there's iranian influence in lebanon, syria iraq, yemen bahrain. this is the truth.this weapon is just the most dangerous part of it. our president should never have entered into these negotiations. [applause] the international sanctions with u.s. unilateral sanctions are having a devastating impact, and the choice is clear. you can have bigger ambitions or an economy, but you can't have both. the strain was threatening the regime stability, and that's why the decided to come to the table, but they knew that when they sit down that this president wanted to deal worse than they did. john kerry wanted this deal worse than they did. now we've been able to disrupt the entire international sanctions regime. china and russia are all in. the chinese are saying they will build reactors. now all we have is the opportunity to impose unilateral sanctions. here's the last hard truth. we may have to decide what is worse, a military strike against iran or new care armed iran. i don't want to to be war, but a nuclear iran is an unacceptable risks for the region and the world. [appl

the iranians do not feel restrained in their influence in yemen, saudi arabia bahrain and eastern saudi arabia. >> what impact could another major power have? >> that is something the saudi's, egyptians and saudi arabians will have to address. will they inject ground forces into the battle? not just air support. you have pakistani, inattention, and saudi forces joining on the ground. you have battlelines in the regional war beginning to emerge. >> and increasingly toxic mix. thank you for joining me. hundreds of flights to and from france has been canceled as air traffic controllers hold a two-day strike over working conditions. half the flights were canceled in and out of the country. taiwan is rationing water supplies for more than one million households. it is tackling its worst drought in years. reduced rainfall has left water levels and reservoirs below capacity. you are watching "bbc world news america". still to come, using social media to search for loved ones. in mexico, the painstaking process is being held by reaching out online. -- is being helped by reaching out online. rus

. >> yemen and bahrain. you're starting to see that.ou're going to continue to see the spread of iranian influence in the region, but in addition, we have multiple instances of iranian sponsorship of terrorism including an effort to assassinate the saudi ambassador a couple of years ago in washington, d.c. >> we're going to take a break. we'll come back. more with senator marco rubio. he announced he's running for president. also we're going to be asking your questions as we continue. stick around. >> i know my candidacy might seem improbable to some watching from abroad. after all, in many countries, the highest office in the land is reserved for the rich and the powerful. but i live in an exceptional country. i live in an exceptional country where even the son of a bartender and a maid can have the same dream. ♪ if you're looking for a car that drives you... ...and takes the wheel right from your very hands... ...this isn't that car. the first and only car with direct adaptive steering. ♪ the 328 horsepower q50 from infiniti. if you'r

yemen now. you find in bahrain. it is the most dangerous part of it.we should never have entered into these negotiations. [applause] the international sanctions and combination with u.s. electoral sanctions have a devastating effect on iran, and the choice of them is clear, you can have nuclear ambitions or you can have an economy but you cannot have both. it was having a real strain on them and threatening the regime's instability, and that is why they came to the table. they knew that this president wanted the deal worse than they did. john kerry wanted this deal worse than they did. what we have been ill to do is basically disrupt the entire international sanctions regime. china and russia -- the russians have already sold antiaircraft weapons. the chinese are going to build reactors. bring those international sanctions is going to be difficult. here's the last truth. we may have to decide at some point what is worse, what is worse? a military strike against iran or nuclear armed iran? i will say this, i don't want there to be military force, but nu

had engaged iran in nuclear negotiations as well as negotiations about the future of the bahrain or future of yemen or future of iraq, imagine then what the saudis and other arab countries would accept. that the u.s. is already rewarding iran as a major regional power. i think they have to go step by step. we've had 35 years of mutual animosity of iran and the united states, and i don't think we're going to be able to become friends. but what we can become rather than strategic enemies, we can become strategic rivals at first, develop mechanism to resolve differences and eventually over a period of five to ten years i can see a much brighter future. >> joining us from florida genevieve with me in washington. thanks. >> thank you. >> the deadline came and went in switzerland and the talks are not over. but don't pop the champagne corks yet, still hanging over the obama administration, a delicate phase of the negotiations while iran pushes mightily to get out from under sanctions that are already in place. risks still remain for the president here at home. that's still ahead on "inside story." stay w

iran's relationship with the its influence over she immunities in bahrain and yemen now, there is a concern about what the united states will do and that is great on their part. they are concerned the u.s. might even consent to irani an -- in the region. when we talk about al qaeda, the states are asking that the u.s. equal amount of attention to iranian backed militia in syria and iraq and elsewhere. if we do not do that, we are only concentrating on city jihadists. it concerns them greatly. about the uae in particular they have a special reason for being skeptical about iran. i was specifically asked to address this issue, so i will. it concerns the three islands in the approaches to the shipping lanes inside the gulf to the west of the strait. by line-up on the shipping lanes. if you control them, you control the shipping lanes for a period of time. the shaw of iran wanted those islands and took them just before the uae became independent in early december 1971. he explained he wanted them for strategic reasons because he is concerned radicals in the region white take them -- might take

morning about the saudi and other action in yemen and in particular the number of partners that have been part of this, in addition to saudi arabia, bahrain kwater, there is reports that egypt is involved and surprisingly pakistan and sudan. so nine nations springing into action to cover the houthi takeover in yemen. i want to see a region trying to stand up and deal with its own problems rather than telling us quietly they think it is a problem and not doing anything. but i was struck by the fact the nine nations haven't come together and acted with dispatch against isil. they are involved but not acting with dispatch against isil, even nearly a near into isil's sort of accelerating taking of territory in syria and iraq. as experts who spend time in region, what explains why the nine nations would react with such speed and force to the houthi takeover in yemen but not so engaged in the fight against isil? >> sir like you, i'm very encouraged that we've seen what we've seen here recently with the number of nations coming together to address a problem. the core of these nations are gcc nations. and i certainly believe that they all think t

today iran is an active sponsor of terrorism in lebanon in syria, in iraq in yemen in bahrain in latinamerica and in europe. this is the same government that tried to assassinate the saudi ambassador here in washington d.c. this is the same iranian government that blew up a jewish center in buenos aires. this is the same iranian government that tried to detonate a bomb in uruguay. they use terrorism the way normal countries use diplomacy and now we're going to turn over billions of dollars to them? and the reason why it has something to do with israel is, what do you think they are going to do when they have even more money to carry this out? they're going to invest it not just in their nuclear program they're going to invest it in their sponsorship of terrorism and they're going to invest it in their long-range rockets. and what have they told us they want to do with this increased capacity? what have they told us is the chief goal of this government in iran? why do they need this terrorism? why do they need these weapons? why do they need these long-range rockets? well let's take the

yemen? >> yes senator i think that that's true. >> so the other thing i wanted to ask general austin, bahrain we have an important partnership in bahrain do we not? in fact, we have the location there of the united states fifth lead, is that correct? >> that is correct. >> what is iran doing with regard to the bahrain government which is a sunni government. as i understand it they are also trying to destabilize that government, which would, of course, in my view, threaten our interests there? >> correct, senator we see the same reach through the shia population, which increases sectarian tension and serves as a destabilizing effect. >> which you know obviously bahrain is a different country than yemen, but it's a similar playbook in a different country. is it not? >> it's a similar approach. >> similar approach but, obviously, they're very different countries? >> yes, ma'am. >> but i think you need to be clear here what iran's activities have been and as i look at your testimony, one of the things you pointed out, general austin, that the iran routinely engages in the line activity through th

yemen and egypt announced nuclear power plans that same year followed by syria and jordan in 2007. bahrain and united arab emirates in 2008 and in the 1950s it began building a reactor in demona. just last week, jordan signed an agreement with russia. >> it's taken years of research and negotiations to get to this point. jordan and russia have signed and agreement word $10 billion setting the legal basis for building jordan's first nuclear power plant. nuclear firm will build a plant operational by 2022. over the last few years energy poor jordan has sunk in departments. turmoil in egypt has cut off its supply of chief natural gas and the conflict in iraq has done the same for oil shipments there there. jordan spent billions of dollars generating electricity each year. now government believes nuclear is the way to go. >> the fact that it has been breeding and losing on an average of $3 billion u.s. every year. so nuclear power is definitely one of the solutions to graduate from total dependency on oil and gas. >> reporter: but there is widespread opposition to building a nuclear power plan

bahrain. there in yemen all these are heirs of great concern to the people of the region. this is irrespective of the nuclear negotiations. the issue of the nuclear negotiations can i do know that i would characterize it as the iranians excluding the gulf countries from the talks but i think it was set up to be the permanent five members of the security council plus germany has the largest economy in europe negotiating with the iranians. we see the talks. we hope that the talks will succeed because everybody wants a serious degree but that stops iran's weapons making ability. and so we have been assured and we are continuously breached by the united states about the status of the talks and what where they are at any given moment. and we have been assured by the secretary of state that the negotiations with the objective of them is to deny iran the ability to make an atomic bomb, to cut off all path that could lead iran to an atomic bomb, to limit the research iran's ability to conduct research, and to have interested and severe and continuous inspections on iran's nuclear

its influence over hezbollah its influence over shia communities in bahrain and now in yemen. that concern about what the united states is going to do is really great on their part. in fact, they are concerned the united states might consent to iranian hegemony in the region. when we hear talk about isis or al qaeda these states are also asking the united states. equal amount of attention to iranian backed militias in iraq and syria. if we are only focusing on city jihadists, it concerns them greatly. about the uae in particular. they have a special reason for being skeptical about iran. i was specifically asked to address this issue so i will. it concerns three islands in the approaches to the shipping lanes inside the gulf to the left of the street. -- the strait. if you control them, you control the shipping lanes. the shaw of iran wanted them and took them just before the uae became independent in 1971. he explained that he wanted them for strategic reasons. he was concerned that radicals in the region might take them might be able to interfere with shipping. john was talk

his influence over hezbollah its influence over shia communities in bahrain and now in yemen. that concerned about what the united states is going to do is really great on their part. in fact they are concerned that the united states might even consent to iranian hegemony in the region. when we hear talk about isis or al qaeda or expectations that the united states to deal it out, these states are also asking the state pay equal amount of attention to iranian shia militias in iraq is syria and elsewhere. if we are not doing that it are concentrating only on city jihadists, it concerns them greatly. now, about the uae in particular , they have a special reason for being skeptical about iran. i was specifically asked to address this issue, so i will. it concerns three islands in the approaches to the shipping lanes in the gulf to the last to the strait of partners. they lay him on the shipping lanes. if you control them you control the shipping lanes for a period of time. the shah of iran on those islands took been just before the united arab emirates became independent in early

yemen. saudi arabia put together a 10 nation coalition to rescue the genuine government against the houthi revolt. including gulf nations bahrain, kuwait katter and u.a.e. and jordan sudan, egypt and morocco, and the united states is stepping up its roll by supplying intelligence and speeding the flow of arms to the alliance. saudi arabia asked its ally pakistan to help by providing combat troops warships and fighter jets. this sparked a debate in the parliament with the opposition united against intervention. the iranian foreign minister zarif is in pakistan this week and says iran and pakistan should cooperate to solve the crisis in yemen. hashem ahelbarra has more. >> reporter: war planes strike houthi positions in the capital sanaa. the building near a tv channel owned by the houthis was hit. the saudi-led coalition stepped up the campaign preventing houthi fighters from capturing the port city of aden. street battles show no signs of stopping forces loyal to president abd-rabbu mansour hadi are trying to repel a push by the houthi fighters to control the city. the houthis, backed by army units loyal to the former president

bahrain. now they are very involved, of course, in yemen where the houthis takeover has been backed by iran. so we have the regional diplomacy in which iran and saudi arabia are longtime adversaries, but we also have a domestic political situation in saudi arabia that makes us especially worried about regional trends. host: some background on the league of arab states, which by the way, was formed at the end of world war ii that connecting 45. six founding states -- egypt, iraq, georgia, lebanon, saudi arabia, syria. syria, by the way, was suspended back in 2011. and mike has this tweet. does the formation really unite these countries, or is it largely symbolic? how would you respond? guest: it is a great question. first of all, we should remember that this is just being proposed. the notion of a joint arab military force is something that has been out there for a long time. the arab league was founded in 1945. it was something that there -- that was discussed. the have been notable arab appointments. but as far as forming a joint military right now, that is still under discussion. we see th

its influence over shia communities in bahrain, et cetera, and now in yemen.o that concern about what the united states is going to do is really great on their part. in fact they're concerned that the united states might even consent to iranians in the region. when we hear talk about isis or al qaeda, these states are also asking that the united states pay equal amount of attention to iranian backed shia militias in iraq, syria and elsewhere. if we are not doing that and are concentrating only on city jihadists, it concerns them pretty gravely. now, about the uae in particular they have a special reason for being skeptical about iran. and i was specifically asked to address this issue so i will. it concerns three islands in the approaches to the shipping lanes inside the gulf to the west of the strait of hormuz. they lie along the shipping lanes. if you control them, you control the shipping lanes. at least for a period of time. and the shah of iran wanted those islands and took them just before the united arab emirates became independent in early december 197

the uae and bahrain joined us right after the pilot died but have since pulled back because of yemen. we are the only arab country operating alongside the iraqis in iraq alongside the coalition forces. as the iraqis and the coalition increase their tempo for the next phase of operations inside of iraq so will jordan increase its tempo in support of iraq, and i'm sure i can't get into the details but there are other things on the table. >> so this region is complex. >> absolutely. >> it is almost like the three-dimensional chess. you move a piece and there are other pieces that are moved. iran, what is your assessment of iran from a jordanian point of view? >> well iran has a lot of different cards it plays. one that is obviously of tremendous importance to the united states and is being discussed now is the nuclear one. but it does have its role in iraq, as i mentioned with its influence sometimes in baghdad. it does have its support to the regime in syria. it does have its support for hezbollah in lebanon and to an extent in syria. it has its presence in yemen, the horn of africa. it

country and they see after iran's interference in syria iraq and bahrain, it is too much for the saudis to see iran gaining influence in yemen. >> thank you. >> egypt's first democratically elect president has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. mohamed morsi was charged with inciting the killing that protestors in cairo in 2012. in one incident, at least 817 protestors were killed when security forces opened fire on a sit-in. some say the whole thing was calculated politically. the whole thing had been calculated right from the start politically. in my estimation and the way i see it, the trial itself, the trialles of morsi have been politicized, like many other cases, which is either pending trial or actually being tried now. >> morsi was deposed by the army in 2013. he faces charges in three other cases. >> an indonesian court convicted an american couple of murder. 21-year-old tommy schafer was sentenced to 18 years in jail for beating his girlfriend's mother to death in a hotel room in bali. heatinger mack was convicted of helping. she received a 10 year sentence. >> the captain and first mate of a ship off the coast

what is happening in bahrain what is happening in lebanon what is happening in iraq, what is happening in yemen. ballistic missiles are not part of the deal. this is a very narrow document. this solves a very narrow question. and again, i am for improving relations, but it has to be done in the right way. excuse me. dr. harb: i just urge you to read a recent piece on why we are talking about iran, what are the reasons basically behind this push towards iran, iran iran. i urge you to read the report on that. mr. pratt: there is a fundamental question here with regards to getting a copy of the deal. somebody asked where can we get a copy of the framework between u.s. and iran? >> the white house website. >> the middle eastern policy -- has it on its website. dr. sullivan: you can also find different interpretations, which is part of the problem here. there are cultural differences linguistic differences, and also political differences across the country which is changing the way this is interpreted. it is far from clear. maybe it was important to make it unclear to see what happens. mr. pratt: do

what is happening in bahrain what is happening in lebanon what is happening in iraq, what is happening in yemenballistic missiles are not part of the deal. this is a very narrow document. this solves a very narrow question. and again, i am for improving relations, but it has to be done in the right way. excuse me. dr. harb: i just urge you to read his recent piece on why we are talking about iran, what are the reasons basically behind this push towards iran, iran iran. i urge you to read the report on that. mr. pratt: there is a fundamental question here with regards to ask a getting a copy of the deal. somebody asked where can we get a copy of the framework between u.s. and iran? where is it published? >> the white house website. >> the middle eastern policy -- has it on its website. dr. sullivan: you can also find different interpretations, which is part of the problem here. there are cultural differences linguistic differences, and also political differences across the country which is changing the way this is interpreted. it is far from clear. maybe it was important to make it on clear to s

what's happening in bahrain what's happening in saudi arabia what's happening in lebanon, what's happening in iraq what's happening in yemen. this is not part of the deal. ballistic missiles are not part of the deal. this is a very narrow document. this solves a very narrow question. and again, i am for improving relations, but it has to be done in the right way. excuse me. >> [inaudible] i just urge you to read dr. anthony's latest piece on what -- why are we talking about iran, why is, what are the reasons basically behind this push towards iran iran, iran. so i urge you to read his report on that. >> there's a fundamental question here with regard to actually getting a copy of the deal. somebody asked where can we get a copy of the framework between the u.s. and iran. where is it published? >> the white house web site. >> oh, the web site? >> yeah. >> the middle east policy council has it on its web site. >> you can also find the iranian interpretation and the french interpretations which are somewhat different than the white house interpretation which is part of problem here. >> yeah. >> there are cultural differences,

bahrain, what's happening east in saudi arabia. what's happening in the lebanon, in iraq, in yemen. this is not part of the deal. ballistic missiles are not part of the deal. this is a very narrow document. this solves a very narrow question. and again i am for improving relations but it has to be done in the right way. excuse me. >> i just urge you to read dr. anthony's latest piece on what -- why are we talking about iran, why is -- what are the reasons basically behind this push towards iran, iran iran. so i usually you to read his hort on that. -- report on that. >> there is a fundamental question with regard to actually getting a copy of the deal. somebody asked where can we get a copy of the framework between u.s. and iran? >> on the white house website. >> on the website? >> yeah. >> -- published it and mideast policy council has it on the website. >> and you can also find the iranian interpretations and the french interpretations which are somewhat different than the white house interpretation. which is mart of thepart of the problem here changing the way it is interpreted. it is far from gown and far fr

yemen. we'll take a closer look in the country, saudi arabia of course put together a 10-nation coalition to rescue what it says is the illegitimate government. the separation inguds the gulf nations bahrain, qatar, the u.a.e. and kuwait. you have jordan sudan, egypt and morocco, and the united states is stepping up its logistical role by supplying intelligence and speeding the flow of arms to the alliance. saudi arabia asked its ally pakistan to help by providing combat troops, warships and fighter jets. this sparked a debate in the parliament with the opposition united against intervention. the iranian foreign minister zarif is in pakistan this week and says iran and pakistan should cooperate to solve the crisis in yemen. . >> the war forced thousands of foreign nationals to leave. 3,000 indians have left many are from the south. we have a report from there once they arrive home the hardship is not over. >> reporter: they can't forget what they saw in yemen. the mobile phone footage taken shows how close they were to the bombs dropped on the capital sanaa. all these people that had to leave are from the same neighbourhood, and saw the violence first hand. >> i was working in the i.c.u.