of course, very well realizing that those who seek reform are not the only ones in power in iran and hat it is very much an uphill battle, but one that is worth pursuing. >> thank you very much for those remarks. i neglected to thank the national iranian american council, niac which brought in one to with solemnity that and also thank the program here at the atlantic council. let me ask one question to get things going and then we will open it up. you mentioned the u.n. special rep a tour for human rights for iran. is just cannot with another report what he talks about some pluses political press releases us over there still something like 600 or more political prisoners in iran. there still these executions that are going on. why are the iranians so allergic to allowing him go. it was i believe that is about special repertoire a canadian some years ago. isn't just him or if you were another person in the position to think they would allow a visit quick scan the eu be a bridge in that area? if i can get you back to the internet question. everyone in iran uses vpns and so on but did yo

the sanctions are one reason the arabians are at the table. the fact is iranking to lock the door on its nuclear weapons program, and should they walk away later from the deal as they have in the past, they can simply unlock the door and continue their nuclear weapons program from where they are today. if that sounds familiar, it should. it sounds a lot like north korea. let's not forget despite the somatic and treaties to the arabians in recent years were hands were extended and secret talks were pursued, iran has grown support of terror. a history of terror against u.s. citizens is lengthy, robust, and grounded in the view the united states. groups that of attacks against the united states continue. died in the bombing in lebanon, 19 in saudi arabia. in recent years we have traced responsibility for illegal actions against american troops in iraq and afghanistan as well as an attack on the saudi ambassador in 2011 all to a ron. ran -- to iran. is spending on fighters every day. it is sponsoring attacks against sunnis in iraq and promoting terrorism in a broa

on all terrorist issues, our stance is clear. iran is renting all terrorist issues: for more on the iranian perspective on lockerbie, i'm joined by an adviser for iran's negotiating team. and he has been a professor at tehran university and visiting scholar at harvard. and remains in contact with iranian officials. and good to have you with us. their position is very clear, that they were not involved in all of this. but there was certainly, back then, a desire for revenge on the united states after the united states had knocked that iranian passenger jet out of the sky and killed almost 300 people. >> well, of course there were passionate feelings of what happened, which was, from the iranian point of view, cold-blooded shut he slaughter of iranian passengers, which was on a commercial corridor sandying, and unfortunately the program that is airing today is not bothering to mention these important facts, saying that the plane was coming toward the u.s. naval ship that fired on it, and it's just one of so many flaws that one can drive

and russia are cooperating very well on iran. in the longer run if the u.s. really work to improve its political relationship with iran, u.s. businesses were to go back, u.s. energy companies, that would also affect russia's current role as iran's major great power interlocutor and that might not be something that the russians would favor. but i think that's relatively far down the road and at the moment i would say this is an area where we are working better together. because the sanctions worked, because the really tough sanctions i think have forced the ugliness to the papal. >> host: another area where we don't entirely agree, to put it mildly, is ukraine. you talk about russian attitude to ukraine, orange revolution or you could not write about a your book what is happening in kiev with my gone. a recent visit. can you talk about that, the more recent developments? >> guest: yes. the leadership of ukraine actually owned revolution, i described in my book the russians were very disconcerted by this book we were very hopeful and, of course, it turned out th

and six world powers are meeting in vienna for talks on iran's nuclear program.in crimea are making poland and, and it's sandwiched to the east and to the north and rory reports where the u.s. vice president is expected to meet poland's leaders. ♪ at a charity concert in warsaw, the orchestra is playing to raise money for poland's crisis. ♪ poland's and the new ukrainian government are singing the same tune, russia cannot again be allowed to dominate eastern europe. >> translator: we hope that the efforts of the international community will lead to the peaceful solution of the conflict in ukraine but we need to be read for the darkest of scenarios in ukraine part of which is now taking place and treat the annexation as one of the scenarios. >>> evidence of a time when poland was under soviet control is not hard to find here. this is a controversial monument for polish people and buried here are the remains of 21,000 of the soviet troops who died liberating poland of the nazis at the end of the second world war but not leaving poland until 1993 and there are very

on all terrorist issues, our stance is clear. iran is renting all terrorist issues: for more on the iranian perspective on lockerbie, i'm joined by an adviser for iran's negotiating team. and he has been a professor at tehran university and visiting scholar at harvard. and remains in contact with iranian officials. and good to have you with us. their position is very clear, that they were not involved in all of this. but there was certainly, back then, a desire for revenge on the united states after the united states had knocked that iranian passenger jet out of the sky and killed almost 300 people. >> well, of course there were passionate feelings of what happened, which was, from the iranian point of view, cold-blooded shut he slaughter of iranian passengers, which was on a commercial corridor sandying, and unfortunately the program that is airing today is not bothering to mention these important facts, saying that the plane was coming toward the u.s. naval ship that fired on it, and it's just one of so many flaws that one can drive

to back his stance on iran.ite house correspondent pally culhane reports. >> reporter: when the american-israel public affairs committee hosts their annual meeting in washington they want to get a al jazerra tension, with slick sets and a huge convention hall there to welcome 14,000 supporters. it is a must-attend event for most u.s. politicians, their power feared by many. >> last year in 2013 they spent $3 million that's not everyone including grassroots lobbying efforts that take place at the state level or involve, you know, mail drives and stuff like that. so that's just directly trying to influence members of congress and the executive branch. >> reporter: against this year the members will fan out over the capital to directly lobby congress they are expected to try to accomplish what their lobby failed to do. get enough support for a bill to increase economic sanction on his iran and set the terms for any final agreement over its nuclear program. the more liberals leaning israeli lobby j streit street bel

that's the one thing we can do. >> go ahead, john. >> if the sanctions are working how come iran is still building a bomb? if al qaeda is on the run, how come they're still scheming. obama's foreign policy is a disaster. >> because they're not using the sanctions. they should be tougher with the sanctions. >> i agree. >> i think most of us are agreeing. michelle, tie this up, please. >> the president doesn't have a coherent foreign policy, putin is taking advantage of that and it's on display for the world to see. >> get your pompoms for putin, michelle. >> excuse me. i am not -- i'm on america's side. i'm not on putin's side. >> we have to leave it there. that was a little crying fire in a movie theatre as the movie is ending. we have to leave it there. keep the conversation on twitter. let's keep the trending going now. make sure your voice is heard. when "cashin' in" trends, you trend. watch this. j.j. author writes we must teach our kids why america is great so they can keep they are that way. obama is more suitable as an snl cast member than president. >>> coming up the clocking tick

>> yes. >> thank you very much for joining us here, a researcher and specialist on iran. >> starting th football and the latest results. they are french league clear of the monaco efforts. back to third they defeated monaco on saturday, 21 points behind the exchange. >> we did not play a fantastic game. but we have stayed under control. now eight points ahead. everything is in our hands now. this, wetinue like have a chance to win. >> those of the results against monaco, who is favored have early to -- favored heavily to win. and theod for the fans clubs, as well as an important one for the players. the hopes of the top four premier league finishes, they 41.h out on the lane for giving for two minutes, the transformed the game. the first half was difficult. beating chelsea and manchester united, they got here for the victory. that was because they did the they camearea and away with all three points at and had an early chance to open scoring on the half-hour. an injury brought on an icelandic striker, seconds later impeaching them. goambling with 18 minutes to , scoring his first goal

diplomacy and sanctions but at the same time i am convinced that we should only relieve pressure on iranlicit nuclear program. [applause] >> and that we do that in a way that sends alarm bells from vienna to tel aviv to washington should iran started program any time in the next 20 or 30 years and i am here unequivocally to state my intention as chairman of the senate foreign relations committee to make absolutely certain that any deal we may reach with iran is verifiable, is effective and preventive from ever developing even one nuclear weapon. but based on the parameters described in the joint plan of action and all i heard is grieving and recent iranian actions, i am very concerned. this is not a nothing ventured nothing gained enterprise. we have placed our proven effective international sanctions on line without a clear lead defining the parameters of what we expected a final agreement and that is why the letters we have joined in a bipartisan basis and many of you will be going to the capital using -- credibly important because it outlines the essence of what the final agreement th

fragile brief window where it could get a deal with iran it's very cautious and very reluctant to push iran on these other issues like syria. this is not the moment for that so the tragedy to me is that these are two good things. it would be very good to get iran to push syria in the direction of allowing the aid caravans and for example. it's also very good to strike as nuclear deal with iran that these two good things are actually working against one another. they are at odds with one another and that's tragic. >> do you have any last comments before we close? >> i grieve for standing on that last point. thank you both for coming and for those people that thought that syria doesn't matter and the world as a matter for the united states i'm here to tell you that it actually does. we can take this conflict much more serious and we need to have a serious debate about syria. syria is affected not only the middle east but now it's affecting the world and i'm hoping this will be the start of a much longer serious national conversation on what could be done and should be done to stop the killing in

on iran but she stands behind the negotiations with that country.d if the diplomatic track failed "every other option remains on the table." tonight she'll speak at arizona state university where she joins bill and chelsea and other family members to kick off the clinton global initiative's announcement for young leaders. and joe biden will travel to new hampshire this tuesday for an event highlighting workplace development. joining me is former pennsylvania ed rendell and michelle bernard, president of the bernard center for women, politics, and public policy. governor rendell, these statements out there do remind me of the hillary clinton who ran against barack obama in '08. i'd say several notches to his right on foreign policy. >> yeah. i think so. but i don't think that's faked or insincere. i think that's where she is. she's always been fairly strong on foreign policy, more towards the hawk side than the dove side. i don't think there's any real change in that, chris. >> do you make -- do you have a sense that -- wait a minute, i fwesz that be

and by the way, that's one of the reasons his critics are so worried about the iran process is they know it would count as a big achievement so they're worried he would make a bad deal. and the third one, may be why he's injecting himself more into the middle east peace process, is that remains the big enchilada for anyone. a lot of presidents have spent a lot of time, you know, trying to bring that about in the search for a nobel peace prize. i mean, obama already has one but i think kerry would certainly like one. i think he's looking at the process and saying maybe john kerry has ginned up something good here and i want to go forward and make it work. >> charlie: thank you, jeffrey, great interview. >> thank you. >> charlie: would you please tell him next time there are other people who'd like to interview him, not just you? >> you have good access. not worried about you. >> charlie: thank you very much. great interview. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> this is "nightly business report" with tyler mathisen and susi

do you think that secretary kerry really believes russia has cooperated on iran? you think he doesn't know what the reset means? >> i think the way i listened to that is he was almost saying the reset died long ago. don't tell me it just died now. we had serious differences with them. i think the administration understands now that putin is not their ally or partner. they realize they can't do certain things without him, can't get progress on iran or other issues. but i think they understand that he is their adversary. not their ally. and you know what, if he's acting like the world is still in the cold war, they have to respond to him along those lines. >> putin also understands there will be no resistance of anything that will be important from the united states, reset was the obama administration cancelling the freeze in relations we imposed after the georgia invasion. and then obama follows it by cancelling the missile defense agreement with the czechs and poles which was an announcement that the settlement of 1989 where we detached the soviet empire and gave

i didn't interview on the iran interview -- i did an with the president on the iran issue.e said, i am not laughing. -- bluffing. do what het you will needs to do to keep iran from getting a bomb. the issue is the israelis and .he arab allies they do not believe that obama would ever use force. >> especially after the redline in area. or -- right before ukraine went sideways. notica's adversaries are year of america's president -- scared of america's president. [laughter] andhave to laugh because he you have to ask. -- you have to ask the questions you have to ask. i knew there were areas of sensitivity. do you care if they think you are top? and the second question that caused him to lean forward a little bit was the question, if al-assadat is bashar -- what does bashar al-assad have to do to his people before provoking an american military response? and the second part of that is i asked the president, do you regret -- would you have done something differently. what you have given help to a more moderate syrian opposition. >> the interesting thing from my likepoint, does

now putin has given us trouble on edward snowden, on syria, he's not always been in sync with us on iran. we've seen the really dimnition of rights inside russia on lgbt issues. there's been a great number of fronts and putin seems to be playing on a broader chess board. what if putin tomorrow were to begin to supplying north korea with things that it shouldn't. or take a very divergent action on iran. putin can invent leverage for himself around the world and things that we don't -- that we're not thinking about right now. so our question is, are we just separating from putin for right now and trying to warn him, or are we going through the beginnings of a divorce? if we are divorcing, what are the strategic consequences for the united states? and that would really take us gh back into a cold war mold. it has huge strategic nuclear weapon stockpiles and just can't be wished away. so i think that end game issue isn't just what putin is doing. it's a question of how far is the united states willing to go in right now is an escalation of what is -- despite how big ukraine seems today, it's

the leverage we may think russia has vis-À-vis us on iran and and theran member -- panel were members that during the cold war, we were able to cooperate on the issues of chemical and nuclear proliferation. simply not going to stop because we're going to have a big problem with russia. russia has permanent interests in doing on what is doing -- in doing what it is doing on iran. if we get into a new cold war, it is not going to stop russia from continuing to talk with us on iran. >> i agree with you on iran aspect. as far as moldova is concerned, there is another factor involved here, geography. if ukraine does not go the wrong way, the russians will not be able to pull that off. and if necessary, we and the ukrainians can deal with it. if ukraine falters, the problem is, of course mold of a, but the bigger problem is ukraine itself. strategic issue right now. how the ukraine's play at? it? will the russians play what can we do to be clear-cut in our relationship with the ukrainian? >> american university in moscow. my question is for zbigniew brzezinski. what is your opinion on the n

the greater the pressure on iran , the greater the pressure on iran and the more credible of force onn, the smaller the chance the forceful ever have to be used. ladies and gentlemen, peace is israel's highest aspiration. i'm prepared to make a historic peace with our palestinian neighbors. [applause] a peace that would and a century of conflict and bloodshed. this would be good for us. this would be good for the palestinians. peace would also open up the possibility of establishing formal ties between israel and leading companies -- leading countries in the arab world. many arab leaders, and leave me, this is a fact. many arab leaders today already realize that israel is not their enemy but peace with the palestinians would turn our relations with them and with many arab countries into open and thriving relationships. [applause] the combination of israeli innovation and golf entrepreneurship, to take one example -- i think this combination could catapult the entire region forward. i think that together, we could resolve -- actually solve the region's water and energy problems. israel

restoring historical justice and reuniteding crimea with russia is uncomparable with what we're doing on iransion is down to our colleagues in washington and brus sells. it 2k3e7bds on whether or not these talks will be successful whether or not we, that is russia, will take the path of countermeasures. that is the choice entirely on their side, not ours. now, this is a real problem. diplomatic observers are taking the warning very seriously. russia pulling out of the iran nuclear talks would undermine the yuan fined p-5 and russia could use its veto power to block enforcement mechanisms. nevertheless, the obama administration today announced sanction against 16 more russian government officials as well as a russian bank. joining us now for all of this is a former u.s. ambassador to the russian federation and msnbc distributor and a pulitzer prize winning reporter for rueters. welcome to you both. ambassador, first give us the context here as i've laid it out in this report. these threats, and how much danger there really is here of these sort of, the crimea problem spreading. >> well, it's v

thank you from our sponsor that sponsors the iran task force. we focus on every aspect of iran that you can imagine. the issue of internet freedom is important. it is something that is frequently in the news. weekend, thet turkey prime minister has tried and failed to eliminate twitter. we are looking to hear more about how iran is managing the internet. we have with us marietje schaake. she is with the alliance of liberals and democrats for europe political group. she serves on the committee of where shefairs focuses on neighborhood policy, turkey, human rights, with a specific focus on freedom of expression and iran. digital agendae and the role of culture in the media in the european union's external actions. intellectualn property rights, the free flow of information, and the relation between trade and foreign affairs. she worked as an independent advisor to governments, on issues of transatlantic communications, diversity, civil rights, and integration. welcome to the atlantic council. i am very glad you were able to be with us today. we only have an h

eased sanctions on iran for the first time in decades. then the king saw an internal danger, public di dissent crept through the cracks of social media. next came riffs between saudi arabia and it's gulf partner qatar. they pulled their embassies out of doha earlier this month saying that they won't stand with anyone supporting regional destabilization. the president's visit comes during a different era in saudi american relations. for decades saudi arabia and the u.s. have been close. the king even visited president george? bush at his texas ranch in 2005. but now things have changed. the aging king's long-time bargaining chip oil resources has lost some of its influence. the growing ability to drill for shell natural gas in places like north dakota has made the u.s. less dependent on foreign fuel. >> before we begin our conversation on the strains in the u.s.-saudi relationship, we want to go live to saudi arabia to the white house's correspondent mike viqueira. mike, what have you learned about the meeting? >> well, it was a two-hour m

you know why iran insists on doing all of these things that the other peaceful countries don't do? ran doesn't want a peaceful nuclear program. iran wants a military nuclear program. i said it here once. i will say it here again. if it looks like a duck, if it walks like a duck, if it quacks like a duck, then what is it? well, it ain't a chicken. and it certainly not a dove. it is still a nuclear duck. [applause] unfortunatelily the leading powers of the world are talking about leading iran with the capability to enrich uranium. i hope they don't do that because that would be a grave error. it would leave iran as a threshold nuclear power. it would enable iran to rapidly develop nuclear weapons, at a time when the world's attention is focused elsewhere. and we see, as we speak, that that could happen. in one part of the world today, tomorrow in another part, maybe north korea. so, just remember what he wrote a few years ago. he wrote this in a rare moment of candor. he said, if a country can enrich uranium, even to a low level, it can effectively produce nuclear weapons. precisely.

the leverage we may think russia has vis-a-vis us on iran and syria. i remember -- and the panel were members, that during the cold war, we were able to cooperate on the issues of chemical and nuclear proliferation with the soviet union. that is not going to stop simply because we're going to have a big problem with russia. russia has permanent interests in doing on what is doing -- in doing what it is doing on iran. if we get into a new cold war, it is not going to stop russia from continuing to talk with us on iran. >> i agree with you on iran aspect. as far as moldova is concerned, there is another factor involved here, geography. if ukraine does not go the wrong way, the russians will not be able to pull that off. and if necessary, we and the ukrainians can deal with it. if ukraine falters, the problem is, of course moldova, but the bigger problem is ukraine itself. that is the key strategic issue right now. how will the ukraine's play at? how will the russians play it? what can we do to be clear-cut in our relationship with the ukrainians? >> ameri

among the most significant topics they'll focus on, iran and syria. for one, the saudis want the u.s. to provide more military assistance to the syrian rebels. and on the topic of iran, there is concern within saudi arabia that the u.s.' new contact, new cooperation with iran, an effort to negotiate over its nuclear weapons capabilities has somehow undercut the u.s.' relationship with saudi arabia. those will be two of the topics the president focuses on before he heads home tomorrow. craig? >> peter alexander for us in rome, thank you. >>> turning to the weather now, meteorologist bill karins is here with a weekend forecast. friends out in the northwest, not going to get a lot of help from mother nature this weekend. >> no. won't stop raining. and some areas we need it, we'll get it eventually. looks like in northern and central california. but in the northwest, enough already. this march has been ridiculous. today, one of the wettest marches ever in many areas. and we are watching more rain from portland, north to seattle. this radar will look simila

a final settlement on iran's nuclear activities. >> a spat and a cancelled dinner over catherine ashton's last visit to tehran. and then the crisis in crimea. >> it was not mentioned this morning. we are here to negotiate on the ukrainian nuclear program. discussions on crimea happen elsewhere in a different forum. as i said in my earlier april, there's no indication that it's having a negative effect. >> a strong denial. the risk remains. could moscow cut a deal with iran, producing a furious rehabilitation in the united states. before the ukraine crisis erupted, vladimir putin was reported to be discussing a deal with iran, in which moscow would by iranian foil in exchange for money, goods and help in building nuclear reactors. no one is optimistic about a quick resolution in vienna. despite an interim agreement when iran shelved higher grade uranium enrichment in exchange for moderate relief from economic sanctions. >> tim friend is joining us live. there are worrying possibilities now that russia and the u.s. have a great rift. >> what is supposed to be

he did not even invent the concept of sanctions on iran. what he did invent was convincing a world that it only works if everyone is all in. the only reason they worked is because there was european union, a fair bit of asian unity, even the chinese over time came to start taking more of their oil from suppliers other than the iranians because the u.s. made the case to them that it was not in their own national interest to depend on iran and an unstable regime, the possibility of conflict in the persian gulf. making this work with russia will be vastly more difficult. i'm not as persuaded that the sanctions will be as efftive do here. we've learned it's not a quick draw says. >> i agree with david. with sanctions and iran, you had to give up persian carpets and you had to give up oil if you are a customer of the iranian oil industry. you could find alternatives. in other words, it was not very painful for the countries imposing the sanctions. this will be different. this guy can turn off your heat. >> for europe. before i go, tell me one mo

we had cooperation out of russia on iran, on afghanistan, on the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty and syria.f these areas russia is acting out of its perceived self-interest. that interest hasn't changed. in that sense it's like italy cooperation will continue. >> likely but you're not for sure. there's been no sort of heavy duty thing going on since crimea happened. >> we haven't seen a pull back in that cooperation. our teams are working together on iran, negotiations. that's continuing. >> thank you very much. we appreciate it. >>> when we return, the deadline to sign up for obamacare at the end of this month and the entire administration is out and about trying to run up the score. >> the bigger number we bank, the more certain we know we'll turn this back no matter what happens in the congress. >> what the numbers on march 31st mean for numbers on election day november 4th. our panel is next. what does an apron have to do with car insurance? an apron is hard work. an apron is pride in what you do. an apron is not quitting until you've made something a little better. what does an apron h

>> >> senator mccains direct kit six, he talked iran, one of the main issues being talked about here in the foreign policy spectrum. he is one of the members of congress who wants to impose sanctions on iran as a failsafe if it fails to live up to its bargain over nuclear capabilities. some say there will be sanctions to kick in immediately if iran pulls back anymore. here's what he had to say about that. >> the only alternatei to compromising on our terms is more crippling sanctions or worse. the senate should pass new bipartisan sanctions legislation that would take affect if the current negotiations don't succeed. >> this gets to senator mccain's broader issues. he said if the obama administration doesn't look serious on the world stage generally white house threats won't be taken seriously. that can have a ripple effect in the region. >> is there anything else to be discussed this year? >> certainly potential for middle east peace talks. we'll watch secretary of state john kerry speak later today. president obama will not be here, but secretary kerry has been the administration p

that's the one thing we can do. >> go ahead, john. >> if the sanctions are working how come iran is stillg a bomb? if al qaeda is on the run, how come they're still scheming. obama's foreign policy is a disaster. >> because they're not using the sanctions. they should be tougher with the sanctions. >> i agree. >> i think most of us are agreeing. michelle, tie this up, please. >> the president doesn't have a coherent foreign policy, putin is taking advantage of that and it's on display for the world to see. >> get your pompoms for putin, michelle. >> excuse me. i am not -- i'm on america's side. i'm not on putin's side. >> we have to leave it there. that was a little crying fire in a movie theatre as the movie is ending. we have to leave it there. keep the conversation on twitter. let's keep the trending going now. make sure your voice is heard. when "cashin' in" trends, you trend. watch this. j.j. author writes we must teach our kids why america is great so they can keep they are that way. obama is more suitable as an snl cast member than president. >>> coming up the clocking ticking on t

like it is about cold war chest what does that do meaningfully in terms of go,iations with russians on iran or action on syria? how much even the language today from the secretary of state and from the president on russia, how much does that derail all of the other things we're working with russia on? >> that's why the crisis is so important to the white house. you hear some people say this isn't as important as syria or iran as other things. actually it is syrian and iran, it's just about ukraine, it's a whole panoply of hot spots around the world. if we end up in a sustained era of hostility and fractiousness with russia, that has great impact. yesterday netanyahu was at the white house meeting with president obama, and part of their conversation was about ukraine because whether or not the israelis and the palestinians can find some sort of settlement, russia's a big player in that as well. this has great implications to go beyond one peninsula in southern ukraine. >> it has domestic implications, too. i have a printout, started with benghazi, from lindsey graham, started with benghazi,

iran. >> you said you do? >> i do in the short term. and based on what i am hearing out of europe, he believes he has high cards. if the west and implementations quickly, i think maybe his cart not look so good anymore. >> are you convinced that sanctions can work? none other how tough the leadership, they will respond to universal sanctions that are applied well? >> this is one of those areas where i think you have to think 3-4 moves out. what would be required, what actions will be required by russia to lift those sanctions, what must they do to lift those sanctions? do you lift them partially or entirely? people must be thinking two or three moves out. if we do this, what will he do? >> it comes to the question of, what will we demand that they do? what should we demand for them to do to lift the sanctions? if they are imposed with full coordination between the united states and europe. >> i'm skeptical that the europeans will get behind serious sanctions. i have watched this in one of the things i worry about is that if we press as we did in geo

iranreater the pressure on , the greater the pressure on iran and the more credible of force on iran, smaller the chance the forceful ever have to be used. peace isd gentlemen, israel's highest aspiration. i'm prepared to make a historic peace with our palestinian neighbors. [applause] peace that would and a century of conflict and bloodshed. us. would be good for this would be good for the palestinians. thee would also open up possibility of establishing formal ties between israel and leading companies -- leading countries in the arab world. and leave me,ers, this is a fact. many arab leaders today already realize that israel is not their enemy but peace with the palestinians would turn our relations with them and with many arab countries into open and thriving relationships. [applause] the combination of israeli innovation and golf entrepreneurship, to take one example -- i think this combination could catapult the entire region forward. i think that together, we could resolve -- actually solve the region's water and energy problems. israel has half the rainfall that we had 65 years

on iran, we have always work perfectly well with the russians both in the bush and obama administrationsthey have been at the table with us. russia is a closeness of the great powers geographically to iran. it is not in their interest to see iran a coming nuclear power. i do not think putin can turn the tables on obama. you ask what the risks are for obama. there is a leadership test that any american resident would have to meet. we are a leader of the nato alliance. nato will look to the u.s. for reassurance. i want to pinpoint the anxiety that you hear in conversations with europeans over the last couple of days. they have lived the soviet reality. they were reserves in the warsaw pact of stalin. they are liberated and have been for a court of a century and are protected by nato. one thing the president can do is go to europe, share a meeting of the nato council, or heads of counsel. reaffirm the american nato protection of the baltic states. i think that president has to speak to the american people about the largest to take jake objective we haven't -- strategic objective. george h.

on iran, they ear not at the table with us on iran out of a favor to the united states.here because they don't have an interest in iranian nuclear weapon or escalations of tensions in the persian gulf. some of these matters we'll continue to work on. again, we would expect that russia will be at the table again not because it's a favor to us but because in terms of global security we have an interest in iran getting a nuclear weapon. >> you think russia's self-interest will keep them at the bargaining table. >> well, russia's been a part of this p5 plus 1 process with respect to iran. i'd also say iran is at the table not because they want access necessarily to the russian economy. they want access to the european economy. they want access to the global economy that they've been cut off from because of these sanctions. there's incentive for iran to make concessions necessary to reach a nuclear agreement. we'll still be clear when it comes to what russia as done because it's not something that can stand in the 21st century to violate the borders of a country to take contr

more on that in 30 minutes >> iran's form minister says a deal on its nuclear program could be made inonths the most senior european official in six years. lyse doucet is traveling with catherine ashton. >> reporter: iran has waited a long time. six years for europe's top diplomat to visit. catherine ashton's first trip here is headline news for iranian media. it was important to get every detail right to building a new relationship between iran and europe. shareef and ashton know each other well. they have been negotiating for months in europe. with the landmark deal they reached last year on iran's nuclear program runs out in july. >> the trust is still deep. are you worried they may not succeed? >> iran is determined to reach an agreement. iran finds it in its own interests to make sure there are no ambiguities about iran's intentions because we have no intention to seek nuclear weapons. >> iran is clearly establishing better working relationships with many countries in the west. ashton's visit will strengthen further. as the negotiations go on the talks made it more difficult the.

iran and the u.s. for interesting reasons. but on that deal, it might actually be working against the possibility of progress in syria. in other words, can the human rights make this argument that because of this fragile deal, it's very cautious and very reluctant to push them on these issues like syria. this is not the moment for that. the tragedy is that these are two good things. it would be good to get them to push syria in the direction of allowing the caravans in for example. it's also very good to strike the nuclear deal with iran, but these two things are actually working against one another and they are at odds with one another. that is tragic. >> yemeni last comments? >> my last comment on the last point is really thank you all for coming. for those people that thought that syria doesn't matter, i'm here to tell you that it actually does. we need to take this much more seriously and we need to have a serious national debate in this country about syria. affecting not only the middle east but also affecting the world. and i'm

on iran.hey could not derail the nomination of chuck hagel to be secretary of defense, yet groups tried to do so in ugly ways. earlier this year, they could not convince obama to bomb syria, and more recently, apac could not get the senate to pass a resolution threatening greater economic sanctions on iran because it was widely recognized this would immediately derail possibility of a diplomatic deal. these episodes remind us that the lobby does not control u.s. middle east policy, does not get every single thing it wants, especially when what it wants might push the united states closer to war. that's a lot for any lobby to ask for, and it takes very special circumstances to hold something like that off. the events, i think, tell us that apac and company are not invincible. now, those setbacks have let a number of observers to conclude apac in deep trouble, lobby influence broken, and let me say why it's premature because there's a number of things that have not changed. first of all, special

it was destroyed in a bomb attack on iran in twenty twelve is one of its few incursions into a brooch he is buying tips on such shows as the situation has been bad for the past two years. deteriorating and will probably continue to do so it wasn't just not sure if the government is unwilling or unable to address the issues which i suspect it's more the latter they will face high as fifty feet long and evita. for years the political elite has managed to avoid dealing with nigeria's massive problems our impression is that ordinary people feel abandoned by their government and for the international community. all the players so far failed to solve the problem. unless that changes the insurgency and violence in the northeast are set to continue. i am. once bb gun get him to resign. tsk tsk tsk. nm dvds. the earlier the end the inning. yours. you can watch him eat seaworld you wherever you go. it makes the apps for your own tablet this program schedules on demand video. my name is pete i play ball. or would the us versions available to the marketplace today to search the network you and ne