and naive regional actors. consequently the wage of destruction has gone beyond the arab world and reached the gates of europe and the united states and has resulted in the destruction of the relics of civility and precious works of ancient civilizations and more broadly has resulted in the death of humanity itself. we should not are forget that the roots are in the military intervention of yesterday. if we did not have the u.s. military invasion of afghanistan and iraq and the united states's unwarranted support of the zionist regime against the nation of palestine today the terrorists would not have an execution for the justification of their crimes. it is urgent for the united states government, instead of explaining the truth of the region and throwing about baseless accusations and pursuing other dangerous policies in defense of its regional allies who only cultivate deceit of division and extremism, this must be brought to an end, and its actions must be made compatible with the realities of the region. m

on the nuclear program and regional issues. about the anecdote that you say thatould like to there was a time in iran when the carpet was much bigger. we used to carpet every space. now the fashion is that the carpets are in the middle and much smaller. [laughter] but of course, finer, if i can say that. say basicallycan that there is not one wheel in iran regarding the region. as i mentioned in the reports that you have read, there were two views there. , the poor stabilization view, the one that calls for be aally a run to stabilizing force in the region. to produce security in the region. in other words, fitting into hand what you have. afghanistan is not secure. we have another problem. withve a lot of problems refugees, drugs, and narcotics in afghanistan. some are worried about pakistan as well. with the laws of extremism there. and are worried about iraq what is happening there. also syria and lebanon, to a lesser extent. so, they argue that within the next 10 to 15 years the primary objective of foreign policy should be

and the policy in the region that has cost the. that's a different ballgame that we are working, i a different world we are working in. how does that reflect and the perception come into threat perceptions in iran? >> very shortly they said they had been vindicated, they would say okay, that's exactly our argument. they feel, in other words, they feel you have to continue the tough policies which we have had. but they are simply applying the reality this as i mentioned there's not just one group in iran. there are debates and they feel that okay, you know, in other words, the agreement, this is part of, the agreement would give us a good chance to play a different role. it would give us a chance to be they secular or died. was able to secular ties iran did run a former president ahmadinejad. they would be able to pass a number of resolution at the security council. hopefully now, still they can basically move toward that. hopefully normalization and then we can do with the regional issues, and as you mentioned, particularly with ch

, is to gain influence over the region. one reason i'm for this agreement is because i would rather be dealing with an iran who doesn't have a nuclear weapon rather than iran who does have a nuclear weapon and can use that to intimidate its neighbors, can use that to try to keep outside powers from moving in to help its neighbors. that's a reason for the agreement, not against the agreement. iran will have more money. first off, it's not $100 billion. it's $56 billion. . there are claims against it. some will come back against iran. and presumably if the iranian economy is healthier, it will generate more revenue and more revenue will be available to spend on external matters. this is just the context i would put that in. number one, those kids were demonstrating on the streets. not because they were happy to get rid of centrifuges. they were demonstrating on the streets because they see an opportunity to have a better life. they see an opportunity to get what they're watching on television. suddenly the iranians ship all t

to be a stabilizing force in the region. insecure and unstable. in other words, what your seeing is enough. we have another problem. we have another problem with refugees, drug, narcotics in afghanistan, somehow a warning as well. and also lebanon to a lesser extent. so they argue that within the next ten or 15 years the primary objective of foreign policy should be stabilizing the region. iran should be the country at basic produces. the argument is cannot be dismissive of the insecurity around us. thethe official view of iran and the dominant view of iran. but there is an alternative you, which recently is gaining more popularity. in the think tanks, and of course the university among the pundits, they would argue that iran is already -- we don't have any more resources. and basically we are the primary force in fighting daish. and that is not our fight. basically. and they would argue such a fight would make us the target of a daish attack if daish has not yet attacked. it is not because they are not capable the because they have not made the d

element from the region. for those reasons, and those my colleagues have provided in testimony, urge you to support it. i also urge you to support the broader elements of the defense strategy in the middle east i will describe including and especially by supporting a stable and reformed defense budget. the successful negotiation of this deal is one part of our broader foreign and defense policy as the most influential power in the world, we have responsibilities all over the globe. the middle east remains important to america's national interests and as a result, the department of defense is committed to confronting the region's two principal security challenges, iran and isil. strategicment's approach to protecting our interests and confronting those challenges will remain unchanged. we will continue to maintain a strong military posture to deter aggression, bolster the security of our friends and allies, especially israel. navigationreedom of in the gulf. to track -- to check iran's malign influence and deg

went into greenland and the polar regions. as i mentioned before, there were advances in meteorology from a greenland and port. what i want to look at more is in thisct of american region and how that has shaped greenland in the postwar. . -- the postwar period. steve: what is next for you? dawn: at cornell this fall, i will be looking at turning my dissertation into a book and doing a little bit more work on some women who were involved in this very strange story. womannorth rogers and a -- edith nourse rogers. , she did some sort of intel, going to greenland and reporting back to the state department about the island and its significance. -- edithee women nourse rogers who stood up in congress, ruth ryan, the first ambassador, apparently showed roosevelt the slideshow of her trip to greenland which got him interested in the island. i think the story of those three women is interesting and kind of promote weightly think of polar exploration. steve: thank you very much for being with us. >> you are watching american history tv

prior to the interwar period, they had a difficult time getting to the polar region. a were not developed enough to go where they needed to go, and that meant they were not easily accessible. sleds, and itdog was hard to get from the united states to the polar region, so after airplanes developed, there was an easier access to the united states. host: let's talk about iceland and greenland and some history behind the naming of these two countries, or areas, i should say. dawn: ok, a man named eric the greenland,elled from and when he went to iceland, he thought it was a good way to get people there to name it greenland rather than iceland, and that was a long time before roosevelt. greenland now has a government of home rule, which means it is pre-much self-sufficient aside from the funding it gets from security, soor its greenland is not in charge of its own security. it is still managed group denmark, so there were security arrangements that were made that are lasting in greenland today. host: you have spent some time in greenland. explain the terrain. dawn: greenla

in the region. they have come out of the nuclear security summit process under the obama administration. and the japanese and korean ones are open chinese one should open later this year or early next year. and i was at a meeting in soeule where there was discussion of the centers of excellence but partly i think because they grew out of the nuclear securities summit process i would want them to at least start with nuclear security instead of broadening their mission to include nuclear safety. certainly there's the intersection between security and safety but considering they're not up and running yet, maybe i would want a little let them focus on security. but mentioned in the comment on competition and cooperation, the centers of excellence at least the one in japan and korea, talk a lot about how we can help other asian countries with their nuclear programs develop, say it's vietnam or bangladesh or turkey and it's not necessarily a lot of talk about what we can do to help, say, korea and china o

a pro-independence movement in spain's richest region of catalonia when regional -- win regional elections there. they plan to declare independence by 2017. sky gazers around the world are wowed with a double celestial tree with a stash a double celestial treat as a super moon and eclipse pair up for the first time. how many likes is india's to getting in silicon valley? and how tech companies are scrambling to do deals in india. paris goes pedestrian, at least a bit of it does. yesterday traffic was completely forget and in parts of the capital for the first ever day without cars. that and more along the way. first, top stories. we had straight to new york, where the u.n. general assembly is getting underway. the big issue will be how to deal with syria with russia trying to organize its own coalition to fight the islamic state group there, all the while keeping controversial supportive syrian president bashar al-assad. jessica limit syria is in new york now and joins us from the u.n. walk us through what vladimir putin is hoping to achieve. jessica: we may well be seeing vladimir putin t

if we're going to have a negotiation about regional issues some of our regional partners want to be in that discussion. real quick what it does do is, it is a gateway to those discussions. the biggest difference you had opens the way to conversations about these other issues, areas where you have overlapping strategic objectives. they both have an interest in stabilizing the region, and interest in stopping the war in syria. can you get to those conversations? we don't no. if you did not solve the issue was no possibility of even entering the room. >> one thing, you come to the hill and breathe the air and start filibustering. [laughter] i don't mean to do that. a that. a very important point. the argument that we cannot enter into this agreement because they are causing trouble, sponsoring hezbollah and sponsoring us on and causing both to me is illogical. you have to flip that argument on its head because to the extent we can take the nuclear issue and while it off, put it out, were in a better position to deal with those things if iran is not able to intimidate its neighbors. if ira

last convened in last july of this year a lot has happened around transportation in our satey and region. at the state level as you may have followed in the press we were very hopeful the governor and legislature through the legislative session on transportation would actually produce sig cnts revenue for transpor maintenance and infrastructure impruchbments. assembly members chew and mullen strongly advocateed for transportation to be incrude cloouded and i pressed for transportation and safer streets alt a hearing held in oakland. unfortunately the ledge #14r5i67er waechbt able to secure the 2/3 votes need today move forward a transportation focused revenue package. subsquentsly the special session was extended and we remain hopeful that some sort of proposeal can which out of the legislature with our serious transportation funding challengesment mean while, we have many positive mile stones to celebrate in san francisco. i was pleased to tour the central subway projects which is making progress on station construction and aquipping the tunnel construction. commissioners ist crian kim

we have leverage in the region. all the countries we mentioned -- turkey, saudi arabia, everybody else -- egypt, depends on the u.s. and other suppliers for their nuclear programs. the onset, they can do it by themselves. -- beyond that, they can't do it by themselves. they need technical experts from the west to go and help them build their program. what that means is it the burden on the shoulders of the suppliers. let's make sure that the suppliers make these countries come up with guarantees before they build nuclear reactors. that said, i will emphasize again, there are a number of technical, legal -- first all of these countries are part of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. they are technical challenges because they depend on other countries to supply them with reactors and nuclear technology. egypt has been going at it for decades. they still have a functioning nuclear program. -- they still don't have a nuclear program. one thing i have learned my short career in foreign policy, when you are asked about t

and produce security in the region.t, and it was fitting into hand and what you're seeing is at least we have another problem, we have a problem with -- with refugee, drugs, narcotics, and worried about pakistan as well. particularly -- [inaudible] and rise of extremism there. but what about iraq and what's happening there, and also see lebanon to a lesser extent, yemen. so they argue that for next 10 to 15 years primary objective of foreign policy should be stabilizing the region and should be a country that basically produce. they argue we cannotç be an island of security and be dismissive of the insecurity that's the official view of iran and that's the dominant view in iran. but there's an alternative view which recently is gaining more popularity in the policy, policy -- and in the think tank and if you find them at the university, among pundit that they would argue, you know, iran is already overstretched. you don't have anymore resources to allocate, and basically we are parting right now. we are the primary for

if we're going to have a negotiation about regional issues some of our regional partners want to be in that discussion. real quick what it does do is, it is a gateway to those discussions. the biggest difference you had opens the way to conversations about these other issues, areas where you have overlapping strategic objectives. they both have an interest in stabilizing the region, and interest in stopping the war in syria. can you get to those conversations? we don't no. if you did not solve the issue was no possibility of even entering the room. >> one thing, you come to the hill and breathe the air and start filibustering. [laughter] i don't mean to do that. a that. a very important point. the argument that we cannot enter into this agreement because they are causing trouble, sponsoring hezbollah and sponsoring us on and causing both to me is illogical. you have to flip that argument on its head because to the extent we can take the nuclear issue and while it off, put it out, were in a better position to deal with those things if iran is not able to intimidate its neighbors. if ira

countries and to peace and stability in the region. pointing to northeast asia with its continuing tensions and discord, second general once described the region as a crucial missing link with no regional cooperation mechanism. the reason i'm pushing forward the northeast asia peace and cooperation initiative is to reconnect that missing link and thereby create a virtual cycle of trust building and increase cooperation. at the moment, consultations among the countries of the region are under way in a range of collaborative areas including nuclear security, disaster management and health, and the accumulation of these experiences will also contribute to promoting global peace and cooperation. such efforts on our part will also help to resolve the north korea nuclear issue which poses a serious threat to peace in northeast asia and beyond. resolving the north korean nuclear issue should be accorded the highest priority if we are to uphold the integrity of the international nuclear nonproliferation regime and leave up to the aspirations o

attached to this region i think. thatfore i cannot exclude [indiscernible] but there is no project ever visit to -- of a visit to macedonia. >> the world meeting of families began today in philadelphia. pope francis mentioned this morning in his meeting with families, he asked everyone to pray for the world meeting and senate.oming how will the holy father be monitoring the events in philadelphia throughout the week and how will he be emphasizing family life while he is in the united states? thank you. father lombardi: he is very interested as you know. to the wordas due in philadelphia before the invitation to the congress, before the invitation to the united nations. therefore it is very important for him. is -- we have to see it that participation of the pope and in the context of this in synod. sig the conclusioner of world family day. the encounter with the families this morning and century ago the cuba wasantiago de designed to stress the continuity of the visit and cuba with the visit in the united states. spe

and make it a regional brand here. among the efforts to boost the appeal of coffee are tours and attractions for visitors. the chance to see firsthand how the plant is cultivated and then to actually enjoy the freshly brewed coffee making these sites popular. one weekend, visitors come from all around the country. this is the first time i've seen a coffee tree. happy to see we can cultivate so much coffee right here in south korea. with the support from the local government, his son organizes a couffee workshop for local residents for a familiar verage. every workshop is full of locals. >> translator: this is not a wealthy region so i hope our humble efforts can help change that and revitalize the region. >>eporter: the cultivation of south korean coffee has only just begun. he may be famous for his coffee, largely in south korea and throughout the world. nhk world. >>> flashing lights and artistic flare, decoration trucks adorn japan's highways. the drivers are usually viewed as maverick road warriors. nhk world repor

they will need every army in the region. they have military superiority over all conventional opponents. they can deal with every terrorist group in the region. the one thing they cannot deal with effectively, in my opinion, is the radical islamic regime with a weapons of mass destruction. this is a game changer of all game changers. this is the marriage from hell. this is what i fear the most. the only reason 3000 of us died on 9/11 and not 3 million is that they cannot get the weapons to kill 3 million of us. anything iran develops now and in the future will be shared with terrorists. surviverael, she can't a nuclear armed -- containment work. israel will be put in a bad spot. if there is any indication at all that iran is going to break out, israel has to attack. theidea of containing ayatollah after he gets a new -- nuke is a nonstarter for people with live to the first telecast. -- holocaust. lindsey graham>> if you were prd you see around losing a war as an option? lindsey graham: if they wanted one. as a told you, i w

of the region currently? >> it's about 7.5 million today so while we're seeing huge numbers in terms of city growth the 15% growth that we're seeing in the region that will accrue to the city is what we're at today with regional population and jobs. we're 15% of the regional jobs and population roughly, 14, 15, 16% that range so it's not out of the realm of possibility or extreme we're seeing this much grow begin gifnlg r given the -- given the interest internationally and we think it's substantial and the planning department needs to take a bigger role and attack the challenges and as we work with the mayor's office and the mayor's office of housing is the issue of equity and inclusiveness. the city is changing dramatically. the economic conditions are changing in the city and we're working with the port on their development sites and others on the issues of equity, inclusivity, affordable housing and broad access to all city services. clearly that's a very important issue to the mayor, to the planning commi

and naive trans regional actors. consequently, the wave of destruction has gone beyond the arab world and has reached europe and the united states and has resulted in the destruction of the relics of stability and ancient civilizations and more broadly, has resulted in the death of humanity itself. we must not forget that the roots of today's wars, destruction, and timber can be found in the occupation and military intervention of yesterday. if we did not have the u.s. military invasion of afghanistan states and the united unwarranted support for the inhumane actions of the zionist regime against the oppressed nation of palestine, the terrorists would not have an excuse for the justification of their crimes. it is urgent for the united states government instead of explaining the truth of the region and throwing about baseless accusations and pursuing other dangerous policies and defense of its regional allies who cultivate toeit, this must be brought an and in its actions must be made compatible with the realities of

making a plan every five years for regionalization is not a good way to actually achieve regionalizationbut another thing is korean presidents have a tendency to leave office with just terrible approval ratings and i think this is a way that the new president distinguishes himself or herself from the predecessor saying i have new ideas, i am not like the previous one. but i also think that this requires any sort of serious commitment to a regional organization must go across multiple administrations. i also think it's a good question if korea announces this, does china and japan accept korean leadership in the region? some of you probably know korea has this proverb of being the shrimp between two whales, that the shrimp gets injured when the two whales fight. from being their history of being between china and japan, and i'm not sure the region is ready yet for korean leadership, but we'll see. it's also been when i've talked to some other people from the region what do you think of napci, almost seems like the first question back is what is napci. so i think there's a lot of outreach t

it's a game changer in the region. you have heard from my colleagues that iran is one of the r principal purveyors of terrorism in that region. it would accelerate an h arms re that already has two any arms in its region. it would make make it so much more difficult to confront iranian policy if they possess nuclear w weapons. o the president is right to say wn will not let that happen and put all options on the table to make sure that doesn't happen. congress's right is right to say that we support all options sta being on the table to make sure rand does not become a nuclear weapon state. that's a goal we all have. in this independent review some of us believe the best way toad accomplish that is to move forward with the agreement negotiated by the obama administration. others do not believe that is the case. and i want to second what senator corker said. i was proud to be part of that bill together and getting broad support in the congress and administration. i think it put us in a stronger position in negotiating i

ensuring regional stability and security of the people living in the region.look forward to frank candid discussion in today's meeting. it's important that we should listen to each other, hear each other, and seek mutual cooperation in order to end the terrorist threat and security in the middle east and northern africa. thank you so much for your attention. i now resume my functions as president of this council, and i'm now going to give the floor to other members of the council. i live the floor to his excellency [ inaudible ]. >> that was sergei lavrov who is chairing this meeting on the fight against isil. basically calling for more coordination against isil, coordination from groups on the ground and outside of syria, and stepping up the progress of dialogue when syria parties as was set out in the geneva communique which seems so long ago now, and there needed to be an inclusive and balanced outside support for syria, which includes countries like the u.s., russia and various arab states. the key message appears to be we really have to work together. >>

i think what you see is a where he setting of the region where iran -- resetting of the region where iran will be stronger, not weaker, where the opposition to iran internally and externally will be much more difficult to garner and i think one of the effects of this deal will be a further destabilizing of the mideast. let me just say this. if eye sad is left in power, you -- if assad is left in power, you never fix syria. to our year even allies, please understand what's happening inside syrian. the syrian people want two things. they want isil destroyed, because they're not radical people, and they want assad, the oppresser, out. so what you see from this deal, the russians sense we were weak with iran. we certainly didn't do anything when putin went into crimea and now eastern ukraine. i think enforcing assad is the first signs of how the russians view this deal. if you told me a year ago that part of the deal would include lifting the conditional arms embargo i'd thought you were crazy. what does that have to deal with their nuclear program? you know why we got there? because rus

of independence for the region is out of the question. accept aretist parties won a convincing victory. separatist parties won a convincing victory over the weekend. first, though, two presidents, two very different visions for syria. the conflict has been dominating today's session at the u.n. general assembly in new york. russia's vladmir putin saying that it will be a grave mistake not to involve the regime of asaad in the fight against islamic state. president obama saying asaad was a tyrant who had no future role in his country. our correspondent has this on the day's statements. reporter: vladmir putin and barack obama, two presidents with lofty relations forced to work on many international issues. after praising russia among others to reach a deal on iran's nuclear program, the u.s. president reached out to moscow to solve the syrian crisis. president obama: the united states is prepared to work with any nation including russia and iran to solve the conflict. but we must recognize that there cannot be after so much bloodshed, so m

a regional parliament with a smaller one in the regional parliament.ed to effectively a mass they are looking for. are talking about that and the spanish story that you have seen. bridge capital is still with us. how doion and you -- >> it goes to show the national election campaign that is interesting. it is a strong vote and it is clear that is the level they have. and it wasunpopular a disaster for the popular party. it does not really have to do with the rest of the country. >> right. what are the implications? do they deal with this? wondering how this gets chest hangs over us. >> the clear mandate will not get the chance for the they are getting the outright majority for with the coalition and getting the absolute majority with the votes. they would rather have the issue. massive independents is that they are happy to have the issue. let's talk about the labour inty and brighton -- brighton. take theus should we party at this stage? is this a protest party? why do we care? >> i think the party has certain is where it needs to be in the next cycle

no country has benefitted more from a peaceful regional order in the region than china. am betraying my advanced age when i say that i remember being in the great hall of the people on the occasion of the nor normalization between our countries. since then, china's development has been remarkable and it is added to the prosperity of the world. unfortunately, we increasingly see a pattern of behavior from china that suggests that some of our highest hopes for our relationship are not materializing and they call in question formations across the pacific whether china's rise will be peaceful. indeed, many of the troubling activities have only increased under the leadership of the new president who will arrive here next week for a state visit. china's military modernization continues with its emphasis or advanced systems that appear designed to project power, counter u.s. military capabilities and deny the united states the ability to access and operate in the western pacific. at the same time, cyberattacks against the united states are growing in scope, scale and frequency.

but for the region. we believe we have the resources we need to continue conducting that. >> i would hope that would be the case. thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you both for testifying today. admiral, in your testimony you point out that we insist that all maritime claims be deraved from naturally formed land features in accordance with international laws reflected in the law of the sea convention. are we at any kind of a disadvantage because we haven't been a signatory to the law of the sea convention? >> senator, i believe we are at a disadvantage because we don't have the moral high ground that other countries who are cigna tors, including china and russia have. so when china makes these outrageous claims in the south china sea, and the fphilippines challenges one of those claims and we support the philippines' right to make that claim, at the same time we're not a signatory, that looks strange. when russia makes claims in the arctic circle and they tell us, you have no standin

the last factor was a regional issue. you know, from syria, lebanon always syria, iran and iraq and also afghanistan. so we talked, we need to pay attention to the issues, they are far more important. so we talked about that this regional issue is important. americans thought, if they want to use that issue pay more attention to east asia. they did not want to run that is poorly. they encourage them to explore. >> i want to add to the question, the recommendations for the administration. we heard a lot of talk about compensating israel, compensating the gcc for the iran deal as though it is somehow detracting from their security rather than adding to it. my question is whether the provision is more sophisticated weaponry, bunker busting bombs and whatnot to israel in particular. >> the implementation has been miserable. the iranians of plato weekend when the americans played a strong and miserably. the best way to make sure this deal does not fail, but i'll give you three recommendations that could be useful verification,

regional ramifications, so that is good. also i want to -- not gings jinx it say but congratulate on keeping right to time. a record, so pressure is on to the next two of you. well that's why i'm pointing this outs. so not going to hear from michael who has a academic and political background on these topics, now lane swing senior fellow. managerring director during preeftioned a previous administration and actively involved in national security counsel and setting policy for this part of the world. tell pus how by should think about this agreement and anything misstated so far. >> let me start by saying thank you great honor to be on this panel with everybody with such fabulous experts as we have here. i've been working on this issue for ten years everybody has been hearing about it for twice that long. so i'm going to be -- try to be brief. you know, i think that when i was present at the creation of this p5 plus one process and i have been a supporter of the negotiated outcome. and so it gives me no pleasure to say that t

regional elections are due at the end of this month. supporters say they are looking for a mandate to draft a calloneian constitution before seeking secession with madrid. polls show that the area is evenly divided on whether they want independence. many say they have a different background and culture from the rest of spain. >> i think there is the question of identity. we feel different history, because historically we are different. history has made us different. >> reporter: catloneian nationalism has intensified during spain's economic downturn. separatist says the region pays more in taxes to madrid than it receives past. the size of this demonstration shows how strongly the area wants a referendum. the spanish government now shows no signs of budging. sarah: nearly a decade along from one of india's worst terrorist attacks, judges have found 12 men guilty of conspiracy or murder, to face the death penalty or life in prison. nearly 200 were killed in the attacks in 2006 that targeted mumbai's commuter trains. >> a busy day on mumb

would you support the regional force with two goals in mind?>> they would go to one of the countries in the region and again every country is different. but to go into a country that is already fractured as it is syria, i think there are complications with that. he has to go alternately. the key word is ultimately because i'm totally have the sense of what will replace him have to be careful not to push him out because what comes after could actually be even worse. >> how many people do you think are left over to be willing to fight both isil and asad? would you have american boots on the ground? spinnaker was put on the ground in turkey and jordan and into an enclave to solidify when you're out to people in jeopardy and end up in an orange jumpsuit. you give me the assumptions and i can give you a timeline but again there is an assumption before we can get any precision. >> general, thank you for your testimony. thank you for your service to the country. one thing that always impressed me is our dedication to the men and women of the lead was

and which was translated into different forms of extremism, inside the region and outside the regionoughout the years until this day. therefore, the only solution is the two-state solution, the establishment of the independent palestinian state on the areas of the june 4th borders, june 4, 1967, borders. this is indeed a major interest for jordan, because jordan is [ inaudible ] involved with all of the issues in trying to find a solution through serious negotiations. the basis for restoring the stability and solving the problems requires a comprehensive political process, which will deal with the root causes of the conflicts in the region. the absence of a political solution to the syrian problem, which is about to enter its sixth year, that will lead to political transition and satisfies the legitimate aspirations of the syrian people and maintains -- guarantees security and unity and response to the aspirations of its people. this absence only serves extremism and terrorism. this absence only aggravates the situation, and as the absence of a political -- of a comprehensive inclusi

again, i would like to see it region -- a region that has far less weapons. but it is important to keep in mind what has motivated the iranian missile program. theng the iraq iran war iraqis had much more advanced weapons, similar to what you see in the region right now. missiles tod scud attack iranian cities. they had the iranian capital with ballistic missiles the iranians have to be deep inside of iraqi territory to be able to in their capital of baghdad retaliation because they simply did not have same capabilities. at the end of that war in 1988 both sides were convinced that would not-- peace last and that the other side would use weapons of mass destruction at their earliest convenience. been the driving force of the iranian missile program. would it be better if we lived in a world where they did not have one? absolutely. does this deal fuel their program? in the contrary, it keeps in place the embargo for an additional eight years. and on that last point i want to know this is something that has always concerned me. but the the arms race fact that t

country support by saying this -- this agreement will contribute to the security and stability in the region by preventing iran from acquiring a nuclear capability, end quote. ..and said to me, ,"you know, we are one of the nations you trust the most. we follow your leadership. we've agreed to the deal and now your congress wants to back out. why should we ever follow you again? many diplomats i've spoken with have echoed the prim minister's -- former principal prime minister's comment. if we reject the agreement it will be unlikely the world will follow us in negotiations in the future and i believe the executive foreign policy obligations and responsibilities of the president of our country are diminished. our ability to lead against global threats, to be the indispensable nations ends. many senators i understand don't support our president but by supporting this agreement we also undermine the ability of any future president to speak for the united states and carry out his or her constitutional role in conducting foreign policy. i've been involved in national security issues for many year

i think most of the regional powers, most of the regional countries, when they've understood how the deal works, are reasonably comfortable that it will be effective in preventing iran from developing nuclear weapons. there is a line of attack that says the iranians will always cheat. i heard this when i was in israel a couple of days after we did this deal. i expect i shall hear it tomorrow when i meet prime minister netanyahu, that the iranians will always cheat, they can't be trusted. >> it's not just israel saying that, is it? other countries in the region of course say the same thing as well. >> there is a suspicion of iran. and we've approached this deal on the bases that we don't do it on trust. we do it on the bases of robust mechanisms. we start with an assumption that we're going to try to cheat and we're going to put in mechanisms to make sure it doesn't work. i think the more serious challenge from our interlocutors in the region is you shouldn't deal with iran because they're doing bad things in the region. and i have some sympathy with the line of reasoning. but it's fl

and wishing to reengage in the region as an important nation state, an important player in the region, rather than as a destabilizing force in the region. >> and in your recent visit, did you manage to talk about these incursions into neighboring countries or interference with the iranians? >> yes. and we have a different point of view from the iranians. we see these things differently. we see hezbollah, hamas differently. we see the situation in bahrain differently and the situation in yemen differently and that is perhaps not surprising. but the fact that i was in tau iran talking to the senior players about how we see these things differently i think is a step forward. and again, we have to hope that as iran reengaged with the world, just as it did with nuclear weapons, it will start to make decisions based on its assessment of its own national interest to modify some of its behaviors it is not going to happen open night. and it will do so for reasons of national interest and not altruism, but actually responsible nations acting in their national enlightened self-interest within th

it is a game-changer in the region. you already heard from my colleagues that iran is one of the principle purveyors of in terrorism in that region. it would accelerate an arms race that already has too many arms r in its region. it would make so much moreso difficult to confront iranian policy if they possess a nucleaa weapon. that we will not let that happet and that all options are on the table to make sure that doesn't happen. anod congress is right to say that we support all options being on the table to make sure iran does not become a nuclear weapons state. that's a goal that we all have. in this independent review, some of us believe that the best wayc to accomplish that is to move a forward with the agreementtiat negotiated by the obama administration.ra others believe that it is not the case. i want to just second what senator corker said about theler iran nuclear review act. i was proud to be part of putting that bill together. and getting broad support in thn congress and the support of the administration. i

element from the region. for those reasons, and those my colleagues have provided in testimony, urge you to support it. i also urge you to support the broader elements of the defense strategy in the middle east i will describe including and especially by supporting a stable and reformed defense budget. the successful negotiation of this deal is one part of our broader foreign and defense policy as the most influential power in the world, we have responsibilities all over the globe. the middle east remains important to america's national interests and as a result, the department of defense is committed to confronting the region's two principal security challenges, iran and isil. strategicment's approach to protecting our interests and confronting those challenges will remain unchanged. we will continue to maintain a strong military posture to deter aggression, bolster the security of our friends and allies, especially israel. navigationreedom of in the gulf. to track -- to check iran's malign influence and deg

that does present a risk within the asia-pacific region.ow closely are these events being monitored? jon: china knows the u.s. will be watching very closely. for the reasons i have just explained, analysts and washington certainly will be looking in terms of the military capabilities that will be on display today. contours andthe the dimensions of the missiles, looking to understand the speed, the perception, the survivability, the mobility of these missile systems. they want an understanding of the real capability of china's military. sources very little open information about this capability. a parade like today gives to gain an opportunity an insight into how far china's military capabilities have grown in the last two decades. in that important day regard. open source information about these capabilities doesn't exist to some degree. to that degree, it is an important occasion. rishaad: we have been seeing some unmanned aerial vehicles now to sendingng this message of key switches will be have at the moment. -- peace which we have at th

this region has enough problems, and now, and for the coming years.st important thing about the deal is that it should not have any negative impact on the arab national security, and egypt is an integral part of the security. >> there is a lot of reports that the countries like egypt, and saudi arabia and the emirates are so worry died abou this deal that they may try to develop a nuclear weapons program themselves, and is egypt thinking about that? >> egypt can never think of this way, and i speak clearly and straight forward. >> and one final question, and i am a journalist, but we were all concern concerned about the fate of the al jazeera journalists rescued and in recent days, you pardoned them, and can you assure our viewers that there will be freedom of the press in egypt? >> i am not using cliches, but i will tell you that the freedom of the media, and the freedom of the press is quite unprecedented, and no one in the press or work ing ing in the pr are held back from holding their own views freely. and throughout the time i have been in offic

incredible amounts of rain in this region. see that red area? it moved up. fortunately most of this is out of the area. we are now out of it. still looking at rain to the south, calvert county picked up 2 inches and you can see lightning associated with that. most continues to move out. any rain behind it? there is. but it's very scattered. for the most part the heavy rain is done and we have a flashflood watch in parts of the area from noon to tomorrow in case we see another heavy downpour or two. look at the moisture streaming from the gulf and off the laerk ocean. we have tons of moisture available. we will see a cold front come through during the afternoon tomorrow. first, we will get rather warm tomorrow. high 70s to 80 degrees. can't rule out a shower or two. a low impact day, warm and humid. a few showers, take the umbrella, take the small umbrella and then we see things change. a month's worth of rain. some will get it tonight. very humid conditions, cold front moves through and sets up an area of high pressure to our north and area of low pressure c

suggest otherwise, you don't understand the region. the biggest victim of radical islam is other people in the faith. you have been there more than anyone else i know, don't you agree that the good news for all of us is that we can partner with people within the faith are willing to partner with us to destroy this radical ideology. gen. petraeus: correct, we have socked to do that -- sought to do that. knowl the same, they don't what they're talking about. i don't think all presbyterians are the same. ,ut i'm trying to make everybody is the same, everybody is radical, that misses the boat. most fathers and mothers don't want to give their children to isis. that is something we need to build upon. , the presidentq says the goal is to destroy isil . gen. petraeus: that is a very high bar, and it has been lowered slightly to defeat, think it's adequate. we did destroy al qaeda in iraq, and sadly they resurrected themselves in the form of isis and then gained strength in syria. are.w, we are where we do you believe more americans would hel