what is this significance of these fuel rods?one of the significance is that iran has successfully enriched uranium from 3.5% to 20% which is needed for the fuel rod. and the other one is that it's a signal to the european group that is about to reportedly resume talks with iran about the nuclear program that iran does not really need anybody for its nouk cl nuclear program and can go it alone. >> was there a belief in the united states that tehran really had the capability to do this? >> i'm sorry, what? >> did people in the united states, scientist, politicians, did they think that iran could create these fuel rods successfully or did we feel like we had some time to buy? >> well, the last report that came out of united states when iran said that it is capable of enriching uranium to 20% was doubtful but then i think, as much as i remember, they admitted to iran is capable of it. so we were convinced that iran was capable of producing 20% uranium which can be used to manufacture the rods and within is manufactured and tested an

the fuel rod being tested, it's a sample fuel rod. uranium in it, not enriched uranium. it's for the power reactors. the united states advocates civilian nuclear energy in iran. what the united states is against, the development of technology that can help produce a nuclear weapon. iran has increased enrichment to 20% for a research reactor in tehran. that's not the fuel rod they're producing so far. the fact that iran is making progress in nuclear technology is not that surprising. it's really not that dangerous. what it does show is that they have increasing technological capabilities. >> michael adler, appreciate your time. >>> on the big three, while the republicans try to sort things out in iowa on tuesday, what do you think the democrats are going to be up to? not going to be standing idly by. we'll explain that one. you're watching "weekends with alex witt." who has a million things to pick up each month on top of her prescriptions. so she was thrilled that her walgreens pharmacist recommended a 3-month supply and would always

we are going to use the flex of this rod to fling away. exactly as you moved your hands. >> that's it? >> that's it. >> i'm a natural. >> push both arms forward and snap the lower hand into your tummy. push forward. >> i did gave it a try and had great time but i might need some more practice. i met someone else with real fly casting skills. her name is donna and she is an international fly casting champion. >> i have competed in the casting ponds in golden gate park in san francisco. i have been to japan and norway for fly casting competition. i spend my weekends here at the club and at the casting pond. it's a great place to learn and have fun. on a season day like this, it was the perfect spot to be. i find fly casting very relaxing and also at the same time very challenging sport. takes me out into the nature. almost like drawing art in the air. and then i can make these beautiful loops out there. >> even though people from across the globe come here to compete, it's still a place where locals in the know relax and enjoy some rely uniq

so that ad might come down. >> now, rod, you talked about how the voter is not connecting.next tuesday or not, willard made some mistakes last night. like when he was caught last night's debate lying about an ad running on florida radio. let me let you hear this. >> you've had an ad running saying that speak eer gingrich calls spanish, quote, the language of the ghetto. >> i haven't seen the ad. i'm sorry, i don't get to see all the tv ads. i doubt that my ad but we'll take a look. >> it was one of your ads. it's running here in florida. and on the radio and at the end you say i'm mitt romney and i approved of this ad. so it is here. >> let me ask you a question. >> so he's caught red-handed there. his voice on there. and then he had a strange answer about his reversal on immigration and he says, well, my parents were born in mexico. yeah, but they were natural americans born in mexico. has nothing to do with immigration. so even in his best night, he still is stumbling. >> well, i think the first instance is, i am an old prosecutor. when you see a guy on the -- when he den

joining me now from tampa is rod smith, chairman of the florida democratic party. and in l.a., bob shrum, democratic strategist and a professor at nyu. great to have both of you with us tonight. >> glad to be here. >> thank you, rev. glad to be here. >> now, bob is romney doing the right thing here by going on the offense and being more aggressive than we've seen him so far? >> i think he's doing the only thing he thinks he can. there have been three polls in florida so far since south carolina. and two of them, gingrich is leading by eight or nine points. one he's tied. in the national gallup poll he's all but tied with romney who used to be 23 points ahead. and they run about the same kind of race, although i don't believe this against president obama. so the electability argument doesn't hold much water. romney is not getting much traction. in fact it may be hurting him with this argument that he's going to be the ceo of america. so what he's doing and what he's going to do in this debate tonight which i think is going to be watched by a lot of people is he's th

the report also says the rod was inserted into the core of research reactor. the timing may raise some eyebrows. yesterday iran was signaling it was ready to resume talks over the nuclear programs. all of this attention left the int gnat nag waters patroled by the u.s. navy. iran pressing on with war games now. that is a strategic gateway for the world's supply of oil. we are following the story in washington. >> it was last thursday the state department spokesman suggested the weight of international sanctions may be lashing out. it lends credence to the theory. iran carried out that test today a launch of a missile designed to avoid radar. they also said they have a fuk layer fuelled rod that provide fuel for nuclear reactors. that is an achievement they believed iran was not yet capable of. john bolton says this nature res t -- narrows the time for them to have a nuclear reactor. >> i think 2012 could be a very important year if israel reads the situation the sap way secretary pineda the time in which they have to take military action the time the nuclear w

the report also says the rod was inserted into the core of research reactor. the timing may raise some eyebrows. yesterday iran was signaling it was ready to resume talks over the nuclear programs. all of this attention left the int gnat nag waters patroled by the u.s. navy. iran pressing on with war games now. that is a strategic gateway for the world's supply of oil. we are following the story in washington. >> it was last thursday the state department spokesman suggested the weight of international sanctions may be lashing out. it lends credence to the theory. iran carried out that test today a launch of a missile designed to avoid radar. they also said they have a fuk layer fuelled rod that provide fuel for nuclear reactors. that is an achievement they believed iran was not yet capable of. john bolton says this nature res t -- narrows the time for them to have a nuclear reactor. >> i think 2012 could be a very important year if israel reads the situation the sap way secretary pineda the time in which they have to take military action the time the nuclear w

their scientists is produced their first nuclear fuel rod. that is a major accomplish anltd that would move them a giant step closer to building a bomb. they test fired a new missile designed to evade radar, also designed to threaten a critical oil supply the are a manhunt under way on los angeles, is there a serial arsonist under ort loose. >>> and to help the new housing industry. critics say it benefits the banks. >> heather: at first, we are 48 hours away from the first big test of the 2012 presidential elections. the iowa caucuses and "des moines register" poll those shows mitt romney is a virtual tie with congressman ron paul. other candidates are surging and there is a remarkable number of undecided voters that could change the race. here is how the contest looks. this new poll landed mitt romney in the top spot. ron paul a close second and santorum is gaining and gingrich and perry and michele bachmann. carl cameron is live in des moines, iowa with more. hi, carl. >> reporter: for those iowans who have yet decided or changing their mi

good to have you on, rod. i appreciate your time tonight. >> good to see you. >> let's turn to our panel, joann reed, jimmy williams with us tonight, former democratic senate staffer and democratic strategist, crystal ball. i can ask all of you who won tonight and who did well, but i have to say, how did mitt romney do as a political street fighter? he was supposed to be the tough guy tonight. he came out and just banged away at newt gingrich. it really didn't turn out that way. he tried hard. >> he grew up on the mean streets of the gated communities of ann arbor. what mitt romney needed to do tonight was score a knockout punch against newt gingrich. he needed to do something to hurt gingrich and set him off his game. i think he did that in a sense. i think he had gingrich back on his heels on the question of freddie mac. i think he did a good job of going after him on the idea that he was a lobbyist and not just a historian. so i think he had some moments where he pushed gingrich back. did he have a breakout

rod smith and erin mcpike, thank you for your time tonight.ght back. [ male announcer ] drinking a smoothie with no vegetable nutrition? ♪ [ gong ] strawberry banana! [ male announcer ] for a smoothie with real fruit plus veggie nutrition new v8 v-fusion smoothie. could've had a v8. try bayer advanced aspirin. it has microparticles so it enters the bloodstream fast and rushes relief to the site of your tough pain. it's proven to relieve pain twice as fast as before. bayer advanced aspirin. >>> finally tonight -- we know politics can be ugly. but arizona congresswoman gabby giffords gave us a true moment of unity. today in an emotional ceremony, she delivered her letter of resignation to speaker boehner. so that she can focus on her recovery. members of the house who rarely see eye to eye on much of anything came together to honor their colleague on the floor. >> though gabby may be leaving washington today, i know this won't be the last we see of her. >> you will be missed in the house of representatives, but your legacy in this congress and y

there's a whole bunch of stuff i could say to you today, rod.o, which speaks volumes to me. after doing this job for 26 years, i don't think -- i'm sure there's somebody out there that has, but no one that i'm aware of that's ever done that, and has, you know, sat up on the stand and testified that you've done it, knowing that you're going to go back out in the same city that you were in when you belonged to that gang, and maybe take your chances of what denouncing them might do to you today. you're like this close to succeed. and you're so afraid of that. it's easier for you to bail. just think about this hearing today. and all this argument about whether you're a good person or you're not. there's only really one opinion in this room right now that matters and it's mine, and i think you are a good person and i think you're going to make it. and for that reason, today the court is going to order that you serve 30 days in the lake county juvenile center, and i'm going to give you credit for the time you served. i'm going to release you today and

rod ferman. rod stanley. katherine sharp. all people that work on this project every day all the time. the part i can attest to is that katherine has kept me calmed down at various times about this project, and that's her job in part, which is no fun. i think that pat kontraneo, our v.p. of finance, has been leader and facilitator across the entire spectrum of activities, and pat is very self-afacing and doesn't seek to credit himself. but i know what he does and he does a lot to make sure things get done right in this program. so thank you, pat. when we started, we came from south san francisco, and we came here because amgen, who competes with us in the markets, and jenentech were fighting over space there. there was a period of time when the rents in san francisco were higher than the rent here. the total cost here was still higher, but that one moment, i knew only happened once every couple decades. and so we jumped on it. we got our board to agree to let us come peer. the shorensteen family built this building. they did

the first domestically made rod has already been inserted into the core of iran's research nuclear reactor. its navy test fired an advance surface to air missile during a trillion. >>> a massive manhunt is underway in washington state for a began man who killed a park ranger during a routine traffic stop sunday. police believed 24-year-old benjamin colton barnes is also a person of interest in a shooting in a new year's eve party which injured four people. 4-year-old margaret anderson was the mother of two young daughters. anderson's husband who was always a park ranger. >>> police in los angeles have released surveillance video of a person of interest in a rash of arson fires in the city. detectives are investigating more than three dozen suspicious blazes, most of them set in parked cars since thursday. >>> the redskins disappointing 2011 season is mercifully over. the team's final game was pretty much a reflection of the entire season. >> reporter: on the road in philadelphia the skins were down by 13 early when running back roy helu went 42 yards for a touchdown. then in the fourth qua

and today's announcement that iran has manufactured nuclear fuel rods for the very first time. but, in fact, iran's new year's message to the world is a mixed one. it's also signalled it wants to cooperate with international monitors over its controversial nuclear program, which the west believes is developing a bomb. >> we welcome agencies, in fact, officials and inspection, inspectors to come to iran so that we will have discussions. >> reporter: yesterday iran's top nuclear negotiator said his country wants to restart negotiations with the u.s., russia, china and europe. >> it shows that they are worried about the civility of -- stability of the regime, especially as the islamic republic faces a lot of internal pressure. it's not just erks ternal pressure. >> reporter: iran's government got a scare in 2009 when thousands of opposition supporters took to the streets in the wake of fraudulent elections. >> they're worried about mass demonstration, uprisings, some of the same things that have happened across the middle east. >> reporter: it appears now the threat of fresh sanct

the fuel rod first. what does it mean? iranian regime is moving forward regardless of the saptions that we have -- the sanctions we have implemented and of those we are thinking of implementing. what we are doing right now is playing a strategic game of chess. they will be foe -- focus oatd homeless crisis and the anti-missile missiles and then iraq. they are moving on all fronts. at the end of the day what they really have is missiles plus the nuclear bomb. >> the reaction of our fleet there in the region, what action do we need to take at this point? they seem to continue to thumb their nose at us, even with the new tougher sanctions that have been signed. >> with regards to the confrontation, it is a political decision. do we want to wait to see the iranians obtaining the nuclear bomb deploying the missile and penetrating iraq and other parts of the middle east so we can increase our sanction system or support the opposition in iran, or do we basically start this counter earlier on? the iranians had a feeling we are rea

successfully built and tested their first nuclear fuel rod.n insists its nuclear program is peaceful. but western leaders and some regional powers are concerned that tehran is trying to develop nuclear weapons. iran also test fired a long-range missile today on the final day of its naval exercises in the strait of hormuz. ashore to see missile test was successful with the weapon hitting its intended targets. the news agency says that i ran also plans to test fire short range and surface-to- surface missiles ... benefits and manhunt continues for a gunman who killed a ranger at mount rainier national park in washington state margaret anderson was shot to death during a roadblock in the park yesterday morning authorities say that she was trying to stop 24 year-old benjamin barnes who had sped past a snow tire check point he is an iraq war veteran who is said to have survivalist skills rangers evacuator that park to search for him he is also a suspect in the shooting of four people at a new year's house party south of seattle ... and army soldier

no one knows what it really looks like inside and what to do with the fuel rods later on.n keep working and working, but there is no solution for fukushima. >> the government's plan for hideki we use too soon return appears curious alongside the lack of solutions. the representative tells us he is skeptical. he thinks it will be years before human beings can safely return to the ghost town. but that is not in the interest of the nuclear lobby, which is happy to talk in terms of just weeks. >> concerns about the future of fukushima's still waiting very heavily on japanese minds but thank you for joining us, and stay with dw-tv if you can. ♪ captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

iran announced they had produced the first rod which prosides fuel for nuclear reactors. that is an achievement that many experts believed iran was not capable of. john bolton says this narrows the window of time for iran to react. >> a month or so ago, he thought iran could have a nuclear system. the time in which they have to take military action against the iran and nuclear weapons program is very, very short. >> reporter: the missile test and announcement of construction of nuclear rods comes a day after president obama signed a measure that is designed to reduce iran's measure. many believe the sanction would be the toughest yet applied on iran. iran's currency slips to a record low today. >>> in other news of the world tonight, south korea's president today spoke of national television opening the door to possible nuclear talks with north korea. but he warned that should north korea provoke his country seoul would respond strongly. 50 south koreans died last year in attacks blamed on north korea. meantime north korea issued a statement saying they would defend kim j

it was pierced with a steel rod. which is highly unlikely in the real world. and then it was rotated, simulating a rollover, not in a second that you would expect on the road, but by an hour. and it was drenched, if you will, in fluid. coolant. it took seven days for a fire to occur. there was no explosion -- a fire. and that, at that point, after that extreme, what i would call not real-world situation, seven days, that's when they said they wanted to open a formal investigation. we notified our customers immediately after that. >> okay. thank you. we yield now to the gentleman from ohio, mr. kucinich. >> thank you, mr. akerson for being here. is the volt safe? >> it is very safe. >> do you, have you ever had any communication with anybody in the obama administration to ask them to provide some kind of consideration to gm with respect to the testing that you became aware of, not to disclose it, or to defer disclosure of it? >> absolutely not. >> and you're sure in terms of your staff, it didn't happen? >> i'm quite sure. i can't testify to that to 100%. >> bu

jen and rod are with us once again. the first one is an e-mail from erica. she writes, in today's market, we all go to the internet to find customers. with so much competition on the web, what are some things you would recommend to grow my online customer base? it's a general question, but i think a great one. how do you get to people? >> it is. i find that the facebook ads are really effective, done right, with the right wording, and it's cost effective. people would spend so much money on the google ads. that still is effective in the searches, but i like the facebook ads to create that online traffic too because it's influencing from your friends. it's influencing from your colleagues and peers. so people trust that more. >> and you can really target on facebook. >> very specific targeting. that, as well as constantly giving out education, that will never go away. constantly educating consumers in the area of expertise, whatever your business is. giving information away that constantly would drive them back to continue to get more information from you tha

its allies believe iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons but lacks the know-how to make the fuel rods on its own. the fear is that iran's nuclear program is now farther along than expected, meaning a show jeon over it may be closer than many thought. iran denies it has a weapons program. still, president obama is racheting up the pressure. he signed a bill this weekend to put the economic squeeze on iran, if the nuclear program is not shut down in six months. david? >> kelly cobiella tonight, thank you. >>> back in this country, and a major winter weather on the move tonight. first, the deadly winds across colorado. they reached over 100 miles per hour, roaring through the rockies, killing at least one man. cars and homes were damaged. and now a winter storm is hitting parts of the upper midwest with more than a foot of snow and bitterly cold temperatures. we want to bring in meteorologist jeff smith of wabc. what are we looking at? >> the coldest air mass since last winter, since last february. starting tomorrow, really. moving across parts of the upper midwest right now, if we look

. >>> iran says it has developed its first nuclear fuel rod. the big question, is this just the first step to nuclear weapons? general marks comes out front. >>> and your wife says she really likes farmville. what's she really doing on facebook? farmville? that's tonight's number. [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium rich tums goes to work in seconds. nothing works faster. ♪ tum ta tum tum tums >>> i stumbled across a story i couldn't believe. according to the british divorce website, divorceonline, yes, there is such a site, a third null all divorce petitions filed in the uk last year that cited unreasonable behavior also mentioned facebook. not kidding. that's a sharp increase from 2009 when one in five petitioners mentioned facebook as a reason they were fooling for divorce. this is probably why we have seen social media cheating sites popping up online. according to a rep from the company, quote, social networking has become the primary tool for communication and is taking over from text an