the only thing is that maybe iran will tell hezbollah indicate to hezbollah that it is time for hezbollah to assist in putting the lebanese state back on track. just a phone call from tehran would may be set things very very much straight in beirut. mr. pratt: anybody else have any comment to make on that one? ok. another question that is looking at the broader relationship between iran and israel. now that iran's nuclear power in the region is being analyzed, is there a growing concern with the relationship between iran and israel? what do you think will happen? i think that is for everybody to comment on because of the significance of the discussion particularly recently. dr. anthony: here, i think context is important. the relationship between iran and israel was intimate, it was strategic, it was geopolitical. and the roots are very deep, in terms of the stories pertaining to esther, a persian who helped to free the jews from captivity from babylon. so the degree of trust over the centuries between jews and persians is deep. at times, it has been massive. at times, it has been pervasi

hezbollah.have seen the united states becoming increasingly concerned about isis, so much so that the president and the secretary of state have said there is a need for a negotiated settlement. president assad: the meaning of your question is exaggerating the numbers a bit. [indiscernible] actually three families who lost their dear ones, it is a tragedy that has been going -- every family has lost something and their livelihood. a few thousands or hundreds of thousands, it is a tragedy. every conflict should end up with dialogue. article solutions between different parties. that is what we have been doing in syria. during the last three years, dealing directly with the militants. we have succeeded in making reconciliations. regarding the rise of isis, in the context of events in syria in the last four years, isis did not rise suddenly. it is not possible. it could not appear suddenly with all the resources financial and humanitarian resources, without support from the outside. and without being

we want to get out of sanctions and all that, and hezbollah say much -- hezbollah did not say much. they are probably waiting to see how things in for the next few weeks or months until the technical issues are resolved. it is very interesting that hezbollah would not come out with any specific statement on the negotiations. the syrian situation of the regime over the last two weeks or months has really experienced a lot of setbacks. specifically underground in the south and north, the regime has suffered military defeats. despite the fact that hezbollah has thrown its full weight behind the regime and is fighting on many fronts in syria , despite the fact there are shia militias being imported from iraq and afghanistan and south asia, and despite the fact the russia's open military spigot to syria, things are not going well for the syrian regime. if you look at this brief overview of all of this, we can imagine what now? would there be some sort of change? the situation in lebanon and syria. this is quite important to answer because if iran were to go back to the two perspectives o

its influence over hezbollah.ts influence over shia communities in bahrain, et cetera, and now in yemen. so that concern about what the united states is going to do is really great on their part. in fact they're concerned that the united states might even consent to iranians in the region. when we hear talk about isis or al qaeda, these states are also asking that the united states pay equal amount of attention to iranian backed shia militias in iraq, syria and elsewhere. if we are not doing that and are concentrating only on city jihadists, it concerns them pretty gravely. now, about the uae in particular they have a special reason for being skeptical about iran. and i was specifically asked to address this issue so i will. it concerns three islands in the approaches to the shipping lanes inside the gulf to the west of the strait of hormuz. they lie along the shipping lanes. if you control them, you control the shipping lanes. at least for a period of time. and the shah of iran wanted those islands and took them

do they have the ability to use force against assad's regime, hezbollah hezbollah, any other fighter active fighting in syria and iraq, or is it just limited to isil and anyone fighting along with that terror group? >> it does not give authority to use force against any regime. we believe that the aumf the combination of the 2001 and the new aumf would afford and provide the flexibility for our forces and friendly forces to the u.s. government to be successful. >> and it was reported earlier this week that hezbollah is creating an offensive against them. there will certainly be a level of coordination with he haszbollah, and the patron of the group that is always iran. what can you tell us about their alleged planned offensive? is there any known ties between hezbollah and the lebanese armed forces? is k you confirm that information we share with the amf will not be shared with hezbollah. that iranian generals and tanks are being used in the iraqy campaign in tikrit and if the united states is on any level coordinating our plans against isil with iran. >> i can confirm that we're not

and hezbollah to its proxy, construct the united states. we have the possibility of a electromagnetic pulse, and emp attack, which iran has studied and tested. many possibilities. none of them good. >> do you tell in your book how this ideological and it has infiltrated our education system, especially at the higher levels? >> yes spent also down to the california school-age children who are having to pretend -- [inaudible] how can we topple so the intellectual minds, our young minds are not fooled by this? >> there's two things i really wanted to do in the book. number one, you have a short amount of time. you're on a deadline. get a condensed period of time and it's amazing you want to get in there. the two things i really wanted to get in their art number one the islamist influence in the education system. that's one of the things i want to get into, especially in the universities. and number two, which i want to mention the quick before come back to the education system, isis believe in islamic prophecy. the islamic prophecy angle i thi

he's blaming iran and hezbollah. he says hezbollah is directly involved in yemen as well and they're supporting these shiite houthi rebels. what is the role of iran and hezbollah in yemen as far as you know? >> wolf, what we've seen over the course of the last several months is a relationship between iran anded edthe houthis, including the provision of material to the houthis. we've been concerned about shipment of arms to the houthis. we haven't seen iran exercise the kind of command and control over the houthis they have with hezbollah in lebanon. but certainly it's a relationship that's there and is concerning to us. part of what we've said is we need to convict front iranian destabilizing actions around the region, whether in yemen or anywhere else, even in the context of this nuclear deal. we want to deal with the nuclear issue but will stand with our partners. >> what do you say to the critics of the nuclear deal who say, you had an opportunity to try to tame down some of iran's alleged terror activities in the

hezbollah didn't say very much. they probably are waiting to see how things shape up over the next couple of weeks or maybe over the next few months until the technical issues are resolved. but it's really very interesting hezbollah would not come out with any specific statement on the negotiations. and the syrian situation, the regime over the last probably two weeks to a month has really experienced a lot of setbacks, and on the ground, specific in the south and in the north. the regime has suffered military defeats. and so despite the fact that hezbollah has really thrown its full weight behind the regime and deciding on many fronts in syria, despite the fact that there are shia militias are were being imported from abroad and even afghanistan and south asia, and despite the fact of the russian basically open spigot, military spigot so to speak to syria, things are not going very well for the syrian regime. so if you look at this very, very brief overview of office we can imagine okay what now? would be some sort

but iran and hezbollah recently being removed from the u.s. terror list -- [inaudible] >> the obama administration, the obama administration says they no longer pose a threat, and they're changing their spots, in essence. and iran and hezbollah can be used against jihadists like isis. that's basically, official government policy right now. again, iran is the head of the snake. it's all there. israeli prime minister netanyahu laid it out in such a forceful, eloquent compelling manner on capitol hill. there's not much i can say that he didn't sailor. he laid it out -- sailor -- hezbollah is an arm of the iranian regime, a creation of the iranian regime. and by the way, something we didn't talk about as well that would require a whole other talk is iran and hezbollah's presence here in the western hemisphere. of iran has its tentacles throughout south america, central america. hezbollah operatives have been arrested in the united states. why, again, why would iran and hezbollah want a presence in the western hemisphere? why would they want interc

they have not got anybody who is from hezbollah. they use the propaganda making it look like the war is between sunni, not the yemeni army and terrorists. >> are you saying that the person who led the operation to abduct the minister of defence was, in fact, an iranian, are you saying that is not true. >> no no. definitely not true. there's no prove the other side has to prove it. >> several human rights forces say houthi fighters are endangering human life and torturing civilians. is that going on? >> there is no as they say, no torturing. if there is fighting in cities like aden there'll be some civilians caught in the fight. it's hard to avoid. >> sorry to interrupt you it they say torturing. a report from amnesty international says harrowing testimony collected by amnesty experts reveal members of the houthi armed group is torturing protesters. are you saying it's wrong. >> no, most of the informs is approaching and interests no clear evidence. >> they are saying it's collected by amnesty international experts. let me read you t

hezbollah did not say very much.hey are probably waiting to see how things shape up over the next couple of weeks or months until the technical issues are resolved. it's interesting that hezbollah would not come out with any statement on the negotiations. and the syrian situation, the regime over the last probably two weeks to a month has really received a lot of setbacks on the ground specifically on the -- in the south and the north, the regime has suffered military defeats. so, despite the fact that hezbollah has thrown its full weight behind the regime and is fighting on many fronts in syria , it is being reported in iraqi and afghanistan and south asia, and the fact that russia has open the military spaghetti, so to speak, to syria -- if you look at this very, very brief overview, we can imagine ok would there be some sort of change? this is something that is quite important to answer, because if iran were to go back to the two perspectives on whether iran was using syria as a bargaining chip in its programs or

shiite militias like in lebanon and hezbollah. and hezbollah. they will be able to control of the state. and they'll do iran's bidding. this is negative. >> these are not things that could be mediated by iran that doesn't feel under threat? is there an opening for a different kind of regional order if the nuke deal works. >> this gets to the question of is there an islamic state of islam. . is it a revolutionary regime. they are doing it in lebanon and are doing it in iraq. they are backing the bashar al-assad regime. and syria helping them to kill 200,000 mostly sunni muslims, and now they are funding and supporting a houthi takeover of yemen surrounding saudi arabia. yemen surrounding saudi arabia.> you tell me if this looks like a regime that is doing this if threatened. for me this is the nation of the regime >>> let me put it to you what is cthe islamic republic of iran, and what do they want? >> depends who you ask. if you ask hassan rouhani, and i want to take him back to a speech. what we want to do is have a nuclear agreement and build

stop funding groups like hezbollah and other groups. how's that? >> sean. >> pat. >> in syria in iraq okay, the iranians and their allies, hezbollah, the shiite militia who are a dreadful bunch, assad, are fighting isis. they are fighting al qaeda. the houthi rebels in yemen are fighting isis in al qaeda? >> -- >> who are they killing, sean? they are killing our enemies. they are killing our enemies. >> okay. and then we're also fighting against them in yemen with the saudis. so explain that logic to me. >> you tell what the saudis are going to do. the saudis are making a terrible mistake. if they go in there on the ground, it will be their vietnam. when i was a young editorial writer, egypt -- >> if they don't go in there, then they're going to be surrounded by the iranians which by the way wants to clearly build themselves a huge power for themselves in the region. and that would be more dangerous as the jordanians and egyptians believe. >> sean, the reason iran's going to have a power in the gulf because your president george w. bush invaded ira

>> that is a good point and saudis have been distract over the fact that hezbollah has been strongerary than lebanese army and one of the reasons the saudis agreed to do this, the saudis have been upset that hezbollah entered the fray when they entered the syrian civil war and backed bashar al-assad's troops and way they entered the deal with the french government and the saudis of course see iran as the biggest threat and iran backed hezbollah and hezbollah has been stronger than lebanese army and a lot of the politics at play here as well and because lebanon has been essentially a proxy battlefield for so many decades and pulled to groups froem iran and saudis the saudis want to see the lebanese get tougher and not dragged further in syrian civil war and do not want to see a spill over of violence the way they are afraid it might. >> egyptian group carried out attack in the sinai peninsula and a captain were killed near the border with gaza. they will share intelligence to tract foreign fighters with islamic group in iraq and judy bishop is making the highest level visit to iran in

we see the consequences of that in lebanon with hezbollah. the militia dominates the state and threatens state institutions. we won't let it happen on our doorstep in yemen. >> these -- i'll just read them out. you're good on remembering them and answer them as you will. >> all right. >> does it matter, one way or the other, if the united states lists the houthis groups in yemen under the designation of it being a terrorist organization? as much as saudi arabia has designated of late various groups as terrorist organizations, is this among the options that saudi arabia has under consideration? might it rule it out, or what can be the implications either way if you did or did not. that's one. second one, your view of aiden. in the late 1950s, used to be the world's largest port in terms of ships there. things have moved on since then. there's salala, oman near the east-west shipping routes. there is jazan and other places that you're developing along the red sea. and dukon in eastern oman is a story yet to be known and told. that's one questio

the iranians and hezbollah have tried to stroke the sectarian fires in order to generate conflict in the middle east. you see it in the speeches. you see it in the actions they take. we on the other hand and our allies in the gulf have tried to avoid this so we don't look at it from a perspective of sunni versus shi'ia but look at it from the perspective of good versus evil. there are those who want to build and those who want to bring countries together. there are those who want to create a better future for their people and there are those who want to do the opposite and so for us, any person or any leader or government that wants to improve the love of its people and take its -- the lot of its people and take its country forward is a government we're happy to work with irrespective of what their sector or ethnicity is. the kingdom of saudi arabia last year provided $500 million to the united nations organizations working in iraq in order to provide humanitarian assistance to the iraqi people and we insisted it be irrespective of religion, sect or ethnicity and it should go to all

and hezbollah alone there are 63,000 internally displaced people. people have fled into villages and at the moment a lot of people can't go anywhere because of the shifting of movements. the airstrikes won't stop. rather than talking about corrections and politicians in having a blame game of the talk about iran and saudi arabia, we forget they're a 26 million people stuck between the things we talk about. everything we see today is important to know as a result of having a weak government having a weak leader. the government had an opportunity from 2011 to 2014 to deliver services of people with anything the left of vacuum for the houthis to step up and take place. yemen at the moment is surrounded here at our territorial water and air space is considered a no-fly zone. nothing can go in a row. a lot of yemen's population is dependent on age. having said that we import a lot of our oil. 80% of gasoline is imported from the outside in revenues can only last after three weeks. before the war started, we were expecting another shipment that we did not

the only thing is there is that maybe iran indicate to hezbollah that it probably is tomb for hezbollah to -- is time for hezbollah to help the system putting the lebanese system back on track and a phone call from iran would set things very much straight in beirut. >> anybody else have any comment to make on that one? okay. another question that's looking at the broader relationship between iran and israel is now that iran's nuclear power in the region is being analyzed is there a growing concern with the relationship between iran and israel? what do you think will happen? i think that's for everybody to comment on because of the significance of the discussion particularly recently. on capitol hill here. >> yeah. i think context is important. for almost half the life span of israel from its establishment in 1948 to the present the relationship between iran and israel was intimate, it was strategic, it was economic, it was geopolitical. and the roots are very deep in terms of the stories pertaining to esther, a persian who helped to free the jews from captivity, from babylon. so the deg

the government says iran and hezbollah are partnering with the rebels.he houthis deny that. >> translator: let me tell you that the yemeni minister of defense has been kidnapped in an operation lead by an iranian. >> reporter: according to the u.n. more than 1,000 people have died since the war began in late march, about 12 million people desperately need food and water. numbers that will only grow as the fighting continues. natasha ghoneim, al jazeera. >>> earlier i spoke to a member of the political wing of the houthi movement and their spokesman, and i started by asking him whether iran and hezbollah were helping the houthis gain ground in ta'izz and aden. >> translator: this is not true. saudi saudi saudi saudi -- saudi arabia has tried to impose so these occasions are not true at all. >> but they said that the iranians were involved in the kidnapping of the defense minister. >> translator: this is not true again. the defense minister is not kidnapped. he is our president now, and he moved from sana'a to aden and he joined hadi and started pushing th

they have never got anybody from iran or hezbollah. they use the propaganda making it look like the war is between sunni and shia. it is outside. and terrorist across the country. >> are you saying that the person who led the operation to abduct the minister of defense, was in iran. are you saying that is not true. >> it's not true. they were fighters and there is no - i think there's proof that the other side has to prove it. >> several human rights organizations say houthis are in danger of human life. they are torturing civilians, is that going on? >> there is no torturing. there is fighting in cities like aden and taiz. there'll be some civilians in the fight, and it's hard to avoid. >> sorry to interrupt you, amnesty international says harrowing testimony collected by amnesty international experts in yemen reveal how members of the houthi armed group are torturing protesters in a bid to dissuade dissent. are you saying amnesty is wrong? >> no they don't. most of the information is collected through the media. it's collected throug

and they want yemen to be a red cal state that is allied with iran and hezbollah.that is not going to serve neither the yemeni people nor the people of the region. >> and that last -- thank you. that last comment subsumes one here about the alliance, rhetorical or political ideological with hezbollah in leb lebanon. so we won't go to that one as such. at which point, if any, of the houthi power increasing would saudi arabia withdraw its estimated $1 billion in the yemen central bank? assumeingeing it has not been looted? and second question. a lot of these are great questions that come from the media. they are well-versed here. and they want to know how much hard evidence is there of iranian arms shipments and other support to the houthis? none? a little? a lot -- >> a lot. >> all right. >> with regards to the -- what we would do to withdraw or deposit from the yemeni central bank, we are not going to withdraw it. it cannot be looted because these deposits stand to be numbers on computers. and so it is not some physical cache we gave the central bank. the houthis -

they have never got anybody from iran or hezbollah. they use the propaganda, making it look like the war is between sunni and shia. it is not, it is between the yemeni army. >> reporter: the yemeni foreign minister says there's proof. >> let me tell you the yemeni minister of defense has been kidnapped in an operation led by an iranian. >> the saudi-led coalition is bombing targets under houthi control. the strikes and the blockades are also worsening the humanitarian situation in the already impoverished country. >>> the war in yemen is set to dominate a meeting of gulf foreign ministers. we do to the saudi capital. >> g.c.c. leaders will met on 5 may. these are the foreign ministers meeting on the air base on the outskirts of rye ard. yemen is on the agenda not just because yemen has air campaigns going on in the first place, more than a week ago, and now the air strikes are continuous. objectives are yet to be achieved. it's a big concern. foreign ministers discuss that point. it's a preparatory meeting. and this is about ner prepar

iran and hezbollah have been a serious threat for a loft of countries. >> the issue of hezbollah and others are one of the issues that could be discussed once we had a nuclear deal. i'm with you. there are issues beyond the nuclear issue and for it to actually be addressed in a more comprehensive manner we need first for the issue to be resolved. ironically, the u.s. and iran see eye to eye on the fight against isis. >> but the bigger issue is right now there's a lack of trust trust. >> i hope this deal happens. this is one step towards building that trust. >> good of you to join it. we appreciate it. >> we're standing by for a news conference from newark new jersey after -- corruption charges including bribery and wire fraud and conspiracy. we are expecting him to walk out perhaps in just a couple of seconds. in fact, he's walking through the door now. he's usually pretty fiery at these news conferences so let's listen to senator robert menendez now under a 13-count federal indictment. knew washingnewark me nebraskanendez . >> for nearly three years i've lived undera justice departm

so i don't see them as having having the same relationship as with thes thes -- the hezbollah and totent the saudis are right to be concerned. >> the second question? >> i forget what it was. >> do the saudis have anybody on the ground to fight as their proxy? >> i won't speak to who is on the ground doing what from any of the coalition partners, but i will tell you that general lloyd austin, our central command director was in riyadh today for consultation with the saudi leader. >> with respect to sheety mill lit ya -- militia in iraq, this is something we discussed with the defense minister of iraq who are here this week, and the important point there with which they agreed, it's important that the -- all forces acting against isis in iraq be under the control of the central iraqi government. that is the principle we certainly adhere to, and that's the principle that the prime minister has. therefore, to get to your point about shiite mill lit ya. there are shiite militias that have that characteristic and those that don't, and the prime minister made it quite clear they latter one

sort of like hezbollah in lebanon.hat that the houthis are proxy or a tool of iranian power? and also so far the houthis and al qaeda both seem to be gaining territory during the saudi air strikes. do the saudis have anyone on the ground on their side in yemen to fight as their proxy? and for secretary carter post-tikrit, what role do you expect the shia militias to play in iraq in the u.s.-supported iraqi offensive? >> so to the question about the degree of control that iran exerts over the houthis. if you look back at the history of their relationship they have not exerted control in the same way that they exert control over lebanese hezbollah, for example. but they are a source of resources for the houthis. and the houthi leader himself is -- you know considers himself to be one of the heirs of the prophet. and the sect of shia islam from which the houthis draw their inspiration has an aspiration to restore that empire which existed centuries ago that included all of yemen and parts of southern saudi arabia. so i do

iran controls the terrorist group hezbollah.bollah for the last few years has not been directly attacking u.s. interests. i guarantee you if we bomb any location inside of iranian territory hezbollah will start targeting us actively and they will target us in ways that we are not able to stop. so that considered that this is cleanless or bloodless or there's some kind of silver bullet solution to bomb iran into submission that does not exist. in the meantime, you're right. in iraq there is a shooting war that we don't have much choice right now to get involved in, and nobody seems to want to commit the assets to actually solve the problem. look what's going on in ramadi right now. this is shameful. american soldiers lost their lives in 2004 and 2005 and 2006 to try to control this city to get it back and stable and secure hands, and we're letting fall to isis right now, and we're talking about iran a country that we don't even have to fight. that is a very sad state on the political scene right now and the impact it's having on

they've killed through their proxies in hezbollah a couple hundred americans. i've issued a list of all those american names by state. >> did secretary kerry make a point that the administration could do quite a bit by itself? >> he -- under the law, he does have a lot of leeway. that's true. >> did he make that point? >> he did not. >> how would you characterize the mood in there? >> it was skeptical and quiet. they didn't understand there is no agreed framework. >> was there discussion about how to keep the sanctions on iran's terrorist activities -- >> no, there wasn't. nobody asked the question. one problem is secretary moniz went on for a while and members were up set there wasn't enough time for questions. there was only a few questions in there. >> was it over? >> i left when the questions had finished yeah. >> senator how did the administration address the discrepancy between the iranian statements and the -- >> they just glossed over it. >> what do you mean? >> i produced a chart for everybody that you can get from my office. it shows the differences o

a regression of many we don't want to going on with hezbollah with a look at the average place setting is there an opportunity as well but is also of primitive of the fact it might be handed sterility what effort could you have right now i seek where agent is considered an unsuccessful, of libya is a failed state, as syria is in the civil war that will last seven more years at least then you have physis people say things are lousy and as long as my country holds it together a rather watch to see what happens rather than push more democracy it is because they appreciate our respect it but they worry what it might mean. is stability, external alienation from the outside world this is the reason that cannot afford either option. >> host: of the countries that you looked at morocco's seems to have some relative stability because of the geographic location? >> but to realize there was a lot but to allow for some political reform? we have received but said this is the with debt that stability as an asset. to have good relations with americans nobody wants that stability to open up again if t

been as many losses as hezbollah and iran wanted.eration of precision weapons will cause losses for israel and increase conflict. >> let me draw more on your cia experience. this is something else: no unconventional inspection that places iran under special monitoring is acceptable. foreign monitoring on iran's security isn't allowed. you heard why it was so important. we need inspections. our own president says inspections have to be part of it. from history, the inspections haven't been successful but beyond that how much do we know about what is really happening inside iran? let's take the inspections? >> the united states has coverage and we have had limited amounts of coverage. i will go back to the inspections. and that is as presented now it will be managed by the un security council and that will control the inspectors in the hands of the russians who can veto disagreements. we don't have great relationships with the russian and they have been working with the iranians. there are so many flaws in the negotiate negotiateing pr

iran provides support for hamas, which fought big destructive rallies against israel, and supports hezbollah, which wreaked havoc against targets in lebanon. there are bizarre juxtapositions in nations, alliance in the middle east. saudis team up to oppose the islamic state, and the u.s. scrambles for regional allies in the taffing of task of expelling them. iran tries to work out a deal with americans to get sanctions lifted. opponents with the framework fault the american president for not pushing iran harder in the other areas. for his part, the president explained to tom freedman of the "new york times", all the other loose ends have a better shot at being tied up now. >> part of what i have told my team is we have to distinguish between the idea logically driven offensive iran and the defensive iran that it feels vulnerable. and sometimes may be reacting because they perceive that as the only way they can avoid repeats of the past. >> gary watched iran closely through a long career in international relations including on president carter's national security staff. he joins me from new y

take time accusing iran of helping the houthis to destabilize the region. >> translation: iran and hezbollahrain houthis, if they are in yemen, they'll meet the same fate as houthis. let me stress we will not allow anyone to provide assistance to the houthis. >> reporter: the oil-rich country is rallying international support. riyadh says attacks will stop in the houthis pull out from the cities, and recognise abd-rabbu mansour hadi as a legitimate leader. we are not war monningers. we are ready. yemen's national security is part of the g.c.c. >> reporter: for the time being air strikes continue showing no signs of slowing down. there's no indications that the saudis will send troops into yemen in the near future >>> the aftermath of the saudi strikes have been devastating. people that live near the airport surveyed the damage from an overnight raid. five houses were levelled by one plast. no one was killed. nearby residents fled the area after an air strike last week. a separate strike hit a refugee camp killing 40 people. that camp had been tape over by houthi fighters. humanitarian progra

. >> reporter: except today the leader of hezbollah backed the deal as a way to avoid world war, the type of endorsement that leaves republicans to crank up their charge the president capitulated. >> obama is a flawed negotiator. his foreign policy has failed on multiple fronts. nobody in the region trusts him. the iranians do not fear or respect him. >> reporter: a key is this promise by the president. >> we know that they don't need to have an underground fortified facility in order to have a peaceful nuclear program. >> today energy secretary said something far different. the deal would only strip down the facility. >> either wiping it out or shutting it down all together. it seemed like you moved the goal post here. >> the key is to make sure it was not a breakout pathway. it is not. there is even no material allowed into that facility. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is skeptical warning the option of a military strike against iran is still wide open. >> this is a deal that leaves iran with t capacity to produce the material for many nuclear bombs and does so by lif

iran seems to be intervening more in the region in iraq, yemen and syria continuing supporter of hezbollah and lebanon even as a result more of a threat? >> well, that is absolutely one of the major concerns, not only that israel has but as you say saudi arabia and other regional countries in the region have. i think it's very important for administration to really speak to that not simply to present this deal as doing that, it's either this deal oar war but rather to say that while they're focusing on securing this deal with iran at the same time they're going to be very strong on opposing iranian expansion in other areas and also dealing with all other aspects of iran's behavior its support for hezbollah, its support for hamas, nub of these things are part of the agreement. >> nazrulla is seems to be very happy about it, most of iran seem to celebrate the deal. i.t. must be hard for hearing that kind of reaction, should question the fact that in the way they should be on the same side as iranian hard liners who don't want the deal so it's a confusing situation for sure, diercht weirddiff

such as hezbollah. the right between israel and hezbollah and the current -5 plus-1, has always been a relationship. i will continue to crilt size the deal and fight to maintain israelis' military edge in the region. and it is necessary for congress to be involved. it is the role of congress to that our national security and the safety ofal jice is maintained. there is some country that unfortunately through they choose to say they want to be outside the norm when they chose to say israel should not exist and fund trime around a world, they shouldn't dictate terms. and shame on this administration. if they are continuing to win for their diplomatic action, this tration is doing it on the back of israel, and we will not stand for that. this is not a place to cry and win points on the back of our strongest ally. when you listen, you will understand. this is a bad deal. and time to walk away. mr. desantis: did you talk to the ayatolla people, did you talk to the negotiators about recognizing israel's right

. >> translation: iran and hezbollah trained the houthis, they'll meet the same fate as the houthis if they come into yemen. we will not allow anyone to provide support to the houthis. riyadh says attacks will stop only if the houthis pull out from the cities they control, and recognise hard abd-rabbu mansour hadi as a legitimate leader. we are not warmongers. when we beat the drums of war we are ready. for the time being, air strikes continue across yemen, showing no signs. there are no indications that the saudis will send troops into yemen in the near future. >>> talks on iran's nuclear future have resumed in switzerland, after a self-imposed deadline expires on tuesday. crossing over diplomatic editor james bays - joining us from lausanne, where the talks take place. they continue to take place. how much progress has been made towards a framework and an announcement >>> certainly delegations tell us progress is made fresh progress. they were meeting until the early hours, foreign ministers meeting. they had a little sleep, and are back up and about again having discussions and meet

hezbollah assets on the ground in the north of yemen. you get much talk from the yemeni government that there have been weapons delivered by the iranians. this is how the saudi ambassador explained this latest phase last night in washington. >> the houthi should be under no illusion that we will continue to use force in order to stop them from taking yemen over by aggressive action. that will not change. we hope that we will participate in the political process. >> reporter: so whether the u.s. navy in the waters of the gulf of aden will move to block those iranian ships from entering yemeni waters a matter which certainly washington is not prepared to talk about at present. this of course as iran and other world powers meet for a second day of nuclear talks in vienna. clearly seeking to finalize a deal by june 30th. gcc leaders meeting may 5th before the same gulf leaders go to the states to meet president obama at camp david. there are so many moving parts to the story at present. we clearly have to remember those on the ground are imp

its opposition to israel's existence support for militant groups like hezbollah islamic jihad. i think members of congress would argue listen they haven't shown any signs of moderating the regional policies. if we sign this nuclear deal, we're simply going to be giving them tens if not hundreds of billions of additional dollars to double down on these regional policies which are against our interests. so this is a tough sell in both capitals but i do think for the supreme leader it's a much more difficult decision because hostility towards the united states has really become an inextrickable part of the identity of the islamic republic and it's not easy to abandon them. >> rose: you also when you look at this from the iranian perspective theymhfñ have these activities, whether it's supporting hezbollah or whatever it is. and some hope that if there's an agreement, it will be the beginning of a new relationship. certainly that's not what saudi arabia likes, it's certainly not with the israelis would like but there are those who believe this could be the beginning of a building b

iran got some more money in the continuing of negotiations that money was used to help hamas and hezbollahto help the people inside iran. that is the big concern with any release of sanctions. >> very quickly just to follow-up, you did meet with the prime minister yesterday from iraq who has been praised as having built many more bridges than his predecessor. what did he tell you that perhaps, we don't know? >> well that the concern is that they are trying to fight and defeat isis on the ground and they are worried about losing the country of iraq to iran because you have iranian soldiers as part of the fight on the ground while america is only flying air power. if isis is defeated, and when isis is defeated will it be iranian troops on the ground that will take that country? >> they will have a foothold there. republican senator of wyoming, we thank you very much and you are also on the foreign relations committee and we thank you for your time. >> thank you, deb. >>> still to come chris christie undecided on a presidential bid, but new polling shows he may have cause for concern. >> good

five years later hezbollah terrorists hijacked a twa airliner over europe and took all the passengers in hostage. they flew back and forth returning beirut and algeria several times, let some of the hostages off, killed an american dump them out in beirut and ultimately reagan made a deal with the israelis to meet the terrorist demands and promised a solid that he wouldn't retaliate against hezbollah and iran. if anybody asked about if we didn't make a deal but he made a deal. he negotiated cautiously and all of a sudden he was in jimmy's shoes. he did the same thing jimmy carter did. a couple weeks later "the wall street journal" called him jimmy reagan because he betrayed the promise he made that he would take swift and effective action. i was there for a lot of the time where we didn't mean to take effective action during crises. even as people look back at president reagan, in some cases the good old days i'm here to tell you it's much harder to do what governor reagan that he was going to do when he became president. this is not going away. they be running the white house situati

the government says iran and hezbollah are partners with the rebels because something the houthis deny. let me tell you the minister of defense has been kidnapped in operation led by an iranian. more than 1,000 people have died since the war began in late marv. they desperately need food and water numbers that will only grow as the fighting continues. al jazeera. >> there will be harsh punishment for any french peace keepers found guilty of sexually abusing children. the abuse allegedly took place in the capitol between december 2013 and june last year. according to the camp in the central african republic, french soldiers regularly picked out young girls and boys in the camp. those french people did it on purpose. and they abused little girls even raping them at some point. when they came to take the girls they took a little boy and they raped him. >> a pakistani court has sentenced ten men to life in prison for their part in the activist. malala was 15 when she was shot in the head when taking a bus to the school. officials say the ten men belongs to the taliban. >> they have reject

this is a country that is linked very heavily to syria and the hezbollah leadership in lebanon.clearly could be an opportunity for them to change. charlie: when you say a state supporter of terrorism, you are talking primarily about hamas and hezbollah? adm. mullen: i have seen it in other parts. charlie: it seems to be sunni rather than shia. adm. mullen: they have supported terrorism in that regard and it is mostly in that part of the world. ♪ charlie: the final four is here. heaven for basketball fans. some of college basketball's biggest names will tip off at the final four on saturday night from lucas oil stadium in indianapolis. the first game is duke against michigan state. the wisconsin badgers take on the kentucky wildcats in the nightcap. kentucky hopes to become the first undefeated team to win a national championship since indiana did it in 1976. joining me now is jay bilas, espn's lead college basketball analyst. i'm pleased to have him back on this program. welcome, jay. jay: great to be with you. charlie: size it up for me, if you will. it seems to me we have four

iran supports hezbollah, for instance or the houthis in yemen but some of our gulf allies essentiallyihadist groups like al qaeda and isis. this will remain a problem nonetheless. this nuclear deal does not solve all of america's problems with iran but it does create the basis for a dialogue a conversation with iran and i think it makes the price of iranian bad behavior higher because then iran jeopardizes the relationship they now potentially have with the rest of the world. >> prime minister netanyahu said this week he views this as a threat to the survival of israel. does he have the political power to derail this deal? >> i don't think so. first of all, i think it's important to note that while benjamin netanyahu has repeatedly called iran an existential threat several high-ranking officials and former officials in the israeli security establishment have said in fact that's not true, that while they see iran's potential nuclear weapon as a threat they don't believe it's an existential threat to israel it's not a threat to israel's survival. israel is after all, a country with a co

hezbollah is the largest most expansive terrorist organization in the world.are very closely connected to cuba. the center for security policy came out with a report just last year, detailing the relationship between the cubans, iranians the venezuelaance to attack the united states from intelligence perspective or launching physical violent attacks. this is completely ridiculous. what do we get in return? nothing. we have gotten nothing. >> very similar to the iran deal right? what interests do we have in these two deals? now the white house will argue, well this is going to help the people of cuba. no it's not. with any dictatorship, lifting sanctions will only make the castro regime richer. i believe "forbes" magazine put them on the list of one of the richest families in the entire world. >> they own the island. they own the entire island. >> keeping all of their people down. this will help further full and elevate the dictatorship. ainsley, progressive like the president always looked at cuba as lenin it, stalinists paradises. bill de blasio, new york cit