and earlier i spoke with jamal a policy director for the national iranian american council and he voiced his opinion on how much influence israel has on u.s. foreign policy take a lesson well. bibi netanyahu in particular has exercised enormous influence on the president's ability to conduct foreign policy has really put a lot of pressure on him and has limited his ability to basically live out a lot of the promises that he made obama made on the campaign trail whether it was to engage in diplomacy with iran to prevent war with iran anything that this president is trying to do he's been hit hard by. basically you know whose allies in congress and in the right wing establishment so now israel is going as far as to say that if and when they launch an attack on iran that they're only going to give the us twelve hours notice so not too much notice there with this statement does this suggest that war with iran is even closer than expected i think we need to be careful you know when when israel is engaging in this sort of public rhetoric. is maybe not what we need to be as concerned as when th

for joining us thank you and that was jim all of the policy director for the national iranian american council well leaders of the world's two largest economies met yesterday as china's vice president made his rounds in d.c. now the country's fates are intertwined economically but its problems between the two that seem to dominate much of the rhetoric now there are concerns about military rivalries and of course the ongoing economic to favor issues like trade and currency here was president obama speaking just yesterday. we have tried to emphasize that because of china's extraordinarily extraordinary development over the last two decades that with its expanding power and prosperity also comes increased responsibilities and so we want to work with china to make sure that everybody is working by the same rules of the road when it comes to the world economic system and that includes ensuring that there is a balance of trade flow. between not only the united states and china but around the world but whether ally rival or both it is hard to understate the extent of china's economic success and many

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further let's go to washington their resume rashi's director of research at the national radio american council and a former desk officer too in the iran section of the u.s. state department good to get your background there good to see you tonight reza the u.n. atomic age. he says it can't say for sure if there are any nuclear weapons in iran because iran isn't cooperating enough that's their line surely now is the time to be more transparent than is it not what do you think. the type of transparency you know what the agency is saying is that they can't confirm whether or not iran is actually pursuing the process of building a nuclear weapon everybody knows that they currently don't have what we can all agree on so the issue is the agency wants increased transparency from the iranian government the iranian government saying that while the international conflicts around iran and its program its nuclear program is trapped in a paradigm of conflict and the international community primarily the west in continues to increase the pressure on iran with no positive inducements or at least perceived po

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in san francisco members of the syrian-american council protested outside the russian embassy.russia and china vetoed a united nations resolution calling for assad to step down. >>> state department is concerned about the situation in egypt not just the one between civilians and the ruling military council, egypt says 19 americans will stand trial on criminal charges of receiving foreign funds. americans work for none proves doing pro-democracy work gunned by congress analysts say the accusations -- baseless way for military council to deflect pressure from civilians anxious for democracy. >> the military doesn't do anything for the revolution. >> the nonprofits have been receiving funds for years from congress with no opposition from egypt. this latest crisis has the u.s. threatening to cut off its nearly 1 1/2 billion dollars in aid to egypt. >>> real nasty blast of winter now in europe. temperatures plunged to 36° below zero in ukraine where the weather is blamed for 131 deaths. in the u.k. the first snowfall forced london's heathrow airport to cancel dozens of flights. in v

what does the syrian- american council state needs to be done?> we need the world to realize that at this stage, we need to stop recognizing this year in a region as a legitimate religion. it has never been a legitimate regime. he was never elected to power. he inherited syria in 2000 after the death of his father. his aides at the time was 34. the constitution at the time allowed the president to become president if he or she was 40 years old. within hours, the constitution changed to allow him to leave the country. their recollections. he was basically thrust into flour by one party that has youth ruled syria. >> the syrian regime has been brutally targeting women, men, children, many of them have not even bid in the streets protesting. >>marty: we apologize for cutting you off. >>ysabel: thank you very much. >> i appreciate you invited me. >>ysabel: thick for joining us. >>marty: we will be right back. some >>ysabel: here is a live look outside at san francisco. the bay area until continues. >> we have rain ahead. janu also has more gary janu

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the from the national iranian american council believes a military strike wouldn't wipe out its nuclear capabilities but the real problem here is that there is this escalation towards this military action that's not going to actually take out the nuclear capabilities of iran if israel bombs iran it sets the program back a couple years and then they have to go in and bomb again and then they have to go in and bomb again and you just have this cycle really the end of the day in full scale occupation and total war there's no clean right that happens this is if this happens it's the beginning of a long confrontation that really it's going to make you rock in afghanistan look like a cake walk and it's going to plunge the u.s. into a very long term military engagement. for more on the israeli iran standoff you when we talk to joe cemented a founder of the trends research institute has a preview of what he has to say the full interview coming up next hour. if the united states is real. or nato attacks iran's nuclear facilities. it will be as i said before the beginning of world war three syria

support accusations iran is pursuing nuclear weapons reza marashi from the national iranian american council and a former u.s. state department officer says a new approach is needed. the american intelligence agencies and for that matter the israeli intelligence agencies and many other foreign governments intelligence agencies are saying that iran is not made the political decision to pursue weaponized stations and that leaves time for diplomacy to be pursued to find a peaceful solution that's beneficial to all parties involved the primary sticking point the primary tropp problem that we see is that nobody trusts one another people in the p five plus one don't trust each other iran doesn't trust anybody in the p five plus one so in an effort to try and move things forward and shift that paradigm from the negative to the positive you know we need to get creative and international leaders need to find ways to take risks for peace anything from broadening the agenda to discussion issues not just focus on iran's nuclear program but things that iran is also interested in regional security energy

. >> we are talking to the president of the national iranian/american council, and we heard earlier in the month from defense secretary leon panetta that he felt that there could be an attack by the israeli military aimed at iran later in the spring. he tried to walk back in some of that in the testimony of capioll hi hill, and how real do you believe that the prediction is? >> well, there is a risk, but we have to be clear that they have had these bombs for ten years now, and they have turned out to be potentially a bluff. now, that does not mean that we can count on this being a bluff every time it happens. we may be in a more tense situation than before and the like that an israeli attack would be greater, but the thing to take note of what panetta is saying that the u.s. military is opposed to the war. they do not believe it has a high likelihood of success, and they do not know how it would develop, and particularly mindful of the difficulties that the u.s. have faced in iraq and afghanistan, and neither the military nor the american public has the appetite for another war. >> and

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the syrian american council invited members of the public to participate in front of the syrian embassy in the northwest. according to activists in syria, nearly 7500 people were killed since assad's crackdown began in march of last year. >>> and violence in afghanistan claims the life of a virginia man. 22-year-old sergeant timothy conrad jr. of roanoke was one of two soldiers shot to death by an afghan soldier on thursday in kabul. conrad is one of four u.s. troops killed since tuesday when it was first revealed that qu'rans and religious material were burned at the u.s. bag ram air force base in kabul. >>> just ahead here on the news at 6, we're days away from the arizona-michigan primaries as the republican presidential candidates make their rounds on the sunday morning talk shows. the latest on the campaigns for the presidency&as the six continues here on fox 5. on fo >>> on to the campaign trail, the high profile endorsement for mitt romney ahead of tuesday's primaries in both michigan and arizona. fox's steve brown is in flint, michigan, with the latest tonight. >> i have decide

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intelligence community has doubts about the allegations and reza marashi from the national brain american council and the u.s. state department officer told us iran hasn't made the decision to build nuclear weapons but they west should offer positive thinking it's meant schoolies may change its mind. american intelligence agencies and for that matter the israeli intelligence agencies and many other foreign governments intelligence agencies are saying that iran has not made the political decision to pursue weaponization and that's a very important distinction it doesn't mean that the iranian government's nuclear program isn't a cause for concern but it absolute means that they have made the most troubling decision and that leaves time for diplomacy to be pursued to find a peaceful solution that's beneficial to all parties involved the primary sticking point the primary truck problem that we see is that nobody trusts one another people in the people plus one don't trust each other iran doesn't trust anybody in the p five plus one so enough to try and move things forward and shift that paradigm from

have you on the show as always that was jamal of the policy director for the national iranian american council. well as u.s. troops prepare to leave afghanistan a recently leaked reports suggest what america fears that the most not only is the u.s. pulling out of afghanistan without a clear victory but the taliban is poised to rise back to power this proves that a decade long war may have had little impact in actually defeating the taliban at least not enough to have a real lasting impact now this report called state of the taliban two thousand and twelve was produced by a secretive u.s. military ops special operations unit it was leaked to a couple of news outlets and reportedly is based on the twenty seven thousand interrogations of four thousand taliban and al qaeda prisoners despite this u.s. and nato officials are dismissing it so what does this all mean for relations between the u.s. and afghanistan and why isn't it being taken seriously now to talk more about this i spoke to matthew aid intelligence specialist and author of the book you see right there on your screen the secret century

and that was from all of the policy director for the national iranian american council well from the drumbeat of war with iran to the escalating civil war in syria president bashar al assad has ordered a referendum on a new constitution to be held in eleven days at least that according to the country's state run news agency now the move could effectively end nearly fifty years of single party rule and is aimed at stemming the ongoing violence in that country and the announcement of the referendum was greeted with criticism here in washington the white house press secretary called the move quote laughable and said it makes a mockery of the syrian uprising the move may also be too little too late for other once western countries who have grown louder in their condemnation of president assad's brutal handling of the uprising in syria calling for potential intervention whether in terms of aid military humanitarian or arms or she's maria from the ocean has more. since the beginning of the uprising in syria last march the regime of bashar al assad has been accused of repression torture and

and the syrian american council organized the protest, we have not been able to reach anybody for commenttime now 6:48 the sheriff for sheriff ross mirkarimi, and eliana lopez, her husband is getting ready for domestic violence abuse charges. >>> and if you are driving on westbound bay bridge, it is backed up and more slowed traffic waiting at the metering lights. and in san francisco, to the airport area, it is an unexpected surprise, 280 there is still a problem near farm hill boulevard because of flooding in that area and the morning commute again on 237, it is still slow as you cross 880, still slow as you drive closer to 101. 6:49 let's go to steve. mostly cloudy, things will be okay. >>> tomorrow morning we are looking for rain but the system comes in later than sooner and we are sure showing signs. it looks like rain but today mostly cloudy and we will have increasing clouds, 30s, 40s and 50s, mid-40s for many, santa rosa, but if it was not for a puff of a breeze, napa will be cooler than that. indicated out by stockton, i expect it to be out there in fact some higher elevations ar

. >> now the northern california american council organized a protest and we have not been able to reachshe may now sign a multi- billion dollar settlement for months from the obama administration state attorney's generals and big banks. they have been holding out for a better deal for those people affected by the foreclosure crisis. the settlement will require banks to provide billions of dollars in aid for people who lost their homes to foreclosure or who are still at risk. >>> more high-end homes are going into foreclosure around the bay area and santa clara alone, homes worth 1 million or more went to foreclosure an auction last year. and several more went to auction in 2011. >>> let's check in with sal for a look at traffic, where are you starting? >> we are starting in the east bay and traffic is moving along well on highway 4 coming up to the willow pass grade. it is a nice drive with no major problems on highway 4 or on 680 nearby but it is getting crowded. at the bay bridge toll plaza, that traffic looks good, no major problems getting on to the bridge. we have flooding reported

cooperation here this crisis with me is raising murawski research director at the national iranian american council president much for joining us tonight so first starters i guess what do you think of this statement here media fishel say things all the time right there's a lot of back and forth. officials that are countering one another when you have reports that say that israeli officials say they won't warn the u.s. if they choose to strike preemptively so a big deal i think is a big deal in one sense because you haven't really heard that kind of rhetoric coming from the israeli government any time in the recent past and probably at all but i think in reality it's more rhetoric and bluster than anything else the israelis the united states government and most of the world is well aware of the deleterious impact that an israeli strike on iranian nuclear facilities would have it would drive energy prices through the roof it would destabilize the most unstable region in the world countless countless countless disastrous effects and not warning the united states government your primary benefactor in a

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