eight years in power it's time up for a rainy and president mahmoud ahmadinejad's but has he done is or will he be proudly remembered it was his ambition realized and was it worth the sacrifice is his country made for the status of a nuclear state and his own voice in the face of powerful players was ahmadinejad's truly the choice and the voice of his people or a puppet in the hands of the clerics have his wishes come true as he reached the destination he says now for iran's power is going prisons mahmoud ahmadinejad's. talks to aussie mr ahmadinejad's your presidency is coming to an end after eight years of your rule iran finds itself in great economic difficulty it is also isolated geopolitically what would you say are your presidencies main achievements . divorce is facing economic recession and. to care and economic crisis is an international ones and it has adversely affect all the countries also iran let's not forget that iran has been under a unilateral one sided unfair sanctions and this has been on president it so severe. and despite a due to problems i just told you we have

also ahead, mahmoud ahmadinejad gives his farewell address. supporters of the deposed egyptian president plan more marches to the band. -- to his reinstatement demand his reinstatement. meet the children who stay with their parents inside bolivia's jails. we're going to begin with breaking news out of mali. results are coming in for the election. the historic presidential vote -- accounting has concluded. we're getting some numbers in now. we have to double will contest the elections in a runoff. to ouro live correspondent. what numbers are you hearing? around 40% ofen the vote with less than 50% of the vote needed to win in the first round. his opponent is the former head of the west africa monitoring the vote. 19% of it is clear this is going into a separate round of voting in about nine days from now. >> remind us why this is such an important election for mali. is emerging from a crisis. rebels took over the north. then the french intervention and coup. after the has been instability spreading across the country. the military decided to le

ahmadinejad. so what's next for new iranian president? he stayed economy is his first priority. he said they are suffering due the presidency of the foreman leader, mom din jodd. analysts say the actual figure the double what is reported. and will work to release political prisoners but is already facing opposition from hard-liners on that issue. he also wants social freedoms and women's rights. >> when's the ceremony expected to take place? and what's going to happen? >> well, we're only a couple hours away from the ceremony dwhray takes place this afternoon about 5:00 p.m. local time here. at the supreme leader's office which is near teheran so just couple hours away from being the new president. once he gets endorsement, it means he is the new president and mahmoud ahmadinejad will move out of his presidential office. that's what we're expecting, the official endorsement from the supreme leader, perhaps some comments from the supreme leader and some comments from the outdoingp. as you mentioned

he replaces iran former leader mahmoud ahmadinejad. however open that rouhani might be more willing to negotiate over iran's alleged nuclear weapons program has been complicated by recent news. as jay solomon reported in "the wall street journal," iran could be pursuing a new path to making material. it could give them enough plutonium to make a weapon by this time next year. jay solomon is a foreign affairs correspondent for "the wall street journal." he joins me now from washington. also with us in washington ray takeyh, he is a senior fellow for middle eastern studies at the council on foreign relation. i welcome him back as well. so tell me, jay, about this. what is it that they have that may be a faster path to a nuclear capacity? >> they're constructing a heavy water reactor in the northwest in a town called iraq, arak. and in some ways it's not new. i think in 2004 they started construction and as far back as 2006 the u.n. security council passed a resolution telling the iranians they had to stop. what's alarmed. aiea, u.s. and

and ahmadinejad has been their perfect poster child.en though ahmadinejad is no more or less powerful than president ruani is, just having this guy out there spouting his nonsense, really made the argument for the conservatives and the militants in israel, the u.s. and saudi arabia, for them. now, that that guy is gone and we have a moderate who has no interest in that kind of rhetoric, it sort of deflates, if you will, the militant argument in the west and hopefully will allow some of the more moderate voices in the u.s. to actually hold sway when it comes to negotiations with iran. i think the road is open. the door has been opened. we just need to make sure that we step in it with some confidence-building measures. >> john: i think you're right. the majority of iranians are more than 50% under the age of 35. >> 70%. >> john: amazing. it fills me with optimism that we can move beyond the ultra conservatives here and there. reza aslan, what a pleasure. i'm sorry i wasn't ruder to you. i know you're used to that these days. author of th

mahmoud ahmadinejad's presidency is now over. but it is ayatollah ali khameini , the hard-line cleric will continue to have the final say on foreign policy and the country's nuclear program. >> to cairo, where efforts continue for a peaceful solution to the standoff between supporters of deposed president mohamed morsi. his supporters said that they respected the popular will behind the mass protest that led to his downfall, but will not part of a political deal. the interim government demands thering and police will take action to get the job done. the protesters remained defiant. >> no one can and our quest. we will stand until our demands are met and morsi is returned to power. >> you cannot use force to end a peaceful sit in. millions of people are here. the government is threatening to remove us. >> allies growing increasingly concerned about the recent escalation in violence. washington is urging calm. invitation an open for all political forces to participate in implementing that road map. implementation of the roadmap .nd

hasan rouhani's language was moderate compared to what was coming out of ahmadinejad.you take a look at some of the statements hasan rouhani has said on this issue, you get a clear picture that he tends to be along those with those within the iranian political system who favors the idea of really lowering the rhetoric, not getting entangled directly in a confrontation with the israelis. retaining support for palestinians, but not being a frontline state vis-À-vis israel. that is a remarkable shift compared to what we've seen with with ahmadinejad in the past few years. >> trita parsi thank you,, for being with us. he is author of a number of books including, "treacherous alliance: the secret dealings of iran, israel and the united states." his new book, "a single roll of the dice: obama's diplomacy with iran." democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or mail them to democracy now! p.o. box 693 new york, new york 10013. [captioning made possible by democracy now!]

the admitted judd -- ahmadinejad presidency. the government made several overtures to the u.s., was discredited by reason of the fact that the u.s. ignored those over chores. -- overtures. it was replaced by hard-line president. the relationship deteriorated significantly. there is a statement that elections have consequences. iranian elections are not free and fair. the iranians are not offered many choices. they are offered meaningful choices. one can almost never predict the outcome. nobody predicted ahmadinejad's selection -- election, including the most influential elements of the establishment, who were quite surprised. the next election is shaping up to be a very interesting event, with various factions involved. there may be opportunities to change the nature of that relationship. it's probably not going to happen. it's certainly not going to happen unless we can successfully address the first reversing the iranian nuclear program to a point where they are more distant from gaining nuclear weapons capability, and can we

unlike president ahmadinejad, president rowhani did not take two weeks to nominate his cabinet.did it immediately at his inauguration and most of his nominees are moderates. he clearly has an agenda and he's wasting no time, andrea. >> thanks to ann curry in tehran. >>> republican senators john mccain and lindsey graham are expected to eyearrive in egypt, part of the peace brokering effort. washington post diplomatic correspondent ann geren joins me. you just got after the plane saturday midday with secretary kerry who had been talking about egypt in pakistan and london and a lot of confusion about u.s. policy. bill burns, the deputy u.s. secretary of state is in cairo, extending his trip. you have fresh reporting on that. >> yes. bill burns who is john kerry's number two and a representative from the european union and envoys from the two arab states that have been most involved in this kind of intensive diplomacy over the last two days, the uae in qatar, went in to see the jailed leader who was widely considered to be a leading hand behind the president. to get in to see him t

. >> iran has a new president, hassan rohani, who has officially replaced mahmoud ahmadinejad. nearly two months after the ballot the new iranian president promised he would try his best to elevate iran's position and lift international sanctions. he is set to take the oath in parliament on sunday. >> the official seal of approval from supreme leader ali khamenei was endorsed by iran's highest authority saturday, taking office the country's new president and succeeding mahmoud ahmadinejad. speaking of the ceremony, rohani's watch word was moderation. >> the country is in need of national resolve. the distance of extremism and policymaking in governments and focuses on the rule of law and upholding the law. the dialogue and plan that was set out during the elections and received a majority vote was this -- moderation and tolerance. >> among the challenges rohani now faces is the issue of political prisoners. at least 800 are currently behind bars for challenging the country's leadership, including prominent opposition figure masavi. human rights activists and feminists are also

ahmadinejad, i believe it was ahmadinejad, we are the 99%. ahmadinejad.to a trend here. i kept -- when you're writing a book, you keep digging, and, man, you discover one thing, and you go down another rabbit hole, i guess, and -- and the research, it's amazing. what i found, i said i'm going to research in this, and i couldn't believe it. i laid out -- hamas. care, his what, all of them -- hezbollah, all of them were supporting occupy wall street. so at the end of the day i figured out -- and they weren't supporting the tea party, by the way. [laughter] no statements in support of the tea party. so at the end of the day, i figured out that they share a common enemy, despite their differences. they share a hatred of judeo-christian western civilization. they have a common foe. the enemy of my enemy in my friend. and all though today dis-- although they disagree on a lot, they will work together to undermine the west, israel. now, remember, at the end of the day if the islamists got their way, the left would be the first ones with their heads on the choppi

. >> you would rather deal with ahmadinejad then me? >> absolutely!> (singing) >> i take lipitor, thats it. >> are you improving your lips? >> (laughter). >> when she's talking, you never know where the conversation is going to go. >> it looks like anthony wiener is throwing his hat in the ring. >> his what in the ring? >> his hat. >> always outspoken, joy behar. >> and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? >> only on current tv. (vo) later tonight, current tv is the place for compelling true stories. >> jack, how old are you? >> nine. >> this is what 27 tons of marijuana looks like. (vo) with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines, way inside. (vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to use him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. very, very excited about that and very proud of that. >>beltway politics from inside the loop. >>we tackle the big issues here in our nation's capital,

mahmoud ahmadinejad stepped on to a podium in the capital and fired one last verbal salvo at the west and israel. >> translator: the united states and european countries have caused a powerful storm in this region and around the world. that storm will uproot israel. >> they're marking what they call quds day. they demand israelis leave the territories they occupy. tens of thousands marched in the capital tehran. most were members of a voluntary militia called the basij. they chanted slogans wishing death on israel and the united states. hassan rouhani will take office sunday. >>> some people in shanghai have been getting a higher view of their city. they've been peering down from the top of what's going to be chinese tallest building. builders expect to finish their work on the changsha tower in 2015. it will have 125 floors and stand 632 meters tall. it will house offices, the world's highest hotel and the world's fastest elevator. the skyscraper has taken the title of mainland china's tallest struck from its next door neighbor, the changsha world financial center. a representative o

to have we are going to see a very different performance from rouhani comparing him with mahmoud ahmadinejad roenicke comes from a very different background his war veteran iran iraq war he has the experience of many years being a member of parliament in year one and also a carrier diplomat as you said he has been in charge of the iranian national security council for many years having the experience of negotiating with the foreign countries so yes we are going to see a very different performance in my view so what are the first priorities then in office for mr rouhani do you think. and we can talk about three different kind of priorities here the first one is the dumbest of politics i think is going to show a little bit different to atmosphere maybe a more open atmosphere in political terms in terms of political parties activity. the second priority comes with the economy as you know the sanction has been there on the economy is in trouble so he's going to in my view troy to assemble eyes and somehow bring the confidence back to european market on the iranian economy which is a very difficu

. >> you would rather deal with ahmadinejad then me? >> absolutely! >> (singing) >> i take lipitor, thats it. >> are you improving your lips? >> (laughter). >> when she's talking, you never know where the conversation is going to go. >> it looks like anthony wiener is throwing his hat in the ring. >> his what in the ring? >> his hat. >> always outspoken, joy behar. >> and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? >> only on current tv. cenk off air>>> alright in 15 minutes we're going to do the young turks! i think the number 1 thing than viewers like about the young turks is that were honest. they know that i'm not bsing them for some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know i'm going to be the first one to call them out. cenk on air>> what's unacceptable is how washington continues to screw the middle class over. cenk off air>>> i don't want the middle class taking the brunt of the spending cuts and all the different programs that wind up hurtin

. >> you would rather deal with ahmadinejad then me? >> absolutely!ging) >> i take lipitor, thats it. >> are you improving your lips? >> (laughter). >> when she's talking, you never know where the conversation is going to go. >> it looks like anthony wiener is throwing his hat in the ring. >> his what in the ring? >> his hat. >> always outspoken, joy behar. >> and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? >> only on current tv. ♪ >> announcer: connect with the "bill press show" on twitter. follow us at bpshow, and tweet using the hashtag, watching bp. this is the "bill press show." >> bill: here we go, talking about edward snowden's comments on the american media. pretty critical on the main stream media, if you will. by the way we mentioned at the top of the hour, cory booker winning the primary in new jersey yesterday. and bill deblazeo is now leading the back for the mayor of new york city over christine quinn, and bill thompson, and anthony weiner, who has fallin to fourth place. see, the boost from

president, what do you think of ahmadinejad?he just rolled his eyes and said, oh, my god, basically. >> really. >> yeah. >> he criticized ahmadinejad, yeah? >> yeah. i can say that now. i'm probably never going to see him again, fortunately or unfortunately. >> explain how the relationship went on? you got to know him better and better. >> from the beginning, it's difficult; as you know, when you establish a relationship with someone like that and youment to know the person, you have to be objective and keep your distance, and sometimes that's tough. i'm not as professional as you have been in doing that sort of thing, and for professionals, it's difficult. you have to establish the personal relationship, and it's difficult. i try to main tape that distance and objectivity, but we, i think, develop a comfort level to the point where, you know, i got to get snippits of him, the person. when you interview presidents like this, about 90% of what they tell you is self-incriminated, will appear in the newspapers over the next week, j

convenient they say he's powerless but when it's not they say he's a thread like the former president ahmadinejad but he is a very powerful figure he is the second most important person in iran and he has the vote of over half of iranians and they're not election that had a very high turnout over seventy two percent almost seventy three percent if the united states is willing to take this opportunity to really evaluate its policies towards iran and take a serious step forward the iranians and president rouhani will definitely be willing to make a positive move themselves and to move towards a rapprochement or at all to world of its own most treat its double we go where police have been using tear gas against the government the protesters in taksim square the demonstration part of a two and a half million strong move across eighty five cities demanding the resignation of the prime minister the wave of unrest in turkey kicked off in late may with a similar police break up of a rally against the demolition of istanbul's gezi park. twenty two u.s. embassies across the middle east and north africa clo

. >> you would rather deal with ahmadinejad then me? >> absolutely!>> (singing) >> i take lipitor, thats it. >> are you improving your lips? >> (laughter). >> when she's talking, you never know where the conversation is going to go. >> it looks like anthony wiener is throwing his hat in the ring. >> his what in the ring? >> his hat. >> always outspoken, joy behar. >> and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? >> only on current tv. [ ♪ music ] >> michael: with congress on summer vacation the g.o.p. is finally getting it's act in together. the republicans are falling in line. they're behind strong leaders that espouse a clear message. no, i'm not kidding. that's ridiculous. that would never happen. rnc chairman reince priebus or prince reibus is saying dumb things. >> mr. president if you want to shut the government down because you want to fund the monstrosity that you admitted is half broken, then go ahead. i'm going to boycott the program that puts documents on the air. >> michael: unbelievable. tod

. >> you would rather deal with ahmadinejad then me? >> absolutely!> (singing) >> i take lipitor, thats it. >> are you improving your lips? >> (laughter). >> when she's talking, you never know where the conversation is going to go. >> it looks like anthony wiener is throwing his hat in the ring. >> his what in the ring? >> his hat. >> always outspoken, joy behar. >> and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? >> only on current tv. >> david: welcome back to "the war room." it's going to be an interesting week in the immigration rebate. they are targeting lawmakers in their home districts and they have picked up some pretty big-name allies. mark zuckerberg will make a speech here in san francisco appealing for immigration reform. this has been a political coming-out party for the high-tech industry. this spring, zuckerberg and other techies formed forward us. they released a series of sharp elbow ads. the ads didn't mention immigration but slammed other priorities. >> that's why he is fighting for the f

he is far more powerful -- he will be a far more powerful president than ahmadinejad would have ever dreamt or even before him anybody else. >> why do you say that? that's fascinating. why do you say that? >> because his revolutionary credentials are absolutely impeccable. he's very close to khamenei and he doesn't have to prove, if you were to follow the course of the presidential debates over the last two or three months, he was constantly talking in a language that means that he's very close to not only khamenei but also the security and the military establishment. and also he talks from that confidence because we have to keep in mind that regionally iran is in a very delicate position. iran is in trouble in iraq. iran is both involved and in trouble in syria. the region is in turmoil. so one should shift, fareed, the context of our nuclear negotiation, in the context of the region and the readiness of iran and the fact that even somebody like rouhani was suggested to become the next president in order to understand the readiness and the -- of the situation as we have now for reso

. >> you would rather deal with ahmadinejad then me? >> absolutely! (singing) >> i take lipitor, thats it. >> are you improving your lips? >> (laughter). >> when she's talking, you never know where the conversation is going to go. >> it looks like anthony wiener is throwing his hat in the ring. >> his what in the ring? >> his hat. >> always outspoken, joy behar. >> and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they >> only on current tv. ♪ >> michael: welcome back to "the war room." over the course of this show, we have had the privilege of working with some of the most influential thought leaders in the country. christine pelosi has been with "the war room" long before i took the reins, and as we wrap up the final week of "the war room," it is again to welcome the chair of the california democratic party women's caucus christine pelosi, back inside "the war room" one final time. christine, i'm never going to have to say california -- california democratic party, women's caucus. it's a long thing to have to say once a

. >> you would rather deal with ahmadinejad then me? >> absolutely! >> (singing) >> i take lipitor, thats it. >> are you improving your lips? >> (laughter). >> when she's talking, you never know where the conversation is going to go. >> it looks like anthony wiener is throwing his hat in the ring. >> his what in the ring? >> his hat. >> always outspoken, joy behar. >> and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? >> only on current tv. >> michael: welcome back to the war room. after the umpteenth weiner scandal new yorkers are tired of giving carlos danger second, third, fourth chances so christine quinn could be the big apple's first female and openly gay mayor. she's leading the polls, but quinn, the current speaker of the city's council is only polling the same level with women. her support among female democrats is nothing to write home about. three out of four support someone other than quinn. now she has heavily funded foes from the group called "anybody but quinn." the group has raised over $1 mil

. >> you would rather deal with ahmadinejad then me? >> absolutely!> (singing) >> i take lipitor, thats it. >> are you improving your lips? >> (laughter). >> when she's talking, you never know where the conversation is going to go. >> it looks like anthony wiener is throwing his hat in the ring. >> his what in the ring? >> his hat. >> always outspoken, joy behar. >> and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? >> only on current tv. [ ♪ theme music ] >> michael: what the future holds will depend on who you ask, and for one last time we'll ask michael tomasky from "newsweek" and the daily beast, he joins us from washington, d.c. and new anchor offal jazeera, david shutser, he comes to us from new york. thank you for joining us, i mean it. you have both have been a big part of the show. the republicans are in a battle for the soul of their party. david, how do you see this playing out. >> i'll answer that in just a second. but first, congratulations to you, everybody at "the war room," new particular, mic

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? >> john: welcome back to "viewpoint." u.s. secretary of state john kerry is pushing hard for mideast peace talks. they all sat down together for about a half hour yesterday along with president obama. now officials say they expect israel to loosen their controls over private sector investment in the west bank. now it's a good idea to devil that area, right? john kerry is getting flack for setting a public goal for a peace deal within nine months. others say president obama needs to be more involved before any peace movement can take place and they can blame obama if it doesn't. what if we solve the entire conflict in the next five minutes with a bunch of comedians. and "the new york daily news" called hair co harrison greenvie hardest working comedic. let me open for you sometime. we have two jews and a palestinian, let's play ball. john kerry as you guys know is catching h

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. >> you would rather deal with ahmadinejad then me? >> absolutely! >> (singing) >> i take lipitor, thats it. >> are you improving your lips? >> (laughter). >> when she's talking, you never know where the conversation is going to go. >> it looks like anthony wiener is throwing his hat in the ring. >> his what in the ring? >> his hat. >> always outspoken, joy behar. >> and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? >> only on current tv. >> day turns to night. night turns to day. years turn into eternity. i knew nobody cared about me. that my family didn't care. even on holidays, christmas was more traumatic because i never got to spend it with my son. nobody will have ever to go through what i went through, nobody else. >> cenk: so you can see that ariel castro's sentencing was today, and he got quite a heavy sentencing. here is rob wi robin sax to tels about it. >> here is abc with the story. >> michelle knight said nobody should ever have to go through what she did, even her worst enemy. >> you took 11

ahmadinejad referred to israel as the cancerous tumor that has to be removed.ed this kind of language. >> i saw you were questioning the new president yesterday. as always, thank you, sir. >>> turns up the heat on corey booker but is it too little too late? we'll check in on the new jersey senate hopeful with just days to go. first, time for a little white house soup of the day. tom yum goong. east asian soup. we'll be right back. [ whispering ] uh! i had a nightmare! the house caught fire and we were out on the streets. [ whispering ] shhh. it's only a dream. and we have home insurance. but if we made a claim, our rate would go up... [ whispering ] shhh. you did it right. you have allstate claim rate guard so your rates won't go up just because of a claim. [ whispering ] are we still in a dream? no, you're in an allstate commercial. so get allstate home insurance with claim rate guard... [ whispering ] goodnight. there are so many people in our bedroom. [ dennis ] talk to an allstate agent... [ doorbell rings ] ...and let the good life in. >>> well, the bicoas

. >> right. >> is putin, you know, that far -- you know, is he beyond the pale of ahmadinejad? >> putin in russia could be very constructive in resolving possibly an opening with this new iranian president. chuck schumer, senator chuck schumer, this is bipartisan, but chuck schumer going on about he's a school yard bully, vladimir putin. you know, maybe chuck schumer knows school yard bullies, but is this the way you engage on the world stage? is this what our congress has become? talking about geopolitical relations? >> mccain wanted the president to move the g-20 out of russia. i mean, i just think that there is also sort of a precedence that's being set here, right? if there's enough outcry over something like this, the president dismissed something he said he would not engage in. >> the more we talk about it the more i'm convinced that you're right. i do think that the snowden piece is somewhat downplayed by some of the comments here but in fact if you want to continue the kind of focus that i think actually hurts the president vis-a-vis snowden is you should treat it the w

his stance is in stark contrast to his predecessor, mahmoud ahmadinejad. he said he is ready to hold talks on the nation's nuclear development. he said concerns will be removed through negotiations. >> translator: i'm optimistic about the prospects of holding mutually beneficial negotiations. i believe it's possible. >> but he said iran will not abandon its nuclear program of enriching uranium for peaceful purposes. he urged western leaders to lift economic sanctions against his country. rowhani also hinted at the possibility of district talks with the united states after years of stalemate. >> translator: if the united states shows goodwill toward iran, the door to talks is open. even if it's america. >> western leaders want to resume nuclear talks with tehran as early as next month. observers say rowhani's remarks could set these talks in motion. >>> the philippine navy has gained another warship amid territorial disputes with china in the south china sea. ♪ the frigate sailed into the philippines on tuesday. the bay was formally the site of a u.s. navy

. >> you would rather deal with ahmadinejad then me? >> absolutely!>> (singing) >> i take lipitor, thats it. >> are you improving your lips? >> (laughter). >> when she's talking, you never know where the conversation is going to go. >> it looks like anthony wiener is throwing his hat in the ring. >> his what in the ring? >> his hat. >> always outspoken, joy behar. >> and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? >> only on current tv. >> welcome back to the war room. i'm david sirota in for michael shure. how many the education reform movement kind of like one of my favorite movies from the 1980's, war games? [ ringing ] >> are those your grades? >> yep. i don't think i deserved an f. do you? >> i don't think he deserved an f either, do you? education reform evan list resigned last week after emails emerged showing in his previous job at indiana school superintendent, he manipulated the statewide grading system to give an a rating to a charter school backed by one of his top political donors. two thirds

repeated confrontations with the west came to dominate life under president of madonna judd -- ahmadinejad. britain closed iran's embassy in london. >> one of mr. rouhani's first tasks will be to mend relations with the u.s. and uk. if iran's embassy in london is reopened, the new president will be getting somewhere. rouhani has promised its supporters a new start. they may hope for an end to international sanctions. for that to happen, the new president may have to approach an old enemy. >> one critical step that rouhani can take is agreed to have a bilateral dialogue with the united states. that could provide opportunity for a major breakthrough. >> but in iran, he is the supreme leader who has the final say on all major issues. james reynolds, bbc news. >> you're watching "bbc world news america." hison peres celebrates birthday and shares his thoughts on mideast peace. >> when kelly clarkson not a -- boutght a ring at auction, she thought she was buying a piece of history. the british government is not letting it leave the country. >> there are no diamonds, sapphires, emeralds or rubie

basically he wants to refrain from what we saw in the past eight years of mock with ahmadinejad. >> how much room does the new president have to take a more moderate approach than his predecessor? ask -- >> despite the fact that the macro policies in iran are decided by the supreme leader, each iranian president has a sizable degree of freedom to formulate his own policies. that heaid many times took the oath of office and wants to have a dialogue with the world on an equal basis with mutual respect from both sides. theoes want to engage with world and get it ran out of the isolation it is in. >> thank you very much. ,fter weeks of resistance supporters of mohamed morsi googling willingness to compromise with the military backed government. the u.s. deputy secretary of thee had been meeting with vice president and mohamed morsi supporters to bring the side together. many members of the muslim brotherhood said up protest camps in cairo, but authorities have warned them to clear out. tunisian capital, tens of thousands of people rallied in support of the islamist government. in one of the

language appears to mark a critchley or separation from the policy of his out assessor, mahmoud ahmadinejad. a message to the world and to the iranian public. should be trusted and we should speak to them honestly. the government should reduce the economic and cultural intervention on their lives. rex but he will have to work under rusher from moderates and hard-liners and will have to find a way of appeasing both sides. -- whenonnie's iranians elected him on june 14, they filled the streets, including this square and partied well into the next morning. but reality has set in and iranians know his challenges are massive and there will be no quick fix. sunday's swearing-in all as the supreme leader's official confirmation ceremony on saturday. since then, he has met delegates from across the world, including the prime minister of syria, an important regional ally. he also named his cabinet and among them is an american educated foreign minister with a long-standing relationship with washington. the defense minister has been named ad he has also reformist politician as his first vice presiden

you would rather deal with ahmadinejad than me. >>absolutely. >> and so would mitt romney. joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? for true stories. with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines. real, gripping, current. documentaries... on current tv. [ ♪ music ] >> the bill press show is joining free speech tv starting september 3. find out how to watch at the bill press show.com. >> so good to see you this morning. president obama off on vacation now after a news conference friday afternoon. lots of stuff swirling around here. and josh the new editor in chief of the national journal hotline. >> bill: one of the things we've been commenting on that dominated the news conference, and i thought interesting to, too, given a chance to defend larry summers, he defended larry summers as a serious candidate as chairman of the fed. does this mean that he has the inside track? >> caller: i think it tells you a lot about president obama's management style. he's someone who values the advice and

it marks the end of the eight-year controversial president of mahmoud ahmadinejad. he vowed his support to syria's embattled leader bashar al assad. >>> johnny manziel is reportedly under investigation by the ncaa. in question, did he profit from autographs and signing memorabilia. ncaa athletes are prohibited from accepting money for a product or sale of service. his eligiblity to play this year could be in jeopardy. >>> governor brown was able to save thousands of commuters from a transit strike. the bay area rapid transit strikeout was avoided when he entered an 11th hour inquiry into the dispute. it hold offs the strike for another seven days. >>> fbi informants were allowed to break the law over 5600 times in 2011. fbi agents reportedly allowed their criminal informants to buy and sell drugs, plot robberies and even bribe government officials. eight months into the 113th congress and the house has passed 22 bills. that's the smallest number of bills passed on record. >>> even though we've all had trouble with opening a bottle, it's funny, certainly, when there'

his stance is in stark contrast to his predecessor, mahmoud ahmadinejad. rowhani said he's ready to hold talks on the nation's nuclear development. he said concerns will be removed through negotiations. >> translator: i'm optimistic about the prospects of holding mutually beneficial negotiations. i believe it's possible. >> but he said iran will not abandon its nuclear program of enriching uranium for peaceful purposes. he urged western leaders to lift economic sanctions against his country. rowhani also hinted at the possibility of district talks with the u.s. after years of stalemate. >> translator: if the united states shows goodwill toward iran, the door to talks is open. even if it's america. >>> now, the european union's foreign policy chief has urged rowhani to resume the talks on iran's nuclear program as an as possible. catherine ashton has been coordinating the negotiations between iran and six major powers. ashton sent a letter to rowhani. she said the five permanent members of the u.n. security council and germany stand ready to continue dialog

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 show is about analyzing, criticizing, and holding policy to the fire. are you encouraged by what you heard the president say the other night? is this personal or is it political? a lot of my work happens by doing the things that i am given to doing anyway. staying in tough with everything that is going on politically and putting my own nuance on it. not only does senator rubio just care about rich people but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them, right? vo: the war room monday to thursday at 6 eastern >> john: not since grover cleveland has a president signed so few executive orders as your very own president barack obama. let's take a look at the recent numbers. ronald reagan signed 381 executive orders. single term president george h.w. bush, 167. bill clinton, 364 and w, 291. folks, it is never