and then mr. sayerwas arrested by the metropolitan police. >> reporter: the situation began early this morning. authorities say the suspected bank robber was being transferred from jail to inova fairfax hospital about ten miles outside of washington, d.c. he was in the custody of private security guards but managed to overpower them and steal one of their guns. >> at 3:00 this morning he got into a struggle with one of the security guards. and a round was discharged from the security guard's weapon. >> reporter: police tweeted this image of him saying "he's wearing a hospital gown and no shoes and armed with a gun." he carjacked two different vehicles during his escape. he broke into the trunk of the first car and hid there until the owner drove to work. >> while commuting to work in the area of the hospital, mr. sayer started to kick out the back seat from inside the trunk. the vehicle then crashed and he then committed a carjacking. >> reporter: he was arrested in connection with a bank robbery. he's

so i think we need to have a little bit of a reality check with some of these nay sayers. >> mr.n? >> it's pretty similar, except that the iranians are kind of getting their way. they have these shia militia groups in iraq. i mean, the iranian hardliners are doing well otherwise, and that's just what is driving the arabs crazy. >> are these days for iran? can you find another time since 1979 than the ark of their power has been as long and wide as it is today? >> well it's clear they are very influential in syria. that problem has not gone away from them especially isis completely on the rampage. the iranians have done well with that. then to turn yemen into more shia state and the militia groups in iraq. these are good times for iranian hardliners. the issue for the, if you will the techno democrats is to try to rest control from these hardliners. that's a tall order for him. >> mr. ambassador, two questions, is iraq a failed state? and two, what impact if any, would a series of successful negotiations and i underline the word successful successful nuclear negotiations between t