people also rallied in the streets after president mahmoud ahmadinejad was reelected in what people called massive voter fraught. >> we are against violence, and we would call to account the iranian government that is once again using its security forces and resourcing to violence to prevent the free expression of ideas from their own people. >> the u.s. state department sent out twitter messages hoping it will inspire iranians to follow through on their plans. there have only been a handful of tweets but they support demonstrations. protests have been held all over the middle east in recent days including yemen, iran and algeria. jenelle wang. >> it's 4:51. back here in the bay area, the giants have officially started their spring training. we'll have their first workout today in the start for the quest to defend their world series title. pitchers and catchered reported yesterday. brian wilson, pocze and team veterans who came in a few days early. the champs anxious to get back into the swing of things on the field. >> the season was over and i was already kind of anthoniy about getting b

president mahmoud ahmadinejad said on state-run television that there is a lot of animosity against the government, but these people will not achieve their goals. in the country's parliament, speaker ali larijani read out a statement denouncing reformists. lawmakers shout that had former prime minister mir hossein mousavi and former president mohammed khatami should be put to death. >>> in response to the turmoil on the streets of tehran, u.s. president barack obama has criticized the authorities there for firing on anti-government protesters and detaining dissidents. he encouraged iranian demonstrators to be brave in calling for greater freedom. >> my hope and expectation is that we're going to continue to see the people of iran had the courage to be able to express their yearning for greater freedoms and a more representative government. >> obama says he finds it ironic that the iranian government pretends to celebrate what happened in egypt when it has gunned down and beaten people who are expressing their views peacefully. obama said as a consequence of what's happening in tunisia a

repressed similar demonstrations in 2009, after elections many iranians claim were stolen by mahmoud ahmadinejad. this time iran is making it clear right from the start it will not tolerate a new round of protests. iran's parliament today issued a fierce warning, calling for the execution of protest leaders, including former presidential candidate mir hossein mousavi, and even the moderate ex-president mohammad khatami. they may not be empty threats. iran hanged two activists last year on charges of plotting against the regime. nbc's tehran bureau chief, ali arouzi, is one of the few western journalists working in iran. >> iran sees itself as the vanguard of islam. they would like to see a more islamic government in egypt. one that's closer to iran and further from america. but on the other hand they didn't want the events in egypt to energize the people in iran and bring them back on the streets, which is exactly what happened yesterday. >> reporter: president mahmoud ahmadinejad today called the protests a western conspiracy. in washington, president obama sided with the demonstrators and accu

this is the opposition's first first show of strength since mahmoud ahmadinejad was elected and a casef massive voter fraud. encouraging peaceful actions from both sides. >> what we're seeing happening in iran is a testament to the courage of the iranian people and an indictment of hypocrisy over the regime. what has constantly hailed what went on in egypt. >> sent out twitter messages hoping it will inspire iranians to follow through on their plans. there have only been five tweets but supporting rights to peaceful assemble and demonstrate. anti-government protests have been held all over the middle east including yemen, bahrain and algeria. >> jenelle, thanks a lot. it's 5:49. the giants begin their spring training today. the start of their quest to defend their world series title. pitchers in scottsdale, arizona. these champs are anxious to get back on the field. >> i mean, for me the season was over and i was already kind of antsy about getting back and going again. it definitely makes it more fun to come in with that world series title. >> well, the giants begin their workout toda

this was the first major show of strength since 2009 when president mahmoud ahmadinejad was reelected encouraging peaceful actions from both sides. >> what we see happening in iran today is a testament to the courage of the iranian people and an indictment of the hypocrisy of the iranian regimen, a regimen which over the last three weeks has constantly hailed what went on in egypt. >> the u.s. state department sent out twitter messages hoping it will inspire iranians to follow through on their plans. there have only been five tweets all basically supporting the people's rights to assemble and demonstrate. inspired by the revolutions in egypt and tunisia, anti-government protests have been held over the middle east in recent days including yemen, bahrain and algeria. >> jenelle, thanks a lot. >> j. p. morgan is apologizing for the way it's handled military foreclosures. >> jane king joins us live from the new york stock exchange with more on that. and big news about the future of the new york stock exchange. jane? >> absolutely eric and kristen. we first got a little bit of this news l

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mahmoud ahmadinejad said enemies were trying to tarnish the iranian nations brilliance. conservative members of the parliament -- to liviu members will be sentenced to death. our correspondent reports from london. >> one day after opposition demonstrators gathered its was the turn to iran to get together. they unleashed a statement blaming the opposition leader for what they mp's call an act of sedition. and number chanted god is great and debt to mousavi. more pictures of monday's protests are coming out. this appears to show a burst of teargas. protesters run away covering their faces. the u.s. government says they should be allowed to demonstrate in peace. >> it is clear iran has and a niece -- has enemies. there is a lot of animosity against the government. the protesters will not achieve their goals. >> monday's demonstrations were the biggest protests since 2009. reports say some opposition members want to continue protesting. security forces may be out to stop them. >> the u.s. has urged [unintelligible] to exercise restraint following anti-government protests by

yesterday iranians held a massive protest to try and overthrow president mahmoud ahmadinejad.he white house vowed to support those who yearn for greater freedom and gave this advice to countries where the people are feeling oppressed. >> i think that the thing that will actually achieve stability in that region is if young people, if ordinary folks end up feeling there are path ways for them to feed their families, get a decent job, get an education aspire to a better life. >> president obama promises to dedicate money to education, science and technology as well as research and development. his administration also plans to pump $25 million into helping those trying to use the web and social net working websites in states where the internet is sometimes blocked, countries like iran, cuba and egypt. cheryl? >> jenelle, thank you very much. hillary clinton is warning but placing curbs on internet fremont and elsewhere. restricting internet use will not hold back reforming recently seen. the state department launched twitter accounts in arabic last week and plans to create feeds

mahmoud ahmadinejad told state television that enemies are trying to tarnish the iranian state's brilliance. they are calling for the opposition leaders to be tried and sentenced to death. >> one day after opposition demonstrators gathered, it was the turn of iran's mp's to get together. they released a statement blaming the opposition leaders for what they called an act of sedition. a number chanted "god is great". more pictures of protests are coming out. this appears to show a burst of tear gas. protesters run away, covering their faces. the u.s. government said they should have been allowed to demonstrate in peace. mind your own business, says iran's government. >> it is clear that iran has enemies because it has ambitions. it wants to change relations between countries. there is a lot of animosity even against the government. the protesters will not achieve their goals. monday's demonstrations were the biggest protests against iran pose a government since 2009. reports from tehran said some members want to continue protesting. security forces are out to stop them. >> the u.s. has urged

over the weekend, mahmoud ahmadinejad's praised these clashes but when asked for permission to hold a rally in support of the uprisings in tunisia and egypt, the government said no and put them under house arrest and security forces vowed to crack down on anyone who tries to stage a rally. >>> this morning, santa clara county issued the latest update on domestic violence. the assistant district attorney says they are making progress at reducing the number ofcations by educating -- by educating people -- the number of cases by educating people. >> we were looking at 100 brand- new cases a year being reported. now we're down about 87. we see it coming down. not enough to jump and scream hala lieu yaw but i -- hooray. >> >>> the storm system that's bringing light rain to the bay area is also crop -- also dropping snow on the sierra. here's what it looked like minutes ago in sofa springs. we just got this video in. the forecast called for accumulations for up to 6500 feet. winds are gusting to 55. on the high sigher raw ridge, winds could gust to 115 miles an hour -- sierra ridge, winds c

yesterday iranians held a massive protest to try and overthrow president mahmoud ahmadinejad. the white house vowed to support those who yearn for greater freedom and gave this advice to countries where the people are feeling oppressed. >> i think that the thing that will actually achieve stability in that region is if young people, if ordinary folks end up feeling there are path ways for them to feed their families, get a decent job, get an education aspire to a better life. >> president obama promises to dedicate money to education, science and technology as well as research and development. his administration also plans to pump $25 million into helping those trying to use the web and social net working websites in states where the internet is sometimes blocked, countries like iran, cuba and egypt. cheryl? >> jenelle, thank you very much. hillary clinton is warning but placing curbs on internet fremont and elsewhere. restricting internet use will not hold back reforming recently seen. the state department launched twitter accounts in arabic last week and plans to create feed

the protesters chanted against iranian president, mahmoud ahmadinejad, despite mannings that police would use force against them. in addition to the one-person filled -- killed, dozens of were reported injured. >>> a wall on ford street near the heavily-traveled bridge is unstable. police diverted traffic off ford street for a short time as a precaution. neighbors say the building safety has been an ongoing issue and the city actually declared the building substandard two years ago. >> well, the building's been falling apart at various stages has been in disrepair as the years have gone by. the fire was in 2006 and nothing else has been done on the building to improve it. >> the fire caused more damage -- the fire caused more damage to the building and has been set for demolition. >> we just got video and they've now red-tagged the building. that means it's officially unsafe to occupy. equipment is being brought in to stabilize the wall until the building can be demolished. >>> today's report on january retail sales is mixed news. the commerce department reports u.s. stores took in slight

. >>> meanwhile, following protests in iran, president mahmoud ahmadinejad says calls for freedom there were a western conspiracy. the iranian parliament issued a threatening warning calling for the execution of protest leaders. >>> in nearby bahrain there have been three days of demonstrations in favor of a regime change. two people there have died. this morning, there are signs that for the first time the unrest has spread to libya. reports say hundreds of anti-government protesters clashed with police and government supporters overnight in libya's second largest city. >>> cbs news announced yesterday that the network's chief foreign correspondent lara logan has been hospitalized in the united states after having received what cbs called, quote, a brutal and sustained sexual assault and beating in the midst of the celebration in cairo last friday. cbs says logan was saved by a group of women and an estimated 20 egyptian soldiers. >>> in a stunning admission the iraqi defector whose claims that saddam hussein had biological weapons were partly used to justify the 2003 invasion of iraq

demonstrators chanted death to the dictator referring to mood mood thood -- mahmoud ahmadinejad. >>> and more than a thousand anti-government demonstrators marched through yemen's capitol. university students and lawmakers are demanding political reforms and the ouster of the country's president. a counter demonstration by dozens of supporters of the president there confronted the antigovernment pro testers shouting slogans against terrorism. police separated those two groups. >>> mansion in san francisco pacific heights is turning heads because it's owned by the egyptian government. a report noted the egyptian government still owns a vacant 13,000 square foot georgiain mansion once the home of the consul general. the egyptian consulate tells abc 7 egypt owned that mansion since 1960 and it's not in use at the moment oo. if you ride cal train you're going to get a chance to comment about phone shallly drastic changes that might derail some services. the commuters rail line faces a record deficit of about $30 million. one idea includes slashing all non-rush hour service. and another c

hillary clinton she called the radio regime hypocritical she said that on the one hand president mahmoud ahmadinejad's head readied behind the protesters on the streets but now when his witnessing of his own country he's used harsh violence against him this is a big. and for the united states what to do with the rand and at the same time it's very nervous that as it watches events in egypt which supported prism mubarak for thirty years it now has to redefine its role there and also send out a message to other regimes in the region that it has bet that it will not leave them in the dark as a did many say in terms of mubarak now israel is very cautious about what is happening certainly is concerned more long term that they could be some kind of a radian state some kind of islamic republic now much closer on its borders than is . was staying on the subject or to research or she believes the u.s. is pursuing its financial and political interests in the middle east. clearly the united states will support anything that will promote what they call regina change in iran especially considering that it ran in s

iranians took to the streets enraged by a presidential election they saw as stolen by president mahmoud ahmadinejad. we were there. they just broke up a crowd firing tear gas. they're using their batons on the protesters, as well. while egypt's revolution has achieved its goal, its spirit continues to inspire across the region. in algeria the government mobilized 30,000 police as protestors swarmed the streets. in yemen, a new al qaeda stronghold, police beat back thousands in a third straight day of demonstrations. and in bahrain, the base of the u.s. 5th fleet, protestors called for a day of rage this week. iranian authorities had been preparing for this. the large turnout is a surprise and a sign the opposition in iran has been re-energized by the enormous success they've seen here. jim sciutto, abc news, cairo. >> and as jim knows, in egypt now that the military is in charge, the demonstrators have begun heading home and everywhere signs of a new but normal life. lama hasan has more on that. >> reporter: it may seem a bit odd, but a water skier cruising along the nile today is a sign cairo is b

. >> lawmakers are shown chanting for executions of two men who opposed mahmoud ahmadinejad in the lastman is showing us the broadcasts and the competing coverage from dubai and other sources outside of iran oor people in iran able to see the ultimate version? >> experts and author of a new book on the shah is convinced the current regime will lose. >> the internet social network, facebook, twitter, the satellite all of these have made our world a much smaller place. and inhospitable for those that claim to have a monopoly. >> reports are that the iranian security forces fired into the protesters. opposition reports scores of people were killed in tehran. >> cbs news revealed today correspondent layera logan suffered a brutal and sustained sexual assault in egypt. cbs provided this picture moments before the attack. the network says she was on assignment and separated from the crew and surrounded by a large crowd when the attack occurred. she was rescued by a group of women and egyptian soldiers and is now recovering in a new york hospital. >> and google, as you know there was held for

after her release, shored met with iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad in new york to ask for his intervention at the time he said he would ask the judiciary to expedite the process and look at the case with what he called maximum lienensy. >> another legal blow to oakland's plans to tax large-scale pot farms. john russo told the city council he's withdrawing his legal advice. they need to hire their own attorney he says for pot issues. in a letter sent to the council and the mayor, russo indicated he would turn over all the files his office has selected so far. on tuesday the city council agreed to revise its pot proposal after federal and local officials warned it could be illegal and invite state and federal prosecution. the changes would limit the size of the farms and require each one to operate its own onsite dispensary. residents held a he's march through south san francisco's troubled old town yesterday. >> we pray that peace may reign in south san francisco. >> police chief mike massoni joined other marchers that led to a shooting that left three dead, three wounded. the city council

weak one morning soon to find themselves at war with iran because a man named netanyahu or mahmoud ahmadinejad both foreigners no american ever voted for decided to expand its religious war in which no genuine u.s. interest is at stake. as i noted, our participation in such a war would produce the iran sponsored terrorism and it just might temporarily unite the entire muslim community. 1.4 billion people if you are counting in the chehab against the united states. america's bipartisan governing elite and with the support of the media and the academy have brought the united states face-to-face with war at every turn. the war overall yield, over religious conflict in which no genuine u.s. interest is at risk and the war to impose a secular democracy on people who will fight it to the death. the situation is surely the antithesis of what the founders intended when they designed the system meant to limit the chance a far richer in government that needs inevitably to tyranny. the founders knew and contemporary americans are painfully learning there are few better definitions of tyranny than one tha

an iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad can be, well, the funniest guy on the planet. >> what is it to you? >> as soon as this guy opens his mouth we have the material to work with because he doesn't make sense whatsoever. >> brown: so each week 35-year-old this 35-year-old who came to the u.s. a decade ago and another man, 37, who arrived when he was in middle school tried to make their own kind of sense broadcasting to iran in farci as part of the u.s.-government funded persian news network. >> frankly we did something new i think. 99.9.9% of the news that comes out, you know, there's nothing funny. it's always something horrible. and reporting the news has been repetitive. so we turn it into how we would talk about it as if we're talking to you right now or sitting at a bar. >> brown: indeed. a reference to the iranian government's repeated attempts to jam foreign sat fight programming and websites often takes the "are you kidding me" approach. as when supreme leader ayatollah khamenei says that the uprising was a reprieve of the revolution. >> today in egypt the echo of your voi

she has appealed to mahmoud ahmadinejad for their release she still wears the makeshift ring that bowere for her. >> yeah, i'm still wearing it. >> a sign of her faith that he will return home a hope shared by the obama administration, as well. loktd in this long running diplomatic conflict over their secretive nuclear program. ultimately the fate of the two hikers may be decided more by politics. >> there has been another legal blow to oakland's plan to tax large scale pot farms. a system councilman says he is withdrawing his legal advice and they need to hire an attorney. in a letter sent to the mayor he indicated he would turn over all the times they have collected so far. on tuesday the city council agreed to revise the pot proposal after federal and local law enforcement officials warned it could be illegal and could invite state and federal prosecution. the changes would limit the size of the farms and require that each one operate its own on site dispensary. >> residents held a peace march through the trumped old town yesterday. -- troubled old town yesterday. >> police chief joi

i think we need to keep trying to talk to iran because mahmoud ahmadinejad is not the most popular leader iran has had. there are many leaders who are not happy with where things are going. we need to keep trying to reach out to them and try to raise whatever we can in the way of opposition within iran to what he is doing. that may not be good enough but it would be where i would put my vote at this time. >> thank you for your excellent lecture. you talked about the option of the overhead bombing and as a moderator and player facilitating cooperation driving the rule of word. i am curious if there is any prerequisite for conditions that true negotiation were in discussion that takes place going back to north korea's issue, i am deeply worried about their military action these days. and the successor of the kim dynasty is not only a military leader but also took the lead in an attack so i am curious in this case what will be your experience of a prerequisite for negotiation or cooperation to begin? >> my answer will be rather impolite. how do you know that kim jong il had a lead role in th

just days after arriving in the u.s., shourd met with iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad in new york where he was attending the u.n. general assembly to ask for his help in freeing her friends. their lawyers entered not guilty pleas for all three. one said "after reading everything, i'm very hopeful and positive that legally there is no evidence of trespassing or spying." but that may not be enough to win their freedom. >> we know from previous experience in iran that these -- these judges are not objective. these cases are not based on the actual evidence. they are political cases. >> reporter: if convicted, they could face a maximum ten years in prison. larry jacobs, abc news. >>> and now for a look at today's weather around the country. there will be a mixture of rain and snow across the south from memphis to little rock and into jackson, mississippi. meanwhile, snowy in cleveland as well. and on the east coast, dry and mild. cold in the upper plains and showers in the pacific northwest. >> miami has the high temperature today with 82 degrees. minneapolis, the low at 5, although o

i would have much rather see the departure of mahmoud ahmadinejad out and the end of the rule of iran.heocratsou [applause] thank you. a week of america has never proven good for the world. -- a weak american. we must ensure our men and women in combat have clear objectives. the rules of the engagement -- and yet, i do have a problem with granted american constitutional rights to terrorists while we attempt to have imprisoned our own warriors for killing terrorists. [applause] [cheers] thank you. thank you. the dawn of a new america means this. secure our borders and enforce our laws. recognize the emerging threats on the korean peninsula. recognize the threats coming out of south and central america. confront the belligerents who transit freely across borders, killing and promoting an ideology that is anathema to the values of america and to western civilization. [applause] [cheers] thank you. a new dawn means never surrendering our nuclear deterrent capability. [applause] it means recognizing that our economic strength is part of our national security and that china is still a communist coun

. >> reporter: iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad praising the egyptian revolution as a sale briggs in tehran. protestors forced president hosni mubarak out on the same day the shaw was toppled 32 years ago. >> with the gris of god and thanks for the resistance of the nation, the new middle east will be realized soon without the american and zionist regime. the arrogant powers will have no place in our middle east. >> but behind the public celebration, the white house says tehran is blocking any attempt by people demonstration inside iran, fearful and willing to crush even the idea of protests. >> they're arresting people in iran. they are blocking international media outlets. they are turning off the internet. >> vice president joe biden predicting tehran would be unable to stifle the human spirit. >> let your people march. let your people speak. release your people from jail! let them have a voice! >> he cracked down on angry protestors in a 2009 uprising but not before the demonstrators beamed images to the world. images of political figures, journalists and human rights workers

streets in large numbers after the june 2009 presidential election, which they saw was stolen by mahmoud ahmadinejad. we were on the ground. they just broke up a crowd firing tear gas. they're using batons on the protester, as well. in egypt, the streets are growing calmer. the protests, replaced by workers, demanding better wages and jobs. the response shows it will not tolerate its own revolution in the streets. today, an egyptian newspaper is reporting that president mubarak's health is deteriorating. that he's depressed, refusing to take his medication. these reports, impossible to confirm. many in egypt, are not happy to hear of the reports. call it nostalgia, or national pride. but people here watching the stories closely and with concern. >> imagine so. thank you, jim. >> and president mubarak vowed to christiane amanpour, that he would die in egypt. >>> getting a lot of new details about the los angeles television reporter who suddenly began slurring her speech and speaking gibberish during her report on the grammys. andrea canning has a lot more on this medical mystery. anyone who has done

possible as has happened in the past, face of the earth nothing in it for them and you had mahmoud ahmadinejad elected in summer of 2005 and you are familiar with the rest. in terms of the future nobody knows for certain if iran has a nuclear weapons program. there is a high-level circumstantial evidence suggesting that they do. my own judgment is they are trying to build up a capability for nuclear-weapons program. whether they are -- have an intention of building a kick -- this is all supposition. how do we handle it? we handle it by negotiations. simon different position than others but i am more carrot and stick with the iranians. there are a powerful country in the middle east. the handling of the west of iran shows lack of understanding of their history and also as part of that shows lack of understanding of their national fighting because it is a self-evident truth that this regime is not supported by the majority of iranians. it is supported by quite a lot but not by the majority. but the desire for international respect. the desire to show to bear persians was a very fine history that

iranians took to the streets enraged by a presidential election they saw as stolen by president mahmoud ahmadinejadnment mobilized 30,000 police as protesters swarmed the streets. in yemen, a new al qaeda stronghold, police beat back thousands in a third straight day of demonstrations. in bahrain, the base of the u.s. fifth fleet, protesters called for a day of rage this week. iranian authorities had been preparing for this. the large turnout is a surprise. and a sign the opposition in iran has been re-energized by the enormous success they've seen here. jim sciutto, abc news, cairo. >>> a state department veteran is being named as top diplomat for afghanistan and pakistan. marc grossman will be appointed today by secretary of state clinton. the retired diplomat replaces richard holbrooke who died suddenly last december. the appointment comes at an especially challenging times between the u.s. and the two nations. among those challenges, a new u.n. report which finds an increasing number of children are victims of the war in afghanistan. the u.n. said nearly 1,800 children were hurt or killed as a

many shared the departure of hosni mubarak, but i would have rather seen the departure of mahmoud ahmadinejad the theocratic raieign. [applause] thank you. a week america has never proven good for the world. we must ensure that our men and women in combat have clear objectives, the tools for victory, and the rules of engagement that enabled them to seize and maintain the initiative from the enemy. [applause] yes, i do have a problem with granting american constitutional rights to terrorists while we attempt to and have him present our own war years for killing terrorists -- have imprisoned our own warriors for killing terrorists. [applause] thank you. the dawn of a new america means this. secure our borders and enforce our laws. recognize the emerging threats on the career in principle, the threats coming out of south and central america. confront the radical islamist who transport the seventh century ideologies that is anathema to the values of america and western civilization. [applause] h.d.. -- thank you. a new dawn for american means never surrender in our nuclear capabilities because of