you would open pandora's box to attack the iranians. they could do some damage to us, but it couldn't last long. they lose, we win. if they get a nuclear capability, we have created a nuclear arms race in the middle east and you will empty pandora's box and you will put israel in an impossible spot. so my colleagues, we have a chance here to turn history around before it's too late, but the way we're moving regarding this negotiation with iran and the outcome i have never been more worried about. i do not want to allow the last best chance to stop the iranian nuclear program to be lost through inaction. if we misread where iran is actually going, it will be a mistake for the ages. i'm urging the majority leader, if not on this bill, as soon as possible to allow the bipartisan iranian sanction legislation to come to the floor for debate and a vote. i think it can change history before it's too late. thank you, madam president, and i notice the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum c

iranian's should have expected it. i think they're protesting in part to do with their own domestic audience. >> an interesting question. do you think that analogies can be drawn or lessons learned from north korea? that is, that can be applied to iran or vice versa. >> well, bob and i have both been involved, in my case, in the clinton at bush administration, with a bitter expense with the north koreans. i was not involved in either negotiation directly, but i know it all good intentions in the world and the clinton administration with agreed framework of 1994, and i know president bush and secretary rice and a bass and chris hill did back in 2007 with that negotiation. i do think that there are differences year that don't, that make it difficult to equate the north korea situation with iran. north korea is a singular state run by a mafia family dictatorship. there's no other way to describe it, really. and they're all big and cut off from the rest of the world. they're cut off from the global financial system. and th

in a way, you know, as you build up leverage against the iranians, it is important the iranians know that israel will defend itself. israel cannot live and should not live with an iranian nuclear capacity, but neither should the united states. i hope the u.s. will take the lead here and israel will support the united states and diplomacy be given enough time. these negotiations might not succeed in the next six months, they might take longer. if iran is in possession of a nuclear weapon, i would hope israel would support continued negotiations, and i hope the saudis would, too. i'm a private citizen, so i can say this. i have been very disturbed by the public attacks by saudi officials on the united states and on president obama and secretary kerry. i've been disturbed as i have been by many americans by members of the israeli cabinet criticizing in a very public, very open way secretary kerry over the last two weeks. these two countries have a great friend in the united states, these are tense times. i would hope the saudis and israeli governments will give the obama administration

i am sure that was the initial intention of the iranians. they say it is to produce medical isotopes but it is not the best type of reactor for the production of medical isotopes. much better for that purpose and much corporate user of plutonium would be a reactor model dated by heavy water, light water research reactor. the head of the atomic energy organization of iran a few days ago gave some hints that they would be prepared to accept some design modifications of that reactor in order to reduce the plutonium production threat. it is not clear what he means by that. one way to modify it is for it to be fuelled by lightly enriched uranium rather than natural uranium which would be somewhat better than fuelling it with natural uranium. that would be fine but not nearly as useful a step as converting it to light water research reactor and that is the solution that would solve this difficult issue. there is also the question of underground enrichment facility the secret facility, it was outbid by western intelligence agencies in 2009. my gues

iranians don't see this as a major obstacle.sanctions imposed on the islamic republic haven't actually prevented iran's trade with the outside world. still generating around 30 billion euros per year. both to the advantage of parties if a balanced, long-term agreement is implement ied. >> thank you very much. it is time for a look at the latest sports headlines. >> fifth-place marseille missed a chance to make up ground into toulouse. n anchorman -- para st. germain -- paris st. germain had a big win. they lead by five points. bayern munich -- bayern's player robert -- marked his return from injury. it was a resounding victory. arsenal arehere back to the top of the premier league. liverpool dropped a couple of points as they were held to a draw at west brom. of man. city.ead manchester city hosts che lsea. have moved up a gear, dropping just 4 points in the matches.athches. -- >> i think it is important. we play games that decide the title. anythingthing -- or that happens in that game is not the finish of the premier league. g

hope most of all that they agree on the iranian threat. that maintaining the ability to have a nuclear weapon is a unsustainable threat. it is a threat that is multifaceted. it is not just a threat of being of to put a nuclear warhead atop of the capital or any region and the city. i just watched a video clip of the iranians that they put out. they show striking american allies in the region. the bigger threats come in the form of providing nuclear umbrellas to terrorist organizations that could attack israel or other countries in the region with relative impunity. they will have to think, if we strike back, with that precipitate an iranian breakout. that is an immense break on latitude. beyond terrorists getting access to nuclear capabilities, you do not have to worry about rockets. you have don't worry about it not being traced or going through trucks. that is at stake for israel and other countries in the region. the big litmus test is going to come at the end of the six months of the negotiating time. the united states it's a big count

>> there's chaotic scenes outside the iranian cultural center. we understand initial reports, two dead, several people wounded. security sources - these are initial reports because it happened within the past half hour. the explosion. some security forces are talking about two explosions, and they are also talking about two suicide bombers who were onmotorcycles. then again i have to stress these are initial reports. these attacks are becoming more frequent. up until now we had no claim of responsibility. in the past there are groups linked to al-qaeda. groups that upgrade in syria claimed responsibility for the attacks. they have threatened similar attacks and more attacks in the future because of hezbollah's role in syria. hezbollah is a lebanese shia group. and the iranians - the syrian opposition blames them for propping up the syrian regime. the attacks are becoming more frequent, and over rent weeks, really, the lebanese army managed to dismantle a number of trapped vehicles, explosive laden vehicles. this time, if the initial reports are c

time i can recall israel and that you iranians agreeing on an aspect of the iranian nuclear program isthat the isreali spokespeople and that iranian spokespeople came out and said that president obama's claim that parts of the iranian program had been dismantled in the interim agreement was not true. they actually agreed. yet the hard-pressed to see what parts were infected dismantled. hard pressed to see what parts were dismantled. only 100 and five kilograms of material -- 185 kilograms of material. that is not being dismantled. there are no facilities that are being dismantled. there no inspections at the military sites. they are getting to do inspections at the detonator sites. the largest military base access of be on the inspectors. you have to see the material dismantling. get to see it of the centrifuges. you'd have to see the shipping abroad, a large segment or all of the three point five percent stock how -- stock fell into the shutting down of key facilities. there is a heavy water facility. it has to be some concrete evidence that that you iranians nuclear program has been

that may, in fact, be the iranian end game. they understand that once the international community ceases backing sanctions that they will have won regardless of whether or not we have a deal. at the end of the day, any final deal must require iran to dismantle large portions of its nuclear infrastructure. any final deal must address iran's advanced centrifuge research and development activities that allow to more quickly and more efficiently enrich uranium. it must eliminate the vast majority of iran's 20,000 centrifuges, close the fordo facility and stop the heavy water reactor at iraq from ever coming online. and it must address iran's weaponization. experts including david albright who will be on our second panel have said that for iran to move from an interim to a final agreement, it would have to close the fordo facility and remove between 15 and 16,000 of its 20,000 centrifuges. and even then we are looking at potential breakout time of between six and eight months depending on whether iran has access to uranium enriched

i think, you know, if you are married to iranian or know them or have iranian friends you kind of know shock. it is hard to go to some place like iran which is in america viewed as the enemy. but it was more family members and friends who are like, are you crazy, why would you want to do this? >> jon: two things do you see the effects of a more oppressive regime? when we spy on our citizens we are very, very quiet about it. >> and nice about it. >> jon: we do it when you are not even on your computer. they are a little bit more bold. overt, yes, yes. >> jon: what is that like? >> in some ways it's better. in some ways it's better because you know what is happening. it's assumed, i think that people in iran if you write an e-mail. it's assumed and it was assumed a long time agoing it was going be read and if you said something publicly or journalist wrote something they didn't like it was assumed you would get into trouble. here the lines lines are blurry. >> jon: a little blurry. what about this ministry of guidance and culture that will maybe knock on the door and say, hey man, are yo

especially in the iranian market. but for the six-month period, the interest but especially the sanctions in just a few economic areas that have been agreed to is relatively like this. please see the delegations going to tehran and you also see importantly the reflection that those conversations are about what may come in the future and not what is available today. we are as crystal clear as possible in all of our engagements that if these talks turn into something more ordeals that violate the elaborate sanctions remain in place that we will take action. >> thank you, chairman menendez. thank you for sharing this hearing and i would like to think the secretaries for their work and appearing before the committee. as you said in your testimony and as i agree. a strong sanctions regime imposed on iran pass by this congress and enforced by this administration have brought them to the negotiating table and i remain strongly supportive of the ongoing enforcement and i am encouraged by your characterization of the sanctions

center and the iranian embassy. the red cross currently reports that three people have been killed, and up to 60 people have been wounded. let's get more from stefanie dekker, joining me live from beirut. tell us what more we know about the explosions. >> it's an incredibly tense situation. the army is trying to come in, and members of hezbollah have taken over security. trying to keep them back. people are tense, trying to see the site. if i can show ali - i think we'll have to go at the moment. we'll come back to you. >> thank you. >> security problems in beirut. two bombs exploded in the capital. detonated within metre of each other. we are following the story. three people, we are told, have died. 60 have been injured. we'll bring you more news on that as we get it. >> the west afghan country of guinea is travelling in its fight against cocaine trafficking. latin american traffickers ship lo guinea and they have increased dramatically. >> this is the guinea port which is an attractive transit route for cocaine t

iranian ambitions and capabilities will grow. our efforts will halt the iranian quest for nuclear capability; those will diminish and we will then be left with a choice of containing or taking military action against a nuclear-capable, if not nuclear-armed iran. the president has said repeatedly that containment is not an option and it's not for me either. and since he has said also that military force is an option, it seems clear to me that this current course is more likely to bring us to that start point than to anything like a negotiated settlement. we must be determined to do what we can here in the senate to prevent us from reaching that point. not only must we refocus our government and other friendly governments on the need to eliminate iran's nuclear infrastructure in any final agreement, no matter how difficult that might be, we must also oppose iran's likely intentions to prolong the negotiations process intended to continue to weaken our coalition. the nuclear weapons-free iran act that i have cosponsored will give us

the history of iranian terror against u.s. citizens is lengthy and robust, grounded in the view that the united states is the great satan, and it's funding and support of hezbollah that has carried out attacks against american interests -- 241 american servicemen died in the 1983 american corps bombing. in recent years, we've traced responsibility for lethal actions against american troops in iraq and afghanistan to whom? -- to iran, as well as the fortunately thwarted tac on the saudi door at a washington restaurant in 2011. today iran is actively sponsoring a proxy war in syria sending money, weapons and fighters on a weekly bases. simultaneously it's sponsoring attacks against sunnis in aircraft and promoting regional sectarian violence that could result in a broader regional contact. while smiling across the table they are simultaneously plotting in the background. with all this in mind, i believe in the wisdom of the prospective sanctions that i proposed. i believe in the lessons of history that tell us iran cannot be tru

, the iranians need this program.hey need it for not just their hegemonic aspirations and they have hegemonic operations. there are two militaries that defy the world into theaters of operation. one is the u.s. veteri european command african command and the iranian military. they have lots of asp rations with the iranians but they need it for a regime survival. they saw what happened in libya and they saw what did happen in north korea and they drew conclusions from that. to give up this program would be very difficult particularly with the absence of a military threat that doesn't exist right now. if in that as a fake if an agreement can be reached with the iranians the countries of the middle east are going to have to determine whether they can live with that or not and what would happen if they don't. that is going to be i think the paramount strategic interest of the united states. >> thanks for that clear answer. the ambassador from the swiss embassy, it's great to have you with us. >> thank you ambassador and t

>> i can address that from the iranian standpoint.he human rights situation in iran is quite despicable. we have seen president rouhani and the former minister talking about improving the situation. but quite frankly, we have yet to see them make inroads in that area. >> we really need to be focused on this, even in our negotiations and the administration's negotiations on relaxing the sanctions. we are getting played for fools, quite frankly. i know you are here to testify about al qaeda and iraq. the residents of camp liberty, are they as dangerous as al qaeda? >> no, certainly not. >> we promised them that we would protect them and take care of them, did we not? when they were repatriated, so to speak, at the camp. >> the agreements between the military commanders at the time that moved in during camp basra. -- camp ashraf. >> they have paid with their lives to live there under the agreement that we made. you are aware that they are living in graves now? there are paper thin walls and the attacks are coming in. you are aware of tha

is an estimate -- 50% of iranians live below the poverty line.do you see hassan rouhani within that same system which remains intact with whom i -- with olli, any above -- with ali khameini above? >> no, hassan rouhani has never pretended to be a reformist. with oneo power campaign agent ending the sanctions. there is another fundamental reason for that. back in the time of the shah, prior to the revolution, the autocracy was unconstitutional. we had a fairly good constitution. we have gone from the revolution from an authoritarian system to a totalitarian system, and the all the difference is that -- the totalitarian system is perfectly constitutional. it is the constitution of the islamic republic, totalitarian constitution. the only way toc

- i'm not so sure what the iranians want.but the west constantly says because the united states has not taken any of these people, we're not going to take them either. when the u.s. starts leading by example rather than just talking about removing these people, then maybe we'll take them as well. why haven't these folks been sent to other countries? why haven't we taken some of them or all of them? that's my first question. and the second question is, when you visited with the you are viefers -- with the survivors of the ashraf camp attack, can did they tell you who they believed was responsible for attacking them and killing their families and their friends? those are the two questions i have. >> let me first say in terms of accountability, a shia militia leader who took responsibility for the attacks openly and was on iraqi television giving interviews, taking responsibility for attacking the camp, we thought it was ridiculous that this guy was walking the streets, inciting people to attack the camp. he was arrested by iraq

if this deal does not work out if the iranians deny it. i'm doubtful there in the bargain and so it's it's disappointing to see these french businessmen going over on all the blame them because the messages from washington have been so muffled and it's not clear what washington wants and nice to see john kerry. making these statements the same time we have wendy sherman was the lead negotiator saying that it's up to that side of european businessmen going to iran because it sends the message that this is the true blood that this will convince them to to all the parent of the bargain to spread its message coming from washington. if i'm honest i don't think the message comes in washington. it is mixed the kid. going to complain about the french delegation friend to you. perfect each time basis to conduct discussions with the winning counterparts within the framework of international law. number one number two. as far as the united states can simply keep their season in ten do you. greens have got six months to reach the final agreement with

united states says, for example, the iranians agreed to x, y, z. president hassan rouhani goes on another television show and says, "no, no, no, we didn't agree to that." >> here is what president obama said about iran. for the sake of international security, we must give diplomacy a chance to succeeded. if irans leader do not seize the opportunity. i'll be the first to call for sanctions and stand ready to exercise options to make sure iran does not build a nuclear weapon. >> that military threat, is that implicit, convincing or does the u.s. pulling out of iraq, afghanistan, and the war weariness, plus the fact that we did not go into syria, will it be seen as americans not really - not a serious threat. obviously that's a concern. ize ironic that the president would be the first to support sanctions. yet he was the president that largely was the last person to favour strong economic sanctions by the congress. it's objectively clear here that the barack obama administration went kicking and screaming into more sanctions which ultimately led iran

they want the iranians to drop their plans to build a heavy water reactor. iranian officials are insisting they have a right to pursue nuclear development. they say they won't allow any of their facilities to be destroyed. the negotiators reached an interim deal in november. the iranians agreed to limit their nuclear activities in return for an easing of some economic sanctions. representatives of both sides say they want to reach a final deal by july. >>> there has been another major spill at the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant. workers were putting highly radioactive water into a storage tank, but they put in too much and more than 100 tons spilled out. >> translator: we were in the process of transferring contaminated water into a storage tank, but the water was directed to the wrong tank and it overflowed. >> the water overflowed barriers surrounding the tank. workers detected high levels of radioactivity in the water. they found concentrations of strantd yum and other isotopes reaching 230 million becquerels per liter. officials with tokyo electric powe

that is not to say the iranians aren't trying to reach out. they recently posted a very astute diplomat in kabul to try to negotiate with the afghans. there is some suspicion their long-term. >> thank you very much. >> senator nelson? >> gentlemen, thank you for your public service. that 2015 is one it is expected iran is ready to is there additional time that would be needed for iran to achieve the integration of a nuclear weapons on to an icbm? >> that is quite right. what we're speaking of is a missile system that could and chile have icbm class range. that is not to say anything of them working with a nuclear weapon. that is another problem. they have worked on both a solid and liquid class. they have done some work on some space launch vehicle that would have some application from the standpoint of thrust and business. >> can you hold it until the classified -- the timing it would take for the integration, were they to have a nuclear weapon on an icbm. >> it depends on a lot of factors and a lot of variables that are best explored in a cl

this was a huge humiliation of an historic nation such as the iranian nation.eople in this revolution wanted to have their views be an influence in running the country. they wanted national sovereignty against the dictatorship regime. the other humiliation which our nation was angry of was that inflicted by foreign powers. the big powers, the super powers, were interfering in the internal affairs of this country. the americans thought that the country of iran belongs to them. they interfered everywhere from cultural affairs in the running of the state-run radio and tv, even on security issues. u.s. experts were deployed to all our important military bases. our revolution was to reject all these interferences, to reject colonialists. our revolution was to - was because our people did not want to accept humiliation. is it possible for this revolutionary nation to accept again such humiliation from foreign powers, especially from america, after 35 years. it seems like they have not come to know this glorious nation and our revolution. our revolution was designed t

, the iranians need the program. they need it for, they need it for not just their hegemonic aspirations, and they have hegemonic aspirations. there are two militaries in the world that divide the world into theaters of operation. one is the u.s. military, you know? european command, african command, and the iranian military. they have lots of as rations -- aspirations, or the iranians. but beyond that they need it more regime survival. they saw what happened in libya, they saw what didn't happen in north korea. and they draw conclusions from that. so getting them the give up this program is going to be very, very difficult, especially in the absence of a credible military threat which, frankly, doesn't exist right now. and that is be -- and that's why i said it's a big if whether an agreement can be reached with the iranians, the countries of middle east, many of the countries, are going to have to determine whether they can live with that agreement. and what would happen if they don't. and that is going to be, i th

those are the words of the iranian president. it should be no surprise that the iranians see this as a win for them, a loss for us and a loss for the rest of the world. iran boasted, we didn't agree to dismantle anything. he's right. iran not only keeps its infrastructure intact, it gets to keep enriching. or it keeps its yellow cake and eat it, too. the u.n. has voted five times that iran has cheated in its nuclear capability and should not be able to enrich at all. in one deal, iran wiped away all of those u.n. resolutions. when the united states negotiates a deal that makes the un look tough, we have a problem. none of the changes agreed to are permanent. hours after iran signed the agreement, their top negotiator bragged on iranian tv that they could quote return to the previous situation in one day. and reality estimates suggests the iranians could achieve capability in six months. this agreement doesn't stop iran's nuclear program. rouhani is a snake oil salesman. the state department gave the mineral rights in exchange. th

in his speech he described the revolution as the iranian people choosing their destiny. >> translatorr revolution moved from dictator ship and from 1968 it was anti-colonial and to over throw the regime and the unjust interference of the united states and iranian affairs. it was not reliant on any foreign power and nobody brought it to victory. it was our nation and the religious motivation stood against all humiliations. >> reporter: and they are at the ceremony in the iranian capitol. >> it's the 35th anniversary of the iranian revolution that was of course in 1979 and over through the shah of iran and 2500 years of monarch cannot replaced it with a republic and one of the leaders of the revolution and one of the supporters rohani who is president of iran and he held the post for six months and made an important speech about the government and the revolution, the goals of the revolution and keeping on that path of homani and the message is one of moderation. it says iran will not give in but it's not going to be confrontational either. it will be moderate. it will be rational in the

as far as overflights go in the supply of hezbollah with iranian weapons.part in the nuclear negotiations that we are doing now with iran which would address iranian support of hezbollah fighters in syria? >> the nuclear negotiations are focused on the nuclear proliferation issue specifically. but that does not mean we do not deal with the other issues on parallel and separate tracks. again, we are not using any of the leverage we have in the nuclear negotiations to try to address the situation we have with hezbollah? >> we are not discussing this to the new clear channel, no -- the nuclear channel, no. >> thank you, mr. chairman. for your, mr. mcgurk insightful testimony this morning. as you can imagine, offense and iraq are particularly difficult to hear about in light of the heroic sacrifices american heroes and the billions and billions of dollars of taxpayer money expended in this region, and you acknowledge that but i would ask you to speak to the difference of events. it seemed that the turnaround was quick, fairly effective, and that is not the case

is trying to basically hamstring the iranian people, trying to deny the iranians their right under the nuclear nonproliferation treaty their right to enrich uranium for a peaceful purpose. they said this is simply not going to happen. we've seen provocative statements coming from parts of the military, including the iranian air force. this really has been going on all week. but the critical point which i think officials are going to point to is this meeting taking place between the iranians and the members of the iaea, they say this is how the iranians are proving they want to be in compliance with international policies regarding nuclear energy and nuclear weapons. >> rosiland, thank you for updating us. rosiland jordan updating us from washington, d.c. and we go to a politics professor joining us live from tehran. thank you very much for joining us on the show. now all had seem to be sailing smoothly between the u.s. and iran, particularly over the negotiations over tehran's nuclear program, so what is behind this angry rhetoric from the ayatollah? >> well, the iranian storm supre le

market -- in the iranian market someday, that is not the market today. what's available today in this plan of action is extraordinarily narrow. it's limited, as i said, to petrochemical exports, sale of goods to the auto sector or and some trade in precious metals, but even that is substantially constrained. it's very limited economic potential today in the iranian business sector. that's the point that we makeover and over again in these -- make over and over again in these engagements. that point, i believe, is getting through. we have not seen deals being done, but even more importantly, what we have been absolutely clear about is that we will continue to enforce our sanctions. in the implementation agreements on the joint plan of action, explicitly recognizes that we have the right and that we will fully enforce existing sanctions. and i think that message is one that we have communicated over the years and more recently in a pretty credible fashion. >> well, i understand that's the message you're giving them. but it sure doesn't look like they belie

but most analysts believe it's double that, maybe higher for young iranians. this economic this economic pain is made even worse because the local currency, the rial, has lost a huge amount of its value. >> i think that the main problem has been the mismanagement, both the sanctions make the situation much, much harder. >> a prominent iranian economist believes the prior administration, the ahmadinejad administration badly mismanaged iran's economy, he says western sanctions only compounded the damage. for example, by constraining iran's energy exports, isolating the nation's banks and freezing billions of dollars in iran's oil revenues, he believes sanctions made many middle class iranians poorer. >> at the moment, the labor force of iran at the moment is 35, to 40% poorer than three, two years ago, in spite of the fact that we have 800 billion u.s.-- petro dollar. >> people are 35 to 40% poorer than they were. >> yes. >> even though the country has all this money. >> yes. >> i think that sanctions always disproportionately impact the most disadvantaged peopl

the iranian economy is rebounding after the interim deal. they're back in business, inflation is down, the value of their currency is up, people are lining up to do business in iran, the sanctions are crumbling, and the u.s. senate sits quiet. so all i can say is that we have a chance to turn this around before it's too late. i believe that the best thing we could do as a bead is for republicans and democrats to pass a new round of sanctions would that would only take place at the end of the six-month period if a final deal doesn't -- is not achieved that results in the things i've outlined. the bipartisan sanction bill reinforces the end game of basically dismantling the ability of the iranians to develop a nuclear weapon. we have specific language in the sanctions bill that would get us to a good outcome. i am afraid by the time the six months is up, the economy in iran will have rebounded, the will of the international community to go through this process again will have been lost. and right now the smart money is that iran is a place you

a senior iranian naval commander instead war shifted back to the atlantic ocean will travel clothes the u s maritime borders for the first time the commander of iran's northern a deeply that the vessels have already entered the atlantic ocean via waters near south africa the fleet consists of eight this year and a helicopter carrying spicy and it began at four ish last month from the southern iranian port city of god and are up off the ship carrying some thirty navy academy cadet for training along with their regular crew are on day three month mission. the boy comes amid an ongoing harsh viagra and to demonstrate its ability to project power across the middle east and beyond. a rocket fired from a gaza strip has exploded in southern israel. no injuries or damage were reported. red alert siren sounded and several telling me to put him in a lot to get free gym for a rocket exploded in open areas of southern israel on thursday also without causing any casualties. hamas which rules the gaza strip meanwhile as the for it to you the truth to the israeli border. the move which came shortly af

iranians aren't acting in good faith. i don't see any evidence over the last few years that they ever acted in good faith. sanctions have worked and we're now backing off the sanctions. they have to be forced not to be able to build nuclear weapons. now i agree peace is the best answer, negotiations is the best answer down -- long-term, we have got to do that and don't want to be involved in some type of military action and we have to prevent that from happening. long-term, mr. albright, the long-term situation and look down the road, months, years, doesn't look good for the free world as far as nuclear weapons. they are being built to go west. ambassador and i'll let all of you comment on this, long-term, how are we going to resolve the problem that iran is determined to have nuclear weapons? what's the answer to that question? >> i take the first crack at that. president obama said if we could have a nuclear deal with iran that it would resolve the sectarian tensions that are plaguing the region. i disagree with that st

i suspect iranians will try to hold some stuff back. if they want to get to the next stage, they have to adhere scrupulously to the interim agreement. it's a cat and mouse game. if we are looking for incredible certainty and the assurance that the iranians have permanently shelved their nuclear weapons aspirations, i wouldn't be sleeping at night. i think six months from now you'll have a better sense of whether or not a comprehensive deal is possible. i suspect it will require at least another six before you can fully answer that question. bottom line here is very clear to me. the iranians are not going to abandon the theoretical possibility that they at some point could break out and weaponize. since you can't do a brainwash, if they want to do it, they basically probably by now within the next three months probably will have the capacity to do it. >> it's hard to tell how much north korea is meddling or encouraging in the background. i've said it on the air that iran scares me. it would seem with the new president it would be a game-

boats and even on iranian coastal installations.orgotten. this have to do with protecting american energy sources. but over the course of the subsequent decades, you can trace it, the percentage of america's oil consumption that was imported from the middle east decreased. i know that by the time it came on my job in 2009 as ambassador it was down to about 11%, very small. today it is almost negligible. and the notion that america might have to use force to protect the free flow of energy out of the persian gulf area today would be a far more remote assumption than it would be in the 1970s and 1980s. having said all that, that doesn't mean that the middle eastern energy, oil, is not final to other countries in the middle east, including a country like china, increasingly. and that america's economy is inexplicably tied up with that of china. so albeit indirectly, and the american economy remains a deeply attached to middle eastern oil. even though they are not importing. first step, a strategic issue but it's certainly a financial,

an iranian attache was one of 22 people killed.unni finance miles per hour mohammed chater was among several that died. he was a well-known critic of syria's president bashar al-assad. a week later six were killed in an explosion in beirut's south in the harr at neighbour hood. wednesday's attack after the prime minister announced a new government, following months of political dead like. the professor of the international relations at the lebanese international university says the bombings send a clear message. >> i could see the smoke of the explosions from my office. it's a few hundred metres away. i believe that it comes as a reaction to the formation of the new government, a coalition government between various groups. i believe it's a message that terrorist attacks will not stop, in spite of forming the new government. that tension will escalate. i believe the formation of the new government tried to come to a solution, but the new attacks mean that the terrorists are persistent. most probably they will see more and more of t

they want the reins to drop their plans to build a heavy water reactor iranian officials are insisting they have a right to pursue nuclear development they say they won't allow any of their facilities to be destroyed the negotiators reached an interim deal in november. they iranians agreed to limit their nuclear activities in return for an easing of some economic sanctions. representatives of both sides say they want to reach a final deal by july hundreds of families are separated her from hundreds of families separated by the korean war more than sixty years ago have met in a tearful reunion. they will spend the next six days together at a resort in north korea. eighty two south koreans cross the border on thursday accompanied by their family members most of them are eighteen or older. this is the first reunion in more than three years. it's also the first under the governments of south korean president. in a north korean leader kim jong officials in pyongyang and threatened to cancel the event in the south and the us went ahead with annual military drills next week analysts are watch

the question is, is this what the iranians want to do or can do militarily?land, thank you. >> here at home, 11 people have tied after a couple of car crashes over the weekend in which the drivers were apparently going the wrong way. the first in tampa where investigators say an suv collided head on with a sedan, yesterday morning, on i-275. the trophy of the suv died. so did four fraternity brothers inside the other car. yesterday morning, officials say a woman was driving drunk when she sped the wrong way on a southern california freeway and slammed right into an suv there. they say the crash killed six people, including a family of four. this was in diamonds bar, 30 miles east of los angeles. one officer called the scene horrific. three people were thrown from their cars and crews had to pull the woman from her camaro, which was barely recognize able. witnesses say she was doing 100. she is facing charges including manslaughter and driving under the influence. we have more. what more do we know? >> reporter: right now authorities are investigating more int

look at iran, the deficit -- >> tell the iranians. >> sean, they are so emboldened that iranian television on friday, this past friday, simulating an attack against tel aviv, against haifa, and the nuclear reactor and against the uss abraham lincoln saying this is what we are going to do to america if we are attacked. also the camera zooms out and shows the iranians attacking different targets across the middle east. this is after all the negotiations and all the suction that went out of washington, d.c. >> and john kerry making claims that are not true about palestinians ever never killed israelis. so that is on the heels of that. all right, thank you both for being with us. >>> coming up, a story, if you're a parent you need to hear this. kids are literally smoking pens with pot in it in class in front of their teachers. kid you not. we'll tell you about it next. and then later tonight. >>> he is very into the military because you know, how do you annoy a liberal left wing p a acifist mother, you join the military. >> i have advice for rosie coming up here tonight. on "hannity." peace of