eric. >> eric: iran wants the bomb. that's what the experts say and the islamic republic could be closer to the goal than ever before. we'll have more on the threatening report from the world's nuclear watchdog throughout the morning. >> jamie: and young children and the elderly, not the only folks at risk of dying from swine flu. one group of women are extremely susceptible. a group that may not be able to get the vaccine, dr. rosenfeld make a "sunday house call," after the break. @@ >> eric: this morning, they say there could be progress with iran over the nuclear program and the head of the nuclear watchdog saying there is a shifting of gears from confrontation to cooperation and looks like inspectors will facility the new facility at the ends of the month, three weeks from today and it also

and iran. in the meetings, iran agreed to open up its newly disclosed nuclear facility for inspections, a very dramatic development. iran's foreign minister agreed to the inspection earlier today, following six-party talks with iran and then direct talks over lunchtime between the u.s. undersecretary of state and iranian officials. it prompted cautious optimism today from secretary of state hillary clinton. >> now we have to wait and see how quickly and whether iran responds and i think it was a productive day but the proof of that has not yet come to fruition. so we will wait and continue to press our point of view and see what iran decides to do. >> again, we are waiting for president obama to address this issue in the diplomatic room at the white house. it has been nearly 30 years since the united states and iran have held direct talks so this is a day of dramatic developments, both in terms of u.s. national security but also regarding u.s. domestic politics. when it comes to security, iran'

iran is simply too developed. it has all the components it needs to produce nuclear weapons, it has many nuclear facilities. it has been able to create a centrifuge production capability, which means, as we saw just last week, it can create new small facilities and hide them, put the centrifuges there rather than a central facility. israel might be able to hit the harden site, which is the main site in iran which has up to 150,000 centrifuges in its capacity, but it could not be certain that it would ever hit anything like the ability to produce more centrifuges or find all of the facilities that they're hidden in. >> so recent reports indicate that israelis may be pushing back their deadlines for military action. is that your assessment as well? >> i don't think israel has ever set deadlines. it has constantly talked about this risk and for very real reasons. one nuclear weapon could do devastating damage to a small state like israel. but much of this is political. it is intended to send a signal to iran that if

beyond what iran endured, say, during the iran/iraq war. sanctions would generate strategic leverage over their decision-making. it's not an effective strategy. >> what would you suggest as an alternative? >> i think the alternative is serious strategically grounded diplomacy with iran aimed at resolving differences between the united states and iran and as part of that process, iran needs to know, understand, feel confident that its own strategic needs are being addressed and can be met. that's what got us the breakthrough with china. that's what got us the breakthrough with libya. if we want success here, that's the approach that needs to be pursued. >> flynt leverett, thank you very much. >> thanks for having me. >>> now it's your turn to weigh in on this debate. for that, we are going to ask the question, if the talks ultimately fail and sanctions are imposed on iran, do you think that iran will give up its nuclear program?let us know by w you see it" section on our home page at our website, that's worldfocus.org. >>> from afghanistan t

talking to iran. what the u.s. got and gave away at this week's negotiations. >> health care double-talk. democrats wants pay a penalty if you don't buy insurance. whatever else you do, please don't call it a tax. >> plus, preview of the big elections this november. why they may signal trouble ahead for the president's agenda. >> we're committed to serious and meaningingful engagement but not interested in talking to are the sake of talk you go. if iran does not take steps in the near fought live up to its obligations then the united states will not continue to negotiate indefinitely. we are prepared to move towards increased pressure. >> welcome to the journal editor report i'm paul gig go. that was president obama thursday warning iran that the u.s. won't talk forever. representatives from the united states, u.k., france, germany, russia, china met in have knee have with iran's chief nuclear negotiator. iran reported lay greed to grant access to its newly disclosed uranium enrichment facility will patience payoff

- impatience with iran in the sense that iran continues to lie.stion is how does that get played? the international press at the end of the week was saying iran is taking a step back and coming into the international community. newspapers in the united states were much more cautious in their coverage. we'll see where this goes. when you look at those these numbers going back to our previous story, so interesting to me a plurality of americans, i think high 40s say they profit of the -- they days prove of the president going to copenhagen. i didn't see it as a big deal, apparently i was out of step. >> during our breaks we keep the cameras rolling you might catch cal thomas breaking out in song or some spirited discussion. check it out after the show. up next, police bust a cbs news producer trying to extort money from david letterman. the light night comic makes a shocking conviction. >> also roman polanski back in the news. >> famous director and wanted criminal, roman polanski, nabbed for raining a 13-year-old. celebrities and -- for raping a 13

iran could pocket this concession and in a sense a concession to iran and it needs this small amount for its tehran research reactor. it still may plan to run because it wants to run the tons. i'm not sure the u.s. is going to get what it needs. further, if true negotiators are going to have to happen and iran will suspend its enrichment activities and suspend activities until the world could have confidence that iran is not planni planning on building and so far iran has shown no willingness to accept those kinds of goals. >> exactly right. they will permit inspectors to come in. but what the u.s. wants to see is whether they really permit the inspectors to come in, to see the people, to talk to the engineers and look at the documents and look at the facilities and there's always the possibility of them hiding something. >> no, it certainly is. questions about whether there are other secret sites that were constructed that would, in a sense, feed the materials needed in that centrifuge plant. so is iran willing to open up and be transparent and show a different side which has been h

you don't want a nuclear iran. we don't want a nuclear iran. maybe we can work something out. >> who doesn't want a nuclear iran, you think the people in the streets don't want a nuclear iran? >> i think they don't want to be is isolated from the rest of the international community. >> you think they don't want a nuclear iran, the so-called reformers on the streets? >> i think they don't want to be isolated from the international community. any issue that gets us to that point with that particular group, we ought to be with them. they don't want to be isolated. this is an opportunity not to be isolated. >> there's a huge if here. that is when we start getting tough with iran, their nationalist hackles don't come up and they rally around the flag. i know it's a catch 22. my question is, what are we threatening them with in the end? do they ever think we will really attack them? congresswoman sanchez, do you think you will ever support an attack on iran? >> i think it would depend on what we have in our hands to do that with. obviously, we're eng

>>> frightening news about iran's nuclear potential. an international watchdog record says they do in fact have enough information to make a working nuclear bomb. we'll fill you in. as president obama weighs what to do next in afghanistan, the taliban claims responsibility for one of the worst attacks in the war in afghanistan yet. eight american soldiers have been killed. we will go live to afghanistan. and the president's efforts to bring the olympics home to chicago may have failed. how much of a home field advantage is it anyway competing on your own turf. we're going to talk with a gold medallist that did just that. live from the nation's capital starts right now. >>> this is a "fox news" alert. a stunning new report says iran has the information it needs to make anatomic bomb. this news comes on the heels on word of a date that's been set for u.n. inspectors to examine a covert uranium enrichment facility. >> this draft report is compiled by nuclear experts at the atomic energy agency or iaea. the head of that agency is in iran th

now, iran.in the mythologies that now exists about iran the argument is that american administrations in love with other regimes for 30 years and supported thought shah of iran in order to have some form of government and that made it easier to deal with but that wasn't the case. the case was iran was considered an essential building block of a strategy that kept the soviet union out of the middle east and that a strong and developing iran what's considered by a series of administrations of both parties from eisenhower through kennedy through johnson and nixon, of both parties a building block of a strategy that contributed to the conduct of the cold war and to the prevention of communist domination of the area and one has to remember that too few people remember the influx of soviet arms into the region and concern with communists, radical party some at the time. i mention this because there's no reason why america to fuel and iran that governs itself and that believes in pursuing its historic

uld like to have with iran? >> well, obviously is iran without nuclear outcomes and peacefully integrated that no longer pose as threat to the neighbors and treats it is people with respect and allows them to participate peacefully in a democratic process. that's the iran that we hop to see. the people of iran have a great opportunity to be much more constructive players in the international community and that's up to them. but we hope very much that iran would be in a position where it could be a responsible player. >> let's turn to afghanistan and the other breaking news. eight u.s. soldiers. back in august, the president addressed the subject of afghanistans speaking to veterans and this is what he said. >> but we must never forget. this is war not of choice. this is a war of necessity. >> if this is a war of necessity, why wouldn't the president immediately grant the request to fully resource this war of necessity? >> well, let me begin by pointing out what has been and remains our objective here. the object

that's the iran we hope to see. iran and the people of iran have a tremendous history. and a great opportunity to be much more constructive players in the international community or they face another choice. that's up to them. we hope that iran would be in a position where it can be a responsible player. >> let's turn to afghanistan and other breaking news overnight. insurgents storming an outpost, killing eight u.s. soldiers. back in august, the president addressed the topic of afghanistan and this is what he said. >> this isn't a war of choice. this is a war of necessity. '. >> why wouldn't he immediately grant the request of his commanders to resource this war of necessity? >> let me point out what has been and remains our objective here. the objective, david, is to prevent al qaeda from being in position to launch attacks on the homeland again. our goal is to disrupt, dismantle and defeat al qaeda and prevent it from obtaining safe haven to come attack us as they did on 9/11. he said in march when he laid out a policy that after the afghan elections in august, we wo

iran is watching us. if we are in decisive about what to do in afghanistan as an american or coalition group then they will take what we do in iran less seriously. the president has a window of time here to seriously deliberate but it's oning out and what you saw yesterday is exactly what ackenned this country. our troops are sitting ducks and they need to be reenforced. i can't guarantee what will happen with more troops. if we don't reenforce them, i can guarantee that w we will le in afghanistan and that is a mistake. >> bret: this is what was said, take a listen. >> it is okay with the administration for general mcchrystal to go on "60 minutes" and give a speech at then student for strategic studies in london but the administration does not want general mcchrystal and general petraeus before the senate armed services committee. how does that work? >> bret: senator casey, how does that work? do you share snor share senatos views. >> john is one of the voices we should listen to and take the measure. li

iran reportedly agreed to want u.n. inspectors access to the newly disclosed uranium enrichment facility. will our patience payoff. iranian journal list joins us, amir great to have you back on the program. the iranians have made key concessions, do you agree with that? >> not at all. in fact the gauche shufrpbs were about three united nations resolutions that demanded that iran should stop uranium enrichment. now the negotiations are no longer about that, but about iaea international atomic energy agency inspectors being allowed to inspect one of the sites that iran has declared so from disarmament it became inspection. >> paul: what about the ability to inspect this new site only disclosed last week. iran had not previously disclosed it. i guess u.s. intelligence had known about it, but didn't tell anybody else. isn't it good that we could get access to that? >> well, yes. iran is obliged to allow access under the nonproliferation treaty and other iranian -- iranian sites are under inspect . there are cameras installe

iran state tv is reporting that iran and the six countries have agreed to hold talks again. that report is floating out there from state run-tv. >> reporter: the why house is saying it's something being worked on, but it's not been confirmed. but that will be telling if there's a second set of talks, about whether or not this was fruitful or not. >> thanks for the information. >> reporter: sure. >>> the economy tops our other stories right now. new claims for jobless benefits increased to 551,000. economists had expected an increase of 535,000. meanwhile, today's report on consumer spending shows it's increased by the largest amount in nearly eight years in the month of august. this, as personal income grows. michigan is back in business. well, sort of. late-night budget squabbles caused a brief technical shutdown in the state. lawmakers did compromise and approved most of the state budget. signing a temporary 30-day budget to keep the state running. moments ago in salt lake city, elizabeth smart came face to face with her accused abductor for the first time in six years. sh

iran's president says president obama will be sorry for questioning iran's attentions for the plan.hat would happen about if inspectors go in there, find something they don't like and what if everything looks okay? >> i don't think president obama will be sorry for questioning the iranians who continue to lie year in and year out about their intentions to am mass nuclear -- it create nuclear facilities and nuclear fuels. they have spent a lot of money and a lot of time do this. locating this last facility in a place that could not be attacked. i think if something is discovered, obviously something that -- evidence that they are creating weapons it tsh gra creating weapons-grade material, takes it is a tranlg i will franlg i will coalition. and what will china do? comply in a which is engaged selling gasoline to the iranians and reluctance to come to the table to back tougher sanctions. so an adverse discovery obviously that tests or coalition going forward and then the question is what is the ultimatum that president obama offers to the iranians. at this point, if we find out that

it will affect our ability to change iran. iran is watching us. if we're indecisive about what to do in afghanistan as an american or a coalition group, then they're going to take what we do in iran less seriously. so the president has a window of time here to seriously deliberate, but it's running out, and what you saw yesterday is exactly what awaits this country. our troops cannot change momentum. they're sitting ducks. they need to be reinforced. and i can't guarantee what will happen with more troops, but if we don't reinforce them, i can guarantee you what will happen. we will lose in afghanistan. that's what's at stake. >> this is what your colleague senator john mccain said about how the administration is handling general mcchrystal. take a listen. >> so it's okay with the administration for general mcchrystal to go on "60 minutes." it's okay for him to give a speech at the institute for strategic studies in london. but the administration does not want general mcchrystal and general petraeus before the senate armed services committee. how

maybe deterrents, with a nuclear iran, will be the solution. >> i don't think that i nuclear iran cancontained or deterred, no, so i wouldn't put that on the list of acceptable options. >> gregg: why can they be, they are irrational? >> no, i don't think that is it, necessarily, whether or not you believe they a rational or irrational, think about the consequences of a nuclear iran for this region and every country, just about, that has had nuclear technology proliferated it and who would iran proliferate to, perhaps hezbollah, and could we contain them and you have iran's proxies, hamas and hezbollah, emboldened, and other countries in the region, perhaps seek nuclear weapons themselves and if you prevent iran from using the nuclear weapons, the consequences for the region and the world i think would be devastating. plus i think we need to remember that containment as applied to the soviet union was a military operation. it involved the deployment of troops overseas and involved two wars, korea and vietnam. >> gregg: michael singh, we'll wait and see, thank you very much for your ins

iran's threat of a nuclear strike goes beyond the middle east.nd comes right here to us in america, and iran's leaders say they want to keep talking, and can we take them that the air word, we'll talk about that with k. c. mcfarland who served under president's nixon and ford and the reagan administration and jed babbitt, under secretary for president bush 41. thanks for being here today. [applause]. >> pleasure. >> when i'm reading the papers on any given hour, not just day, my heart is skipping a beat, i'm watching what is going on in iran, and, i don't know if a lot of americans fully understand the single most important issue taking place in our planet now, as part of the -- it may be what is happening in iran, with their build-up, of enriched uranium with the possibility of creating a women. >> right. >> what a is that dangerous and matter to americans. >> okay. because iran is going for the bomb, i mean, that is clear and we have caught them red handed with the second nuclear enrichment site and they are going for it and what does it mean,

on more sanctns for iran. do y think that's a good strategy >> it's not a good strategy if you actuallwant to accomplish anything. in theend, neither ruia nor chinis going to agree t new sanctions ainst iran that woulome anywhere near secretary clinton's farite stanrd of crippling sancons on iran. russia and chi may acce marginal eansions of sanctions,ut not anything that would be crippling. and even if you think what might be possie, the international community is not goingo impose so mh suffeng and hardip on irabeyond what iran endured, say, during the ir iran/iraq war. at would generate leverage over their decision-maki. it's not an effective strategy. >> what would you suggest asn alternative? . >> i tnk the alternative i serious sttegically grounded diplomacy with iran aime at resolving differences between the united states and irannd part of that process, iran needs to know, unrstand, field confident that its own strategic needs are being addressed and can met. that's what got usthe breakthroughith china

now iran says it's ready to open the doors. tonight, just when inspectors will be allowed inside and what sparked the sudden cooperation. >>> they're all over london. now the biggest city in the u.s. is getting its own eyes in the sky. ahead, an exclusive look inside the command center at the heart of manhattan. >>> plus, they're among the groups at highest risk for contracting the h1n1 virus. how do you reach an entire generation that doesn't always rely on traditional media for news. you go viral. >>> iran may already have the information it needs to make a working nuclear weapon. that from a report from a u.n. nuclear watchdog obtained by the "new york times". it comes as iran agrees to let inspectors into its not so secret nuclear facility later next month. they say the program is to generate electricity, not bombs, but it built this new facility in secret inside a mountain and next to a military base. iran calls its nuclear program a right, but if it got a nuke, it could have a huge impact on its neighbors including iraq,

tonight, can we trust iran? do we send more troops to afghanistan? and should the government force you to buy health insurance? these are important questions, and tonight we're going to try to get some answers. we're also going to talk to future football hall of famer sports broadcaster and now actor michael strahan. and speaking of hall of famers, two words.ern lynyrd, skynyrd.and apse they're here and they're going to rock the house like never before. [applause] >> i love them, erika, and in lv part because it allows different poirnts opoints of view and encs individuality. i said many times republicans aren't right all the time and democrats aren't wrong all the time. not from my spe perspective mosf the time. it's foolish for us to act likef we're always right and the other guy is always wrong.er having different views is a good thing. intng different standards is not. if something is right, it's right, and if it's wrong, it's just wrong. it' diversity is a good thing, butgw did you policetduplicity is not. having different rules creates sicynism

and iran and its critics find any common ground? china's 60th birthday party perfectly organized, but the public are told to enjoy at home. it is 7:00 a.m. in washington comment midday in london -- an evening and sumatra. rescue workers still battling the aftermath of tuesday's tremors are now stretched to the limit. more than 500 are confirmed dead as a result of that earthquake. worst hit is the city of padang where hundreds of buildings collapsed. rescue and recovery work is being hampered by roads made impassible and the loss of power and communication links. >> scenes of devastation in the sumatran capital of padang, a day after a deadly earthquake struck off the coast of the island. scores of homes and buildings have completely collapsed, burying hundreds of people beneath them. in desperation, some have tried to pull their loved ones out manually, attempting to clear them from the rubble. but it is a race against time. this city is one of the worst affected by the powerful tremors. relatives fearing the worst arrived from all

coming up later, keeping iran on the nuclear straight and narrow after a meeting in geneva. the u.s. says top is no substitute for action. will michelle oba of work for the 2016 olympic bid? >> as the rival's bid for the next summer olympics, political intrigue behind the scenes. >> and the people's republic at 60. how much has china changed since mao, and where is it headed now? >>> hello. 1100 dead and counting, the latest figures from the humanitarian chief for the u.n. as emergency teams worked ththrough rain and through the night trying to find survivors from the two earthquakes that hit the indonesian island of sumatra. with hospitals and schools reduced to rubble, emergency teams fear that hundreds could be trapped. it from sumatra, here is our correspondent. >> it is a desperate race to pull the survivors from out from under tons of rubble. nobody has any idea how many people are trapped. many are within reach, but are as yet behind -- beyond help. the machinery that is available is rescuing people, but there are many buildings that have comeown. so many people trapp

and five other nations opened nuclear talks with iran. diplomats said iran agreed to open a newly disclosed plant to u.n. inspectors. on newshour.pbs.org, three online-only features tonight. you can watch our interview with homeland security secretary napolitano about the arrest of a terror suspect in new york and more. listen to judy woodruff's reporter's notebook on the climate change panel she moderated this week in california. and read a story about the economic pluses and minuses for cities chosen to host the olympic games. we'll see you on-line, and again here tomorrow evening with mark shields and david brooks, among others. i'm jim lehrer. thank you and good night. major funding for the newshour with jim lehrer is provided by: chevron. intel. supporting math and science education for tomorrow's innovators. >> and by bnsf railway. >> and by wells fargo advisors. together, we'll go far.em and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasti

is going to send the uranium to russia, to be enriched, why does iran need centrifuges and will iran see real progress otherwise, i expressed and why israeli can't wait, iran will just gain these -- playing -- >> alisyn: you are a journalist, what do this people in iran say. >> i think the biggest consequence we would face is if we were to attack iran, we'd lose or biggest ally and that is 70 million iranians who are disenchanted by their government and the government of iran used the tactic, to use war to unite the people and solidify their own stance and the innocent 1980 when they went to war with iraq a year after the islamic revolution and that war ended up legitimizing their regime and the regime will do it again and they'll point at israel or any country that attacks them and say, look the world us against us and singling us out. >> that is who israel is waiting and trying to give it time and negotiations a little time, and will make their decision, but don't want to look like they are pre-empting and i think netanyahu wakes up with different alarms every morning. >> alisyn: a

warns of sanctions if iran uses talks to delay. we've seen oil prices rally the last half hour of trading. natural gas taking a steep plunge today after inventories have swelled now to record levels. we are also looking at a weak demand picture. that's highlighted today by the ism manufacturing index, as well as jobless claims being higher than expected, and traders bracing themselves for tomorrow for perhaps higher unemployment rate. the dollar rising a factor in the weakening of commodity prices across the board. metal is lower, gold down $8 and copper falling 3%. the most important data point for tomorrow for all the markets will be that jobs report. to rick in chicago. >> thank you very much. it's kind of ironic that the dollar, the orphan currency, had one break today. that break, the lower prices in a quick fashion was right around 10:00 eastern when it was being discussed, as everybody's been talking about, between the committee, several members, and the fed chairman regarding hey, who is going to take care of this guy? fisc

plus iran. if iaea, the international atomic energy agency is not in the plan, they won't have the meeting -- >> gregg: but iran's ambassador -- >> kept the promise -- >> gregg: the day after the geneva promise to deliver the low enriched uranium abroad, the iranian ambassador to britain, who is a member of the iranian delegations involved in the negotiations, said, no, no, no, we will not do that. so, i mean, all it took was one day, for them to reverse their stance and their promise. >> yeah, i -- again that is not what the government seems to be saying. but, that -- they may have changed their mind and there may be confusion within the iranian delegation. and -- >> gregg: i don't know how two sides could be in the same room with all of the other witnesses and, they both have diametrically opposed views of what was discussed and promised, and i don't get it. >> the most important person in the delegation is the lead negotiator for iran, and it is point of view that mattering most and we'll fin

new penalties could target iran's energy, financial and telecommunications sector. >> iran must demonstrateough concrete steps that it will live up to its responsibilities with regard to its nuclear program. >> reporter: iran insists the site is strictly for peaceful purposes. the west remains deeply suspicious of iran's motives. kathryn brown for cbs news, the united stations. >> president ahmadinejad says if iran voluntarily revealed the facility in a letter on september the 21st, one year earlier than necessary under the agency's rules. >>> it is not official but looks as if bob ehrlich is weighing the possibility for another run of the governor's office. they hosted the annual corn roast in reisterstown. it was a fund-raiser for the ehrlich for mayor committee. the former governor dodged questions regarding a possible run for governor. >>> today was a big day for the american diabetes association. mary bubala was there for the step out walk to fight diabetes. they walked from rash field around the programmen nad to pier 6 and back. it is believed more than 1,000 people attended today's

official met face-to-face with iran's top nuclear negotiator. just a short time ago, we heard from the secretary of state hillary clinton, who spoke about how things are going. >> i think it was a productive day but the proof of that has not yet come to fruition. we want to see reaction and positive results and i think today's meeting opened the door, but let's see what happens. >> nbc's savannah guthrie joins me now live from the white house. savannah, you heard the secretary of state there, obviously, they believe the talks have been productive but not ready to declare success yet, right? >> yeah, i think it is too early for that. and i think the secretary of state's tone says a lot there. pleased, to some extent with the progress made but certainly not doing a jig. the president will come out an hour from now and echo what we just heard from the white house press secretary. one thing they are pointing to is before today, or at least about a week ago, iran was saying the nuclear issue was off the table entirely and yet there will be a second m

and its allies go when it comes to diplomacy with iran, what is the real threat from iran?to the fear threat. let's bring in jim walsh and a research associate, also back with us karen finney. jim, easy to get afraid in a situation like this. it's also easy to be very ignorant and afraid in a situation like this. what do we know about iran and there are very aggressive points made earlier by scott ritter and glenn greenwald on this program that we had to be careful about the fear of what iran might do or our own nightmares and what the reality is what's going on in iran. >> i think you're right to want to measure this carefully. in the long term obviously a nuclear program in iran that become as nuclear weapon would be a threat. and it's not to be taken lightly. we are not at that point yet. iran is enriching uranium. you cannot make a bomb with low enriched uranium. only with highly enriched uranium. if they keep on the present course they will get better and better at it, will acquire capability. the intelligence community thinks around 213, 2014, they might be in a posit

and you spoke a lot of iran.over the last couple years i was struck by several comments that have been made. one was by the intelligence agency who said if wire not there bleeding, iran as he departed afghanistan as a general. and when asked if iran works towards our same objective, he replayed, yes, they do they want stability there and they don't like al-qaeda because they're sunni. the intelligence committee testified that with regard to foreign policy and security decisions, iran takes a cost-benefit approach rather than a head-long rush to a decision irregardless of cost of benefits to it diplomatic, political and other goals. you have worked -- and you can't miss it in this job and you brought up iran. what perspective can you provide us? iran will continue to be brought up in almost any security briefing, and you can provide us, rather than, they cause mischief. what can you take away to give us on how to deal with this nation? view of those three statements that say, you know, maybe this nation overall, m

iran is seeking them out of aspiration. aspiration to rule the muslim world, aspiration to change civilization as we know it and wipe israel off the face of the map while denying the holocaust and predicting the next one. the american public and international public have to understand this is not a great program but if the jury and the public make a mistake on "american idol," the worst that can happen, the singer sings a little less impressively. if we make a mistake here we are doomed, civilization as we know it adoomed. enough is enough. if they don't come clean, they will be facing not only sanctions but they have to realize that there are other options including a military option is on the table. as far as israel is concerned, i want to assure you, they have the capacity, we have the range, we have the technology and we have the capability to do it. >> and if necessary and if nobody else does, i hope they will because this is a horrible danger to the rest of the world and to international community and civilization as

about the opposition in iran and the unacceptable of iran having a nuclear weapon to what president obama has been saying but it may be that president obama is keeping very calm and playing his cards close to his vest and we will come out and do something divisive. i hope so. >> we have to go but with afghanistan, a government that is under a cloud for fraudulent elections, us, being seen as maybe propping up a fraudulent government, more troops in country, is this surge necessary in afghanistan to protect our troops and the afghans? >> i think we need to listen to general mcchrystal. what is he suggesting in afghanistan is what succeeded in iraq and we had the same argument in 2006 and 2007 about iraq. a lot of people say it won't work to have the surge and the anbar awakening before hand and work with the sunnies. it largely worked. looks like it has. the general is suggesting the same thing in afghanistan an what the others are suggesting, such as vice president biden is effectively what has failed in afghanistan for eight years. so i'm basically on the general's side on this one. >> w

inspectors will start looking at iran's newly revealed nuclear site on october 25th. the head of u.n.'s nuclear agency held talks in tehran today. he said he wants to make sure the site is used for peaceful purposes. president obama said iran attempted to conceal the plant and that is in violation of international rules on atomic facilities, but iran's leader says his country followed the protocol, which requires a country to reveal such a facility six months before it brings nuclear material there for processing. >> translator: based is what is stated in the regulations, we made announcement one year before the time we had to out of respect for law and the director general of the iaea and naturally the united states must have known about it. i do not know why mr. obama was not aware of it. >> u.s. ambassadors say members of the united nations security council are studying options for more sanctions if iran does not prove its motives are peaceful. >>> checking your weekly planner now, the new supreme court term begins monday. issues for the session include gun control

help israel attack iran? plus scoops and predictions from the notebooks of these reporters. >> life, liberty and the pursuit of politics. chris: i hate to teach politics to the experts but it's fun. >> hardball with chris matthews. chris: welcome back. as if afghanistan weren't enough, now there's iran's move to get nuclear weapons. if iran does not respond to international pressure, israel has made it clear it will not wait long. the prime minister netanyahu has said the end of this year is the deadline for us to get it done peacefully. president obama was strong in his support while on campaign trip to israel last year. >> the state of israel faces determined enemies who seek its destruction but it also has a friend and ally in the united states that will always stand by the people of israel. i will take no options off the table. in dealing with this potential iranian threat. chris: how do you read that? do we have a policy of supporting or not supporting israel should they go with military means to stop th

the focus of these talks is iran's nuclear program. the u.s. and five other world powers will be turning up the heat today, wanting to know more about iran's second nuclear site in qom, which was revealed last week. they want to know the nature of the program. and you'll remember that the iranian president has maintained all along it is for civilian purposes only. so, what the world powers will asking for is for more access. for international inspectors to be allowed to go in, talk to scientists and review documents. as and spokesman for the national security council, mike hammer said, iran should either cooperate or face consequences. >> we'll see if the iranians are prepared to start a process that would lead to them being reintegrated into the international nations. or whether they choose a path of isolation. they have a choice to make here. >> reporter: and ultimately, the idea of these talks is to put pressure on iran and galvanize more talks and move forward on this issue. if further discussion break down, the u.s. has identified possible

president obama said that iran was hiding this plant for year. but iran's leader says that's not true. >> translator: based on what is stated in the regulations, we have made announcement one year before the time we had to out of respect for law and the director general of the iaea and nationally the united states must have known about it. i do not know why mr. obama was not aware of it. >> meanwhile, u.n. experts says iran has all the information it needs to design and build a nuclear bomb. a confidential analysis was published yesterday in the "new york times." the same experts say they need more evidence to be sure about the extent of iran's nuclear knowledge. their report says iran got know-how from rogue nuclear scientists and did a lot of research and testing on its own. this if this report is accurate, iran know s more about making bombs than we anticipated. >>> family and friends in chicago said good-bye to a teen beaten to death. derrion albert was attacked by other teens on his way to catch the bus. during his funeral yesterday, some pe

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no news that begins with the sentence, with the phrase, iran prejudices to do x is as meaningful as iran does x. they are willing to put pressure, economic sanctions, through the u.n. security council or through individual countries or regional groups like the european union. >> well, the president did say, we have to have unfettered access to be able to look at the sites within two weeks. jim said they indicated that would be all right. >> reporter: yeah, letting elbaradei and the international atomic energy agency into the facility is very important. but even more important are confidence-building measures for iran to take before the end of the year. i would pay more attention to the end of the year deadline, as far as this administration is concerned, than the two-week deadline. >> all right, jake tapper over at the white house, thank you. >>> and now, the president leaves for copenhagen. he'll be leaving in a moment to lobby on behalf of chicago as the site for the 2016 olympics. he will make his pitch in the morning. michelle obama is already there, meeting with the head of the inte

trace: now to iran where the iaea says it will inspect iran's -- nuclear site. some say that they are becoming more transparent, but others say that they already have enough information to build an atomic bomb. us. this report has some sobering conclusions? >> it certainly does. it concluded iran had sufficient information to be able to design and produce a workable atom bomb. muhammed elbaradei was in tehran this weekend, and says there is no concrete proof, but their actions have raised doubts about their intentions. western intelligence agencies say that they have done extensive research and testing as well as producing a weapon. that is why some said over the weekend it is clear what iran is up to. >> clearly, this is not for peaceful purposes. this is just more evidence that the iranians are trying to develop a nuclear weapon. >> we are on the puck to a nuclear iran. -- path to a nuclear iran. whatever steps we need to take, financially or economically, they need to be taken down. trace: and it seems, the white house is more interested in talking to iran, b

iran is on the verge. israel has to look at that and say if nobody can stop iran, they have to attack. it does not stop the program. it buys them a few years, but if you are israel and thinking once a man gets nuclear weapons that they are finished -- shepard: but why do you think that it that you are israel? there's nothing official from israel, and there probably never will be, but word is they have some themselves, and that is a bit of a deterrent. >> you do not know how iran is going to work. a deterrent in the u.s.-soviet context during the cold war was very different. we said to the soviets, "you attack us with nuclear weapons, we can retaliate. we will both be dead." mutually assured destruction. in the middle east, that may or may not work. it is cold comfort to israel to said that they will retaliate. what does israel care at that point? israel has to preserve his options. shepard: from everything we are able to learn -- and we cannot learn everything, but all of this stuff is spread out. iran is