he says rohani has the ability to move the dialogue forward. >> translator: rohani is a tenacious negotiator. he can get the west to understand iran's position. he will advance talks with respect for both sides' claims. i think that tensions will ease. >> reporter: both at home and abroad, all eyes will be on iran after rohani takes office. nhk world, tehran. >>> japanese held an upper house election over the weekend. on monday, investors welcomed the victory by the liberal democratic party and its coalition partner. for what's happening today, ai uchida joins from us the business desk. ai, good morning. >> good morning. investors may be looking at overseas data. u.s. stock prices actually managed to show modest gains. investors did see lackluster housing data and some weak corporate earnings. the dow jones gained less than 2 points to end at 15,545, weighed by disappointing earnings from mcdonald's. for more on the markets here in japan, let's go to the tokyo stock exchange. how are the markets starting off this morning? >> good morning. we're looking at a quite negative start at the moment

the white house says it sees rohani's election as ahelpful s. however, as positive a sign as rohani's election may be, in iran, the supreme leader ayatollah khomeini has the final word. it's been over a week since former national security agency contractor edward snowden identified himself as the leaker of top-secret documents about u.s. surveillance programs. members of congress have questions about how deep the nsa spied on americans' internet activity and phone calls. the president says the nsa has not violated the privacy of americans. meanwhile, the nsa sent a letter to congress defending its programs, stating it prevented dozens of terrorist attacks in the u.s. and in more than 20 countries. for "teen kids news," i'm david lee miller, "fox news channel in the classroom." >> we're going to take you back to the early 1940s. world war ii was raging. here at home, the u.s. government put into play a drastic policy. people of japanese ancestry, many of them u.s. citizens, suddenly found themselves the victims of fear and discrimination. althoug

. >> wendy: well, iran has a new president, president rohani. it factorod news for your in at all?> at the same day he was elected, there was a christian a few years in prison -- above rohani is the supreme leader, who really controls everything, and his policy towards christianity has always been the same, that they see it as a threat to their national security. and i don't see much of a change. i hope they try to present -- try to bring more freedom for the christians and release saeed, but -- >> wendy: but right now you don't think it will make much of a difference? >> i don't think it will make much of a difference. >> wendy: naghmeh, you were born in iran to muslim parents -- how did you become a christian? >> god's grace. i was always seeking him. i grew up when i was very young in iran, and there was a war and there were bombs, and it was a war with iran and iraq. that made me think about who is god, where is he? i tried to find him through islam. and at the young age, 8 or 9. and when i came to the states, my brother had a vision of christ, and he said, i'm the way, the tru

rohani is confirmed inaugurated into the presidency of iran. o with that i will reserve time, i do have a number of speakers just in case we're ready for that. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from minnesota reserves his time. the gentleman from new york is recognized for 10 minutes. the gentleman from new york is recognized for three minutes. mr. engel: i rise in support of h.r. 850, the nuclear iran prevention act. it's been a pleasure to work with chairman royce to craft this bipartisan legislation, which by the way passed unanimously in the foreign affairs committee. every republican, every democrat voted yes on this. it now has 370 co-sponsors. we share the goal of preventing a nuclear capable iran and i could not ask for a better partner than mr. royce in this effort. mr. speaker, i think all of us agree that a nuclear capable iran would pose a grave threat to the u.s., a threat to our allies in the region and a threat to the future of the global nonproliferation regime. and all of us are aware that iran has violated numerous u.n. s