what was mahmoud ahmadinejad ranting about today? threatened israel once again saying that he has spoken to the heads of states of israel's neighbors saying if the israelis make a mistake and attack iran that the nations in the region will attack israel and, as he said, destroy them and uproot them, shep. >> shepard: you know, china's key for sanctions here. they have been trying to get china on board with the idea. how's that going. >> yesterday robert gibbs made it sound like china may be on board but then today a chinese official said, well, we need to give it more time for more diplomacy to kick in. so clearly the u.s. is feeling some frustration. that may be a source of frustration. it is not clear at this point that the u.s. will be able to get the chinese on board with more sanctions, shep. >> shepard: mike emanuel at the pentagon. thanks. fox news has learned the department of homeland security will install the first of 150 full body scanners the u.s. airports beginning just next week. according to the department, three of th

that is referring to iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad's statement that appears to be a direct --d at the u.s., who else, right? jim walsh is an expert on iran, out of mit in boston, my guest now from the commonwealth of massachusetts. jim, this is are area of expertise. what do we expect on -- 2/11? february 11th. >> ashley: i couple of things will happen. february 11th is important to iran, because that is the anniversary of their revolution. when khomeni took over in 1979 and they'll have big celebrations, that day but that will also be the day that protesters, reformers who oppose the government will turn out in large numbers, so a lot of people are very nervous about what will happen, and will there be violence? the government is already starting to arrest people, they suspect are reformers, and started that on tuesday. and so everyone is focused on february 11th, in terms of mahmoud ahmadinejad's remarks, who knows what that was about. he's known for over the top rhetoric and there was no coverage in the iranian press following that and i think it might be another one of his

opposition leaders who claim president mahmoud ahmadinejad stole elections last june called on theirto attend the celebrations, as ll, but to wear green, the color of the protest movement. u.s. intelligence and iranian analysts suspect clashes are likely. >> the regime is intent and bent on punishing those that oppose it. and the people are intent and bent on making themselves heard. >> reporter: during the last big opposition rallies in december, at least ten demonstrators were killed. nbc news' tehran bureau chief ali arouzi is working for western news agencies still in iran. >> iran's police chief warned there will be severe consequences for anyone who uses tomorrow's rally to protest against the government. for the last several days security has been dramatically stepped up, with road blocks and check points scattered throughout the city. communications have ground to a halt, with text messaging and internet cut off. >> reporter: further cutting communications, iran said today it will permanently block google's gmail service, but similar attempts to cut off iran have been unsucce

they have called for widespread protests, and iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad with another oneges, saying on february 11th, iran will deliver a harsh blow to the global arrogance. now, the global arrogance is a reference to the u.s., but it's not clear what the harsh blow is. oftentimes, iran has used this anniversary to talk about its nuclear advancements. not sure if that will happen again, but you can be sure president obama will be watching closely on february 11th. >> reza, thank you so much. tomorrow's memo to the president focusing on the fight against terror. to stopping places like yemen and somalia from becoming the next afghanistan, our report from bar bra starr. >>> ten americans charged with child trafficking in haiti are expected to get a hearing this morning. the haitian government says they were trying to ferry 33 children out of the government. >>> toyota denying any underlying electronic problems with the millions of cars recalled, claiming an investigation revealed no issues. the fix may arrive as early as today. toyota shipping a metal shim the size of a pos

so you just heard the iranian president, mahmoud ahmadinejad, basically blaming everything on you, on israel. but let me ask you this, the u.s. national security adviser, jim jones, has said that the increased pressure on iran is likely to lead to an attack on israel. do you agree with that -- not necessarily by iran. >> i understand the idea. i don't think that we are yet there. yeah, he probably intended probably hezbollah or someone else will attack us. in fact, ahmadinejad, this guy, he was two days ago in damascus, probably negotiating what should follow. he talked about a new middle east with no zionist and no -- israel and new israel. and this guy, you know, happened to develop not a new avatar-like long bows, but a nuclear weapon. so we have to take this situation seriously. i'm not sure whether we are going to face a preemptive attack by the hezbollah, but anyhow, we are not interested in conflict in the north or in the east. but if it is imposed upon us, we know how to respond. >> well, you say that, but then, of course, there's the gallstone effect. in other words, would yo

mahmoud ahmadinejad proposed that trade. the americans have been held since july and are accused of espionage. they claim they crossed into iran by misskak. >>> a magnitude 5.9 earthquake hit off the coast of northern california today. the u.s. geological survey says the noontime quake struck 35 miles from the town of petrolia, extreme northern california. there are no reports of major damages or injuries. >>> finally this. video, freak you out a little bit. it's a swarm of brazilian three-tailed bats, they've taken over a foreclosed vacant house in port st. lucie, florida. the bats are common in the area, help control the mosquito population. all the neighbors are trying to seal off their homes. the worst part, it's the smell, it's nasty, the rabies. and dusk every night, out they come. >> oh my god. this is creeping me out. >> it is, isn't it? >> i can't even watch it. okay. get that video off the screen. yuck. thanks for sharing, mike. come on, what happened to, like, cute babies? >> we got to get back to that. >> mike ga

secretary of state hillary clinton dismissed iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad suggestion for a swap and added there is no basis for the americans' continued detention. massachusetts will have a new senator a week earlier than expected. republican scott brown will be sworn in the senate tomorrow upon request to take part in several upcoming votes. today, ben bernanke began his second term as chair of the u.s. federal reserve. ceremonial swearing in was held earlier in washington. glen b glenn beck returns in a moment but first, bret baier previewing "special report". >> bret: what really came out of the white house briefing over how the christmas day bomber was handled? and what is the national intelligence director saying about the process now? join me in 27 minutes for special report. now back to glenn beck. >> glenn: you know, i'm so tired of the so-called experts, because they haven't gotten on all of this. they're scoffing now at the idea that china is the next superpower. i think it's already happened. we better wake up. i trust the regular americans more than the so-called exp

mahmoud ahmadinejad's enemies on both sides, the reformists and the anti-ahmadinejad hardliners camettacked it. what this tells me is it is going to be difficult to negotiate are iran now because of their internal division. i don't like carrying that message but as a political scientist that's what it seems to me. every four years we have a presidential election. everyone says don't expect anything to get done if it is a presidential election. they just had a political meltdown six or seven months ago and this regime is fearful it may lose control or that things will turn against it. this is not the environment that is generally ripe for negotiation and big leaps of faith, big risk-taking on the parts of government. in fact, if anything what the government is expected to do under these circumstances is to withdraw. they are unlikely to respond to our hope for negotiation and the question is what do you do about it? the last 15 seconds, the interest has always been sanctions. we'll continue with our policy and sanction them as if the election never happened. when we talk to people pri

and, at the same time, the iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad said he is willing to swap the threemerican hikers detained in iran for iranians currently serving time in american prisons. what's the reaction to all of this, this trade proposal? >> well, secretary of state hillary clinton is calling on the iranians to release those three american hikers but no trade. >> there are no negotiations taking place between the united states and iran. we believe they should unilaterally release our detained citizens. >> and the secretary of state says if tehran has questions about iranian citizens, they know the proper channels to go through. so, no dealing with the u.s. they just want the american citizens released, shep. >> shepard: mike emanuel working the pentagon tonight. thanks. in times of war it's rare for the military to announce where it will strike next but the united states and allies in afghanistan announced, indeed, the target of their first big offensive since president obama ordered more troops into the war zone. coalition forces now say they will focus on the town of marjah

but iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad remained defiant today of western pressure. >> ( translated: in their view, economic, scientific and technological progress must only be monopolized by a few and others do not have the right to enter the arena of science and modern technology. >> sreenivasan: amid the nuclear standoff, iran will mark the anniversary of the islamic revolution tomorrow. the government of iraq has ordered about 250 current and former employees of the company formerly known as blackwater security to leave the country. they were told today to get out within seven days or have their visas revoked. the order came after an american judge dismissed criminal charges against five blackwater guards. those men were accused in the shooting deaths of 17 iraqis in 2007. a rare earthquake struck northern illinois today. the pre-dawn tremor was centered 45 miles northwest of chicago, but was felt as far away as iowa, wisconsin and michigan. the u.s geological survey reported it had a magnitude 3.8. there was no word of damage or injuries, but the shaking tossed people out of be

. >> reporter: but iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad warned tuesday that those who try to impose sanctions will live to regret it. and gregory schulte-- the former diplomat-- says arab leaders have told him privately diplomacy is useless against tehran. you're saying that senior arab officials have mentioned in meetings that they would be prepared to see an american strike against iranian nuclear targets? >> let's just say that i have been in meetings with senior officials in the region. i started talking about our diplomatic approach and this was the last administration, you "we don't think diplomacy is going to be successful and oh, by the way, here are the targets that you might be interested in." >> reporter: others, like cliff kupchan, doubt the u.s. is seriously contemplating military action against iran. but he says the american approach is shifting. >> this is a qualitative change in u.s. policy, not an outstretched hand, more of a clenched fist, make no doubt about that. we're are talking about sanctions, regime change. we're into a different obama policy. it's a tough o

in tehran, president mahmoud ahmadinejad warned other countries against trying to impose new sanctions on his government. >> ( translated ): if someone wants to act against iran, our response would not be like previous times. we will not advise or clarify or explain anymore. definitely, there will be a counter action that will make them regret, as usual. >> sreenivasan: at the same time, russia, france and the u.s. called for iran to stop enriching uranium to higher levels. they wrote to the u.n. nuclear watchdog agency and questioned iran's claim that the uranium is only for medical purposes. and in saudi arabia, secretary of state hillary clinton said the hope for a middle east free of nuclear weapons is what's at stake. >> if iran gets a nuclear weapon, that hope disappears. because then other countries which feel threatened by iran will say to themselves, if iran has a nuclear weapon, i'd better get one too in order to protect my people. then you have a nuclear arms race in the region. >> sreenivasan: on monday, clinton also warned that iran is moving toward a military dictatorship

mahmoud ahmadinejad said iran has no problem meeting the u.n. demand. he also said iran may be willing to trade three jailed american hikers for 11 iranians held in u.s. prisons. relatives of the americans-- shane bauer, sarah shourd and josh fattal-- have said they were hiking last july when they strayed across the border from iraq. iranian officials have indicated they might be charged with spying. those are some of the day's main stories. i'll be back at the end of the program with a preview of what you'll find tonight on the newshour's web site. but for now, back to jim. >> lehrer: and still to come on the newshour: haitian orphans find a home in colorado; and a big banker talks about big banks. >> ifill: that follows our look at the obama administration's decision to change nasa's priorities and the potential consequences. we begin with some background. >> it's one small step for man, one git leap for mankind. >> ifill: more than 40 years after astronauts first landed on the moon, those initial steps still represent a crowning achievement for ameri

they were kept away from president mahmoud ahmadinejad's speech. he defiantly declared iran is now a nuclear state and has begun enriching uranium at 20% purity, a significantly higher level than before. >> ( translated ): in natanz, we are producing and stockpiling several kilos of this everyday and god willing, in the near future daily production will be tripled. >> warner: just two days ago, technicians at the natanz nuclear facility switched on new centrifuges. to provide the capacity for 20% enrichment. that's well short of the 90% mark required for modern warheads, but it still defied international calls to halt the nuclear program. at today's rally, president ahmadinejad again declared iran could, but does not plan to build a bomb. >> ( translated ): the iranian nation is brave enough that if one day we wanted to build nuclear bombs, we would announce it publicly without being afraid of you, the west. >> warner: those claims conflicted with a "washington post" report today that two scientific groups believe iran is "experiencing surprising s

iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad had suggested trading three american hikers held in iran for 11 iranians held by the u.s. clinton said the hikers and other americans detained in iran are being held unjustly, and should be freed immediately there was new trouble for toyota today-- this time, involving complaints over brake issues. the company also drew a new warning from transportation secretary ray lahood. >> my advice is, if anybody owns one of these vehicles-- stop driving it, take it to a toyota dealer. >> sreenivasan: the secretary delivered that stark advice to a house committee hearing this morning. later, after reporters asked about his statement, his tone softened slightly. >> what i meant to say... what i thought i said was, if you own one of these cars and are in doubt, take it to the dealer and they're going to fix it! >> sreenivasan: lahood's words were meant for the drivers of 2.3 million cars and trucks across the u.s. that may have problems with gas pedals that stick. last month, toyota recalled and stopped u.s. sales of eight models. on monday, the company announ

. >> the iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad said yesterday that iran was in fact ready to go aheadwith a deal that it had reached earlier but yet for alleged on to allow its nuclear fuel to be processed abroad. does the president see that as a serious offer or overtures and what the u.s. take advantage of that in some way? or do they see it as being a way to divert attention of diverting efforts towards a new round of sanctions? >> some of these reports have been pretty fragmented in the sense that we haven't seen the full transcript of a thing he said. but if those comments indicated some sort of change in position of iran, then president mahmoud ahmadinejad should let the iaea nope. >> to topics, first toyota. i wanted to ask you about the president's transportation secretary today on the hill saying that the people who have toyota's should just stop driving them. since he said that was a misstatement, but i wonder if you can clarify what is the white house telling the millions of toyota owners across the country what to do? >> as you know, nhtsa, the department of national delet

iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad says that he's willing to consider releasing the three u.s.n iran in exchange for iranians imprisoned in the united states. ahmadinejad said in a television interview today that talks are under way for a possible exchange. the families of the three americans who could be facing espionage charges say they accidentally crossed the border during a hike back in july. >>> hundreds of iraqis are mourning the loss of more than 50 people killed in yesterday's suicide bombing near baghdad. yesterday's blast came in the midst of a shiite pilgrimage this week toward the city of karbala to mark the death of a renowned shiite figure. despite promising heightened security for the pilgrims, iraqi security forces were unable to prevent yesterday's attack. >>> and the medical journal the lancet is retracting a controversial 1998 study linking certain vaccines to autism. the lead author of the study was dead ceted by the it general council in britain calling it biased and his conduct dishonest. wakefield in the statement called the allegations unfounded and unj

with mahmoud ahmadinejad saying, yeah, we will release them if you release 11 prisoners and the united states, people, by the way, people who are defectors or have been convicted of being illegal arms dealers. if that is the only prize that he will accept for releasing your brother and his two friends it has that to be very hard on you. >> president ahmadinejad said before that he was going to ask them to seek an expeditious treatment. we hold on to those words. we continue to hope that he will follow through on that, and he has said he wants a resolution. i think everybody wants a resolution at this point. it has gone on way, way, way too long already. megyn: alex, for those who would say, it's your brother is ball coming should have been more careful, he should have known not to cross over into that territory and now he has to deal with the consequences, how would you respond? >> if he crossed into iran, it was a total accident. we are all human. we are all capable of making mistakes. this border region is particularly unmarked. this isn't like one of those borders where it is very c

the president has not been clear, i ask where the strong support of the iranians who resisted mahmoud ahmadinejad. [applause] it is no wonder that our president always said about 9% of his state of the union address discussing foreign policy because there are an awful lot of victories he could talk about that night. it is a short list -- thepe are so many challenges in front of us. it is overwhelming but despite these challenges, we had hoped that we could move things in the right direction but it will require the administration to change course. we need a foreign policy that distinguishes our american friends from our enemies and recognizes the true nature of the threats that we face. [applause] we need a strong national defense. i think you agree with me that as ronald reagan used to talk about peace through strength and in that respect, i applaud the president for following at least a part of the recommendations made by our commanders on the ground to send in more reinforcements to afghanistan. now, we must spend less time courting our adversaries and spending more time working with our allies

reporter: roughly 125,000 member force, set up after the 1979 iranian revolution, and president mahmoud ahmadinejada veteran of the revolutionary guard. and, as are 2/3 of his staff. the guard has its own army, navy, air force, and operates separately from iran's regular armed forces. it controls iran's missile program. it also has a special operation unit, the jerusalem force which the u.s. says supports terrorist operation in iraq, lebanon, afghanistan and the revolutionary guard controls iran's moral police. which is blamed for the most violent retaliations against the protesters, that followed last year's election and the revolutionary guard is not completely mono listic -- mon listic and, the man who ran against him last year is from the revolutionary guard. uma: and the third day the massive offensive against the taliban strong hold of marjah is continuing and u.n. and afghan forces were brought by helicopter forces into the town and troops are moving through surgeon neighborhoods taking rocket and mortar fire from taliban fighters and the mission face aid set back yesterday when two u.s. roc

martha: there are new pointed threats coming from president mahmoud ahmadinejad as the white house ramps up the missile shield near his country and remember the blood in the street in iran, backlack from ahmadinejad is full throttle, two people have been hanged, now nine more will meet that same fate. what are they guilty of, and what is the reaction from the white house? bill: it took some time, martha, but a 14-year-old girl offered she was in the jaws of a man eater. you will hear from her next, how she survived. bill there is a teenage girl counting hur lucky stars, libby warren out of new zealand say she was in waist -19water, boogie boarding with her brother, and then the unthinkable happened. listen here. >> i wasn't sure what it was and it was a shark, so i looked to my side, and i wasn't quite sure what it was, so i knew it was like right beside me but i didn't actually feel it biting me, so i just hit it with one short shot with the boogie board. >> [inaudible] >> bill: hit them with a boogie board. martha: good for her. bill: lydia suffered minor injuries, the government says

leader together with the president of syria and the head of hezbollah, and the president of iran mahmoud ahmadinejad is the headline missed. ahmadinejad called for israel's annihilation and israel without israel in it, and you had the leaders of terrorist organizations and leaders of the terrorist states to call for the annihilation, and genocidal massacre of an entire people. that was an article missed. >> see him on our saturday show which airs tomorrow in "the situation room," 6:00 p.m. eastern, and we will have a lot more of what is going on here and other subjects that we talked to with the ambassador. tomorrow at 6:00 p.m. >>> meanwhile, an earthquake off of the coast of japan near okinawa of 7.0. there are about 20,000 u.s. military personnel there stationed at okinawa, and there are no reports or casualties or major damage, but our folks in japan are watching this very, very closely. jack cafferty is coming up with the cafferty file. >>> also, washington announces funding for the first new nuclear reactors in decades, but it does not know what to do with the waste from the previous reactors.

people they should take to the streets to demonstrate their unhappiness with the regime of mahmoud ahmadinejad. clearly, the regime is gearing up for this significant date on the iranian calendar, so maybe some fireworks inside iran on february 11th and not the kind that the regime would want to have. jane. jane: mike emanuel, thanks, mike. >> reporter: sure. jon: in israel police are on high alert searching for barrel bombs off the coast. three explosive-laden barrels have washed ashore just this week. militants in gaza claim to have sent out a total of eight such bombs. this is a new technique. why are they using it, mike? >> reporter: you know, jon, you could label this latest effort on the part of the palestinian militants as either creative or desperate. they want very much to lash out following the death of mahmoud, aha maas operative killed in dubai they say by israeli mossad agents. the rocket fire hasn't been effective for them, so they needed to come up with something, and the barrel bombs are what they came up with, jon. jon: well, how effective is it? i mean, you wouldn't call this

mahmoud ahmadinejad -- a front-page look at the iranian leader looking at a laser demonstration in iranthe story behind that, though, from the "u.k. guardian." i will flood the page into be the reaction of defense secretary robert gates on the news -- stafford, virginia, john is on our republican line. caller: how are you? i just wanted to say is i thing we should really get rid of all of these free trade agreements. i think nafta and gatt has been horrible. the manufacturing base has been completely decimated. there is a reason all of the callers don't want them, it is because it has not worked. i did not think people can trust all the congressmen and senators. they have been bought out a long time ago. there is frustration with the democrats and republicans. i think it is time we just start band together and looking at this as an american issue, not democrat or republican. i think it transcends a lot and we can't compete with china. it is ridiculous. there is one -- that i heard that addresses the issue. his name is ron paul. callehost: what are you hearingn particular from ron paul?

. >> earlier today, mahmoud ahmadinejad spoke to a crowd and talked about conflicts with the westernas quite clear that the arrogant powers as the international squanders that pros -- that oppose the -- and hamper any reformist measures, they opposed the orientation -- has been 31 years they have been opposing the islamic resolution -- the islamic revolution. there also hampering the progress of this great nation. for two reasons, have opposed freedom and prosperity. the first reason is related to the characteristics of the iranian nation. they know that the iranian nation in the course of history , the iranian nation in the course of history, due to its great civilization and culture has managed to influence all regional and international [unintelligible] each time they have had the opportunity. they know the iranian nation for centuries, particularly after the advent of islam, they have been a flight of errors of civilization and know very well major parts of the region and the world are being influenced by the civilization of iran. -- they know well that the iranian nation has the

. >> iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad spoke thursday at a rally marking the 31st anniversary ofislamic revolution. this tv coverage an english translation is courtesy of press tv, iranian estate run television. he talked at length about the conflict with the west. he announced that the country had produced its first stop of 20% enriched uranium, but said they are not producing a nuclear bomb. this lasts about an hour and 10 minutes. >> the been hampering the progress of this great nation. -- they have been hampering the progress of this great nation. for two reasons, they have always opposed freedom and prosperity. the first reason is related to the characteristics of the iranian nation. they note today that the iranian nation, in the course of history -- due to itsÑi re- civilization and culture, has managed to influence international equations any time it had the opportunity. they know that we, for centuries, particularly after the aftermath of islam have been the flag bears for stabilization fund -- for civilization and a science and knowledge. many parts of the world are inf

they gradually adopted israel is a major cause for their hegemonic intentions and you have -- mahmoud ahmadinejad just said they are looking for a new middle east for shimon peres. according to ahmadinejad and his hostage, something that should be free of violence, and once again they happen to develop not a napoleon artillery, but nuclear weapons. and we cannot take it and i propose to others not to take it too easily. it's not just the end of any nonproliferation regime. i believe that it hurts a countdown that is a first account described by professor crom in his book nuclear tourism and leads to another half a generation of old nuclear devices at the hands. and those of you who are acquainted with nuclear strategy, please start thinking what shape can they multi-deterred against a nuclear attack with no address to it. how such a strategy might look. and you will realize how intensive is a concrete and conclusive we should be in regard to this threat before it materializes. and it's not just about a demonic kind of nuclear capability. i don't think that the iranians, even if they got a bum, go