shah" the book looks at president nixon's relationship with the shah of iran and its impact on u.s. foreign policy during the cold war. the richard nixon foundation hosted this event. it's a little over half an hour. >> thank you all for being here. thank you for coming all the way from london for this talk. i urge everyone to read this book if you really want to understand the u.s./iranian relationship today and iran's position in the world. let me first ask you, what inspired you to write this, undertake this project? >> well, first of all, can i just say thank you to the nixon foundation and to jonathan for the very kind invitation to come. they've taken such good care of me. i haven't been to california since i was a child. and i absolutely love it. i look out my office in london it's mostly raining, so to be here is a real pleasure. so, this book was a labor of love basically. i come from an iranian family. i was born very shortly after the fall of the shah. the revolution and the shah was something that was always discussed in my family and always debated. so, when it came ti

, the united states, the saudis, the turks, never included iran. didn't include iran, even no the islamic republic was deeply involved in bolstering the assad government and fighting isil in western iraq. iran has been allowed into the consultations, even if it hasn't officially become one of the negotiating partners, and even if it hasn't gotten over its own ambivalence over its be public improvement, this after the nuclear program. russia is now on the ground in syria with the hardware and troops, and the fight against isil. all thall the while, refugees continue to pour out of the divided country, and people desperate to escape the violence in syria are willing to take their chances in boats, even as the approaching winter makes it more dangerous. you saw all of latest developments, including seeds to the eventually end to the fighting. courtney keelly has more. >> in tehran, the funeral for one of iran's top military guard. he was held as a hero after isil fighters killed him in syria. iran will seek to avenge his death. and meanwhile, a memorial for a top hezbollah fighter, r

america's nuclear deal with iran. this time not in washington but in tehran. a history of hostility makes it hard for america and tehran to trust each other. it's been four months since iran agreed to curb its nuclear programme after years of negotiation with five world powers, including the united states. the reset in relations between iran and the west, that president obama and others hoped for doesn't appear to be materializing. in fact, judging from the commemoration in tehran of the 197 embassy, the hostility to the united states is alive and strong. iranians are chanting death to america at political rallies, iran's supreme leader insists they are doing so to protest u.s. foreign policy and not bring deaths to americans. the anti-american sentiments swept up americans inside iran. an iranian american businessman lobbied for relations between the west. he was arrested by authorities in object. they have not been leased. in september, a lebanese information technology specialist was arrested. he had permanent residence status in the united states. reports claim that zacha has ti

to see so we can move the conversation along. >> this is a clip from a short series we did in iran where we travel to iran right before the election back in -- our plan was basically to present the country to american and to one of the people we went to interview was -- >> the islamic republic of iran, a nation and a people, power writ waiting to explode. as we at the emphasize with these lives who are risking their lives to take a stand in the face of democracy, let let us not forget these people are evil. just what is it that makes them so evil? i have not signed up for twitter so the only way to find out was to go and see for myself. as i touched down at the airport on my 36 birthday i was completely alone. no american embassy, no alcohol, not even exposed angles truly are at. >> i have a. >> i have a wife and children, don't hurt me. >> even leaving the hotel led to potential risks. >> then i should my producer, tim greenberg that as long as he was with me there is nothing to fear. first up i made contact with my translator, we headed to a copy shop for a meeting with a journal

agenda? >> well, as you say, it's a busy day for vladimir putin in iran, speaking and meeting with the supreme leader and iranian president. two items have already been ticked off. we know from the president's spokesperson, the russian president's spokesperson that the talks went on for an hour and a half with the supreme leader, longer than planned for. they covered many things, trade and one of the most important things was syria, taking up the majority of their conversation. from the president's spokesperson, we know that there was broad agreement between putin and the supreme leader on what they would say is the in admissibility of dictating political settlements honest air i can't from outside. what these two men decided was no one can tell syrians which form of government or leaders they must choose. that was greed on. what they didn't say was what they didn't agree on. we don't know that, but that is what western leaders will be looking for, any sign that there is a wrist between tehran and moscow, seemingly good buddies at the moment but maybe is there anywhere a wrist between

talked about iran and russia henry talked about pakistan's interest much as you wrote about in thethe new york times saying pakistan had not changed his pakistan had not changed his , your successor testified in afghanistan on the process that it was pakistan that is the problem right now for peace and security, but the chinese have a long-standing relationship command there is increasing evidence that they had taken a more active role in trying to find a way to encourage the pakistanis to encourage etm. and i think the president has approached the chinese vigorously. i wonder if you would just talk about since you finished, could you talk about what has changed in the chinese approach and whether or not the approach might have the prospect of assisting movement and pakistan's aims or initiatives or helping the afghanistan government get the peace process moving in the way you discussed? >> okay. in my assessment there are three main reasons for china to take interest. one is a security threat to china itself. china thinks that it is more based in afghanistan are at least parting through

the end the iran nuclear deem made it through congress and sealing a major victory for president obama. today the president acknowledged his dispute with netanyahu over iran, but tried increase military aid to israeli of israel. take a listen. >> there's no secrete the prime minister and i have had a strong disagreement on this narrow issue but we don't have a disagreement on the need to making sure that iran does not get a nuclear weapon and we don't have a disagreement on the importance of us blunting destabilizing activities that iran amay be taking place. so we are looking forward to make sure we have common ground there. >> for his part prime minister netanyahu did not mention the iran accord and the rift opening between iran and israel. but the failure of peace talks between israel and palestinians lirveg ipalestiniansliving in ta strip. here is part of what he said. >> i want to make it clear we have never given up our hope for peace. i remain committed of two states for two peoples of demilitarized palestinian state that recognizes the jewish state. >> on the same day mr.

appreciate you participating. >> coming up tonight on c-span2, journalist on his business in iran and then life on the muslim world under president putin. >> an article in the new york times reports to big power supporting different factions and syrian civil war class with each other on tuesday when turkish fire jets shut down a russian warplane that they said straight into an airspace. >> next, newsweekly reporter talks about his imprisonment in iran and espionage charges. his imprisonment was the based on the film rosewater. he sat down with the executive producer to talk about his experience this is one hour. >> [applause]. >> good evening, welcome to the john f. kennedy junior form. i make it williams, the williams, the director of the institute of politics here at harvard. tonight we take up the fascinating topic, journalism is not a crime. she's moderated by a great moderator journalists. for nearly three decades american audiences worldwide have look for candy for politics that is thorough, as insightful, revealing, and tough, but honest. over her career she has channeled the w

from mark barton throughout the morning but for now let's turn to iran. they've given investors a glimpse of $30 billion in perspective oil deals. now is our editor kelly goc and. the run projects. will they be enough to attract big oil? what is on offer? certainly hope so. they want about $100 billion to help revive the ailing petrel gas industry but in order to get , it needs tos in give them enough of a reward. tehran in order to come up with ideas for a new oil contract. what has come up with is that the contract will be about 20 years and length. international company's will own part of the production they will be allowed to sell it on the international market. domestically they will be paid on a per barrel basis. in the past they were paid a fixed fee so it didn't really matter how much they produced there was never an incentive to beat any of their targets. iran is hoping to start tendering for these new oil concessions on the 21st of the new irani and calendar year and they hope by then the sanctions will have been lifted or will about to be lifted. meeting later this week

vision is focused on isis right now, but the bigger threat, the more consequential one in iran. -- is iran. iran is the one, thanks to this president and thanks to hillary clinton, now on a pathway to developing a nuclear weapon. they have an agreement in place that will create an opportunity for them to develop, legally, legitimately, under the united nations, nuclear capabilities and weapons. and as you have heard, this is not your garden-variety muslims who control iran. they were the first to establish the revolutionary republic of iran, they are apocalyptic islamists, they believe in the end of times. these are the people we are giving a nuclear weapon to. these are the people given the ability to not just attack the state of israel, i am concerned about the state of israel, but i am more concerned about the united dates. -- states. iran with a nuclear weapon is not just a threat to israel, it is a threat to every man and woman in this country and we need a leader like we had back in 1980. who, when you get sworn into office, the other side knows, the other side knows, the enemy

i understand how all these programs work. >> putin is establishing an alliance with iran and putting a foothold in the middle east, something that he hasn't had for 40 years. >> i would get along with russia and i'll get along with putin. and he is not going to make us look bad any more. >> obamacare fundamentally fosters the relationship between the people and the government. >> for people whose premiums have now gone up, they can thank president obama. >> under no circumstances will iran be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons. >> on my first day in office i'll cancel this reckless and irresponsible deal with iran. >> to kick things off we start with immigration. donald trump is taking credit for sparking a national conversation on this hot button issue. just yesterday the fifth u.s. circuit court of appeals pushed st obama's overreach on immigration by blocking the administration's plan to protect 5 million illegal immigrants from being deported. yesterday the justice department announced it is planning on appealing the decision going right to the supreme court. one thing is crystal

who was imprisoned in iran in 2009. later a house panel investigates government health insurance co-ops. >> coverage of book fairs and festivals from across the country with nonfiction author talks, interviews and viewer collins ekman, coming up in the we will be live from the 32nd annual miami book fair, and the coverage on saturday november november 21. others include john lewis, discussing his book and a live call-in with wall street journal columnist, peggy noonan, who talks about her book, "the time of our lives." judith miller talks about her looks, "the story". and lights out, a nation unprepared, surviving the aftermath. on sunday speak with the author's life. then host joy reid will take calls about her book. barack obama, the clintons and the racial divide. join us live on c-span2 booktv starting november 21. be sure to wallow and tweet us your questions. >> after appearing on the daily show with jon stewart, journalist and activist maziar bahari was incarcerated by the iranian government in 2009. his memoir "and then they came for me" was basis for the film by john stewar

anwar sadat of egypt but king hussein of jordan, king khalid of saudi arabia and the shah of iran. >> the united states had always backed the shah of iran and goes back to 1953 in fact when america essentially put the shah into power. >> iran is an island of stability and one of the more troubled areas of the world. >> even though western government loved the shah, they weren't really paying attention to the fact on the ground. and there were many people who were discontented with the shah in part because of his extremely oppressive policies. >> iran was seen as important for its oil resources but also because the shah was an ally when it came to regional goals. a natural alliance of the united states. >> the president and the shah of iran spent a long time speaking it was brought up by other leaders in other countries. >> jimmy carter saw the middle east and the settlement of the conflict between israelis and arabs as central to any kind of stability for the next generation. >> hopes for a middle east peace settlement were never higher than they were last november when sadat went

. >>> a court in iran has sentenced an american journalist to the jail, though it hasn't said how long that jail term is going to be. jason, the tehran bureau chief for the washington post was convicted of espionage, spying last month. that will carries a maximum penalty of 20 years. the newspaper called it a sham saying iran has produced no evidence of any wrongdoing so far. let's bring in douglas from the washington post joining me from washington. if you think all of this has been fabricated, why do you think your man has gone to jail? >> i think jason has gotten caught up in forces far larger than him. he has been a defendant victim of the collision in iran between more moderate fors and conservative ones. >> how did he find himself in that particular position? what was he investigating? >> jason was simply reporting on ramble, really, writing more about the people, the lifestyle, nothing that would have aroused the sensitivities of the iranian authorities in any way. he is operating as an accredited journalist. i really think that jason is a victim here you know, if iran had evide

iran were together in ways most have not expected. i certainly don't think the administration expected it. i don't think they expected we would find hezbollah fighters and iranian forces and russian headquarters working together in this kind of circumstance. but, this was general solomonic traveling to moscow in the middle of our nuclear negotiations and putting this plan in place, twice as i understand it he made that travel in violation, by the way, of embargo again, something that wasn't objected to when i raised the issue. by the way, who was sponsored-- responsible himself by the death of 600 americans i am told by the pentagon, that he was in moscow making arrangements with the russians. there was no protest that i am aware of of this being a violation of the travel ban. of late, russian aircraft has been seen running iranian weapons into syria. again, a very clear violation of the embargo, which will support. so, what steps are being taken to uphold the un arms embargo on iran in the face of the russian violations? >> mr. chairman, i'm unaware of those reports. about the movemen

american hostages in iran. the pentagon put together a blue chip board of half a dozen retired military officers and one to recommend the study the failure and make recommendations and one of the recommendations was the creation of a permanent counterterrorism joint task force with a permanent staff and with units assigned to that task force permanently because the rescue attempt had been conducted by sort of an ad hoc pickup team of a staff and units that weren't used to working together. >> it's called joint because it has units from each of the services. can you talk about those units? >> guest: certainly. it has the special mission units, so called, of the services underneath it. the better known of those, the army force, special forces operational detachment delta and the navy's seal team six. the air force has an equivalent organization that for most of the recent history 24 special tactics but went through series of name changes before that. there's a unit that i referred to a lot in the book as task force orange because that was the nick neighboring in -- nickname in sp

have a disagreement on making sure that iran does not get a nuclear weapon and we do not have a disagreement on the importance of us blunting destabilizing activities that iran may be taken place in. we are working to make sure that we find common ground there. we will also have an opportunity to discuss some of the concerns that both of us have around violence in the palestinian territories. weant to be very clear that condemn in the strongest terms palestinian violence against israeli citizens and i want to repeat once again that it is my strong belief that israel has not just the right but obligation to protect itself. i also will discuss with prime minister his thoughts on how we temperature this between israel and the palestinians and how we can get back to a path toward peace and relations are met through the political process even as we make sure that israel is able to secure itself. so there's would to be a lot of work to do with too little time, which is why i will stop here and once again say, welcome. thank you. mr.e minister netanyahu: president, first let me express

. we cannot wait. up here first. look how iran is thanking us for the deal. forget lifting the sanks. is it time we live in a world of mobile technology, but it is not the device that is mobile, it is you. now back to more bulls and bears. >>> more death to america chants in iran this week. don't borromeo erworry they don to us and the people but death to the policies. we're about to free up billions of dollars to them. you have another plan, what is it? >> i say to keep the sanctions that we have brenda. my premises is pretty straightforward. iran is a bully and they want to kill us. the best way is to hit the bully where it hits the most. with iran, it's in the wallet. how do we know? the resent sanctions that we had in place cut the exports by 17 billion and auto production in half and pharmaceutical industry worth 2 and a half billion and unemployment was over 11 percent. if you remove the sanctions, you may as well put the arm around them and give a nice wet kiss. it's just silly the direction at that we're going. >> and susie to gary's point about bullies, this is about treatin

, iran's judiciary said ryan has been sentenced to prison. he's been in prison for a year. it may be a result of a political battle within iran. >> news about the fate of jason rezaian came sunday on the website of iranian state t.v. the spokesman for iran's judiciary only said that he has been sentenced to prison and the sentence is not yet final. sunday, his brother ali slammed the confusion and lack of transparency surrounding the case saying "my brother is an innocent man and well respected journalist, my family remains hopeful that jason will soon be reunited with us." reskyen is tehran bureau chief for the washington post. the post's foreign editor said part of the secrecy is because rezaian has done nothing wrong. >> if iran had evidence against jason, it would have produced this by now. it wouldn't have been dragging out this case, verdict, this sentence for many many months without ever disclosing what it is jason did. >> rezaian and his wife were both arrested in their home in iran in the middle of the night in 2014. she was later released on bail. when rezaian was convicted,

immediate environment. but they were not wedded to a larger goal. iran leading the shiites with their proxies and hamas or even though hamas is a sunni, or the militant sunnis led by dash, by isis. they have a larger goal in mind. their goal is to world. it's unbelievable. people don't believe that. they don't believe it's possible to have this quest for an immate or cal fate in the 21st century, but that is exactly what is guiding them and against his who could represent two states, one, dash, and the other, iran. each one of them nuclear weapons in the case of iran, that posed a threat to our world. therefore, if i have to cat accountize the threats, i would say that these are the larger threats. it doesn't mean you have to form alliances with secular dictatorshi dictatorships, it means you have to cattize what is what is the larger threat and that's something that i think is required from all of us. political leadership involves always choosing between bad and worse. i seldom have had a choice between bad and good. i we can ilt when it happens, but these are by far the easiest choi

depressed and it is cold over in iran. they are depriving him of things like bocks to read and extra warm clothes and things like that. >> we heard that the conviction included prison time. it doesn't say what he was convicted of or how long it was for. we don't have clarity. we know that iran doesn't feel like they have to release jason. they held him over 400 days and there is no reason he is be held a day let alone 500. >> that is jason rezaian's brother. rezaian's lawyer said they have no other information or details about the sentence. rezaian who is a dual citizen of united states and iran and was arrested and charged on spying on the iranian nuclear program. doug, i have to ask this. we are craving information. do we know anything more about the reports of this sentence? >> we don't. like almost everything in this case it is opaque and connowsing and outrageous. iran never said why they arrested jason or convicted him of and what his sentence might be or the next steps. >> what can we do in the united states? we the united states government to help get him out of prison? >> it

about how the implementation of the iran nuclear agreement is going. it is no secret that the prime minister and i have had a strong disagreement on this narrow issue. ondon't have a disagreement making sure that iran does not and anyclear weapon destabilizing activities that may be taking place. we are looking to make sure we find common ground there. we've also had no opportunity to discuss the terms both of us have had around violence in the palestinian territories. we condemn in the strongest terms palestinian violence against innocent israeli citizens. it is my strong believe that has the obligation and the right to protect itself did -- itself. lower discuss how we can between theure israelis and palestinians, how we can get back on a path howrds peace, and legitimate aspirations to be met through a political process, even as we make sure israel can secure itself. there's a lot of work to do with too little time. that's why i'm going to stop here and say welcome. thank you. pm netanyahu: an express the condolences of the people of israel for the loss of american lives -- let m

do we do now. let me move on to the iran deal and the latest out of iran. iranian american arrested in iran this is the first basically issue that we're facing since the nuclear deal was signed. arrested and now being held in iran, what are your thoughts on this? >> well, i think iran has the same internal dynamic that we do. a divided government. and one part of the government wants the deal. and one part of the government doesn't want the deal. and the part that doesn't want the deal controls the military and the judiciary and they use that in the best way they can to defeat the deal, just as some americans are saying we should cancel the deal. secondly, iran has been a factor in the middle east for 2,500 years. they have and will continue to take actions that are contrary to our self-interest and iran will be less effective in whatever they do, without a nuclear weapon, than they would have been with one. so the agreement, which was specifically focused on preventing iran from getting a nuclear weapon, was effective and if complied with will be effective. if it is not complied wi

you heard the prime minister mentioning that but also they wanted to touch on the iran nuclear deal which obviously drove a wedge between them. >> it's no secret that the prime minister and i have had a strong disagreement on this narrow issue, but we don't have agreement on the need to making sure that iran does not get a nuclear weapon make no mistake about it. this is a relationship born out of reality. not just in the region but internationally. i should also point out one of the major reasons for the primegó&x minister's visit soak ago 10 year 50 billion-dollar aid package go a linger way toward helping the israelis defend themselves. although the white house seems very amenable to that package they did not make that announcement today, greta. >> kevin, thank you. >> you bet. >> and joining us israeli prime minister netanyahu's spokesperson mark regev. >> nice to see you as well. we do remote usually. >> correct. >> nice meeting at the white house today. >> it was a long meeting. we went overtime. there were a lot of important issues on the table. it's important to disg>mm tho

time in iran on what many are calling trumped up charges. jon: president obama says he's confident in the u.s. and the world to defeat terrorists. by says the media plays a role. >> the media needs to help in this. during course of this week a difficult week, it's understandable that this has been a primary focus. but one of the things that has to happen is how we report on this as to maintain perspective and not empower in any way these terrorist organizations or elevate them in ways that make it easier for them to recruit or make them stronger. jon: tammy bruce, and alan colmes. so tammy, what is it that displeased you. >> he likes to micromanage everything. obama's focus has always been about winning the news cycle. the only way he can do that is to make sure reporters don't cover what's happening in the world. when you cover tear riforts and the terrorism, you foojtd out what a -- you find out what a failure obama is. his plan for the next year was race rife oughts on campus, bad cop marches. gun control and clue hat change. and looking at the failure -- people deserve to know,

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servicemen and women. we have a report on paid patriotism in pro sports. >> fwoo an ordeal in iran that lasted 444 days. and the day is celebrated as a holiday. the -- one of the americans that was taken captive will join us. test. >> we continue to face a grave situation in iran and our embassy is seized and more than 60 american citizens are held in as hostages and in an attempt to enforce unacceptable demands on our country. that can affect the safety of the hostages and secure release. along with families of the hostages, i have welcomed and appreciated the restraint that is shown by americans in this crisis. we must continue restraint. and despite the intensity of our emotions. the lives of our people in iran are at stake. >> president jimmy carter in november 1979 just days after an event that left lasting images and impressions for generations. 36 years ago today iranians stormed our embassy and took hostages. blind folded americans put on display by the islamic regime. their ordeal, for those americans went on 444 days. today in iran this is how iranians mark the occasion.

talk about those three empires. >> guest: ifortfirst of all affecting this part of the world, iran wants to rebuild its long lost empire and it is making progress in doing that. it has major control in parts, almost all in some countries, lebanon, syria, iraq, yemen, and isis is trying to expand its reach substantially. look at the huti rebels that its backing in yemen that are creating a very serious problem for stability on that peninsula with saudi air arabia and elsewhere. empire, it's a religious one. i'd sake it's a theocratic genocidal cooperation, and each of those words have a substantive meaning with respect to iran and not just an exploit. you got the iranian problem, and on the suni side of the spectrum within islam, you have the -- you have isis working hard to establish what they call a calatfet which is agreeing empire, and they have -- they have something that is beginning to look like a state, and that is what they want, because they think it's going to be a lot easier to get people to immigrate whereemgriotemigratepeople where they want, if they have a state struc

. negotiations for iran. and as i said to him when he came into our office and i'm sure, ben, you said the same thing, all of us are gratified when people who commit their life in this way end up ascending to these positions. you oversee africa, east area and the pacific, europe. the nearest, south and central asia, the western hemisphere and international organizations just to note to staff, we could see the world. it would be easier. thank you. the nomination we are considering today for the most senior and influential undersecretary. this is a key nomination for this committee at this time. the person that the senate confirms for this job will not just serve this administration but will also be an institutional bridge to the next. with that i turn to senator cardin. >> let me first thank you for the speed in which this confirmation hearing has been set. i really appreciate it. and i know your commitment so that the state department has a full complement in dealing with the urgent international issues, there's not a shortage of that. we couldn't have a better person than ambassador s

questions about relations with iran, and criminal justice reform, and other sensitive issue, and give us the main takeaways. >> well, wolf, which talked about everything from how to break through in the upcoming debates. he says that he will improve his performance. we talked about donald trump calling for jeb to quit the race. jeb says he is not going to do that, but we started by asking him about president obama's early release of federal prisoner, and jeb bush says that he is not a fan. >> reporter: talk to me about policy. president obama has accelerated the release of more than 6,000 prisoners. are you comfortable with that? >> i would have preferred that he do it the old fashioned way which is to find the people that agree with him that we need to reform our criminal justice syst system. people on the republican side believe it needs to be reformed as well. do something on the congress where the democracy works properly and rather than by the executive order. >> you think it is wrong? >> i think it is the wrong approach with the right reason. 6,000 people being released, i

loses to all in a national poll and essentially tied with trump. let's go overseas and iran continues to humiliate president obama. another american charged with spying, he's a hostage. on this, the 36th anniversary, the attack on our embassy in tehran. on the corporate front, elon musk talks up tesla again and that stock will pop today. big news day and "varney & company" is about to begin. ♪ >> now, we thought you might like to see this. the dow industrials will probably crack 18,000 right there at the opening bell in 28 1/2 minutes' time. we'll be up at least 50 points. the dow closed out yesterday at 17-9. we could get to 18,000 very, very quickly today. let's see and watch the show and find out. and the price of gold has gotten nowhere the past couple of months. it's still at 1118. there's no inflation for gold going anywhere. tesla is a winner today. it loses less money than the all knowing analysts were expecting and gave a bullish forecast. elon musk talking up the future again and it's working and that stock will go up significantly today. 8, 9%. virtually no change overnig

convinced. "russia will have to join." alan: russia's strategy was to support assad and iran and confront the sunnis. they helped create the problem of i.s. russia was on the wrong side from the start. now that they have been attacked with their airliners, now that they see that their own sunni minorities are looking to islamic state, it is time they made a decision. it is up to them. if they keep on doing things like provoking turkey, as they have done with obama. if they go on doing that, they are part of the problem, not the solution. peter: the global alliance, is it a solution to the problem or a problem in itself? ulrike: an alliance would be fine, but there is no global alliance. as alan posener mentioned, the russians have a different interest from the west. it is not only a question about the west and russia. you should not ignore the immense importance that the original powers around syria have. those really decide on what is happening in syria is turkey, iran, saudi arabia. unfortunately, those three have opposite interests. it is very difficult to see how they will agree on so

that the prime minister and i have had a strong disagreement on this narrow issue. that issue is iran and the deal on its nuclear program pushed through by mr. obama. but unlike past meetings between the two men, there was no open acrimony. both emphasized common goals. >> i think this is a tremendously important opportunity for us to work together to see how we can defend ourselves against this aggression, thistor, how we can roll it back. it's a daunting task. >> there was little said publiby the leaders. no joint press conference, as is common. all in all, it was a low-key meeting designed to turn down the temperature in bilateral relations. that's a stark contrast with netanyahu's last visit in march. >> his excellency, benjamin netanyahu. >> that's when he defied the president and took his fight against the iran nuclear deal to a joint meeting of congress this is a bad deal. it's a very bad deal. we are better off without it. >> in many ways, the tactic backfired. the other did survived the vote in congress in spite of the speech and it angered many democrats who normally support

both iran and saudi arabia and if you know how that has been at least historically speaking, the fact that they were at the same table is saying something, lou. lou: remarkable. kevin, thank you so much. kevin cork from the white house. iran making it clear tonight it still considers the united states to be its enemy despite coming to agreement on the nuclear deal with president obama and world powers. iran's supreme leader so called warned officials against importing american consumer goods when sanctions are lifted. the ayatollah saying the country should quote develop an economy of resistance and focus on self reliance. a majority of iranian lawmakers say they would not abandon the slogan death to america, which is frequently chanted during friday prayers in iran. we're coming right back with much more. stay with us >> russia's military build up mobilizing jet fighters and bombers, troops, warships, and submarines at levels not seen in decades. just what are the russians up to? ambassador john bolton joins us next. and a new guinness world record involving sharp nails, motorbikes,

forever. i don't think iran is committed to assad staying in power forever. russia is interested in its own interests. it wants to prevents the western powers from regime change and toppling assad the same way it toppled the leading government in the iraqi government. in many ways the spokes american is really asserting a principle of russian foreign policy. it tells you that there is momentum. there is diplomatic moment. russia is trying to send messages both to rebels opposition and also to the western powers. >> and if that is what is behind the invitation to come to mosc moscow. is it maneuvering or is it a genuine offer? >> russia is trying very hard to help broker peace talks between the government and opposition. this is something that they have been trying to do for a year. it has not succeeded because they're deeply suspicious of russia. but what russia has to do now is say, look, this is not about assad. this is about the syrian state. this is about the syrian institutions and today, when the statement was made, russia also made another statement. it says that the oppositi

differences with iran for years and years weather russia for year, but you can't let those differences dictate or you can't become captive to the differences. let's center on the core threat, the common threat, build out from there. if you can build some platform of stability, that gettious to a point where you can start to maybe unravel some of this. >> let's discuss this further with lieutenant general mark hurdley, a cnn military analyst and retired army commanding general out of europe and as well as the 7th army. good to see you. your title gets longer and longer every time we talk. but i learn new stuff all the time. all right, general. so, you know, the president is pretty confident when he says, you know, isis will be destroyed. so is the president's confidence in your view i guess gaining strength in large part because russia and france to name a few are lending greater support in this, you know, worldwide effort to defeat isis? >> yeah, it is, fred, and hear's why. i mean, there have been several people who have said that the president or the administration does n

opposition to sign on to any sort of cease-fire as long as russia and iran are demanding that assad, who has murdered over 200,000 civilians -- for those of us in this hearing room, we have heard in the past caesar come forward with his photographs that he took, 50,000 photographs of people tortured by the regime. that kind of conduct by this regime means it has lost all legitimacy with the syrian people. so the russian plan is to have him stay in power and to ask at the outset that he stays in power. the statement from vienna didn't even demand that the assad regime stop using barrel bombs against civilians. that would have been a minimum step that the russians could have supported. but their planes, they provided the air force originally to assad. a diplomatic solution is only possible with a strong, coherent, moderate opposition that can serve as a bridge from assad to a new post-conflict government. yet the administration has done little to help the opposition. its feeble train and equip program is defunct. washington bureaucracy and deference to the iraqi government has held up desp

their meeting, the president and prime minister acknowledged the elephant in the room, that the iran nuclear deal drove a huge wedge between them but wouldn't keep them from moving forward together. >> it's no secret that the prime minister and i have had a strong disagreement on this narrow issue. but we don't have a disagreement on the need to making sure that iran does not get a nuclear weapon. >> reporter: the controversial nuclear agreement, just one of several areas where the two leaders disagree. among others, the growth of jewish settlements and the lack of progress toward a two-state solution. low netanyahu said today he still supports the latter. no issue has widened the gap like the iran nuclear deal. a risky separation at a time when iran and russia are strengthening their partnership, including the sale of surface-to-air missiles to tehran. >> i think this is a tremendously important opportunity for us to work together to see how we can defend ourselves against this aggression, this terror. how we can roll it back. it's a daunting task. >> reporter: that task is even tou