charlie hirt again from "the washington times." good to talk to you. ks, charlie. >> thanks, jon. jenna: still watching a developing story about this deadly poison ricin and whether or not it was on some letters sent to lawmakers. just learning, fox news confirming, that the letter that was being sent to president obama did in fact test positive during initial tests for ricin. this is still very much a developing story. we're not sure exactly who sent the letters and what the intention was. according to reports there were two letters in question. one was sent to senator wicker yesterday. the other sent to the president. we expect a press briefing, 11:45, about 15 minutes from now. hopefully we're learn more information about this incident coming up in a short time. >>> new signs that ten years of diplomatic efforts have failed to persuade iran to curb its nuclear program. we're now learning that iran has dramatically stepped up its nuke technology. adding high-tech machines that could be used in a nuclear weapons program. ambassador john bolton joins us

charlie hirt is a columnist with the "washington times." and, charlie, you first.s is a deal between two men. not between a large number of lawmakers but is it something that could start to get broader support? >> i think that when you look at the situation right now where harry reid has kind of a hard time marshaling even all of his own party in the senate just to bring up the bill, to discuss it, i think that is a pretty good indication that, from the outset he has a bit of a hill to climb here. i think that the other problem, as you just mentioned, rick, is the fact you've got a deal between two people, two people really would have to be far into harry reid's corner before he could get anything through. so i think that it's going to be tough and i have a hard time seeing it get too much traction and even if it does manage to get through the senate, you know, you've still got the republican-controlled house where i don't see anything like this, you know, surviving and so, in terms of reaching even, you know, reaching president obama's desk, it is really kind of h