was the energy, the vibration he still radiates. crowdearly afternoon, the than the impatience group. >> we want this year president. we want to see our president. >> he is not dead. he is here in everyone of us. we want to see our president, even if he is dead physically. >> it was clear there would not be enough time to put his funeral up for all to see, prompting the government to change plans. after the funeral, his casket will remain here for least another seven da

mahmoud ahmadinejad are among the dignitaries. >>> and like russia revolutionary lennon, his body will be put on permanent display. >>> the fbi is now investigating a string of possible bias crimes at oberlin college in ohio. it started last february when black history month poster were defaced with the "n" word and classes were canceled this week after a report of someone wearing a ku klux klan type hoodie. >>> and call it a modern day space race. google says the first contestant has signed up for its contest to put a robot on the surface of the moon. the search engine is putting up $30 million for the winner. >>> today's job report is out in about an hour. economists are expecting 160,000 job added last month and they expect the 7.9 rate to remain unchanged or drop slight ly. >>> on the savings, pandora posts a 50% jump in revenue and announces its chief executive is stepping down. shared soared more than 20% there. >>> jcpenney is holding off stock shelves for martha stewart items as it continues to battle macy's for exclusively prices. "the wall street journal" reports s&p companie

you would rather deal with ahmadinejad than me. >>absolutely. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? >> this is "the full court press: the bill press show," live on your radio and on current tv >> bill: you got it 25 minutes after the hour now, what do you say on a monday morning, great to see you this morning. we are talking about the post-more item. they are kaupingcalling it the autopsy. reince p. rebius saying here is what we did wrong in november 2012 and here is how we could fix it. including one of the things the report says is we should stop being the party that says government is all wrong, basically a slap at the tea party. we should stop being the anti-government party because the report actually says when people are flat on their backs, they need government help and they don't care whether the help comes from the government or from the private sector. how many republicans include heard say that. they oppose increasing unemployment insurance. they always op

you would rather deal with ahmadinejad than me. >>absolutely. >> and so would mitt romney.) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? ♪ >> announcer: broadcasting across the nation, on your radio, and on current tv, this is the "bill press show." >> bill: the republican party says we need a shakeup. yeah, they need more than a shakeup. they need a whole new plan a whole new message, a whole new set of policies. what do you say, good morning, everybody. great to see you this morning. it is tuesday. here we go. tuesday march 19th. hope you are ready to travel with us for the next three hours across the political landscape here in our nation's capitol around the country and ash the globe c and we'll take a quick stop at all of the highlights of the day. we'll talk about them, and we will take your calls, take your comments, your calls of course at 866-55-press. that's the toll free number. your comments on twitter at @bpshow and your comments on facebook at facebook/billpressshow. big day in rome where pope

ahmadinejad and the clerics back home. maybe he was caught in the clasp of a grieving mother, could do nothing about it. but this horrible attempt by his supporters to cover up the evidence of what happened and replace that nice lady with that man, this failing so spectacularly is a good thing for the world because when people lie and makeup stuff for political reasons get caught and become an international laughing stock, photo shopping does not advance you politically and instead makes you look ridiculous. then honestly, a small blow has been landed for truth, justice and the undoctored verifiable record of actual events. so to be really atroesh usually bad, iranian photo shopped doctors, i proclaim you the next thing, i want you to leave the first lady's sleeves alone. >>> time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." thanks for being with us. have a good one. >>> the most recent losing vice presidential candidate who will never be president has discovered it is hard out there for a budget hustler. >> house budget c

this is new video from overnight of iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad getting off the plane.z was reportedly close to ahmadinejad and often praised him for his anti-west, anti-american stance. in the meantime, venezuela's vice president says chavez's body will be permanently displayed inside a glass tomb at a military museum near the presidential palace. chavez died earlier this week from a heart attack after a long battle with cancer. >>> in an effort to save money, the u.s. forest service may soon let more fires burn instead of actually fighting them. the agency was $400 million over budget after last year's busy fire season. environmentalists say the agency wasted money putting firefighters at risk by battling fires in remote areas that pose little or no danger to property or natural habitat. the forest service says the change will allow it to be more flexible meaning it could actually treat each fire individually. in all the agency oversees nearly 2 million acres across 43 states. >> interesting. all right. 5:52 right now. time to check this out. napa getting some new com

we did a story about -- during the election in which we said that a gallup poll had found that ahmadinejad in the rural midwest and that was picked up in iran as sort of an example of how popular ahmadinejad is. >> are you serious? >> yeah. this week the kids at the onion had a grown-up moment when the paper made real news. during the oscar telecast someone from the paper tweeted an unrepeatable comment about oscar nominee quvenzhane wall its. it didn't just fall flat, it offended just about everyone. the comment was taken down and by the next morning the paper had done something it had never done before in its 25-year history, it issued an apology. two weeks ago, we were at the onion's oscar editorial meeting. as usual, the writers were on the offensive. one oscar, daniel day lewis' despised abraham lincoln. >> i personally believe abraham lincoln deserves to die. >> the idea of making up a joke about child actor quvenzhane wallis did come up briefly in the oscar meeting, but seemed to be dismiss happened. >> try and find someone else to use this? >> i guess so. >> the 9-year-old? >> sure

the rena president ahmadinejad pays tribute, saying, "day venezuela lost its brakes, strong sun. i have no doubt that he will return. braveezuela has lost its son. " the lebanese foreign minister has asked for syria to be readmitted into the arab league at a meeting in cairo. but he was met with a quick response from the prime minister of qatar. >> let us bring back syria to the arab league, let's lift the ban on its participation in our region. we need communication with syria to save six. it is a necessity for a political solution. >> i would like to respond on syria and the resolution aimed at resolving the dispute peacefully and not to create a sea of blood. the one who has created the blood shed is a star saw. >> we're following this story from the lebanese capital beirut. it appears that divisions are appearing within the arab league as far as the serious crisis. syria prices. -- crisis. >> usually his remarks sparked a lot of controversy. people are preparing a response that for him. they say the government in lebanon still wants to distance itself from the syrian crisis.

the iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad and the oscar-winning actress sean penn among those to paidgo chavez today. lined up to see the coffin in caracas. the united states did send a delegates of dreg gregory meeks and former congressman from massachusetts to attend the funeral to attend the man who once called george w. bush diablo. he died on tuesday we're told after a long battle with cancer, we're told. steve harrigan from caracas tonight. now that the funeral so ever, they are not going to bury him, right? >> that's right, shepard. the government says there will be no burial. instead, they are going it follow the roots of lennon and mao and embalm the remains. put anymore a glass coffin and put that coffin in a museum forever. this is necessary because so many venezuelans want to visit and pay their respects to hugo chavez. the opposition says it is is a blatant political move to try to win votes in the upcoming presidential election, shepard. >> shepard: 30 heads of state, there steve. what does this election tell us about chavez, if anything? >> among the world leaders, iran

if it says assad has chemical weapons, or if it says ahmadinejad has a nuclear weapon -- >> but it'sot this government, is it, that went to war with saddam? you have to differentiate. >> which government. you're talking obama versus bush. >> i'm talking about the real government, wall street, the banks, the corporations that made $2 trillion is what we spent on the iraq war. who made that money? soldiers in the field? no, i don't think so. this is always about the people who have the purse strings and the politicians who are bought off by them, and so if they come on now and tell me anything about this, you know, ahmadinejad is building a bomb, really? well, i'll believe it, you know, when he walks in a room with it and shows it to me. frankly that's really how much i would not trust anything being said by the military industrial complex of this great country. >> when you see what happens in just today in baghdad, 55 people killed if i think 17 different bombings, two other assassinations took place, 200-plus people wounded. that's a typical day in baghdad. >> that's right. >> over t

he was friends with fidel castro and iraq's mahmoud ahmadinejad. chavez accused the u.s. president of neglecting the poor, so in 2005, the venezuelan president announced that citgo would provide discounted heating oil to american households. he hoped to have a better relationship with president obama, but a year after his election, he called him a name. hours before his death, they expelled two u.s. diplomats. the vice president suggested foreign enemies caused chavez's cancer. >>> the white house has expressed support for the venezuelan people, saying it is interested in providing -- >> three bay area cities want to get rid of red light cameras. >> plus, a museum mystery they say they got the guy, but where's the loot? the latest in the treasure box heist. ,, [ woman ] don't forget the yard work! okay. [ male announcer ] with citibank's popmoney, dan can easily send money by email right from his citibank account. nice job ben. [ male announcer ] next up, the gutters. citibank popmoney. easier banking. standard at citibank. to deposit checks from anywhere. [ wind howling

among them, iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad, cuban president castro, and the brazilian president. some venezuelans have had to wait 10 hours and longer to bid farewell to the common dante. police have their work cut out to keep order among the crowds, and they do not always succeed. hugo chavez's remains of lying in state in the military academy in caracas. venezuelans have until the end of the week to pay their respects. >> the comandante looks good. it is not like we are going to say "house said. he is so thin." he looks normal. >> people are still cheering. "chavez lives. the fight goes on." as a delegation from vietnam paid their respects, the mood was almost festive. >> venezuelan tv is broadcasting pictures of chavez lying in state. chavez has been placed in a glass-covered coffin with a guard of honor beside him. the vice president says chavez will be entered in the military museum of caracas instead of being buried in the city's pantheon, as had been previously thought. he also said the remains would be embalmed and place so they could still be viewed. >> the race for the

i taped ahmadinejad in the wolf, did chavez in the afternoon, and moammar gadhafi at night.followed that up right away, talking about bush. he said that bush, the reason he called him evil was that bush tried to assassinate him. and he said he had proof -- that he had proof. venezuelans confessed to him that they were part of an assassin team. he was kind of paranoid, wolf. he had many facets to him. he liked to sing, he was a crazy american baseball fan, but he was very defensive. he didn't trust hillary clinton, he didn't trust america. he was unlike other leftists, he was not anti-religious. he said he was a practicing catholic. he believed in jesus christ. he was a very convoluted figure to me. there were many facets to chavez. i think he was, in many sense, a failed leader in his country, but he sure -- he was very defensive. >> what kind of insights did you gain into hugo chavez, the person? i mean, he's known as a larger than life figure, but when you had the opportunity to interview him, what struck you about him? >> reporter: he was the kind of guy, he was larger th

he was close to ahmadinejad and praised him for had his anti-west, anti-american stance.arlier this week reportedly from a heart attack. his death comes after a year's long battle with cancer. >>> coming up, an east bay eatery named the best restaurant in america catches fire overnight. >> we'll tell you what's left of the world renowned restaurant as the smoke clears at chez panisse. >>> we're getting a beautiful start to the day. new day begins over foster city. warmup on the way. your seven-day outlook is coming up next. >>> great sunrise if you can see it. here's sunol. fog creeping up. weather affects the drive and two crashes in the east bay. we'll bring you that coming up. ♪ ♪ if loving you is wrong ♪ i don't wanna be right [ record scratch ] what?! it's not bad for you. it just tastes that way. [ female announcer ] honey nut cheerios cereal -- heart-healthy, whole grain oats. you can't go wrong loving it. bee happy. bee healthy. with clusters of flakes and o's. oh, ho ho... it's the honey sweetness. i...i mean, you...love. >>> breaking news to tell you about right

you would rather deal with ahmadinejad than me. >>absolutely. >> and so would mitt romney.) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? ♪ >> announcer: broadcasting across the nation on your radio, and on current tv this is the "bill press show." >> bill: well a belated happy st. patrick's day. hope you celebrated and are ready to go with a whole new busy week here in our nation's capitol. president obama headed off to the middle east. good morning, everybody, what do you say, monday march 18th. so good to see you today, yep, hope you did have a good weekend and are ready to go today here on a monday morning. it is the "full court press," we're coming to you live on current tv, on your local progressive talk radio accusation, and on sirius xm this hour only. we'll let you know the news here from our nation's capitol. we'll tell you what is going on here around the country and around the globe, and open up our phones and our social media so you can tell us what it all means to you and your family. 866-55-pr