military nuclear program this is not the case in technical terms the bushehr reactor is a so-called light water reactor you can not use waste from the reactor in order to produce to enrich uranium to produce nuclear weapons you need to have a completely different type of reactors heavy water reactors which is not the case we will share this is absolutely clear for any expert and this is no good enough clear for. united states for four for nato countries for is anybody else nobody creates any problem of out of russian kookery russian the region called on will share further on may probably we will have another contracts because iran or same type of nuclear reactors and they are acknowledged there recognized by. eight as absolutely compatible with the nonproliferation regime. in other quotes i've noticed that you don't really like what the rain in defense minister says. just to be provocative i'll continue quoting at another quote from the iranian defense minister concerning sanctions situation this russia's action makes russia quote an unreliable partner not deserving trust in the future we

else nobody creates any problem of out of russian kookery russian the region called the region on bushehr further on may probably we will have another contract with iran on same type of. nuclear reactors and they are acknowledged their recognised by. eight as absolutely compatible with the nonproliferation regime. in other quotes i have noticed that you don't really like what the rain in defense minister says. just to be provocative i'll continue quoting at another quote from the iranian defense minister concerning the sanctions situation this russia's action makes russia quote an unreliable partner not deserving trust in the future well first of all is moscow sorry to have lost the rein in arms market and do you believe that this is really a loss of face for the russian arms dealers number one we are not in that situation yet and they hope that we will not come to that situation we have not lost the iranian market on weapons or anything else we have problems on a certain contract vis eat and then the iranian authorities may make these or that choice but the heirs crissy hundred situation

if you follow the reactions of the major countries on bushehr opening we should by the way is not yet their station will produce electricity only. december the reaction is quite neutral or even positive the only country which reacted negatively was israel but interacts negatively to whatever happens in relations with iran any other country since they are for isolating iran i don't think russia is on the position of. the russian government saying. with iran diplomacy. still can work so all the controversy with that we've been hearing in the past few months with major west europe reacting to iran sad. wanting to build nuclear power stations all this is unfounded if you're saying that technically speaking it will not be possible to produce nuclear weapons not this station isn't capable of producing weapons grade uranium the iranian nuclear program which war is americans and europeans and russians is not about bushehr it's about some other facilities which are on. stress the russian being very critical of iran north korea lee following all the procedures of international atomic agency sti

. >> reporter: wednesday, he accused the party of blocking his plan to extend all bushehr regard tax cuts for families making less than $250,000. just so wealthy americans can avoid a tax hike. >> they want to hold these middle-class tax cuts hostage -- >> if we're serious about helping our economy this month, we need to stop the tax hikes and we need to cut spending. >> reporter: but republicans aren't the only ones refusing to get on board. more than 30 house dem signed a letter urging the taxes be extended for everyone. with unemployment stuck near double digits, the economy is still the top concern for most americans. and, according to a new poll, only one in five thinks it's improving. >> it's not being fixed. it's being smoothed over to make it look like people are filling jobs. >> reporter: only 38% think the president has a clear plan for creating jobs. and some 46% think the stimulus package has had no impact on them. one in five thinks it made matters worse. >> it's too soon to make any final assessment of his presidency. >> reporter: today, president obama and the democrat

someone had launched a computer virus that crippled two of iran's nuclear facilities including the bushehr plant. there was a suggestion today that the united states launched that cyber attack. the pentagon refusing to confirm or deny the reports. trace gallagher picks up the story from there. >> reporter: they will not confirm or deny the u.s.' involvement in the cyber attack. they say it originated in 2010. this is a brand-new siper weapon. it is called stuxnet, a very complex computer worm. experts say it's not meant to canvas the web like other viruses we have talked b. this is meant to target specific sites. they say think of it is a precision military grade cyber missile that has the ability to actually seize control of industrial plants. iran has confirmed this worm has affected their bush ear -- bushehr nuclear plant that is set to go online next month. iran says it has not damaged the overall system. experts say it is important to note it is not some whiz kid in his basement tapping into something, this took massive amounts of money, time and engineering talent and it's not meant

facilities because some of the thinking is that iranian nuclear plants at places like natanz and bushehre the target of these things. >> researchers are saying that -- they're seeing things like what's happening here but if it can be done in a nuclear plant in one country, it can be done against a nuclear plant in any country. which is why i say, for our own government and for those watching at home, keeping your computer systems up to date and more secure is more critical than it has ever been before. jon: it is apparently an amazingly complicated piece of technological mayhem, telling plant toss shut down and do all kinds of things, cause damage in the physical world. hemanshu, thank you. >> thank you for having me. jenna: outrage after iran's president called the 9/11 attacks an inside job, our very own eric shawn just sat down in an interview with mahmoud ahmadinejad. we'll bring you all the news from that coming up. >>> and hip new ads featuring every tkae folks, doing cool things like skateboarding and surfing, but what they're selling is actually religious. what's behind the push,

guest: there are two bushehr tax cut, from 2001 and 2003 -- two bush era tax cuts. democrats and house would like to extend the middle-class tax cut, for anyone making about $250,000 or less. the administration and some democrats in both chambers have said that they would like to let the upper bracket income tax cut expire at the end of the year and some of the democratic colleagues disagree with that and pretty much all republicans said that they would like to see all the tax cuts extended for at least a year while the economy continues to recover. host: who has had control of the political conversation on this issue? has it been the administration, has been the republicans in congress? guest: i think both sides have . ally been battling for it it seems like republicans are getting back in from democrats on the whole idea of getting these tax cuts extended at least for a year for everyone, arguing that a lot of small businesses fall into the higher income bracket, it would affect them. i would probably almost give just republicans a couple of extra points just for