ambassador, john bolten to the united nations.hat we shouldn't even be focused on syria. as we face this crisis, i would ask, what should our focus be? >> i think our focus should be on iran. i think the nuclear weapons program that has led iran to be very, very close to having a deliverable nuclear weapons, something that it has been over, puts the syrian conflict into its proper context. this is a civil war but it is also a surrogate war between the shia, persian led forces on the one hand and the sunni forces on the other. and so dealing with iran here, really, would change the fundamental nature of this conflict. the assad regime would not be in power today if iran over these past two and a half years had not continued to finance it, to armt, to give it revolutionary guards personnel, and to unleash hezbollah from lebanon into the conflict. russia has been a problem but it has been primarily iran. if we had focused much earlier, syria would look much different. >> do you think we'll be forced to? >> no. i don't think the presi

john bolten is a former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. fox news contributor and senior fellow at the american enterprise institute. ambassador, good to see you today. >> glad to be with you. >> the big overarching question is what happens if the assad regime decides not to comply with today's terms or just simply refuses to give up the weapons? >> well, it won't do that. it will not -- there will not be a big confrontation where assad has its fist on the table and says, i will never comply. instead, this agreement will die a death by 1,000 cuts. so let's begin at the beginning. assad is required to make his initial declaration on friday. it will slap few days. maybe a few more. maybe the first declaration won't be full and complete and have to be amended, and then amended again. you can see the impact of this as time goes on. that's exactly what the strategy is. >> so when our james rosen a little while ago asked secretary kerry this, he said, well, we'll make them comply. and -- how does has work? >> well, no one of the -- one of the fin

john bolten, u.s. ambassador to the u.n and fox news contributor. he is still the president of "red eye." >> a block. the lede. that's the first story. [inaudible]. >> all right. they got the award for making us board. the emmies were sunday night and i cleaned up -- my apartment. i spilled a bucket of goat's milk all over my train set. the emmy broadcast, it sucked, but there was some controversy. cory monteith was one of those to receive a special tribute, and it didn't set will with the family of klugman who started "the odd couple" and" quincy" and they questioned why they gave a special honor to monteith who died of an alcohol over dose at age 31 while they put his father in the in memorium real when the, as they called them, losers. they said they are celebrating the self-inflicted traj tragedy over my father who won an emmy over cory who never won an emmy. wow. he can't now. he is dead. for a full recap let's go to "red eye" entertainment correspondent in hollywood. >> she almost like billy bush. >> blubber is worth a fortune. >> you actually

. >> and we'll have more on this and a possible shift in us policy when i talk to ambassador john boltenust a few minutes. >>> brand new information from montana where a former high school teacher was just released from prison after serving a 30 day sentence for raping a 14 year old student and that girl later committed suicidsuicide. >> the victim's mother says that the former teacher is scathing clear of justice after serving such a short sentence. sadly the high school student committed suicide in 2010 before the former high school teacher went to trial after admitting he raped charice moralúl sentence. family members and supporters were outraged and created a pe ti petition for the judge to step down. waters asked if he feels like 30 days in prison is an appropriate sentence. the judge replies 15 years suspended and as jessie goes into the garage with him he is seen pushing him back. dramatic ambush video there. in the meantime, prosecutors are seeking an appeal. attorney ageneral issued this statement to fox news a short while ago. >>> prosecutors entered and agreement which require

ambassador john bolten had this to say regarding that with greta last night. >> they're using the first in office of hassan rouhani to smile, to try and convince gullible westerners that they're moderates and that they're different from mahmoud ahmadinejad. they are different, much more savvy. they are not going to change a single thing about iran's nuclear weapon program but they're going to try to take advantage of president obama's weakness to buy time, to get relief from the sanctions and to continue with the nuclear weapons program. i call it the diplomatic equivalent of the p. t-bar number doctrine. -- p. t-barnum doctrine, a sucker born every÷ >>steve: you've got to keep in mind secretary of state john kerry is going to be meeting with iran's foreign minister, the first time we've had serious talks with him since 1979. a lady walked in over there. >> there is a lot of news this morning. we've got a fox news alert to bring you. some brand-new explosions taking place at that mall in kenya as the battle there enters its fourth day now. at least 62 people are dead and nearly 200 have