colonel douglas macgregor. we're sitting down with douglas macgregor a retired army colonel who fought in the gulf war and was referred to by some officials as the best fighter the u.s. army has got mr macgregor thank you very much for joining good to be here president obama's put forward an ultimatum for iran either make progress with negotiators or face consequences consequences meaning war some say a strike may happen within the next few months in your opinion how realistic is that should we expect the war in summer topical question right now in washington d.c. i think the answer right at the moment is no president obama is not remotely interested in waging war against iran so let's be clear about that no one at the top of the united states military establishment is interested in waging war against iran and the intelligence community has made it abundantly clear that iran is nowhere near the development of a nuclear warhead or the capacity to deliver one so we had those things up it's very very obvious that

douglas macgregor says israeli lobbyists in congress driving the war rhetoric. i think the american israeli public affairs committee and its a subordinate elements or affiliated elements they represent enormous quantities of money that over many years have cultivated enormous influence and power in congress and you simply are talking just to appease the lobbyists well i think you've got a lot of people on the hill who fall into two categories one category that is interested in money and wants to be reelected and they don't want to run the risk of the various lobbies that are that are pushing military action against iran to contribute money to their opponents. and they can watch that interview in full in just over an hour's time. the timeline of tension in syria is also covered on our website r.t. dot com there's plenty more for you online including battling the bacteria the russian scientists come up with a way to type the dangerous microbes that's to fire and i assess discover how the astronauts plan to save the station dot com. also a children's novel is round

kind of douglas macgregor it's just further war rhetoric being heated up by congress heavyweights. i think the american israeli public affairs committee and its a subordinate elements or affiliated elements they represent enormous quantities of money that over many years have cultivated enormous influence and power in congress and you simply are talking just to appease the lobbyists well i think you've got a lot of people on the hill who fall into two categories one category that is interested in money and wants to be reelected and they don't want to run the risk of the various lobbies that are that are pushing military action against iran to contribute money to their opponents. and they can watch that interview in full the not ten minutes time. that we're taking a look at other news from around the world this hour u.s. republican presidential candidate newt gingrich is expected to enter his campaign for the white house next week the decision comes just days after republican front runner mitt romney swept five state primaries but assuring himself in the nation gingrich has only won

colonel douglas macgregor says is ready lobbyists in congress are driving the war rhetoric. so i think the american israeli public affairs committee and its a subordinate elements are affiliated elements that represent enormous quantities of money that over many years have cultivated the enormous influence and power in congress and you said we were talking just to appease the lobbyists i think you've got a lot of people on the hill who fall into two categories one category that is interested in money and wants to be reelected and they don't want to run the risk of the various lobbies that are that are pushing military action against iran to contribute money to their approach. and they can watch that interview in full. well that snow across the business desk can join the tension high that's harsh and we understand that lukoil has found a way to well significantly increase its or production absolutely and is doing so by investing quite a bit of money into iraq a bit more about in just a moment but first let's check out the equity markets the russian markets in the second hour