armyo paralyze the iraq he , to keep them fighting kurds in the north, rather than making inuble or iran -- for iran the south. the support for the kurds began in the 1960's in cooperation with israel. beginselligence service a covert operation to support the iraqi kurds. it is important that iran has -- there, because it was border was the only way to physically get in there. of course, for the iranians, it was sensitive, because iraq has a kurdish population and the last eight the shah wanted was an independent critics than -- cricket and --so he played this very cynical game of supporting the kurds enough to keep them fighting against iraqi, but near enough so that they do not achieve independence. so he played this strategy throughout the 90's and and early 1920's. and 1970's. the leader of the kurds, a very heroic figure, they are not fooled, they understand what the shah is doing and they start to flirt with the idea of making peace with saddam hussein that would end the war and help them achieve objectives. this makes the shah nervous, how can you keep this war going, how can you

we are not envisioning a greater kurdistan that would absorb territories in syria, turkey, or iran. we are explicit in our recommendations that the arg is to make clear to its neighbors that it harbors no such ambitions. our impression that that is the case. i think that is where the iraqi-kurds are. the larger question of what and iraq, the sunnis i have yet to hear a coherent answer from anywhere. >> to continue the atlantic , i am a senior fellow at the line to counsel. dealing with oil and gas in eurasia. separateon is can we -- a separate package of measures that would facilitate the investment into oil and gas in iraqi kurdistan? you mentioned moving away from the cash economy. that is important. strengthening the legal framework of the oil and gas law , strengths and -- strengthen the institutions. they have an outstanding oil and guest minister -- oil and gas minister, but when it comes to transactions, things are not always smooth. describe the measures that could really put and eventually independent kurdistan on the map in terms of oil and gas? >> transparency is going to

of course, at the same time, the to similar to not china or russia, iran sees themselves as a picture of history. or of history. they see themselves as a victim of colonialism and imperialism, but they have a memory of their empire and greatness. in these two things in a way reinforce each other. wasthe shah, the challenge -- how can iran's ambitions the integrated within an american world order? necessarily have to conflict with one another? is there a way the united states can accommodate an ambitious iran'snd k -- and can ambitions reinforce american interests? the shah found a way to do that, and it worked as long as those three men were in power. it falls apart after the revolution, but whether that is possible today, i'm very skeptical. i do see a great deal of continuity. mr. movroydis: thank you very much, roham. butave time for questions, first let's give a round of applause. [applause] mr. movroydis: we are going to take a few questions. i would like to ask a question. relationship, post-exile, what was it like? mr. alvandi: funny that you ask. i've been looking at the paper

i don't know that russia or iran would be able to force assad to step down, could they? >> they probably could. but there may be some mechanism to make this happen. if you were to hold an election in fairly short order, and if that election were nationally supervised so there was not a finger on the scales by the current government, then presumably assad would not win that. so there may be some ways around this in the fairly near future. >> doug, do we have al jazeera's jamie mcintyre with us? doug standing by for me. do we have jamie mcintyre with us now. jamie good to see you. i want you to unpack this issue of the special forces going into to syria. >> it is very similar to what we saw when the special forces were assisting the kurdish forces. they are based in erbil, iraq, right now. and some of these troops will now begin working from their base in erbil, going into syria, for days, perhaps weeks at a time, to advice the -- what the pentagon has identified as what they call the syrian arab coalition. and that is basically a loose group of groups that the u.s. has be

russia's weakness or iran's weakness but because of barack obama's weakness. >> well, how can you explain, then, ambassador, what the president told us that it's putin who's weak and in a corner by doing this? >> because i think he's living in a parallel universe. it's been the president's policy for a year now to say we wanted to degrade and ultimately destroy isis but we've taken no effective action to that end. the president talks about a coalition basically of the entire world, which is embarrassing to say the least. but the fact is there's no real effective coalition led by the united states going after isis. and until that happens, isis will simply continue to consolidate its territory. look, putin is happy to focus russia's initial air attacks on non-isis targets, anti-assad but non-isis targets, because it reduces the pressure on assad. that's what russia is primarily concerned about in the near term. >> what do we do? it sounds like actually you're agreeing with president assad in an interview quoted in the ap. let me read you what assad say

will the united states be able to import oil from iran or other goods? michael: you won't be seeing any economic activity. the sanctions which prevent an american oil firm from going and doing business in iran will remain in place. those national sanctions are not going to change. host: mandated by congress? michael: mandated by congress. there aren't any waivers. they are the secretary or extraterritorial sanctions. these were the penalties that the united states was applying to foreign firms that decided to do business in iran. the other sanctions that get lifted will be the united nation sanctions. they will remain in place that stop u.s. companies. host: what's the organization that implements the date? or is that dictated by the agreement itself? michael: it is dictated by the agreement itself. iran has to complete the initial commitments before implementation day can happen. they will be certified by the iaea. there has to be consensus or agreement amongst the other parties to the deal, the p5 plus one that iran has done these things. host: a call f

. >> iraq or iran or iran gets involved or russia gets more involved, to u.s. s down a russian airplane over syria, you will see a three-four spike. putin has made a lot of accidents. iran coming online. we have seen so many rigs go off-line here. finally starting to peak ample back in america. you have up to 4 million barrels it was just hitting at a cheaper price. going through different venues. that would be a negative. where are we going to be at the end of the year? higher or lower. i still think that the general picture for oral is lower. >> okay. thanks a lot. eric boling every day. take a look at yum brands. you know the company. taco bell. they issued a full-year profit forecast. an oxymoron in this case. primarily in china where the stakes are claimed. they had a big scandal they are. obviously, it has not worked out for them for a long time. shifting gears for a long time. it is going to ban be and its employees from playing on any sites. the ceo of draft kings actually spoke with maria bartiromo earlier this morning. >> we are completely committed to

. >>> the "washington post" is blasting iran or or the reported conviction of one of its journalists.government-run television reports now that a court found journalis jayce son rezaian guilty but it's sketchy. the channel is not reporting what the conviction is for. it's not reporting whether he has been sentenced and there's nothing from the government of iran at all. that country accused the reporter of being a spy. he has been locked up for more than a year during this secretive closed door trial. the "washington post" reports he could face up to 20 years in prison. iranian officials have in the past floated the possibility of prisoner swap which makes us wonder why there are no specifics. the u.s. pressed for jason's release along with two 00 americans during the negotiations for the iran nuclear deal. that agreement went through anyway. >>> iran has successfully tested a long-range missile less than these amongst after it agreed to curb its nuclear program. those are two different things. the reuters news agency reports the new weapon is iran's first precision guided missile tha

the important question from our point of view is, does he pursue his goals, or does he let iran pursue its goals against us? these are two different things -- things preparing iran is preparing a war around our borders. troops nexting 1500 our borders. tomorrow, that could be 15,002 to iran openly declares its commitment to destroy the state of israel. we are going to act in our defense. a by so doing, we will exercise our right of self-defense. i think it's important and was important for me to try to make sure that we don't collide with russia, and i don't think russia wants to participate in those goals of iran or hezbollah. it's important to separate that, to parse it out. charlie: the united states would like to see assad no longer the leader of syria. they do not know who they would like to see replace him. they would like to see negotiations. they would like to include iran and other neighbors in that process. do you have any problem with that? prime minister netanyahu: yes, i do it i think iran has been the source of assad's power. they are making a power grab there. they are m

to this new development because it could bear whether or not countries unfriendly to us like china or iran or others could have easily hacked into secretary clinton's server. deidre: peter, thanks as always. >> you bet. deidre: peter barnes join us from d.c. speaking of these concerns, i am back with tamara and kirsten. so, kirsten, do you think this email issue,aka trustworthiness will come up tonight? >> trustworthiness is huge issue. should be on the table for republicans and democrats because this is the highest office of the country. i don't think -- of course it will come up. in what vain we don't know and other candidates will not touch it. martin o'malley and bernie sanders will not touch it. this is an issue she will have to face. will it hurt with democrats? probably not. undecided voters, independents are watching. unfavorable rate is very high with them, over half. she has to keep defending herself. they are hoping it blows over and looks like a fighter at end of the day. deidre: speaking of being a fighter, hillary clinton, i heard people say she has been too passive, from oth

what will we do to make either saudi arabia or iran accountable for their conflict in other countries in the middle east? >> i don't know how to answer that. you are asking what will we do and it goes down to the other end of the avenue. i would make the observation, however, that if in fact the press reports indicate that the u.s. government believes that the russian airstrikes hit units trained by the united states, it does suggest a certain amount of effort on the part of the trained to find people in syria, it strikes me as not, as i might have said in my earlier career as a soviet specialist, an accident, comrade. >> i said this a little bit earlier. the russians are not in syria to defeat isis. well, i want to thank our panelists for a somewhat depressing but nonetheless illuminating discussion. that both of them will continue to be important voices on this subject in the future and i appreciate the time that they spent with us this morning. thank you. [applause] >> more now from the foreign-policy initiative. republican senators cory gardner and dan sullivan are interviewed by

and surveillance, why wouldn't you anticipate that something classified whether about north korea or iranones or an informant for the cia that it wouldn't be e-mailed to you? and why wouldn't you consider that having it on your personal account with some server in colorado might be a potential risk? >> well, first of all, nothing -- and i will underscore, nothing that i was sent or that i sent was marked classified. we have a system in our government, in our state department, it was there before i came in. >> right. >> it has continued after i left where there are decisions made about what is classified information in realtime. nothing was marked classified. >> the inspector general of the intelligence community said some of this stuff contained classified information when it was generated whether or not it was marked classified. >> well, that is just a very strong difference of opinion. the state department does not agree with that. and it is almost an impossible standard because we had two separate systems. we had the unclassified system so anybody on the unclassified system with the st

. >> there is nothing to give us hope that the outcome is fair or just or reasonable. >> iran raised the possibility of a prisoner swap. the family says it's proof the intention political. leon: new charges against dan they small is driving with suspensions license and eluding police. maureen: "7 on your side" with health matters tonight. researchers say the same women are 30% more likely to have a high risk pregnancy. the author cites stress and increased noise for the reason. "7 on your side" is on you to help you tomorrow get answers to the questions about breast cancer. tomorrow morning on "good morning, washington" we have experts in the "7 on your side" health center from 6:30 until 8:30. call to speak with a panel of the doctors and the nurses about the concern with yourself or a loved one. leon: coming up next on "abc7 news at 6:00" -- a hero's welcome for those who went to help people in south carolina. maureen: you could wake up to rain on the commute. what time it moves in and when we could see the temperatures fall in the 30's. erin: i'm erin hawksworth. later in sport th

we are not envisioning a greater kurdistan that would absorb territories in syria, turkey, or iran. we are explicit in our recommendations that the arg is to make clear to its neighbors that it harbors no such ambitions. >> it is not our impression that that is the case. i think that is where the iraqi-kurds are. the larger question of what happens to the sunnis and iraq, i have yet to hear a coherent answer from anywhere. >> to continue the atlantic council run, i am a senior fellow at the line to counsel. dealing with oil and gas in eurasia. my question is can we separate -- a separate package of measures that would facilitate the investment into oil and gas in iraqi kurdistan? you mentioned moving away from the cash economy. that is important. strengthening the legal framework of the oil and gas law, strengths and -- strengthen the institutions. they have an outstanding oil and gas minister, but when it comes to transactions, things are not always smooth. how could you describe the measures that could really put krg and eventually independent kurdistan on the map in terms of oil

nsa employee came to you and said, hey, boss, we have reason to believe russia's foreign minister or iran's foreign minister is conducting official business on a private server, how would you respond? >> from a foreign intelligence perspective, that represents opportunity. >> reporter: mrs. clinton has not driven herself since 1996, so this phishing scam may not have been convincing enough to quote, we have no evidence to suggest that she applied to this e-mail or opened the attachment. as we have said before, there is no evidence that the system was ever breached. but a well-placed cyber intelligence source tells fox news the mere fact that mrs. clinton was targeted is, quote, a game changer because the risk is no longer hypothetical. her e-mail address was discovered by an outside entity which left her and other government employees open to compromise. jon. jon: there could be more information to come. i know you'll stay on it. >> reporter: i think, thank you. jenna: new trouble for the secret service after dozens of agents were found to have improperly accessing congressman chaffetz's un

everybody of course isil, the assad regime, and the kurds, and they're not on good terms with egypt or iran, and he expressed concern about turkey's growing instability. here's what he told me. unfortunately what's happening today in turkey is what's happening in the region. a year ago, it was stable, and today it's not, and it's a fascinating discussion. ali is one of these guys who knows the region well. and turkey is a very very important ally on of the west. so if it's unstable, it's a problem for the world. >> you can watch ali velshi on target at 7:30 p.m. pacific. here on aljazeera america. >>> more refugees were rescued off of the coast of turkey today. they were trying to reach the island of lesbos when the boat sank. thousands of refugees -- three months ago we introduced to a family that was trying to make a new life there, and we caught one them. >> it's a long way from aljazeera's first encounter with the family in the september bustle of budapest train station, and it's in sweden. >> we have the future here, and i didn't think that it would be like that. >> . >> she shows me w

julian: you were obviously a critic of the nuclear agreement with iran, how concerned are you that the agreement emboldened or powered iran to play a larger role? there has been speculation that the white house is more welcome role in resolving the crisis in syria, and secondarily on the nuclear deal, in theress' role deal done since he failed to pass legislation to blunt it? rep. engel: i am opposed to working with iran on anything in that part of the region. i don't trust the iranian government, they are the leader of sponsors of terrorism of any country in the world. i was critical of the negotiation, of the agreement, because it is going to put $150 billion of cash into iran's lap, at a time when iran had no money. the economy was terrible, the currency was worthless, they had no money and could not help their people. they still found money to support international terrorism. they were still the leading state sponsor of international terrorism. if they did that when they had no money, imagine what they can do now when the sanctions are lifted and they had all this money. problem,hat iran, is a not the sol

china is the one government that can kill us than syria or iran. crickets from the left-leaning audience. this field is going, very, very far left. the fact that joe biden is the centrist is pretty appalling. >> interestingly enough a lot of people are saying that is in fact sanders's point to pull discussion to the left. seems as if last night that is exactly what happened. thank you as always. former state department official joining me there. back to my power political panel, anticipated grudge match, hillary clinton, bernie sanders facing off last night. >> tonight i want to talk, not about my emails but what the american people want from the next president of the united states. >> senator sanders? >> let me say this. [cheers and applause] let me say something that may not be great politics. but i think the secretary is right. and that is, that the american people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn emails. >> thank you. me too. deirdre: so at least for dramatics tension that was the highlight of the night but mercedes did sanders do

that would absorb territory in syria, turkey, or iran. and we are very explicit in our recommendations that the krg needs to make clear to it is neighbors that it harbors no such ambition. >> it is our impression that is the case. not just us saying that. i think that is very much where the iraqi kurds are. what happens to sunnis in iraq i have yet to hear coherent answer from anywhere. >> hi. to continue that atlantic council run, i'm ariel cohen, senior fellow at the atlantic council dealing with oil and gas in eurasia. my question, separate package of measures that would facilitate investment into oil and gas sector in the iraqi-kurdistan? you mentioned about, you mentioned moving away from the cash economy. that's important. for strengthening the legal framework of the oil and gas law, strengthening the institutions including the oil company, the oil ministry. they have an outstanding oil and gas minister but when it comes to transactions things are not always smooth. so how could you describe the package of measures that could really

or how we would react if china, russia or iran built in our area. even the nicest troops arriving with tanks and high power weaponry making themselves at home in our country is basically unthinkable. the idea the united states needs to maintain troops and bases outside of the united states has been unquestioning of the status go and the tenant of u.s. foreign policy since the start of the cold war. i am happy to say however there are growing numbers of people across the political spectrum from right to left and everywhere in between and beyond who are beginning to question this status quo. one of the most obvious reason is the cost. oversea bases are expensive compared to keeping troops on bases in the united states. in 2014, my estimate shows $85 billion a year to maintain bases and troops overseas and that is a conservative estimate. that figure alone is larger than the budget of any government agency except the department of defense itself. that doesn't count the bases in iraq and afghanistan the figure probably reaches around $156 billion if you

that the krg harbors no plan for a greater kurdistan incorporating parts of turkey, syria or iran. second request monitoring by the international community should there be a referendum and independence and work to insure that iraq's neighboring states and international community are kept fully informed of the process. third, develop special, special power-sharing arrangements for kirkuk and other territories should they vote for independence following that referendum. and engage iraq, turkey and iran's governments in a dialogue on postindependence political issues, such as boundaries, materials of recognition and economic issues. our recommendations to the international community include understanding that iraqi-kurdistan is moving towards independence. work with the kurdistan regional government and iraq and their neighbors to support the development of a transparent road map and timetable for the possible decision by the iraqi kurds to separate from iraq. transparency would enhance stable postindependence relations. we should also provide direct assistance to kurdistans high ele

better assistance and where they can find a better future better than they had in syria or afghanistan or iranl the countries they are coming from. >> thank you for that from a very rainy border area there, thank you. >> army police and civilian volunteers are helping to rescue stranded people after typhoon kappu dropped rain. >> typhoon kappu struck early sunday morning. this has been inaccessible. this is the area we were trying to cross yesterday but were unable to because of chest deep waters. now power is still out, no electricity, no running water. everything as it stands still at the moment, you can see farms turned into swamps. this is the rice capital of the country. the impact of the typhoon is still unknown. so many areas like this one, where there's been just basically cut off from the rest of the world, we are trying to get to another area now, further north called aurora province. their communication has been difficult since typhoon kappu struck at that it's hard to quantify the damage. right now, the biggest problem is infrastructure. >> we'll get more details from richard. how

any other countries or responding to iranian cheating under the deal. they are not meant to help iranguard us in a sense. they are sort of extended as a form of sort of nuclear safety or civilian coon ration. -- cooperation. what we need to keep a close eye on is that these activities don't become a cover for other countries helping iran with access of nuclear program which aren't allowed under the deal. but that will just require careful, monitoring inspection. on the second part about military sites -- >> yeah. >> one of the key i would say controversial i would say weaknesses in the deal is that iran does not give inspectors to go any time anywhere, if they feel that there might be a military site or any other site which is back and forth between iaea and a 24-hour period. the way this issue about the sight where, yes, perhaps iran is doing some sampling of its own with some level of iaea supervision, has nod -- not lead folks in washington that this will be air-tight process. it false on the iaea and the obama administration to demonstrate that the inspection and monitoring proces

iran, the human rights abuses, and the atrocities that the regime is committing. at the same time i don't want to provide any reasons for warmongers and people who want that goingn oray to work with iran bills -- will solve the situation and bring peace and security to iran the same way we did in iraq and libya. also.-- and iranians iraq, libya, afghanistan, these are not good role models that we want to emulate. and i have a ben harvard alum. thereof have been a number of successful revolutions. in america, it was the americans that chose to have the revolution. in iran it had a successful, peaceful, democratic revolution. does it have to be from the inside out or said anything an external force can do to help's -- help their process? mr. bahari: i think external forces can help the situation. they should not invade the country. that is the first thing they should do. also, they have to find out what is the situation inside the country and went to the iranians need in order to bring about a peaceful change in the country. i have been talking to different governments, government officials asking them to create some sort of satellite internet in a run. one of the wa

for better or for worse iran has always been considered the missing part in these talks. now they have been invited to these talks, partly because of the influence of russia, partly because iran wields so much influence over the assad regime and also because iran and russia are the only two countries providing military assistance to assad. now for the first time since the beginning of this four-year conflict, the main players involved in syria are sitting around the negotiating table, trying to talk, trying to resolve the situation in syria. and also involves regional rivals iran and saudi arabia discussing syria. but the two countries have very, very different interests in the countries that we have to see how that relationship plays out here in the talks. now iran's involvement in these talks are surely gonna complicate the removal of assad, but it is hope that iran being involved in these talks will de-escalate the violence in syria that's ripped through this country over the last four years, has cost about 250- thousand lives and displaced millions. s/ ali arouzi/ nbc

will protect my country's security, so we will not allow iran to build a second terror fund, not tolerate the use of syrian territory to attack or rocket our cities and will act to prevent the transfer of arms by iran and others from the territory of syria into hezbollah's territories and bases in lebanon, and this is our red lines and we act on them. i think it makes sense for russia as well not to get back into an adversarial position that we were in decades ago. i think it's important to make sure we don't collide and that was the purpose. >> rose: the purpose was to make sure that you don't collide, that there is no conflict -- >> collision is exactly the word. no collision. deconfliction is the jargon. what a horrible word. >> rose: how would it take place? >> our deputy chiefs of staffs will meet in a couple of days along with our military people to try to delineate. i don't know if we'll succeed but we'll try because we don't want a conflict with russia and russia doesn't want a conflict with us. >> rose: does russia want a conflict with the united states? >> i doubt it. an overt clash? i don't believe it. >> rose: there

that the krg harbors no plan for a greater kurdistan incorporating parts of turkey, syria, or iran. second, request monitoring by the international community should there be a referendum and independence and work to ensure that iraq neighboring states and the international community are kept fully informed of the process. third, develop special power-sharing arrangements for kirkuk and other territories should they vote for independence following that referendum. and engage iraq, turkey and iran's governments in a dialogue on post-independence political issues such as boundaries, terms of recognitions and economic issues. our recommendations to the international community include understanding that iraqi kurdistan is moving towards independence. work with the kurdistan regional government and iraq and their neighbors to support the development of a transparent roadmap and timetable for the possible decision by the iraqi kurds to separate from iraq. transparency would enhance stable post independence relations. we should also provide direct assistance to kurdistan's independent high

iran and russia. obviously we are not going to share intelligence with either syria or russia or iran. e are in the process of working to try to find out exactly what iraq has said, certainly we're not going to provide any classified information or information that would help those actors on the d battlefield. really what we're trying to do is deconflict. that is the primary purpose of a the discussion between president obama and president putin yesterday is if you are going to act on this battlefield, we have to deconflict. the other thing we have made clear is they would like to do the military first followed by l political transition. we need -- we believe those things have to go in parallel. and that has been our consistent message. this is early days. we're still in the midst of ive discussing what exactly this means. so i don't have any definitive . answers for you at this point, senator. >> well, in am very concerned that we have abdicated our role in the middle east and in so many other areas as has been pointed out earlier, grave concern to all of us. i think we need to be work

united states officials are reporting that 300 to 600 iranian forces are being deployed into iraq or iran- rather, syria, in addition to the 1,500 already there. your sense of where they will be deployed and what this russian and iranian alliance in syria will mean. >> the russian and iranian line is a game changer for the middle east and will impact every country in the middle east and diminish our glue. the regime would have fallen three years ago without russia and iran. iranians are bringing in 3,000 more to add to what they already have here which is 7,000 on the ground and they will provide advisors to the regime military and organize the local militias, 100,000 strong with leaders and advisors and could not succeed without russian air power. >> general, while you join me at the beat i turn to ambassador crocker because this is the big deal, the first time that russia has struck militarily outside of the old soviet union since the fall of the end of the cold war and it is really the first time russia is involved in an aggressive fashion since the nea 70s so how big a deal is this fo

. >>> one way or another iran will have to part of syria's future. that's the view of u.s.resident barack obama's view. meanwhile it's military is playing a key war in the war, supporting the syrian regime. in a moment we'll be live in washington, d.c. with rosiland jordan. but first this report. >> reporter: this is one of the funerals for iranian soldier killed in syria. the u.s. says nearly 2,000 iranian forces are in syria fighting in support of the government. iranian generals have been assuring the people foreign involvement issing important. a commander has this to say: >>> but more countries getting involved in the conflict has not stopped the killing of civilians. and many feel iran is being forced to publicly acknowledge the deaths of its solders. >> not a single day goes by that you don't here news about the death of at least one or two soldiers in syria. the advisors have been in syria from day one. if they are acknowledging it now, it is because they cannot hide it from the international community or the public inside the country. >> reporter: the coffins aren'

that threats had been made against the state of israel by iranian leaders, saying that in 20 years or so, iran- that israel would no longer be around if it was left up to iran, and then he compared that threat to the loss of 6 million jews during world war ii during the era of hitler and naziism, and said that while the world stood silent when that event occurred back in the 30s and 40s, now the world in the person of the u.n. body remains silent as the threat is being made against israel's -- it's survival. john terrett we're going to have to pause for a moment and take a break, but we'll have more from you and others reacting to the speech by israeli prime minister bibi netenyahu. stay with us on al jazeera america. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netenyahu just wrapped up a searing address to the united nations again general assembly. >> unfortunately, president abbas said yesterday, that he is not prepared to do this. well, i hope he changes his mind. because i remain committed to a vision of two states for two peoples, in which a demilitarized palestinian state recognizes the jewish st

why wouldn't we want our allies from buying crude oil from us instead of a ron or china -- iran or china? guest: the representative said something mistaken. he said we had a huge surplus. we don't have a surplus. the united states remains the largest import of -- importer of oil on the planet. we are importing 9.5 million barrels of petroleum every day. if we allow u.s. oil producers to export crude oil so that they can sell it for a higher price than the chinese, that means we will have to increase the rate of import which means it will be more likely we are buying oil from the iranians. the representative has no idea what he is talking about. this idea of commodity diplomacy is flawed. the state department is not going to make incisions about to whom we sell our oil. toon mobil is going to sell whoever will pay the highest price. inre is no government role sending this u.s. produced oil to our allies. it will be determined by the markets, and the markets don't care who are allies or enemies are. it will sell to whoever pays the highest price. host: let's bring stephen from florida in,

medam hussein was an and or of iran and to me, he was the , standing in the way of the shiite governmentof iran. who is iran's best ally? there are iranian troops in iraq. who is the next best ally? russia. who invited russia? iraq. recently, russia flew troops and equipment into syria. who invited them? syria invited them. is a terriblessad person and we must do something about terrible people. but what if it is a variation of evil on one side and the other? people.ssed his if he were walking down the street, i would not feed him. we should not give arms or food to assad. but who is on the other side? isis. they came to congress in 2013 and asked for weapons for the rebels fighting assad. --sked the same question will it not be a great irony if the weapons we give to the , we are back in two your later fighting against our own weapons? that is what is going on. where did isis get its weapons? from august, from our allies, saudi arabia. $1 billion worth of u.s. humvees. u.s. humvees. they pay their soldiers with $1 billion of u.s. cash they stole as well. they have antitank weapons we ga

iran's parliament. they said that if sanctions were not removed or reimposed, iran would restart its nuclear activities. they also put limits on visits to military sites. the bill stipulates a u.n. inspector need permission from a top iranian security body before visiting any military sites. which could complicate matters. now having said all of that, if iran is deemed to be complying with all the key areas of the deal, such as reducing the number of centrifuges, converting a hard water reactor so it can't produce plutonium, then eu and u.s. sanctions will be lifted on economic and other sanctions will be lifted, and that's expected to happen in the first quarter of 2016. back to you. >> all right. thank you very much. news breaking earlier this morning. we'll continue to follow that for you. >>> tonight, what happens in vegas, well, we're going to find out. the 2016 democratic candidates for president will all take the stage for their first time together. front-runner hillary clinton didn't take money night off in sin city to rest up, though. she spoke to a union trying to organize workers at, guess wh

iran and russia. august were not going to share intelligence with either syria or russia or iran. so we are in the process cover in the process of working to try to find exactly what iraq has said. certainly were not going to provide any classified information or information that would help those actors on the battlefield. really what we're trying to do is deconflict, and that is the primary purpose of the discussion between president obama and president putin yesterday he is i is a frequentt on this battlefield we have to deconflict the other thing we've made clear is they would like to do a military first followed by political transition. we believe those two things have to go in parallel and that is that are consistent message. this is early days. we are still in the midst of discussing what exactly this means. i don't have any definitive answer for at this point. >> i am very concerned we have abdicated our role in the middle east, and in some other areas as has been pointed out earlier, great concern to all of us i think we need to be working much more diligently on this. than

the van that the krg harbors no plan for a greater kurdistan incorporating parts of turkey, syria or irancond, request monitoring by the international committee should there be a referendum interdependence, and work to ensure that iraq's neighboring states and international community are kept fully informed of the process. third, develop special power-sharing arrangement or kirkuk and other territories should they vote for independence following a referendum. and engaged

. >> one way or another, iran will have to be part of the future of syria. that's the view of president barack obama's security advisor and tehran accepted an invitation to a global summit on the syrian conflict. its military playing a key role supporting the syrian regime. we'll be live in washington, d.c., but first, this report. >> this is one of the funerals for iranian soldiers killed in sir iri can't. he's among the two dozen soldiers and generals who died fighting there. the u.s. says nearly 2,000 iranian special forces in syria fighting in support of the government. iranian generals have been assuring people that foreign military involvement is important. a commander had this to say, we will witness proper advances against terrorists in the two war tone countries of iraq and syria. the presence of iranian military advisers result in sustainability in the region. >> not a single day goes by that we don't hear news of the death or at least one or two iranian sell injuries in syria. the commanders and military advisors have been in syria since day one.

we see iran sending more troops to syria, holding not just a washington post reporter, but two or perhaps three other american citizens. another criticism of the nuclear deal is not only did it not require iran to change in strategy more broadly and not only did it not really bring about more broadly u.s. and iran missiles, but it left out of the deal as well. a lot of people including myself with say iran passes in the part of itsn fact nuclear program in a sense because you cannot have a nuclear weapon without a delivery vehicle. the fact that the deal does not only restrict those activities but it lists restrictions on his activities right up front. what iran did test in that missile under the deal was a violation of sanctions because the timing because the deal had not been implement yet. it is something the president has agreed to allow under the deal. about there talking deal with michael singh. we welcome your comments. -- kelly is in rome, georgia, republican line. thank you for taking my call. i noticed a few things ever since the iran deal has gone into agreement. they already v

was saying the was talking about, whether responding to the question whether obviously iran has the upper hand or -- vladimir putin -- i'm sire -- has the hunter hand he says he is just working in one country with one ally, when in fact he is working with iran, he is working ironically with some parts in iraq, and obviously china is more sympathetic and working with vladimir putin than it is with us. so you could argue that putin is building a modern axis of power here while we're struggling to maintain credible with our allies. >> you're absolutely correct. it's not only important for our interests in the middle east and what happens in syria what happens with refugees, this is an oil flay. why? because russia is an exporter or recall. iran, iraq, escorters, saudi arainy, exporter of oil but more of our ally. we just walked airplane from the saudis. they've gone to moscow and know we're leaving the middle east and they know they're on their own. i think what this does is puts putin in a position where if he can get the price of oil high enough that his economy -- >> going the opposite way today.

flying over iraq or iran could prove dangerous. missiles from ships in the test b&c. the washington post is calling this an outrageous injustice. held in a runr for more than a year has been convicted in a closed-door trial. this is according to a run tv. he was facing a number of tried it -- charges including espionage. no word yet on what sentence he will face. hillary clinton will face for democratic rivals for the first time tomorrow night. the latest cbs survey shows that clinton is favored by 46% of primary voters, 20 points ahead of bernie sanders. the event will be held in las vegas. webb, willlley, jim join hillary clinton and sanders on the stage. some republican lawmakers in pennsylvania say more gambling is the answer to a budget crisis. they insist it is better than raising taxes and they are predicting hundreds of million of dollars in revenue. an expansion of gambling would be insulting is third in six years. that is a look at first word news right now. you can always find the latest news on bloomberg.com. betty: tha

airlines are being warmed to .void flying over iraq or iran could prove dangerous.nching missiles from the caspian sea. techies interim prime minister says the islamic state is the suspect in deadly suicide bombings. nearly 100 people were killed in ankara, hundreds were wounded. those took place at a rally calling for a peaceful solution to turkey's fight with kurdish rebels. the washington post describing today's guilty verdict of reporter jason rezaian as an injustice. went on trial for charges of espionage. princeton professor is the winner of this year's nobel prize in economics. honored for his studies of poverty in india and the factors linked to health in rich and poor countries. that is a look at our news. you can find the latest on bloomberg.com. back to you. .lix: glencore is cutting debt planning to cut a $30 billion debt led by a third in the midst of a rout in price is in talks to sell two mines in australia and chile. ken, can you give us some context? assetsnificant are the in australia and chile versus other copper holdings? >> these are small asset

officials said consistently that they would welcome military action by countries like russia or iran t it is the u.s. assessment russia and iran are intent on one goal propping up the regime and wolf, this has many potential consequences lengthening the war, setting up a proxy war between russia, iran and the u.s. it is not seen as a good development here in washington. >> jim sciutto reporting, thanks very much. let's bring in our analyst peter and cnn military analyst retired lieutenant general mark hurtling. what do you make of the footage released? >> goes together with the missile test they did which was a ballistic missile precision guided they also advertised and is a way of saying hey, we may have done this agreement with the united states, but we still have these, you know, ambitions regionally and these capacity military to exercise them and shows that the iranian regime is not a unit regime, hard liners and people who are, you know, more simple threatympathetic ton position and this is hard liners speaking. >> from a military standpoint, how well equipped is iran right now

and i don't know whether that was done directly by the iaea or iran, but it was done. and i mentioned that pause i think as senator corker has pointed out, we're going to need a clear understanding as to how iran is proceeding, particularly as it relates to its military dimensions. but there is more to it than that. and a working understanding of the arrangements between the iaea and the iran is going to be essential for you to be fully read into that. and i think you will. then we need your can it did assessments as to how much information we have received and whether it is in compliance with the jcpoa. so i just wanted to underscore that point. i understand confidentiality. but i understand the responsibilities of the board of governors. and you're the key player in that regard. so you have responsibility here. let me just ask you an open question on this, which is where do you see the greatest challenges within the iaea in assurance complies of iran under its commitments under jcpoa. that part that comes under the responsibilities of the iaea? >> senator, thank you f

whether you like it or not, iran is part of that.is also important to understand that assad cannot be part of a long-term sustainable solution. own people.d his he has used chemical weapons against his own people. he has lost all legitimacy. for long-term political solution to be sustainable, it is important that assad must go. go, startinghat point would not be a good idea. so i welcome the talks in vienna. philip breedlove made a comment of what is -- about what is going on. do you see that as a deliberate thing that the russians have done here, have the exercise debate of subdivision to keep our eyes off what is going on there? guest: no. first and foremost, russia is strongly committing -- committed to defending and protecting the assad regime. but of course the fact that russia has now engaged more strongly in syria has moved the from the away situation in eastern ukraine. david: i wanted to ask about the ongoing refugee crisis in europe. there have been calls for nato, the organization to do more and i wonder what you would sav

- agreement by itself who cares would say the iranians only force they can have iran abide by agreement is united states or russia is the partner of iran. and our administration, i don't believe they will go to security council, and start telling the iranians you do not have the right for these missile, everything that happened in syria and iraq over last 3 years of because of the iran talks now because of the deal. in short, because of the iran, we failed in syria and iraq and the russians are in, that is not changing. tom: where does that go. >> potentially, if it could reach europe. but this is the beginning of a longer process they get long range missiles that can reach u.s., this is not like 10 years this is like next year or two. what do you do, you put nuclear warheads then the new iran has the ability like china and russia, very few others to challenge the united states with a nuclear missile. tom: does that put us back in a cold war era with a different person. >> indeed, and even more. the iranians are building a dome, with what money? with the iran deal money could we spending them the 150 billi

that's a different kind of threat than north korea or iran which will be very sharp and erratic and very pointed. senator manchin: i'm just talking about the greatest threat to our national security. you think russia -- mr. wood: yes, i do think they're our greatest threat. russia and china. mr. krepinevich: i think the greatest threat emanates from russia and china. i think the exiss ten rble threat is nuclear conflict though i'd expand that to say that there's a blurring between nuclear and conventional weapons that's been occurring for the last 15, 20 years or so. lower yield nuclear weapons, more powerful conventional whens, not clear, when off russian military doctrine that says you escalate to nuclear use that worries me. senator manchin: i asked this five years ago, i had chiefs of staff before me and i asked the question, it was asked of admiral mullins, i was intently listening and everybody give your opinion he said the debt of this nation is the greatest threat we face. the debt of this nation is the greatest threat we face. so i would say to you, do you believe we have enough