hasn't worked. >>> a man who was with the three u.s. hikers accused of spying in iran says he could easily have been jailed as well. it was by chance he was so sick that day he decided to skip the hike. families say they accidentally crossed into iran as they were touring iraq. a lot of people brought up the question why would they be hiking somewhere like that? >> it seems crazy that we might be in iraqi kurdistan in the first place. it is a very safe place. the recent iraq war is central and southern iraq. nothing has happened in the north. a friend of ours told us it was the most beautiful area in the world. we went to the area. we were looking forward to being in the outdoors. we had been cooped up in smoggy cities. i decided to stay behind in the hotel because i was under the weather. i was on the way to meet them the next morning. i spoke with shane. he says the weather was totally beautiful. i should come meet them. they sounded content and relaxed. i was on the bus to join them when i got the call from shane. >> the obama administration has called for the hikers' release ask

." plus a little stair music shall we say. >>> iran is now charging three u.s. hikers who crossed into the country illegally of espionage at this moment. that's from a senior iranian prosecutor. secretary of state clinton said there is no evidence to support the charges of espionage against shane bauer, sarah shourd, and josh fattal. the hikers' families say they crossed the unmarked border between iraq and iran by mistake here, releasing this video of them goofing off to show that they were innocent. of course that just coming in the last hour. we'll follow that story coming out of iran. the first hurricane, meanwhile, of the atlantic season has just been downgraded to a tropical storm. ida's winds dropped below 75 miles an hour, but it's still a strong storm and is headed for the gulf coast. it already caused a lot of flooding in nicaragua. it's due to make landfall near the alabama-mississippi state line tomorrow morning. forecasters saying watch out for flooding, rough surf, and possible tornados if you're in that part of the country. louisiana has already declared a state of emerg

the russian leader also talked about iran. 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

best from both bills and create a mix that we can live with. from iran, the associated press confirms that the country has begun a large-scale air defense warnings procedure to protect nuclear facilities. it will spread across the central, western, and southern parts of the country. the procedural way for the iranian military to be prepared, the west is accusing iran of embarking on a nuclear weapons program. iran denies this. gary, good morning. caller: my quick question was going to be about the twitter. host: what was the question? of caller: it was about the bill. i have six children. we are in a situation where we are budgeting our income. our premiums are rising continuously year after year. when harry reid got on the floor and stated that tommy thompson had endorsed his bill, that was a key statement for me, as an independent. some type of bipartisan agreement is simply just going to have to be reached. the american people are leaning somewhere in the middle of this debate. they want some type of concession between both parties on agreement. when you have lincoln, landrieu, lie

be able to get that done. >> president obama and the russian leader also talked about iran. president obama said time is running out for tehran to do something about its nuclear program. u.s. and russia will keep pushing iran 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 tourism to his home state. the united states will host the apec summit in hawaii in 2011. president says he'll explore with 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 they will visit the thompson correctional center tomorrow, 15 miles west of chicago. illinois governor designed the prison as 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 who will take the 200 detainees o

country's border with iran. violence has been soaring there as the taliban expands its turf. >>> soon you could skip the customs line when flying home from overseas. homeland security wants to expand an experimental program for prescreening travelers so if you pay a one-time $100 fee and you undergo a background check, you can report your arrival and make declarations at computerized kiosks. now customs officials say it's cut the average wait time from ten minutes to three. through customs in ten minutes? please. >>> the second installment of the "twilight" series. this time around bella is tangling with more than just the undead. >> too late now. >> bella, get back. >> paul, paul, get back now. >> you know what, critics don't love this one. they say it lacks spark and even the special effects aren't so great but it really doesn't matter what they think. look at the crowds of people waiting for the premiere in the east village last night. around here people are attending them like at 6:30, 9:30, 11:30, until it officially opened at midnight, i guess. >> how about that? the special effects

other media, i'm thinking for example as you speak about in iran, there was a camera that caught the shooting of a demonstrator, and she died on the street with people router and a doctor around her and she died within minutes. and that crystallize the whole skepticism about the iranian government, about elections there. this young girl dying. what is the medium now that has the power? is it still books? is a television? is a twitter? is it you to? is it your self camera? how do these moments come out? >> guest: i am not expert in cybernetics and communication theory, and i sit around probably like you reading, throwing my hands up as i read one essay after notice saying the book is dead or sullivan is dead, or what ever it is. i think that we now have a very large variety of media from which we are likely to, call this thing with acorn for example and a couple of simple guerrilla filmmakers. i haven't seen the whole thing, but here a couple of amateurs seem to be having an impact on public policy and public perception. in any event. at the moment where this might spill over into

counter terrorism seizures in u.s. history. allegedly linked to iran's government. deborah feyerick explains. >> the charge is on a front company for a larger iranian owned bank and the bank channels money for the nuclear program and part of the military forces considered terrorist organizations by the u.s. they include the islamic substitute of new york, queens, new york. the islamic institute of new york. they extended the emergency with respect to iran. relations remain strained. >> the buildings in question are going to stay open. . the foundation's lawyer says they are cooperating with the government and will challenge the complaint. >>> the republican national committee will no longer offer employees an insurance plan that covers elective abortions. yesterday the organization told the provider to drop the coverage. it has been included in their plan since 1991. the rnc's chairman said he didn't know until a story was published in politico newspaper. he said he won't allow it under his administration. >>> if you're thinking of buying a home or refinancing a current one. the mor

down in iran. state-run tv says the paper violated press laws and criticized iran's equal opportunity policies. the paper's editor was arrested after iran's disputed presidential vote in june. at least one other paper was shut down since then. >>> police say it could be weeks before they identify six women found dead at a home in cleveland. the coroner is collecting dental records for several missing women, including nancy cobbs, who lived in the neighborhood. he's also asking their relatives to provide dna samples, but one missing person's advocate said the deaths could have been prevented. >> nancy cobbs walked to the store, walked to the store on 116th and hasn't been seen since. six families are going to get horrible news. but if we had a missing persons department or we had an active ongoing investigation into all these cases as much as possible, maybe none of this would have happened. >> police are trying to get a warrant to collect dna from the man who lived at the home. they're also tracing all the places he's lived since he got out of prison in 2005. he hasn't bee

great conference is selling hauer europe will be after the war, to iran yalta and potsdam were working with russia in this period, and then after the war 45 on world war ii is over, the cold war is beginning, we are beginning to realize russia is at least not the kind of ally we had imagined, so the point is this relationship, the u.s.-soviet relationship flip-flops' a lot and americans are going through this trying to figure out what they make of it all. professor fleming, you chose for figures. let's start with the lesser-known ones. who was jan valtan? >> guest: he was a sailor, second class merchant marine by born in 1905, and his life in some ways was a paradigm of the left-wing communist, powerful communist movement in germany but was crushed when adolf hitler came to power in 1933. krebbs joined the communist party quite early. there were to sort of pseudo revolutions in russia. one in 1919, and the more important one in 1923. krebbs is a very young cade, was involved in the 1923 uprising and soon thereafter became quite active in the common term, the comintern was the internati

obama said he wants to move beyond the past and build a relationship with iran based on mutual interests and mutual respect. u.s./iran relations have been hostile since the day islamic students stormed the embassy and held hostages for days. >> we certainly didn't expect it to last that long. they have said they didn't expect it to last that long but what they did, in effect, was to create a climate of lawlessness and mob rule that they and their compatriots are today. >> they hold a rally to celebrate the event. today there's something different. anti-government protesters are also on the streets and we are getting reports of clashes with police. no word yet, though, about any injuries. >>> three missing north dakota softball players were found dead tuesday in a jeep in a pond. rafer weigel has more on this story. rafer? >>> yeah, natasha, authorities had been looking for these three women since late sunday night. they are kyrstin gemar, afton williamson and ashley neufeld. investigators say they were found inside their jeep in a 12-foot-deep pond on a farm near dickinson stat

that he wants to move beyond the past and build a relationship with iran based on mutual interests and mutual respect. u.s./iran relations have been hostile since the day islamic students stormed the u.s. 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 j

the ground. police dragged her out on a blanket. >>> iran says it's sentenced five people to death for their roles in protests after presidential elections there. the court says the five who got death sentences were convicted of belonging to terrorist groups and for carrying out bombings across iran. 81 other people were sentenced to prison terms up to 15 years, all of them can appeal their sentences. >>> a barking dog and a grandfather who learned cpr in the army 30 years ago saved a little texas girl from drowning. the 2-year-old had fallen into the family pool. she managed to squeeze through a doggie door. she was turning purple when her grandfather began cpr. >> she arched her back and opened her eyes and started moaning. at that point i was pretty hopeful she was going to be okay. >> the child spent the day in the hospital, but she thankfully is fine now. >>> all right. that will wake you up. five minutes past the hour. what's happening in your backyard today weather-wise? here is meteorologist bob van dillen. >> rob, you're from the chicago area, right? >> yeah. >> they're wa

police chief is also accused in the case. both have pleaded not guilty. >>> the u.n. is worried that iran could be hiding other nuclear plants. in september iran revealed a secret facility and now in a new report, the international atomic energy agency says that it's concerned that other enrichment facilities are being built for possible military use. iran says there are no other facilities under construction and that any future plans will be disclosed. >>> last night on the joy behar show she welcomed paris hilton and he talked about carrie prejean. >> she did answer the question honestly. she believes marriage is between a man and a woman. i don't happen to go along with that. i think people in love want to get married, let them get married but that's how she believed. shouldn't she get some credit for that? >> absolutely. she gave the politically incorrect answer in her words. and even watching her interviews recently, she's like i didn't want to be politically correct but i flip that back to her and say, you know, do you want a politically insensitive miss usa? no! you've got to know

of washington. let's find thcht our own way of getting iran. it can't go anywhere but down host: and that's the last call we'll take in this session of open phones. for the next hour we want to talk about the influence of wal-mart in the nation's economy. if you want to go to the wal-mart website to find out information about its stores, it will tell you in the u.s. there are about 4300 stores. internationally about 39 about 8200 stores worldwide. charles fishman joins us the author of "the wal-mart effect." thank you mr. fishman for joining us. 40u did wal-mart gain to be where such a consumer giant? >> well, wal-mart is 64 -- indeed when sam walton died, about 17 years ago, wal-mart was just 1/10 the size it is now. when sam walton died in the early 90's, wal-mart was smaller than target is now. so it was a completely different company and i would say that. to me, one of the most remarkable things about wal-mart is they stepped into a business that already existed when wal-mart was founded in 1962, no one couldn't buy a toothbrush or loaf of bread because there wasn't a store nearb

-- on a palestinian israeli peace, which is a conversation that won't happen with iran, which by 2012, will either conspicuously have a nuclear weapon or an israeli attack on them. either, one, a mess for the administration. and -- on ukranian and georgia and the whole front with russia, russia is going to blatantly and ugly prove they have a atmosphere of -- sphere of influence which we have given up, which is the path the administration is going on or it confronts which will be at real challenge. if everywhere you look the foreign policy is going to be a failure, enough is conspicuous, afghanistan, where he loses either way. he'll alienate either the proprogressives or the center of the country. and so, i think that -- that could collectively reduce the admiration for his masterfulness. and as katrina did for the previous president. that could have an effect, it would be negative for the party. >> all right. i think we have gone into overtime. so, i did want to thank the bipartisan policy center and -- tule lane university for hosting this. and this has been the spirit of friendship

of three u.s. hikers jailed for entering iran illegally marked the hikers' 100th day in custody yesterday. one hiker's mom talked about how they're doing. >> they're feeling very, very lonely at this point. they're feeling a lack of information. you know, they really don't know what the rest of the world is thinking or doing. >> the hikers' families released this video of them goofing around in hopes of proving to iran that they're innocent and only kraud the country's unmarked border by mistake. >>> cnn.com and oprah are teaming up for the biggest oprah's book club event ever. go to cnn.com/oprahbookclub to read excerpts from "say you're one of them" or file an ireport and share your thoughts. register for the book club event happening on the new cnn.com tonight at 9:00 eastern. >>> okay. there's new information about a woman's soccer player getting got on video getting physical. remember the ponytail pull? she's been suspended indefinitely. but there's a good question. good morning. >> yeah. a question that you posed this morning that they're still debating about in our newsro

ahmadinejad from iran who declares the holocaust never happened, he is building nuclear weapons and threatens to wipe israel of the earth. as i point out a chapter meets the globalist brzezinski, adviser to jimmy carter, that turned out well for hundred 40 days in the hostage crisis that ended the presidency has been one of the mentors to get barack obama ready for the presidency and persians the has been riding and i document for years seeing the united nations should control u.s. foreign policy. here comes president obama of the united nations speaks to the general assembly. noss part of american exceptional as some and he's the first president to cherish a security council meeting. what does this mean? security council going to dictate u.s. foreign policy? or more khaddafi and mahmoud ahmadinejad have equal vote? so i think these are the issues and raising in fighting "america for sale." thank you. good question. next question? don't be shy. yes? >> i heard one of the senators read that actually said that the federal government has the right to enforce such things as the health c

were hurt in the blast. it happened near the country's border with iran. violence has been soaring there as the taliban expands its turf. >>> new movie friday here. today the second installment of the "twilight" series. the teen vampire saga. this time around, bella is tangling with more than just the undead. >> don't! >> too late now. >> bella, get back. >> get back now. >> critics really don't love this one. they say the movie lacks spark and even the special effects right so great. doesn't matter to the fans. look at the crowds of people waiting for the premiere in new york's eeshast village last nig. >> i'm getting schooled by my producer. this is a tv show? no. it was books. like harry potter? yes. this is the first movie? no this is the second one. okay. i must be 90 years old at this point. i have no idea. i miss out on everything. >> apparently the vampires are sexy and hot in this series, clearly. >> fair enough. and dog, too. it looked interesting. what p up, rob? the big low pressure region right across the midwest finally moved itself away it's anchored over ontario. th

looking for ways to punish iran for backing out of a nuclear deal. he said there will likely be new sanctions over the next several weeks. yesterday iran defied a deal designed to ease international fears that iran plans to build nuclear weapons, which it has denied so far. >>> about a million people across the united states will see their benefits expire in january. unless congress moves quickly on this. jennifer westhoven is here to talk about it. >> it was supposed to mean 20 more weeks of benefits, but it's all part of a bigger law that expires on december 31st. it looks like lawmakers missed that, so unless congress moves fast, technically everything runs out on january 1st, and of course, we know the timing would be awful. a non-profit group says that is about a million people who would be without a job, without any assistance, basically left in the worst job market in about 25 years. 10% unemployment. one expert told cnn recently, you've got about as much chance of landing a job right now as a kid does getting into harvard. that's depressing. lawmakers are working on it. >> t

opening statement americans have the right to travel to iran, the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism, which seeks a nuclear weapons capability in violation of its obligations under the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. we can go to north korea which threatens to destabilize east asia with its nuclear weapons program. and even during the darkest days of the cold war our citizens could visit the soviet union. yet the vast majority of americans are still prohibited by law from traveling to cuba. it is the only country in the world where our people are not allowed to go. i am no fan of the castro brothers. in my book they are dictators and despots. the cuban people are still denied the right to choose their own form of government. they are jailed arbitrarily, the hardee might free press, freedom of assembly and freedom of expression. the recent beating of renowned cuban blocker sanchez as she walked to a peace march says it all. but let's face it, by any objective measure the nearly 50-year-old travel ban simply hasn't worked. this fact is clearly understood by the american peo

. been influenced by iran. and iraqi women found themselves unable to leave the house, possibly losing their rights in the constitution, government, it did not matter with divorce come it was family law, and it became desperate and they were surprised they never would have ended up like that. they have a lot of rights under saddam hussein. >>host: you happen in the middle east for many years prepared to senior relative change to your treated as a female reporter on the ground since september 11th? >>guest: at most errors are welcoming to americans despite what the media portrayed them as being anti-american. but a the think there has been a lot of changes and their state feel they're against islam as a religion. i have had to counter that a address that in meeting them >>host: is it difficult to do that as a journalist? >>guest: it is. some people think we work for the cia, we are spies. they don't appreciate the wall but exist between the media and the government in this country. they do not believe we are neutral observers. i had to counter that before talking to them. >>host: the au

saying u.s. allies are discussing ways to punish iran for rejecting a nuclear deal. he made that comment in south korea on the very last day of his asian tour. eight days long. he says there will likely be sanctions over the next several weeks. yesterday iran defined a deal designed to ease international fears that iran plans to build nuclear weapons which it does deny. >>> the wild turkey we've been telling you about has been running around new jersey, the new jersey turnpike toll booth for months, now often the road. they finally caught her yesterday. there she is. toll booth work eers have been call her tammy the turnpike turkey. they like to ill lit rate. they adopted her but doctors are complaining so they set up to catch her. the first attempt did not go so well. >> well, i was a little concerned, afraid we were going to see tammy two, turnpike zero. >> she is going to a zoo and we understand she will soon share a home with a male turkey named gobbles. which is funny because sometimes i call bob bobbles. >> i appreciate that. >> it is a turkey from new jersey. >> a jersey t

in iran for three months are reportedly in good health. swiss diplomats visited them for a second time last week. and they brought clothes, books and paper. a senior state department official says that they seemed nervous and afraid but otherwise okay. family members say that they want to hear from their loved ones directly. >> it's overwhelmingly obvious to all of us that they're certainly harmless. if they're guilty of anything, it's just crossing the border unknowingly. and we would certainly appeal to the islamic republic of iran to not treat this case as a political case in any way. this is purely a humanitarian case. and please release them. >> the families recently released a video of the group goofing around during their trip. a fourth friend who shot it stayed in iraq the day they were arrested because they didn't feel well. they say the video shows how harmless the hikers are. >>> one person in new hampshire has died after eati ining meat may be contaminated with e. coli bacteria. a company is recalling more than half a million pounds of ground beef. the info you need to

after the international atomic energy agency passed a resolution friday demanding iran halt all in richmond activities. the cabinet meeting yesterday, headed by the president of the country, ahmadinejad, approved the plan. the u.s. and allies fear the myths -- facilities can produce nuclear-weapons materials. more on the couple that this city attended last week's state dinner uninvited. republican peter king said the security lapse that allowed a book couple into the white house is unforgivable and must be corrected. head of the house panel that under -- overseas the secret service, saying we cannot show this type of weakness to terrorists and psychopaths. heat is joining other senators and calling for an investigation of the incident. the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> today, and look at the obama administration's h i v and aids policy. we will hear from secretary of state you'll recall and and health and human services secretary kathleen sibelius, live at 2:30 p.m. eastern here on c-span -- sebelius. later a free-lance journalist talk about his detainment after the disputed

"baltimore sun." russia and china joined the u.s. and european allies in formally rebuking iran about its nuclear program on a 25-3 vote. the board of governors adopted a german-drafted resolution condemning iran for its nuclear program. irvington, new jersey, jonathan on our democratic line. caller: i was calling in because i was watching your program awhile ago. this gentlemen try to say we have high quality goods from overseas. that is just ridiculous. i work for the [unintelligible] we buy materials that are coming from china, and some of these materials are so standard -- every day i work with these materials and i complained to my superiors. i don't know where to go with this information. for instance, i went to work and the lady told me my toilet is broken. host: have you talked to your congressman? caller: i have spoken to my congressman's yet, but i hope i get a chance to do that. host: let's move on to dallas, texas on our independent line. caller: forget my voice, i had an operation on my throat. host: are you doing all right? caller: i am, i appreciate getting to speak to you.

it to decide what your policy will be. i think that is going on now. host: the me ask you about iran. over the weekend it staged war games and sits on the nuclear offer from the west. guest: what you are seeing is iran acting in a nationalistic way, not to our best interests, but to theirs. we have been threatening a iran for a decade now. in their effort to get their nuclear power and potential for a nuclear weapon we have been through the bush administration when we wanted with policy to overturn their government. they are being threatened militarily by the israelis to blow up these sites. they are going through what they see for themselves. i think that we have to watch it. but i think we have to watch what we say and do. one of the ironies today in iran is that the opposition to the government in the election turns out to be the people who were objecting to this deal that amandhmadinejad made. there is an objection to the policy of america to stop them from doing what they think they ought to be able to do. whether or not it will build a nuclear weapon. they want the ability. hos

broadcast journalism major and i think the question i think the idea of the concept of iran's floating out there is not responsible. granted most of us knew he wasn't but i don't think it was a story about an immigrant. hawaii is a state, were restored and then come from? if i'm correct his father was an immigrant, he was an exchange student. so it is the words that are used that are informed. it is not in your face like fox news, obviously that is an assault. that is an in-your-face barack obama is this, this in the. is the casual subtle stuff like may be showing republican added that shows obama with a photo of children behind him about a sexual education concept that went on during the election and then cnn iran that actual and a republican party had a right to put out. i don't believe cnn or any other networks -- it's not responsible journalism. >> that advertisement to may showed obama looking like a pedophile. he is standing there like this, there are children behind him and it is barack obama wants to teach children about sex education. well, fine. show that. if you are the repu

to and including iran. when they need more water for cds they usually take it from the irrigation water supply. then they import in a productive capacity. the reason for is this is since it takes 1,000 tons of water to produce one ton of grain the most efficient way to import water is in the form of grain. and grain becomes the currency with which countries balance their water books. the world grain market is in a sense a whirl broader market. to the extent that we have a world water market it is embodied in the grain market. countries with water surpluses don't export and those with water deficit import. the water issue is a big one. because it is underground you can't photograph it. it is largely out of sight but that doesn't make it any less real. and then we have some new tracks beyond soil erosion and aquifer completion. i did a piece that justin referred to entitled the copenhagen conference on food security. i did that piece because this is the bottom line at copenhagen. 193 delegations planning to gather have various concerns on the climate front for companies -- countries

. iran for class president and lost four bleak in miami beach and two years later i was at miami-dade north the professor and invited me to work on the state senate campaign. i was a neophyte the only thing i knew about the candidate is he had some property and a beautiful wife and had two attractive daughters. i went to work on the campaign and he gave me a title as assistant director of communications program learned a lot about politics. utah by example but went to work on 15 additional campaigns from dukakis to bloomberg. no matter what you write about a civic responsibility, you're the best teacher i ever had. [applause] one lesson that you talked is not to let the question point* go on too long or you'll get the ultimate question that you never hope will be asked. this gentleman just ask it. i am sorry. that is a joke. [laughter] >> senator graham thank you for coming out today. i know you are encouraging civic responsibility and involvement of government at all levels but part of the problem especially in south florida we look at officials and it seems to be case after case of

cuba, like iran, users hostility from the united states as a way to legitimize its totalitarian government and explain a way decades of failed economic policy. president obama, secretary clinton, and the u.s. congress should not take the bait being offered by the cuban government when it attacked the cuban waters. it is important that the united states pursue policies that increase people to people contact between the two countries, regardless of what ever steps the cuban government might take in response. conditioning improvements and effectiveness of u.s. policy to whatever actions cuba pursues effectively puts control of our foreign policy in the hands of the cuban regime. lifting the ban on american travel to cuba and allowing more cubans to enter the u.s. on travel visas will do more to further the cause of freedom than the tit-for-tat of diplomatic gamesmanship. the real losers in that game are always the same, the long-suffering people of cuba. as we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall, it's important to remember that none of the eastern european

hypocrisy is not a serious problem when it comes to politics. by the way in iran in the last presidential election they had seven candidates in their pointing the finger at us for the way that we do things. in my book guide discuss in detail the role of third-party and independent candidates and more accurately baby are not in that election and i briefly served if our other developed countries conduct elections. it is sufficient to say virtually everywhere parties are increasingly becoming the apparatus of the state through subsidies. however ballot access laws are typically nowhere near as severe as those here in the land of the free. now let me wrap but because people here have a lot more experience with this in the hands on sense that i do and i think they should have time. i am an ivory tower academic. but i would like to suggest what should be done. ideally i would talk but what i would like to see done. ideally dramatically reduce the size and scope of government and sharply reduce the powers and privileges it hands out and slash government spending and transfer payments. to be hone

take under conversation the issues about iran. coming up, we're talking about bus service in the united states. you may have remembered earlier in this week we talked about amtrak and its service. now we're taking a look at those who take buses to get around. first, we want to give you a look at the news of the week but this time through the eyes of political cartoonists. host: as promised, we're joined by jonathan bar tuseo. can you give us a sense of how americans are using bus service? guest: we're seeing more commuters, more inner city, and we're also seeing more people travel just for leisure and charter and tour buses. host: if that's the case, is the bus service a regulated industry as far as the federal government is concerned? guest: it is very much regulate, by the federal government, the u.s. department of transportation and state departments of transportation and service agencies, e.p.w., state police obviously regulate it as well. host: is it funded by the federal government sf guest: very little subsidy. not like most. amtrak gets billions of dollars, the airline in

apply the same restrictions that we have funky but to iran, sudan and syria all of which are on the state sponsor of terrorism list and at some point we would be willing to offer a resolution on this. >> would the gentleman yield? you know you would be trying to repeal by provision so why take it personally. [laughter] >> duly noted. >> mr. sosa if i may, in listening to your testimony, i find it somewhat shameful that you would interject in today's debate racial and ethnic politics by arguing that only if one is from a particular race or ethnicity can one relate to the cuban people or discuss democracy, freedom and human rights. my question is what about the thousands of tourists from spain and mexico? have the spanish-speaking tourists failed? on another question my good friend the ranking member ileana ros-lehtinen a she a better ambassador freedom than i am? again i just come as something about your testimony i question why do you would bring up race and ethnicity in this. >> okay. first of all spain was a former colonial master of ubot so that has some historical effects on the

the power of his country's enemies to that of a mosquito. ahmadinejad's comment come as iran negotiates with the west over its nuclear program. a u.n. plan now would require iran to send more than a ton of uranium, about 70% of its stockpile, to russia. it would be processed there then sent back to iran for use in a research reactor but not in nuclear weapons. >>> roman polanski's attorney says he's ready to file a new bail offer, one that includes what he says is a very significant cash amount. he wouldn't say how much. swiss authorities rejected a bail offer friday because they considered the 76-year-old filmmaker a flight risk. the earlier offer was not in cash. polanski was arrested in late september. he is wanted in the u.s. for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in los angeles back in 1977. polanski fled the u.s. before sentencing. >>> the first instant replay call in world series history not only changed the momentum of game three, it helped the new york yankees rally to victory. they came from behind to take game three 8-5. the yankee turnaround started when alex rodr

are never going to have a day when they tell us here's the day when you stop an attack on iran. we have stop an attack and iran every day of the year. on the cover of newsweek this week, nuclear explosion, or words after iran gets the bomb. the same fear mongering, the same lies, the same type, the same baseless claims that took us into iraq, be afraid, be afraid. guess what? almost all americans are saying no, we don't want to be afraid this time. we did that. we expose the lies about iraq, and the lies about iran are not getting anywhere. and we have turned this nation against wars between a heavy majority against the war in afghanistan that we are right online and win a majority against escalating it. we did that and we didn't have that before the last election. so we don't want politicians who say i will stand by what i said before the last election. we want people who represent who we are right now. and so we are actually more successful than we know, you look at opinion polls and we are huge majorities on all kinds of issues where would think we are some sort of leftist group

way that in iran in the last presidential election, they had some seven candidates and of course pointing a finger at us as the weight we do things. in my book i discuss in some detail the role of the third party and independent and a 2008 election. and more accurately, they're almost unfortunate non-role in that election. and i briefly surveyed how other developed countries hold elections that it's sufficient to say that edward parties are increasingly common part of the apparatus of the state through subsidies. however, ballot access laws are typically nowhere near as severe as those here in the so-called land of the free. now, let me wrap up, because there are people here who have a lot more experience with this in a hands-on sense than i do, and i think they should have time. like i say, i am an ivory tower academic. but i would like to suggest what you can do. first i will talk about ideally what i would like to see don. ideally, we need to dramatically reduce the size and scope of government. we need to sharply reduce its powers and privileges and hands out. we need to slas

states is very, very low and i just want to add to dr. bennett's point you mentioned iran which is a very good example. i believe afghanistan had up to 28 candidates on their ballots including some women so i think that is a very good point and thank you. >> any comments on that? >> you address this in your book. >> put it this way. if you honestly believe there is not that much difference between the democrats and republicans, white vote? that is the point. and i think a lot of issues that should have been debated-- now, ralph is a very good at this. you may not agree with his positions but the idea is he wants to put this stuff on the table and get it out there and people want to talk about this. he wants to talk about labor issues and trade issues and you don't really get this very much. everything is clustered in the center and the idea is to spread the ideas about. hans has been talking about the fact that well, if you have multiple parties, the government may not be as easy, governing may not be as easy and it may be different. that may be a very good thing frankly. if you look

believe to be sound policy of providing iran their rights would conclude the -- and miranda rights would conclude he was denied his rights and he cannot be prosecuted for the crimes for which you anticipate charging him? >> you have been a judge. i have been a judge. no one can say with any 100% degree of certainty that a judge would not look at a particular set of facts and rule of a particular way. as i look at the facts surrounding the interaction with the detention of him and the evidence we will present, i am very confidence that marion the issues will not be a part of that trial. >-- that miranda issues will not be a part of that trial. >> you have said you will not differ to him in determining the venue where she will be tried. hat decision. but isn't it the fact that you won't be the one making that decision? ultimately if an attempt to transfer venue based on the notoriety of this event on 9/11 is such just like timothy mcveigh who killed so many americans in oklahoma, he was tried in colorado. isn't it a distinct possibility that a judge would transfer this case based on

to judge the outcome of elections that have not taken place yet. andy. >> change of subject to iran. the iranian foreign ministry today is saying that they may consider sending low are rich uranium overseas, but they would need what they're calling 100% guarantees from the west that they would get fuel in return. and this is being interpreted by some as a softening of their position on the possibility of sending the l.a. you overseas. i was just wondering have you heard of this? does the u.s. have any position on giving them guarantees of fuel and response for uranium that they send overseas and what is the status of that situation now, as far as you understand it? >> well, our position is that there is a very good and very balanced proposal on the table. this proposal has been agreed to by the united states, by russia, by france, and has the backing of the international community through the international atomic energy agency. and i am not sure exactly what they mean by 100% guarantees, but this is a very good proposal on the table. and unfortunately iran has so far refused to acce

historian and my love is iran in the 14th century and 14th century sure all and that is a time that iran produced some of its greatest masterpieces in architecture, painting, calligraphy, and particularly in poetry. it was the time of the poet who produced, whose lyrics are not just some of the greatest masterpieces of persian literature but the greatest masterpieces of world literature. so you had a creative and vibrant artistic people living under rulers who to put it bluntly fugs, fanatics and bigots. that's 14th century. it may be coincidental but some people have noticed a certain similarity between conditions then and conditions now. but you can draw that conclusion for yourself. my historical bias also comes through the subtitle of the book which is bristling the ghost of history. because my view is that when we and the iranians are in the same room or when we talk to each other or when we attempt to talk to each other that there are ghosts in the room and that we need to be aware of these ghosts and these ghosts are numerous, strong, very powerful and they are very important. the

policy will be. i think that is going on now. host: the me ask you about iran. over the weekend it staged war games and sits on the nuclear offer from the west. guest: what you are seeing is iran acting in a nationalistic way, not to our best interests, but to theirs. we have been threatening a iran for a decade now. in their effort to get their nuclear power and potential for a nuclear weapon we have been through the bush administration when we wanted with policy to overturn their government. they are being threatened militarily by the israelis to blow up these sites. they are going through what they see for themselves. i think that we have to watch it. but i think we have to watch what we say and do. one of the ironies today in iran is that the opposition to the government in the election turns out to be the people who were objecting to this deal that amandhmadinejad made. there is an objection to the policy of america to stop them from doing what they think they ought to be able to do. whether or not it will build a nuclear weapon. they want the ability. host: how to reconcile differen

2009. clearly anticipating the obama administration's desire to break with policy and engage iran. those efforts of course have been complicated by the current political situation which few anticipated. as the secretary said at the recent annual conference on november 10th. he said we have before us a historic opportunity relating to iran. but it will not last forever. it's time to iran to decide whether it wants to focus on the past or move beyond it. whether it wants to dwell and imaginary enemies or make a positive choice about the role that it seeks to play in the world. you can find his speech about iran on our web site by the way. now this is a very important occasion. we had invited him to speak in october. there was a scheduling conflict, and we scheduled for today. of course in the mean time, the administration had the foresight to appoint him deputy of the state for iran. which seems to be a position that was created for him. there were a few others that know as much as iran as ambassador. he lived there as a child. his parents served with the usiad. he worked there in t

the three u.s. hikers doe takened in iran after an iranian prosecutor said he was charging them with espionage. white house spokesman robert gibbs said the u.s. has not gotten official con firlation of the charges from its swiss emissaries, but the possibility is weighing heavily on their families. >> every time the phone rings, we pick it up anxiously and we're hoping that it's new that's our loved ones are on a plane back home. certainly ahmadinejad's statements that we would be treated with ma'am maum leniency and get an expeditious review has had us hoping for the last seven weeks. but we continue to be optimistic that the iranian authorities will see this for what it is, and that is a minor mistake. >> the hikers were arrested back in july after crossing iran's unmarked border while on vacation in northern iraq. >>> new this morning, two astronomers think they can explain a phenomenon that scientists could not figure out for years. now, they wrote in the journal "nature" this blue dot you saw a second ago is a knew trnutron s the youngest we have ever seen. it's only 100 years o

victims. >>> across iran anti-government protesters sit the streets and they got a message for president obama. >>> a florida casino calls a multimillion dollar jackpot a malfunction. we have the rest of that story. hi, everybody. chuck roberts on a wednesday. welcome. a convicted rapist facing multiple counts of murder, rape and kidnapping will stay behind bars indefinitely. a judge in cleveland has denied bond for 50-year-old anthony sowell. calling his alleged crimes gruesome. within the past week authorities have found the remains of at least ten people in and around sowell's home including a skull discovered in the basement. law enforcement officers appear disturbed by the killings. >> 23 years in law enforcement along with other guys with more time we've never seen anything like it so it's very challenging from an investigative standpoint, from an emotional standpoint for all of the investigators on the ground doing it, the coroner's office. so just emotional but the guys are -- the men and women are professional and they'll continue doing their job. >> neighbors say they complaine

. >>> across iran, anti-government protestors are in the streets. look at this. they've got a message for president obama. >>> and multimillion dollar win or machine malfunction? casino crashes a florida gamblers celebrating. >>> it is so good to see you, to be back with you. i'm christi paul. thank you for sharing your time with us. let's talk about the story that so many people are talking about today, this convicted rapists who facing multiple counts of murder, rape, and kidnapping. he will stay behind bars. a judge this morning, you see the video here from it, denied bond for 50-year-old anthony sowell and called his alleged crimes gruesome. now, within the past week authorities have found the remains of ten people in and around sowell's home. suzanne candiotti is in cleveland outside the home. but, tell us first and foremost, what happened in court today? >> reporter: in court, the suspecting anthony sowell, didn't say much at all except when he was asked if he had enough money to hire a lawyer and he answered no, sir. this is someone they suspect had something to do with the deaths

iran today for not responding about the comments on nuclear fuel. this is about 30 minutes. >> adapter noon. happy friday to all. -- good afternoon. i have a couple of items i want to start off with that i will take your questions. the first is to give you an update on e-5 plus one. the ministers of the united kingdom, germany, france, japan, and the u.s. met in new york in september. they agreed that "the meeting in october will provide comprehensive and long-term solutions to the iranian nuclear issue through dialogue." expect a serious response and will decide as a result on our next steps. we heard this -- we're disappointed about what happened in geneva. although the iaea has visited, we noted that there director general's statements should have declared the construction of this facility and is therefore not compliance with the safeguards obligations. in addition, the construction of a new enrichment facility is in defiance of several resolutions. the iaea board will discuss this issue next week. iran has not engaged in the dialogue and has refused to have a meeting before the end

were 111 attacks last year. >>> iran has sentenced five people to death for their roles in the massive antigovernment protests. we saw this in june. the five were convicted of being members of terrorist groups and carrying out bombings across iran. another 81 got prison terms. opposition say the death sentences are part of the iranian government's efforts to create fear and to silence the movement. >>> some caught a light show last night. a semiprofessional photographer took pictures for pensacola, california. he says he dreamed of getting that perfect award winning shot, but it wasn't quite the spectacular show he hoped for. i thought it looked pretty good. he says he loves a challenge. he'll wait around and hope to get another great one next time around. richard lewis called it one heck of a show. he took his pictures from tennessee. the show will continue through this weekend. the people in sha will probabase best and most spectacular view. if you have pictures please share them with us. go to ireport.com and click on the upload now link. >>> it may be harder to hide than you think.

much. glad to have you onboard to keep track of it. >>> also, other news for you right now. iran is charging three u.s. hikers who allegedly crossed into the country illegally of es speen aus espionage. secretary of state hillary clinton says there's no evidence to support changes against shane bauer, sarah and jash. they crossed the border between iraq and iran by mistake. >>> all right. let's get to the ft. hood shootings. 16 victims still in the hospital. seven in intensive care and the suspected shooter major nidal hasan is off a ventilator, reported to be awake and talking. investigators are asking for help from anyone, really, there during the shooting. apparently someone, or some of those people may have inadvertently left the scene with evidence, firearm residue or shell casings. they're being sought. the fbi is expected to look into whether major hasan met with two of the 9/11 hijackers, saying the hijackers attended the same mosque where the funeral for hasan's mother was held in may of 2001. the "washington post" reports investigators are looking at any ties between hasan

strategy with iran with a few weeks. 59 trips dotroops died in afghanistan. >>> and a new movie assault ship built with steel from the world trade center stopped. family members held a ceremony including a 21 gun salute. the bow of the $1 billion ship contains 7.5 tons of steel from the fallen towers. the ship will officially be commissioned saturday. >>> investigators in florida's panhandle need your help. the washington counties sheriff's department says shan lea ded rigid ick is missing. the sheriff said she didn't crawl or walk away. the girl is two feet tall, weighs 11 pounds and has brown air and blue eyes. again, an amber alert for shannon lea dedrick, and leaving a veteran officer dead inside his squad car. timothy brenton coaching a rookie officer when a car pulled up and someone inside that car opened fire. police say briton died instantly. the training officer tried to fight back. >> the student officer exited the patrol car and began shooting, and returning fire to the suspect vehicle. >> i heard the shots, and -- i was thinking that they were firecrackers. >> police