start, nazila? you want to address, maybe if you could start with the second question on, um, the -- your reading of the supreme leader and the group around him and their power kind of in the wake of what we've seen the last few weeks. so maybe if you could start there. >> i think the supreme leader has learned his lessons. from the 1997 presidential election. i mean, he allowed the elections to be a little bit free. he let it go, and then suddenly he lost control for eight years, and he had to constantly confront politicians who wanted to open up the system, and he felt very, very threatened by it. so i think since then he has learned that he's going to try to be in control. rafsanjani was definitely going to pose a serious threat. i mean, he would have challenged the legitimacy of after san january gnu's rule. when you think about it, this guy has not stood for any popular elections in the past 35 years. the council that is rejecting the candidates is appointed by him. none of them have stood for

nazila, you mentioned twice in her speech at the democratic collection.in the first scenario that cheap, his home in he says okay, they are like that, this becomes the democratic collection for the election of the khatami. the constitution of the raines says first of all it can be the president first of all should be men. 50% of the people don't have rights to participate. second, it should be shiite. fourth, they should be sharif. fourth, they should be supported by the large consequence. where is the democratic movement you call this election is a complete sham. the mac thank you. read responses from the three panelists and then we'll come back for a last round of questions. ambassador limbert. [inaudible] >> i haven't seen it. i haven't seen it and i didn't write it. i plead not guilty of that. so i am going to do my former state cop out and say i can't comment on some and it didn't be. the temptation to get into the details of other countries electoral processes is one i think we should resist and we should return to general principles, which is suppo

nazila and lida sharaf entered their pleas yesterday in alameda county superior court.the sisters -- who are both pregnant -- bound the babies like boa constrictors, at their livermore preschool -- hampering the infants' ability to move and breathe. their defense attorney says, the sisters never intended to hurt the children. >> pam: a reward was offered today for information leading to the arrest of dmiti storm -- the 42-year- old man wanted for suspicion of felony assault on a police officer. and the robbery of a soquel hills man at gunpoint. but if you're expecting big bucks in the reward, think again. the reward is five- hundred dollars. now, storm is also suspected of stealing several s-u-v's. and taking items from unlocked cars. deputies continue to advise people not to approach storm if he is spotted, and to call local law enforcement. >> catherine: t-m-z has found jason collins' former fiancee. she also played basketball at stanford. carolyn moos -- the 6-5 former post for the women's team -- told the website she never knew collins was gay. it was collins -- who