how many of these vessels are there in the mediterranean right now?0 tunisians, i would say 60 croatians, 120 turks, 92 italian. >> you're dealing with an enormous business. >> this is huge business, yes. it's--the stakes are very high. >> mielgo has seen as many as 300 tons of bluefin tuna, worth as much as $2 million, trapped inside one of these nets. divers open a gap and count them as they're transferred into pens the size of a football field. tugboats then slowly drag the pens with the live tuna inside to tuna ranches. tuna ranches? to me, the word "ranching" refers to cattle. >> yes, but you do not breed the bluefin tuna at the ranch. you actually fatten the fish to gain up to 20% weight. >> they feed them sardines and mackerel. they control the color, the flavor. in three to six months, the tuna will be big enough and fat enough to harvest. 90% of them will go to japan, which imports as much tuna as it can, any tuna, half a million tons a year. most of it is blast-frozen on board these ships, which arrive in japanese ports every day. they're st

this is a ship in the mediterranean. this is not quite the exact location. the phase one is in the eastern mediterranean. this ship moves around here. could be deployed down here to help protect israel in the case of conflict. now there has been some debate about whether this is a land-based site. as i said spy-1 and sm-3 are naval-based assets. the question is, well, operating ships 24/7 is fairly expensive. they talked about putting it on land to try to reduce costs. what is the radar that goes with this? i show it here with a spy-1 radar. as you can see, the range of the radar is fairly small. probably not the best radar. there have been other people that talked about using different systems. to some extent, the jury is still out on the system. the radar coverage is fairly small. this is the airborne infrared system. this is a drone. here is the sensor ball down here. this is the drone being used in afghanistan. the idea is use the sensor ball and use it to track the systems. this is the off the shelf system that you can use right away. that configuration

well i think two things are happening i think you have serious problems in the sort of the mediterranean states where you just look at what's going on in athens at the moment the people are out on the streets and you would be out on the streets i mean if you had a democratically elected prime minister who was removed and you're across this person his place i mean look imagine if that happened in britain where david cameron was removed and we have real clear chemical or even peter mandelson parton's place the people of britain would be out on the streets so i think that a serious will rest in the southern mediterranean and what you're seeing in the north is the growth of your political parties will know that right before the new european elections in two thousand and fourteen yet future elections we've seen of the technocrats taking power in for example greece but what about later on we'll see more elections what sort of political party will we see emerging then in this very much trouble european. zone this euro zone european union. well i think what you will see is heaven forbid you migh

captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> we recently traveled to the mediterranean island of cyprus. it's 12,000-year history makes it a fascinating place to visit. on this program, we will learn about the divided country. we spent our time only in the south and the divided capital city of nicosia. we visit the republic of cyprus. ♪ >> "this is america" made possible by the national education association, the nation's largest advocate for children and public education. the american federation of teachers, a union of professionals. the singapore tourism board, there is something for everyone. singapore airlines, a great way to fly. punsan corp., forging a higher global standard. and the rotendaro family trust, the ctc foundationtheafo communication is and the american life tv network. to begin our education about cyprus, i talked with dr. hubert faustmann of the university of nicosia. >> what is modern day cyprus? it is a place with fantastic weather, a divided country which is plagued by political conflict that has not been able to be resolved in more than 30 years

we have a couple of low pressure systems in the eastern mediterranean countries, producing heavy rain and thunderstorms inch of italy as well as rain and snow in the southern balkan peninsula and turkey. things will get dryer here. italy will see heavy rain into tuesday. heavy rain in eastern france is gradually or rapidly subsiding, but the risk of flooding will remain into tuesday afternoon. staying dry across the british isles, weather is on its way to impact northern half of the british isles. winds picking up as well. temperatures are as follows. 8 degrees for london and paris, 6 degrees in vienna, with plenty of sunshine. still minus 5 in moscow, minus 3 in kiev, and across the south, lots of double digits in the mediterranean countries. here is the extended forecast. >>> our lead story this hour, barack obama urged benjamin netanyahu to respond calmly to iran. the two leaders met at the white house monday. there had been growing concerns in the united states that israel may launch a preemptive military strike against iran's nuclear facilities. israel has threatened to mount suc

pn mediterranean financial center can links europe and the west to africa and the middle east. a country engaged in the international community as a responsible and dependable force for good in the world. a country which will engage the international community as an effective collaborative partner to address key issues such as human rights. there are some who chose to dwell today on our challenges, on our differences, and on our mistakes. i have no problem with that. but i believe that in so doing, they lack both perspective and understanding of history and 69 hum of the human spirit will libya. as libyans, we have much to discuss and learn. to learn about rights but also about responsibilities. to learn about the role the spoptds and all the institutions of the state to rebuild there scratch. a huge challenge. but a truly exciting one. like all countries, we have challenges. like all countries, we have differences. and like all countries, we make mistakes. but the real question for me is whether we have a plan to meet those challenges. whether we have a common vision much grea

the arab spring has brought new liberties for many and it has eased access to the mediterranean.ut a lot of migrants never reach the other shore. in high seas on overfilled boats, many lose their lives. most of them in the strait of gibraltar, off the canary islands or near sicily. others die while hidden in containers on trucks and trains traveling to western europe. even before those fleeing from conflict and poverty reach their point of departure from africa, they are likely to have paid traffickers for a treacherous journey across the continent. too few of these stories have a happy end. >> it's rare that tourists wind up here in sokoto -- and yet the northern nigerian city is filled with hotels. it's a place where many young african migrants come to plan the next steps in their journey toward europe. john earns his living smuggling migrants into neighboring niger. since the arab spring revolutions, the borders have gotten easier to cross -- and more and more africans are trying their luck. >> it's very, very easy because of the crisis up there. if any nigerian wants to go, t

having spent the last several years in the middle of the mediterranean, which is a nice, quite place. after you help the president get elected, you have to wonder what he's thinking when he sends you off to an island far away. and then war breaks out all around you. but one of the things that that prompts, you know, we were the closest country geographically to libya. indeed, we had fell to our responsibility to rescue the personnel and embassy tripoli when the shooting started. and this californian managed to do that by renting a cater ma ran and showing up in niddle of a winter storm to bring them home and thankfully, they're all safe. the point of that is not just to reminisce about those days in the middle of the mediterranean, but all of those countries in north africa are experiencing a desire, a yearning to have what we have. to have a democracy. to have the opportunity to determine their own fate. to live free of violence. to have economic opportunity. to have property rights that are respected. these are the things that they -- that they want. and, of course, the essential as

into the planet than they used to be, and syrians are actually surprisingly plugged in to the mediterranean, for example. that was one of the things i learned when i went out there. >> that's an interesting observation, and i -- the question i would have is, does that spill overto their cultural hard wiring they have if you would? obviously raised by parents in a society that -- that protected them from the other minorities or other sects in the country. is that breaking down at all? do you see that at all? are they intermarrying? i guess that would be probably the most telltale sign of that. >> in damascus there are many mixed marriages. many, many. and in other parts of the country as well. in fact, one of the things, if we had syrians sitting at this table instead of me, they would say to you, senator, but we've always lived together peacefully, and we've never had these problems. we're not like iraq. we're different. i think one of the things that the political opposition needs to do, and we told them this repeatedly is, they need to address the fears directly. and not simply fall back

>> we recently traveled to the mediterranean island country of cyprus. it is in the neighborhood of greece, turkey, syria, lebanon, israel, and egypt. and in its budget and its 12,000-year history makes it an interesting bids it. we will visit the capital of cyprus, into the pine forests of the tudos mountains. we will go to the churches that have been identified as world sides by unesco. "this is america" is made possible by the national educational association. and the american federation of teachers, a union of professionals. the singapore tourism board. there is something for everyone. singapore airlines, a great way to fly. punsan corporation, forging a higher global standard. and the rotondaro family trust, afo communications, and in the american life tv network. tourism in cyprus, is it very important? >> it is one of the important sectors of the economy for many, many years. it is 11% gdp. with the measures that the government is taking now, it will boost tourism in cyprus. >>cypress is known for its beautiful sea, beautiful beaches. it has much

as it intensifies moves towards the mediterranean sea area. the target zone is northeastern algeria and tunisia and towards southern italy. chances of thunderstorms will be on the increase in the weekend. gusty condition in scotland will be prevailing there. yet again another potent winter system will be bringing wintry mix especially towards the coastal areas of norway. things could get heavy there. very dry still in the iberian peninsula. we want the precipitation here. we're not going to get any for the next couple of days. temperaturewise lisbon at 21. london at 15. towards the east wintry, moscow minus 4. i'll leave you now for the extended forecast. >>> that's our broadcast for this hour on "newsline." we'll be back with more news in half an hour. thank you for watching. bye-bye. . .

lemons and olive oil are just part of a mediterranean diet. >> what's not like to like about greek food. or greek-influence food. you know, the mediterranean date is very healthy and -- diet is very healthy and delicious. >> reporter: 18 greek-owned establishments are offering discounts and specials. >> greece, an ethnic experience, is still next door to you. >> reporter: baltimore greek week is more than just food. and it's happening in more than one neighborhood. >> we're talking towson. you know, canton. rosedale. mount vernon. fells point. everywhere, as well as greektown. >> reporter: it's about food, fun and family. ending with the maryland greek independence day parade. [ speaking in foreign speak -- >> come on over. eat, drink. >>> the wig parade is march-- big parade is march 25th. some dancing, too, maybe. >> i can guarantee you, if you go, you're going to feel like you've been hugged. a lot. it is so much fun. >>> still to come on wjz eyewitness news. searching for answers. a young boy is shot dead by a member of a neighborhood watch group. now that young boy's family wants i

as it intensifies moves towards the mediterranean sea area. the target zone is northeastern algeria and tunisia and towards southern italy. chances of thunderstorms will be on the increase in the weekend. gusty condition in scotland will be prevailing there. yet again another potent winter system will be bringing wintry mix especially towards the coastal areas of norway. things could get heavy there. very dry still in the iberian peninsula. we want the precipitation here. we're not going to get any for the next couple of days. temperaturewise lisbon at 21. london at 15. towards the east wintry, moscow minus 4. i'll leave you now for the extended forecast. >>> that's our broadcast for this hour on "newsline." we'll be back with more news in half an hour. thank you for watching. bye-bye.

temperature wise lot of double digits across the mediterranean country. 11 in london.ut towards the east, cooling down to minus 7 in moscow despite the sunshine and minus 3 in kiev under cloudy skies. here is your extended forecast. >>> our lead stories this hour, board members of the international atomic energy agency are urging north korean leaders to follow through on their promises. the new leadership in pyongyang announced last week they'd take steps toward denuclearization in return for food aid. american negotiators are pushing the north koreans to honor their commitments by allowing early monitoring by iaea inspectorses. the u.s. member of the board outlined the detail of the agreement at a meeting in vienna. north korean officials have agreed to halt uranium enrichment temporarily at their nyongbyon nuclear facility. and they say they'll allow iaea inspectors to visit the site. japanese and chinese board members welcomed the agreement. the south korean delegate said the u.n. agency should wait and see if pyongyang will actually carry out what it agreed to do.

it's a name that comes from the eastern mediterranean. now that suggests -- doesn't prove, but it suggests -- that euriciques' family, perhaps his father, perhaps his grandfather, originally were brought to rome as slaves, captives in rome's wars of conquest in the east. so the larger point is that in the expanding society of rome at this period, even the descendant of a slave could become really wealthy. keach: many pre-industrial states offered the prospect of upward mobility for their people. but they also created poverty and squalor unimaginable in egalitarian societies. in modern states, technology often widens the gap between rich and poor. and so, anthropologists insist that political evolution does not imply progress. in fact, human nature appears to be constant. individuals in all societies have long strived for status, prestige and even domination over others. whether or not they succeed depends partly on birthright and talent, but mostly on the nature of the society and its relationship to the environment. at one time, all huma

this is mediterranean, modern african, very bayview.e have some fantastic asian cuisine along the corridor, along with fantastic taco places. this place captures exactly what san francisco is looking for, bringing people and communities together over a wonderful meal. i want to thank the city family for being here, the friends and neighbors, those who said that it could not be done, those that said it would not be done. hero -- here we are celebrating the ribbon-cutting of a fantastic restaurant that will be opening up. i look forward to being a faithful patron. al norman, thank you for your leadership in the bayview merchants association. [applause] and if we have any aspiring business owners in the house today, there will be funds available for those people that have a burgeoning of entrepreneurial spirit. i am very excited to be here and welcome you all here to this fantastic opening. [applause] >> we have what we call the third street corridor program here. it is a collaboration with the baby business resource center. is sharing her

you will see the cold and rain descending down across toward the central mediterranean over the next couple days. like summer in the west. enjoy it while it lasts. here is the extended forecast. >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm kathryn kobayashi in tokyo. stay with us. /s

. >>> the mediterranean has been hit by some powerful storms. more on that let's go to sayaka mori who has the world weather forecast. >> southern italy has been dealing with ongoing heavy rain because of a series of low pressure systems. let's go to some video coming out of sicily. wednesday night brought a violent storm to the southern italian island of sicily in catania people tried to drive through flooded streets. you can see the broken road here. the heavy rain caused some structural damage. trains and flights were also stopped during the storm, which also delivered large hail. at this moment, sicily is experiencing a bit of a break in the rain, however, a system will be moving in to that area, so thunderstorms will erupt again from today and that will continue in to next week. so the risk of flash floods will become high again. meanwhile, clear contions for the rest of continental europe, but it's not good news for the iberian peninsula because it's been dealing with the most severe drought condition in decades here. up towards the north,

down toward the south, severe thunderstorms are still continues in the eastern half of the mediterraneanountries. temperaturewise 18 degrees in athens, and 13 degrees, warm in rome, i should say, getting up to 10 in berlin, but out toward the east, still on the cold side. minus 7 in moscow, and minus 2 in kiev. i will leave you now with your extended forecast. >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. tokyo. thanks for joining us. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> on march 11th, a mega earthquake and unprecedented tsunami led to a triple nuclear meltdown. no one was prepared for such

lots of double digits in mediterranean countries. 9 in paris, 11 in london, 7 in berlin. and to the east, cooler than average in moscow, minus 7, despite the sunshine and minus 3 in kiev with cloudy skies. i will leave you now with your extended forecast. >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. tokyo. do join us again. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

. >>> the mediterranean has been hit by some powerful storms.or more on that, let's go to sayaka mori who has the world weather forecast. >>> rain has been pounding southern italy because of a successions of a low pressure system. let's go to video out of sicily. a violent storm hit the southern italian island of sicily wednesday night. people tried to drive through flooded streets. you can see the broken road here. the heavy rain caused some structural damage. trains and flights were also stopped during the storm, which also delivered large hail. right now sicily is experiencing a break in the rain. however this low pressure system will move to the north, so thunderstorms will continue into next week so additional flash floods will be a concern. meanwhile, dry conditions for most of the continental european countries. however, to the in order wet and windy in northern british isles as well as norway. over the next 24 hours, precipitation will move into the rest of the scandinavian peninsula. temperature rising to 6 degrees in stockholm and 10 d

up towards the north the snow's going to get heavier in norway and then in the mediterranean sea area same picture. thunderstorms could be a possibility of chances there. and here northern algeria as well as tunisia upper disturbance. lisbon 21 degrees temperaturewise. a pair of 12 in london and paris. up towards the east still very wintry. moscow at minus 6 despite the sunny spells. i'll leave you now for the extended forecast. >>> and we're going to leave you this hour with one of the best views in japan. nhk's camera at the new toke owe sky tree is up and running. the broadcasting tower measures 634 meters in height. it's the tallest structure in the country and one of the tallest in the world. thank you for watching "newsline." we'll be back again at the top of the next hour. . .

. >> mike wilson is snapping a picture of the mediterranean shipping company's container. >> my wife said there was a big ship coming in. the last time it was 5:30 under the bridge. >> fabiola is a beast, nearly as long as the empire state building is tall. she is the biggest ship to ever sail into any north american port. and she got the official san francisco welcome making her way under the golden gate cloaked in a thick shaw rowed of fog. the conditions had to be just right. the current had to be slack and the winds are under 17 miles per hour. >> the width of the channel is very narrow. the ship is very wide. and the vessel interaction when the ship goes by the other vessels, it has a lot more affect than the smaller ships do. >> the last stop was long beach and she leaves for china tomorrow carrying dried fruit, nuts, wine and meat. bay area residents have a little time to catch a glimpse of the ship, but did faviola live up to the hype some -- to the hype? >> maybe. it wasn't as big as i thought it would be. >> maybe a younger perspective. >> it was really big. >> was it excit

my earlier remarks, i'd also station two aircraft carrier task forces in the region, one in the mediterranean, one in the gulf, as well as other warships and military capacities so iran can see we're at their doorstep and, of course, we want to have crippling sanctions, sanctions alone however, haven't worked too far. it took the president way too long to put in place crippling sanctions and it was an extraordinarily lost opportunity when the president failed to speak out for the dissidents, but we need to communicate to the iranian people the danger of them becoming a nuclear nation, recognize, of course, that though need to understand that america is not going to sit by and watch iran develop fissile material that can be used against us and against our friends in the region. we will simply not allow that to happen. thank you. >> ashley belt? >> good morning, governor. >> hi, ashley. >> the question is -- >> hi, ashley. >> -- what is your plan to stop the assad regime in syria and how can we get around russian and chinese intransigence at the united nations? >> maybe one of the few bright sp

syria is home to a russian naval installation, russia's only regular port of call in the mediterranean. these are but some aspects of the situation that need to be considered as we develop a path forward. our witnesses have the responsibility to provide the president options, to address these challenges and provide him their best professional advice as to the pros and cons of such options. as the committee heard from general dempsey last month, the joint staff has already begun the careful planning necessary to support a full range of potential operations, including i'm sure humanitarian airlifts, naval monitoring of multi lateral sacks, aerial surveillance of the military and aerial enforcement of safe havens. we look forward to discussing these options and many others with our witnesses this morning. we thank you both, for being here this morning. we are grateful for your steady leadership and also appreciate your very positive relation with this committee and its members. senator mccain? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i join you in welcoming our distinguished witnesses. let me thank yo

. >> mike wilson is snapping a picture of the mediterranean shipping company's container. >> my wife said there was a big ship coming in. the last time it was 5:30 under the bridge. >> fabiola is a beast, nearly as long as the empire state building is tall. she is the biggest ship to ever sail into any north american port. and she got the official san francisco welcome making her way under the golden gate cloaked in a thick shaw rowed of fog. the conditions had to be just right. the current had to be slack and the winds are under 17 miles per hour. >> the width of the channel is very narrow. the ship is very wide. and the vessel interaction when the ship goes by the other vessels, it has a lot more affect than the smaller ships do. >> the last stop was long beach and she leaves for china tomorrow carrying dried fruit, nuts, wine and meat. bay area residents have a little time to catch a glimpse of the ship, but did faviola live up to the hype some -- to the hype? >> maybe. it wasn't as big as i thought it would be. >> maybe a younger perspective. >> it was really big. >> was it excit

the ship was built two years ago in korea owned by the mediterranean shipping company.between north america and china. >> look at the size relative to the tugboat. >> more people are riding public transit in the south bay according to the silicon valley business juvrnlt santa clara bta lines ridership rose 64 percent last month from the same period in 2011. experts say it's due to rising employment in the silicon valley. more people heading off to work. palo alto base cart is trying to change how you eat out. the company has developed a touch screen tablet that let's you see a menu order food pay your bill dwebingtly from the device. no more time lacking for your waiter. they are used in 300 restaurants across the country. more on the headlines in tomorrow print edition of the business journa journal. >> right now it is time for sports. >> larry is here. march madness. >> big surprise tonight. one of them at least. sweet 161 seed down. luck answer any silly questions you piv about his arm strength. he's plenty silly questions you piv about his arm strength. he's plenty

but they take it all and stalin has a party when it gets to russia on ships going through the mediterranean. he has a wild party and says hey, if they think they're ever getting this back, they're wrong. anyway, it's probably still there. so ernest doesn't really focus on any of this stuff. he senses some of it. he thinks it's accessed by vims but he doesn't seem any reason for communist discipline. so what do they want from him? why would the kgb come to ernest? what do you have to earn? they looked at him as a journalist. for them journalists were use for for a number of things. they could write an article that's slanted towards your point of view. they could be principle agents. they could run other agents and that is a way to get information from lower level sources funneled through the journalist and then turned over to the kgb case officer. they can spot new contracts. they can do reporting on their own. ernest knew from the maids to prostitutes in havana. he had people coming to his house saying interesting things. those are reasons we can speculate. it's not entirely clear from the

witty and the collection of vases whether they were reproducts or originals from the ruins in the mediterranean. by 1809, the united states and great britain had signed the peace for now. there was a tendency for many to choose the decor and men are dressing from the homes of french and english. it is generalized, but you see from the costume and ceramic styles, most americans chose french. both countries were taking their design from an tick witty. where they got the design resources and students that came back from mom way on the grand tours. mrs. madison was a lover of the french style. this was later, but from pierre pursier and fontaine's design book. it percier's design book. it shows you the difference when you look at the thomas hope versus what the french were coming out with. latrobe purchased two massive stone eagles from james draquare, a sculptor in philadelphia, which you see here, and mounted them on the pier gates on the north side of the house. additional four marble mantles were ordered. two were installed. he had a budget in mind and sold two to the u.s. capitol building. as

the ship was built two years ago in korea owned by the mediterranean shipping company. route ones between north america and china. >> look at the size relative to the tugboat. >> more people are riding public transit in the south bay according to the silicon valley business juvrnlt santa clara bta lines ridership rose 64 percent last month from the same period in 2011. experts say it's due to rising employment in the silicon valley. more people heading off to work. palo alto base cart is trying to change how you eat out. the company has developed a touch screen tablet that let's you see a menu order food pay your bill dwebingtly from the device. no more time lacking for your waiter. they are used in 300 restaurants across the country. more on the headlines in tomorrow print edition of the business journa journal. >> right now it is time for sports. >> larry is here. march madness. >> big surprise tonight. one of them at least. sweet 161 seed down. luck answer any silly questions you piv about his arm strength. he's plenty silly questions you piv about his arm strength.

on the mediterranean with a penchant for everything. lebanese tripoli looks a lot like its libyan namesake and increasingly it's being drawn into the revolutionary violence is hanta sizeable alawite and sunni communities and with the syrian border just half an hour drive away tensions are already boiling over the road separating the alawite and sunni communities here in tripoli exactly mean this serious street and attitudes to what's happening there divides lebanese more than anything else this country stands to lose the most from the disintegration of its neighbor we have another pillar that came just a few weeks ago when one night bullets started to flow across the street the clashes claimed the lives of two people and pushed the rest deeper into their ideological trenches residents of these alawite raised money to put out this impromptu memorial to their leader and the countries they consider their protectors . thank you russia there is also no second guessing on whom they consider their anime america's freedom is a euphemism for ame

not be competitive, it will be totally reliant on terrorism, -- tourism essentially, along the mediterranean coast, and this is a pretty terrible future for it. do you think it will come back as a full functional economy? >> we are fully confident that the greek people, the politicians, with the help of their neighbors -- this is an issue of solidarity as well -- we are fully comprehend -- confident that greece will come back. it will take some time, and there will be difficult times for the greek people. one should not be complacent about that or underestimate the difficulties. but we are on the right track. what comes from here is that we have solidarity. there is the need for discipline. there is solidarity on the part of the other members. >> what happens, ambassador, when a country moves towards a political posture that is not acceptable? there is a great swing to the right, for example, that has taken place in hungary. what effect does this have, and is there any discipline the community should apply or feels it should apply? >> one of the pillars of the european project is the rule of

in fact, it's a mediterranean climate like much of california b. the same size population, a larger country, and also has a highly educate and diverse population. also has effective security forces and a lot of money in the bank. somewhere between $180 billion and $200 billion in the bank in cash. and demonstrated willingness to spend it. so, that's on the good news side from the business perspective. bad news side is that much of algerian economic-macro economic policy seems designed to thwart the fulfillment of that potential. there is movement, there is progress, there is an increasing number of foreign companies coming into algeria outside of the traditional hydrocarbon sector that includes increased american interests, and one can certainly see huge potential in, for example, the pharmaceutical areas. i would point to ongoing defense articles, high end, defense articles of various sorts including those for use for surveillance and reconnaissance. there's a particular ongoing issue i'm having to do with a conflict of u.s. law with algerian conc

and stalin has a party when it gets to -- when it gets to russia on ships going through the mediterranean to odessa. he has a wild party. hey, if they think they're ever getting this back, they're wrong. anyway, it's probably still there. so ernest doesn't really focus on any of this stuff. he senses some of it. he thinks it's excesses by individuals, but he doesn't see any systemic problems and he still believes in the soviet or communist discipline. so what did they want from him? why would the kgb come to ernest? what do you get by having ernest as your agent? they looked at him as a journalist and for them journalists were useful for a number of things. they could do press placements. they could write an article that slanted to your point of view. they could be principal agents so they can run a bunch of sub agents and that would be a safe way to get information from lower level services, funneled through the journalists and then turned over to the kgb case officer. they could spot new contacts. ernest few people from president roosevelt down to the barmen and the maids and the prosti

had lunch in jafa and the symbolism that should not be lost, the history of jafa right along the mediterranean, walking distance from downtown tel aviv. and we talked about what it was like to run for office. and we were both elected at the same time and we both left at the same time. and hee has a think tank now in israel but he isn't paid. this is volry him a more -- a better person than i am. but at any rate, it's interesting how the wheel turns. today we will address the subject of basically iran and how those in the region see iran and certainly speaking for myself, this is probably the most confusing and complicated time in foreign policy in my lifetime. and it's a subject i study carefully. the opportunity for miscalculation and mistake is huge. and the mistakes will be compounded not just over time but almost immediately given the amount of social media and attention paid to the region. it is extremely important that we get our facts right. we can have a different view of what to do. it is important that we get our facts right. let me offer one bit of perspective as a former long-time