ambassador, john bolten to the united nations.hat we shouldn't even be focused on syria. as we face this crisis, i would ask, what should our focus be? >> i think our focus should be on iran. i think the nuclear weapons program that has led iran to be very, very close to having a deliverable nuclear weapons, something that it has been over, puts the syrian conflict into its proper context. this is a civil war but it is also a surrogate war between the shia, persian led forces on the one hand and the sunni forces on the other. and so dealing with iran here, really, would change the fundamental nature of this conflict. the assad regime would not be in power today if iran over these past two and a half years had not continued to finance it, to armt, to give it revolutionary guards personnel, and to unleash hezbollah from lebanon into the conflict. russia has been a problem but it has been primarily iran. if we had focused much earlier, syria would look much different. >> do you think we'll be forced to? >> no. i don't think the presi

and the offense is dealing with a new receiver and bolten who are the go to guys. the ravens are hoping that they can fix their flaws cutting down on the mittsing assignments and some of their shortcoming. the browns have their own question and the offense, the quarterback, they are shaky and the offense has not been generating a lot of points. but joe flacco has never lost to the browns. first one at 7:30. the last one is at 9:00 tonight down at jimmy's seafood. go to our web site for a list of all the fun. >> thank you for that. >>> and right now today the 2013 fort mchenry will be released -- quarter will be released. and it represented each national park. it was part of the america the beautiful campaign. a ceremony and the star spangled banner flag will be folded and start the march through the city to fort mchenry. >>> consumer news to pass along. carnival is trying to win back customers with what they are calling the great vacation guarantee. under the new policy passengers who are unhappy with the cruise can get a 110% refund. they say on how the company wi

and they are dealing with receivers and bolten, who was a go to guy. the experts say the ravens hope they can fix their flaws cutting down on this and some of the personnel shortcomings. they have their own question parks at quarterback and the offense is not one of the tops in the league if you get my drift. one thing to note. joe flacco never lost a game against the browns. and now coming up all day today. the purple caravans willing all over. the first one and the last one tonight at jimmy's seafood. and if you want a list of all the stops throughout the day go to our web site at www.abc2news.com. live from downtown, roosevelt leftwich. >>> the playoff chances are fading fast. they dropped a heartbreaker last night 6-5. and they trailed in the eighth when hit a three run homer to tie it up. but in the 9th. and uncorked a wild pitch allowing them to score the winning run. they are two and a half behind the wild card race. >>> and it is friday. we're going to feel great out there. off the coast and now it is all about the temperatures that will plumme

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john bolten is a former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. fox news contributor and senior fellow at the american enterprise institute. ambassador, good to see you today. >> glad to be with you. >> the big overarching question is what happens if the assad regime decides not to comply with today's terms or just simply refuses to give up the weapons? >> well, it won't do that. it will not -- there will not be a big confrontation where assad has its fist on the table and says, i will never comply. instead, this agreement will die a death by 1,000 cuts. so let's begin at the beginning. assad is required to make his initial declaration on friday. it will slap few days. maybe a few more. maybe the first declaration won't be full and complete and have to be amended, and then amended again. you can see the impact of this as time goes on. that's exactly what the strategy is. >> so when our james rosen a little while ago asked secretary kerry this, he said, well, we'll make them comply. and -- how does has work? >> well, no one of the -- one of the fin

john bolten, u.s. ambassador to the u.n and fox news contributor. he is still the president of "red eye." >> a block. the lede. that's the first story. [inaudible]. >> all right. they got the award for making us board. the emmies were sunday night and i cleaned up -- my apartment. i spilled a bucket of goat's milk all over my train set. the emmy broadcast, it sucked, but there was some controversy. cory monteith was one of those to receive a special tribute, and it didn't set will with the family of klugman who started "the odd couple" and" quincy" and they questioned why they gave a special honor to monteith who died of an alcohol over dose at age 31 while they put his father in the in memorium real when the, as they called them, losers. they said they are celebrating the self-inflicted traj tragedy over my father who won an emmy over cory who never won an emmy. wow. he can't now. he is dead. for a full recap let's go to "red eye" entertainment correspondent in hollywood. >> she almost like billy bush. >> blubber is worth a fortune. >> you actually

. >> and we'll have more on this and a possible shift in us policy when i talk to ambassador john boltenust a few minutes. >>> brand new information from montana where a former high school teacher was just released from prison after serving a 30 day sentence for raping a 14 year old student and that girl later committed suicidsuicide. >> the victim's mother says that the former teacher is scathing clear of justice after serving such a short sentence. sadly the high school student committed suicide in 2010 before the former high school teacher went to trial after admitting he raped charice moralúl sentence. family members and supporters were outraged and created a pe ti petition for the judge to step down. waters asked if he feels like 30 days in prison is an appropriate sentence. the judge replies 15 years suspended and as jessie goes into the garage with him he is seen pushing him back. dramatic ambush video there. in the meantime, prosecutors are seeking an appeal. attorney ageneral issued this statement to fox news a short while ago. >>> prosecutors entered and agreement which require

alex bolten, where does it stand then? is there still an effort to keep debating this in congress, particularly on the senate floor, or is it completely on ice? >> it's completely on ice. the president visited with the senate democratic caucus yesterday as well as the senate republican conference, and he asked members on both sides of the aisle not to do anything that would undermine the threat of military force against syria. and so what he asked for is no vote on any resolution because the whipping was showing this was likely -- had a good chance of losing in the senate if it came to a vote this week as initially was expected and was headed for certain defeat in the house. what president obama says -- said, you can go ahead and negotiate or discuss the possibility of a resolution that could be voted on sometime in the future, but put everything on hold for now and lawmakers were happy to abide by that. harry reid canceled the vote that he had -- was expected to schedule this week. host: so we see in the papers this morni

coming back on radio between nine and noon, we go over the emmys and talk to james rosen, ambassador bolten of iran. what we're now hearing is a word about an american pastor jailed in iran for nearly a year. we're going to talk to the pastor's wife next on what she hopes happens this week here in new york. >>elisabeth: how about the connection to rihanna which led to the arrest of two people? that story coming up next. . a a ñr >>brian: your gadgets may be approved for flight soon. this week the f.a.a. is meeting to relax restrictions on electronics during takeoff and landing. alec baldwin, you can play words with friends. as early as next year this could happen. fliers will be able to read ebooks and make phone calls. >>> the most scandalous photos from rihanna's trip to thailand was this one of her posing with a slow lorus. that led police to arrest two people for illegally peddling the species. they are exotic. >>steve: saeed abedini is the american pastor wrongly held in iran for his christian faith. served nearly one year of his eight-year sentence in one of the worst prisons in iran.

ambassador john bolten had this to say regarding that with greta last night. >> they're using the first in office of hassan rouhani to smile, to try and convince gullible westerners that they're moderates and that they're different from mahmoud ahmadinejad. they are different, much more savvy. they are not going to change a single thing about iran's nuclear weapon program but they're going to try to take advantage of president obama's weakness to buy time, to get relief from the sanctions and to continue with the nuclear weapons program. i call it the diplomatic equivalent of the p. t-bar number doctrine. -- p. t-barnum doctrine, a sucker born every÷ >>steve: you've got to keep in mind secretary of state john kerry is going to be meeting with iran's foreign minister, the first time we've had serious talks with him since 1979. a lady walked in over there. >> there is a lot of news this morning. we've got a fox news alert to bring you. some brand-new explosions taking place at that mall in kenya as the battle there enters its fourth day now. at least 62 people are dead and nearly 200 have