the three nations that said no are iran, syria and north korea.ause of the republicans and some conservative democrats, us too. iran, syria, north korea and the united states. conspiracy theories can be fun. they make the world seem exciting and like there is a secret special meaning to things that only you know about if you're smart enough to understand how things really work. conspi

countries in complete agreement with the national rifle association on this treaty are iran, north korea and syriall of you patriots out there paying your dues to the nra are doing so now in complete support of iran, north korea and syria's opinion on that treaty with the united nations. on wednesday in maryland, the house of representatives voted 78-61 to pass a strict new gun and ammunition control bill. the bill would require the fingerprinting of gun buyers and a photo i.d. purchasing license, similar to a driver's license, which would have to be renewed every ten years like a driver's license. and even though fingerprinting and licensing requirements would not cover the purchase of hunting rifles or shotguns, maryland republican michael mcdermott said the new law is a de facto ban on gun sales in maryland. and yesterday in connecticut, the state senate passed a vote of 26-10 to pass a new gun and ammunition legislation, which governor dannel malloy signed into law today. connecticut's new massacre control measure bans selling magazines that hold more than ten bullets. it requires universal ba

the three nations that said no are iran, syria and north korea.ause of the republicans and some conservative democrats, us too. iran, syria, north korea and the united states. conspiracy theories can be fun. they make the world seem

and study the treaty that the three countries who blocked the the conclusion of the treaty were iran syria and nor are there are you know playing ok these countries are are under arms embargoes it's no surprise that they've blocked this is against their interest because they are they're trying to get weapons cases they're also i mean they're also enemies of the united states all right now we go ahead jump in this is crossed on i had just maybe to take come and see them that. i would say that they arms trade treaty again ones it will come to for us hopefully in the next two years or so we'll have an effect not only to the countries that will sign up to it but also those countries who might choose to opt out just because they as. a historical treaty will start changing the norm of how we see acceptable arms transfers and. thereby also those guys who might not want to join are de facto going to be affected by it as well jeff you want to reply. well you know i think that all these countries of who are who have signed on who are deadly serious have been deadly serious about other things before

is leaking at syria in the context of iran. syria's ally. utting pressure on syria by letting this news out. signaling to iran that perhaps and kind of upgraded u.s. involvement beyond sending 200 trainers to jordan might be in the offing. there's a lot of complex kabuki playing out here and there's varying degrees of uncertainty comment gives the administration additional latitude. doesn't say he has crossed the red line, very distinctly, action is coming. >> shepard: i guess they want others involved in this, the brits and french, others. >> and middle east alleys, we'rely. they don't want to go into some kind of action in syria that's going to further antagonize some of the u.s.' middle east allies. iraq is not exactly a stable zone. we're withdrawing from afghanistan. there a lot of policy plays at work here. further involvement in syria could really complicate that. >> shepard: john bussey of the wall street journal. >> last week week's explosion in texas was overshadowed in the media, but not for the people who were there and not for th

syria has relation with iran really, really deep. i heard somebody in syria tell me our relations with iran is deeper, even between two members of nato, so they really have a very intense relationship, and we felt solving that problem would be very difficult to get a negotiation moving. for iran, syria is a very important actor. for that, we need to get all the pressure possible with russia. russia is a player, can't get out of the situation in syria. but, remember, we have two problems which have linked iran and syria, and we have the p-5 together in one, iran and separated in the other, which is syria. we have a pretty bad situation. that is what i think we have in front of us. the other thing that i would like to mention, the third thing i'd like to mention is sanctions. sanctions has to review before the end of the summer, and, today, we have. able to put the top sanctions on iran that hit in their economy, but we still maintain the price of oil at 11 which is plausible, now, that is because the 4% of the barrel production that is

they are there syria and iran and syria to under control about everything and we don't have that possibility to do that much we are fighting to save everything every time we are talking about. we also crying all the time when i crying. it's not easy for you to forget. you are. to go see. six months ago husband small house in a leaky village. his parents to their ancestors land in russia three months later his elder brother came from damascus with his wife and their four children now they have to eat their meals in shifts the table isn't big enough to accommodate a family of thirteen. nearing la. i must leave from there my wife living in america i want to go to. visit but america said no visa but. no problem for me for my child. like leaving america people believe in magic and maybe freedom and. peace. for me no i don't think it was. destroying syria and not syria we don't believe hundred percent of. the syrian people are not doing. what now my mind and my friends do we always believe that god maybe will give us a better life because we are seeing god with people and what. feels like a blow t

iran. there is an ancient and ongoing hostility between persians and arabs. and why syriaso for to iran is that's their beachhead in the arab world. great consternation of the other arab. i think it ought to be broader and include the things you suggest but others as well. >> to do that, that sounds like you need some sort of, you need a larger coalition than is being talked about and the united nations may not be -- if the russians continue to stay in the way, do you go alternative path? do you get the arab league involved? they have been largely have been quiet on this front. >> well, they have been quiet publicly but as you know both -- saudi arabia and qatr have been trying to offset the assistance that has come in from syria for iran and russia. so the the arab league has not been a coherent and effective force because of divisions themselves. syria is itself member of the arab league. so -- it is president -- i don't think that you can rely upon it to get the job done. >> but they were a huge -- bigger reason arguably than the u.n. was in libya. >> that's right. >> h

arms treaty along side their new bffs, iran, syria and you guys are awesome. healthcare immigration and gun safety bills can't pass in congress but a bill giving monsanto the right to genetically modify your food just sailed through. folks, i don't want to say our food is genetically juiced up but a bag of lettuce just won the tour de france. >> republicans mocking president obama for not closing gitmo are like lucy mocking charlie brown for missing the football. today is the birthday of linda hunt emmylou harris, sir alec guinness would have been 99 today. 500 years ago this very day spanish explorer ponce de leon first set sight on what came to be known as florida and kept their turn signal on for the whole rest of the trip. congressman charlie rangel and ask a tea partier. this is "viewpoint." >> john: good evening, i'm john fuglesang. this is "viewpoint." thank you so much for watching us tonight. if you were an nra executive like wayne lapierrre you might think you're having a pretty good start to the week. "the washington post" is reporting that congress

now we're hearing a lot of strong rhetoric coming from the political media establishment about iran syria and most recently in north korea i want to play a quick sound bite from. you when this is tracking a mobile missile launcher that has been moved within north korea by train to launch or has the ability to strike japan as well as u.s. bases in okinawa and adding to the fears today the young leader of the north said the moment of explosion is coming so scott under an anarchist state or i guess not state but under an anarchist system how would these kind of threats be dealt with i guess. what you just said would you go kind of more of that route of just. the i for the i type thing with a long term thing is that historically nation states are new to this planet and they haven't worked and that we did we would dismantle them we would take down false borders i think that we'd also dismantle the military industrial complex we just start taking it away because we don't need it if we're not an imperialist force who is actually trying to draw resources labor in and you know the natural world fr

iran can do is engage in the kind of provocative behavior you've seen the case of north korea and then hide behind the nuclear shield so you could see them intervening more aggressively in lebanon or syria or iran or yemen because they have it because they have a nuclear weapon locked in a challenge because they have a nuclear weapon right. correct because then nobody would people the lesson people seem to be learning is as long as you have a nuclear weapon the united states will not attack you as opposed to libya or syria which doesn't or. are serbia so if they had that then they would be they could use that leverage that's the stability and stability parent paradox yeah exactly you want to jump in there go ahead. yes i think that is a real concern in washington i think a lot of people have that concern but i mean i think the ija will judge the majors are the polar sea and use of force up to now i think they've set the rules very early by attacking has and saying that we're not going to and iran is the same entity you know we kind of said they are for a while and i think that there's no reason to think that israel can carry out operations has with him that would provoke iran to move i

thankfully some have opposed this measure namely, north korea, iran and syria and they've been joinedone brave voice. >> the national rifle association has lobbied against the treaty. >> stephen: that's right the nra has officially joined what i call the axis of freedom. [ laughter ] of course -- [cheers and applause] of course, the u.n. is trying to convince us that gun control will make us safer. according to u.n. secretary general ban key moon the treaty will help to keep terrorists and criminals and their like from acquiring deadly arms. you might think, stephen, sounds look a good idea because i don't want evil people to have guns. well, greg -- to make it easy i've named you all greg. [ laughter ] if you wanted to take guns away from all evil people, i suppose would you start with hitler, right? pretty bad guy. guess what? he shot him swfl a gun. if you want to take away his gun you are really saying you wish hitler were still alive. that's your position, greg. that's what is going on with the u.n. gun grabbers. meanwhile back in washington the senate is opening debate tomorrow

when you look at the alliances that todaynow, just cuba in the past tense, right now has with iran and with syriaa foot hold in our[m sitting, iran has a real infrastructure that it is shipping all kinds of equipment, whether it is venezuela, whether it is cuba all over and that's going to be a problem for the united states later on. cuba has earned a right to to bebe on that state sponsor terrorism list t has a u.s. citizen, alan gross, who is languishing in jail right now. also they're giving safe passage and harbor to over 70 fugitives from u.s. justice. there is a host of reasons why it belongs on that list. and i hope that the president and the state department make the right it on the they belong ere. vastly different opinions on the issue of cuba and this list of terrorism. congressman ileana ros-lehtinen, thank you, both so much. >> thank you. bombing suspect, the mother here of these suspects says she wants to come to united states. this comes asn sh her son onshe's also wanted by the y,ere in chusetts. so what happens when and if this mother sets foot on u.s. soil. we're going to ask th

the only no votes came from rogue nations, iran, syria and north korea. here in the united states, president obama and the senate would still need to sign off on the treaty. the national rifle association has vowed to fight it but u.s. officials say the treaty will not effect the rights of u.s. citizens to own guns. investigators say they have blown open a massive school cheating scandal. maybe the biggest in the history of this nation. they claim teachers in a major american city faked high scores on standardized test. the reason? so that they, the administrators and teachers could cash in on extra funding. they say the chain of corruption goes all the way to this woman, the then superintendent of the city schools. plus, one state's plan to send some convicts out of prison and into a nursing home. you'll hear from residents angry over the move and lawmakers defending the move as we approach the bottom of the hour and the top of the news. this is america. we don't let frequent heartburn come between us and what we love. so if you're one of them people who

it's supported by every country in the united nations except iran, syria and north korea and senator texas. and after saying that the party must make inroads with women, rnc chair raince priebus is back at it attacking planned parenthood and saying that democrats support infancide. what is the cause of all this wackiness? might the gop theory stem from the facts that the tactics they so often use to divide the country are now dividing them? the national journal's ron brownstein writes while wedge issues are mostly a republican weapon's it's now most orrin democrats who are charging the gates. how about that, mia? >> i think we've seen over the last 20 or 30 years you had republicans lining up furiously against bill clinton trying to say that he was an illegitimate president, impeaching him. >> now we have a real reversal and demographics are on the democrats' side. i do think we're going to have this you know sort of there will be blood scenario. among republicans for a while. until there is an election in 2016, in some leader emerges, whether it's chris christie, marco rubio, but in

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north korea, iran and syria voted against. russia, china and 21 other nations abstained. the treaty bans transfers of weapons if they violate u.n. arms embark goes or promote acts of the men no side, crimes against humanity or war crimes. the treaty requires member states to submit arms trade records to the united nations every year. >> translator: what's significant here is they recognize the need to be transparent and accountable in regulating international trade and arms. those weapons are related to a lot of crimes in many countries. >> it's estimated conventional weapons kill half a million civilians every year. the treaty will take effect after 50 countries ratify it. a lot will depend on which nations ratify it. >>> chinese health authorities have announced that four more people have been infected with a new strain of the avian flu virus. this races the total of known cases to seven. health officials say that the four are from an area near shanghai. they complained of flu and coughing in mid march. tests confirm they contracted the h 7 n 9 virus strain. all are in

three countries stood out against the treaty -- iran, north korea, and syria. the syrian ambassador makes his government's position clear. need of a good treaty which we will mop change later and which will not be used for political exploitation by some states against others. >> how will this perform? clearly, it is not going to stop russia selling arms to the syrian government nor would prevent the opposition supporters abroad from funneling weapons to them. the new treaty does said an international benchmark governing arms transfers. they hope that there is a significant provision for the agreement to be amended and strengthened over time. quick look at other newsprint on employment has risen to a record high of 12%. with an 90 million people are jobless as the debt crisis continues to hamper economic growth. spain and greece are suffering the most with the highest rates of over 26%. in venezuela, the campaign to replace hugo chavez gets underway on tuesday. candidates have held several events across the country. if you're looking for a challenge, it is hard

syria. i don't think it will be iran without with solving syria. syria has a deeper relationship with iran. even between two members of nato. they really have a very intense relationship. we thought solving that problem would be very difficult to get to the negotiations. for tehran, syria is a very important factor. russiat we need to have . we have two problems. the link between iran and syria. and we. and we have the p5. so we have a pretty bad situation. ist we have in front of us that. the other thing i like to mention is sanctions. sanctions to be reviewed before the end of this summer. today we have been able to put tough sanctions on iran that are but theyheir economy, are still maintaining the price of oil at a level that is supportable. production is the there. imagine for a moment the economy goes a little better, there are more needs of oil. china atelling gas to a very low cost. grows globally, it will be very difficult to stop the most important thing we that iran would not able to export any oil. if china agrees not to keep buying oil

you mentioned syria. iran foroncerns about a long time. now i have democrats and republicans indicating for much action in syria. 70,000 people killed. i have not heard you speak much on syria. i like to your take and what you think we ought to be doing. where is the red line in syria for the united states? willing to consider military strikes? few think we moved it a times. robusttill had a military legal willy-nilly wherever there is a problem, we would be in a better position to take action. i would like to commit our military anywhere crennel given what we're doing in these budget cuts. you cut $70 billion. the third sequestration on top, the chiefs of the services evolved their less than two or three years. in a them have ever had a budget. this year has been totally upside-down. the 487 billion cut. everything is coming together at one time. what has happened, we have troops fighting in afghanistan right now that are in danger every single day. we have troops that are training to go over there in next appointment and the next appointm

, syria, that will lead to a war with north korea and iran. got it? if we don't fight assad in syria, we'll be fighting the mullahs in iran and kim jong-un in north korea. is there a clearinghouse, a conference call where everyone in the choir gets the tune right for the next war? i listened to all this this last time. heard the same rhapsody played over and over how easy it would be, what a cakewalk it was going to be going into iraq, how there would be a mushroom cloud over america if we didn't attack and didn't attack then. here it comes again. if you can tell the difference between what mccain and graham and john bolton are saying this week, the message is familiar. let's get into this one. two to war with another islamic country because it's going to be so easy, another piece of cake. david corn for "mother jones" magazine and bobby ghosh editor of "time" international. i love you talking to what's his name? who's the guy -- the guy who tells the republicans how to talk. >> oh, frank luntz? >> you were the guy who broke the story. let's

of the international system so we've seen a lot of changes and cooperation in north korea and iran and syria and others on missile developments the fear is now we're going to see this spill over into the nuclear around with north korea sharing its insights on how to make and nuclear warhead and functionally unishe nuclear device and so randel have that capability without even having the test so that's one beans and why people tend to consider these countries together despite their differences zachary but they feel threatened by the west yeah i think that they're i think iran actually fears becoming north korea because it's you know a story a country and i think that the current regime wants to continue that so i had the. it's more of the fact that we've cut off all these avenues to. sort of nuclear cooperation even the civilian realm for iran that drives them towards north korea but i think i also think we should overstate the relationship because we don't really know exactly and i don't think we know exactly how much deep this cooperation goes and i think whatever however far it does go i t