his predecessor mahmoud ahmadinejad pushed the country to the brink. the economy crashed. international reputations was in tatters. a decade of nuclear talks had gone nowhere, a threat of war hung over the country. a year into the term, that is mostly no longer the case. >> the relationship with the united states and iran in tone changed dramatically. moreover, the fact that the iranian and american officials are in regular contact, that the foreign ministers talk to each other and have no problem stepping down from the table. >> reporter: in doing so they secured a temporary nuclear deal. limited sanctions have been removed from iran. the economy is growing again. hassan rouhani's charm offensive helped to draw presidents, prime ministers, and international business back to iran. and it's made him a hero at home. it's helped to calm the waters between iran and its persian gulf neighbours. worried about the regional and nuclear ambitions. instead of foengsing on strengthening -- focussing on strengthening relations, the government of the hassan rouhani is making the region

presidents, nelson mandela, nikita khrushchev, fidel castro, and mahmoud ahmadinejad. the press club is known as where news happens. i would like to thank the world affairs council for partnering with us today to bring president sassou-nguesso here today. please join me in welcoming president sassou-nguesso here to the press club. [applause] >> madame president of the world , mr. president of the national press club, i thank you for the honor you have extended to me in inviting me to in this you today hallowed hall. you must allow an african voice, mine in this particular instance, to be heard and to communicate with the american people on a major subject, an issue that is universal in its very nature in peace and security. the universal nature of peace and security is in itself obvious and undeniable. rooseveltfriend when -- president franklin roosevelt had broken so correctly with such insight when at the beginning of the second world war he stated "wherever peace is broken, it is the entire world that is threatened." distinguished guests, ladies and still in, today,

national press club including many presidents, nelson mandela, nikita kruschev, fidel castro and mahmoud ahmadinejad. the national press club is truly known as a lace where news -- as a place where news happens. i'd like to thank the world affairs council for partnering with us for bringing the president here today. please join me in welcoming president ngues, o to the national press club. [applause] >> >> [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: madam president of the world affairs council, mr. president of the national press club, i thank you for the honor you have extended to me in inviting me to speak to you today in this hallowed hall. you last allowed an african voice -- mine in this particular instance -- to be heard and to communicate with the american people on a major summit, an issue -- subject, an issue that is universal in its very nature. i speak of peace and security. the universal nature of peace and security is in itself obvious and undeniable. president franklin roosevelt had, in fact, spoken so correctly, with such insight when at the beginning of the second world war he stated

his predecessor mahmoud ahmadinejad pushed the country to the brink. the economy crashed. the international reputation was in tatters. a decade of nuclear talks went no wear. that is mostly no longer the case say analysts. >> the relationship changed dramatically. the fact that iranian and regular officials are in fact. they regularly talk with each other, it's a dramatic switch. >> in doing so, hassan rouhani's government is securing a deal. it's seeing limited sanctions. the value stabilized. the economy grew again. >> the charm offensive helped to draw presidents, prime ministers and international business back to iran. it made him a hero at home. >> it helped calm the waters between iran and persian gulf neighbours worried about tehran's regional and nuclear ambitions. instead of focussing on strengthing relationships, the government is making these regional relationships his priority. >> while foreign policy takes up time, civil rights have not improved. that's the one thing iranians want. the government does not control the newt spable. many believe he can control th

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. >>> next up on mahmoud ahmadinejad a strong police presence in ferguson, missouri, as protests turnrt a team. join a team. walk to end alzheimer's. visit alz.org/walk today. >>> welcome back to "new day," violence you're seeing right there raging overnight in the streets of ferguson, missouri, over the shooting death of an unarmed teenager, michael brown, by a police officer. this happened on saturday. police released tear gas and flash bombs on protesters who reportedly threw molotov cocktails. 18 people were arrested during the chaos including two reporters. this video taken when police entered the mcdonald's where he was charging his phone to do some work. the other reporter arrested ryan riley with the huffing post, both join us by phone. gentlemen, can you both hear me? >> yes, i can hear you. >> thank you so much. so ryan, first tell me, lay it out for us, what happened last night to you guys in the mcdonald's? >> sure, essentially the mcdonald's is located just down the street from where a lot of the protesters are taking place, a place where journalists can plug in their lap