well, really since i've become foreign secretary, and my predecessor, robin cook, had been ready to goto iran on two occasions to try to improve relations with the then government, but on both occasions, he was put off from going i think on pressure from the israelis. prime minister i was an, to hear develop relations, and so as was our post in thai ron. immediately after 9/11, the president made this really extraordinary statement reaching out to the west and the iranians have no loss for al-qaeda at all. they were offering cooperation as well. i went to iran. i also went straight after it to israel given the usual israeli welcome for anybody who had been on the trip of which they didn't approve. he was planning to see me, and he finally saw me at midnight. israelis seek to rough up any new foreign secretary. that's how they are, and it didn't work let me say, but we then, and i was very conscious everywhere in iran of the vulnerable position that the president of iran is in because if it's not a dictatorship, it's not a dplok. it's a very, very complex mix of theocracy and semidemocr

he also told us that it was requested by david lang kits and robin cook. is that juror selection?>> i think so. >> he also said that the prime minister concluded by saying that quote management has been going crazy and i think they quoted the press not long after the cabinet meeting. i do think he felt the need to say that? >> i think because there was a high suspicion by members of the cabinet about the intention of the president bush administration. i mean, it seemed quite early days in the bush administration in the context that we had a right wing republican administration in the state. a new labor, but a left wing labor party here in the natural allies in the u.s. about the democrat are not the republicans and there also have been soft and cuddly republican administrations, but this is not one of them. there is great anxiety about the intentions of the bush administration. i mean, bear in mind really from the time of the access of evil address in late january, british newspapers were full of debate, discussions, warnings about iraq. there is a context of this is slow. and eve

he also told us that it was requested by david lang kits and robin cook. is that juror selection?>> i think so. >> he also said that the prime minister concluded by saying that quote management has been going crazy and i think they quoted the press not long after the cabinet meeting. i do think he felt the need to say that? >> i think because there was a high suspicion by members of the cabinet about the intention of the president bush administration. i mean, it seemed quite early days in the bush administration in the context that we had a right wing republican administration in the state. a new labor, but a left wing labor party here in the natural allies in the u.s. about the democrat are not the republicans and there also have been soft and cuddly republican administrations, but this is not one of them. there is great anxiety about the intentions of the bush administration. i mean, bear in mind really from the time of the access of evil address in late january, british newspapers were full of debate, discussions, warnings about iraq. there is a context of this is slow. and eve

he also told us that it was requested by david lang kits and robin cook. is that juror selection?>> i think so. >> he also said that the prime minister concluded by saying that quote management has been going crazy and i think they quoted the press not long after the cabinet meeting. i do think he felt the need to say that? >> i think because there was a high suspicion by members of the cabinet about the intention of the president bush administration. i mean, it seemed quite early days in the bush administration in the context that we had a right wing republican administration in the state. a new labor, but a left wing labor party here in the natural allies in the u.s. about the democrat are not the republicans and there also have been soft and cuddly republican administrations, but this is not one of them. there is great anxiety about the intentions of the bush administration. i mean, bear in mind really from the time of the access of evil address in late january, british newspapers were full of debate, discussions, warnings about iraq. there is a context of this is slow. and eve

i have taken a very close interest in iran since i became foreign secretary and my predecessor, robin cook was ready to go to iran and two occasions to fry to improve relations with the then government but on both occasions he was put off from going to i think under pressure from the israelis. i was very anxious to develop relations in tehran. that was in hand before 9/11. but whether that would have happened the prime minister asked me to do that priority and immediately after 9/11, a really quite extraordinary statement reaching out to the west and the iranians had no love at all, offering cooperation as well. so i went to iran and also went straight after to is real and given the usual is really welcome for anybody who had been on a trip of which they didn't approve. he saw me at midnight. that is par for the course because the israelis always like to rough up any british foreign secretary and it didn't work, let me say. we then -- i was very conscious of the vulnerable position the president of iran is in. it is not a dictatorship. it is not a democracy. it is a very complex mix of the

. >> i mean, robin cook's recollection of the cabinet meeting describes for the first time i can recall in five-years tony was out on a limb. and the balance of the discussion pointed strongly in the reverse direction to his intentions. is that your recollection as well? >> i think that his point at the end was i had not gone mad an whatever it was and that it reflected that. and it may have been that that debate summed up in his mind the need to convince the united states to go down the u.n. route. and i think just getting the sequence right that -- i don't remember the exact date and its proximity to crawford. >> it was two or three weeks before crawford. >> yes. there was a lot of speculation in the newspapers about what he was likely to say to the -- >> i don't expect you to comment entirely on the prime minister's mind but do you think his approach to cabinet in the future that we do need to manage these debates? >> i don't think that did. i think the fact of the leaking did. that was very depressing. i mean, really depressing. and that any prime minister faced with leaks like that

cook during the week. he has a smile on his face. >>> one of the reasons we're all smiling, robin.ing in real life. i'm oblivious. >> but funny. really really funny. >> without knowing it. just like phil. >> so who is the least like their character? >> probably eric. he's not here. but eric is very -- and also i'm going to say ariel is nothing like alex. >> she's so quiet. you have been so incredibly quiet all morning. >> i'm not trying to be. i'll make some sounds. >> she and lily. >> i will make some random sounds. >> all right. how about cindy in arizona. she wants to know do you ever get on each other's nerves? and what do you do about it, if you do? >> well like any good, american family we're in denial. >> we pretend like it's never happened. >> we sweep feelings under the rug. and go home and drink. what else would we do? talk about it? i think not. if everyone was healthy and well-adjusted, we wouldn't have a television show. do we get on each other's nerves? do we? >> i don't know. >> we get on each other's nerves. >> the school room -- >> the school room gets a little hea

robin. this one's mine. and that one's george's. >> uh-huh. >> okay. george, bringing a pot holder up for you. >> i need one. i burnt myself cooking diary, and the first interview with someone invited to the wedding. not royalty. not a celebrity. but he is special to the bride-to-be. he pours pints at her family's favorite pub. nick watt snagged the exclusive and he joins us again now. hey, nick. >> reporter: hey, george. william and kate are here in anglesey, doing their royal thing. we've been looking through that wedding guest list. and we've spoken exclusively to, well, a rather surprising guest. ♪ among the chosen to attend their wedding of the century, there are, of course, some stars. elton john. david and victoria beckham. john haley. john who? >> i got an invitation to the wedding, which is fabulous. absolutely great. >> reporter: john haley owns this pub, the old boot inn, just outside bucklebury, where kate middleton grew up. >> she used just come in. she was very friendly, happy. just like all the other kids, really. just a normal, young lady. >> reporter: his gilt-edged invitation arrived last friday. but he was warne