>> well i think this speech today is a prelude to the negotiation with the iaea that you mentioned. i think it makes clear what iran's position is. and, i think it torques up the position, that we'll give away more and legitimize more of iran's nuclear program. and, from mahmoud ahmadinejad's point, why not? it has always worked in the past and perhaps he opens it will work this time. >> eric: and, when they start the meetings tomorrow in vienna, it may not be working? >> i'm afraid for some including the obama administration it will not get through. in the media today there are stories written by commentators and others basically describing, this is a done deal. the iranians are going to given their enrichment to 20% of the u-235 isotope, done at the fordo facility and will shim the 20% uranium out of the country and basically everything is done, what could go wrong? i think in that atmosphere, what he is doing is saying, if i can get that far, without making any concessions, if i raise the temperature maybe i can get even more. >> eric: and, there are 60 scientists working and the

the iaea wants access to the parchin military complex near the capital. experts suspect the site is being used for nuclear experiments. the united states and european union are poised to implement an oil embargo against iran in late june and july. iranian officials will meet delegates from the u.s. and europe in baghdad on wednesday. iran is hoping to persuade the western powers to ease the sanctions. an agreement with the iaea could give iran leverage in those talks. >>> senior diplomats from japan, south korea, and the united states met in seoul to talk about how to deal with a common threat. they agreed to take concerted action against north korea if the reclusive nation tests another nuclear weapon. the diplomats are chief delegates to the six party talks on the north's nuclear program. it's the first time the group met since north korean authorities failed last month to launch what they called a satellite carrying rocket. >> if the dplk goes for further escalation, we are to take unified and coordinated actions and responses. >> we're united in our r

>> first of all, the iaea have open questions, trying to resolve those questions. part a effort includes a on-the- ground visits to these facilities. that having been said, we know that the iran program originated from a concealed program for 20 years. when it comes to what with an intelligence concept, obviously we will not talk about that on the show. but rest assured, there is a lot of advice on that patch of desert. >> what is the job of the security council, vis a vis this whole business of nuclear- weapons, terrorism? >> the national security council is supposed to coordinate to make sure that the president's guidance is being followed, that his policy direction is being executed, and to take advantage of the expertise and enthusiasm of our colleagues to present new concepts up to the president. we see ourselves moving backwards, forwards, and down the chain of command. but we are really a place where if there is a dispute or an issue where we need to pull together, to be sure we accomplished the u.s. policy goal, it is the national security council that help

iaea deputy director general herman nakurz and the chief nuclear envoy attended a second day of talks on tuesday. their focus was on whether iran will allow international inspectors to visit the military site. experts believe iran is developing nuclear weapons there. >> we have had progress on these issue regarding the preparing, negotiating, modality and framework. >> we had a good exchange of views, and we will meet again on monday. >> however, neither side elaborated. >>> diplomatic sources say iran may seek a compromise with the iaea in the next meeting. the talks will resume two days before iran meets with the united states and five other nations to discuss its nuclear program. the sources say iranian leaders believe that a deal with the iaea would give them an upper hand in negotiations to ease economic sanctions. >>> china's navy is extending its reach in the pacific ocean. japanese officials say chinese boats have just returned from a deep water exercise. they say the drills are aimed at improving china's capability for long-term operations. defense ministry officials say crew

morning, ambassador. >> good morning, glad to be here. >> eric: good to see you, this head of the iaea, he has been tough on the iranians, what do you expect could come of the meeting. >> the press speculation is that he'll go to seal a deal with iran, not that it achieves anything substantive, but sets up a work schedule for iran to resolve the many, many questions the international atomic energy agency has outstanding. that, i think is intended to be a prelude for the perm-5-plus-one, to go this week and, they are likely to agree to some kind of essentially false deal with iran in order to avoid the possibility of an israeli strike against iran's nuclear weapons program. >> eric: what type of false deal, as you say, feenpotential could that be. >> all the indications are the obama administration an european negotiators are prepared to accept iran enriching uranium to reactor-grade levels and they want iran to stop to enrich 20% of the u-235 isotope which is going on at the fordo facility buried deep within a mountaineer the city of kum, a repudiation by the west of the security counc

>>guest: since them when the iaea issued another critical report on iran's alleged nuclear activists.lieves and they have said publicly, there are too many activists inconsistent with a peaceful program and they need --. >>shepard: like of like saddam? >>guest: yes but because of saddam hussein and the intelligence community got the estimate of saddam's capability so wrong everyone is super cautious about what the iranians do or do not have. there is tremendous infighting among the analysts whether this explosive chamber exists and whether it exists at the facility the iaea has wanted to visit. >> sow now it is a matter of finding out if it is real? or if they used it? or what? >>guest: step back for a minute and say it is not a question of the chamber but what is going on is leaking of information just before the p5 plus one, the leg of the security council, sit down with iran in another session in baghdad this time next week, and, in fact, today, the iaea inspecters are meeting with iranian officials to discuss the allegeed explosive chamber and other issues that are expected to com

i reviewed the iaea report on its fact finding expert mission. i reviewed the japanese government's report to the iaea and finally, i reviewed our own u.s. near seas report. my preliminary conclusion, preliminary because not all the information is in. and still today, it's not in. is that there was a great deal of dissimilarities between the sights. here in the u.s. and particularly the one i studied. so i concluded and i sort of sint thized the story of fukushima my own mind, that my story was that fukushima accident was in hindsight foreseeable and hindsight foreseeable. that may sound like a non se-- number one, the plant was located about 110 miles from the intersection of two tech tonic plates, so-called ring of fire. the natural sight elevation originally a former imperial japanese air force base was actually lowered from its original elevation 35 meter high. it was lowered 25 meters to drop below ten meters, exposing the sight to the impact, increasing the tsunami risk, if you will. for a variety of reasons, the sea wall that was installed

will iran be willing to agree to intrusive 24/7 iaea inspections? they haven't been? iaea inspectors haven't been in the plant, the one that president obama revealed publicly in autumn of 2009, and iran has been playing fast and loose. i think the administration is going to play on all three of the counts, i think. how much they'll get is uncertain. >> i would just add, i think the inspection point is important. it looks as if the iranians are going to give up on keeping the iaea out, because there is indication they're cleaning the place up. but intrusive inspections, signing additional protocol would be key signs that iran is actually stopping. >> let me understand one point. there is no doubt in my mind there is a difference between doing a whole deal and an interim step. one of the reasons you would still accept an interim step is because the iranians aren't going to get the kind of sanctions they want or need. so it seems to me when you're looking at this, you have to look at it from both sides. and i don't mean our side and their side. but i am -- what i do mean

the approach. >> the iran negotiator said it's the first time since 2007 that iran has accepted an iaea proposal to allow wider inspections. >>> egyptian voters will start casting their ballots on wednesday for the first presidential election since mubarak was toppled last year. it will be the first freely held poll. front runners include muhammad morrissey of the muslim brotherhood and islamic fundamentalist group, and fortua, an islamist who left the group. the strong contenders are former prime minister shafick and former league secretary-general musa. both were members of the mubarak administration. islamic parties marked a major victory in the parliamentary polls in january. tensions between party supporters have been increasing, along with skirmishes throughout the country. the nation's ruling military council said it will deploy 120,000 troops to prevent turmoil during the two-day voting period. >>> malaysia's opposition leader ibrahim is no stranger to the country's justice system. and he found himself in court again on tuesday. here's the details of the new case against anwar.

. >>> iaea director-general yukiya amano said he held comprehensive discussions with iranian officials on the country's nuclear program. he spoke with said jalili in tehran man. amano said there was a good atmosphere to the meeting and it will have a positive impact on nuclear talks between iran and the five u.n. security council permanent members plus germany in the iraqi capital baghdad on wednesday. jalil said he had positive talks with amano on issues such as nuclear nonproliferation. iran described the talks as candid. the two sides are thought to have discussed ways to carry out nuclear verification. the iaea wants access to the parchon military site experts expect it is being used for nuclear experiments. >>> a terrorist group in yemen with ties to al qaeda is claiming responsibility for a deadly bombing. the explosion happened monday in the capital sanaa. it killed at least 90 soldiers. spokesperson for the group tells nhk the suicide bombing was revenge for killings by government forces. he's vowing militants in yemen will carry out similar attacks in the future. officials wit

israel says it is highly skeptical about the iaea deal. the iranian regime is pressing ahead with its efforts to create what it calls a halal internet -- in other words, and internet that conforms with islamic theology. >> they have already prevented banks, insurance companies, and telephone providers from using foreign-based internet services. >> the ultimate goal of the regime is to establish a parallel internet, over which it could exercise total control. >> the website of iran's cyber police leaves no doubt as to retract any enemies of the state. they are on facebook and google, portrayed here as western capitalists and evil. an animated click warns of the corrupting influence of the internet. and of what can happen if he tried to contact the wrong people. this iranian blogger has lived in exile in canada for the last seven years. he says he knows exactly what iran's internet overlord's have in store. >> the master plan is to be able to cut off the internet when needed, to sort of had a key, and they would be able to make it an island

that's why last week the week began with this announcement about this great agreement with the iaea. if we look at news reports today as you mentioned of iran blocking iaea inspector access that's correct deal lasted less than a week. >> blocking access, not handing over the information, yet they will still try to talk again next month. hopefully it will resolve in a peaceful manner but as you have said time and time again here on sunday mornings, you are suspicious. as always, thank you for coming in, ambassador bolton. >> happy memorial day. >> you too. >> take care, ambassador. in egypt many christians are taking to the streets in protests. they are rallying against harass hen from the nation's majority and they are expressing concerning about what might happen to their religious freedoms if a want date backed by the muslim brotherhood wins the election there. we are following this and streaming live from cairo. hi. >> hi. even secular egyptians and secular muslim egyptians don't exactly like the choice they have in this coming presidential election now that the run off is basical

ambassador, how feckless is the iaea? they still remain positive about the possible expects of getting in there. >> i want to say something positive will the iaea. under the new director, they have taken a much harder line with the iranians. the previous director was practically in iran's pocket. if anything in the past year and a half since he took over, he has taken a harder line with iran than the obama administration has. this effort to get access is something that's serious. there is additional information that iran has been trying to clean up this site at warchan. so the stakes are high. i wouldn't be surprised if iran lets the iaea in if they convinced there is nothing for them to find. megyn: are we to trust that? if there is nothing to find on may 14 or 15, does that mean there was nothing to find a month or two ago? >> quite likely not. which is why the iranians have been cleaning it up. they may have moved it to another base we are not familiar with. that part of their strategy to throw sand in our eyes in adva

this is the iaea it's the watch dog agency. they have an acute suspicion about this.eeking answers to questions and they haven't gotten them. iran claims that it has a nuclear program that based only on peacefulness. >> we're not in the position to validate that that's the indication. they want access to these kinds of sites, they want access to people, they want access to documents and they have been basically denied access to all of those. >> later this week, at round of talks will take place in baghdad, the iranians are willing to talk with the iaea and other western diplomats. >> two patients is that the specialists are meeting with the iranians this week and then the next round of negotiations will be in baghdad. i don't know that you should identify the next meeting as the make or break point for this, but you should look at it as a point at which discussions begin to get focused on the real substance of the issues, if they're confidence building measures, you need to take a hard look at defining those. if these are going to be serious negotiations, they should

the iaea has found they have done cold tests on what the iaea called a workable nuclear weapon. >> mrchairman, michelle, you are here all of the time, are the investors aware of this scale of threat? that uranium can be a bomb in moments, but israel has to move before that? >> we have talked about it a number of times. when the news broke. oil didn't respond all that much. it really -- and that would be the market where you would think people would be worried about disruptions, so i'm not so sure. i'm thinking that investors assume in the end, there will be a stalemate, but perhaps we just live with it. >> in other words, counting on rational actors. >> exactly. >> all right, fine. ambassador ginsberg, we're rational, are they? >> no, not at all the idea that they want to protect the regime from disintegrating, no doubt about that. if the ayatollah woke up and had the bomb, he would be happy he had the bomb. the key, of course, not just an exi stential threat to israel. all options on the table, the president of the united states declared. the national security threat to the united st

the iaea is in the middle of its first talks with iran in three months.the agency, you may recall, said there were strong indications of possible nuclear weapons development. indications like this picture from the associated press in today's "washington post." let me just explain what you're looking at because i looked at this and said what is this, something that could be in my backyard. it's a drawing of what's believed to be a nuclear explosion containment chamber hidden at a secret military base perhaps at a site where the government has refused weapons inspectors access to. experts say a chamber like this is what you use to test a nuclear weapon. we talked to them and they confirmed that. important to say, though, that this picture is not a picture that we have confirmed the authenticity of. there are, though, new signs that the economic sanctions against iran are working. take this story on the front page of the "washington post." iran's unsold oil kept on tankers." they're turning off the gps on the tankers because it's against maritime law to do s

the iaea wants access to the military complex near tehran.xperts suspect the site is being used for nuclear experiments. iranian authorities insist they are developing their program for civilian purposes. israel, the u.s. and other nations believe they are trying to build nuclear weapons. >>> israel's economic blockade can make life difficult for palestinians in the gaza strip. but now a local athlete competing in this summer's olympic games is lifting people's spirits. nhk world reports. >> reporter: 19-year-old will run the 400-meter sprint. it won't be the first time he has competed internationally. at last year's world championship in south korea, he set a new record for palestine. now he is again giving the longsuffering people of gaza something to hope for. >> translator: i don't think anyone imagined that a boy from gaza would compete on the world stage. even if he doesn't win, he will make us proud. but gaza's training facilities don't meet olympic standards. the track that he practices on is rough. pebbles are everywhere. hamas, the

the head of the iaea is on his way to iran for talks tomorrow. get access to weapons sites is just days ahead of international nuclear talks scheduled for later this week. iran's nuclear program will no doubt be a focus of nato meetings this week along with the war in afghanistan. >>> the only person convicted in the lockerbee coming has died. family members were outraged when was released from prison nearly three years ago on so called humanitarian grounds. he has insisted he had nothing to do with the bombing. he was jailed in 2001 but released and allowed to return home in 2009. he was suffering from prostate cancer and died at his home. >>> after weeks of uncertainty and years of imprisonment in china, chi northeast afctiveist chong is starting over in the u.s. >> he arrives in new york city after what he describes as 7 years with house arrest. he is at this hour in the building behind me an nyu stew you dent and faculty dorm. we have not seen hip today and we do not expect to. he arrived yesterday with his wife and two kids aboard a flight f

we are a member, full significanttory and abiding member of the iaea.here are conversations and dialogues taking place today currently, but there cannot be a germany and double standard in the treatment of member countries such as iran. if these principles can be understood and applied with mutual respect, i think we will be in a much better place. >> final question. what will the price of oil be in august of this year? >> translator: i believe that we must at least in order to have sustainable growth for the producers, maintain prices at $100 per barrel, but keep in mind the following. can the industrial powers get out of the current situation here in with these prices? therefore, the answer being obvious, the prices will go considerably higher than $100 per barrel. if we see reforms, tangible reforms in this behavior, we will be in a much better place. if we don't, we will witness an increase in international oil -- >> mr. minister, pleasure to have you on. up next, a strange story in the middle east, while much of the region clambers for democracy. o

iaea --. jenna: do you? >> yes i do. i do. think when the supreme leader speaks the government pays attention and the evidence here is very strong that the supreme leader issued that order in 2003. there are reports and iaea are trying to investigate to see if anything happened since then but in the main i think they had a program. they were in violation. i think they stopped it. what they have continued with is an enrichment program which is the focus of the other set of international talks taking place this week. international community whether there is a bomb program or not they don't want iran to continue with enrichment. bring everybody up-to-date on the timeline coming together. we have a meeting happening in vienna with nuclear officials and iranian officials. that is precursor to a bigger meeting next week to the 6-party talks in baghdad. what they will do about the nuclear program. we talked a lot about sanctions, jim. june will be very important time this year about whether or not the sanctions two forward. where are

iaea cannot get in. >> what one does inside such a chamber is conduct high explosive testing. something go boom with maybe 07 kilograms of high explosives. you need to contain the explosion. >> fitzpatrick says the chamber would also contain uranium dust. he believes if iaea inspectors are allowed in, the site will be cleaned up. >>> gas prices have some shy ago way from the big gas stations and opting for cheaper alternatives. >> is there a difference between brand name gays and discount gas. we'll find out coming up. >> plus, we checking your morning commute and weather. rain is on the way. -- is there a difference between brand name gas and discount gas? we'll find out coming up. ale a] u.s. olympian gwen jorgensen is going for aluminum. cullen jones is in it for water-resistant thermoplastic. and amanda mcgrory? she's competing for carbon fiber. they're not just going for gold, they're joining with citi to give back to the programs that helped them along the way with bikes, kickboards. and racing chairs. join the movement at citi.com/everystep and help citi help our u.s. a

but also iran inviting the iaea and that helped ease global oil supply concerns, we'll also be fouling china pmi data due out later. and then the euro falling to 22 month low against the dollar and 3 1/2 month low against the yen, dipping below 100 the euro/yen. we'll be following that. let's look at how the stock markets are kicking off this thursday. marginally lower this thursday morning. the nikkei fell almost 2% yesterday. lowest level since january this year. a key factor in the loss that stems from the eurozone concerns, which bank of japan the governor did mention yesterday at his news conference following the two day bank of japan meeting as well as persistent slow growth in china as well. so that should really put another focus there on the pmi data due out of china later this morning. the lack of any action from the bank of japan was a little bit discouraging for the markets here, however hopes are for perhaps a move by the central bank at its next meeting in june. the downgrade of japan sovereign debt and also its rating review of japanese banks didn't really help markets e

the iaea chief wants access to nuclear facilities. >> iran is facing an eu oil embargo in july over the years there enrichment program is being used to develop nuclear weapons. they are due to resume talks on wednesday. >> the new french president has hit the ground running with a wave of fresh policy initiatives including an effort to introduce euro bonds. >> his proposal for a common eurozone debt instrument has put him at odds with german chancellor angela merkel. she opposes them saying they would do nothing to help europe deal with its crisis. >> the new french finance minister has trouble finding his seat at the press conference monday during his first official visit, but he lost no time in making his position clear -- support for eurobonds. >> we will discuss all possibilities in the summit. discussions will be frank and open. otherwise, there is no point in meeting. leaders will discuss all options, even the controversial ones. >> at last week's g-8 summit, president hollande is support for eurobonds clear. germany rejected the idea. the german finance minister said burl leerlin

at some other facility, that the iaea and the united states don't know byou can bet they will try tocts grade level. that's the nature of the program. it hasn't change in the recent negotiation t. hasn't changed because of sanctions. it is not going to change because iran, in this regime is determined to get nuclear weapons. >> what do you make of the fact that the state department sent a top negotiator to israel today, in tel aviv to communicate to the israelis, besides the fact thati -- that negotiations are not going so well, that we have israel's back. do you think we can convince the israelis that we do? >> i hope they can say it without breaking into laughter. i don't think the government of israel believes that. i don't believe that. these negotiations are not going to go anywhere. the iranians are using them, as they have repeatedly used multiple negotiations in the past 10 years, to buy time, to allow themselves to make more progress toward that deliverable nuclear weapons capability. the purpose of the visit to israel as much as anything is to say, we are making progress. i

. >> the iaea will be meeting with iran on tuesday. they will press for access to facilities built for high explosives tests. there is concern that those locations are being used to develop nuclear weapons. they will demand more access to people, documents, and information deemed pertinent to iran's weapons program. that meeting comes ahead of the meeting of six world powers. >> now wants to business. the rough ride for spanish banks continued this morning. shares sold off as the week's trading kicked off. >> investors are concerned the troubles for spain fell banks will continue, despite the reforms passed by the government on friday. >> investors remain concerned that the worst is still yet to come, including the potential for commercial nationalizations, like we saw last week with one of spain's most troubled banks. >> boehner's -- spain's bank share has been nationalized only recently. it has 12 million customers, but also a lot of bad credit on its books. the bank gives its customers money and has some money. normally uses its own

they meet with the iaea again next week. then there is a followup in baghdad may 23.ediction is iran uses these two meetings to throw sand in our eyes. they will float what appear to be compromise proposals. they may back off and iaea access which is intended to give the perception' progress on the negotiations. there will be no substance but there will be blue smoke and mirrors which will have the effect of granting iran more time to continue to make progress. megyn: john bolton was the ambassador to the united nations because he says the perm five plus germany. very nicely done. thank you, sir. see you soon. right after the president yesterday announced a new stand on same-sex marriage, a new personal stand. he said he wasn't making policy. he called his spiritual guide, pass store joel hunter. and pastor hunter cautioned the president about the decision. why? plus two ma sidewalk therapists are making charged accusations against actor john travolta. now the star reveals new evidence had he says clears him in at least one of the cases. we'll examine the proof being

very, very minute particles of any enriched material is one of the chief weapons in the arsenal of iaeais further suggests that they have something to hide and it's also a page from their old play book, because there is a facility called the physics research center that the iaea wanted to look at and not only did they clean it up, they bulldozed the whole thing and then bulldozed two feet of top soil and said, yeah, you can come look at it now. so they have done this kind of thing in the past and it really is kind of audaciously in your face. yeah, we'll let you in to do it after we've removed everything that could possibly get us in trouble. >> thank you both very much. >>> well, our fourth story outfront, new evidence in the case of a connecticut man who disappeared while on his honeymoon in 2005. you probably remember this story. the evidence now points to foul play. george smith and his wife, jennifer, were on a cruise when they went separate ways after a night of partying. jennifer said she never saw her husband again. his body has never been found, but now a videotape made by a gr