he was in tehran last month. he got a special meeting with the supreme leader who doesn't give these meetings very easily. last time was with putin. ahmadinejad keeps on coming to istanbul because part of the standard diplomatic protocol is to visit and ahmadinejad might have an issue with a staunchly secular founder of a republic in which religion has no place. now the fact that they are doing this repeatedly is interesting in itself. and aside from that you have all the economic cooperation that has been vastly flowering in the past few years. we have seen recently that perhaps the sale of the 10 unmanned vehicles are going from israel to turkey and that relationship might be edging back on track again. certainly what there appears to be doing is lines in an intelligent. we have thrust and influence with these actors that you don't necessarily agree with that you don't have so they will listen to us. on the other hand, this plays very well with the muslim world. turkey is about to take over and they will need t

obama said that time is running out for tehran to do something about its nuclear program.e said the u.s. and russia will keep pushing iran diplomatic alley and there are other options if that fails. but he didn't offer any details. >>> president barack obama couldn't bring home the olympics, but he's bringing home some tourism to his home state. the united states will host the apex summit in hawaii in 2011. the host gets to dictate what guests wear for the summit's official picture. the president says he looks forward to seeing the other leaders decked out in flowered shirts and grass skirts. >>> some guantanamo bay detainees could be transferred to this prison in northern illinois. two obama administration officials tell cnn federal officials will visit the correctional center tomorrow, about 150 miles west of chicago. illinois governor pat quinn described the prison as state of the art and virtually empty. the obama administration promised to close guantanamo by january with 22nd, but it's having trouble meeting that deadline. >> we know now, after many months in office,

obama said that time is running out for tehran to do something about its nuclear program.e said that u.s. and russia will keep pushing iran diplomatically and that there are other options if that fails, but he didn't offer any details. >>> president barack obama couldn't bring home the olympics, but he's bringing some tourism to his home state. the united states will host the apec summit in hawaii in 2011. now, the host gets to dictate what guests wear for the summit's official picture. the summit says he looks forward to seeing the other leaders decked out in flower shirts and grass skirts. >>> some guantanamo bay detainees could be transferred to this prison in northern illinois. two obama administration officials tell cnn federal officials will visit the thomson correctional center tomorrow, about 150 miles west of chicago. governor pat quinn described the facility as state of the art and virtually empty. >> we now know, after many months in office, that there aren't nations out there who are going to take these 200 or so detainees left in guantanamo. so the idea of rel

obama said that time is running out for tehran to do something about its nuclear program. said the u.s. and russia will keep pushing iran diplomatically and there are other option that fails but he didn't offer details. >>> president barack obama couldn't bring home the olympics but he's bringing some tourism to his home state. the united states will host the apec summit in hawaii in 2011. the host gets to dictate what guests wear for the summit's official picture. president says he looks forward to seeing the other leaders decked ot in flowered shirts and grass skirts. >>> some guantanamo bay detainees could be transferred to this prison in northern illinois. two obama officials tell cnn federal officials will visit the center tomorrow west of chicago. illinois governor pat quinn described the prison as state of the art and virtually empty. the obama administration promised to close guantanamo by january 22 but it's having trouble meeting that deadline. >> we now know after many months in office that there aren't nations throughout who are going to take these 200 or so de

he also lived in tehran for three years of pursuing graduate studies.he was reporting on iran's presidential elections last june on a grant from the pulitzer center when he was jailed at the direction of iran's intelligence ministry and held for nearly three weeks in solitary confinement. he was a consultant on a death in iran, a documentary for the bbc and front line, that aired earlier this month. barbara is one of the most experience diplomatic correspondence and editors in washington. currently assistant managing editor of the "washington times," she is responsible for world and national security coverage. she previously served as a senior diplomat reporter for "usa today" and has also written for "newsday," "the new york times," "newsweek," and "the economist." she's the author of "bitter friends, but some enemies: iran, the u.s., and twisted past two confrontation." i want to take some time to tell you about the pulitzer center and how we became involved with this project. the pulitzer center is a non- profit journalism organization founded almost

you're going to hear discordant voices, but i go back again to the negotiations that got us out of tehran back in 1981, the domestic political situation at that point was in turmoil. but they struck -- they did strike a deal. in terms of the domestic situation itself, that is of course -- i can always fall back on the words of the analysts like berkey and opaque, but one thing is clear. that the system that's been in place for about dirty years, where you have a ruling meant the club of about 25 senior people, these people include names that are familiar to i think most people here. people like khamenei himself. and these people have been important since night in 79. and have remained the core elite of the islamic republic as others came and went, came and went. two things are happening to that group. one, to quote the scholar he said their average age is now deceased. [laughter] they are getting old. they are departing, but more important the consensus which has existed among this group is breaking down. and among bees insiders on his cohesion allowed the islamic republic to survive some

they have been in prison in tehran since then. paul's brother talked to cnn about his brother and the others. >> we were very happy that they got a second visit. that was definitely good news. but it doesn't ease our minds entirely. we're worried about them. we think they're probably very isolated. in that visit, i think the swiss ambassador was able to convey to them some of the efforts under way in the outside world to try to get them released, and hopefully that will be a means to kind of reduce the isolation they're feeling. we're having difficulty getting information, we can only imagine how difficult it must be for sha shara, shane and josh who are in a prison in tehran. >> they have charged the three hik hikers for illegally entering the country, however, their family says it was an accident. >>> the final repairs on the san francisco bay bridge were finished this morning. >> safety has been our priority. we have taken our time to make sure we have gotten the exact alignment that we want, that all the steel is in place that

one by government supporters marched the 30th anniversary of the seizure in tehran. islamic students stormed the compound and held 52 americans hostage for 444 days. it's time for the iranian government to focus on the past or make choices to open the door to prosperity and justice for its people. >>> the justice of the peace who refused to marry an interracial couple in louisiana has resigned. keith bardwell has said he doesn't regret his decision. but he told affiliate wbrz in bay on the rouge that he was advised to step down after they file ad discrimination lawsuit against him. >>> some robbers had to run for their lives when they came face-to-face with an 80-year-old man. he pulled out his gun when four people tried to rob his jewelry store. one robber fired at him first. he fired back. in one attack he was tied up and the robbers took everything. that's changing today with the unveiling of a five-year turn around scheme. poppy harlow joins us now. what are we hearg from chrysler? >> quite an event with chrysler. this is a marathon six-hour call. it's going on r

and he had the honorable or the dubious honor of being in tehran in 1979 during the hostage takeover and spent 14 months as a hostage along with other americans. and afterwards when he came out, he received the state department's highest award, the distinguished service award as well as the award for valor. ambassador limbert later went on to have a distinguished career in the state department serving in many fine and easy posts like algeria, saudi arabia, and finally at the uae and as ambassador of mauritania from 2000-2003. your poor wife. [laughter] my father got all the hardship posts as well, so i know how it is. in 2003 he was one of the first civilian officials to enter baghdad for humanitarian assistance. mr. limbert has been a distinguished professor of international affairs at the u.s. naval academy, he's authored two other books, "iran: war with history" among one of them. i should note he is here today speaking not in his capacity as the deputy but in capacity as author of negotiating with iran. if we want to ask him questions in his role. anyway, please, join me in welco

after khamenei's speech, four agents of the revolutionary guards came knocking on the door of his tehranore i could see them. they were... there were four of them, and all of a sudden, i was smelling sweat and rose water, because many iranian officials, they wear rose water because they don't take shower that much. >> simon: bahari was taken to iran's notorious evin prison, a sprawling modern complex built by the shah. under his rule, and under that of the islamic regime, it became infamous for torture and executions. when bahari was brought to his cell, his blindfold was taken off, and he literally saw the writing on the wall. >> bahari: one was, "help me, god." the second one was, "oh, my god, i repent." and the third one was, "god have mercy on me." >> simon: his first interrogation began almost immediately. >> bahari: my interrogator hit the wall, which i think it was in front of me and... >> simon: he hit the wall? >> bahari: he hit the wall. and he said, "this is the end of your life. this is the end for you, mr. bahari, so tell us whatever you know about your activities." >> simon

. >> unofficially -- [laughter] unofficially, her majesty's government is sending her to tehran as the deputy chief of the mission. she will be replaced. she will be succeeded but she cannot be replaced she has done an unbelievable job. i work with many people on loan to the department and i have never seen anyone do the job that she has. we will sorely miss her. we are also reorganizing our international outrage. there are about 25-26 counterparts to my job now, established since this job was set up. the germans have been coordinating that effort. with the elections behind us, we will be intensifying our efforts on coordination, coordinating the international effort. the germans are appointing a new counterpart as part of the agreement between the cdu and the ftp. we don't know who that will be unless that was announced today they will remain the coordinator but we have agreed to set up an international cell here in the building that will do much of the work. we will accelerate our international process. net report in the secretary's trip -- some of you were on the trip and some or no

diplomat who was one of the hostages in tehran.umbia university professor gary sitt, author of the blog on iran and president of jimmy carter's security council, and joining me again, ibrahim asgharzdeh, one of the mastermind of the hostagetaking. you saw one of the spokesmen for the students there. what was your reaction when you heard her now just personal? >> i never had the pleasure of meeting her until the end. i understand that her name is milufah and not masumeh. after the revolution people did make some changes. now whatever it is, what i -- what i'm hearing, christiane, is an awful lot of rationalization for an act that people know was -- was an ugly act. and a very -- and an act with very negative consequences for iran, for iranians. and as much as they rationi izl it, as much as they say we were young, we were this, we were that -- >> you wrote "negotiating with iran and the ghosts of the past." >> right. >> these are the ghosts of the past. can you get over them? >> of course. you need to call in the ghostbusters. and b

i was curious to find out from chris werner that actually in tehran was of the creator of this whole idea of carbon credits. and carmen offsets and it was one more thing that could be traded on wall street. >> guest: you have firms like goldman sachs lobbying congress for capt. training and their interest is totally financial and you have individuals like al gore who no doubt is sincere about environmental activism but really treated the situation where his advocacy has led to business investment and lead to a taxpayer dollars supporting businesses that he's associated with. >> host: what you hope that people take away from us? we have a look little time left. would you hold the average american watching this show will take away from "architects of ruin"? >> guest: capitalism did not fail us, it was a failure of leadership in washington and colleagues, and government, a failure in wall street and it's not the bastion of free market capitalism people think it is. it is becoming in affecting many of the federal government with all the bailouts so don't blame capitalism. trust in the am

ambassador could the negotiation between tehran and washington, do you think the subject of human rights should be included? >> my name is wrong with washington tv. your talk discussed bilateral relations however talks of the multilateral for many years, number one. number two their actors that have the interest in the results of negotiations that are not part of it, namely israel and the arab world so how the factor that into this world? >> yes, i would also like to ask about iran's role in the region particularly with respect to afghanistan both positive and negative mac and how does that factor into any negotiations and is that something that can be used in the negotiations? >> okay. let's see how we do this. it gets that-- the question you asked about sunni-shia issues, it seems to me to get back to this pendulum swing we talked about between state and cause, and which one prevailed. it is very clear to me that the priority for the islamic republic in the last 30 years has been its survival and it will do what needs to be done to survive. and particularly the leaders will do what the

tehran previously accused the british of helping to incite the protest that followed the controversialsidential election back in june. and in a letter to oxford university, the iranian embassy reiterated those beliefs, and also said that the college is taking advantage of neda's death by naming the scholarship after her. the school defends itself saying donors are free to name scholarships and that the school is always interested in financial support for its students. >> to be continued. virginia, thank you so much, appreciate it. >> reporter: you bet. >>> the sheriff investigate the the balloon boy case in colorado will not face criminal charges. the boy's family's attorney says the sheriff violated privacy laws when he said child welfare workers were involved in the investigation. but the d.a. said the sheriff did not disclose any information he wasn't supposed to. the family's lawyer says this is typical law enforcement whitewash. you'll remember the boy's family is publicly denied that they ever falsely reported he was in that balloon. >>> a tennessee woman who went to mcdonald's f

embassy in tehran and held 52 americans hostage for more than 400 days. one of the hostages spoke with christian christi christian amanpour on cnn. >> we didn't expect to last that long, but what they did was create a climate of lawlessness and mob rule that they and their compatriots are today the greatest victims. >> iran's government holds rallies every year to celebrate that event, but today that's something different. anti-government protestors are also on the street and reports of clashes with police. no word, though, about injuries yet. >>> well, three missing north dakota softball players were found dead tuesday in a jeep in a pond. here's rafer with more. it's just so sad. >> they think a couple distress calls went out. authorities have been looking for them since late sunday night. they are kyrstin gemar, ashley neufeld and of a top son wiafto. they were found inside their jeep on a farm near dickinson state university. that's where the three starred on a softball team. it's believed they were star gazing. but authorities did describe a couple o

embassy in tehran. islamic students storld the compound and held 52 americans hostage. in a statement president obama said it's time for the government to decide whether it's wants to focus on the past or make choices that will open the door to greater opportunity, prosperity and justice for its people. that's a quote. >>> americans exercise the power of the ballot once again. and raise in some cases more questions than they answer. what were voters thinking, do you think, as they went or you perhaps went to the polls in the off-year election. share your views on hln. republican party insists he's not gloating, but admits he's smiling about the results of the off-year elections here. the gop, of course, won elections for governor in two states, taking both seats away from democrats. but in new york, congressional seat that was in republican hands for a century is not any longer. let's break this down for you. former u.s. attorney chris christie is the first republican to win a statewide new jersey race in more than a decade. incumbent democrat jon corzine spent twice as

and he had the honorable in being in tehran during the hostage take over.pent 14 months as a hostage. he received the state department highest award, the distinguished service award, as well as the award for valor. he went on to have the distinguished career in the state department, serving in many fine and easy posts like djibouti, and finally ambassador in 2000 to 2003. your poor wife. my family got all of the hardship posts as well. i know how it is. in 2003 he was one of the first to enter baghdad with the organization of reconstruction and humanitarian assistance. since his retirement, it's he's a distinguished professor of the international affairs. he's authored two other books, iran, war with history, and sha rod in the age. i should note that he is here today, speaking not in his capacity as the das, but in the capacity as the author of "negotiating with iran" that needs to be made clear for all of the question who wants to ask him questions in the role as the das. please join me in welcoming jim limbert. >> well, thank you all for coming out today

[laughter] >> unofficially, the government is sending her to tehran has the deputy chief of mission. she will be replaced, she will be succeeded, but she can't be replaced. she's done an unbelievable job. i've worked with a lot of people who were in the department. i've never seen anybody who has done a good adds job as jane. we will sorely miss her. let's see. what else do i want to say. we are also a real organizizing our international outreach. and the count parts of about 25 or 26 count parts to my job now. since the job was set up. and the germans has been coordinating that effort. and with the elections now behind us. we're going to be intensifying our effort on coordination, coordinating the international effort. the germans are appointing a new counterpart. it's part of the agreement between the cdu and the fdp. we don't know what that will be yet, unless it is announced today. and they will remain the coordinator, but we've agreed to et up an international cell here in the building which will do a lot of the work. so we are going to accelerate our international process. a ma

. >> unofficially -- unofficially, her majesty's government is spending -- sending her to tehran as the deputy chief of mission. she will be relaced, she will be succeeded but can't be are placed. she's done an unbelievable job and i worked with a lot of people who were on loan to the department, i've never seen anyone who did a job as good as jane and we will sorely miss her. what else do i want to say about this team? we are also reorganizing our international outreach and the counterparts, there are about 25 or 26 counterparts to my job now, established since this job was set up. and the germans have been coordinating that effort. and with the elections now behind us, we're going to be intensifying our effort on coordination -- coordinating the international effort. the germans are appointing a new counterpart as part of the agreement between the c.d.u. and the f.t.c. we don't know who that will be yet, unless it was announced today. and they will remain the coordinator, but we agreed to set up an international cell here in the building which will do a lot of the work. we're going to

service as a first-class of foreign intelligence officers taken after the hostages were seized in tehran. i have i guess the benefit or may be burdened -- i'm not sure which -- of having served in all three of the administration's that we are talking about, both bush 41, the clinton administration where i worked briefly for walt, and in later with him, and then the 43 administration, and worked there with philip on a number of issues, so i am actually pleased to be on this panel with both of them. i chose to focus on a narrow subject, which was what paul wolfowitz earlier called today the infamous 1992 defense planning guidance. that was the very same term that derricks l.a. and general tire used to describe it as well. if you go with, you will come up with something like 90,000 hits. i think the only other national security document that comes even close is nsc 68 -- a few google -- if you google it. the dpg has been the subject of all sorts of speculation. fitzgerald in the "new yorker review" books said it was a minority view and bush 41 and became a majority view in bush 43 and sugge

time is running out for tehran to do something about its nuclear program. the u.s. and russia will keep pushing iran diplomatically and there are other options if that fa fails, but he didn't offer any details. >>> president barack obama couldn't bring home the olympics, but he's bringing some tourism to his home state. the united states will host the apec summit in hawaii in 2011. the host gets to dictate what the guests wear. the president says he looks forward to seeing the other leaders decked out. >>> some guantanamo bay detainees could be transferred to this prison in northern illinois. two obama administration official os tell cnn that federal officials will viz that thompson correctional center tomorrow about 150 miles west of chicago. described the president's state of the art and virtually empty. the obama administration promised to close guantanamo by january 22nd, but it's having trouble meeting that deadline. we now know after many months in office that there aren't nations out there going to take these 200 detainees or so left in guantanamo and the ide

this tehran proposal is a good one and can go along when addressing a number of concerns that the international community has. it certainly would be a important confidence-building measure. it is really up to their government. >> legally, officially, has the actually said that they're not going to do this? there has been so much back and forth. maybe they will, maybe they won't. what is the official version from the government, if there is one? >> as far as i know, they have not responded formally to this proposal. we have heard a lot of soundings. he addressed those yesterday. you know, we just hope that iran will give a positive answer to this proposal. that is the best i can help you with on that. >> are china and russia on the same page? are they willing to discuss the measures against iran or new sanctions? >> i do not wish to speak for other government, but i can tell you that the p5 plus one has been of one mind to approach of their nuclear program three two track approach. both countries, like the other members, agreed that we've concerns about their nuclear activities that need to be a

. >> unofficially her majesty's government is sending her to tehran as the deputy chief of mission. she will be replaced, succeeded but can't be replaced. she's done an unbelievable job. i worked with a lot of people who were on loan to the department. i've never seen anyone who did a job as good as jane. and we will sorely miss her. what else did i want to say about this team? we are also reorganizing our international outreach. the counterparts, about 25 or 26 counterparts to my job now established since this job was set up. and the germans had been coort naturing that effort. -- coordinating that effort. with the elections now behind us we're going to be intensifying our effort on coordinating the international effort. the germans are appointing a new counterpart as part of the agreement between the c.d.u. and the f.d.p. we don't know who that will be yet unless it was announced today. and they will remain the coordinator. but we've agreed to set off an international cell here in the building which will do a lot of the work. so we are going to accelerate our international process