iran's president mahmoud ahmadinejad says no threats pressure will make his country give up its rights to nuclear energy a statement comes ahead of this weekend's talks on the issue with major world powers in turkey the first of their kind in over a year. and what the plan is celebrates fifty one years since the year a legendary first flight to the final frontier a russian scientist on bail and plan of moon exploration with permanent bases set to appear on our closest cosmic neighbor within a decade. and all the ups and downs in the russia u.s. relationship and the effects on the world all under scrutiny in our special interview as we talk to brooke obama's former national security advisor here on alt . general james earl jones thank you for taking time to sit down with us of course former security advisor national security advisor to president obama in two thousand and nine twenty ten. i'd like to start with what you think the top priorities in terms of u.s. russia global security are let's focus on cooperation first i think the. russia u.s. bilateral relationship is one of the most i

the minds of conservatives or republicans it's a nice conversations with great minds also is mahmoud ahmadinejad bankrolling the republican party and will be paid executives ever face punishment for destroying their golf those questions and more and tonight's big picture rumble and abducted clint eastwood john wayne and paul newman and to do with america's gun loving trigger happy culture i'll tell you in tonight's daily take. for tonight's conversations with great minds i'm joined by chris mooney chris is a science and political journalist and blogger and an experienced trainer of scientists in the our communication he works of the national science foundation trains scientists to better communicate the research and blogs regularly for science progress the website of the center for american progress has been a visiting associate in the center for collaborative history of princeton university of night science journalism fellow at mit and temple from cambridge develop in science and religion is a graduate of yale university and the author of several books including his latest republican grain scie

poem he says that israel is jeopardize in world peace, but there's -- fails to mention that mahmoud ahmadinejad calls for israel's destruction. >> he denounces and demonizes israel in a way that can set deeply held resentments. >> many german politicians are angry about the poem. some have called it anti- semitic. israel's foreign minister says the versus are shameful and bathetic. -- pathetic. for the jerusalem post, a major israeli daily, the poem is not front-page news, but misleading. >> this information and disinformation, if israel had nuclear arms, and we have not used them, i do not think we would upset anyone. >> he was seeking to provoke with his poem "what must be said." must be no doubt he has succeeded. >> it is a permanent ongoing debate in germany. we had a few newspaper articles. it did not make the headlines. he is seen in israel as very critical because of his past. he would not have the moral or historic rights to comment on politics. on the other hand, it is said it is rather pathetic or anti- semitic what he wrote. there is an ongoing debate about iran and what the conseque

iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad said the country's army will retaliate for any act of aggressionnhk world has this report from tehran. >> reporter: president ahmadinejad issued the warning during a speech at the military parade near tehran. it was apparently directed at western countries and israel. ahmadinejad said foreign interference will bring nothing but destructive in the region. he added that the enemy will regret any act of aggression towards his country. the u.s. and european nations are tightening sanctions against iran over its nuclear programs. israel says it will not rule out an attack on iranian nuclear facilities if necessary. iran and some western nations agreed last week to continue nuclear talks to achieve a diplomatic resolution. but with no tangible result in sight, israel is criticizing iran for buying time. it's unclear whether the talks will help ease military tensions. mojibate sanite, nhk world, tehran. >>> tokyo governor shintar shintaro ishihara says the metropolitan gft will proceed with the purchase of the senkaku islands. the 79-year-old politician a

a visit last week by iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad has reignited the dispute. >> reporter: the foreign ministers of the six member gulf corporation council met in qatar on tuesday at the request of the uae. they issued a statement condemning by the iranian president as provocative and also said it was in clear violation of the uae sovereignty over the island. iran has controlled the island since 1971, after britain withdrew from the region. since then, iran and the united arab emirates have both claimed sovereignty over the islands. president ahmadinejad remains firm on iran's claim, stressing the iranian army will not allow any hostile act on its territory. on wednesday, iran's foreign ministry told reporters that the statement by the persian gulf nations is groundless and interferes in iran's internal affairs. iran's parliament also issued a condemnation of the gulf country's latest move. iran and the gulf nations are already at odds over iran's nuclear development. the latest dispute over the islands could further increase tensions between the purse gulf nations. nhk world,

. >>> a visit last week by iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad to an island in the persian gulf has reignited a long standing dispute. the island is one of three disputed gulf islands and is claimed by the united arab emirates. ahmadinejad's visit has only added to regional tensions. we report from tehran. >> reporter: the foreign ministers of the six-member gulf cooperation council met in doha, qatar, at the request of the uae. they issued a statement condemning the visit by the iranian president as provocative. they also said it was in clear violation of the uae sovereignty over the islands. iran has controlled the islands since 1971 after britain withdrew from the region. since then, an and the united arab emirates claimed sovereignty over the islands. president ahmadinejad remains firm on iran's claim. he stressed that the iranian army will not allow any hostile act on his territory. on wednesday, iran's foreign ministry told reporters that the statement by the persian gulf nations is groundless and interferes in iran's internal affairs. iran's parliament also issued a condemnat

iran's president mahmoud ahmadinejad says no threats or pressure will make his country give up its rights to nuclear energy a statement comes ahead of this weekend's talks on the issue of major world powers in turkey for the first of their kind in more than a year. and while the planet celebrates the fifty one years since you're a good garlands legendary first flight to the final frontier russian scientists unveiled an ambitious plan of moon exploration of permanent bases set to appear on our closest cosmic neighbor within a decade. target comes case with the action from the world of sport. thank you for joining me on another event tonight of football here's what's coming up. on the man she says if you've also reversed the munchies says his side come out with a premier league title but the gap is back to five points off the city trash west brom we can stand united one nil. while seven up christiane are about all the nexus seven patrick of the season as way our win for one let it go in the madrid darby no four points to a loss alone not the talk of lady gaga. and. her decision to believe t

give up its right to nuclear energy despite pressure from the west and the country's president mahmoud ahmadinejad made the declaration ahead of this weekend's talks on the issue with a major world powers in the first of their kind in more than a year earlier tehran signaled it's going to come forward with new initiatives aimed at proving the peaceful nature of its nuclear program the u.s. and the e.u. however seem unconvinced that enough will be done to lift tough sanctions including an oil exports and impose their worries the islamic state is working on a nuclear bomb talking to us here at our see a national security adviser to president obama says there's nothing wrong with iran developing nuclear capabilities for peaceful purposes as always it's willing to play by the rules the full interview coming up later this hour for now a quick look. should have access to peaceful nuclear power. if iran seriously wants through. play according to our game play word of the rules of all of those players were. signed with documents that. sort of behavior. is no reason with iran. nuclear power for peaceful us

and here's what mahmoud ahmadinejad told me, about what they may want to do. >> eric: would you swear to allah you are not planning to build a nuclear bomb? >>. >> translator: is there a law that tells me i must swear to convince others? i have said on numerous occasion that's we do not want an atomic bomb. >> eric: they are saying that to the negotiators in istanbul and the same thing on may 23rd in baghdad? >> right, sure. in all of human history there has never been a politician or religious leader, has lied. so, you know, based on that... look, iran's credibility on the nuclear front is close to zero as you can get, they've lied to the iaea for over ten years and concealed aspect of their program and misled iaea inspectors. there is not any doubt in the minds i think of any serious observer around the world, that what iran is doing is moving towards nuclear weapons. and, the idea that they can string us along as they have for the last ten years, speaks more to our weakness than our success. >> dave: and, finally, your prediction? >> the positive tone of the talks will continue and

give up its rights and nuclear energy despite pressure from the west the country's president mahmoud ahmadinejad made the declaration ahead of this weekend's talks on the issue with major world powers and it will be the first round of talks of their kind in more than a year it's iran signaled it's going to come forward with new initiatives aimed at proving the peaceful nature of its nuclear program the u.s. and the e.u. however seem unconvinced that enough will be done to lift tough sanctions including an oil exports ban imposed over worries that the islamic state is working on a new talking about syria god see a former national security advisor to president obama says that there's nothing wrong with iran developing nuclear capabilities for peaceful purposes as always it's willing to play by the rules his full interview is coming your way next hour here on c but for now a quick look at iran. should have access to a peaceful nuclear power if it wishes if iran seriously wants through. play according to. play according to rules that all of us play by. signing the documents that. guarantee a sort of

you look at iraq today, at least we're not talking about a nuclear arms trace between iran's mahmoud ahmadinejad and saddam hussein. the iraqis have institutions in place that might help to give an answer to the sectarian divide between sunni and shia where you can have majority populations and even majority governments of one sect or another, but where the rights and interests of others are protected. iraq needs our re-engagement. we have to challenge iran. not just because of its nuclear ambitions and its exist stennal threat to europe but because iran is a revisionist power. iran is not satisfied with the balance in the middle east and would seek to undo it. it is why they have supported the terrorist shia groups in southern iraq, why they have stirred up trouble in the eastern provinces of saudi arabia, why they use their 10 tackles of hezbollah and hamas to try to cause problems whether in the gaza or in lebanon. in this regard sear eighty is critical. it's a strategic opportunity coming from a strategic challenge because the collapse of the regime of bashar al assad would deprive iran of i

give up its right to nuclear energy despite pressure from the west the countries of president mahmoud ahmadinejad made the declaration ahead of this weekend's talks on the issue with major world powers in turkey the first of their kind in more than a year earlier talk around the signal it's going to come forward with new initiatives same japanese being the peaceful nature on fixing their program the u.s. on the e.u. however seem odd convinced enough will be done to lift tough sanctions including an oil exports ban imposed over worries the islamic state is working on the nuclear poem talking to r t a former national security advisor to president obama says there is nothing wrong with iran developing nuclear capabilities for peaceful purposes as long as it's willing to play by the rules his full interview is coming up later this hour but here is a preview iran. should have access to a peaceful nuclear power if it wishes if iran seriously wants through. play according to the game play board of the rules that all of us play by. signing the documents the guarantee of certain behavior. there's no reaso

some people are saying that karl rove's ten million dollar anonymous donation came from iran's mahmoud ahmadinejad a strong ways shia muslim who's president of one of the few shia run states in the middle east some people are saying that ahmadinejad's a huge admirer of karl rove and a big supporter of the republican party after all george w. bush decided to sunni iraq not shia iran giving shia ahmadinejad heck of a lot more influence in the middle east and taking out sunni saddam hussein iran's biggest enemy against whom they fought a multi year war it cost them both billions of dollars and killed over a million people so some people are saying on the potentially in dollars if the road is payback from shia iran for all the great things rove and bush did for them against the sunni muslims in addition some people are saying that the ten million dollar donation of karl rove as strings attached and if romney wins of the republicans take the senate then all those sanctions president obama put on shia iran would immediately be lifted and we might even go after another sunni run country that iran doesn't

president mahmoud ahmadinejad -- after that, one of the difficulties in engaging iran and reaching a negotiated settlement was the fact that there were so many players involved, often domestically opposed to each other. for example, ahmadinejad came upped attack of the left and the right of the iranian political system for trying to broker a

some leaders like mahmoud ahmadinejad use very heated rhetoric, really over the top rhetoric. other iranian leaders treat him with disdain. a lot of iranian leaders are worried about international prestige and international respect. and if we carefully and continually promise them that a rapid expansion of their nuclear effort will lead to international appropium it may slow down. i think it's likely they will slow down. second, we can deter transfer to proxy actors. one way we can do this is by disabuse iran of the notion it can remain anonymous. one thing people worry about is iran could quietly and covertly deliver nuclear hardware to hezbollah, right? that it would be safe as long as they could do this anonymously. we can convince iran it can't do it anonymously. just think about it. think through the actual chain of events. if a nuclear blast went off against israel or the united states, who would we immediately look at? without question, without hesitation, iran would be number one and pakistan probably number two. we can also indicate to iran that we've actually made so

they were not friendly with the libyan leader's and mahmoud ahmadinejad is not. they are all dictators with the moderates. what else can america do? we have to deal with certain countries. there are many in the west who brought the claim and believe the claim that it is our fault the of these dictators if only we had encouraged the democracy and freedom we always blame ourselves. the culture is of self blame and a culture of blaming the outside world and the west loves to blame themselves. they love it. jihadists against the international law invading a foreign countries. so, what do they do? the best excuse for jihadists to justify the violence to claim victimhood, you are supporting my parents. israel is an apartheid state. we are the victims of israel of the west, and that makes them justified when they make the west a target of jihad because for the best policy of aggression is to present yourself as a victim. this explains why the muslim educational system is extremely hard to reform. they cannot start the dhaka stock spreading hate. on a grew up wishing to

mainstream americans and deposited into bank accounts of middle eastern sheiks and people like mahmoud ahmadinejadama administration ignore a massive and unprecedented increase in gasoline prices? there is only one answer. it's because they have no answer. listen to the man in charge of our energy policy. energy secretary steven chu. >> so do you drive one? >> no. i don't own a car at the moment. >> and following the cost of gasoline at the pump? >> i would say i would give myself a little higher. >> they would give themselves an "a"? prices are up and everything is skyrocketing yet they give themselves an "a". denial, delusional or both? it's an election year. you think they would be more concern. they would have study, some reach or some research. >> here is what they come up. >> there are things you can do individually to save energy. making sure your tires are properly inflated. getting regular tune-ups. you can save just as much. algae we can make energy out of that we will be doing all right. >> president obama and secretary chu and epa administrator and secretary of the interior and ken sal

he said he would sit down with mahmoud ahmadinejad without preconditions.y've had three years now and are on the brink of a nuclear weapon. with russia the american people heard him say he's had more flexibility after the election. it's ridiculous that he tells the american people one thing and that he's going to give more behind close doors. bill: react to what you know is going to be a clear and obvious charge, and joe biden is going to make it in about two hours, and that is this. there is no difference between governor romney and president george bush. how would you react to that? >> first off, governor romney as scribes to what president ronald reagan called peace through strength. if he wants to talk about policies of the past and peace through strength versus the weakness he's shown we are happy to talk about that. first off making sure our military is strong. governor romney wants it to be so strong that no one would even think about testing it. on the other hand, president obama has made almost a trillion dollars in cuts to our military, which is d

mainstream americans and deposited into bank accounts of middle eastern sheiks and people like mahmoud ahmadinejadutin in russia. why would the obama administration ignore a massive and unprecedented increase in gasoline prices? there is only one answer. it's because they have no answer. listen to the man in charge of our energy policy. energy secretary steven chu. >> so do you drive one? >> no. i don't own a car at the moment. >> and following the cost of gasoline at the pump? >> i would say i would give myself a little higher. >> they would give themselves an "a"? prices are up and everything is skyrocketing yet they give themselves an "a". denial, delusional or both? it's an election year. you think they would be more concern. they would have study, some reach or some research. >> here is what they come up. >> there are things you can do individually to save energy. making sure your tires are properly inflated. getting regular tune-ups. you can save just as much. algae we can make energy out of that we will be doing all right. >> president obama and secretary chu and epa administrator and secre

also today, president mahmoud ahmadinejad said his country can manage its economy, even without crude. and iran said it would soon cut off oil sales to greece. there are few signs tonight that syrian troops are abiding by a u.n.-backed cease-fire supposed to be ramping up today. correspondent leland vittert's report contains images you may find disturbing. >> in flagrant violation of a cease-fire agreement that began today, the whine of incoming artillery pierced the morning air. this is the agreement asks a voice on one tape before another explosion. unconfirmable amateur video shows the art tillry unit around towns in the country. new video shows the torture of protesters, including government loyalists like opposition fighter on fire. in this video, soldiers beat a man while forcing him to kiss a picture of the president. "you want freedom, the," they s. "this is freedom." rebel fighters struggle to evacuate women and children. across the boarder in turkey, u.n. envoy annan toured refugee camps where tens of thousands have sought safety. and said it was too early to call the plan h

the person inside, mahmoud ahmadinejad and many are complaining to the president they're hungry.at they're shouting, although some say they just wanted to shake his hand and all of this happened as he was being driven in this motorcade. look at everyone hopping on top of the car. he later posted pictures of happy and waving supporters. >>> it isn't easy to listen to. the social worker's desperate call to 911 to save two children from a burning home. >> how long will it be? >> i don't know, ma'am. they have to respond to emergency life-threatening situations first. the first available deputy. >> this could be life-threatening. he went to court on wednesday and he didn't get his kids back. this is really -- i am afraid for their lives. >> the hopeless feeling there and now we know the 911 dispatcher has been reprimanded for taking too long to send help and you can hear why. inside that home josh powell, the utah man suspected in the disappearance of his wife and his two sons, the social worker brought the children for the corresponded ordered visit and had no idea that powell was i

how is it that the holocaust number one denial mahmoud ahmadinejad is still a president? >> anything, fran, in the new steps, this new practice put forward by the president that might change that and. >> no, john, i think the additional sanctions that the president outlined, particularly as regards syria, are helpful, are useful, and applying more pressure. i find no fault with that. i think what you're hearing from someone like muzel is we need more than words. we ought to do more than just watch this and talk about it. i think there is tremendous frustration. what i think people fail to appreciate fully is as asad violates the terms of the cease-fire he agreed to, as he continues to kill his own people, the civilian population left and abandoned by the international community in syria becomes more hardened and ral callized and bitter over that abandonment, and i worry from a counter terrorism perspective they become vulnerable to radical elements because they feel that there is no one left to turn to and so we really have a national interest to do more than talk about i

a stunning video out of iran that could spell big trouble for mahmoud ahmadinejad. are not supporters. that is next. megyn: fox news alert on stunning home video leaked out of iran showing angry crowds targeting ahmadinejad. in a cell phone video posted online in what appears to be a source popular with iranian dissidents. watch some of this. you can see the crowds swarm ahmadinejad's car. an elderly man in the beginning you could hear him screaming ahmadinejad's name. then a woman gets on the car and lectures him. this rare protest in the hard line nation raises questions, even as iran continues to pump money into its nuclear program, how the people feel about their leader. what a thing to behold. >> reporter: it's a unique window into iran's imploding economy and the despair and anger of people confronting ahmadinejad. the car why i ahmadinejad is driving. an open car. it's blocked. the crowds around here are shouting, we are pensionless, we are starving, we are hungry. the young woman manages to get on the car. she confronts ahmadinejad face to face. she is shouti

jennifer, president mahmoud ahmadinejad had quite a bit to say today. what else did he share with the iranian people. >> reporter: he was traveling around iran and he spoke on national television saying as you said that they have enough hard currency to basically withstand an oil embargo by the west for two to three years. he says that they would not need to buy -- to sell, excuse me, to sell another barrel of oil for the next two to three years. that is a little bit hard to believe, considering that 80% of iran's budget is based on oil exports. iran also today announced that it would be cutting off oil supplies to greece, that is the third european nation that it is trying to preemptively cut off oil supplies to. remember the eu has imposed an oil embargo set to go in effect in july. iran trying to talk tough ahead of the friday talks in istanbul, which will be so cushion. so many in washington at the state department say the talks in istanbul are iran's last chance to curtail it's nuclear program. jenna: iran seems to be claiming that they arrested a

people saying things that, even the president mahmoud ahmadinejad said the sanctions are hurting. in iran. there's no question that iran would like to see the sanctions lifted. they would like to see them lifted as soon as possible. or not even instituted, the ones in july or end of june on the central bank. it's hard to say what the victory is at this point. as far as the israelis are concerned, i don't think there's any kind of deal that the u.s. can make with iran, that iran would accept. >> that seems to be the issue here, that the netanyahu government has drawn is not one that -- you could conceive of ways, not to get too technical, a lot of it has to do with the earn rich of uranium to be weapons grade. the threshold for weapons grade is 20%. there's a sort of pilot project that the iranians have been pursuing toç enrich uranium to 20%. >> it's not a pilot project, 20% for their tehran reactor. americans don't know the history of why they're enriching to 20%. in the summer of 2009, which is when the green movement exploded in iran, all the anti-regime demonstrations, at tha

how is it that the holocaust no. 1 denier, mahmoud ahmadinejad, is still in power? he here threatens to friends to use nuclear weapons -- he who threatens to use nuclear weapons. we must know, when the eagle has power, it is almost too late. preventive measures are important. we must use those measures to prevent another catastrophe. whenever communities are threatened by anyone, we must not allow them to do what they intend to do. of course, one more question to the believer and god in all of this. what does it mean? was god fed up with his creation? however, auschwitz did not come from the heavens. human beings did it. human beings. the killers were human beings. auchwitz was conceived by human beings, implemented by human beings. so what is it about the human psyche, fascination, that could allow human beings to become inhumane? mr. president, we are in this place of memory. of course, i remember when you and i traveled together. we spoke about all kinds of things. i hope now you understand, in this place, why israel is so important, not only to the jewish people

>>> mahmoud ahmadinejad's car surrounded by a rowdy crowd.d some of the other top stories in "the situation room." >> at one point you can see a woman climbing on to the car to speak to the iranian president. it happened during his visit to one of the country's southern provinces. some in the crowd seemed to be ahmadinejad supporters. another man was yelling that he was hungry. ahmadinejad declined to speak with the woman, but did not speak with the man complaining of hunger. >> india says it has successfully carried out a test of the longest rage nuclear missile which can travel about 3100 miles. it was fired from the country's eastern coast putting it within striking distance of china. india which also borders pakistan claims its missiles are purely for deterrence. >>> despite low home prices and record low interest rates, the housing market is still struggling. a new industry report shows existing home sales fell 2.6% compared to a month earlier. a number of analysts consider disappointing, but they say conditions are in place for a turnar

see the person and all of those people around the car surrounded by a sea of noisy people is mahmoud ahmadinejad many are complaining the iranian president they're hungry and just some wanted to shake his hand. happened as he was driving in this motorcade. the president later posted pictures of happy waving supporters there. >>> the white house releases a photo of president obama reflecting on a civil rights icon. look at this. this is the president sitting on a vintage bus, the very alabama bus on which rosa parks took her historic stand by refusing to give up her seat to a white man and move to the back of the bus. the president later told campaign donors he, quote, sat there for a moment and pondered the courage and ten nasty of those that insisted on their share of the american dream. >>> after 148 million miles of travel, discovery lands at its permanent home. ♪ >> america's longest serving shuttle, now the premier attraction at a smithsonian national air and space museum. its arrival just this morning kicks off the four-day celebration. nong the greeters, john glen, former senator and astr