kipper she is director of middle east programs at the institute of world affairs and we also have flynt leverett he is a professor at penn state and author of the new book going to to run why the u.s. must come to terms with the islamic republic of iran there's just the two of us and myself could cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i really encourage it flynt if i can go to you first what drives american foreign policy towards iran very simple question maybe a complicated answer i think that what really drives american foreign policy toward iran is a post cold war determination on the part of the united states to dominate the middle east to to play hegemonic role in the middle east to micromanage political outcomes in key middle eastern states so that those states strategic orientation is subordinated to u.s. foreign policy preferences and the middle east has a regional order which is essentially run by the united states from that perspective the problem with the islamic republic of iran is. that it won't play along with this with this kind of hedg

it comes from hustler magazine publisher larry flynt. >> open embrace in the name of love making hisows was an act of bravery that has drawn my support. >> flynt also says that no one has done more to expose the sexual hypocrisy of traditional values in america today, and he calls sanford america's greatest sex pioneer. not even sure if that's a good thing. >>> the south carolina special general election is just three days away, and recent poll numbers give democratic opponent elizabeth colbert-deutsche the advanta but a right leaning poll has the candidates died. for the first time in 30 years democrats have a big shot of winning a house seat in the deep red palmetto state. joining me for more the south carolina democratic chair. thank you for being here this morning. >> good morning. >> thank you, mara. >> right after sanford got charged with trespassing at his ex-wife's home the state gop cut his funding. has the state gop all but abandoned him? >> well, all i can tell you is mark sanford has never probably in his history been outspent on television the way he has this cycle. but

kipper she is director of middle east programs at the institute of world affairs and we also have flynt leverett he is a professor at penn state and author of the new book i'm going to run why the u.s. must come to terms with the islamic republic of iran there's just a.

and only in "the war room" can you flip from larry flynt to pope francis.addressed the horrific building collapse that killed moyer than 400 people last week in bangladesh. some of the workers were being paid just $50 a month. he said quote . . . >> michael: given the massive income disparity here in the united states, we could not agree more with pope francis. and speak of equality, colorado issued its first civil union licenses at midnight last night in denver. here is mayor michael hancock officiating one of the ceremonies. >> wishing them a wonderful life together. >> we do! >> all right. i love that. >> thank you. >> jeremy may i have the rings. >> michael: congratulates of course to all of those happy couples. who would have thought 10 years ago that colorado would be a trail blazer for civil rights. and finally a quick update last night, ed mark i can and republican gabrielle gomez will face off for john kerry's old seat. gomez is a former navy seal and we'll be keeping a close eye on this race. before we are done we have to get to brett ehrlich, who

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. >> well, i just, i ask about the pc because, you know, larry flynt of hustler said that the magazinecause of the way things are doing, very unsentimental about it even though it made him hundreds of millions of dollars and he looks at that landscape and says that's because the way it is and yet, i keep hearing-- >> and bill would be the expert on hustler. >> i think that liz is more up-to-date liz: having just been there and interviewing penthouse and hustler, we were doing the business of vice investment. >> i don't work on part of that series liz: speaking of sex and vice actually. >> good. [laughter] so, bill and belinda gates foundation put it out there to create a better condom. have you had any good suggestions yet? >> that challenge went out. when we asked for a better toilet, a better way to get vaccines out to poor people it's been amazing the scientists that come up with ideas. they often don't know what the challenges for the poorest are, yet, they'd like to help out with those things, so would we've been able to facilitate a lot more iq coming into the hard problems liz:

syrian tv reports that a 33-year-old woman from flynt, michigan, was killed by government forces.o other westerners died fighting the rebels. nick paton walsh joins us with developments. what do we know about this woman and what she was doing in syria? >> syrian state tv acquire the clip within the ranks of the insurgency that they've been fighting. they've shown the identity card, the passport of her and actually of what appears to be a british man alongside her, also killed, showing them the gruesome pictures of their bodies and also the volkswagen they appeared to have been ambushed in when they were in the city in the north called it idlib. the rebels are getting more and more control over it. they've also shown ammunition that was seized alongside, the allegation being that she was part of the foreign influence among the rebels that they've been fighting. they tried to betray that whole insurgency as some sort of foreign-feudal al qaeda-linked terrorist plot. >> is there any evidence of that? that's what state tv appears to be making out to her, as an extremist, possibly affi

he was endorsed by larry flynt which was no help to him. of our reporters was with him this weekend when he was asked about the polygamy laws in south carolina. the tone that you got from his campaign over the weekend and you guys know how much you can tell from the body language of a campaign. he was talking like a loser for the first time. for the first time he was telling us this would be his last campaign. talking about how he had was at peace with going back to real estate. meanwhile, on the other side, elizabeth colbert-busch very organized. travels with a big ray of handlers unlike sanford will talk about anything and her appearances are very few and far between. >> the poll you're talking about is a public policy poll. april 22nd, elizabeth up nine points and this this morning two weeks later, 46, 47, for sanford. a statistically tie. mike allen, thanks so much. >> have a good weekend. both jim vandehei and i finished that marathon on saturday. we had a big group like eight from washington and, no, alex, we did not do it as a relay.

she may be wish the nra would not support her and this reminds me of the larry flynt coming out and supportingsanford down there. not the sort of publicity he wanted. on the same day gabby giffords group announced in four months, they had raised $11 million. a huge figure for any type of super pak outside group. the news is here for the first time the nra won't have the money advantage in this air war that we clearly can see is going to be going on both to tee up some other legislation which both sides know is coming. second, to it make this an issue in the 2014 congressional elections. >> you know what is sad? speaking of the nra, the gallup poll just came out. >> wait a minute. gallup? you still listen to gallup? >> seriously. i want to know. by the way, i used to always follow gallup closely. >> i feel sorry for you. >> i have to cut out off right here. this is an organization, richard, said mitt romney was going to win by 11 points. there has been no mea culpa. i went from following daily gallup tracking on my poll that i don't listen to any of their polls any more. when are they going to