iran. they do take quite the same line on syria, africa, iran. french are willing to put a little bit of force behind it and the americans quite appreciate the way they have stepped in with the militants there. on the whole, it's a relationship that works quite well. >> when they turn to the global economy, there are complaints of our slow recovery but the french economy, by most accounts, is really sluggish. >> there has been a stagnation. they feel they get a bad rap in the british and american press. france has lagged other countries, but let's not get too dramatic about it. 2013 was not a great year anywhere. the german economy grew only about 0.4% and france grew about 0.1%. yes, there was a lag but it is not as dramatic as it's often made out. >> when he arrives in washington, what kind of political shape is francois hollande back in back home? >> his popularity is extremely low, somewhere in the 20% range. it is the lowest any president has ever had in france. there are some elections coming up for local and european elections where his pa

us buying the two men are expected to get down to business today the white house talks covering iran syria and traits. today the united states and france are enjoying a level of trust not seen in more than a decade. that's why this visit is the rice pie for both. for obama. battered by domestic gridlock and for all along that was personalized is under scrutiny back home chevron rover year i knew was watching them. eu foreign ministers have said they may use targeted sanctions against ukraine is the most resorts. anti government protests is on the island in the month of street action against the president. a key security posts is all the productions and attacks on protest is. the cbc in brussels on monday mrs said they decided to keep a straight six engines every sad. in case the situation in ukraine but ones. when we listen to what we need to have a d one season mediate and jimbo sanctions. however we decided to do that again targeted sanctions. if ever the situation becomes class which is not the case now. by doing this we wanted to say and namesake know that the claimant states to addres

iran, syria, surveillance by the nsa, concerns from france. but certainly the headlines, the interest, coming from outside of washington. this is very much where the interest is. i think we have been saying in a way that some of the foreign affairs of this trip have been eclipsed by the affairs of the heart. and all of the headlines that have been captured by le affair hollande as it's been called have been followed here to the united states. there is a tremendous interest here. there is a very large group of french reporters who have come along for this trip. so much attention being paid to it. but it's also fascinating, wolf, when you do look at the substantive side of this. this trip comes at an interesting side, and not just because of the scandal. this was a trip that was announced in november that francois hollande would be coming for a huge honor. and the fact that it is a european nation, something that president obama hasn't really concentrated on in these instances. but what you had in september, obviously, was the issue of syria. fr

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i think he's proven that out, whether it be syria, iran or any place else. the fact that all of a sudden we trust them now to be negotiating on the world's behalf. russia only negotiates on russia's behalf. >> we'll come back to that in a different segment. >> that was another era. >> that was reagan. >> putin was not the president when the president said that. >> but it was the puppet of putin who was the president. >> it goes back to the administration i think you know a lot about and i do, when your father was negotiating with gorbachev, he was no day at the beach either. you've got to do what's in your interests. one of the things obama did with the russians was cut down the nuclear -- number of nuclear weapons, something that your dad started working there with them. not because we like them, but because we both have them and it's in both of our interests. >> my father also said trust but verify. >> we are verifying just like we are in iran. >> verify the fact that syria is already a day late and a dollar short. >> i agree. you heard what kerry said, if

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>> well, syria and iran are the two key problems that the united states and france are facing together with some other western allies. on syria, i think united states and france are really dreaming when they are saying, wait, hoping to oust assad from power. president putin, french and united states are dreaming about a better future for syria. concerning iran, let me add something. i think the french have been a bit more tougher and realistic than the approach of president obama toward iranian president rouhani. having lived in iran for three years under the ayatollah's regime, to believe that this regime will respect the nuclear -- i don't trust this regime or president rouhani and president obama, president hollande, prime minister cameron in great britain should be far tougher to get heard from this iranian regime. >> hollande just arrive, the president and first lady greeting him. in a few minutes we will dip into some of the opening ceremony. to pick up on the iran point that mr. mallard just made -- >> he was referring to something that was fairly extraordinary and underreported

back to "face the nation" we have a lot to talk about with our panel, starting in sochi going to iran, syria, all the developments back here at home. joining this morning, jeffrey goldberg with the bloomberg view. the author of the "way of the night. theecret army and a war at end of the earth. and also joined by cbs news state department correspondent our own john dickerson. john, i'll start with you. eric holder makes a speech last night to a gay rights group where he announces new charges. here is part of what he said last night in his speech. >> in every courthouse, in every proceeding and in every place where a member of the department of justice stands on behalf of the united states they will strive to ensure that same-sex marriages receive the same privileges, the same protections and the same rights as opposite-sex marriages under federal law. >> schieffer: so i guess one of the things this means if you get arrested hauled in to federal court your partner cannot testify as it is with heterosexual couples who are married, wife can't testify against a husband, a husband against a wife.

diplomats work side by side to help promote peace from syria to iran.ur development experts help impoverished villages, boost their agriculture and lift themselves out of poverty. in this area of partnership, it would have been unimaginable even a decade ago, but it's a testament of how our two nations have worked to transform our alliance. francois you haven't just spokenel kwenly about france's determination to meet its responsibilities as a global leader, you have also acted there molli, to syria and iran, you have shown courage and resolve, and i want to thank you for your leadership and being such a strong parter in with the united states. i'm grateful to the progress we have made today in four key areas. first we're standing shoulder to shoulder on the key challenges to global security. we have succeeded in halting and rolling back key parts of the iranian nuclear program. we agree next week's talks will be an opportunity for iran to show it is serious about a comprehensive solution that assures the world that its nuclear program is for peaceful p

foreign policy between teen is noticeably in sync with the us will come in the french stance on iran syria and wanted to quit school of extremists and in africa the trade deal between the two who is also expected an economic base that need suitable homes and not taking jumping on his own. however it's not all sunshine and roses to keep conversations expected over the us spying allegations. the piece of french business trip to iran and of course perspective of those lovely talking to you to know it. the absence of former first lady betty king of ireland will be conspicuous the dinner on tuesday. jim doesn't allow him to enlist two was injured on a portion of protests has been declared dead can dance and can go in the jill and i did was left to make them off to the struggle ahead by flair. in protest against boss has announced that says state. students have since added a tribute to the fore and i can on monday in brazil yesterday. it was either purchased or was he was heard to another demonstration had a nice downtown riyadh just four months ahead on the world cup. our team on the ground sen

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iran. backwards on syria, backwards on venezuela. backwards in relation with just about all of our allies. i mean, this is a foreign policy failure. >> all right, strong opinions utthat, but a new gallup survey shows 59% of americans still view here favorably a year after she stepped down as secretary of state. keep in mind, eric, this is in the aftermath even of benghazi, the aftermath of the famous thought around the world, what difference does it make? >> very popular. she's a very popular former secretary of state, former senator. what can you say? look, i would love to see what she's going to run on, going forward. is it going to be we're going to fix obamacare? it would be very interesting. but whoever it is on the right is going to have a formidable opponent on the left. i disagree with bob. i don't think anyone is dumb enough to run against her. >> dana, what about charles, the comments he made under her watchful eye or not so watchful, the u.s. has taken steps back with iran, syria, venezuela. >> it's an aggressive point of

remember, he's playing the game not only in syria but in iran. syria his client state is again in chaos, much as we see in ukraine. things are in flux with iran so this idea that somehow he is this giant and he's controlling the west i think is misbegotten. >> he's sensitive to the international banking system which he needs to launder the money through. that's the pressure point we have. >> exactly. >> i don't know. at this point he seems to be winning in syria. >> no, he's not. how do you figure he's winning in syria? >> assad is in power. he's not turning over his chemical weapons and he's continuing to slaughter the tens of thousands of rebels. >> correct. that's not to his advantage. that's not a stable client state he can rely on. >> i understand that. >> oh, okay. >> you say the rebels are winning? >> no. at this point it's in chaos. what i'm saying that's not good for putin and his geopolitical ambitions. >> yes. syria owes russia $10 billion. russia wants access to its port. these things are rather at risk given the state of play there.

that is up to russia, iran and assad. syria have gotten ourselves in this position, where iran and nuclear talk or syria red line, and chemical weapons, and ukraine or in venezuela. we are no locker in the driver's -- year no longer in the driver's seat, we have given away every leverage we have, if you don't have leverage, you are not negotiating, you are begging. lou: comparing what happened to this administration's foreign policy, there is no successes any more, you look at prospect. of the ayatollah khamenei saying, it is not happening, there is no evidence of any advance in those talks, there is an asian pivot, and john kerry starts talking about global warming, it is hard to make sense of this. then in our own hemisphere, benghazi, brazil -- venezuela, brazil, argentina, and our secretary of state against announcing to organization of american states in november, that monroe doctrine is dead as far as this administration is concerned, what sense do you make of this? >> no sense, i find, you know at first i thought justin

. >> we're seeing in the ukraine what we've seen in syria and what we'll see again in iran is a complete failure of what i think was the centerpiece of the president's foreign policy, and that is the reset of relations with russia. putin is obviously bolstering the government in ukraine. the question then is what are we getting? is this completely sterile policy? >> greg, this afternoon the pentagon said that defense secretary chuck hagel has been trying all week to try to reach the ukranian defense minister, but his calls are either not being taken and certainly not being returned. so, what should america do at this point if no one is even going to listen? >> i think the game is over for america. i think the game is over because our guy chose not to play. if you look at iran, you look at syria, you look at snowden, these are all trifles when you're busy tweeting about binge watching "house of cards" or congratulating an athlete who has come out of gay which are all noble things, but in the world of priorities, obama's more like a publicist for "us weekly" than a president, and when you

he's playing the game not only in syria but in iran. yria his client state is again in chaos, much as we see in ukraine. things are in flux with iran so this idea that he's this giant and he's controlling the west is misbegotten? he's sensitive to the international monetary which he need. >> he seals to be winning in syria. >> no, he's not. >> how is he winning in syria? >> assad is in power, not turning over his chemical weapons and continuing to slaughter by the tens of thousands. >> but that's not to his advantage. not a stable state that he can rely on. >> would you say the rebels are wining? >> at this point that's in chaos. i'm saying that's not good for putin and his geopolitical ambition. >> syria owes russia $10 billion, and russia are wants access to its port, and these things are rather at risk given the state of play there. >> all right. we have to take a break here, but we'll see you later in the program. up next, the nation's governors are meeting in d.c. this week ahead of elections in 36 states this fall. democrats not mi

russia on the iranian question and the obama administration wants to achieve an agreement on iran, on syria, on all of these other issues. so there may be costs, there could be some kind of sanctions although even there there is a limited possibility. so i'm not really sure what those costs would be. >> brown: dmitri simes there is a lot of history, obviously with crimea, russia and ukraine, for our audience what should we foe about to help us understand this. >> ukraine, of course, was a part of russia for more than 300 years. and it decided to secede and everybody has accepted it as legitimate. crimea was a part of ukraine. -- it was given to ukraine by-- but to celebrate 300 year anniversary of ukrainian decisions to join russia. and of course at that time, ukrainia was a solitary republic and the federal part of the soviet union wh who-- in his wildest dream. that gift. >> he was giving them something that he wasn't wanting to give away anything. >> let me say something that is not being discussed sufficient. russia has a major interest in crimea. and unlike in key eve where russia had

troubles back home but also a substantive agenda for him to discuss with president obama between iran, syriaher issues ahead of his trip later this week to silicon valley. this was an opportunity where everyone put the partisan weighty issuese aside. paul ryan had just voted hours before not to increase the debt ceiling. he stayed until the very end. at the end also, as everyone said goodbye, he said, i was expecting to come to washington to have all of these serious discussions, but i instead find a dance club instead. you said partisan bickering. whatder if you can gauge the sentiment is between president obama and president hollande. do they seem to be on the same page, do they seem to like one another? >> it certainly seemed like a warm meeting. generally, when they have these state visits, they are designed to elicit these mormon moments where the two leaders -- warm moments where the two readers can share history, values. the trip to monticello was one thing. the ability to show u.s. wines from washington, virginia, and california. all of this is meant to highlight the bonds and ties b

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. >> from the ukraine, we hear about to iraq, iran, syria, lebanon, the places of mass turkey is by far the most stable by far. it is the middle income state and the first muslim country that will become 100% literate. it's booming, one of the biggest economies in the world. it is a n.a.t.o. ally and e.u. member state, and member of the cuss items unit with the e.u. it is unlike any state in the region. it is important. >> the passing of bills, restricting the internet and tracking users, exerting more control over judges and prod cuters. this is all a way of try to contain this scan doll. but in doing so is he confirming the view of a growing, rising authoritarian. >> absolutely. that is not as important to him as it is to slap down a coup. he feels that they're not playing by the rules, so he'll take them to the rules. >> and if the u.s. is viewing all of this, how does it monitor the situation? what does it say to prime minister erdogan as this is all playing out. >> essentially we moderate because of turkey's problem. we say very little publicly. and at the end of the day turkey rem

issues driving the conversation on the future of the middle east, the civil war in syria, the nuclear negotiations with iran and the palestinian peace talks. the yow is reviewing its syria policy as the peace talks in va knee va has sphawld and the violence has escalated leaving hundreds of thousands of civilians to flew the country in recent weeks. from iran and the six world powers met in vienna on tuesday in hopes of paving a path towards a nuclear agreement. he prepares to lay out his framework for the palestinian peace an international movement bills for an economic boycott of the jewish state. i'm pleased to have aluf benn back on this program to talk about these issues and more. welcome. that's a mouthful. so tell me, as i sat down with you said there are four things that happened in the last year that are worthy of us sort of taking a snapshot of. >> it's like four surprises. that we were not anticipating. the first one was the riot -- iran and the ensuing efforts reaching all these years of disconnect and atrocity. then we had to deal with syria which in fact was keeping us in power or in power ove

and we hope to change the streets in front of the embassies of iran, syria, egypt, china, return and many other countries. that hold political prisoners. >> symbolic gestures. but do you feel there is an intention to help out reporters around the world? >> it depends. i think there are some members of congress who are committed and others are just paying lip service. so long as the white house refuses to condition aid to improvements in human rights, i think the egyptians will feel that they have a free hand. the amendment of 1975 tied most favored nation status to the right of free immigration. and given the billions of dollars sent to the dictatorship we have a responsibility and opportunity to advance basic human rights simply by conditioning that aid to respect for freedom of speech and the freedom of these detakenned journalists. >> we spoke with the director of the square, a documentary nominated for an oscar that tracks the arob spring and she knows one of the journalist who is in prison and had this to say. >> one of your al jazeera journalists is a dear, dear friend of ours.

on the ground in syria, efforts to get more people out of homs today. warned theani has military threats against iran are delusional. the iranian president vows to press on forever with iran's and calls form constructive talks on the 35th anniversary of iran's islamic revolution. it is day three of francois hollande's visit to the united states, the first by french president in 18 years. today he will highlight the national security dimension. , theop story this newshour syrian regime and syrian opposition are at the same table today, according to the united nations. this is a first this month in the second round of talks in geneva, and the session that began earlier this morning is being chaired by joint u.n.-arab league envoy lakhdar brahimi. the opposition warms that they will not return if no progress is made this week. on the ground in this area, it workers are trying to get more civilians out of homs after the truce there was extended until tomorrow. civilians were given safe passage out of the war-ravaged city, bringing the total number to someone thousand 200. our international affairs corres

iran, syria, you name it.ch other or trust those assurances, that's a problem. >> i was interviewing michael mcfaul and he said he couldn't believe that russia would engage in something like this because it would be so destabilizing. gloria borger, very quickly, because we have to throw it to wolf, what does the president say? >> they need to ask questions about whose forces are moving into crimea. they have denied that it is their forces and intelligence is telling them that and then he has to say that and then direct what needs to be done next, jim. >> that's it. our coverage conditions with "the situation room." >>> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. we're following the growing crisis in ukraine where tensions are rapidly escalating and the president of the united states, president obama is about to walk into the white house briefing room to make a major statement. the ukrainian government is accusing russian black sea forces of trying to seize two airports in crimea a

. >> rose: he's got all these balls in the air whether it's iran, syria and israeli palestinian negotiationshe went to china, went over there and he had a new statement just yesterday about climate and how important that was and how serious that was. i mean he really is having an almost like very engaged -- >> he's got a very good teamwork -- is a serious person, general john alan is as good as they come so he's really got some good folks. >> rose: john alan is working on the security elements with the palestinians. >> the job i had back in 2007 when i was special envoy working for rush. my feeling is that everybody kind of knows what this is going to look like. so it's a question of getting the people to the table to agree to it. >> rose: do you believe kerry has a plan that may be able to get them to the table to have a serious conversation. >> i don't think there's any doubt that we have a good, we have a good plan that the moderate arabs, the europeans and everybody would rally around if president awe barb and prime minister netanyahu would think about the global implications. >> rose: a

iran. >> well, but putin-- >> do you follow me? >> i do. >> he needs putin in syria. >> i do, but putin's going to do what's in his best interest. he's not going to pull out of negotiations in iran because he's upset with the u.s. mettling. he's got other things on his mind. the olympics are coming up in sochi, so i think he's a little preoccupied with keeping his country safe. >> what do you think, mort? >> look, i think this is a putin gamut, what's happened with the ukrainian president. he all of a sudden became sick when he was supposed to be meeting with the democratic representatives in ukraine. ukraine has always been seen by the russians as basically a wholly-owned subsidiary of the russians. this is the way putin does it. putin frankly outsmarted everybody. he got him basically doing what he wants him to do and he is going to continue to do that and we are not going to be able to move either one. >> but the momentum in the streets looks like it's going to be very hard to stop. >>> okay. take a look at the top, top members of the ukrainian opposition. brother

what you have been seeing and hearing with what's happening in the united states and so forth on iran, syriat, the big picture? you think obama might have in mind by pushing hard against what is the real, quite , nuclear where iran must have the highest priority? >> i don't think the administration is ignoring iran. , if i as egypt and syria were back in government, i would first ask the question, what can tosefully do in egypt promote freedom of expression, for example. the 18 journalists who are being crimes of for various disagreeing with the military in egypt. in syria, can you do anything else besides [inaudible] and then i would conclude that there's not much else i can do except in the humanitarian field in syria. in palestine and israel, there is something i can do. therefore, i really applaud the john kerry initiative and they hope the president carries it out. it does not mean you will ignore the rest of the world out there but there's only so much you can do. here, you can have a major impact. back from thek nuclear program. >> i agree that the u.s. has a vastly closer relationshi

and saying we need to talk about the area together and we have lots of things to talk about, iran and syria, but we are focussed on this today and the u.s. wants to give a chance to the government in kiev and give a chance to people that just have taken the power and independence square is not burning, the u.s. wants this government to have a chance without the military intervention and without a threat to it and only then can this government focus on the extreme problems that face this country not only this unity that we are talking about politically but economically, they need 15, $20 billion by the sum tore pay the bills or defaulting and they have a lot on their hands without worried about the province to the south. >> they are going to meet with the reporters but where the viktor yanukovich? >> well, apparently the great hunt is over, indeed if it is true he's giving a press conference in southern russia. we have talked about this and looking for him, apparently according to local reports out of moscow, he escaped a southern town and arrived to moscow and staying at a hotel and this is

guest: whether it is iran or syria, our ability to influence in our interest and oftentimes in a broader and global interest, you can use development assistance, foreign aid, diplomacy, and, frankly, it is my opinion, and it is a lovely thing not being a private citizen. i do not think we have ever been tough enough on iran in terms of sanctions. i believe there are still -- russia and china and north korea are helping develop missile technology. i believe russian and chinese companies have helped them build infrastructure for their oil industry. we could have squeezed them in terms of sanctions and in terms of getting refined oil products of petroleum back in. i do not think we have ever been aggressive enough. the last thing in the world you want to do is send your youth to war. as a country, we are war weary. it does not mean if circumstances are justified in a case is made by the president of united states, that we have to act again, we will. for the time being, i do not think you will see it in the foreseeable future. we do not understand why we think we can negotiate ourselves thro

if we're talking about afghanistan, we're talking about iran, syria's chemical weapons, those are all places where we continue to cooperate with the russians even as we manage these more difficult issues. and i just think that's the nature of the u.s./russian relationship in the year 2014. some cooperation, some disagreement. >> right you about it goes beyond that, doesn't it? here's vladimir putin who is using this moment to project russian greatness. we saw that in the opening ceremonies. and yet, he's been happy to use edward snowden to embarrass the united states, leaking the intercepted tape of victoria nuland. have you yourself been bugged by the russians? >> well, as we remind all americans that come to this country, the russian government has tremendous capabilities and legal by their law of intercepting phone calls, e-mails, et cetera. there's no doubt that i am a primary subject of interest for them. and from time to time, they have also leaked conversations i have that i thought were private. that's just the state of working in russia. it is interesting to me that this does