we expect the iaea to immediately investigate this disturbing information and to report to the iaea board of governors. iran's decision to build yet another nuclear facility without notifying the iaea represents a direct challenge to the basic compact at the center of the non-proliferation regime. these rules are clear. all nations have the right to peaceful nuclear energy. those nations with nuclear weapons must move towards disarmament. those nations without nuclear weapons must forsake them. that compaq has largely held for decades. keeping the world far safer and more secure. the compaq depends on all nations living up to their responsibilities. this site deepens a growing concern that iran is refusing to live up to those international responsibilities, including revealing all nuclear related activities. as the international community knows, this is not the first time that iran has concealed information about its nuclear program. iran has a right to peaceful nuclear power that meets the energy needs of its people. the size and configuration of this facility is inconsistent with the pe

that is more than the head of the iaea has ever said. they also show a few instances in which they think that the missile delivery system is further along than expected in terms of its ability to carry a warhead. they say there is a secret compartment in the ballistics component of the missile that would have been able to carry a warhead, and also that they have probably tested some explosives that could be used to detonate a bomb in mid-air. so these are explosive revelations coming out of the iaea after -- at a sensitive time for the obama administration. rick: let's talk about this for a minute. it does contradict not only what the white house has been saying this week, but also the head of the iaea, who has publicly said very different things about iran's program. what had he said prior to the leak? >> it is interesting. we talked to some of the staff members of mohammed el baradei -- elbaradei. he has been criticized for making statements about iran that were too weak in regard to their obtaining nuclear weapons. so, in fact, the ia

u.s., brittish and french intelligence briefed the iaea yesterday in vienna. the president described in broad terms what he knew about the facility to russian president dimitry medvedev and chinese pred tao earlier this week at united nations, but the hard intelligence behind it was delivered to russia and china only today. russia said this is a clear violation of what inspectors let into iran and the chinese said it's a violation but have not beening as aggressive as to what to do as russia has. >> let's find out more about the irannian nuclear plant, where it is and what it is designed to do here is national security correspondent jennifer griffin. >> it is the third time that iran has been caught red-handed hiding aspects of its nuclear program according to u.s. officials. first in 2002, a dissident group revealed the existence of a previously unknown uranium enitch arement facility, and then a breach of iran's computer network revealed the country was working on weaponizing a warhead, abruptly stopping in 2003. now, a secret uranium enrichment facility, an

having all the evidence, putting together a very detailed report for both the iaea, the international atomic agency and the other allies that we're working with in our attempts to pressure iran on the nuclear situation and for folks who aren't following this very closely the p-5 the five permanent members of the u.n. security council the united states, great britain, russia and china and the plus one in this case is germany. president obama this morning, of course, was flanked by sarkozy of france, brown of great britain. he also made mention of merkel of germany implying that all four signing on to this statement this line in the sand to iran that they had to come clean with everything immediately with the iaea. as you pointed out in the open, we are now waiting on russia and china. we just got a statement from the kremlin just a true minutes ago and, frankly, andrea t could have been written by the u.s. very similar to the language that president obama used and prime minister brown. they don't like this and they want iran to cooperate immediately and there needs to be an immediate i

my guess is that professionals inside the iaea believe that the governments themselves ought to know what iran has been up to and have made this information available. >> israel's president told fox last month they have little faith in the man who they accuse of taking a soft line on iran. >> institutions shouldn't lag behind the realities. >> at the iaea today in vienna, iran managed to change the subject, for the first time successfully shepherded through a center of israel's nuclear program. >> israel has give and strong message to israelis that their agencies cannot tolerate the stethoscope. >> defense secretary just finished meeting the czech minister and that the old missile defense plan for europe would not have defended against iran's short and medium-range missiles and this new system will be up and running 7 years faster than the one it replaces. bret: jennifer given live at the pentagon. thank you. turkey's foreign minister says his country will spend a billion dollars to buy a long-range missile defense system, saying that the move is aimed at strengthening turkey's overa

we expect the iaea to immediately investigate the disturbing information and report to the iaea boardnother nuclear facility without notifying the iaea represents a direct challenge to the basic exact at the center of the nonproliferation regime. and the nations with nuclear weapons must move towards disarment, and those nations without nuclear weapons must for sake them. the exact has largely held for decades keeping the world safer and secure. that compact depends on all nations living up to their responsibilities. this site deepens a growing concern that iran is refusing to live up to the international responsibilities, including specifically revealing all nuclear-related activities. as the international community knows, this is not the first time that iran has concealed information about its nuclear program. and iran has a right to peaceful nuclear power that meets the energy needs of its people, but the size and configuration of the facility is inconsistent with a peaceful program. iran is breaking rules that all nations must follow, and endangering the regime, and denying its ow

we expect the iaea to immediately investigate this disturbing information and to report to the iaea boardision to build yet another nuclear facility without notifying the iaea represents a direct challenge to the basic compact at the center of the non-proliferation regime. these rules are clear -- all nations have the right to peaceful nuclear energy. those nations with nuclear weapons must move towards disarmament. those nations without nuclear weapons must forsake them. that compact has largely held for decades, keeping the world far safer and more secure. and that compact depends on all nations living up to their responsibilities. this site deepens a growing concern that iran is refusing to live up to those international responsibilities, including specifically revealing all nuclear-related activities. as the international community knows, this is not the first time that iran has concealed information about its nuclear program. iran has a right to peaceful nuclear power that meets the energy needs of its people, but the size and configuration of this facility is inconsistent with a pea

the iaea will come take a look. it's nothing new.them six months ahead of the time of using the facilities. he says they have another year left before they are planning to use the facility. he says this was a mistake, they, referring to obama, sarkozy and brown, will be sorry. he says this is not how you enter negotiations. he says, quote, this is not nice. >>> now, it's time for the caucus. the round up of the week's big stories with "the new york times" leading journal itselves. john, who is joining us? >> we have, today, andrews a correspondent with "the new york times." he's with me in pittsburgh. he's on capitol hill and elizabeth, a washington correspondent who covers defense and foreign policy. first up is iran. elizabeth, tell me how significant you think this is and what is the prospect of the united states? >> very big questions there. what this does now, for the united states, is make its case for sanctions against iran stronger. there's hope the russians and chinese will come along and support a new round of sanctions. no

and he even said that the new so-called secret plant was reported to the iaea within the iaea rules and regulations and the guy sounds like a lawyer, who is parsing every little piece of language, to try and get away with it. >> right, and it will provide the russians with what they need to say, you know, technically, it's not in violation of the safeguards agreement with the iaea and may be in violation of the security council resolution, but, we are talking to the iranians, let's not do anything precipitous and all the while, iran will continue its activities and, really, open up another question, if there was a secret enrichment site at koum are there other secret sites we have not known about or had confidence what was happening there and the iranians are in effect backing up the nuclear capacity against the possibility of an israeli military strike. >> eric: there were reports that there could be as many as a dozen, this just one of them, u.s. ambassador, john bolten, fox news contributor, thank you for joining us, always good to see you with us every sunday morning. >> thank you.

why did it bother telling iaea about it. >> the cheating part is important.ea to iran, north korea is saying we want the bomb, have the bomb, boom, here is the bomb. iran has traditionally said, we don't want the bomb, we don't have the bomb. in fact, our supreme leader says it's against the religion. our issue is we don't trust them the issue of trust is important. if they say they have come clean and later we find an additional thing has happened, then they come up saying legally the iaea says we adopt have to report it six months before operational, it's not operational, we used legalese terms to justify the fact we didn't come clean. the element of trust goes away. that's important. >> is iran's ultimate goal nuclear weapons. if so, is it for defense or for war, the offense? >> i honestly believe what they are telling us, they do not want a nuclear bomb, that's correct. however, they want the capability of having a nuclear bomb and basically break through and have a bomb if necessary within a few months. that is disturbing if we don't trust the regime, wh

both russia and china issued statements about the iaea going back in for inspections. comprehensive inspections. so we can sit at the table now as president clinton said in a coalition. one that is, together. we can talk about not just sticks, but also carrots. look, iran understandably, it worries about its security. we also know that iran can have influence from al qaeda, iraq, afghanistan, and to the middle east. there's a way to induce behavior and there's a way to talk quietly with it that there's a cost-benefit way to do it. you can only do it if you're talking with your opponent as we did to the soviet union or people's republic of china. >> i think russians play a big key in all of this. >> absolutely. >> i have to ask you, joe, the united states, president obama making the decision about the missiles in the czech region. do you think this plays into all of this? >> it was a very instrumental piece. we took out of the czech republic and poland a stick in the russian bear's eye. we placed that capababilitcapab. it's actually a near-term capability for us. by rem

and we work within the framework of the iaea. this does not mean anything was done secretly.sn't mean that we must inform mr. obama's administration of every facility that we have. >> meanwhile, french president sarkozy has said iran has until december to comply or face new international sanctions. this is the tehran bureau chief for nbc news and joins us live from tehran this afternoon. what has been the reaction from the iranian people to all of this news coming out of the g-20 today? >> the reaction from iran is outrage at the statements that are being made by the p-5 plus one. they're saying they are trying to stack the table against them before the meeting in geneva on october 1st and this is all a psychological game to gain the upper hand against iran them insist their nuclear program is a peaceful one and there has been nothing clandestine themselves say they've been an open book. but the p-5 plus one don't seem to believe them. >> what kind of response have the iranian people had, that the president of france has said, if they don't come play, that there will be new s

and that's why it can be settled if the iaea goes in there. at least they can know about the facility, they can put it under safeguards and in a sense remove it from the category of secret sites that could be used for iran to make nuclear weapons either through a breakout scenario or just in secret as a parallel program. but ultimately, until iran comes clean, we won't know. >> woodruff: but you're saying there is a chance that it could be a civilian -- >> it is always a chance. or it could be that iran doesn't know what it is going to do with it. that they were creating a nuclear weapons capability and that they haven't made a decision to build nuclear weapons but if they do, then this site was going to be an extremely important part of the implementation of that policy. >> woodruff: so if iran does not come forward, does not permit inspections, does not give the information, what is the -- how does the rest of the world discover what is really going on? >> well, it is going to be very hard. but you know, one hopes that the intelligence infor

i think ahmadinejad and the ayatollah are going to have to come clean with the iaea, with the world and their own people on this. and prove if they can that this is not a weapons facility. >> ed schultz, you talked to the country a couple of times a day every day. what do you think goes through people's minds out there in the middle of the country in iowa and the great northwest, up in seattle, way up in portland, maine, when they their phrase "under sanctions." >> they would rather have that. the revealing of this seek facility today that has been denied in the past, this is a great political opportunity for this president to show that this is the man that he talked about on the campaign trail, that he can bring people together, he can lead, that he can bring coalitions together. i think it is very encouraging for the white house to hear what medvedev is saying from russia and about how they have new relations with the united states. it was very cold at the end have to bush administration. i thought president obama did a good job. today his demeanor, his academic approach to this, his

i asked iran about the iaea enit says it has been coming clean. so, you know, it is really what is the truth and this meeting next week i think is going to be very important to setting the -- setting things straight. you know, we want to have dialogue. we want the truth and we want to have an opportunity, i think, both sides, we being the world, to not have iran go down this road because, obviously, it's very dangerous not only to the middle east but the entire world. >> indeed. ann curry, many thanks. >> my pleasure. >>> new details. alleged plot authorities are calling one of the most significant terror threats to the u.s. since 9/11 at this hour the afghan-born man charged with conspiracy to use wmeds wmed wmed is in denver. they say he set up shop in a denver suburb and visiting beauty supply stores all in a hunt for chemicals needed to build bombs for al qaeda. pete williams is in washington for us. pete, good morning to you. what is happening now in court? >> there's a procedural thing that has to be worked out here. there was an earlier cha

agency, the iaea, to inspect the newly revealed nuke site.ut peter, is there anything that this administration can do that the previous administrations have not done in terms of dealing with iran? i mean, we know there's going to be some negotiating starting on october 1st, but how much can be gained from that? >> well, i'll tell you, there are a couple of things, alex. first of all, as president clinton said in the previous clip, going face to face with people on things like this is definitely the way to go, but the second very important point here is that in addition, of course, to having the french and the british support and nato support on this, you also have the russians and, to a certain extent, the chinese. in other words, iran is backed into a bit of a corner, because they have the world community now saying, whoa, whoa, whoa, wait a minute, this is the third strike. you've done this twice now. you've lied about your program. and their statement now that they are going to allow inspectors in is a healthy one. we hope, though, that it

and its allies by reporting the site voluntarily to the iaea. now, the u.s.pparently known about this for about six years, but the iaea says it only got a cryptic letter from iran about the facility this week. the timing here, why is it all blowing up now and how much does it have to do with the meetings coming up thursday in geneva? >> well, according to the white house, the administration's known about this for some time. there were suspicions about the facility in the early phases of construction going back to the bush administration. and president obama allegedly told his national security aides, we want this all out on the table before we enter into some serious negotiations. prepare a briefing. you never know when we might need it. and then the theory is that the iranians smelled it out. they want to be the first to release the news, not have others do it on them, so they sent that letter to iaea on monday, and then there were a flurry of meetings in new york with the president and his aides, and they decided to go ahead and go public with what they kne

. >> and iaea requirements.expect the iaea to immediately investigate this disturbing information and to report to the iaea board of governors. now, iran's decision to build yet another nuclear facility without notifying the iaea represents a direct challenge to the basic compact at the center of the nonproliferation regime. these rules are clear. all nations have the right to peaceful nuclear energy. those nations with nuclear weapons must move toward disarm. those naigs without nuclear weapons must forsake them. that compact has largely held for decades, keeping the world far safer and more secure. that compact depends on all nations living up to their responsibilities. this site deepens a growing concern that iran is refusing to live up to those international responsibilities, including specifically revealing all nuclear-related activities. as the international community knows, this is not the first time that iran has concealed information about its nuclear program. iran has a right to paeeaceful nuclear powe

the iaea has not acted in good faith. it's been underplaying the iranian threat for years, but it's becoming increasingly evident, but i want to add one point on. this this is going to be an historic day in the life of eastern europe. we have now declared that eastern europe, which had assumed that after the cold war, had joined the west in and would enjoy its protection, is now, in many ways on its own, subject to russian and germ german pressure. imagine if the poles and czechs are upset about this. imagine if a georgian shape is found in waters that were once a province of georgia, will will be seized, so it has escalated the war of words on ukraine and all of eastern europe now is in play. >> i disagree with that. poland and the czech republic are in nato, but it does send a signal that we are -- that we are weak in relation to relations with the russian and if they want to do something in georgia and ukraine, which are not members of nato, that be our guest. >> there is something that obama policy has done, retreat,

and to report to the iaea board of governors.t another nuclear facility, without notifying the iaea, represents a direct challenge to the basic compact at the center of the nonproliferation regime. these rules are clear. all nations have the right to peaceful, nuclear energy. those nations with nuclear weapons must move towards disarmament. those nations without nuclear weapons must forsake them. that compact has largely held for decades, keeping the world far safer and more secure. and that compact depends on all nations living up to their responsibilities. this site deepens a growing concern that iran is refusing to live up to those internatial responsibilities, including specifically revealing all nuclear-related activities. as the international community knows, this is not the first time that iran has concealed information about its nuclear program. iran has a right to peaceful nuclear power, that meets the energy needs of its people. but the size and configuration of this facility is inconsistent with a peaceful program. ira

nonetheless, these leaks out of the iaea in vienna come at an awkward time as president obama tries to engage iran and radically change missile defense plans for europe. bret: raised a lot of eyebrows around here. jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. thank you. let's look now at the political fallout from the president's move. here is senior white house correspondent major garrett. >> president obama walked into a firestorm of criticism republicans hurling adjectives like appeasement and betrayal alleging that the president buckled under russian pressure and sent a signal of weakness to iran. the president denied both charges all we have repeatedly made clear to russia that its concerns about our previous missile defense programs were entirely unfounded. our clear and consistent focus has been the focus of iran's ballistic missile program. that continues to be our focus. >> the white house specifically denied any deals with russia. >> this is not about russia. this is about protecting our homeland. it's about protecting the troops that we have deployed overseas and to protect our fre

we expect the iaea to immediately investigate this disturbing information and to report to the iaea board now iran's decision to build yet another nuclear facility without notifying the iaea represents a direct challenge to the basic compact at the center of the nonproliferation regime. these rules are clear. all nations have the right to peaceful nuclear energy. those nations with nuclear weapons must move toward disarmament. and those nations without nuclear weapons must fore sake them. that compact has largely held for decades, keeping the world far safer and more secure. and that compact depends on all nations living up to their responsibilities. this site deepens a growing concern that iran is refusing to live up to those international responsibilities, including specifically revealing all nuclear-related activities. as the international community knows, this is notthe first time that -- iran has concealed information about their nuclear program. they have the right to nuclear power to meet the energy needs of their people. but the size and configuration of this facility is inconsist

resolutions an contrary to the rules governing the iaea.terms of meeting, i have said repeatedly that we're going to operate on two tracks, that our preferred method of action is diplomatic, but if that does not work, then other consequences may follow. i also said, and this was debated extensively here in the united states, because there were some who suggested, you know, you can't talk to iran, so what's the point? that my keeping the path of of diplomacy open, that would actually strengthen world unity and our collective efforts to then hold iran accountable, and i think you're starting to see the product of that strategy unfold during the course of this week. what we saw at the united nations, in the security council, was a strong affirmation of the principles of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, and as a consequence, the iaea is strengthened, and those countries who follow the rules are strengthened when it comes to dealing with countries like north korea and iran that don't follow the rules, and that means that when we find that t

the iaea officially denies the a.p. report to fox news, saying it has no concrete proof that iran has and nuclear weapons program. stay with fox for the very latest, but first, is congress cornered? can congress continue to look the other way and pretend nothing is going on? you have seen the tapes about acorn giving advice to a filmmaker and his associates posing as a pimp and a prostitute. by a vote of 85-11, the senate approved an amendment that block funding to acorn. there is also a bill to permanently ban acorn from receiving federal funds. many co-sponsored that bill, and a republican senators sent a letter signed by other senators to senate majority leader harry reid. what is in the letter? the republican senators are asking him to hold hearings and investigates acorn. yes, the heat is on. senator lindsey graham joins us. will there be hearings? >> how do you look the average american taxpayer in the eye and say, "this is a good use of your tax money to be? greta: why did it take so long? why did it take two kid

mahmouahmadinejad responded -- >> tnslator: iran's actvities are cpletely within the framework of iaea rules. i waquite surpred. whate did was complely legal. we inrmed the agency, agency ll come and take a loo is nothing. >> reporter: this latt news rais the stakes the talks scheduled for next week between the united tates, several major powers an ira at those talk the memrs of the security council an germany hope to convice iran to abdon s nuclear ambitions, once and for all. if it doe not, british prime minister gdon brown said that the world wld have no choice but to furnish iran with tougher sanctions. confronted by the serial deceptn of many years,he internatiol community has no choice today bu to draw a line in the sand. and we a prepare implement further, andore stringent, sations so. >> the lelihood of harsh sanctions took atep forward en predent medvedev suggested he would sport them. he reiteratethose remarks to a grp of studes yesterday in pittsbur. ssia's coopation is considered eential given its ading relationship with iran. >>> we want to tak a cser ok at this latest rev

you are just another country, a member state of the iaea like everyone. >> president obama said quote the size and configuration of this facility, the one mentioned today, is inconsistent with the peace program. what is your response to the president of the united states? that it is inconsistent with the peace program? >> translator: i don't think mr. obama is a nuclear expert. we think that we have to leave it to the iaea and let them carry out their duties. >> he's in new york today. he dodged a question about whether there are other nuclear facilities we don't know about. in his news conference later today, chuck todd joins us from pittsburgh where he made the remarks. >> reporter: the president was asked repeatedly today, what's next. you revealed the evidence you believe iran is trying to nuke lee arize. he pointed to october 1 and the talks andrea mitchell pointed out. seemed to duck the idea of how long they would give the iranians. talking to officials behind the scenes, they believe that iran has to immediately allow for the atomic agency to inspect. two, this may be about tr

resolutions and contrary to the rules governing the iaea. in terms of meeting, i have said repeatedly that we're going to operate on two tracks -- that our preferred method of action is diplomatic. but if that does not work, then other consequences may follow. i also said, and this was debated extensively here in the united states, because there were some who suggested you can't talk to iran, what's the point, that by keeping the path of diplomacy open that would actually strengthen world unity and our collective efforts to then hold iran accountable. i think you're starting to see the product of that strategy unfold during the course of this week. what we saw at the united nations, in the security council, was a strong affirmation of the principles of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and as a consequence the iaea is strengthened and those countries who follow the rules are strengthened when it comes to dealing with countries like north korea and iran that don't follow the rules. and that means that when we find that diplomacy does not w

the iaea is saying that iran has sufficient information to build a nuclear weapon and that they have made significant progress in developing their way to deliver a nuclear payload. in other words, a missile. there is new -- there is a new accusation that the iaea is withholding crucial information from the united states and its allies. jennifer, what does the latest reports say, exactly? >> this is significant because essentially it is a secret and acts that the french foreign minister has asked that the iaea to release. it leaked out yesterday, embarrassing to the obama administration. listen to what we got from the amex. iran has worked on developing a chamber inside of a ballistic missile. it says that they engaged in probable testing of explosives. the agency assesses that iran has sufficient information to be able design and produce half a workable implosion nuclear device based on highly enriched uranium. this is explosive stuff. essentially it is the assessment that we are being told of, a working assumption containment acts. in stark contrast with what they have been saying p

security council resolutions and iaea rearments. >> today on iranian state television, iran publicly acknowledged the existence of the facility. the plant is built near the holy city of qom, some 160 kilometers south of tehran. earlier in the week iran privately informed the international atomic energy agency of the plant's existence but said it was not operational and would on used for nuclear energy. president obama was skeptical. >> the international community knows that this is not the first time that iran has concealed information about its nuclear program. iran has a right to peaceful nuclear power that meets the energy needs of its people. but the size and configuration of this facility is inconsistent with a peaceful program. >> later, iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad responded -- >> translator: iran's activities are completely within the framework of iaea rules. i was quite surprised. what we did was completely legal. we informed the agency, the agency will come and take a look, it's nothing. >> reporter: this latest news raises the stakes the talks scheduled for next w

information was then given to the iaea.they probably, in turn, went to iran and said, what is going on? that probably prompted the letter to the iaea, recognizing that they could not conceal it. they tried to bring it back within their safeguard agreement to show that it was legitimate, even though it is being built in an underground complex on top of a former military ground. jon: if they are all about civilian peaceful use for energy, why are they building it in secret? >> exactly, and that is consistent with 20 years of iranian behavior of lying to the international community. i was struck by the comments in pittsburgh, how strong and direct president sarkozy and prime minister brown was, and how curiously week president obama was. he said iran had to restore the confidence of the international community. good luck with that, mr. president. jon: let me read a quotation from nicolas sarkozy -- iran is already under three sets of you and sanctions? >> -- u.n. sanctions? >> three sets of very weak sanctions. the real moment

we expect the iaea to immediately investigate this disturbing information and to report to the iaea boardvernors. now, iran's decision to build yet another nuclear facility, without notifying the iaea represents a direct challenge to the center of the non-proliferation regime. it's clear. all nations have a right to peaceful nuclear energy. those nations with nuclear weapons must move towards disarmament. those nations without nuclear arms must forsake them. that compact has held for decades keeping the world far safer and more secure. that compact depends on all nations living up to their responsibilities. this site deepens a growing concern that iran is refusing to live up to the international responsibilities including specifically revealing all nuclear-related activities. the international communities knows this not the first time iran has concealed information about its nuclear program. iran has a right to peaceful nuclear power that meets the energy needs of its people. but the size and configuration of this facility is inconsistent with a peaceful program. iran is breaking rules th

officials said that the iranians wrote a letter to the iaea disclosing the facilities existence, and claiming that it was being built for innocent purposes. that letter prompted american british and french officials to fly to vienna to make their presentation to the :♪&iaea yesterday, and make their charge public this morning. >> politically, this is so devastating to iran. >> reporter: david albright is a former u.n. weapons inspector. >> here's iran caught red-handed building another significant nuclear facility that can be used to make material for nuclear weapons. >> reporter: existence of such a facility, and iran's previous nondisclosure of it, would be just the latest examples of iran not come flipping with united nations resolutions. >> confronted by the serial deception of many years, the international community has no choice today but to draw a line in the sand. >> reporter: the three leaders today demanded that iran comply with inspections, fully disclose their nuclear program at a meeting with the u.s. and other nations next thursday, and fully comply with u.n. resolution

something they've signed with the iaea, as well as u.n. security council resolutions. we will demand that ie inspectors have access to the facility and to personnel, to documents surrounding the facility. there is no doubt this is in violation of their own obligations to which they're a party. i think if -- i think it will be, i think it will show the world and i think the onus is on the iranians to show the world that the program that they have is a peaceful program to create energy, rather than a secret program for nuclear weapons. i think if you're -- if the iranians are unwilling to discuss something that should have been reported to the iaea years ago, i think that's quite telling. but, again, i don't want to prejudge. i'll let, i'll let them do their own talking. yes, sir. >> the president today in the oval office with secretary-general said that he defined the mission in afghanistan as dismantling and disrupting and destroying the al qaeda network and working with the afghan network to provide security for that country. how would you define effectively working w

why didn't allow iaea inspectors in from the very beginning? this is part of a pattern of deception and lies on the parts of iranians from the very beginning. there's no wonder that world leaders think they have alter tif motives. they have a plan to go forward with nuclear weapons. otherwise, why would they do all this in such a deceptive manner? >> u.s. intelligence had been tracking this site for quite some time before president obama made it public. is this the only secret site that we know of? >> well, i'm not going to get into that. i would just say that we're watching very closely. >> does the united states government believe that iran has an active nuclear weapons program? >> i think, in my personal opinion, is that the iranians have the intention of having nuclear weapons. i think the question of whether they have made a formal decision to move towards the development of nuclear weapons is in doubt. >> u.s. ambassador to the iaea said a couple of weeks ago, iran is close to what he called breakout capacity on developing a nuclear weapo

there is a leaked report out tonight out of the iaea in vienna. suggesting that, in fact, there is a secret annex to an iaea report suggesting that iran actually has sufficient information, it says, to build a nuclear bomb and has been experimenting with delivery systems. this is very different from what we have heard officially and publicly from the iaea harmid, who the u.s., france, israel and others have been accused of suppressing this information, shep. shepard: jennifer griffin live at the pentagon tonight. jennifer, thanks. one place where this is receiving warm reaction is russia. the president there says that the decision is a responsible move. remember, his country strongly opposed the missile shield so russia is happy. but, does the united states actually get anything out of this? major garrett with that part of the story. is he life at the white house tonight. major, the president says there is no quid pro quo here whatsoever. >> that's right. and senior administration officials briefing us here at the white house said this decision wa

somehow they must have found out that, or they wouldn't have voluntarily notified the iaea about this. >> david, former president clinton's emerging role in the national dialogue with president obama is kind of interesting. is there any rational explanation for it? he's back bigger than ever, it seems. >> he is. it's an important voice, it seems, who is not shy about offering kind of sharp analysis about where this is going and where it should go. i think what's interesting about this, there are still some u unresolved questions about where this should go? it's ahmadinejad who makes a lot of the noise. this has been clarifying in that the administration is in a position to now say we know you have this. this is what happens if you continue on, and as the president and former president says, this is the kind of deal we can construct here. what president clinton said today that will be on the program on sunday, the timing is critical right now because if iran progresses too far down a road where conflict becomes inevitable, all of this engagement doesn't have the impact that is intended

the iaea keeps saying what nuclear weapons program?bottom line is we have the totality of iran's nuclear material under safeguards and there has been no diversion and no evidence of a nuclear weapons program. iran declared this facility. we didn't discover it. they discovered it and it will be subject. a huge amount of correlation to the hype that led up to the iraq war and hype taking place today and if we don't bring it under control americans may wake up one morning in the not so distant future finding we're yet another war in the middle east. >> scott, it's dylan. you've been very effective at laying out what the reality is as opposed to what the fantasy or the fear may be or whatever the politics may be. what is it we as journalists should be demanding from answers from our politicians as they present rhetoric, one. two, what is voters should expect from the u.s. as a matter of policy in dealing with iran? journalists to politicians and voters to politicians specific to this issue with iran. >> the key thing is demand facts. this

. >> we report to the iaea board of governs. >> how this is just coming out now and what can the u.s.t we're not doing already with iran snp live to the g-20. leaders talking economy, protesters clashing with police. hopefully, that won't overshadow critical talks here. not only on the economy, but on security. >>> authorities say he raided beauty supply stores to gather scary ingredients. we will find out what those might have been. >>> public option do or die critical vote on the government health care plan delayed until monday and now the vote on the wyden free choice amendment postponed until today. senator kay bailey hutchinson joins us talking freedom. can we get real option and in this country for health care. pull up a meeting and join the "morning meeting." it's 10:00 a.m. >>> dramatic developments in the nuclear showdown with iran this morning. a short time ago at the g-20 summit in pittsburgh, president obama demanded immediate international inspections after iran is indeed building a secret underground nuclear plant. >> the size and configuration of this facility is incons

but this is from the iaea itself, and that is a significant step forward. it is based on intelligence from an iranian dissident who left with a laptop in 2002 or 2003, shared the information with the united states, and now the iadb -- iaea has confirmed the information on the laptop, and that is what is being shared on this and next -- in the annex. it is stunning about the report is that it is coming out on the same day, yesterday, that the obama administration says it will roll back some of the missile defense sites in europe. so some are saying that this was a carefully-planned week -- leak tended to show the potential danger of what is going on in around -- iran. intelligence had changed to such a degree that they thought the long-range missiles were not as much of a threat as previously thought. previously, iran tried to put a satellite into orbit, and at some say it is part of a ballistic missile program. and they also tested a two-stage fuel rocket that shows they are trying to make progress with rockets. what is being said has been interpreted in di

security council resolutions and iaea requirements.gate this and report to the board of governors. iran's decision to build another facility represents a direct challenge to the basics challenge. these rules are clear. all nations have the right to peaceful nuclear energy. those nations with nuclear weapons move toward disarmament. those nations without nuclear weapons must forsake them. but compaq has largely held for decades, keeping the world far safer and secure. that depends on all nations holding up their responsibilities. this depends a growing concern that iran is refusing to live up to international responsibilities, including specifically revealing all nuclear activities. the international community knows this is not the first time that iran has conceal information about its nuclear program. iran has a right to peaceful nuclear power that leads the energy needs of its people. the size and configuration of this facility is inconsistent with a peaceful program. iran is breaking rules that all nations must follow, endangering th

this was disclosed because iran was complying with iaea requests for diz closure, is that valid? is it not true that iran also agreed to inspections? in other words, the reason we know about this is not because we caught them but because iran disclosed it in accordance with iaea standards? >> well, according to u.s. officials we have been talking to, including counter proliferation officials, it's the opposite of what iran said. while they don't say israel, you can bet israel intelligence has known about this for a couple years and were keeping an eye on it. somehow just recently iran caught wind of the fact that the international community was about to blow the whisle on iran and so they stepped forward to say we wanted to come forward and be as open as we can about this, but it's the opposite according to officials that we are talking about to in washington. >> understanding they had been found out and then they came forward and said look what we have? >> that's exactly what happened according to officials we have been talking to. >> what, if anything, can the international com

now, iran's decision to build yet another nuclear facility without notifying the iaea represents a direction regime. these rules are clear. all nations have the right to peaceful nuclear energy. those nations with nuclear weapons must move towards disarmament. those nations without thuk clear weapons must for salt sake them about that compact has largely held for decades, keeping the world far safe errands more secure. and that compact depends on all nations living up to their responsibilities. this site deepens a growing concern that iran is refusing to live up to those international responsibilities, including specifically revealing all nuclear related activities. as the international community know, this is not the first time that iran has concealed information about its nuclear ram. iran has a right to peaceful nuclear power that meets the energy needs of its people, but the size and configuration of this pa silt facility is incons with a peaceful program. iran is breaking rules that all nations must follow. endangering the global nonproliferation regime, denying its own people access

a positive sign, the administration briefers earlier talked about the iaea already having begun their work. one of the questions, now will the iaea investigation slow down the negotiations that are supposed to begin october 1st, the administration said un-unh, go ahead and press them as hard as we can. >> john, just heard obama sound bite which he said they built the plan without notifying the international atomic energy agency. if iran had given notice works that have been allowed, been okay, would it violate some international rule or something? >> would have been subject to inspection buys the international atomic energy inspection agency, which is designed to make sure that countries that don't have nuclear weapons respect developing them. under the nuclear nonproliferation treaty, countries, including iran have agreed to that by not notifying, permitting those inspections, they are in violation of that agreement. the u.n. security council ordered iran to make all the nuke cheer facilities arain isable to inspectors, now a new one added to the list and a very aggressive effort to