. >> i don't think -- >> you just brought up the supreme leader, ayatollah khamenei. where does he stand in all this, can these negotiators, can the foreign minister of iran, even the prime minister make a deal that everyone will sign? >> no not unless khamenei signs on it first, these guys are just talking buddies they are not decision makers, it is ayatollah khamenei that will have to make the final decision. >> whose politics more complicated, the tehran or u.s. congress, who is likely to scuttle the deal? >> i think both sides are the same as each other but in different ways. good news, one person ayatollah khamenei can make everybody shut up. >> no such problem here in america. >> exactly here you do have a democracy, you have opposition and counter-opposition so therefore the situation is a bit different so i think obama will have a harder time to deliver that in tehran if khamenei was to be for it. but the problem with cham khamenei that he distrusts america 100% not 99. >> you said if you became president you would be in white house making agreements, would the

in fact, i don't want to have any experience with iran, as long as the ayatollah khamenei is running the joint. i personally am not on a suicide mission. i'm looking to hang around as long as i can. now, if president barack obama wants to have a different future with iran moving forward, i'm all for letting him have at it. he's already pen pals with the ayatollah. and reports are that his right-hand valerie jarrett secretly met with khamenei during his 2012 election campaign. both sides of course deny that report. the president has provided iran with some relief from sanctions and has reportedly reduced from 20 to 10 years the point at which they can go nuts and build a bomb with our blessing. and by the way, if iran has all this oil, will someone please tell me why they need nuclear energy? now, our president believes that iran is a country of its word. take a listen. >> iran's supreme leader, ayatollah khamenei, has issued a fatwa against the development of nuclear weapons, and president rouhani has said that iran would never develop a nuclear weapon. >> a fatwa against the develop

earlier today during a speech in tehran the ayatollah khamenei warned that the letter is part of a u.segotiations and undermine iran's nuclear ambitions. that letter is sparking fierce debate at home. the secretary of state john kerry slamming republicans on wednesday while he testified on capitol hill. >> in my reaction to the letter was utter disbelief. during my 29 years here in the senate i never heard of nor even heard of it being proposed anything comparable to this but to write to the leaders of a negotiation, but to write to the leader they are engaging with to write them and suggest that they're going to give a constitutional lesson which, by the way, was absolutely incorrect, is quite stunning. >> all right. let's talk more about this with cnn's chief congressional correspondent, dana bash. are some republicans who signed that letter backtracking a bit? >> it seems to be happening a little bit. not so much about signing the letter but about the way that the reaction has been so explosive and they didn't expect it. john mccain was incredibly staunchly defending the fact that t

it would not be ayatollah khamenei.eally to get to the ethnic and identity issues that republicans in particular have been pressing here in washington somehow this is about islam and islamic radicalism and muslims and to tie them into this package as prime minister netanyahu did when he came to washington and made his speech in quitting the islamic republic of iran to the islamic state, that there are two sites to the same coin. in that context, president obama has been in some ways eerily silent and i think this is a serious mistake. it behooves the president to make the case, the strategic case to the american people why a fundamentally different relationship with the islamic republic of iran is in america's interest. not that we are doing i ran a favor to welcome them back into the international community, and said that this is critically important for the united states that after a decade of disastrous wars in the middle east, we need a fundamentally different policy and that starts with a fundamentally different re

there's some questioning whetherya ayatollah khamenei. it comes across as patronizing and juvenile. there's some questioning whetherit comes across as patronizing and juvenile. there's some questioning whether it was appropriate for a young senator to take the lead on this, somebody who has only a couple months' experience in the senate. >> all of this is a distraction away from the point here. the president has said we're going to reach a deal or not reach a deal with one of the worst regimes in the world by march 24th that will probably allow them to keep their nuclear infrastructure in place. this is a big, important issue not to be trivialized by the discussion that goes on back and forth among members of congress about this hugely important issue. >> isn't this a distraction of your making, that this is -- that this whole conversation is about what was appropriate and not because this is a letter that you all wrote that has raised those questions. >> well, the administration would like to have a distraction, but the point is the substance of the matter, are they or are they not

the point is that actually ayatollah khamenei supported family planning at a time when population growth was high dangerously high. now the fear is the opposite that the growth rate has decreased more than it should and they are afraid that 20 years from now iran will have an ageing population where it will not have enough young people to sustain it. >> is this the right way to go about it. what happens to poor families that wouldn't be able to support having lots of children. >> well actually contrary to what is said contrary - contraceptives will continue to be available, and there'll be no limitation to the different forms that are used. >> no there'll be limitations. there'll be punishment if you go that - if you do go that route going into the workforce. is the issue freedom of choice. shouldn't we choose whether you want one or seven children? >> no that's - that's not being debated. >> isn't it freedom of choice? >> the law... ..well, if you allow me to respond i'll explain. what the law, which has not been passed yet, is going to do it's going to support women who have children.

ayatollah khamenei has been ubiquitous on the war front. there are pictures of him on instagram. kathy: they are ceding control of this rattle to -- battle to the irani ends come -- iranians, apparently. robin: iraq has been involved in the decision as well they did not want the u.s. in this aim place -- same place. kathy: briefly, will they win tikrit? it will be bloody but they will get it? robin: i suspect isis will retreat, but that does not mean they are a defeated force. in a city twice as large as tikrit, they have managed to increase their forces. this is a game of cat and mouse and not to straightforward victory yet. kathy: what is happening on the ground in iraq is extremely complicated and has global applications for the balance of power in the region. as forces worked to defeat islamic state new footage has emerged of three british schoolgirls who are thought to have traveled already to syria to join the militants. the images show the girls on the turkish border near syria. >> in the hands of the people smugglers in the turkish town close to the syrian border three gi

ayatollah khamenei did in fact just two days ago called for death to america just as in recent months he tweeted why reasons israel should be eliminated. iranian-backed shiite militias control much of iraq, led by sulimani the commander of the quds force the man with blood of hundreds of american soldiers on his hands. iran continues to prop up bashar al-assad's outlaurent game in syria. iranian militants seized sanaa the capital of yemen. over the weekend we had to withdraw further troops from yemen. hezbollah remain's iran's cat's paw in lebanon. put simply, iran dominates or controls five capitals in its drive for regional hegemony. iran increased size and capability of its ballistic missile arsenal recently launching a new satellite. three weeks ago iran blew up a mock u.s. aircraft carrier in naval exercises and publicized it with great fan fair. iran does all these things without the bomb. just imagine what iran will do with the bomb. imagine a united states further down the road of appeasement largely defenseless against this tyranny. but you don't have to imagine much. simply

ayatollah khamenei accuses the p5+1 of back-stabbing and trickery. reacted to the letter from 47 republican senators forcing to stop any deal. saying he was in utter disbelief. let's get straight to joe johns. >> another real indication this morning how the relationship between the administration and republicans in congress could get worse before it gets better. the secretary of state appearing before a senate committee, talking about the president's request for authorization of use of force against isis. but the dialogue about side issues the regional checkerboard the strategy iran kerry said a nuclear agreement with iran would not be legally binding, but would have enforcement mechanisms when kerry asked about the open letter to iran signed by 47 republicans, he issued a blistering critique of it. claiming the letter told allies seeking agreement with the united states would have to negotiate with all members of congress. listen. >> it in my reaction to the letter was utter disbelief. during my 29 years here in the senate i never heard of nor even

by the congress as nothing more than the executive agreement between president obama and the ayatollah khamenei. the next president could revoke the executive agreement with the stroke of the pen and ink to be modified anytime. the senator has so upset the white house the president in the administration and democrats respond almost instantly. >> i'd think it is ironic to see some members of congress wanting to make common cause with the hard-liners in iran. with the unusual coalition that we will focus on to see if we can get a deal or not. once we do then rebate -- need to make the case to the american people. >> our view is the letter scored to get political point. >>. >> it is a hard slap in the face of our allies. >> to have every reason to intervene now. we don't know the final terms of the deal but we know the security adviser has conceded in -- concede they will have enrichment capability the president says it has a sense then as little as tenures that alone makes it unacceptable and that makes them dangerous to the world's. >> we will take this up with ed rollins tonight. also iraqi tro

lou: vote on our poll tonight question is, who do you believe president obama dislikeed more, ayatollah khameneiyahu? we would like to hear from you. >> secretary of state kerry got 4 pinnochios, he got tangleed up in climate change. or then known as global warming. >> climate change is an issue that is personal to me. it has been since the 1980s of when we were organizing very first climate hearings in senate, al gore, time tim worth and a group of us, we heard jim hansen sit in front of us tell us, it happening now 1988. lou: post was ark annoyed saying that al gore, has bragging rights to organizeding one of first climate hearings in 1981 not kerry. kerry, was not elected in senate until 1984, and served in 1985. >> well, up next, the national media today struggling with prime minister netanyahu's big victory, almost as much as obama administration itself. my commentary coming up. terrorists kill more than 20 people in a museum in tunisia. the mystery over who is responsible persists, that is more coming up. stay with us. so,as my personal financial psychic, i'm sure you know what this meetin

note instead he was addressing iranian president the supreme leader ayatollah khamenei and the people of the islamic republic of iran. >> i want to take this opportunity to speak directly to the people and leaders of iran. negotiations have made progress but gaps remain. people in both our countries and beyond oppose a diplomatic resolution. my message to you the people of iran is that together we have to speak up for the future we seek. neil: last week president obama said he was, quote embarrassed by the 47 republican senators who sent an open letter to the leadership of iran. now all he is appealing directly to the iranian people and again insulting republicans by trying to equate them with iranian hard-liners in tehran. it is enough to make almost anyone ask whether our president has developed something of an uncontrollable mass and the complex as he apparently believes his role is to build a consensus with an iranian government and iranian society before even attempts to talk about building consensus at home, to talk with the american he seems more eager to go it alone with her a

you have a central figure in iran called ayatollah khamenei. and people will listen to him in the final analysis. >> he is supporting the talks? >> he is saying it's okay, mr. rouhani if you can get me a good deal from the u.s. i have no problem. although i have my own doubts. so his support is conditional if mr. rouhani comes out you know for a good deal for mr. khamenei there will be support. in the u.s. it is a little bit different. it is unfortunate that the legislative and the executive branch should be so divided approximately although i think in the last analysis they will come together, if the deal is quote up quote sellable, that will make iran stay peaceful nuclear wise. >> assuming there is a deal would you expect these nuclear talks to lead to progress in other areas in the u.s. iranian relationship either over the tabling or under the table? >> it's already happening. in fact the deal, the nuclear negotiation was just to focus on the nuclear. but the fact that it's already gone beyond the nuclear just recently the cia did not inclu

: time for our on-line poll results, we asked who you believe president obama dislikes more ayatollah khamenei or prime minister netanyahu never% of you said prime minister netanyahu. thus the call today. time for a few of your comments, for his racist accusations margaret wrote on my facebook page, president obama condition stand netanyahu i think he may be jealous of his popularity in america. >> and rick from indiana saying that president fights against mandatory voter i.d. cards but floats mandatory voting, are you kidding me? glow hehe is not, thank you good nightit it right now. >> found in grandpa's attic. >> dirty, dusty old box. like wow. i don't know what it is. >> a discovery that will make the baseball world flip. >> you've got honus wagner. cy young. christie matthew son. >> i'm thinking to myself, oh, my god. i have a million dollars sitting in a chair. >> but is it almost too much of a good thing? >> it certainly changes the market in a negative way. (?) ♪ jamie: i'm jamie colby. i'm in

note instead he was addressing iranian president the supreme leader ayatollah khamenei and the peoplehe islamic republic of iran. >> i want to take this opportunity to speak directly to the people and leaders of iran. negotiations have made progress but gaps remain. people in both our countries and beyond oppose a diplomatic resolution. my message to you the people of iran is that together we have to speak up for the future we seek. neil: last week president obama said he was, quote embarrassed by the 47 republican senators who sent an open letter to the leadership of iran. now all he is appealing directly to the iranian people and again insulting republicans by trying to equate them with iranian hard-liners in tehran. it is enough to make almost anyone ask whether our president has developed something of an uncontrollable mass and the complex as he apparently believes his role is to build a consensus with an iranian government and iranian society before even attempts to talk about building consensus at home, to talk with the american people. he seems more eager to go it alone with he

they were distrusted by ayatollah khamenei. kurds are mostly sunni and they weren't seen as loyal to his regime. as a result of that we see across the four states were kurds reside rebellion movements that were launched. the pkk in turkey, the kurdistan democratic party in iraq what has become the p. y. d. in syria and the kde pim iran. the kurds are factionalized and there are deep divisions but when they are under duress they come together to defend their collective national interest. by the end of the 20th century we started to see a little bit of a turn in fortune. the u.s. established a no-fly zone over iraqi kurdistan in the kurds were able to govern their own affairs and that experiments in grassroots democracy inspired kurds throughout the region to seek something similar federal arrangement where power was decentralized. >> is an extraordinary tale these dispersal against the four states in the struggle of the four states with their own challenges and parameters of regimes. you hinted at some turning points there in yo

iran's supreme leader, ayatollah khamenei, in lockstep with the new times, both simply irate over theetter sent by 47 republican senators to iranian leadership warning them of the dangers of trying to strike a nuclear deal without the approval of congress. the times' editorial board refers to it as a republican idiocy on iran and writes this: the ayatollah today condemning republicans and voicing concerns about a u.s. claim, a united states that he claims is known for, quote deceit and back stabbing. joining us tonight the former speaker of the house dennis hastert. great to see you, mr. speaker. >> well great to be with you sir. lou: this alignment of democrats -- some of them in the senate -- and "the new york times"' editorial board and ca maney -- khamenei, that's a little outrageous. why such a fuss? >> first of all, "the new york times" has never been very in sync with conservative republican policy, so that's not a problem. but i would say, you know really good political insight is usually 20/20 hindsight. and i would think probably if the senators were going to look at that p

addition to pleuplutonium and enrichment and findings solution what the iranians want, what ayatollah khameneits is the lifting of sanction he as soon as soons as soon as an agreement is reached. but they want snap sanctions if iran doesn't abide by the agreement. what iran wants the inspections have to be direct transparent and invasive and continuing for next ten years. the iranians don't mind inspection but they want sanctions to be lifted. the french that or the me doughed the last november negotiations are back in lausanne now. so it's not clear whether they will go along or not. >> i mean, it's all reaching the 11th hour which i guess doesn't necessarily mean there won't be a kind of deal but assuming there isn't where do they go from there? they're out of the negotiations framework after that. >> they say we want this deal but it's iran that needs this deal. so it's iran this needs to go out of its way to satisfy the p-5 plus one. we need to do what we need to do to make sure that iran will not develop a nuclear weapon over the next years and after that. i think it is for the obama admi

for now, iran's highest authority, the supreme leader ayatollah ayatollah khamenei says he wants a goodl for iran. i will agree to a deal that is fair, the americans repeatedly state that they believe no deal is better than a bad deal we are of this opinion as well. and many attending the friday prayers say additional sanctions and even a military confrontation don't scare them. >> the reason we are progressing is because of the sanctions, not despite of the sanctions. see, we are a great nation. everybody you see here they're ready to go to war. we are not afraid. >> reporter: many iranians do want sanctions relief as fast as possible. but strong hardliners say they would rather continue to live under sanctions than make concessions to the west. >> and fred pleitgen is joining us now live from tehran. fred are iran's leaders doing anything to try to convince these opponents, these religious conservatives that the talks will benefit iran in the long term? >> reporter: they certainly are trying and there's certainly still an uphill battle they have in front of them. they keep saying they

iran's supreme leader, ayatollah khamenei has issued a fatwa. >> the very same man who just last year said that isis was created by, quote, american zion. and the wicked government of britain. perhaps president obama is not familiar with the thoughts of his former cia director general david petraeus who recently told "the washington post" that quote, the foremost threat to iraq's long-term stability and the broader regional eke libquilibrium is not the islamic state. rather it is shiite militias many backed by and some guided by iran. joining me now with reaction, retired brigadier general tony tata is with us. max boot is also with us. and ambassador nancy soderberg is back with us. do you all agree this is a rogue regime in iran and a state sponsor of terror? do we all agree on that. >> yes. >> i do sean, yes. >> nancy? >> of course. that's not the question here. >> that's my question to you. believe it or not it's my show. i get to ask the questions. do we also agree that iran has been fighting proxy wars and giving weapons to groups like hezbollah and others, we all agree on that?

congress as nothing more than an executive him and tour agreement between president obama and ayatollah khamenei." iran's foreign minister, mohammed javad zarif, dismissed the letter as mostly a propaganda ploy. president obama criticized republicans for aligning themselves with heart like critics -- with hard-line critics in iran. >> some members of commerce want to make common cause with the hard-liners in iran. it is an unusual coalition. i think what we will focus on is seeing whether we can get a deal or not it once we do, then if we do, we will be able to make the case to the american people. amy: secretary of state john returns to switzerland sunday in a bid to reach a deal with iran before a march 31 deadline. president obama has declared venezuela a threat to national security and slapped seven top officials of sanctions amid the worst of dramatic flare up of the past two years. the sanctions target leaders of security forces involved in violence last year which left dozens of people than from both sides of venezuela's political divide. the white house said it is targeting human rights

lacks congressional approval would be solely an "executive agreement" between the president and ayatollah khamenei iran's supreme leader. and, it went on to warn: "the next president could revoke such an executive agreement with the stroke of a pen and future congresses could modify the terms of the agreement at any time." cotton elaborated in an interview with a.b.c. news. >> i'm trying to stop iran from getting a nuclear weapon, today, ten years from now, twenty years from now, and the leadership of iran needs to know if the congress doesn't approve the deal, congress is not going to accept the deal. >> woodruff: the move got a double-barreled response from the white house and democrats on capitol hill. vice president biden, a former long-time senator, denounced the letter in a lengthy statement last night. he said it was: "beneath the dignity of an institution i revere." and, he continued: "this letter ignores two centuries of precedent and threatens to undermine the ability of any future american president whether democrat or republican to negotiate with other nations on behalf of the united s

meanwhile, iran's supreme leader ayatollah khamenei has criticized this week's open letter from republican senators threatening to nix any nuclear deal. >> the team a signed by president khamenei to the talks, those turn to secure the country's interest, of course. i am concerned because the other side, the u.s., is into deception, trickery, and backstabbing. amy: after years, swedish prosecutors have issued a request to question wikileaks founder julian assange in london following pressure from swedish courts and repeated requests by assange's lawyers. gillian -- julian assange, who has never been charged over the allegations, has been holed up in the ecuadorean embassy in london since 2012, fearing his arrest warrant in sweden, could lead to his extradition to the united states. assange's lawyers have been asking swedish prosecutors to question him in london for over four years. protesters in ferguson missouri, held a candlelight vigil following the shooting of two police officers outside by an unknown gunman. both officers have been released from the hospital. the shots were fired durin

of elephant in the room is the one who's sitting in tehran the supreme leader of iran grand ayatollah khameneiared to give? he's been sort of playing both sides of the fence a little bit. on the one hand, he's empowered president rouhani and foreign minister zarif to negotiate a deal. on the other hand he's been making statements about how the united states and the west in general are not reliable that they will try to cheat iran of its legitimate rights. he's playing it both ways. that's how he likes it. he likes being hard to guess. >> a new poll here in the united states shows a vast majority of americans certainly back these negotiations with israel. we asked, do you support direct democracy to prevent iran from developing nuclear weapons? 68% favor, 29% oppose. i don't know why anyone would oppose diplomacy. that's better than war. what do you make of the numbers? >> the numbers to some degree undermine that letter from the republican senators last week. and they show that the president at any rate and john kerry have the nation at their back, have the nation supporting them. who would op

we just heard the ayatollah khamenei there, supreme leader, shouting "death to america."to america, he says. now, this is a nation that the americans and the west want to have an agreement with? cheryl: and our president has not backed down from that, and that's been very controversial in this country. but at the same time, i mean, is israel willing to go it alone? >> israel will go it alone if it has to. obviously, we would prefer an agreement whereby iran is not allowed to enrich your rain yum -- uranium to levels that they can produce a nuclear bomb. that's the main goal in any negotiation here. but apparently that's not the agreement that's going to be signed. the agreement that is going to be signed for all the slight differences in the details that we're discussing, it's going to be an agreement which will eventually enable them to produce a nuclear bomb. and i don't think that we would have allowed it during world war ii if adolf hitler was going ahead, producing a nuclear bomb. this is, we're talking about a regime that is definitely on a par with the nazis in ter

the supreme leader ayatollah khamenei says he doesn't want a two-step final deal. he wants one step. the iranians have been pressuring the americans saying we want a long, written accord, the final one in june. we don't want to have to write something out now but i don't think that's what's holding it up at this point. i think what's holding it up is there are some really difficult issues. that's why there has been a 12-year standoff between the international community and iran over this disputed nuclear program, which iran denies is seeking military applications, that the world believes they have sought nuclear weapons. so these are really tough issues to resolve. that's why we're seeing them going into the early hours of the morning because they haven't come to an agreement yet simply that they can take away and both be happy with. >> woodruff: indira lakshmanan, it sounds like you're going to have a listening night. thank you. >> woodruff: in the day's other news, the obama administration formally pledged to curb u.s. greenhouse gas emissions up to 28% over 10 y

. >> iran's supreme leader, ayatollah khamenei spews hatred with technology. he tweets that israel must be annihilated. he tweets. in iran, there isn't exactly free internet. but he tweets in english that israel must be destroyed. >> let's get some analysis of what's going on. david horovitz is joining us, founding editor of "the times of israel," ari fleischer and mark ginsburg is with us as well. they were watching on the israeli television channel. i assume they saw the whole thing. two weeks from today are israeli elections and the polls show it's very close. netanyahu might not be reelected. >> i think there were people who said he had to give the speech of his life and i think many in israel will think he gave the speech of his life. it was a devastating assault on president obama, really, suggesting profound naivety in the administration about the rapacious narrative behind the iran leadership. iran has not been the central feature of the israeli elections but it will benefit him. it's a very close race. i imagine he will emerge from this speech stronge

>> ayatollah khamenei would be the final authority. he's the most powerful political lead anywhere iran. traditionally considered a hardliner, but recently has been giving rhetorically his blessing to these negotiations they're also reports that he's very sick. we don't know what his health is. we don't even know whether he will last as long as the negotiations do. >> that's interesting. he's also just recently in the past 24 hours, talked about the letter from the 47 gop senators he's called it u.s. tricks. rhetorically he's not always conciliatory. >> no. this is a man who has been very hostile to the united states his entire political career. and yet he seems to be giving the negotiators the room at least for now to potentially cut a deal. >> let's talk about this man, this is president rouhani, what's his significance in the negotiations? >> so president rouhani was elected in a surprise victory. primarily to relieve the sanctions and the economic pain that was really hurting the iranian economy. and rouhani seems to believe the on

. >> senate republicans sent a letter directly to the ayatollah khamenei in iran with a warning aboutir nuclear program. was sending that letter out of bounds or was it fair? ambassador bolton, we're interested to see what his take is on this story. he is coming up. >> they need to understand that under our constitution, congress plays a very important role of approving international agreements. any deal not approved by the congress won't be accepted by the congress now or in the future. i hate cleaning the gutters. have you touched the stuff? it's evil. and ladders... awwwwwww!!!!! they have all those warnings on them. might as well say, "you're going to die, jeff". you hired someone to clean the gutters? not just someone. someone from angie's list. but we're not members. we don't have to be to use their new snapfix feature. angie's list helped me find a highly rated service provider to do the work at a fair price. come see what the new angie's list can do for you. martha: we're getting confirmation that hillary clinton is expected to address the issue of her email and perhaps more d

he brings up the fact that the ayatollah has allegedly issued a fatwa ayatollah khamenei leader of iran, against iran getting nukes weapons. i don't think it was published. i think it's unclear that the servicing to be trying to get nuclear weapons. i don't think there's much question about that. nonetheless, in is bending over backwards to be polite to the iranians secretary kerry says we have the highest respect for these religious fatwa. really, this is about the iranian leader. it's iran that issued the fatwa against salmon rushdie. not just in iran obviously but abroad. and people were killed as result of the rushdie fatwa. this is what happens i think with this type of policy. you start off with a hardheaded way. they're not very good guys. the best thing to do is cut a deal with them. in any sort of get more and more desperate for a give and you start pakistan into maybe they're kind of not such bad guys. by the end of it you're justifying religious fatwa. the american secretary of state is justifying iranian transactions? its jaw-dropping. >> caller: what's going on? hello, mr.

president when 47 senators republican senators, signed a letter sent to the ayatollah khamenei it was a letter that called also supposedly instructive of constitutional provisions of the separation of government in the united states, in effect it was up litter to e rode the negotiating position of the president of the united states and his administration in trying to reach an agreement to not have a nuclear weapon capability of building a bomb in iran. the strength of american foreign policy, i think, history will show, mr. president, that we have always been bipartisan when it comes to the interests of america as we look out and have to defend ourselves against our enemies. in deep, iran with a nuclear bomb, would, iran, with a nuclear bomb, would gravest threats. it saddens me we have come to the deck of the we are so divided that nearly half of the senators on a partisan basis, in this great institution of the united states senate would in affect, try to cut the legs off from underneath the president and his administration in trying to reach an agreement to other a nuclear bomb. so

in tehran today, ayatollah ali khamenei fired back that the letter shows american deceit and disintegration... >> ( translated ): these gentlemen, the senators have openly announced that when the current administration is no longer in office, the deal that america is making will be null and void. this is the ultimate degree of the collapse of political ethics. >> ifill: khamenei has generally supported the nuclear talks while expressing doubt about u.s. motives. >> woodruff: tensions between yemen and saudi arabia ratcheted up today. shiite rebels who now control much of yemen began military exercises in their home province near saudi arabia. the saudis regard them as terrorists backed by iran. also today, rebels opened fire on sunni protesters in southern yemen, killing at least one person. >> ifill: the death toll from ebola in west africa has passed the 10,000 mark. the world health organization marked the milestone today, in the year-old outbreak. and there was word that an american medical worker has been infected in sierra leone. the national institutes of health said the patient will

both the ayatollah khamenei and president rouhani have said publicly that iran does not seek nuclear weapons. but the problem of course is that the actions of their government contradict those words. so there has to be a process in which verification can occur. secondly, that iran will not be able to develop a nuclear weapon in a relatively short period of time. the so-called breakout period throughout the span of the agreement. that's critical, of course. if they were to try to do so we would want to have plenty of notice so that we can take action to prevent that from occurring. so i think it's important that it provide that iran not be able to develop a nuclear weapon and that there be a mechanism for verification that iran is complying. those are the key elements in my mind in general terms. >> so, senator, if you do not trust iran and as negotiating partner ultimately, how, then do you interpret secretary kerry saying there has been substantial progress? are you certain and confident there is some sort of a verification process there? >> well i'm not an insider to this process.

in a public address, iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei, said an end to the sanctions is non-negotiable. iranian negotiators have also reportedly rejected u.s. demands for inspections of any potential nuclear site, including iranian military bases. if a framework deal is reached in the next week, the talks would continue for a final agreement by june. jailed kurdish rebel leader abdullah ocalan is calling on his group to consider ending a three-decade uprising against turkey. ocalan is serving a life sentence after leading the pkk in its struggle for autonomy in turkey's southeast. peace talks have faltered since their launch in late 2012. in a statement read to tens of thousands of supporters, ocalan called for a formal congress to consider ending the armed struggle, but stopped short of declaring an immediate halt. >> we have a duty to kick off a new phase needed for the pkk. designate a new social and strategic moves were this new period is articulated in a joint declaration. amy: thousands of people have marched in the spanish capital of madrid in the latest rally against european-b

ayatollah al ali khamenei said it makes him question whether the u.s.w through with any deal. >> these gentlemen, the senators who openly announced when the current administration is no longer in office the deal that america is agreeing with you and the commitments it is making will be null and void. this is the ultimate degree of the collapse of political ethics. >> those talks are set to resume on sunday. two secret service agents are under investigation after crashing a car into a white house security barrier. the incident happens on march 4 as the agents were returning from a party. they have been reassigned to other jobs. one of those agents is mark connally, second in command of president obama's security detail. lumbar liquidators is projecting lower fourth quarter sales after its reputation suffered after a "60 minutes" investigation. they say sales will be $20 million lower than what analysts had predicting. here is the ceo discussing the consumer impact of the report -- >> we came into it with extremely positive brand sentiment with only 4% ha

iran's supreme leader, ayatollah khamenei -- iran's supreme leader ayatollah khamenei, spews the oldestldest hatred of anti-semitism with the newest technology. he tweets that israel must be annihilated. he tweets. in iran there isn't exactly free internet. but he tweets in english that israel must be destroyed. for those who believe that iran threatens the jewish state but not the jewish people, listen to the leader of hezbollah, rapps' chief -- iran's chief terrorist proxy. he said if all the jews gather in israel, it will save us the trouble of chasing hem down around the -- them down around the world. but iran's regime is not merely a jewish problem any more than the nazi regime was merely a jewish problem. the six million jews murdered by the nazis were but a fraction of the 60 million people killed in world war ii. so too iran's regime poses a grave threat not only to israel but also to the peace of the entire world. to unjust how dangerous iran -- to understand just how dangerous iran would be with nuclear weapons, we must fully understand the nature of the regime. the people of