allies with the iranians are telling the afghans to not be economically involved with iran and that's just that's frankly impossible that you know nobody's going to come here and tell the united states to not be economically integrated with canada or mexico and so we frankly we can expect the same thing of of countries that we have invaded in are now leaving. and so you know this is it's an opportunity for engaging iran and finding those areas of shared interest and the iranians are not being good themselves on this issue either you know they have rejected by a lot of talks on this issue but i think that this is one of the few areas where we actually have seen in the past you know in two thousand and one and in the aftermath of the invasion we did see productive negotiations between the u.s. and iran where they actually were working together. to achieve those shared interests that has now been significantly undermined and is not currently on the table but i think it's something that's worth exploring as we figure out a way to sort of crack this nut that we're facing with re

would be willing to talk to iran about their nuclear program after security council appear to be failing. we have been asking should we talk? will it give legitimacy to a regime that doesn't respect human rights. we have lots of other responses. have a great day. >>> a fox news alert. new details on a hostage situation in alabama as the efforts to rescue a little boy locked up in an underground bunker now stretches into a fifth day. i'm kelly li wright. >> jamie: i'm jamie colby. we have continuing coverage. welcome to a brand-new hour. let me give you an update, alabama police wrapping up a news conference and saying they are still in an open line of communication with suspect speaking through a ventilation pipe that runs into the shelter. that is where the two hold up. elizabeth prann is on the scene in midland city, alabama. with the latest. >> reporter: i can assure you the community is waited on baited breath and we had a press conference and there is open and constant line of communication with the suspect. take a listen. >> due to lack of communication but he has told us he has he

that could set off a war between iran and israeli after iran said any attack on its ally would be consideredttack on iran itself. after israel bombed a target inside syria on wednesday, on top of all this, vice president joe biden said the u.s. is willing to talk directly with iran over the nuclear program the can we or should we really talk to iran? joining us to weigh in on this, john bolton. former u.s. ambassador to the united nations and a fox news contributor. ambassador, good to have you with us. you can see joe biden there is still time and space for did he diplomacy backed by pressure to succeed. i have to ask you, what kind of pressure be placed on iran to curb its nuclear ambition and what requirements should the u.s. have in place before entering into a unilateral dialogue with iran? >> i think vice president biden is continuing the fantasy that the obama administration has pursued for the last four years. the idea that under some undefined circumstances iran will come to the negotiating table and make some undefined agreement that will end the threat that it could produce nuclea

excuse to put pressure on iran to try to cause regime change i'm not saying that a nuclear armed iran would be a good thing. but and if they aren't any country is not a good thing but the rationale behind pressure on iran and my opinion comes directly from israel desire for regime change in iran and why the united states government to make that happen u.s. diplomats say there's a chance of a relief inside iran if it agrees to cope its nuclear program is that a genuine move towards dialogue no. i think that there is a genuine move on the part of the obama administration toward start along i think that they are being sabotaged step of the way by. right wing israeli interests and i know that because during my time in the white house i went through the same thing with the wrestling team which just competed as you probably saw in iran that was a very big step forward yet we were lobbied very heavily by the israelis to stop that sort of push mall and do you think the wrong agrees to this ultimatum that was case scenario could be prevented i'm not sure what the worst case scenario is. i do not believ

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having tried the steak it will reportedly be the current for iran today as well power's meet with tehran nuclear representatives in kazakhstan according to sources these that make republic will even be offered a laptop also actions that is a of tehran shuts down a fortified nuclear site buried in a moment and also of its enrichment activities in return according to reports sanctions on the trade in gold and precious metals could be lifted the measures along with an oil involve go have put tremendous pressure on iran but as a notion reports now they've also prepared the ground for some of the country's exports. the international ban on iranian oil cost the country around forty billion dollars in two thousand and twelve according to the u. but despite this huge gap in iran's income officials have some good news indeed harsh sanctions normal experts have increased by at least thirty percent from ego. what may look like a bird may actually play a positive role we've been asking our government for many years to decrease dependence on oil to at least fifty percent it was too high up around eig

if he is if he's approved to be as defense secretary he will not be the person in charge of creating or implementing strategies of iran or any other foreign policy issue. he will be he will be at the defense department doing quintessentially defense secretary things in this environment which is to cut the budget and try to keep the united states out of another war now that peace try to keep the united states out of another war could have impact here but the problem is he what he could potentially try to keep united states out of another war without being able to either to offer a vision for another way to deal with this challenge the islamic republic poses a real challenge for the united states and a real challenge to israel in the region that challenges to significantly constrain both the united states and israel as preferred strategy for the region which is to project force whenever wherever and whatever degree we want unilaterally the islamic republic of iran challenges that not with tanks so that they go and park their tanks in other people's countries they challenge that with their narrative they. pose that visce

for now though the european union says there will be no relief and sanctions on offer when iran holds major talks with world powers in kazakhstan. where u.s. officials had suggested could be a let up in restrictions if it limits enrichment activities and closes one of its nuclear sites iran is currently bending under severe trade and military sanctions amid accusations is developing a nuclear bomb former washington advisor told says the measures have nothing to do with atomic fears. the iranians causation as they are and for five thousand years certainly longer than questions of nations or any western civilizations and they're not suicidal. they know that's where the nuclear weapons they would be obliterated washington this thing in being pushed by israel for a long time to effect regime change in iran. and the nuclear program as an excuse to put pressure on iran to try to cause regime change but i'm not saying that a nuclear armed iran would be a good thing and what and but and if they aren't any country is not a good thing but the trash now behind pressure on iran and my opinion com

if he is if he's approved to be as defense secretary he will not be the person in charge of creating or implementing strategies of iran or any other foreign policy issue. he will be he will be at the defensive. i mean doing quintessentially defense secretary things in this environment which is to cut the budget and try to keep the united states out of another war now that peace try to keep the united states out of another war could have impact here but the problem is he what he could potentially try to keep united states out of another war without being able to either to offer a vision for another way to deal with this challenge the islamic republic poses a real challenge for the united states and a real challenge to israel in the region that challenges to significantly constrain both the united states and israel as preferred strategy for the region which is to project force whenever wherever and whatever degree we want unilaterally the islamic republic of iran challenges that not with tanks so that they go and park their tanks in other people's countries they challenge that with their narrative they oppose that visce

to put pressure on iran to try to cause regime change but i'm not saying that a nuclear armed iran would be a good thing and what didn't but a nuclear armed any country is not a good thing but the trash now behind pressure on iran and my opinion comes directly from israel else desire for regime change in iran and why the united states government to make that happen. well all the economic hardships iranians have suffered thanks to sanctions may actually prepare the ground for some of the country's other exports this story now it's want to use more of an option. the international ban on iranian oil cost the country around forty billion dollars in two thousand and twelve according to the e.u. but despite this huge gap in iran's income officials have some good news indeed harsh sanctions normal experts have increased by least thirty percent from a year ago. so what going to look a bad thing well may actually play a positive role we've been asking our government for many years to decrease dependence on oil to at least fifty percent was too high up around eighty percent of making our economy too

thriving these days iran's famous be stashes have been going through tough times in the last couple of years heavy frost and terrible droughts have been damaging large parts of the harvest but this year with the country under tough economic sanctions are doing better than ever. our currency ryall fell by almost forty percent in october but i sell both at home and abroad and i've benefited from price rises in the red in the stock shows or exported to more than one hundred countries worldwide but even if farmers cannot send them the broad confident business who remain great thousands of industry workers also benefit which has them overcome the country's highest ever inflation the amount of production and price of the shares affect our salaries every year they add ten to twenty percent of my salary this i have some bonus to my daily payments but producers seem to be more protected than exporters while international sanctions don't target the food industry current measures affect the banking system making financial transacti

to put pressure on iran to try to cause regime change but i'm not saying that a nuclear armed iran would be a good thing. but they aren't any country is not a good thing but the question now behind pressure on iran and my opinion comes directly from israel desire for regime change in iran and want the united states government to make that happen. well all of the economic penalties imposed on iran over its nuclear energy program the oil export ban has hit the country the hardest but despite the fact it's on damage the economy overall it's also helped strengthen other industries in iran as autry's where if a national reports. the international ban on iranian oil cost the country around forty billion dollars in two thousand and twelve according to the u. but despite this huge gap in iran's income officials have some good news in the tough sanctions no no l'express have increased by least thirty percent from ego. so somewhat going to click a bad thing what may actually play a positive role we've been asking our government for the many years to decrease dependence on oil to at least fifty percen

verify that the fuel purchased for afghan security forces in recent years did not come from iran it could be their way of saying that it most probably did come from iran and it could mean that the u.s. has violated its own sanctions thereby letting us be taxpayer dollars go to be reining in coffers those sanctions that the u.s. has put in place not only for u.s. companies from doing business with iran but also punish third party countries for doing business with iran but no matter how many rounds of sanctions are in effect they were never watertight even though the european union under a lot of pressure from washington stopped buying uranium oil you have a host of other countries that still do iran's biggest buyer now biggest buyers now are china india and japan and these countries are oil thirsty especially china so china up its imports of uranium oil india's imports of iranian crude were up thirty percent according to tanker arrival data western sanctions have it rains oil exports in two thousand and twelve leading to a very deep plunge in the iranian currency but continuous robust demand

no doubt. >> reporter: as awful as retaliation could be, in the cafes of jerusalem we found wide agreement that the prospect of a nuclear iranmuch worse. >> that must be the last solution, but if we have to do it, we have to do it. >> the debate was not whether we should or not, but it wasbout the timing. i believe that there is unanimous understanding in israel that if the sword, so to speak, is on our throat, we have to act. we will not let this sword cut the throat. >> reporter: the two leaders will pick up that debate when mr. netanyahu visits washington in march, as israelis ponder the prospect of another tense year ahead. >> woodruff: margaret's next story examines the growing divide between israelis and palestinans nearly 20 years after the oslo peace accords. and you can continue to find a link to all of our reporting from israel, gaza and the west bank on our website. >> brown: now to our interview with former vice president al gore. since he conceded the 2000 presidential election, mr. gore's become best-known for his advocacy on climate change issues work that led to both a nobel prize and an academy awd. lately,

iran would be one way that she can say to his people look i'm not just a us puppet i am going to be differenthere so i think from his point of him he could get popularity at home by taking a more conciliatory line towards iran and from the iranian point of view course they've been putting the dollhouse i mean the pro israel lobby has been very successful in passing it getting the u.s. and other countries to pass tougher and tougher sanctions on iran the real economy is a really bad state so iran needs all the friends it can get there's no reason for iran to be isolated there's no proof it's developing nuclear weapons it's got a peaceful nuclear energy program which there's no evidence to the contrary so therefore it's it's wrong but it should be totally isolated. the u.s. vice president has gained exclusive access to land and security plans by sitting in on a downing street meeting fresh from visits to berlin and paris drove biden met prime minister david cameron and told the inside of you from britain's military and intelligence chiefs fred has more now on the unprecedented access for the vi

items smugglers were caught buying for iran that could be used in their nuclear program. ballistic missile parts. tiny radar components. and these sensitive devices crucial to build a nuclear bomb. >> the pressure transducers. >> pressure transducers. >> yes. it's an integral part of enriching uranium. >> iran may have succeeded in obtaining these. look at this photo of president ahmadinejad in iran's nuclear facility in natanz. >> right behind him is an american transducer looking exactly like this thing. >> yes, the iranians were trying to acquire these transducers. >> one reason it's so hard to enforce the sanctions is that many items iran wants are sold for non-military uses, like this little widget-- a triggered spark gap. >> the triggered spark gap can be utilized in a lithotripter, which is a machine, a medical device, that can break up kidney stones. and it's also used to detonate a nuclear weapon. >> so this is the typical dual use item. >> a very scary dual use item. >> after you catch someone, have you been able to flip them? >> absolutely. >> and have you been

verify that the fuel purchased for afghan security forces in recent years did not come from iran it could be their way of saying that it most probably did come from iran and it could mean that the u.s. has violated its own sanctions there by letting us taxpayer dollars go to me and coffers those sanctions that the u.s. has put in place not only for u.s. companies from doing business with iran but also punish third party countries for doing business with iran but no matter how many rounds of sanctions are in effect they were never watertight even though the european union under a lot of pressure from washington stopped buying uranium oil you have a host of other countries that still do iran's biggest buyer now biggest buyers now are china india and japan and these countries are oil thirsty especially china so china imports of uranium oil india's imports of iranian crude were up thirty percent according to tanker arrival data western sanctions have it rains oil exports in two thousand and twelve leading to a very deep plunge in the iranian currency but continuous robust demand from its top buy

until that election, i don't think the political forces in iran will be aligned in a way that would allowor compromise. >> the western nations are pursuing what they call a dual track strategy on iran. in effect, a carrot and stick approach. the carrot, the offer of negotiations. the stick, the continuing pressure, including those by eating sanctions. but over here at the united nations, the ambassador to iran made it clear talks will fail if they are overshadowed by threats. he spoke at a recent gathering in new york. >> asking the other side to take the gun from our heads is not a precondition. when they say that negotiation or any corporation should be based on mutual respect, it means -- we should get together and try to see what the difference is and how we can all come to agreement. >> one country that will not be removing the threat of military action against iran is israel, whose prime minister said here at the u.n. last september that iran would have a nuclear bomb within a matter of months. western diplomats say it israeli military action at some point could not be discounted, a

. >>> he wants to be iran's first astronaut in space. ng in the speech, quote, i am ready to be the first iranian to sacrifice for a country scientist. they tweeted a joke about the iranian nut bag leading to a story last week that iran launched a monkey into the cos mows. so only din joked wants to be the tiers to rein in space. wasn't he just there last week? some accused mccain of being racist to which he responded, lighten up, folks, can't everyone take a joke? he said lighten up. what a bigot. let's scaws -- let's discuss in -- >> lightning rooooouuuunnnndd. lightning round. >> charles, racist or not racist? >> not racist. i thought it was an appropriate comment. it wasn't even the same monkey. did you see the photos? they say he went up and came back down, but not racist. >> it was a fake monkey, a fonkey. if iran had sent a sloth or other furry animal, don't you think mccain would have tweeted the same thing? >> you know, i am the last person to ask. couldn't we have a website? we can't compare arraign yens to monkeys ? >> it is no

called why the united states must come to terms with the islamic republic of iran thank you very much for coming washington seems to be very happy with the sanctions there quickly in the arena and economy why should they change policies now why should they come to terms with iran sanctions are not going to work sanctions have not worked we've seen sanctions imposed on the islamic republic of iran for thirty two years we saw crippling sanctions in effect imposed on iran during their eight year war with iraq from one thousand nine hundred ninety eight we saw at that time half their g.d.p. was a racist half of it and still the islamic republic of iran did not surrender to hostile foreign powers the idea that now that sanctions are going to force the islamic republic of iran to surrender to what it sees as hostile foreign powers and their demands there is no place for that in the history of the history of the islamic republic of iran and frankly there is no basis for that anywhere the united states imposed crippling sanctions for example on saddam hussein's iraq for over a decade killing over people half of them children

to talk a sad now there's no such moment the syrian government is about to fall but were it for iran would be even more isolated than it is today and the you're in a very dangerous position so that makes good sense for iran to be trying to build bridges with cairo are there financial motives behind this meeting where we've got to believe the economy isn't bearing in mind the situation there in iran with all those sanctions appearing to have a quite an impact on the iranian economy do you do they both need each other i think they do bill and i think from morsi point of view i think as we see harty going to rest in egypt and what people are very happy with how things are going legacy and carry on a look at it and ship people are on the run to be one way that she can say to these people look i'm not just a us puppet i'm going to be different here so i think of his point and he could get popularity at home by taking a more conciliatory line toward iran and from the iranian point of view course they've been pretty good on house i mean the pro israel lobby has been very successful in getting the u.

iran. and they are less beholden to u.s. policy. i do not think there will be an incredibly friendly relationship between egypt and iran. but what we are starting to see is some relationship between the two. >> but don't they have a very different idea about the civil war in syria? gregg's they absolutely do. they do not in line see eye to eye on many issues. in the west, we call it the arab spring. the iranian leadership call that an islamic awakening. they have a very civil philosophy, witches witches thad is -- which is that which is bad for the u.s. is good for the iran states. whether or not they're very friendly with iran is beside the point, because egypt is going to be less friendly with the u.s. >> a new date will finally be set on the talks with iran posing nuclear program. how will those talks turn out? respects a long distance to go before the -- >> there is a long distance to go before the two sides can meet half way. the sanctions of iran have taken a toll. i have not seen a signed so far -- the main person that signed off on these issues, that he

iran would be one way that she can say to his people look i'm not just a us puppet i am going to be differenthere so i think from his point and he could get popularity at home by taking a more conciliatory line towards iran and from the iranian point of view course they've been pretty good all house i mean the pro israel lobby has been very successful in passing it getting the u.s. and other countries to pass tougher and tougher sanctions on iran iran economy is a really bad state so iran needs all the friends it can get there's no reason for iran to be isolated there's no proof it's about a new weapons it's got a peaceful nuclear energy program with which there's no evidence to the contrary so therefore it's it's wrong but it should be totally isolated. the u.s. vice president has gained exclusive access to land and security plans by sitting in on a downing street meeting fresh from visits to berlin and paris drove biden met prime minister david cameron and called the inside of you from britain's military and intelligence chiefs have heard has more now on the unprecedented access for the vic

iran for four years. negotiations have been only fitful would be the best way to describe it because iran hasn't seen a need to do it. they may do it this time because they do have some objectives cathedral like to achieve. they'd like to buy time to argue against an israeli military strike. they'd like some relief from the sanctions, and they may want some other concessions as well dealing with syria. >> when i sat down with ahmadinejad a couple of years ago, he was kind of administratived that the president -- miffed that the president hadn't returned. what's this all about? is is it ring around the rosy with these guys? >> they're very good. they've demonstrated over the past 10 or 12 years they're very good at conning western negotiators, u.s. or european. what they're trying to do is under the patina of having ongoing negotiations buy time to continue to make progress on their nuclear weapons program. that's a very valuable asset for proliferators, time to overcome the obstacles in their way, and that could be a factor as well, but you know, you've got an incoming secretary of state in the united state

to stop supporting a certain including restoration of full diplomatic ties surely it wouldn't be in iran's interest to simply drop syria to get sunny powerhouse as a friend that would be a big mistake at the moment because what sort of would be at the moment we're not so sure about that it's the old run on players egypt receives the second largest international after israel and there's no way that the americans are going to look . around with anything other than horror and the idea that egypt could replace syria as a moral. is it's a long way into the future now so i think you've got to be very careful doesn't want to. lose or syria and should carry on supporting syria but that doesn't mean of course that it can't try to build. egypt's economy that's in dire straits at the moment of course and is dependent on the gulf states for financial aid and yet are there financial motives behind this meeting where we've got to believe the economies are bearing in mind the situation there in iran with all those sanctions appearing to have a quite an impact on the iranian economy do you do they both ne