reliefon rouhani the of activities is going to cause problems with conservatives. we would like to see the agenda broadened, but the last thing we want to see happen is the negotiations fall through. i think they're going to have deep trouble dealing with the conservatives without loading on all of these other issues which are obviously important, but i do not think the time is right. >> it only becomes problematic if you try to make them an interval part of the same deal. the difference between deq and the united states is clear. we have had thousands of exchange students, successfully participating in academic programs in university programs -- in a european programs. across the board, these are programs that are not contested or controversial. they are welcomed. there is openness on the part of the hard-liners to look for more , people to people exchanges. i do not think it has the same sensitivity as the nuclear deal. city, these few of iran has been almost turned into a domestic issue. it is very difficult after decades of strained relations, of very little of

, around to engagement, rather than combativeness. >> do you believe that rouhani is genuine?> personally, i believe he is. he has come with that message. during the election campaign, and after the election campaign. he won a mandate. not a big one, 53%. nonetheless, it is a mandate. to improve relations not just with the west, but with the neighboring countries. >> the conventional wisdom is saudi arabia and iran are in a competition for influence in the gulf. there you have it. they see it as a zero-sum game. >> i think what is good for both of us is good. the area remains without nuclear weapons. at the area engages in negotiations and not conflict. that we don't interfere in each other's affairs. one of the problems we have had with iran, they interfere in syria. they have guards on the ground. they have asked hezbollah to interfere in lebanon. they have asked other malicious from iraq to interfere. they interfere in iraq. >> they would say it is not interfering. >> they have to show that is true. we can show that iranians are doing that. there are no saudi troops in syri

are they worried about whether rouhani is going to be able to deliver?es, i think all of the above. i think that they see that things are changing. i mean clearly, even the interim nuclear deal was a major hurdle with that which we cannot reach the finish line, however far ahead of us that maybe. these first steps are very, very important. and against the broader agenda of exchanges human rights regional affairs. there are many topics that these ambassadors and other diplomats work on very actively. and i think that they welcomed our visit to pick up on the discussions with officials and citizens alike. and that they saw that it had a major impact, and that it helps them to continue their work that there are of course so close to the fire they are not naÏve. neither i we. these are very, very difficult challenges, but without addressing them and without trying, you can never solve them. i think that is what i hope i can convey to people here in washington and where i hope that there can be a little bit more openness as well spent i think that's a perfect

katherine ashton arrived in tehran for meetings with high level iranian officials including president rouhani about that country's disputed nuclear program. her visit is a prelude to nuclear negotiations that resume on march 17th in vienna between iran and the world's six leading powers. >>> back in the u.s., the annual capture and slaughter of bison in yellowstone national park has ended. more than 260 bison have been killed so far this year and a similar number have been captured and shipped for slaughter. it's all part of a plan to limit the bison population in the park to 3,000. ranchers near the park claim bison spread disease and reduce grazing land for cattle. wildlife advocates oppose the program saying there's room for more bison in the park. >>> there's been a major archaeological find. a 3,000-year-old burial site containing the remains of five people has been unearthed in peru. archaeologists found tools, necklaces at the site. it's believed to date from the pre incan area. it's the first time human remains that old have been found there. >>> it's been a week now since russian for

. >> you will go to iran as the president rouhani? >> yeah, sure. the foreign seeing minister and i hope the president. -- i am definitely going to see the foreign minister and i hope the president. we have talked to them. relationsery good with the government into syria. it is great. you should encourage them to talk to the people. that is what the iranians said. peaceful negotiated settlement. when one side is doing well, it does not really mean the other side will not win. >> these forces -- >> they said they are not. they have advisors only. others say there are lots of iranians with hezbollah and iraqis. i do not know myself. >> if assad leaves for whatever reason, nobody knows. why you cannot leave it to chance. the regime that exists for the moment was built by the father of the current president. -- the keystone. john went to take the keystone before you made -- you do not want to take the keystone before you made arrangements. you have to make sure it you need to make sure that institutions are there. moves --in the country orderly manner a

. >> president hassan rouhani spoke out and said its peoples own beliefs are the reason why they're not looking to create a nuclear system. >> weapons of mass destruction. that's our red line. not because of what some resolution or convention said. we signed the treaty and showed the world we were not after such weapons. even if there were no treaty, our beliefs, our faith, our reasonable and principles tell us not to seek after weapons of mass destruction. if iran were after weapons of mass destruction, it would make chemical weapons which is are easy to make. >> in libya an officer killed. the reason recent attacks have targeted police and army officers in the city. >>> egypt has sworn in its latest interim government. there are 12 new ministers and 18 old faces. as nicole johnson reports, it's still not clear why the old cabinet resigned or whether it was forced to. >> reporter: egypt's president has sworn in a new government. the housing minister was the first to take the oath. however many egyptians wait to see what they will do. there was speculation that he would design permanent

when she arrived here, they hailed her visits a great achievement of president rouhani's administrationthey look forward to an improvement with the wider international community. but as she gets ready to leave there's a harsher reaction from the hard line media and members of parliament who say they shouldn't be here to raise issues of human rights. they are using it as a cover to interfere with iran again. it underlines this is the beginning of an important conversation. but these are two countries, two areas that look at key issues very, very differently. the way catherine ashton, it's a mirror. you come from two very different sides. many other world leaders are hoping that somehow from two very different sets of interesting they can somehow come to a common understanding. iran is a major player in the region. a major player in countries like syria. catherine ashton thinks in every single meeting she had here she brought up the terrible war in syria. many believe iran must be engaged and brought back in the fold. some say it has to be on those mutually acceptable. >> lyse, many thank

when rouhani took over, -- everyone rejoiced. the window is open. we can broaden it. the consensus in washington is that at the nuclear deal falls through, we are in deep trouble. to put on rouhani the relief of activities is going to cause problems with conservatives. -- the responsibility of these other activities is going to cause problems with conservatives. we would like to see the agenda broadened, but the last thing we want to see happen is the negotiations fall through. i think they're going to have deep trouble dealing with the conservatives without loading on all of these other issues which are obviously important, but i do not think the time is right. >> it only becomes problematic if you try to make them an interval part of the same deal. -- an integral part of the same deal. the difference between deq and the united states is clear. we have had thousands of exchange students, successfully participating in academic programs in european university programs. across the board, these are programs that are not contested or controversial. they are welcomed. ther

he says the west is buying it and i have seen rouhani and talked at length to many in our government negotiating this. i can't tell you what the final deal could look like but i have to say i know a lot of people are listening to him since he's come to washington. >> as far as the israeli-palestinian peace process, the prime minister actually sounded a bit optimistic today. i'll play a little clip. listen to this. >> peace is israel's highest aspiration. i'm prepared to make a historic peace with our palestinian neighbors. a peace that would end a century of conflict and bloodshed. this would be good for us, this would be good for the palestinians. but peace would also open up the possibility of establishing formal ties between israel and leading countries in the arab world. >> sort of sounds a little bit like john kerry. i've heard john kerry make those same points, and jeffrey goldbe goldberg, who was here on our program yesterday when he interviewed the president of the united states about the peace process yesterday, he tweeted that netanyahu was selling the benefits of peace, ho

in these geopolitical rivalry it's absolutely possible but i do think it conflicts with what the rouhani government strategy is in iran which is a little bit different than what the supreme leader's strategy is in iran the supreme leader's strategy is is direct confrontation with the united states the rouhani government strategy is to maintain many of the long. republics policies but to try and achieve some sort of rapprochement with the international community you know they may not be ready to pay the cost of what that entails and they've given no indication that they're ready to stop the i.r.g.c. terrorist activities in places like the levant and in the gulf and that's actually what motivates the saudis to push hard when it comes to iran issues and something that the united states personally i think could be doing a little bit more on certainly russia could do more on it as well well dr weinberg unfortunately we have to leave it there i appreciate you being on the show and to our viewers yorks on to keep the conversation going on our twitter you tube and facebook pages and i hope to he

president rouhani was possible because of the interim court. america provided leadership there, so i really applaud president obama's role in all these major issues. and it is necessary, because the united states is the leader of the free world and needs to provide leadership, and he's doing that. then your question about president putin, i cannot -- it's difficult to exactly judge what is happening in the senior leadership in moscow, in russia, at this moment, but as i said earlier, a highly undiversified economy like the russian economy, which is so much oil and gas dependent, which has not invested in infrastructure, invested in other areas of its economy, it will be worried in a risk in the financial sector or in weapons or in trade or indeed in energy, there could be potential sanctions that will hurt them. as i said earlier, we have to resign and accentuate it will particularly hit russia and not europe, the u.s., canada, or japan. that's what we are working on, and we hope we will meet it. on the red line, i cannot envision this conflict

i spoke with president rouhani at the economic forum in january. we have a -- i was able first dutch leader in over 30, 40 years, which spoke to an iranian leader, president rowhani. because it was possible because of the interim accord and seems it is holding. america provided leadership there. so i really applaud president obama's role in all these major issues. and it is necessary because the united states is the leader of the free world and needs to provide the leadership. and he is doing that. on your question about president putin, i can not, very difficult to exactly judge what is happening in the senior leadership in moscow, in russia at this moment but as i said earlier a highly undiversified like the russian economy which is so much oil and gas dependent, which has not invested in infrastructure, invested in other areas of its economy, it will be worried if there is a risk in the financial sector or in weapons or in trade or indeed in energy, that there could be potential sanctions that will hurt them. that's what i said earlier we have t

what was iran's a driving force in abandoning any new plan military ambition so only why president rouhani has been explaining that really true and atomic weapons don't mix. last week has had a facelift as well as governing bodies letting women players to keep their heads covered already just reasons on the bridge. talking islamophobia proving a major headache for britain after soaring levels of crimes against muslims in london since the middle of last year but the authorities have a bottle in the hands reports now on a self-styled christian patrol threatening to inflame community tensions in the capital. i don't want to be so harsh on the big groups given the christian proliferates there's any patrol in town also in the hills of the small but make sure it's muslim patrols any political group calling themselves britain first have responded by forming what they've dubbed christie and patrols and this patrol comes complete with vehicles on the bullet proof the whole thing is off the tee joins the list they took to the streets in east london where we had in full. why the area in particular be