this was not north tehran where they have a long history. is a serious one for iran and the highest percentage use of heroin and in the old days be rule of thumb was traffic could move from afghanistan throughout iran as long as it wasn't left behind in iran and obviously particularly beginning with the warriors it was and it has become a chronic problem. i have seen in the past the drug use wandering the streets begging for money and the iranians opens up facilities for them to deal with recognized as the drug problem in the same way that despite mahmoud ahmadinejad's comments about there being no gays in iran they are dealing with the hiv problem now. that there is -- recently opened alcoholism centers so they are being more realistic about dealing with some of these growing problems. >> thank you. here in the middle, to you guys in the middle. we have 15, not quite 20 minutes left trying to get as many as i can. >> you mentioned early in the talk that rouhani has gained some popularity since he came to power and i wonder about the backlas

this was not north tehran where they have a long history. on your question about drugs, this is a really serious problem for iran, the drug question. i think it is the highest percentage use of heroin. in the old days, the rule of thumb was, the traffic could move from afghanistan through iran as long as it was not left behind in iran. obviously, particularly beginning with the war years, it was and it has become a chronic problem. i have seen in the past, but this is many years ago, the drug users wandering the streets, begging for money, and then the iranians opened up facilities for them to deal with this. they recognize the drug problem in the same way that they despite ahmadinejad's comments about there being no gays in iran, they are dealing with the hiv problem now. recently, they opened alcoholism centers, so they are being a little little bit more realistic about dealing with some of these growing problems. >> good, thank you. here in the middle. so, we have about not quite 20 minutes left. we will try to get as many as we can. >> i

this was not north tehran where they have a long history. on your question about drugs, this is a really serious problem for iran, the drug question. they have the highest percentage use of heroin. in the old days, the rule of thumb was, the traffic could move from afghanistan through iran as long as it was not left behind. obviously, particularly beginning with the war years, it wasn't has become a chronic problem. -- it was and it has become a chronic i've seen in the past, problem. i've seen in the past, but this is many years ago, the drug use wandering the streets, begging for money, and then the iranians opened up facilities for them to deal with this. they recognize the drug problem in the same way that they despite ahmadinejad's comments about there being no days any iran, they are dealing with the hiv problem now. recently, they opened alcoholism centers, so there being a a little bit more regal -- realistic about dealing with some of these growing problems. >> good, thank you. in the middle. so, we have about not quite 20 minutes l

whereas not north tehran they have a long history. this is a really serious problem for iran, the drug question. they have the highest percentage use of heroin. in the old days, the rule of thumb was, the traffic could move from afghanistan through iran as long as it was not left behind. obviously, particularly beginning with the war years, it wasn't has become a chronic problem. i've seen in the past, but this is many years ago, the drug use wandering the streets, begging for money, and then the uranium's "facilities for them .o deal with this they recognize the drug problem in the same way that they despite ahmadinejad's comments about there being no days any wrong, they are doing with the hiv problem now. recently, they opened alcoholism centers, so there being a a little bit more regal -- realistic about dealing with some of these growing problems. >> good, thank you. in the middle. not quite 20bout minutes left. we will try to get as many as we can. you mentioned early in the talk that rouhani has gained in popularity since he ca

you go to north tehran and talk to a business person and he'll tell you will exactly, down to the number of percentage points and the additional interest rate premium necessary to get financing for illegal banned, supposedly impossible deals. nothing is impossible so people should bear that in mind. what the sanctions have done is cripple iran's much future. it's the opportunity costs, the country that iran might be that every iranian i talked to feels, senses this iranian moment is coming where our brain power, our scientists, our business people are ready to dominate the region. they feel it on their fingertips, but that they won't grasp as long as the sanctions stay in place and i think people know it and i think it's really our biggest leverage. a related point -- i kept hearing, even in this brief period, intense criticism of president who just left office, his links with the revolutionary guard and the corrupt way in people's minds of the deals he had made and the way in which iran's oil income, in particular was wasted. three or fewer people talked about the $700 billion that iran

the winter fun is hosted by a popular resort about 40 miles north of tehran at one of the highest skiing resorts in the world. it's popular for people there with a family friendly atmosphere and very different from what most people expect to see when they hear about the happenings in the middle east. busy. >> yeah. some of us around here are going to get some snow, but i don't think it's going to be enough to build a snow man. >> not really enough to make a snowman. something you'll notice throughout the day today. a dusting at the most. it's not going to impact you at all. it's breezy outside today but not as cold as it has been these last few days. still, though, high temperature of only about 33 degrees. if you're wondering our high this time of year is 44. so we're continuing to run below average. and here's what you can expect today again. temperatures in the 30s, scattered snow, but little or no accumulation. on storm team 4 radar, i am tracking this activity. you can see there's a line from baltimore down through washington on into fredericksburg continuing down into virginia. and

have red flag warning in effect for high fire danger have until thursday morning for the higher tehran north bay mount and east bay hill and diablo range and northern elevation there is the risk pwraws of the extreme dryness and warmth. wind covered by the red flag warning out of the north northeast gust 30 to 40 miles an hour. humidity down to 5 to 10 percent that is severely low and rapid fire is possible unthe condition. gust up to 24 miles per hour at mount tam 26 miles per hour gust at knoxville creek. 38 miles per hour gust and you can see that this is high fire risk weather. high pressure today. record hi across the bay area. 73 at oakland museum. oakland airport 72 sfo and moffitt field and san jose. 69 livermore more record tomorrow look at the 7 day forecast in a few minutes. >> never before not what weather observers remember has red flag warning ever been called this early in the year. really strange. and not just the bay area that is in danger. this fire climbed through the dry brush below some hilltop homes in pacific palisade along the beach in southern california today. none

north korea's nuclear program. pres irani made the remarks during a meeting with south korean national assembly speaker and ten he who arrived in tehran on sunday to hold talks with senior iranian officials according to khan spokesman a roni added that iran would be able to help resolve pyongyang's nuclear issue you get a new bronze experiences in dealing with western powers over the issue japanese prime minister shinzo lobby says he has no intention of backtracking from the controversial remarks he made last week on the current state of relations between japan and china. thus while the new head of japan's broadcaster nhk now finds itself under fire for unseemly defending japan's use of military slaves during world war two and team nz reports controversial remarks by htc new president still need to be left with heavy criticism at his inaugural news conference on saturday will need said that lennon had to use in sixth place but the military to many countries throughout history not just can't. he also criticized for rehab for continuing to demand that tokyo. it's a korean victims that's actually sleep meant by the japanese military duri

tehran the next time. that's how smart you idiots on the ioc are. >> um -- well, where is it next year? korea. the summer olympics. >> north? >> no, bob, south korea. the winter olympics. >> one event, that would be basketball with -- >> rodman. >> kimberly, when it comes to the security aspect and you're looking for four women, does the investigation and cooperation change at all? i should say right before we went to air, while they said originally there were possibly four, it could be there are three, and we're waiting for reports to confirm why that could be, because maybe one is no longer with us. any thoughts on the fact it's women and does that change anything? >> yeah, i do think it changes the equation from security and intel perspective. it makes it a little more challenging. i think that's why the heightened sense of worry and anxiety about this. you have to understand, they don't even have to break through the secure area. they can cause havoc outside by hitting a soft target, a hotel, something like that that can cause panic and disarray and undermine the whole olympic event. it's definitely in putden's best int

tehran, pyongyang, or anywhere else. other questions? yasser the microphone -- yes, sir. the microphone is coming. >> what are your policy our recommendations concerning north korea in today's context? and i have second question. how rove is china in your definition? >> let me take the second question first. for the purposes of my book, instead of simply taking my own personal definition of rogue, i was applying tony lake's definition to that was outlined in his foreign affairs article. and by that account, china may be an adversary and it may be problematic, and at times it's strategy may be quite to faced. but i'm not sure whether i would characterize it as a row be in the same way. now, with regards to north korea, north korea has become unfortunately accustomed -- north korea has become accustomed to receiving rewards in exchange for defiance. and if we ignore north korea, then it's defiance and its bluster only become worse. that said, simply making an instant or giving north korea an additional all of branch doesn't necessarily solve the problem. at some point we need to break this cycle in which they believe that they can get incentives, or improve t

tehran. >> iran's official news agency now reporting that higher grade enrichment has been suspend the in the nuclear facility south of iran. >> a plea for help from an american missionary jailed in north been detained for more than a year. he spoke today and said he hopes the u.s. will secure his release. he was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for what north korea says was an attempt to topple its regime. the u.s. is threatening sanctions against ukraine if it doesn't stop the on going violence there. new violence erupted in key every after the country passed laws banning pro tests. the white house is blaming the government for not easing tensions two months after protests broke out. peace are something police said they would do. >> a bomb in pakistan exploding in a city killing nine including five soldiers. the incident appears to have been a suicide bombing. on sunday, 20 pakistani soldiers were killed heading out in a military convoy. the pakistan. >> i taliban claiming responsibility for that attack. >> government forces in south sudan recaptured a key town after definiting rebel fighters. the town which is close to the countries capitol has changed hands more than four times