mahmoud has, in the more ways than one, reminded us of what literature is all about. translating today will be a professor of iranian history at new york university, and i must add perhaps the greaters champion of persian writers in america she has been invaluable to us here at melville house, for example, to first contact writers to find the perfect translator and make those books appear in english. conducting the conversation will be yet another great writer, hamid debashi, professor of iranian studies in comparative literature at columbia university here in new york and author of some 20 books including a one-volume iranian history, iran, and most recently the books "iran, the green movement and the usa." .. so productive that despite the fact that his only a decade or so older than me five grown up with his novels. in many ways my intellectual who political mental makeup is a product of the fiction. i've read him since 1980, and as i speak right now, i just turned 60, i am reading his most recent novel of the kernel that as you know has not been published, and i b

mahmoud ahmadinejad has just 1 thwonthe jackpot, an official gl blessing, secretar secretary-gef unitedions is going to be with the shortest terrorist on earth, he is bringing friends, officials gather in iran next week for a i summit meeting thae in u.s. have tried to stop, the decision to attend the meeting, called something that non-aligned movement, shows he is aligned and much of the world and i am afraid to say, again us, and israel and against a head of handful of other western countries that would like to isolate or at least marginalize iran, well good frickin' luck. the country make up biggest voting bloc that i want to powwow in tehran, what does that tell you? what does a country deep in debt, and short on global street cred to do, nothing? we can't do squat, that financial basket case is not iran, it is us, the folks covering most of the bill, and a good chunk of the airfares for iran. i hope it is not first class, i hope once he gets there he stays in a day's inn. i could not handle a ritz-carlton. it is a tad unnerving. it is incredible, but the times say it is what it is,

has started, union quote. . we must create the environment for the destruction of america. unquote. mahmoud ahmadinejad has consistently denied the existence of the holocaust, mr. speaker, calling it a myth or a fabrication. and in the same breath he threatens to make it happen again by repeatingly calling for the destruction of the jewish state, for israel to be, quote, wiped off the map. he has said point-blank, the wave of the islamic -- the his lambist revolution will soon reach the -- the islamist revolution will soon reach the entire world. and just today, mr. speaker, just today ahmadinejad called for the annihilation of israel again. mr. speaker, the pentagon estimates that hundreds of u.s. soldiers have died, as many as three and four of our casualties, as a result of iran supplying terrorists in iraq with weapons such as highly sophisticated explosive penetrators, designed to destroy american armor and vehicles. what possesses us to believe that they would not do the same with nuclear weapons? former joint chiefs of staff admiral mike mullen said, my worst nightmare is terrorists

climate change is as dangerous as syria unrest and mahmoud ahmadinejad developing nuclear weapons? >>guest: he hasoviet warheads in the unanimous -- 1980's posed less of a threat. he believes global warming is a clear and present danger to the united states of america and the world. in the only is the reason he is saying this, he is desperate. the movement has collapsed. it was then to be subprime science and subprime politics. the u.n. gave up on the treaties until 2020 and cap and trade is dead in the united states congress. obama doesn't talk about it. the only place it will be stuck under is in the epa so john kerry is desperate. he wrote a book on this, his foundation with his wife has given money to global warming scientist and a very hardcore activists. yet nothing has come of it. the public believes less and less an they should, as the science crumbles. >>eric: talk about the science? what have we found out in the last year and a half? there are pretty damning information released from e-mails going back-and-forth between different research groups. what did we find out? >>guest: we found o

. >> reporter: iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad argued isolating the assad regime would not resolve the problem. his country has been a longtime ally of syria. but the leaders of saudi arabia, qatar and other nations rejected what he had to say and criticized assad. however, even though the majority of oic members want the syrian government to fall, they are not prepared to back outside military intervention. that's something members of the syrian opposition would support. but for now, they are happy with the oic's political decision. >> translator: we welcome this decision. it was a step to further isolate assad, even though it came a little bit late. >> reporter: it came 17 months after this conflict began. president assad has used the full power of his military to try to crush the opposition. but antigovernment forces are still a threat to his leadership. now, as he faces more international isolation, his fight to hold on to power has just gotten tougher. sho beppu, nhk world, saudi arabia. >>> police are holding five hong kong activists in okinawa for questioning. they were arrested on wednesday for illegal

mahmoud was born in syria, he still has family there. but he says they don't know that he's fighting. >> i went to hanoi. i didn't see my family. i was half mile away. i had no intention to go see them. >> mahmoud told us he won't go back to the u.s. he wants to fight on until the rebels win, he said. then he plans to stay on and help rebuild syria. for "cbs this morning," holly williams on the turkey/syria border. >>> thank you, holly. it's time to show you some of this morning's headlines from around the globe. washington post says republican controlled house voted wednesday to extend bush era tax cuts for all income levels. last week the democratic controlled senate voted to extend the tax cuts but only for incomes up to $250,000. >> the los angeles times is reporting that half of u.s. counties have been declared disaster areas because of the widening drought. farmers in 32 states can now get federal aid, including interest-free emergency loans. >>> the wall street journal says an electronic glitch in wednesday's first hour of trading

. >>> iran has developed new weapons, and they have a new upgraded missile and in addition they say that military have started construction on a new website with mahmoud saying that the weapons are for defense only, and we spoke to a spokesperson who said that iran has been making the investments for years, and this does come as israel's channel 10 today reported that benjamin netanyahu is determined to attack iran before the presidential elections, and this is an area that is a big area of concern for the united states and spring and talked down, and if this is moving forward, it is significant. a couple of weeks ago, we told you about a massive patent battle between apple and samsung. apple says that samsung says it copied the designs and samsung says that apple is using the technology and they could not settle it and that case is going to the jury. it is really complicated and the judge said it is going to quote put everybody in a coma. i looked at the instruction sheet and it is outrageous and 900 pages long, and that is what we counted. 84 instructions and you have to go through patent this and that and is it gray or black or check this or check

has developed new weapons, and they have a new upgraded missile and in addition they say leaders have started construction on a military defense site. started construction on a new website with mahmoudad saying that the weapons are for defense only, and we spoke to a spokesperson who said that iran has been making these announcements for years. for years, and this does come as israel's channel 10 today reported that benjamin netanyahu is determined to attack iran before the presidential elections, and this is an area that is a big area of concern for the united states and spring and talked down, and if this is moving forward, it is significant. a couple of weeks ago, we told you about a massive patent battle between apple and samsung. you may remember it. apple says that samsung says it copied the designs and samsung says that apple is using the technology well, they couldn't settle it and that case is going to the jury. the judge actually says it's going to quote, put everyone into a coma. i looked at the instruction jury sheet. it was 109 pages long and that's -- 84 instructions, you've got to go through this patent this, patent that. it's crazy. the form jurors are going to use t

has a chance -- selection 1105 a10. seeking clarity of the language. chairman nolan: next speaker. barry toronto. >> followed by jim gillespie and tarik mahmoud may have -- maybe losing -- wasting my time. you're not caring to understand how the taxi industry works. i wish you would come to that taxi town hall meetings. bruce oka did go to some. i did not agree with how he conducted himself but he took the time to attend and understand what was going on. it is important that some of you besides malcolm heinicke get some of these questions answered or see for yourself how operations work. not just from one company but maybe several or to go to the town hall meetings or thexd tacf it is existing again. that is the question that should be resolved and you should hold an agenda item. that is the one good thing that nathaniel ford did due to agree the tax exempt it became a useless and a day. regarding these items before you, there was a town hall meeting but the outrage was so terrible. the director decided information needs to get out earlier. with regarding these, there has been little outrage and the impact on the industry as great in some are

has a chance -- selection 1105 a10. seeking clarity of the language. chairman nolan: next speaker. barry toronto. >> followed by jim gillespie and tarik mahmouday have -- maybe losing -- wasting my time. you're not caring to understand how the taxi industry works. i wish you would come to that taxi town hall meetings. bruce oka did go to some. i did not agree with how he conducted himself but he took the time to attend and understand what was going on. it is important that some of you besides malcolm heinicke get some of these questions answered or see for yourself how operations work. not just from one company but maybe several or to go to the town hall meetings or thexd tacf it is existing again. that is the

has a chance -- selection 1105 a10. seeking clarity of the language. chairman nolan: next speaker. barry toronto. >> followed by jim gillespie and tarik mahmouday have -- maybe los

furthermore, security policy has detailed that dr. dr. saleh mahmoud at abedin price-to-book that appears to have been written by a sister of abdullah bomar naseef. it extensively cites the brotherhood's leading theorist after the death of its founder, hassan al-banna. executed by the egyptian government in 1966 in his writings continue to influence she hottest terrorist organizations, including al qaeda. women in islam say they enslave one man and sharia is a women's only escape here the book revised sharia justification to such practice as the following, female mutilation, stoning and lashing as punishment for adultery, participation of women in violent jihads, prohibiting social interaction between the sexes, requiring women to be veiled, restrict trade and free speech to what benefits islam, forbidding women to abstain from on demand from there has been, requiring women to bar entry to any person into their home at last there has-beens have granted permission and forbidding the death penalty in cases of apostasy and that is because sharia prescribe

street journal" this week, in it you said israel has been semily sounding the alarm about iran for two decades. you point out the nuclear program and say mahmoudlation of the zionist regime is key to solve the world's problems and you end by saying this. as repeated attempt to benefit that diplomacy or sanction removed the threat. combination of truly crippling sanction and military threat, threat ayatollahs still do not believe today may convince iran to relinquish its nuclear dreams. time is dwindling. with each passing day lives of 8 million civilians grow in peril. the window that opened 20 years ago is almost shut. that sounds different. we have talked many times. it sounds different. >> no country has a greater ste in trying to remove the threat of a nuclear iran by diplomatic -- diplomatic means in the state of israel. we have the most skin in the game. we have 8 million citizens. we have a great, great stake in resolving this by diplomatic means. we are coming up to a sunk juncture where we waited for the 20 years and it took ten years for world to take us seriously and eight years to impose sanction on iran. the sanctions haven't work

has range of 190 miles. how troubling is this? it is concerning for israel. we've got to understand. we have mahmoud ahmadinejad talking about destroying israel. iran is racing towards acquiring a nuclear weapon. just recently they've tripled the pace of the enrichment of high grade uranium. they're moving their facilities underground to be immune from a future israeli attack, and in the meantime, the world is doing basically nothing except for talking about it. so we are very concerned. we're nearing the very last moment and we're urging the united states to create a plausible threat which is the only way to prevent the need of an israeli attack on iran. >> back to iran's latest missile, 35 us military bases are within iran's missile range. in regards to all of that, israel has upgraded its missile defense, it's arrow 2 shield has better accuracy and reach to intercept ballistic missiles. the us collaborates with israel on the shield. how comforted should we be by that? >> well, to some degree the shield will help. however, we have to keep in mind this is not a foolproof solution. a country cannot

opposition has been outgunned and outmanned, but in the battle for aleppo, the rebels still claimed they're winning. this video was given to us by the man wearing the yellow t-shirt. his name is mahmoud, a bulldozer salesman from atlanta, georgia. born in syria, he decided to join the rebel cause. we met him on the turkish side of the border. he said he's been in and out of syria since april when he returned as a fighter. >> we are all very determined we're gonna keep fighting, even if it goes sticks and stones. we have a cause which the government and the military don't. we are fighting for a cause. >> reporter: this refugee camp in turkey is for syrian soldiers who have fected. it's off limits to journalists but the turkish government told us 00s of officers have come across the border, including 28 generals. many former syrian soldiers who have defected are now using turkey as a base, moving back and forth across the border to fight with the rebels against the assad regime. >> we come in and out. the turkish, they are closing eyes, you know, like when we cross. we bring our, like, wounded people here. >> reporter: he'll go back to syria, he said, in a few days' time. >> i could ge

reports that a hamas leader has not been invited but is insisting on attending anyway. and palestinian president mahmoud to be there if there is a hamas presence. the summit is seen as iran's attempt to reach out to the international community. >>> more than 500 senior citizens in south carolina treated by a fake doctor. he stole the identity of his friend who is a doctor and then allegedly used the documents to convince a senior citizen care center to hire him. he worked there treating people and seeing them for more than six months. his friend realized what he was doing and that he had opened credit cards in his name and called police. >> shannon: governor romney's decision to pick congressman paul ryan has his running mate seems to have paid off in some polls. romney budget any narrowed the gap to two points in wisconsin after the announcement. while the really politics average shows romney behind by roughly two points. joining us is senator ron johnson. thank you for coming in today. >> shannon, glad to be here is. >> shannon: wisconsin getting a lot of time on the natural stage in the last company

has been done. they could have had the "call me maybe" virus or even worse, the dreaded miley cyrus virus, which is -- iran is taking the attack seriously. this morning, president mahmoud a-members only-jacket, condemned it in a televised address to his people. >> to those responsible for the cowardly attack on our nuclear facility, these are dirty deeds done dirt cheap. dirty deeps done dirt cheap. dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap. >> jimmy: nice to see they made a fan out of him. [ cheers and applause ] mitt romney is traveling abroad. mitt romney today left for a trip to meet with leaders in other countries and to visit his money. he missed it. i'm not exactly sure why romney is doing this. is it possible that he's looking for a country that he can buy if becoming president doesn't work out here? maybe -- i don't know. romney will be in london on friday for the opening ceremony at the summer olympics. there was a big blunder at the olympics today. the north korean women's soccer team refused to take the field because they showed pictures of the team on the jumbotron and they mistakenly inserted a south korean flag, north korea and south korea hate each other.

mahmoud ahmadinejad? >> what's going on is nuri al-maal al-maliki forrees in my judgment, has been leaning to iran.crunch, as usually cited with iran, the u.s. treasury has finally done something serious about it in sanctioning a big iraqi bank, which according to the treasury has been secretly evading iran and evading sanctions. but maliki's government has been leaning towards tehran. the mystery to me is why the obama administration has done so little about it until now. >> should the u.s. start imposing economic sanctions on nuri al maliki's government? >> we are now sanctioning an iraqi bank. that bank's ties are so close to the maliki government that transactions that were initiated after the sanctions were issued may end up causing problems for al maliki's government. so the u.s. moving. i think we're waiting for a serious iraqi response but there's no question the iraqis are helping in this period when they're isolated. >> nuri al maliki seems much more interested in having an excellent relationship with the next door neighbor iran than an excellent relationship with the united states, which

has chosen to attend a summit in tehran next week even though the u.s. and israel asked him to stay away from the event. he's planning to hold talks with the iranian government including mahmoudad. ambassador bolton. he decides to go, even those u.s. says don't know. israel says don't know. he says, i'm going. what's going on over there. the non-aligned nations. and explain why mr. moon decide it was important to head over. >> during the cold war they said they weren't aligned with the u.s. or the soviet union. when the cold war ended they didn't get the memo. leaving that aside, it's a huge vote block in the u.n. it tells you something about the u.n. right off the start that they would elect iran as their president and tells you something more about the u.n. that they are so powerful that ban ki-moon would go to iran to address the summit. it's inexplicable. it's a mistake for ban and the u.n. megyn: a diplomat says ban should not turn his back on a member was one member challenges their right for israel to exist. >> sometimes i like to say when you go across first avenue into new york to go into the u.n. compound you are entering the twilight zone. because it's only there t