and iran. the purpose at the moment is to quarintine the talks around the sole issue of the nuclear program, and achieve agreement there. now, if that should happen, one can imagine a situation where the u.s. and iran cease being implacable enemies and instead become rivals, intense rivals, who may be able to cooperate on issues where competing national interests converge. the common analogies being invoked are the u.s. and china and the u.s. and russia. that is why i use the word "tantalizing" at the outset. this relationship has been marked by deep and recuring distrust on both sides, and the result has been a breakdown in relations between the united states and iran that has lasted longer than the breakdown between china and the u.s. did. building trust is elusive. particularly if one side doesn't understand what the other side thinks, and why it does. that is the value of this book. and i can think of no better person to explain the iranian viewpoint to a western audience than our guest, wh

the shah of iran.eading scholar of iran notes that if the united states wants to limit its micromanagement of the middle east, it will have to find countries that are stable, influential, and effective with which it can work. potentially iran is one of those countries. as rouhani made clear, all this waits on the nuclear deal. go to cnn.com/fareed and read my "washington post" column this week and let's get started. >>> earlier this week i had the opportunity to sit down with iran's president hassan rouhani. this is a critical moment for iran's relations with america and the world. not only is crunch time quickly approaching in the nuclear talks, but there is also isis. tehran has as much to fear from isis as washington does, so will it help to battle the t terrorists? the conversation was convened by the new america foundation on whose board i sit. listen in. thank you for joining us, mr. president. do you believe that the united states is correct in its strategy to fight isis? >> translator: i am not

the islamic state of iran. for 35 years, iran has relentlessly pursued the global mission which was set forth by its founding rural, yoalt ayatoh khomeini in words, we will exploit our faith to the world, until there's no god but allah will echo through the world over. and ever since the regime's brutal enforcers, have done exactly that. listen to its current commander general model ali jaffray. our duty is to prepare the way for an islamic world government. iran's president rouhani stood here last week and shed crocodile tears over what he called the globalization of terrorism. maybe he should spare us those phony tears, and have a word instead with the commanders of iran's revolutionary guards. he could ask them to call off iran's global terror campaign which is included attacks in two dozen countries on five continents since 2011 alone. you know to say that iran doesn't practice terrorism is like saying derek jeter never played shortstop for the new york yankees. this is the bemoaning by the iranian presiden

>> i'm not discussing this point with iran or without iran. iran is a responsible country which for many years has been fighting terrorism. iran is, in fact, iran is a country which has been the victim of terrorism from years ago, from 30 something years ago. today we have never, never a spare hour hoped for other countries and now we are helping the people of iraq today. a it was not the plain. it was the religious epic of the source of emulation. it was able to fight and stand against isis. we are in need of a force to mobilize the nations. we are in need of a world which could encourage and motivate people. we saw that in iraq there was -- how he change it is conditions. >> here's what's happening. police are hoping a talk to a person of interest in the case of hannah graham. they say jesse matthew is the last person seen with graham. now back to our msnbc special. >> the tough talk has been in iraq. can you tell us what exactly is iran's current military role against isis? >> we spare no effort to help the iraqi government. if they ask us

course you have seen iran's iran's moves in iraq maliki was a was a person that the supported by iran and also largely got rid of by iran and i think that is significant and obviously there are there are plenty of areas of agreement even if even if not in public where the u.s. u.k. and iran can engage and can come work because of the threat the threat is to plenty of us whether we're whether we be in london new york. washington. at damascus or tehran if i can go quickly back to you in washington i can there's no political will for that because logically speaking logically speaking if this is the greatest threat to the world right now then you have to forgive a few things and and forget a few things and you have to deal with people you don't like with iran's one of them again this is an opportunity but because of israel and other lobbies it's not going to happen while the greatest threat in the world continues to scare everybody . well i don't think we can say it's not going to happen it could be happening right now we just don't know that it will after all we're talking to iran about

or willing for iran. on the sidelines of the nuclear talks in a general fashion, this topic was touched upon and they had a general conversation about it, about the fact that the u.s. said they intends to extend the range of the air bombardments that we have in iraq. nothing precise, nothing that came a day or a few hours prior to this bombardment of syria. >> rose: do you approve of what the united states did? >> what is the meaning? does the united states think that with a few bombardments, we'll be able to destroy terrorism? and make them suffer damages if let's the general thought, then it's incredibly simple thinking that we would be combating terrorism. including the fact that the terrorism has been taking the lines of syrians for the past three years. how come is it that now the united states is thinking about combating them and defeating them? >> rose: i assume because they became alarmed by the success of isis. >> in any fashion, the terrorist groups in syria have attracted many villages, killed

and coordinate with iran and have a big deal with iran and so on. as long as that continues, no iranian is going to risk his or her life to bring down this regime hoping or anticipating or expecting that they'll get -- he or she will get american support. that support has to be explicit, outspoken, and continuous, and it has to come from all the top diplomatic and political leaders from the administration starting with the white house. >> let's take a question here. >> director of the iran service based in prague. i would just bring a small position to what mr. alfoneh said about the media out of iran, particularly persian speaking media, we provide such opportunity to its listeners inside and outside iran for debate and for question and for exchanging ideas. thank you. >> and i thank you. it's a great job which is being done and i think it follows the tradition of providing radio broadcasts to eastern europe. iran is facing similar problem and i think that, you know, a great job is being done in prague. thank you for your service. thank you. >> i'm

president, the oppressive sanctions against iran go on.in continuation of a strategic mistake made against a moderate and independent nation under the current sensitive conditions in our region. during the last year, we have engaged in the post transparent dialogue to build confidence regarding iran's peaceful nuclear program. we placed serious and honest negotiations on the agenda, not as a result of sanctions or threats, but rather because of the will of our people. we are of the view that the nuclear issue can only be resolved through negotiations and those who may think of any other solution would be committing a grave mistake in doing so. any delay in arriving at a final agreement, not only raises the costs, not only at our experience, but also at the expense of the economy and trade of other parties, as well as the development and security prospects of our region. no one should doubt that compromise and agreement on this issue is -- is in the best interests of everyone, especially that of the nation's of the region. the nuclear negot

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, and coordinate with iran, and have a big deal with iran. and so on. as long as that continues, no iranian is going to risk his or her life to bring down this regime hoping or anticipating or expecting that he or she will get american support. that support has to be explicit, outspoken and continuous, and it has to come from all the top diplomatic and political leaders of the administration, starting with the white house. >> a question over here. >> i'm with talk radio based in prague. i'll just bring a small position to what mr. alfoneh said about iran, inside and outside of iran, for exchanging ideas. thank you. >> and i thank you. it's a great job, which is being done at the radio station. it provides radio broadcasting to eastern europe. iran is facing similar problem. and i think that a great job is being done in prague. thank you, sir. thank you. >> i'm a consultant to apac. this is not the main focus of this particular meeting, but i would very much appreciate hearing from the members of the panel what you think will happen with a nuc

team up against russia and iran? this is "special report." >>> good evening, it brett baier, after the release of the third carbon copy of a beheading video of a westerner, the world cries for the u.s. to do something to stop the terror group isis couldn't get any louder. instead of growing clarity in the obama administration's strategy and way forward, there are growing contradictions and challenges. big questions remain. how many other country also sign on to this effort. will the u.s. work with syria, russia or iran and how will the no u.s. troops on the ground pledge hold up if we really want to destroy isis. ed henry has our lead story tonight. >> reporter: well president obama today held a medal of honor ceremony for american veterans from the vietnam war. his secretary of state john kerry was in paris trying to build a coalition against isis, trying to get commitments from allies on air strikes inside syria. even british prime minister david cameron is stressing his only contribution so for has been surveillan

we have got to treat iran as part of the problem and not part if iran has an. constructive role we should play on this, we should hear him, but let's not fall play. let's watch very carefully what they're talking about when they talk about helping in syria. forget iran wants to be the key player in the middle east and they want to be the one that everyone in the middle east has to kindle two -- cater to. we talk about iraq and influence they exert it over malki. at the common iranian puppet. i believe iran would continue to pursue that to the last to do great. they will not give up on long-term goals. caller: i want to ask a question about the united states. the former guest of minnesota having great population of and a lot of the fighters have went back to somalia and different places, and then recruited. also, the boston bombing. what i don't understand is why we are not focusing more on united states safety than other countries. the republicans were talking about, there is no money. there is no money for unemployment, for different people. here in the united

in the sense that actually you know iran iran's involvement with the us in terms of isis in iraq was quite significant in terms of actually sometimes the people of the u.s. are backing in syria are. fighting against assad who is obviously being you know is being funded in iran and i think you know iran has to be brought to the table iran is part of this inclusive approach towards syria and iraq and of course you have seen iran's iran's moves in iraq maliki was a was a person that the was supported by iran and also largely you know got rid of by iran and i think that is significant and obviously there are there are plenty of areas of agreement even if even if not in public where the u.s. u.k. and iran can engage and can come work because of the threat the threat is to plenty of us whether whether we be in london new york washington. damascus or tehran you know if i can go quickly back to you in washington i guess there's no political will for that because logically speaking logically speaking if this is the greatest threat to the world right now then you have to forgive a few things i

in the sense that actually you know iran and iran's involvement with the us in terms of isis in iraq was quite significant in terms of actually sometimes the people of the u.s. are backing in syria are. fighting against assad who is obviously being you know is being funded in iran and i think you know iran has to be brought to the table iran is part of this inclusive approach towards syria and iraq and of course you have seen iran's iran's moves in iraq maliki was a was a person that the was supported by iran and also largely got rid of by iran and i think that is significant and obviously there are there are plenty of areas of agreement even if even if not in public where the u.s. u.k. and iran can engage and can come work because of the threat the threat is to plenty of us whether whether we be in london new york washington. damascus or tehran you know if i can go quickly back to you in washington i guess there's no political will for that because logically speaking logically speaking if this is the greatest threat to the world right now then you have to forgive a few things in and

they're an enemy of iran and iran is the greatest threat we face in the middle east. if you look at the 10 points. it reads like america's declaration of independence. why should they -- consider should we not support them? i would tell the prime minister we expect that of him. after all, america did guarantee their safety and their security and we should not say that we no longer have a role in that just because we lo longer are in iraq. we need to let the prime minister know, treat them as if they are american citizens and any attack on them is an attack against america. >> before we leave iran. u.n. ambassador smith power was asked about what the u.s. is willing and -- >> secretary kerry said last a k that every country has part in this, including iran. what exactly is iran's part? >> let me stress we are not coordinating military operations or sharing intelligence with iran. i think what the secretary meant was that iran has made clear it isil a threat. in that respect our operations are oriented the objective of degrading and destroying isil and we're waiting to

two questions, one contra and one iran. i am sure you will say something in the book, where do you come down on whether reagan knew about this diversion and authorized it? the key question that links iran and contra together and how do you think the obama administration which is grappling with the issue of negotiating for terrorists and there seemed to be a lot of gray areas whether ransoms being paid maybe not by the u.s. but others, what lessons do you think they should be drawing from how the reagan administration handled it and what pitfalls they hope to avoid? >> the diversion question was the watergate question of the iran-contra scandal. i have argued and others argued that that was a mistake. to consider is that the central question that was put out to be. several of us including oliver north agree that it was basically a really clever idea to divert everybody down the wrong path. the diversion was a diversion. because in the course of his investigation -- it is too big a word for it. damage control operation from n

the islamic state of iran.years, iran has relentlessly pursued the global mission way was set forth by its founding ruler ayatollah in these words the we will export our revolution to the entire world until the cry there is no god but allah will echo throughout the world over. and ever since, the regime's brutal enforcers, iran's revolution guards have done exactly that. listen to its current commander, general mohammed ali jafra. he said, our duty is to prepare the way for an islamic world government. iran's president stood here, president rouhani, and shed crocodile tears about global terrorism. maybe he should spare us those phony tears and instead have a word with iran's revolutionary guards. he could ask them to call off iran's terror campaign, which has included attacks on two different countries, five continents since 2011 alone. you know, to say that iran doesn't practice terrorism is like saying derek jeter never played shortstop for the new york yankees. this bemoaning by the iranian president of the

but these days iran and the u.s. may find themselves in agreement over a rare area of mutual interest, this fight against isis. you are about to hear the president of iran condemn isis while still criticizing the u.s. in a moment, the debate going on here over engaging isis. but first, nbc's ann curry traveled to tehran to speak with president rowhani exclusively. she starts us off from there tonight. ann, good evening. >> reporter: that's right, brian. good evening. iran's president rowhani condemned isis to saying to execute persons against islam, against all religions, even against humanity. >> translator: they want to kill humanity. and from the viewpoint of the islamic tenets and culture, killing innocent people equals the killing of the whole humanity. and therefore the killing and beheading of innocent people in fact is a matter of shame for them. and it's a matter of concern and sorrow for all the human and all the mankind. >> reporter: as harsh as president rowhani was on isis, he was absolutely withering on

they should be deciding to accept their realities of iran, the realities of a nation of iran, the unalienableights of the people. >> the nuclear issue has a deadline. he said it is 50-50. what do you think? do you think you will reach agreement with the united states over nuclear issues by november 24? >> what i can say is that if the serious will exists on both sides, this agreement is within reach. from our side, certainly this series will does exist in order to reach an agreement. so that we can resolve and put away the points of contentions that exist. at the same willingness must exist in the counterparts. we must not seek to chant slogans, we have been victors in these negotiations and other sites have been losers. what if we both say the only slogan we chant is not that has to be a win-win situation for all sides involved so the rights of all nations are respected, and ultimately all international rights and laws can be respected? certainly before the deadline we will succeed in resolving this issue. >> describe your win-win. what is a win-win for the president of iran? >> it has been

and iran and iran's role in all of this? >> well, we've been very clear, secretary kerry said there's a role for every country around the world. he said before the security council last friday with the iranian foreign minister there, or the iranian minister there, that there is an important role for iran to play. however, we are going to act in our interest and the interest of our partners. we will take action when it is in our interest -- >> is it a nonstarter, the coupling of sanctions on iran due to its alleged nuclear program and then having iran come back and taking a role and combatting ice else? is that a nonstarter to couple those? >> it's not worth mixing those, because a precondition to iran opening up to the world is they have to convince iran of the role of its program. and so that is an ongoing negotiation. it's a very difficult negotiation. that will go on over the coming days and weeks. again, for iran to rejoin the community of nations and be a constructive partner, they have to convince the global community

. >>> now to another islamic radical threat, iran and a bomb. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu will lay out his case to the u.n. national security -- iran has devices that can only be used in a nuclear bomb. iran as constructed a nuclear weaponization test site which includes a special container that enabled it to conduct exmosts that served to test critical components for nuclear decisions. this is iran has refused to let u.n. nuclear inspectors into their facility. the former ambassador to the u.n., and fox contributor, senior fellow at the enterprise institu institute. new tron devices, what do you think the israely rev laigs means? >> i think we have known for ten years that iran had a weaponization program and it wasn't -- it's an armor and artillery base, it's a research center for the iranian revolutionary and military guards corps, critical to creating a device that they can deliver somewhere and actually get the chain reaction, they have to be able to take the enriched uranium and turn it into a critical mass. that's what we're

reached out to iran for help in combatting isis and iran said no and other reports that iran has madeures to be part of the problem and could they have participated in the conference yesterday of coalition countries. no one is talking directly. we've seen in the past that the u.s. and iran have talked when there are issues of common interests for instance in afghanistan. they have talked on syria. and so i think we need to wait and see what happens at the u.n. general assembly. last year you had president obama and this new president at the time reach out to each other and they talked on the phone. will there be a little bit of an overture. i think with everything going on in the world, it would be foolhardy to think the u.s. and iran don't have things to talk about regarding isis. they'll have nuclear talks. they have been isolated to that one issue. clearly a lot of issues between the u.s. and iran to deal with. >> elise labott, thank you so much. quick break. once again we're waiting for u.s. secretary of state john kerry to testify on capitol hill moments away. stay with me. eenie

and iran.ow, the two countries find themselves with a common goal, degrading isis, publicly, of course, both iran and the u.s. firmly deny cooperating against isis. our michael holmes has more on iran's influence and the bizarre bonds, if you will, emerging, in this battle against the terror group. ♪ [ keyboard clacking ] >> isis is an existential threat in many twice many people. iran, of course, is a shia nation. isis is a militant sunni organization. you have got shia iran standing there watching shias being beheaded, in some cases, crucified. iran does not want to see that happen. and the u.s., obviously, doesn't want to see it happen either. [ keyboard clicking ] iran has had a very big role in iraqi politics, pretty much since the fall of saddam hussein. a lot of the major political parties, the political players, have all got iranian backing, they were in iran under saddam hussein. remember, saddam hussein was a brutal sunni dictator. a lot of the major shia political figures were in ira

, negotiating a solution on iran -- iran's nuclear program. the problem with that if you paint all of these things with the same brush, you're basically saying you can't negotiate with anybody, whether it's iran or hamas or elsewhere, which takes away chances for a peaceful negotiation with the israeli palestinian problem, iran's nuclear problem. and i wonder if aaron agrees but isis is a particular kind of thing and hamas is a particular kind of thing. both of them use tactics but do they still have the same mentality? i think a lot of folks would question that. >> and he made a strong point, tried to make a strong point, the prime minister of israel, that the u.s. and other permanent members of the u.n. security council, to eliminate the nuclear weapons capability, he says there can't be any finessing as this part of the deal. it's got to be resolved. iran cannot have any capability whatsoever. clearly making israel's position very clear. it seems to be pretty concerned what the u.s. and others are engaged in right now as this end of novembe

the islamic state of iran. 35 years, iran has relentlessly pursued the global mission which was set forth by the founding ruler in these words. we will export our revolution to the entire world until the cries, there's no god but allah will echo throughout the world over. and ever since, the regime's brutal enforcers, iran's revolutionary guards have done exactly that. listen to its current commander. he clearly stated this goal. he said, they did not limit the islamic refr lugs to this country. our duty is to prepare the way for an islamic world government. iran's president stood here last week and shed crocodile tears over what he called the globalization of terrorism. maybe he should spare us the phony tears and have a word instead with a commanders of iran's revolutionary guards. he could ask them to call off iran's global terror campaigns which is including attacks in two different countries, five continents since 2011 alone. to say that iran doesn't practice terrorism is like saying derek jeter never play

us in the same bed, so to speak, as iran. so, that muddies the water. i i think israel's biggest problem is world opinion. two to one people hated israel before gaza and it's dropped even further. farveltd rating so to speak have dropped since then. you see the rise of these anti-semitic movements in europe which are really troubling. he walked into a very hostile audience today. i'm not sure he won anybody over. >> i think that was another one of his objectives was to basically say the world opinion you are focusing on us when these people are beheading journalists and so forth and so on. but nina is right. he is, with respect to the united states, he is very worried that somehow, iran is going to be able to maneuver the united states into giving it a better deal on nuclear in return for some form of under the table cooperation. >> make a deal by the deadline? >> it doesn't look like it right now i do believe the president really wants it. >> could be. i don't think it will be by the deadline but i think they will make a dea

iran? previously.ith this any country in whose territory terrorists are active, if the government requests the islamic public of iran, we will assist against those terrorists. >> that is true in terms of your previous relationship fighting in the civil war in syria. assad has characterized all the opposition forces as terrorists. >> what i am saying is that if we label a group as terrorists, we are not seeking to speak of something that we have doubts about. a group in a country are carrying forward terrorists. if the government of that country formally requests of us to assist the government against a group of terrorists, we will certainly render that assistance. >> is there a possibility here of some kind of grand bargain in which if there's progress in the nuclear talks he would be more ineptable to participating the fight against isis? connect the issues. fundamentally, the nuclear talks and the fact that we must all of us have tangible progress in resolving issues, we believe the resol

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intelligence with iran. >> they do say iran expressed its own concerns about the isis threat though it also sports hezbollah and the regime of bass shaar al-assad, neither of those two spent much energy going after isis. critics say the u.s. should be careful about helping iran even if it doesn't involve a nuclear tradeoff. >> ultimatelier this the main threat in that part of the world. to be doing anything and at all to build them up, to give them sanctuary, to in effect have them on our side, what does that do to israel? >> the phrase the enemy of my enemy is my friend is often thought to be muslim phrase but a middle east expert says it predates the prophet mohammed a thousand years. it has often been wrong and warns applying it to isis in iran. lou? lou: thank you very much. wendell goler from the white house. the intruder who evaded secret service and entered the white house late friday his car was found to contain 800 rounds of ammunition and he had two previous run-ins with the law this year. federal prosecutors say omar gonzalez also had two hatchets and a machete in his car

iran is connected to assad. iran has he's bowl la and lebanon. we destroy isis without an alternative on the ground someone else will move in. we need full engagement in this. >> good to have you with us. >> thank you. >>> up next, critics say president obama is avoiding a congressional vote on operations in iraq and syria in order to protect his party from what looked like will be bleak mid-term election results. former reagan political director ed rollins and the five co-hosts will join us here next. man when i got shingles it was something awful. it was like being blindsided by some linebacker. you don't see it coming. boom! if you've had chicken pox, that shingles virus is already inside of you. it ain't pretty when it comes out. now i'm not telling you this so that you'll feel sorry for me. i'm just here to tell you that one out of three people are gonna end up getting shingles. i was one of 'em. so please go talk to your doctor or pharmacist. whenwork with equity experts who work with regional experts who work with portfolio management expe

they're well armed, well funded by iran. we saw when it comes to iran's nuclear ambitions, the u.s.ck obama is more willing to engage and under their new leader rahani. a willingness to engage when it comes to iraq and isis you've seen a very pragmatic style of iran's governance where you've got the u.s. bombing targets inside of iraq and iran pretty much saying nothing and really agreeing with it because they have a common enemy. so you wouldn't go saying that iran and the u.s. are best friends now, but in this situation they're willing to work together. when it comes to isis, it is extraordinary how universal the opposition to this group is in the region and outside the region. up is down and down is up. you have some bizarre relationships, not just the u.s. and iran, but an extraordinary thing where you've got the saudis and the iranians who have been fierce opponents. sunni, saudi, shia, iran have their own proxy wars and conflicts going on around the place in syria, for example, but you had a situation just recently where iran had a diplomat in saudi arabia discussing a unified

he used strong language compare iran to isis. i don't think he could make a more searing indictment of iran. this is typically what we hear from prime minister netanyahu who accuses iran of terrorism, so he dug his heels in at that speech in the un. in terms of the impact it will have, it's not clear of having a lot of impact. there were meetings about the nuclear program. there wasn't a lot of progress. there was a major sticking point. as i saw, they are urging iran to ease sanctions. there was talk about a possible deal between iran and the u.s. in terms of helping to fight isis. the administration is really disputing that, saying they are not going to coordinate with iran on that point. one key point i will end with, they say they are going to meet in the coming weeks, but no date has been set. when are they will can be back to the negotiating table? the dead line is november 24th. without a date, not a lot of hope right now that there is going to be any significant progress. >> certainly rhetoric that was more and more measu

iran is connected to assad. iran has he's bowl la and lebanon. if we destroy isis without an alternative on the ground someone else will move in. we need full engagement in this. >> good to have you with us. >> thank you. >>> up next, critics say president obama is avoiding a congressional vote on operations in iraq and syria in order to protect his party from what looked like will be bleak mid-term election results. former reagan political director former reagan political director ed rollins and the five [ hoof beats ] i wish... please, please, please, please, please. [ male announcer ] the wish we wish above all...is health. so we quit selling cigarettes in our cvs pharmacies. expanded minuteclinic, for walk-in medical care. and created programs that encourage people to take their medications regularly. introducing cvs health. a new purpose. a new promise... to help all those wishes come true. cvs health. because health is everything. cvs health. whenwork with equity experts who work with regional experts that's when expertise happens. mfs. bec

there was a lot of coordination with iran, between iran and u.s. at the time and of course we know what happened. george bush, state of the union address where he said iran was evil and that upset further cooperation with iran and sup set many other things like the nuclear negotiations. right now we're at a very sensitive moment between iran and the u.s. both sides really want this nuclear deal which has a deadline of november 24th, three months away. there's going to be notions in here in new york in a couple of weeks. over the nuclear issue. which is a big deal for both countries. there's isis. >> yes. and both sides now, talk about the taliban, there was this great reporting about how the u.s. had special forces who were straight-up coordinating with iranian intelligence. >> yes. >> in the early days of the afghan war because the iranians despise the taliban, feared the taliban, wanted to see the taliban. isis is now the kind of most recent iteration -- >> iteration of the taliban. exactly. >> these are people that are coming into towns and exec

iran is connected to assad. iran has he's bowl la and lebanon. we destroy isis without an alternative on the ground someone else will move in. we need full engagement in this. >> good to have you with us. >> thank you. >>> up next, critics say president obama is avoiding a congressional vote on operations in iraq and syria in order to protect his party from what looked like will be bleak mid-term election results. former reagan political director ed rollins and the five ♪ [ female announcer ] we love our smartphones. and now telcos using hp big data solutions are feeling the love, too. by offering things like on-the-spot data upgrades -- an idea that reduced overcharge complaints by 98%. no matter how fast your business needs to adapt, if hp big data solutions can keep wireless customers smiling, imagine what they can do for yours. make it matter. welllllllll, not when your travel rewards card makes it so hard to get a seat using your miles. that's their game. the flights you want are blacked out. or they ask for some ridiculous number of miles.

and we are actually looking into iran's involvement with al qaeda and specifically iran's involvement with al cade in the 9/11 attacks. so the only hopeful note that can leave you with, from these remarks is that perhaps the u.s. intelligence community today has learned from its mistakes of yesterday and understands just how diabolical, how dedicated, how determined, and how skilled the iranian intelligence services are and how determined they are to do just what ahmadinejad said, and his successors have said, which is to destroy america. thank you very much. [applause] so now we have questions? yes, sir? >> yes. like to turn your attention to something different. your book makes out an argument that sound correct that the obama administration foreign policy has been feckless, rather impotent and very passive. but what do you make of the recent bombing campaigns against isis in iraq. is that mark a change in the obama administration viewpoint or strictly one time pop up thing that really means nothing? >> well we've been told about it white house that those bombing, can't call it a ca

i mean the goal of the iran talks is to dismantle iran's nuclear program. i don't see how they could possibly do anything for the u.s. that would cause us to sign something that allow them to keep it. i don't think that will frly at all. i think the -- this president is now a war president and this is what's going to dominate the remaining two years of his presidency. >> with regard to iran, in kissinger's new book, he says in 2003 when these negotiations began, iran had 130 centrifuges, now they have 19,000. 10,000 in service, but 19,000. when they began in 2003, they had no capacity to enrich uranium, now they have 10 tons of enriched uranium, and they can in a matter of months using their centrifuges make it weapons grade. whatever we're doing seems to be visibly interfering with iran. >> even worse the 19,000 centrifuges, they are demanding the right to 130,000. they -- to keep as many as they want, but to remove the pipes that connect them. because if you can't move your cranium from one machine to another, you're not going to enrich. so what they want

. >> the united states said iran has a role to play in defeating isil.n has not been invited to be part of the international military coalition, but the u.s. secretary of state john kerry told the security council that iran could help take out the group. our editor james bays reports. >> reporter: the latest effort by the united states to build a coalition against isil. >> the agenda is adopted. >> reporter: secretary of state john kerry himself chairing the security council. the u.s. has the rotating presidency this month, and he used it to join the fight. >> the cult masquerading as a religious movement. >> reporter: 37 nations wanted to speak at this meeting but the evolving coalition only involve two countries who have taken military action, the u.s. and france. >> it would like to be called islamic state. actually they're just throat cutters. it has no legitimacy of a state, nor does it represent islam. >> i now give the floor to his excellency. >> reporter: a country normally deeply opposed to u.s. foreign policy in the middle east also spoke. >> w

iran is connected to assad. iran has he's bowl la and lebanon.we destroy isis without an alternative on the ground someone else will move in. we need full engagement in this. >> good to have you with us. >> thank you. >>> up next, critics say president obama is avoiding a congressional vote on operations in iraq and syria in order to protect his party from what looked like will be bleak mid-term election results. former reagan political director ed rollins and the five lou: we will be talki w >>> we'll be talking with juan williams and ed rollins here, two of my favorite folks, in just a moment to assess what happened tonight at the white house and what the president said. our quotation of the evening first, however, this from founding father the third president of the united states thomas jefferson who said, governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars with the end result always be the same. one will always lead to the other. juan williams, good to have you with us, ed rollins, thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> l

government about iran? >> and they were very ignorant, as you know, and one expression of that was they acknowledged it, too. it's why the dean went to paris and why the idea had some traction with a lot of people who thought about these issues and people at the cia and other people. they were not after the hostages alone. there were people who seriously wanted to see improvement. as i mentioned earlier in the early part of the administration this idea surfaced more than once about getting back into better relations with iran and even using weapons to do that. this came up in 1982 and in 1983 again there and there are materials that relate to that. so there was a wide recognition that we didn't really know what was going on and a reflection of that is the weight was given to that was given to the document that was put together by none other than [inaudible] about the internal power structures inside of iran. i will say as somebody who has had something to do with iran as a subject of study in the last ten,

iran will be a problem. >> iran is a factor in syria. iran is a factor in iraq. on the one hand, as you said, the major sunni states said if iran comes to the conference, we won't. there's a difference between being part of a coalition, led by the united states. the ayatollah took that off the table, versus communication, and some sort of deconfliction because obviously iran, while it continues to support the bashar al-assad government, doesn't want to see the rise of the islamic state as a competitor to bashar al-assad. there's a shared - there's a shared purpose here, but not necessarily a shared path. >> it's a shame politics gets in the way. all these people in syria and iraq. pj crowley, thanks. >> my pleasure. >>> the u.s. is busy recruiting nations to join the fight against i.s.i.l., the group is women. >> it's important they come to this place, here you forbid to live among the creatures. >>> i'm joined by mia boom, professor of security studies, and author of "bombshell", a book about this topic. mia, it's great to have you on the show. the fbi reportedl

the islamic state of iran.or 35 years, iran has relentlessly pursued the global mission set forth by its founding ruler, ayatollah komeny in these words. we will export our revolution to the entire world until the cry there is no god but allah will echo throughout the world over. and ever since, the regime's brutal enforcers, iran's revolutionary guards have done exactly that. listen to the current commander, general muhammed. he clearly stated this goal. he said our imam did not limit the revolution to this country, but to prepare the way for an islamic world government. iran's president stood here last week and shed crocodile tears over what he called the globalization of terrorism. maybe should you pair us those phony tears and have a word instead with the commanders of the revolutionary guards and ask them to call off the global terror campaign which included attacks on two dozen countries on five continents since 2011 alone. iran doesn't practice terrorism is saying derek jeter never played shortstop for t