mahmoud ahmadinejad? he says that we have no days, we have the best system in the world, and things that embarrass us every moment. iran is proud of its amazing history, it's a poet. your national pride is frederick douglass britis. our national pride is our writers. >> thank you very much. [applause] >> we are going to move into our first panel. russ is very much. grus is. it was wonderful. -- thank you very much. thank you. it was wonderful. [applause] >> good morning. we are going to discuss the new media landscape of iran. we are going to interrogate the idea of who exactly is on online in iran. we have a distinguished and group of commentators this morning, and i think we're going to get them on stage as quickly as we can because we have a limited amount of time. i will introduce them and they will come up. we have the middle east and north african coordinator for the community to protect journalists. prior to joining but, he was a researcher at the national endowment for democracy. before that, he w

. >> defyian mahmoud ahmadinejad vowing to move forward with nuclear a.m. bishes. >> thousands of americans brave long lines to be some of the first get the new ipad. is it worth the hype? they waited in line for hours. >> let's begin this hour with the woman known as jihad jamie. now in american custody. jamie ramirez arrested by members of the joint terrorism task force in philadelphia yesterday. after she arrived on a plane from ireland. the colorado mom is now charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists. julie kurtz is live with more on this >> reporter: authorities aren't telling us where her son is when she landed in philadelphia yesterday she landed with her 6-year-old son. we know that she arrived in philadelphia and was immediately taken into custody. she faces conspiracy charges. she has a hearing next wednesday. ramirez's mother the boy's grandmother has been talking to the media since ramirez was arrested. there she with her son. since she was arrested in ireland she said ramirez converted to islam last easter, a year ago.

mahmoud ahmadinejad said that we don't have homosexuals in iran.hen i drew this this was another conception. he's having this tango with mr. chavez. i don't know somewhere around tehran. and they're having a lot of fun. he would deny this, any connections but it's happening. next one, please. [laughter] >> do you remember mr. obama said if our opponents unclenched their fists we would stretch out our hands and shake hands with them. okay. shaking hand with the devil with his hand is actually bloody wouldn't be that clean and clear. so i think somebody has to bring a wipeout after mr. obama who was shaking hands with him and stepping on the green members. this is iran and iranian journalism and somehow citizen journalism. thank you very much. [applause] >> so mohammed, if -- as moussaoui said every citizen in iran is potentially a journalist, how does -- how does that kind of behavior -- and you state -- you quoted some numbers, upwards of a million iranians with blogging. it's about linking and networking and talking to each other. building communi

mahmoud ahmadinejad said that we don't have homosexuals in iran. when i drew this this was another conception. he's having this tango with mr. chavez. i don't know somewhere around tehran. and they're having a lot of fun. he would deny this, any connections but it's happening. next one, please. [laughter] >> do you remember mr. obama said if our opponents unclenched their fists we would stretch out our hands and shake hands with them. okay. shaking hand with the devil with his hand is actually bloody wouldn't be that clean and clear. so i think somebody has to bring a wipeout after mr. obama who was shaking hands with him and stepping on the green members. this is iran and iranian journalism and somehow citizen journalism. thank you very much. [applause] >> so mohammed, if -- as moussaoui said every citizen in iran is potentially a journalist, how does -- how does that kind of behavior -- and you state -- you quoted some numbers, upwards of a million '1n#n @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @# and maybe also you could comment on that as well. >> as the irania

. >> eric: iran and its nuclear effort, words from mahmoud ahmadinejad telling the u.s. and western powers they cannot stop iran's progress. this is -- iran is set to hold its own nuclear disarmament conference days after the u.s. hold an international summit on the same issue. why is iran holding the conference? it denies u.n. security council resolution demanding it stop the uranium enrichment which it has not done and joining us as always, at this time, former u.s. ambassador to the u.n., john bolton, who is also a fox news contributor. good morning, ambassador. >> good morning. >> eric: this is conference on nuclear disarmament an iranian smoke screen. >> well, it is a further indication the iranians don't fear any further action by the u.n. security council. i think after their top nuclear negotiator met with chinese leaders in beijing this past week they now have a good idea of what is discussed and what the new potential sanctions are and they are obviously not worried about it. in conditionally, they have thrown a new curve ball here, because the conference is ab

they hear about mahmoud ahmadinejad. they shouts a lot.many in the media cannot listen to the voices of a journalist. you talk about balance, but this is the balance that we experience in iran. if we do something wrong, we will fall from the cliff. this is what the government and the judiciary actually expect of us in iran. just be quiet and publish whatever the government asks us to publish.

on national nuclear day, president mahmoud ahmadinejad told the country it should feel proud. while president ahmadinejad urges iranians to celebrate their country's nuclear program, the rest of the world is coming together under u.s. leadership to condemn it and to press for tough new sanctions against iran. for example, harsh restrictions on iranian banking and shipping. the head of the country's nuclear agency, ali akbar salehi who got his ph.d. at m.i.t., made a candid admission in a rare interview with cbs news. >> of course sanctions will affect us, but it only will delay our projects. it will not stop our projects. >> reporter: they'd hurt? >> of course they will hurt but then we will have to come up with our own manufacturing systems. >> reporter: iran already enriches uranium in one plant and recently it announced it would build six more. it says it just wants fuel for nuclear power stations. but the u.s. suspects it secretly plans to build a bomb. are you trying to make any kind of weapon? >> no. we have indicated this many times, not me, our president, our supreme l

mahmoud ahmadinejad, recently claimed -- recently stated would regret. and that the iranian academia, since the beginning of last century, had remained -- had been secular and liberal. and, unfortunately, the islamic republic has been unable to do anything about it. so their first targets were, in fact, women who unlike what has been said had been fighting for their rights since mid-1800s. and that one of the first things that a totalitarian regime does -- in order to legitimatize what it is. in order to legitimatize its confiscates history. they want to impose their fundamentalist views upon a society. the first thing that they do is confiscate history. the first thing they want to do, they confiscate and redefine what it means, for example, to be an american. or what it means to have a constitution. that is the first thing that they do. because history needs to justify what we do. what we were in the past will show us what we are now. and what we will be in the future. so they reduced that history of an ancient country. iran goes back to 3,000 years of

mahmoud ahmadinejad would have a better chance. >> bill: all right. so he is down 20.hink he is done. >> i think he knows it, but he is fighting. >> bill: in arkansas, another person, senator blanche lincoln, they'll probably lose. that is two, possibly three big democratic senators. what about specter in pennsylvania? >> speck fer in the end, people don't like him. he voted for the stimulus bill along with the two main senators. people are mad about the stimulus bill. doesn't matter about health care. i think he is going to lose, head to head against pat toomey is a hard charging but very substantive fiscal conservative. >> bill: tea party people in boston are targeting barney franks. this is impossible. i know this district. they would vote for ahmadinejad. >> good friend of my a roommate that e-mailed me, he knows the players. barney frank isn't hundred percent, but he is running. he feels there is a push back. there is a guy that is a student at wharton. master's degree, marine reservist. who knows? all i can say, this year anything can happen. >> bill: okay. you m

. >> sean: i don't think he would be weak in front of mood mood -- mahmoud ahmadinejad. >> i think americaneople are warning leadership. it's not going to be enough for us. i think with energy in this room, we've seen over seven, eight months i don't think the american people, they're wanting leadership and a strong national defense and fewer taxes. they want us to do all that a smaller government... we've got several locations and we've got to present our alternative for those things. we can't just talk about what the administration is not doing or should be doing. we've got to offer our alternatives and plans on opportunities. >> sean: i've got to run. >> balanced budget. fiscal responsibility, right? eliminate earmarks. and free market solutions on health care and education. energy independence. is it more complicated than that? that it? >> it's a symbol. we made it too difficult l is a financial services reform package is that involving big government. it's going to hurt applying credit. seven out of 10 people are saying it puts laws on the books and work needs to be done. >> good to se

not invited are the leaders of north korea and iran, whose president, mahmoud ahmadinejad, charged the senate -- charged the summit is to humiliate human beings. in fact, it is to keep iran from getting nuclear weapons that it might use, or give them to terrorists like the chechens who bombed the russian subway or al qaeda who will attack where they can. in europe last week, president obama skills -- [unintelligible] ukraine announced it would give up all its weapons making materials. >> this is something we have been trying for more than 10 years. >> allies agreed that iran should not go to nuclear. but the chinese and others are not committed to stronger sanctions. but still, nations agree that there is no one way of keeping terrorists from getting bombs. >> hope this week is to find ways to get rid of some and secure the rest. >> as the sex abuse scandal continues to swirl around the catholic church, the vatican posted guidelines on its web site for how the church hymnals alleged sexual abuse by -- how the church handles alleges sexual abuse by priests. it put the complicated pictur

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. >> bret: meantime, charles, in iran, in tehran, president mahmoud ahmadinejad has been very bold thumbing his nose at the u.s. they have another parade there of showing off their military might and all of their weaponry over the weekend. and who continues to make the statements that he is not in any mood to negotiate or to work with the united nations, or anybody else. >> i think it really is a sign of his fanaticism and the fanaticism of the regime. they're not content with rejecting an obama overture. they insist on humiliating him and showing contempt. they've done it over and over for now a year and three months without suffering any consequences. in fact, on the contrary. the more he rebuffs, rejects and humiliates the president the more he opens his hand and continues to offer other carrots. now he is looking for sanctions which are rather weak. i'm interested in the memo and how gates is denying that it was a wake-up call. his denial said instead no, the memo presented a number of questions that contribute to timely decision-making process. well, if you are contributing to a timely

there we see our good bud, bud, buddy hamid karzai in embrace with the adorable mahmoud ahmadinejad.it's sha share turn to save their country. cut defense spending and bring troops home from iraq and afghanistan." this is what you talked about yesterday. $160 billion, billion with a "b." $700 billion defense budget. as chris said, there has to be a lot of things in there we can ratchet down. >> glenn: give me the bridge to nowhere ad. >> this is a tv spot, give you a taste for what you could do with the program like what you've talked about this week. [ beeping ] [ key stroking ] >> we need bridges because we need to get from one private area to another private area. >> the government spends $70 billion of your money each year on infrastructure aid for state projects. often resulting in waste, fraud, bureaucracy and bridges to nowhere. wake up, america. >> you remember the bridge to nowhere? we're going the have to i think do a much better job planning how we spend our money. >> it's your money. back the cato budget. >> glenn: okay. here is the thing. you know, the problem is these k

president mahmoud ahmadinejad saying potential new sanctions would only serve to strength iran.urther ice lace would help the nation's technological progress, forcing it to become more independent. this, as the u.s. and other countries negotiate new measures to stop iran from enriching uranium. despite international concerns, the islamic republic says the nuclear program is for generating electricity, not making bombs. rescue teams now giving up the search for a missing u.s. navy pilot whose plane crashed in the perks gulf three days ago a navy spokesperson says the plane went down in the north arabian sea with mechanical problems. three crew members survived that crash but officials declaring the 31-year-old pilot dead. the e-2-c hawkey was returning from a mission from afghanistan in route to the uss eisenhower. we're told the ukraine born pilot was from columbus, ohio. he had served in the u.s. navy for eight years. five people killed in one of the nation's most deadly oil refinery accidents. now as the investigation moves forwards, officials may be looking for prior safety r

find the entire schedule online. >> iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad unveiled a series of new centrifuges. they will produce fuel for nuclear plants in the country. in a speech, i talked about the advancements in iran's nuclear program and criticized the new start treaty signed by president obama and russian president megadeath, calling it a bit -- and russian president dmitry mcdevitt, calling it a big lie. this is about 40 minutes. >> in the name of god, the compassionate, the merciful, may god hasten the emergence -- the president is citing verses from the holy koran. i for one would like to congratulate you on the anniversary -- actually, the day when the iranian scientists mastered the technology to produce nuclear fuel. i like to congratulate you on this. i am very happy and i thank god, and once again of the like to congratulate you all on the great achievements that were unveiled before your eyes. today, iranian scientists and experts have fully mastered the nuclear technology, and have been taking giant steps and moving at full pace towards meeting all domestic needs and making p

i don't think putting your arms around mahmoud ahmadinejad is work to work.hat's a situation that imperils us all in a serious way, and we have to get international cooperation on an unprecedented level in order to take the measures necessary to reverse global warming. no single leader can do that either. it's going to take a lot of effort and a lot of conciliation with other leaders around the world. >> joe klein of "time" magazine in the last couple weeks said, even as we look at the success of health care, we shouldn't minimize some of the shortcomings of his leadership that were in evidence in the course of that very difficult debate. >> a lot of people felt, a lot of voters felt that he took his eye off the ball, which was the economy. remember, 80% of american voters who have health care like it. we almost have a financial armageddon. the stimulus program helped avert that. when voters go to the poll, they care about the economy, they care about the economy, they care about the economy. jobs and the economy are the main thing on people's minds. i think

. >>> high and mighty claims from iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad today. he says iran is so powerful right now, no country would dare attack it. this came as iran wrapped up its own nuclear nonproliferation conference. iran wasn't invited to the nuclear summit in washington last week. it used its forum to demand that israel join a pack to keep nukes out of the middle east. this comes at a time that the west believes iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons of its own. and despite iran's boasting the u.s. military wants to be ready if the attack happens or if it is necessary. and our pentagon correspondent barbara starr says officials hope diplomacy works but want to be prepared if it doesn't. >> what is now clear, don, for the last several weeks, u.s. military has been updating options for striking iran's nuclear program. there's a couple of things going on here. first defense secretary robert gates has written a classified memo to the white house outlining what he believes are a number of decisions that he says need to be made in the weeks and months ahe

mahmoud ahmadinejad doesn't seem like he has weakened in any way so again, it's good to see you that,ar. thank you. >> thank you. the first question is about the military attack on iran and about the regime. there is this argument that if there is a military attack on iran it would have the hard liners because the hard liners in iran like an external enemy should try to unite their followers at home and also argue that there is an external threat so in the name of protecting the national security they will crack down on a society and critics and independent-minded people in the iranian society and also it is an excuse for example of the mom proliferation treaty and also perhaps they might retaliate in ways like hezbollah in lebanon territories. i've heard the arguments and i think that there are hard-liners in iran who wouldn't mind some kind of military attack, not an attack that would remove them from power of course because number one thing for the mystery man in power but the attack that might mean that the nuclear sites but not dream of the regime because that would give them an

they had only one podium in front of the mahmoud ahmadinejad speech. and they did only that in ceremony officially. however, iranian people have used citizen journalism during the past 10 months am and as an alternative to fight against the regime, censorship to social networks like facebook's and twitter. this is an important effect to inform the world about the truth and iran. i think professional journalism in iran, change face of citizens of journalism. this is very important after the election, which all the people that are using their cell phones. and we saw the picture which shocked all the world. and it came even until now unknown, the person who shot that picture. and it was for us. it was like terrified moment. actually, i was exactly 12 days before the election, and by the intelligence ministry, they asked me to stop work, don't take a picture. but i did a small camera. you saw some of that result of them, my pictures during after election. actually, i showed some footage is and i am documenting some of those. nowadays, journalism and iran,

in new york and they come after a provocative word today from the president of iran himself, mahmoud ahmadinejad iran's military is so powerful, that no one would dare attack his country and the president making those remarks, during a parade, celebrating national army day. >> gregg: another "fox news alert." after days of groundings and disruptions from the massive volcano, eruption, in iceland, european union officials are saying that half of the continent's formally scheduled airline flights could resume tomorrow. several european carriers, conducting test flights, today without any incident. now, this combined with better wind patterns, predicted for tomorrow, now emboldening safety officials though the volcano shows no sign of letting up. the airlines have been exerting serious pressure to get back to business and the international air transport association says the industry is losing more than $200 million a day. worldwide. thousands of stranded passengers, also pushing hard, to get back home. global radio news european correspondent christopher lee joins us on the telephone from london, a

is kim jong-il and mahmoud ahmadinejad watching the tube wondering what's going to happen here?absolutely. the message is loud and clear that we have over 40 nations who agree that we need to protect this material against nuclear terrorism. the message to north korea and iran consistently has been do not even think about selling nuclear material or nuclear weapons in the case of north e korea to terrorist organizations. this is really also very important the month before 180 plus nations meet in new york to review the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. typically, those reviews or at least the last two reviews have been very contentious, where there were a lot of differences between the nonnuclear weapons states and the nuclear weapons states. so this meeting today where you see a good deal of agreement and you see these very powerful leaders together. that sends a very, very positive message. >> here we go. let's watch it. >>> i would like to get started. let me begin by thanking all of you for your participation last night. i thought it was a very important discussion. before i b

presiding officer: the senate will stand adjourned until april 29, thursday, >> iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad has applied for a visa to attend a nuclear conference in the united nations. spokesman p.j. crowley talks about iran's nuclear program. reports of the settlement construction freeze in israel and other subjects. this is 40 minutes. >> we will wait for you before we start. good afternoonnd welcome to the department of state. several things to talk about before taking questions. this afternoon in fact immediately following this briefing, the secretary will meet with foreign minister of tunisia to discuss a wide range of bilateral issues, human rights, freedom of expression, counterterrorism and military cooperation and efforts to expand science, technology and educational cooperation under the principles outlined in the presidents cairo speech and the meeting reflects our commitment to stronger relationships with tunisia and we look forward to finding ways to strengthen and expand our ties. later on this afternoon, the secretary will meet with foreign minister of honduras to exchange vi

iran's president, mahmoud ahmadinejad went on a rant against president obama kuling him a cowboy and, he can't do a damn thing. >>> a strong earthquake shook northern indonesia, triggering two tsunamis. several people are injured but no word on deaths at this point. people started to flee to higher ground after the quake. >>> holding out hope for a slim chance of survival. the rescue efforts intensify for four miners unaccounted for in a deadly blast in a west virginia coal mine. rescue crews are making progress while family members are making final arrangements. here's what we know. west virginia governor joe manchin is telling rescuers they have made a breakthrough. they've completed one of the bore holes in the area where the miners are believed to be. that hole is an exhaust port of sorts with rescuers using high-pressure fans to exchange the gas-filled mine with clean air, but even with that progress, here's the heart wrenching reality. there's been no response from any of those missing miners as rescuers have been knocking on the pipes hoping that one of those miners would repl

all the photographers and journalists just worked with mahmoud ahmadinejad in the last election. they were kicked out doing their jobs. they are now -- fortunately, my friends here came a week ago from iran. and i asked how is the reporter situation. and he said he was terrified. some of my colleagues they are doing, you know, as a taxi driver. some others are shop sellers. but in their countries they can do that. in the other country the others i told you before, they cannot speak the -- like -- my legal issue is good enough. but i can just tell you this story. the story is if you want to talk about the truth, it's very difficult in this situation. the situation is, i think, comparing only to maybe the renaissance in europe. you can't access any free information in iran. and you need to follow like any of the supporters of the country. and you can only just say the words which they like it. and in this situation, talking about the freedom i think -- it's kind of dangerous and playing with fire. anyway, i think i can say it's a good job but i don't know if any questions coming. i

mahmoud ahmadinejad never threatened israel or anyone.hat he said was that israel is going to self-destruct, the way it is going. that is true, that is what the bible says. guest: that is a complete distortion of the threats that come out almost weekly from iran in some regard. israel has definitely been threatened. my great concern is that if this administration continues to be asleep at the wheel, is real well at some point have no other option than to try to defend itself. of course, if that happens, the obama administration willow an apology to the entire world, especially israel. iran is the largest state sponsor of terrorism on the planet. they are almost -- they are this close to gaining the capability of producing nuclear weapons on a broader scale. having an industrial base to create them. if that does not cause concern, i am wondering when the furniture will start to levitate in the room. . . i am not sure if anything else has any chance of working. i am not sure if sanctions can work. i cannot think we recognize how with intent

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. >> last week, iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad released a third generation of centrifuges.e and his speech, he talked about the advancements in -- in his speech, he talked about the advancements in iran's nuclear program. >> in the name of god, the compassionate, the merciful, may god hasten the emergence of a mama -- of imam. the president is reciting verses from the holy crosqur'an. i would like to congratulate you on the anniversary, actually the day on when iranian scientists master the technology to produce nuclear fuel. i would like to congratulate you and the iranian nation and all freedom-seeking haitians in the world on this vacation. -- on this vocation. i'm very happy and i think he died. once again, i would like to -- i'm very happy and i thank god. once again, i would like to cut congratulate all of you. really, the achievements by iranians, we should be proud of the nuclear achievements by our own scientists, not just for the iranian nation, but for all independent nations and governments across the world. i would like to mention a point here. unlv our scienti