host: let's get to calls for our guests, flynt leverett. caller: hello.i read everything that you and your wife right and have learned so much from both of you. i appreciate everything you do. what observation is the mainstream media is kind of humorous, they're giving more coverage to the iranian protests then they covered we protested the 2000 selection of our president. more coverage than they gave to the invasion protest here in the u.s. prior to the invasion of iraq. that is an interesting observation. host: what do you think that is the case? guest: i wonder about that. this the mainstream media go through with the agenda? i know lieberman push for the diplomacy act which provides funding for who knows what kind of activities on the ground in iraq. i wanted to ask, we keep hearing the same people -- we have heard people and even rep sherman pushing this that iran is developing the ability to create a nuclear weapon when they have signed the non- proliferation treaty. what proof is there to back up these claims that they are after a nuclear weapon? g

thsi morning, jon hilsenrath on financial market regulations, dave camp and brad sherman, and flynt leverett talks about if i ahmadinejad -- ahmadinejad really won the election. that is on "washington journal." later, rahm emanuel talks about the agenda of the obama administration. we will hace coverage -- have coverage on c-span 2. yesterday the state department said that the economic downturn has increased human trafficking. it was listing 17 countries that have failed to make progress in preventing human trafficking. hillary clinton now talks about the report. we are delighted to have with us members of congress who have been working with us on this issue for many years. this is the first time we have introduced this in this way because we want to show that this is a partnership between the state department and the congress. without them we would not have the legislation and the kind of our reach that these members and others have been doing. i am grateful that they could take the time out of their busy schedule, to be here with us. let me introduce carolyn maloney, ben cardin from mar yl

you are on with flynt leverett. caller: if you'll let me say my whole statement. i would appreciate it. i was wondering what the u.s. pokes its nose where it doesn't belong. we don't other countries but into our business. we the people are fed up listening to terrorism talk about everyone out there coming in to get us. i find it childish and boring. if we do not take "terrorism" out of our vocabulary. we should work with them as soon as possible and find an answer to conquering their problem of global warming once and for all. the we can all celebrate together that our solidarity accomplished this and we save the planet from destroying itself. guest: i think i would agree with you that it with the global war on terror was defined by the previous administration after the 911 attacks ended up having a really distorting -- the 9/11 attacks ended up having a really distorting view on our policy toward iran. on the night of september 11, i was working at the state department at the time. i was called back into the state department on the night of september 11 to meet w