. >> iran is still coming to terms with hassan rowhani's overwhelming electoral victory. he is due to speak in the next hour or so. we are joined live from tehran. before we talk about what is likely to be said, tell us about what the plan is today. >> this will be hassan rowhani 's first official press conference as the president elect of iran. to take office in about a month and a half. it is his first official press conference. he should be answering questions from the press. result still needs to be officially verified by the guardian council. at least those results in a statement from the guardian council needs to be released. one would imagine that hassan rowhani to not be holding press conference if he did not note that that would -- that that was going to happen. as i said, hassan rowhani is about to give his first official press conference and he is not taking offense for another off -- month and half. >> what do you think his supporters want to hear from him? an iranian election. iranians would want to hear about things that affect them and relate to them. speci

the cleric hassan rowhani leads in the -- in the presidential election in iran. protesters in anniston bowl park about to stay put -- in an istanbul park vowed to stay put. iranians have gone to the polls to choose a successor to president mahmoud ahmadinejad. with two thirds of votes counted, it appears the moderate cleric hassan rowhani has a big lead over his conservative rivals. it is still not clear if he has enough support to give him out right to victory and avoid. voters turned out in massive numbers for friday's election. observers say the outcome is unlikely to lead to major political change in iran. we have this report. >> with vote counting still underway, iran's interior minister told state television that moderate candidate hassan rowhani already has a clear lead. all the candidates are seen as conservatives, but rowhani has repeatedly reached out to reformists. wei chose rowhani because want reform and not war. >> during the election campaign, rowhani was careful not to confront the establishment head- on. he nevertheless called for more media free

hassan rowhani has one more than 50% of the votes counted in iran. rebels urging the west to enforce a no-fly zone -- serious rebels -- serious -- syrian rebels. facebook says it has received thousands of requests for people's data from the government. until now, security officials fromd the social network revealing what information has been released, but following discussions with the national security agency, data will now be released in so-called transparency reports. we heard from a cyber security analyst earlier who told us this could increase fears about the erosion of online privacy. >> what's happening here is they have the ability to request seermation about people to what they are doing. i think there is some concern about this. we should not be surprised that facebook and other internet companies are working with authorities in this regard, but you also need to think more carefully about who you are communicating with, what information you are sharing publicly social networks and elsewhere. the recentnd from events in the headlines is that

hassan rowhani won 57% of the votes cast to avoid a runoff.fter he was declared a winner, hundreds of reform minded supporters took to the streets. security forces appeared to be in control after massive protests broke out following the last election. more than 72% of eligible voters turned out for this election in iran. >> whole foods has revised its employee language book after an uproar over two spanish speaking employees. it instructed employees to speak english on the job unless a customer was speaking another language. it sparks boycott threats from latino groups. they ask employees to be inclusive and respectful when speaking other languages on the job. >> a special visitor is in town this week as east meets west. new york and the bay area struck a high-tech deal. bay area's business and tech reporter scott budman was there with the most well-known mayor in america. >> squareco founding jack dorsey led mayors ed lee of san francisco and michael bloomberg of new york through his company's headquarters for a cup of coffee and a chance to

khamenei's wednesday address was his first since hassan rowhani was elected president. rowhani earlier hinted at more transparency on the nuclear program to build trust with the international community. foreign minister ali akbar salehi is indicating they'll resume negotiations with western countries on the nuclear program. the next round of talks will resume after rowhani's official inauguration in august. >>> rescue workers are struggling to reach thousands of people in northern india stranded by flooding and landslides. this year's monsoon season began earlier this month and has brought unusually heavy rains. torrential downpours in the himalayan state of uttarkhand have washed away homes and roads. state officials say mudslides have buried a wide area. they say about 600 people have been confirmed dead and hundreds are still missing. the number of dead could rise above 1,000. air force and army personnel had rescued more than 100,000 people including many hindu pilgrims and tourists. poor visibility has hampered helicopter pilots searching in other areas. authoritie

>> and iran, of course, elected a new president this week, moderate hassan rowhani, but before stephen embraces him, he looks back one last time on outgoing president mahmoud ahmadinejad. >> there is one thing i will miss, never knowing how to pronounce his last name. ahma -- jimmy just roll the tape -- ijad. president -- oh, boy, let's see if i can get this right. lord, help me get my mouth around this crazy name. ahma ali ali oxen free. ahma we just won an emmy mijad, ah mad space we just heard you scream ijad. ahma we come from the land of ice and snow ijad. i'm just glad rowhani is so much easier to say than ahmadinejad. wait! i just did it! >> just in time, too. >>> there were four days of back-to-back concerts at the bonnaroo music festival in tennessee this week, but the most memorable moment was not on stage, and jimmy kimmel explains. >> they had a sign language interpreter on stage with the wu-tang clan, which is funny just to start with, but i'll tell you what, i've seen a lot of signers at a lot of concerts. this one crushes them all. ♪ >> i'll tell you something, that is a

moderate cleric hassan rowhani takes almost a fifty one percent of the vote become iran's new president elect made questions over whether he will change the country's nuclear ambitions. and syria calls america's claims that it used chemical weapons fabricated while russia which is also unconvinced condemns washington's decision to arm rebels as an undermining of peace efforts. broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is thomas glad to have you with us now turkish police have used to tear gas and water cannons to force crowds out of protesters excuse me out of taksim square people assembled in the streets leading to the square and it began setting up barricades meanwhile demonstrators have started to gather in other turkish cities including ancora this comes shortly after the turkish prime minister issued yet another warning to protesters saying security forces will intervene if they do not clear taksim square by sunday which is the reports from the turkish capital. at this point we can talk about the texas government being completely cleared of protests and i think it by the wa

at some of the headlines making news around the world this hour iran's newly elected president hassan rowhanisaid the country isn't ready to suspend its enrichment of uranium despite the sanctions and pressure from the e.u. and america statement came during his first news conference where he expressed a strong wish to rebuild relations with western nations rowhani one iran's friday's presidential election with just over fifty percent of the vote. police in turkey have taken down barricades in taksim square where union federations have gone on a one day strike the rally follows a nineteenth night of fierce clashes between security forces and anti-government demonstrators on sunday prime minister air to one also rallied to tens of thousands of supporters in central east on ball in a show of strength even as the central square was being cleared. rain and floods have ripped through northern parts of india killing at least twenty three people over fifty more are reported missing rescue teams are trying to supply drinking water and food to the region cut off after roads were washed away officials a

went to the polls and voted in a historic election one that brought an unexpected victory to hassan rowhani the world watched as iran marked an official end of the arab and began a new one by electing a reformer into power as a moderate hassan rouhani was not initially considered one of the top contenders and wasn't backed by the leader of the islamic revolution supreme ayatollah khomeini nor the powerful iranian government elite but still he won decisively and enjoyed a post-election calm that drastically contrast to what was seen just four years prior does a nine awkward energise when it was heavily disputed at that time thousands of people took to the streets and what was called the green movement marking the largest uprising since the one nine hundred seventy nine iranian revolution so with a new leader at the helm what lies ahead for one of the most powerful and controversial countries in the world so i got all that and more i spoke earlier with trita parsi executive director of the national iranian american council i first asked him if he thinks that the latest results have proven tha

went to the polls and voted in a historic election one that brought an unexpected victory to hassan rowhani the world watched as iran marked an official end of the arab and began a new one by electing a reformer into power as a moderate hassan rouhani was not initially considered one of the top contenders it wasn't backed by the leader of the islamic revolution supreme ayatollah khomeini nor the powerful iranian government elite but still he won decisively and enjoyed a post-election calm that drastically contrast to what was seen just four years prior and nine awkward underdogs when it was heavily disputed at that time thousands of people took to the streets and what was called the green movement marking the largest uprising since the one nine hundred seventy nine iranian revolution so with a new leader at the home what lies ahead for one of the most powerful and controversial countries in the world so i got all that and more i spoke earlier with trita parsi executive director of the national iranian american council i first asked him if he thinks that the latest results have proven that i

moderate cleric hassan rowhani takes almost a fifty one percent of the vote to become iran's new president elect made questions over whether he will change the country's nuclear ambitions. and syria calls america's claims that it used chemical weapons fabricated while russia which is also unconvinced condemns washington's decision to arm the rebels as an undermining of peace efforts.

new president with a early results giving a strong lead to the most moderate candidate cleric hassan rowhani polling stations closed five hours later than scheduled due to the sheer number of voters turning out about eighty percent according to election officials security higher at the polling places to avoid a repeat of street protests that happened in two thousand and nine when the opposition accuse the government of rigging the vote the election brings an end to mahmoud ahmadinejad second and final term his term as president marked by the tightening of u.s. sanctions imposed over the country's nuclear program my colleague sean thomas spoke with flynt and hillary mann leverett former national security council and state department officials who think neither side in the dispute is set to give it. there's a constraint in washington not not in terror on that at this point many of the same sions have been written into u.s. law and president obama even if iran did everything the u.s. wants it to do on the nuclear issue he's not able to lift many of the sanctions now and last he also. sable to c

hassan rowhani said he's willing to talk to the united states but only if the u.s. recognizes iran's right to a nuclear program. pretty similar sentiment to the one i heard from his campaign manager last week in tehran. would he negotiate with the united states? >> if the united states really shows interest, and being reliable like the negotiation, i think he will do it. but it doesn't mean at the first he'll go for that. >> so should the u.s. trust rowhani or not? he is now known as a moderate. a centrist. but those terms are relative. he has been a part of iran's political and military establishment for decades. in fact, he served 16 years as the head of the national security council in iran. and when he was the country's chief nuclear negotiator with the west, he negotiated a halt in enrichment and then later said he had used that time bought for negotiation to go ahead with the program. now he also backed the violent crackdown against the pro-democracy student movement in 1999. you may say well all of that doesn't seem to indicate he's going to want to work with

president elect hassan rowhani is a so-called moderate cleric. he promised to be more open about his country's controversial new nuclear program and at the same time he is against any attempts to stop iran's enrichment of our rainam. he won the presidential election in a landslide, taking 50% of a vote. some analysts say his victory could mean new talks with the west, but others point out, the ayatollah really runs iran no matter who is president. the fox report's jonathan hunt live now with the story. what else does the newly elected leader have to say. >> the first news conference by the president elect was very much one of those on the one hand. on the other hand kind of presentations. on the one hand he said he wants better relations between and run the rest of the world, including the united states and he promised greater transparency in iran's nuclear program. on the other hand he laid down three what the termed changes in attitude he wants to see from the united states. listen. >> translator: firstly, the americans must agree they will not

the white house says hassan rowhani has won the election. >>> and the black forest fire is now 45% containedith several homes burned. >>> and a flight u.s.-bound for egypt was diverted after a threatening note was found in the bathroom. the plane took off after passengers were rescreened. now back to "lockup." >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >> well, inmates are called horses. it's strange they move contraband cell to cell, tier to tier, they use dental floss, tear up sheets. they tie an empty tube of toothpaste on it and flip it from one tier to the other. they move cigarettes, tobacco, magazines, anything they can get to read, they'll try to move it. those horses. normally tobacco, they won't move anything like tobacco or any pills or anything like that, only if the officer is not present, that's when they'll normally do that, or they know we're going to get it. this is not something we put up with, and we have to put up with a certain amount of it but if an officer is on the tier we try to get those horses to prevent things from being moved from cell to cel