iran. have you said you fear that the united states will condone an israeli attack on iran. how does president paul plan to stop israel from acting? >> i think israel has to do what they think is in their best interest and they shouldn't have to ask our permission. if they have border problems -- they didn't ask permission to bomb the nuclear site in iraq in the 1980s. i think that was fine. i think they are too dependent on us for money and economically and they are dependent in they can't work toward peace with a country we might not like them do to it. but i don't want any of this foreign aid because the principle is wrong. because it doesn't achieve anything. if we stop all the foreign aid, you say, you are going to hurt israel. you know, the arab and the muslim nations get twice as much money as israel. there are people in israel -- it is not like 100% of the people in israel or every jew in this country believes we should have the foreign policy that we have. i think israel should be in charge of their sovereignty and we should never intrude on what they do. if they wa

but there was no call to the rulers of bahrain to step aside so as far as i can tell it was an attack on iran's attack on syria and there's no reason to support any of these governments but where was the support for the people of kurdistan where was the people support for the people of bahrain and on man in many of the countries in fact u.s. policy has shown itself to be behind the mention for example that he's going to provide two billion dollars to egypt this is what these spend in afghanistan in a week this is what is spent in iraq in a week and that two billion dollars not actually cash on the table it's debt forgiveness it's money to opec which supports u.s. companies as opposed to local businesses in egypt so there's not a whole lot it's simply a slightly a reiteration of the stand towards syria i don't think this indicates intervention . you talk about the money. going to egypt engineers here there's been mention bridge associations with the marshall plan for europe after world war two doesn't it where the u.s. but also does influence basically by itself thought we have neuropathy to fol

attack iran no matter who attacks us or attack symbolic targets such as population centers in afghanistan and pakistan or holy places such as mecca or medina. thus, after a second attack in the united states, the choice for washington would be one of two. either standing motionless in a quivering but potent rage or launching attacks that would make the warning of the "clash of civilizations," all too prescient. and america today, i think you will agree, the foregoing analysis is not mainstream. indeed, i've often heard it dismissed as pathological. and yet more than 14 years after al-qaeda declared war on the united states, the cynical act of political expediency. and as more elections come and go, the war on afghanistan is lost beyond recall and president obama has marooned our military forces, making them dependent on resupply routes that traverse hostile russian and pakistani territory. pakistan is in genuine in danger of going the way of afghanistan with unfortunate consequences for nuclear proliferation. and the mujahedeen bleed-through is already visible in jordan, turkey, lebanon,

plus, new claims right now that iran, yes, iran, has ties to the 9/11 attacks on the united states. ing deeper. ♪ the new blackberry playbook. it runs all this at the same time. ♪ why can't every tablet do that? >>> a stunning new federal lawsuit claims that iran helped plan and facilitate the 9/11 attacks on the united states. our own mary snow is in new york. she's been looking into the story for us. what have you learned, mary. >> wolf, lawyers who filed this lawsuit here in new york are asking a judge to hold iran liable for the september 11th attacks and allege iran had prior knowledge of the attacks but exactly how they make that link is unknown since they rely heavily on testimony from defectors, and that testimony is currently sealed. inside the 9/11 commission report, there are two pages that put attorney thomas mown junior on a seven-year path, a path that resulted in a federal lawsuit alleging iran is linked to the september 11th attacks. >> 240, 241. >> under the title "assistance from hezbollah and iran to al qaeda," the report concludes we believe this topic requires fu

we can tap -- attacked iran no matter who attacks us, or attack symbolic terrorist such as pakistan and afghanistan or holy places such as mecca or medina. the choice of watching -- washington can be one or two. stand motionless in a rage or launch attacks that would make the clash of civilizations all to a precedent. the foregoing analysis is not mainstream. i have often heard it dismissed as pathological. more than 14 years after all, declared war on the united states, the single act of expediency in iraq known as the surge is unraveling. u.s. casualties resume, sectarian father -- sectarian violence grows. president obama has burrowed our military forces, making them dependent on resupply routes that depend on hostile russian and afghan supply lines. the bleed through from iraq is visible in jordan, syria, turkey, lebanon, and gossip. the islamist insurgents seized have been read, with the islamic mujahideen spreading to west africa. similar insurgencies are under their weight in yemen, southern thailand, in the north caucasus. the islamic movement in western europe is growing. in br

iran. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: one example was the attack monday pillage group. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: they were attacked brutally and a number of them have been arrested. three of the attorneys who defended them were arrested as well. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: the government claimed these laws are islamic. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: we can't have another law because we are muslim. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: what we can say is the same as other religions with different interpretations islam can have different interpretations too. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: look at the united states, one church does not accept abortion and the other church does. they are both christian churches. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: or the marriage of homosexuals at one church may agree and one church may not whereas they are both against christian -- islam is different interpretations too. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: the issue is democracy. [speaking in native tongue] >> trans

who claim iran had prior knowledge of the september 11 attacks. are asking a federal judge in new york to now hold iran liable. on a seven-year path. a path that resulted in a federal lawsuit alleging iran is linked to the cityth attacks. >> 240, 241. >> reporter: under the title assistance from hezbollah and iran to al qaeda, the report concludes that we believe that this topic requires further investigation by the u.s. government. and that's what prompted him to dig further. >> we took onever view to the next, one bit of evidence to the next step and taken us since july of '04 to firmly establish the truth indeed it was iran, assisted al qaeda. >> reporter: 9/11 commission report found several of the 9/11 hijackers traveled through iran into or out of afghanistan. without ever getting their passport stamped. the commission found no evidence that iran or hezbollah, state department sanction terror group that supported by iran were ever aware of the planning for the attacks. in the lawsuit filed in new york, the attorneys allege iran and hezbollah

i don't think the members of this body think that we have the power to attack iran without further congressional action. there's evidence that hezbollah has supported i-- al qaeda and similarring ornyizations. i don't think the members of the body think we have the right to attack lebanon and hezbollah without further action of this congress. we should never relent in going after those who attacked us on 9/11 but we should never ignore the constitutional perogfive of -- prerogative of this house an the nat to engage in the declaration of war. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from california. mr. mckeon: i reserve my time. the chair: the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. amash: i would like to recognize the distinguished gentleman from new york for two minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. >> i thank the gentleman. i support this amendment to delete section 1034. section 104 is the equivalent of a new declaration of war. but contains no clear objectives, no longer would we be seeking out those responsibility for the attacks of -

it's a trend that is non-stop from iran attacking bahrain this way and it worries us long term. >> warner: so were you saying they were behind the uprising to start with or have they started as the u.s. has said exploiting it politically along the way? >> they have people sympathizing for them here. i want to be very careful. i'm not saying the shiites of bahrain are siding with iran, this is completely untrue. but bahrain is a small country surrounded by larger count rise from every side so everyone has a difference here in bahrain and there's definitely an iranian interest group here in bahrain. to answer your question yes and yes. yes there is an element of the long term and definitely the explay stations intensified. >> and what the state of emergency is listed as his majesty the king has announce willed happen in two weeks, will all these extraordinary measures end or will some repain? >> we... what you will see that the army will go back to their barracks but there's no doubt that the police will be out 24/7 because the time just after the june 1 when the end of the state of emergen

iran. i am talking in general. [speaking arabic] >> translator: the worst solution is a military attack. [speaking arabic] >> translator: remember that democracy is not merchandise to be exported to a country. [speaking arabic] >> translator: democracy cannot be purchased and sent to another country. [speaking arabic] >> translator: therefore, war and military attacks are nondemocratic countries should be forgotten. [speaking arabic] >> translator: to take taters actually like to be attacked by the foreigners so that on the excuse of national security, they can put away their opposition. set [speaking arabic] >> translator: they are not correct today because they will hurt the people. the [speaking arabic] >> translator: notwithstanding the 10 years of economic sanctions against iraq, that is still there, whereas the numbers people died as a result of being deprived of food and medication. said 10 >> translator: i always recommend political sanctions instead of economic sanctions. [speaking arabic] >> translator: and what is a political sanctions? [speaking arabic] >> translator: its mea

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but it's been accused by its eastern neighbor iraq, a facilitating terror attack there, and crucially, it's allied with iran. the partnership is regarded with horror by america and arab gulf states. as the regime attempts to crush the protesters, it claims they would plunge the country into chaos, including religious conflict between so many muslims and the minority of the president and some of his senior officials. conflicts that might spread beyond syria's borders. a claim the opposition will dispute. >> this is across the board grass roots revolution and against the corruption of the assad family. it's not a sectarian revolution. it's not anti-christian. no one wants to establish an islamic state. it's all about establishing a civic society, a political, democratic, accountable system of government that can represent everybody in syria. >> meanwhile, some think the argument that the assad regime has been a force for stability is absurd. >> it has supported terrorism against other countries in the middle east. it's been decidedly unhelpful for years in iraq. it has been an opponent of the state of israel

attack. it is the main issue of contention in the days leading up to southern sudan's independence. >>> crack down on christians. how islamic militants in iran are punishing christians for their faith, that story right after this. >> some egyptian muslims helping christians rebuild a church attacked by islamists earlier this month. mary's church was selt to fire. muslim craftsman helping to restore burned icons to the original condition. church restoration was ordered by the government. >>> authorities are cracking down on christians. elam ministries reports 285 believers in 35 cities have been arrested in the past 6 months. many spent weeks and months often serving long stretches in solitary confinement and endured psychological business. david is u.s. director of elam ministries that serves christians in iran. gary lane spoke with david about the arrests. >>>> what crime are these christians accused of? >> actually, they are not officially accused of anything. they haven't been given charges, they have kept in prison for months at a time. >> david, when mahmoud ahmadenijad came to power in 2005, he said he will stamp out christianity in ir

attackers. >>> the mothers of the two berkeley hikers jailed in iran have reportedly started a hunger strike today. shane bauer and josh fattal are said to be fasting in their iranian cells. as a show of solidarity their mothers have joined that fast. bauer's fiancee sarah shourd says she will join the fast on saturday as well. all of them will fast as long as they can manage. last week iran delayed the trial of bauer and fattal without any explanation. both are accused of spying after they were caught crossing the iraqi-iran border. >>> well, mixed emotions around the world today as people watched and reacted to president obama's widely anticipated speech. mr. obama forcefully stepped into the middle east debate. he vowed to improve america's image in the middle east and offered support of a key palestinian demand. >> we believe the borders of israel and palestine should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps. >> some controversial comments. israel is not happy with these comments. tomorrow mr. obama meets with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. netanyahu is already saying

attacks against civilians. >> okay. let's talk about iran now. and talk of some hacking activity. what's this all about? >> well, it's very interesting. this group which originated about three years ago called anonymous, which is very loosely organized, if at all, it organizes attacks against websites which it wants to -- which it wants to send a message or achieve something. it's usually attacking sites that are basically denying freedom of speech to someone or targets, for example, it wants to target now iranian websites because it wants to reignite the protest movement. if you remember two years ago, there was massive student protest movement which was crushed by authorities. so what they say they've launched today, early this morning, an attack, cyber attack on iranian websites. we haven't heard from iranian authorities. we don't know what it has achieved. the aim is to support the protest and reignite it. you may remember wikileaks was attacked -- not itself, but companies that denied wikileaks services was attacked last year. that was the same group i found out which attacked them because they wer

now and we have a non incorrect they have a mutual defense pact if they attack syria you're going to see a war that involves iran as well iran will intervene tapes a great ran out. right just quickly i want to ask you you paint a picture complete chaos throughout the region of this foreign intervention happening and yet what we're seeing though in palestine many are saying this is a result of the arab spring uprisings where we're actually seeing fatah and hamas proposing to unite the palestinian government in the west bank and gaza what are the implications there is that a sign of potential stability in the region something positive happening or not you know i see it is a managed at a bus in fact which are morally bankrupt would never unite with hamas it would never you know. the united states and the e.u. all and israel allowed them to do this they gave them the green light for this of course the palestinian people want to unify government and that's. what mahmoud abbas is such a client of the united states and israel think he would have not taken this there who felt their permission there's something in the wo

iran. they brutalize its own people. they support attacksand iraq. it subjects lebanon and gaza. it sponsors terror worldwide. when i last stood here i spoke of the consequences of iran developing nuclear weapons. now, time is running out. the hinge of history may soon turn. for the greatest daunger of all could soon be upon us. a militant islamic regime armed with nuclear weapons. militant islam threatens the world. it threatens islam. now, i have no doubt and absolutely convinced that it will ultimately be defeated. i believe it will eventually succumb to the forces of freedom and progress. it depends on cloistering young minds for a given amount of years and the process of opening up information will ultimately defeat this movement. but like other fanaticisms that were doomed to fail, militant islam could have its eventually demise. a nuclear armed iran would ignite a nuclear arms race in the middle east. it would give terrorists a nuclear umbrella. it would mike the nightmare of nuclear terrorism a clear and present danger throughout the

he played an active role and worked for iran in bosnia carrying out attacks is new. >> how was he on that? -- how old would he have been then? >> that was in 1983 and 1984. that is new. his time at guantanamo, i think that has gotten a lot of attention. >> how did you get that? >> talking with a number of current and former navy and cia personnel who had direct access. >> how classified is his time there? >> fairly classified. one of the great frustrations -- it is like writing the biography of a dead person in that i could not talk to him give the u.s. government would now -- would not allow him any interviews. or with his other relatives. he is in the segregated section at gitmo. there's another guy who is a nephew of his who worked for him. none of these people are available for interview. usually, when writing about a person the you cannot contact, it is because the person is dead. the people around him will talk more freely because he is not around to offer his opinion on what they have to say. but when you're writing a book about like this, you cannot talk to and, but is not de

the fact that he played an active role and worked essentially for iran in bosnia to carry out attacks is new. >> held would have been than? >> that was 1993-1994. that is new. this time at guantanamo has got a lot of attention. >> how did you get that? >> i was talking to a number of current and former navy and cia personnel who had direct access. >> how classified is his time there? >> fairly classified, one of the great frustrations. this is like writing a biography of a dead person. i could not talk to him. the u.s. government did not allow any interviews. with him or other relatives. in the segregated section of the high value detainee camp at gitmo is another guy who is a nephew of khalid sheikh mohammed. none of these people were available to be interviewed. if you read a book about the person you cannot contact, it is because that person is dead. as a result, the people around him will talk more freely because he is not around to offer an opinion of what they have to said. when you write a book about someone like this, you can't talk to but is not dead, people are very careful

attacks in revenge for osama bin laden. the. >> if incredible court ruling in iran. woman was blinded and severely disfigured when a boyfriend threw acid on her face. now as punishment a judge says she can pour acid in the eye of her attacker. woman awarded money and compensation and man sent to jail but all along she wanted revenge. so tomo scheduled to be medicated while she delivers 20 drops of acid in both his eyes. >>> thailand officials arrest a man at bangkok airport on his way to dubai with two suitcases full of live animal. baby leopard, panther, bear and couple of monkeys. officials say the man drugged the animal put them in plastic container with hole and stuffed people in his lug achblingt undercover anti-trafficking officers had been tracking the citizen since he purchased the rare and endangered animal on the black market. they wondered what he might do. each cub could fetch up to 5000 dollars. >>> we are at stalemate in tease talk but today george mitchell resigned as u.s. envoy to the middle east he's stepping down for personal reasons. mitchell has be

in the middle east will be mahmoud ahmadinejad in iran from the supreme leader who is sending out reports to his and having members of parliament attack him for buying votes in the 2009 election. chris: i hear cheers. let's talk about medicare a little bit. the joe baden working group on the deficit and raising the debt ceiling started talking about the m word this week and watch to see how the white house behaves on this now that it is such a great political issue for them. will any care of -- will any kind of medicare cut backs to providers or beneficiaries be on the table if taxes are not on the table. >> bob gates interesting speech this week in the q&a afterwards he said it is interesting that our record for predicting where the u.s. will need forces since vietnam has perfect. we have never once gotten it right from grenada to the balkans to the first gulf war we didn't know ahead of time what was happening. chris: great public servant by the way. i heard him speak at the reagan gala and going out with flying colors. >> the war on the american president has succeeded with huge uptick in support but it is pushing the europeans fur

attack comes as france and u.k. and announce their decision to deploy helicopters to escalate. strike. now iran has announced its planning to impose sanctions against twenty six u.s. officials for violating human rights the iranian parliament has accused them of escalating terrorism and drug trafficking professor says that the government wants to put an end to what it claims is u.s. lawlessness in the region but i think the view really in tehran is that the united states and its allies including members of the you are basically the countries that are why they are doing human rights more than any other country in the world they're constantly waging wars in afghanistan and iraq and now in libya. killing and murdering hundreds of thousands of people in addition to that for example the siege on gaza which is the illegal and prior barrick and where the ordinary women and children are made to suffer and it is being done with the support of the united states and the you so basically what the iranians want to do is they want to break this culture where the americans and the europeans constantly as if t

attacks in mumbai in 2008. the two countries' prime ministers agreed to carry forward the dialogue when they met last year. >>> police in iran have arrested members of a major international drug-smuggling group in tehran. the head of iran's anti-drug police said in tehran monday they had been gathering information about the group for the past four months. he added that the police have seized more than 270 kilograms of narcotics and arrested several smuggers in operations over the past 24 hours. the officials said the group produced industrial narcotics in home laboratories and sent them to malaysia, indonesia and thailand hidden in milk shipments. >>> time for your weather update. across eastern asia still looking windy across japan this morning. the remnant low of typhoon songa caused flooding problems in quake-affected regions and continues to bring windy conditions along the east coast of japan here. high wind warnings posted now. we will look at calmer and brighter conditions up toward the north. warm and bright down in the okinawa islands. across china, lots of clouds building over the region across the north central po

iran's, quite frankly don't know. he has been calling for these attacks living in his million- dollar compound, living in an area that is far removed from the front, hiding behind women who were put in front of him as a shield. i think it speaks to just tell falls his narrative has been over the years. looking at him hiding their widely it is what other people out there to carry out attacks speaks to the nature of the individual he was. >> what was the most anxiety- filled moments? was it when the helicopter appeared to be inoperable? was it when you heard shots fired? could you actually hear the shots fired? >> when you plan these things out, you know in your mind exactly what the first and second step would be. if there is any deviation, it causes anxiety. the individuals to carry out this assault plan for all the various contingencies. when that helicopter was seen to be unable to move, you had to go into plan b and they did it flawlessly and were able to conduct the operation. saying that helicopter in a place and in the condition that was not supposed to be was, for me, the concern we had that we have to go to a

iran. the tyranny in tehran brutalizes its own people. supports attacks against american troops in afghanistan and in iraq. it subject gates lebanon and gaza, it sponsors terror worldwide. when i last stood here, i spoke of the consequences of iran developing nuclear weapons. now time is running out. the hinge of history may soon turn. for the greatest danger of all could soon be upon us. a militant islamic regime armed with nuclear weapons. militant islam threatens the world, it threatens islam. now, i have no doubt -- i'm absolutely convinced that it will ultimately be defeated. i believe it will eventually succumb to the forces of freedom and progress. it depends on cloistering young minds for a given amount of years, and the process of opening up information will ultimately defeat this movement. but like other fanaticisms that were doomed to fail, militant islam could defeat all of us before its demise. a nuclear armed iran would ignite a nuclear arms race in the middle east. it would give terrorists a nuclear umbrella. it would make the nightmare of

attack on unarmed people which u.s. forces protected from 2003 to 2009 resulted in 35 dead and over 200 wounded including women and children. the evidence of collusion between iraq and iran to initiate this attack is strong. so the questions that should be asked of ourselves are becoming clearer as we withdraw our combat forces from iraq. what have we really created in iraq? and what will we have to show for the normenormity for our sacrifice. when we look at strategically important countries, egypt is an important, and that egypt turns into iran. and egypt has shown the worthy of the trust of the egyptian people as they move towards september elections. on this point, it is worth thinking about how the united states will relate to the new egyptian government. from my perspective, it may be time to consider a bold idea which would demonstrate our welcome to the new egypt by considering the type of marshall plan for emerging democratic states like egypt and young egyptians are trying to form. such a plan would be international in scope as the world has much to gain from any security, economic, and governmental assistance that can be provided at this critical time in egypt

iran. they brutalize its own people. they support attacks against american troops in afghanistan and iraq. it subjects lebanon and gaza. it sponsors terror worldwide. when i last stood here i spoke of the consequences of iran developing nuclear weapons. now, time is running out. the hinge of history may soon turn. for the greatest daunger of all could soon be upon us. a militant islamic regime armed with nuclear weapons. militant islam threatens the world. it threatens islam. now, i have no doubt and absolutely convinced that it will ultimately be defeated. i believe it will eventually succumb to the forces of freedom and progress. it depends on cloistering young minds for a given amount of years and the process of opening up information will ultimately defeat this movement. but like other fanaticisms that were doomed to fail, militant islam could have its eventually demise. a nuclear armed iran would ignite a nuclear arms race in the middle east. it would give terrorists a nuclear umbrella. it would mike the nightmare of nuclear terrorism a

unshakable security relationship when it comes to the external threats israel faces, iran, al qaeda, a state to state attacks, etc. but there does not seem to be much recognition that a definition of israel's borders affects israel's security. this is what goes to the heart of what the president said yesterday. taken together, i do not see how one can judge this as anything but a substantial change in u.s. policy. i will add to what the president said about full withdrawal of the ibf. this would seem to suggest that the president does not agree with the israeli determination of its own security. even president clinton talked about an open-ended presence in at least three zones that the israelis would have in the west bank. not necessarily along the border but early warning stations and other things within the west bank. a full withdrawal the president talked about certainly seems to imply that this is not in his vision. what really makes me scratch my head is the seeming indifference to what is going on in the region. just last week, palestinians on multiple fronts attempted to reach israel's borders. israel

iran tonight, a case of revenge put on hold. we followed the story of ameneh bahrami who was blinded and disfigured in an acid attack by a man whose affections she spurned. his sentence, to be blinded in both eyes according to islamic law. the woman wants to deliver it herself. today hours before she was to administer the acid eye drops, the sentence was postponed indefinitely. >>> haiti has a new president. michael martelli. a pop star known as sweet mickey was sworn in just today. taking charge of the western hemisphere's poorest country. an example of that need during the ceremony, the power went out. former president bill clinton was on hand. >>> back in this country, a commencement speech that caught our eye by house speaker john boehner at catholic university. boehner and his trademark tears as he recalled the days he was elected house republican leader and an old coach who called him. >> it was an old coach calling to wish me luck. >> boehner reports is known as a little more emotional speakers in washington. he also teared up as he accepted his honorary degree. >>> still ahead as we continue on "world news," saturday night

iran. they brutalize its own people. they support attacks against american troops in afghanistan and iraq. it subjects lebanon and gaza. it sponsors terror worldwide. when i last stood here i spoke of the consequences of iran developing nuclear weapons. now, time is running out. the hinge of history may soon turn. for the greatest daunger of all could soon be upon us. a militant islamic regime armed with nuclear weapons. militant islam threatens the world. it threatens islam. now, i have no doubt and absolutely convinced that it will ultimately be defeated. i believe it will eventually succumb to the forces of freedom and progress. it depends on cloistering young minds for a given amount of years and the process of opening up information will ultimately defeat this movement. but like other fanaticisms that were doomed to fail, militant islam could have its eventually demise. a nuclear armed iran would ignite a nuclear arms race in the middle east. it would give terrorists a nuclear umbrella. it would mike the nightmare of nuclear terrorism a

iran. we had an opportunity, 18 months ago to topple a regime that is a sworn enemy, is at war with this country, is funding terrorist attacks against our troops and in the middle-east and the president of the united states sided with the mullahs instead of the demonstrators. >> congressman paul, you wanted to pull u.s. troops out of afghanistan for years. in fact, you said on the house floor about the u.s. military's efforts in afghanistan, whose interest do we serve by continuing this exercise in futility. if president paul had been running things and troops were already out of afghanistan, wouldn't that mean that osama bin laden would be alive today? >> absolutely not. he wasn't caught in afghanistan. nation building in afghanistan, and telling those people how to live and testimonying them how to run their country hardly had anything to do with finding the information where he was being held in a country that we give billions of dollars of foreign aid to, at the same time we are bombing that country. it's the policy that's at fault. not having the troops in afghanistan wouldn't have hurt. but we went to afghanistan to ge

something like a no fly zone attack gadhafi forces in syria is a completely different kettle of fish it's a it's a very heart of of the middle east it's got a clear alliance with iran very heavily in. lebanon is on it's on friendly relations of recent years with turkey and the last thing that the western world want to do is try these stabilize things while at the heart of things further so what they want to do is kind of nudge assad towards perhaps some liberalization to calm the situation down with stability is the most important thing as far as the west is concerned so following on the train the thought there you don't think we'll see the libyan scenario playing out in syria definitely not i don't think that the west is the job of the league but they've got the confidence that in severely serious way there i'll be honest i don't think that the west really knows what's what to do next so. rather than having a big grand plan for the region rather than you're hoping for stability i think that their minds are changing every twenty four or forty eight hours about what's the best thing to do so things are very unstable at the moment like i really can't see them interve

he had some of his employees taken who is tank in iran, he didn't go in to the federal government and say attack he got some special forces, his people in there. he went in, got them out and brought them out. [applause] now if this principle had been ingrained in our system and used it, we could have well paid $500 million or $1 billion to capture the individuals responsible. of course we didn't do that. that would have been cheap compared to the trillions of dollars we are involved in now. not only do i see some of that as a conflict and not doing well. every time we occupy a country, every time we kill a civilian. when we lob these bombs into pakistan, civilians get killed, too. they get angry. what would we do? they say there may be taliban in there, and we have to go in there and get them. the taliban is notted al qaeda. the taliban is a group of people that are very determined that they don't want any foreign occupation. that is their religious and political belief. we joined them when they were annoyed with the soviets occupying afghanistan. we were on the side of those who said no occupat

attacked and criticize and demeaned the reporters in vietnam who were reporting. what is the truth? you can debate that, but the facts are not debatable. you are entitled to your own opinion but not iran fax. people -- but notyour own facts. people call me a liberal because mainly by reports of evidence they did not want to hear. my opinions are really based on the evidence that i have gathered, but this no longer -- this is no longer a society that honors the facts or the evidence. there was a study, university of michigan, that show people, confronted with facts that they know are right, will nonetheless not allow those facts to change their opinion because their belief, their positions are based on their beliefs, not on facts. this is why you get a majority of republicans watching fox news who believe that obama was born in kenya or a majority of republicans listening to rush limbaugh who think obama is a socialist, even though he is as beholden to corporate power as a precedent i have seen in my lifetime. all of these people, you get all of these people whose opinions are confirmed by the journalism that they hear, and they are not moved by the facts of why they come after you or

of a military attack from the united states that's according to prime minister netanyahu and here is a question could it be that the u.s. congress is is seriously considering threatening iran with war. in the minutes and yahoo has said his country will not sit down for peace talks while posting infractions fatah and hamas maintaining their deal of foreign affairs expert stephen soon as dictating internal policies of other countries is not a viable premise for peace negotiations. no country has a right to say oh we'll only need to shake you if you were in your coalition government a certain way and especially since you look at the israeli cabinet you look at a coalition government in the us and yahoo you have parties that are as extreme as hamas in the other direction or is it say i'll sign has no right to exist. parties i want to engage in these cleansing of the palestinian population from the entire territory west of the jordan in the forty's and support these far right wing military is paramilitary groups simply terrorist you have murdered the palestinian civilians so there's a clear double standard here and unfortunately united states you'll be buying into this double s

the taliban says the attack was to avenge the killing of bin laden. >>> the two american hikers jailed in iran only the third phone call they've been allowed to make since they were captured nearly two years ago. shane bauer and josh fattal told their families they launched a 17-day hunger strike after they were stopped from receiving letters. their families said they sounded okay. bauer and fattal were charged with espionage on the iraq/iran border back in 2009. >>> a tornado tore through joplin, missouri, last night. at least 89 people were killed. up to 30% of the city may be destroyed. the area's main hospital, the st. john's regional medical center suffered heavy damage. all patients were evacuated to nearby facilities. >>> there's also riveting new video this morning capturing the terror of about 20 people who jammed into an industrial refrigerator inside of a joplin convenience store to save their lives when that tornado hit. >> this video is pretty dark, but listen carefully. you can hear the people begin to pray and you can hear the twister growing louder around them. [ wind blowing ]

unshakable security relationship when it comes to the external threats israel faces, iran, al qaeda, a state to state attacks, etc. but there does not seem to be much recognition that a definition of israel's borders affects israel's security. this is what goes to the heart of what the president said yesterday. taken together, i do not see h one can judge this as anything but a substantial change in u.s. policy. i will add to what the president said about a full withdrawal of the ibf. this would seem to suggest that the president does not agree with the israeli determination of its own security. even president clinton talked about an open-ended presence in at least three zones that the israelis would have in the west bank. not necessarily along the border but early warning stations and other things within the west bank. a full withdrawal the president talked about certainly seems to imply that this is not in his vision. what really makes me scratch my head is the seeming indifference to what is going on in the region. just last week, palestinians on multiple fronts attempted to reach israel's borders. israel

iran. they brutalize its own people. they support attacksst american troops in afghanistan and iraq. it subjects lebanon and gaza. it sponsors terror worldwide. when i last stood here i spoke of the consequences of iran developing nuclear weapons. now, time is running out. the hinge of history may soon turn. for the greatest daunger of all could soon be upon us. a militant islamic regime armed with nuclear weapons. militant islam threatens the world. it threatens islam. now, i have no doubt and absolutely convinced that it will ultimately be defeated. i believe it will eventually succumb to the forces of freedom and progress. it depends on cloistering young minds for a given amount of years and the process of opening up information will ultimately defeat this movement. but like other fanaticisms that were doomed to fail, militant islam could have its eventually demise. a nuclear armed iran would ignite a nuclear arms race in the middle east. it would give terrorists a nuclear umbrella. it would mike the nightmare of nuclear terrorism a clear

iran.  >>> welcome back. a man who police are calling the primary aggressor in the attack on giants' fan bryan stow,well, he'snow in a los angeles county jail. allie rasmus is at san francisco general hospital with more on the arrest and reaction to it. >> reporter: well, dave, this hospital where we're standing is where giants' fan bryan stow has been for the past week. he's still in critical condition. he's been unconscious for the last seven weeks since he was beaten outside of dodger stadium on march 31st. now, bryan stow sufficiented a severe brain injury when he was attacked unprovoked after the game. in the weeks that follow, los angeles police followed up on 650 tips and put in 600 thundershowers of investigative work to find the people responsible and yesterday morning, outside dodger stadium, los angeles police announced they made an arrest in the case. the los angeles police chief seemed to be overcome with emotion when he talked about in break. >> and said the words i've been waiting for for seven weeks. he said we had bryan's assault suspect in custody. >> reporter: police latested 1- year-old gi

turkey's improving relations with iran or having some relations with hamas and as if it is a shift of access. nobody should forget that until 2008, until israel attacked gaza strip... gaza and destroyed the negotiations between israel and syria through turkey, the relation between turkey and israel was very good. therefore we had negotiations between israel... between israel and syria. but if a country acts against the peace or stability in our region, of course we react. and if iran (inaudible) we react them awell. our policy is a policy of stability, prosperity and political dialogue. >> rose: so what would you do if iran was providing weapons to hamas which were using those in a counrproductive way? would u oppose tha would you urge iran not to support hamas in that way? >> we have been urging iran for... on many issues including (inaudible) issue or including even middle eastern peace process and other issues. but important, what is the constitution? the solution is a peace in the region and of occupation in palestine. israel should accept (inaudible) middle eastern peace process based on 1967 borders and there should be sustainle peace in the gio