iran playback. iran will develop the program regardless. >> iran has. regardless of the consequences. we are considering active measures, active consequences for this latest launch and will share those with the committee as soon as we make a decision. >> in your testimony city continue to use unilateral sanctions what unilateral authorities to impose sanctions has the united states use after the last two ballistic missile tests last two months? >> executive order, there was another one. every iranian entity connected to the missile program has been sanctioned. we are actively considering what steps to take in response to the october 10 test. i don't understand the argument about a permissive environment.a permissive environment. the obama administration is doing the same thing the bush administration did, to respond to every violation of ballistic missile room resolutions of human rights, , terrorism, hostagetaking with the legal authorities congress is given us. hurt those taking that action. in the united nations and in other bodies, that is what we d

-- iran? mr. mull: iran even before the agreement ends is eligible to receive in five kilogram increments those its of fuel for .ts tehran research reactor it can only receive those increments as the iaea verify that the preceding amount of fuel has been use. that will be under tight control. jcpo years of the from now in the future, there is iran'striction on enrichment activities, beyond their saying they will develop a program with peaceful purposes. that will be a constant focus of the u.s. government -- senator cardin: my question is, will we know whether the legal agreement entered into between iran and russia and perhaps iran and context on -- kazakhstan today will give them the right to reclaim this material af ter the restrictions are eliminated? mr. mull: the only exception is getting the fuel increments, whether or not they will have the stockpile get that will be moved to russia back. that is not in the agreement. according to the agreement they must keep below 500 kilograms. : we will

iran developed detonators, iran engaged in computer modeling of a nuclear explosive. iran even set up organizations specifically dedicated to nuclear weapons activity. mr. president, it's not hard to connect those dots and the iaea did. that agency found that iran engaged nefortses to remove and refurbish facilities related to testing nuclear weapons components. it's government also offered misleading explanations of its past nuclear behavior. it's equally important to note when they did not find. iran's weapons program didn't advance beyond an exploratory stage. the iaea found no indication there was a whole undeclared nuclear fuel cycle in inor that iran held significant amounts of undeclared uranium. but despite the ambiguous nature of this rorkts the take away is clear. iran's report weapons-related activities and its determination to hide and obfuscate its behavior reinforce our justifications for ongoing distrust of the iranian government and for the strict monitoring and verification of the components of the nuclear deal. my colleagues and i have access to clas

and that's about iran's export or iran's crude oil. that's a different type in iran. just different markets and different refineries that are -- >> i'm sorry. i'm out of time. and i have one more statement to make. can i ask you to hold that and submit that answer for the record? i apologize. >> sure. just one more important, it would be for the refinery. it would not be as -- >> emitive? >> yes. >> let me finish by saying this. we heard from secretary -- ms. yellen the other day that a decrease in u.s. oil production is now a drag on the economy. we hear from the aspen institute if we allow oil, we create 630,000 jobs per year and increase gdp $141 billion. we hear from mr. webster by exporting oil we will increase national and global security. but if we don't tend to it we will lose that opportunity. both on an economic and national security and i might add environmental basis there's such a strong case for allowing u.s. exporting of oil. i cannot imagine why the administration does not. >> well said, senator cassady. >> thank you, madam chair. i was curious as to w

with iran. it is very evident that they are taken a very different tack than the administration officials thought would be the case after the agreement was agree to. anyone here point to any subsequent consequences that iran has space, i'm sure during this hearing that will be a constant theme because we see no evidence of them paying a price for any of these actions. instead of consequences, iran got what it wanted an hour administration supported a resolution at the iaea closing investigation which, i think all of us believe, we thought they would maybe get a d- in their actions. actually it was an ass. i thought our witnesses, i know our witness will say most of these actions fall outside of their jurisdiction including the missile tests. but i do not think we can take a narrow view of this oversight. failure to impose any consequences on iran regarding the violations of the security council sets a very dangerous precedents which we have talked about. before before implementation of the nucle

and that's about iran's export or iran's crude oil. that's a different type in iran. just different markets and different refineries that are -- >> i'm sorry. i'm out of time. and i have one more statement to make. can i ask you to submit that for the record. i apologize. >> sure. just one more important, it would be for the refinery. it would not be as -- >> emitive? >> yes. >> let me finish by saying this. we heard from secretary -- ms. yellen the other day that a decrease in u.s. oil production is now a drag on the economy. we create 630,000 jobs per year and increase gdp $141 billion. we hear from mr. webster by exporting oil we will increase national and global security. but if we don't tend to it we will lose that opportunity. both on an economic and national security and i might add environmental basis. such a strong case for allowing u.s. export of oil. i can't imagine why the administration does not. >> well said, senator cassady. >> thank you, madam chair. i was curious as to what happens. we understand isil derives all of its revenue from taxation. and dr.

and that's about iran's export or iran's crude oil. that's a different type in iran. just different markets and different refineries that are -- >> i'm sorry. i'm out of time. and i have one more statement to make. can i ask you to hold that and submit that answer for the record? i apologize. >> sure. just one more important, it would be for the refinery. it would not be as -- >> emitive? >> yes. >> let me finish by saying this. we heard from secretary -- ms. yellen the other day that a decrease in u.s. oil production is now a drag on the economy. we hear from the aspen institute if we allow oil, we create 630,000 jobs per year and increase gdp $141 billion. we hear from mr. webster by exporting oil we will increase national and global security. but if we don't tend to it we will lose that opportunity. both on an economic and national security and i might add environmental basis there's such a strong case for allowing u.s. exporting of oil. i cannot imagine why the administration does not. >> well said, senator cassady. >> thank you, madam chair. i was curious as to w

if iran decides to walk back -- they will have for iran an unprecedented regime. there are going to be 130 to 150aie inspectors given full-time, 24/7 access to all of iran's nuclear facilities and so we will be able to determine if they are in compliance or not and if they are not, there will be consequences. >> on that point which seemed like to me what senator menendez what he wants to do would be the appropriate thing for congress to do, if in fact, we reach implementation day, which i assume we will, and sanctions reach before that day, do we have sanctions to snapback to if, in fact, there's a violation? >> sir, we have in place and will have on implementation day and far beyond implementation day a comprehensive network of sanctions authorities both through legislation that the congress has passed as well as a complex of executive orders which has the ability to impose sanctions on iran swiftly should that be required. so we believe that we have the tools in order to do that. >> general, can i ask you a question, please? the iranians are going to be sending

agreement by iran. so it would seem to me this is the first test of the unity with our european partners. and i just hope -- i ask that question that we are trying to coordinate a response with our european partners, because it seems to me they also understand the importance of that coalition to the successful implementation of the iran agreement. >> yes, sir. i completely agree. i think one of our strongest -- we do have a really powerful toolbox that we can use unilaterally. but to the extent that we can get others in the international community to join us, that substantially increases the impact of these sorts of measures. and i think that's actually been one of the great success stories of american diplomacy in confronting these threats from iran over the past several decades. >> i would say to you, we're looking at the math of the p5 plus one in actions with the compliance within the iran agreement. yes, we want to get international support to respond to iran. but it's important that we have the nu

run by putin the we let iran back -- it's a terror nation, and we let iran become very powerful. by the way, they don't need to create nuclear because they're now so rich with $150 billion they can go out and buy it directly. so, we're the ones that have really empowered iran, not russia. russia is certainly doing their damage also but we through sheer stupidity of a deal, one of the worst deals i've ever seen negotiated we are the ones that truly have empowered iran and it's a disgrace. >> we've empowered iran more than russia has? >> george, we just made one of the worst deals i have ever seen in dealmaking. i'm not talking between nations. we don't even get our prisoners back, and now after the deal is made, they want to start talking as a new deal to get our prisoners back, and they want a lot for the prisoners, for the four prisoners. by the way, they say we're not going to give you -- >> russia is part of that deal as well. it was backed up by russia. >> hey, let me -- yeah, you know why, because russia is making a lot of money with the deal, because they're selling missile

before 2011, iran -- iran's export was 80% of its revenue. even the share of the budget dropped from 70% to 33%. recouped bye additional sales. correct? ms. vakhshouri: they make money, of course. expert in terrorism. i look into the industry. after 2012 sanctions, the that the of the groups u.s. considered as supporters of terrorism, they had better access to the network. sales to iranian oil. let go to state-sponsored terrorism? -- will it go to state-sponsored terrorism? harrell: some will go to the syrian regime -- dr. crane: some will go to the syrian regime. >> some of it will go to state-sponsored terrorism? harrell: low oil prices have been hard for some of the oil-producing parts of the country. it has been good though for security. >> for the u.s. to change its export policy come it would improve u.s. national security? harrell: i would have to defer to some of the other experts -- experts on the panel. clearly, low oil prices help our national security. there are strong national security arguments for allowing u.s. exports as part

to stick to the nuclear side of the agreement might prevent us from challenging iran or punishing iran on their non-nuclear behavior. ... but what other remedy to be had outside of the saturday counsel for this breach? >> a couple of points. one, it shouldn't be taken but it launched october 10 as a medium-range ballistic missile. we do have by the way a general concern about the proliferation of the medium-range ballistic missiles by a number of countries in the middle east but of course the number one concern and the number one target for action is the program. now, the authorities that we have, we have used aggressively and creatively and we will continue to do so. but they are the authorities congress has given in to the president has established under executive order in order to designate specific entities and entities outside of iran. to propose a genuine economic cost upon the entity and the program of development of the ballistic missile technologies. when those sanctions and designations touched the companies outside of iran coming , it is a matter of significant commercial ar

iran were hurt. however, still iran despite all the sanctions were successful to increase natural gas production and in 2014 for the first time the balance of natural gas trade was positive. after the nuclear deal, iran is going to come back to the market with totally different approach. iran have witnessed despite all of its oil and gas resources, witnessed many ups and downs with its relation to international oil companies and countries. so every time in response to the challenges it was facing, it came out with more with the policy of being more resilient. this is going to be the case this time, too. iran's supreme leader in 2014 announced the idea of economy resistance. it was in the response to 2012 sanctions that reduce iran's oil export and oil revenue. the most goal and aim of the economy resistance would be to create more value added domestically but processing crude oil and natural gas domestically and export the product instead of the raw material. therefore, we are not going to see a huge

iran has been accused of viola violating a u.n. resolution when it test fired a missile capable of carrying a warhead. reported by u.n. panel of experts which concluded it could lead to sanctions. iran denied the claim saying that the missile was not designed to carry nuclear war heads. let's get more on this now with gabriel elizondo. what do we expect from the united security council. will they meet within an hour's from now? >> the security council is meeting in an open briefing about 60 minutes an hour were right now. it's a highly anticipated bleat we expect to get more thoughts on security councils think about this report by the u.n. panel of experts. the highlight of this report, as you stated is a panel the panel of experts concluded that the october 10th about a his tim missile test was in violation. this potentially could open up iranian official owe u.n. sanctions. it's unlikely that's 'cause then russia and cline would not go along with such sanctions. here domestically in the u.s. there is blow back here on the obama a

what is the thinking inside iran from your perspective? >> well, the thinking -- first of all, the missile launch that took place the most recent one was a medium range missile. it was not an icbm. the thinking that we apply to this is that we need to make it as hard as possible -- >> i'm not asking about your thinking. if you don't -- please don't read those paragraphs anymore to me. i'm asking what the administration thinks iran is doing when this is totally inconsistent with rational thinking. >> well, i'm not in a position to characterize what iran -- or the iranian government is thinking. we're focused on making sure they can't develop a nuclear weapons capability. >> let me ask you another question, senator menendez really pressed secretary kerry when he was here and many of us since that time relative to whether the launch of these ballistic missiles as defined will be in violation of the new agreement that's being implemented now. it was in violation of 1929. we've done nothing about that, which is unfortunate. but there's some rea

and on issues related to iran. every aspect of our misguided policy has been focused upon as well as ideas that mitigate the damage. this is one of those. if you go with the money flow, you can help to stop this. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. engel: mr. speaker, i'm prepared to close. i don't know if there are any further people on the other side? i'll close, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. engel: i yield myself such time as i may consume. colleagues, we all know too well that iran is the world's leading state sponsor of terror and its most destructive terrorist tool is hezbollah. it is not limited to terrorism, arranging from drug trafficking to other forms of illicit activity. hezbollah has transformed into one of the world's most sophisticated, complex and dangerous terror organizations. h.r. 2297 is the adequate response to meet this challenge. on the terror financing front, this bill would m

the current state of iran's of iran's oilfields indicate iran is producing 2.9 billion barrels of crude oil today. it's natural gas production is about 692,000 to 700,000 barrels per day. the plan after the deal -- it's -- its production will gradually rebound. we are expecting, by mid-next year iran's crude oil production , 2016, is expected to reach 400 to 500 more than today and they will have additional 200,000 barrels of crude oil. iran's oil minister is expected to announce that iran will increase its exports about $500,000 -- barrels per day, a 500,000 day after sanctions are removed. as i mentioned, in the long-term, iran is going to increase mostly it's natural gas because it is going -- mostly its natural gas because it is going to produce more of that. also, it can convert it into electricity for domestic use and export. what would be important is that if iran comes out of isolation, it is not going to be dependent on its oil export revenue as much as it was before. energy administration information forecasts that prior to 2011, net revenue from its oil export was about $92 m

and so can iran. in the end this was p5-plus-1, in the end, america and iran have to stick to this deal, and i think we're probably the better part of a year away from seeing if that happens. >> thank you so much. >>> this week iran did fulfill a major part of the deal by ships out thousands of tons of enriched uranium. >>> tens of thousands of people in southern california are in the path of a gas leak that is making some people sick. jennifer london has the story. >> reporter: this is what an environmental disaster looks like. a massive natural gas leak spewing methane into the air. down wind 30,000 people living in the up scale community 20 miles north of downtown los angeles. >> it's impossible to go outside. >> reporter: they have been renting this home in the ranch for the past few years, and are in the process of buying what was supposed to be their dream home. now they say they are living a nightmare. >> our three year old, bella, she's had three sinus infections, our 10-year-old daughter is c

iran develop detonators. iran experimented with explosive technology. iran engaged in computer modeling, of a nuclear explosive. iran even set up organizations specifically dedicated to nuclear weapons activity. mr. president, it's not hard to connect those dots and the iaea did. that agency found that iran engaged in efforts to demolish them to remove and to refurbish facilities related testing nuclear weapons components. it's government offered misleading explanations of its past nuclear behavior. it's equally important to know what the iaea did not find. iran's weapons programs did an advanced beyond an exploratory stage. the iaea found no indication there was a whole undeclared nuclear fuel cycle and i've been wanting of significant amounts of undeclared uranium. but despite the ambiguous nature of this report that take away i think it's clear. iran's nuclear weapons related activity at its sustained determination to hide and to obfuscate its behavior reinforced our justification for ongoing distrust in the iranian government, and for the strict mon

iran and other producers of opec -- iran has the less dependency on oil exports. i mentioned that the share of oil export revenue in the iran budget dropped to 33% in 2015. what iran is thinking now is instead of exporting crude oil, or natural gas, exporting natural gas is important because it creates long-term energy ties with its -- other countries. but to produce more profit products. refined petroleum products. that come from them. also using natural gas and petrochemical factories. they will increase petrochemical facilities and production capacity almost three times by 2025. also exporting electricity. they would be of course -- more income would be generated. more jobs from the government. it is hard to put a ban on the export of electricity at some point the gas -- than gas. it is hard for governments receiving electricity to be convinced to his stop -- to stop exporting electricity. >> all of that you described is dependent on oil and gas. dr.: iran has lots of sources of income like taxing, which has been increased to subsidize oil revenue. it does come

i asking what the administration inks iran is doing -- thinks iran is doing when this is totally inconsistent with rational thinking. mull: i'm not in a position to characterize what the iranian government is thinking. we are focused on making sure they cannot develop nuclear weapons capabilities. what senator menendez really pressed on secretary kerry when he was here and many of us and that time, relative to whether the launch of these ballistic missiles has defined, will be in violation of the new agreement that is being implemented. it was in violation of 1929. we have done nothing about that which is unfortunate. but there is cute language that was utilized that we discussed while trying to understand what the agreement said. theytary kerry was adamant could not continue to test missiles even after this agreement was put in place. that is weird language this refers to, it says they are called upon. out of curiosity, after the implementation, if they launch these types of missiles, is it or is it not in violation of the agreement? mull: it is not. it is a violation of security council res

that iran has signed up to, iran will accept and abide by those elements within the agreement. so the united states knows, the russians know, the chinese know, and the others know that iran will not accept any limitations on conventional defense. >>> it has been a year since taliban fighters stormed a school and killed 141 people mostly children. the attack lead to the creation of military courts in pakistan, and the re-introduction of the death penalty. >> reporter: there was a big ceremony here at the venue of that school -- army public school where that deadly attack took place. today i have with me the brigadier general who also lost his wife in that attack, she was a teacher at that school. can you tell us the importance of marking the first anniversary? >> the message was very loud and clear, because i could see the keenness they showed the [ inaudible ] who participated, and the -- there was a pride in their eyes. i could see the outstandingly intere interesting and -- i think the message was loud and clear to the extremists. >> reporter: and what sort of lessons do you

but they can't tolerate iran, a nuclear iran. with the current regime, of course, the apocalyptic regime, they don't trust them. we don't trust them either. nevertheless, this is a key element, whether iran will become nuclear or not, which will affect our situation in the region and by one way or another, the idea of nuclear iran should be stopped. nevertheless, we should be ready to defend ourselves, by ourselves, and i'm talking about our relationship with the united states, and i mean it regarding what should be done regarding capabilities and what has been mentioned earlier and so forth. but now we have iran not suffering any more from political isolation and waiting for the sanctions relief within a couple of weeks. having more money to spend on what? to produce more weapons? to transfer more weapons to hezbollah, more money to hamas and palestinian islamic jihad? and one of the implications of this deal is arms race -- the conventional arms race in our region. talking about $200 billion procurement of arms by now the sunni

away in the face of iran's violations. >> this council cannot allow iran to feel that it can vital our resolutions with impunity. the council members who raise violations of our resolution illusions, who seek action of the council are not the destabilizers. we are not the rule breakers. iran is when it vitals council resolutions. >> the u.s. and the west could propose blacklisting additional officials or entities, but russia and china might not go along with it. a white house spokesperson said u.s. president barack obama would not stand in the way of sanctions if the u.n. deems such measures useful. iran has said any sanctions could jeopardize the nuclear deal signed in july with world powers with sanctions that could begin as early as next month. there were mixed sentiments coming from the u.n. in vienna, the international atomic energy agency ended their decade long probe on allegations iran worked to obtain nuke arms. >> the agency has no credible indications of activities in iran relevant to the development of nuclear explosive devices after 2009. nor has the agency found any credi

all of this is proof enough, i believe, that the iran nuclear deal certainly didn't change iran's behavior for the better. to the contrary, it's becoming increasingly clear that the obama administration's deal with iran has only emboldened iran to take more provocative actions against the united states, our citizens, and our allies. mr. president, iran's leaders are testing us. it is clear that they are testing us right now. how we respond to these tests is critical. as noted, iran's missile launches on october 11 clearly violated u.n. security council resolution 1929. and the one on november 21 likely did as well. but what does this mean? we haven't discussed, what does this mean for the current iran nuclear deal that was recently signed? what are the implications on moving forward with that deal? what are the implications of this activity on moving forward with that deal? mr. president, i believe a strong argument can be made that these actions by iran mean that they are already violating the spirit and the intent of the nuclear agreement that this body just voted on a few months ago. al

and so can iran. in the end, it was approved by the united nations and five other countries, in the end, america and iran have to stick to this deal. >> ali velshi thank you so much. >>> this week iran did fill full a major obligation of the nuclear deal, shipping out thousands of tons of enriched uranium. >>> tens of thousands of people in southern california are in the path of an unfolding environmental disaster, a gas leak that is making some people sick. >> reporter: this is what an environmental disaster looks like, a massive natural gas leak, spewing methane into the air. down wind of the leak, 30,000 people living in the up scale bedroom community of porter ranch, 28 miles north of downtown los angeles. >> it's a impossible to go outside. we have to close all of the doors and windows. >> reporter: this family have been renting this home for the past few years and are in the process of buying what was supposed to be their dream home. now they say they are living a nightmare. >> our three year ol

iran has not signed a deal. the state department admits that it's not a signed deal or legally binding deal. they came out and said why would i sign the deal and bind them to do anything. so there's no deal here. this is in sane. john kerry was out negotiated from go to whao and now you have a political commitment. it took decades to get them in place. you will never get them back in place. this is a horrible horrible deal that by the way was never signed. >> well, if it were not signed the un said that they stopped them and told them to reframe from using the missiles. it's violating the old deal and not just the new one. >> this is just american. i am so embarrassed about this. this is painful and it's the sanctions working. we almost had it where we needed it. the bottom line is that negotiations requirements and the party involved to put apart the agenda and be upstanding and abide by the terms of the agreement and iran is noneov of those. sometimes you have to say the truth. they're wicked to use the word a

any of us who follow iran closely, relationship with iran and iran's relationship with us would never believe for a second this administration is pushing iran to the limits, like it probably needs to be pushed in order to make sure there's not at some point in the future, a nuclear capable iran. deirdre: so colonel, speaking of relationships, the "wall street journal" reporting that the nsa continues surveillance of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, and other u.s. allies, and this is really flying in the face of a promise from president obama two years ago that the nsa would stop essentially eavesdropping on allies. what does this say about our relationship with israel, and we know obviously that netanyahu was very much against the nuclear agreement that the u.s. formed with iran this summer. >> well, i think the fact that the nsa was doing this despite the president's assurances of these kinds of things wouldn't happen speaks volumes about the relationship that this white house has with president netanyahu. and in my judgment, many respects with israel overall. i would add s

empowered iran. it's a disgrace. >> we've empowered iran more than russia has? >> george, we just made one of the worst deals i have ever seen in dealmaking. i'm not talking between nations. we don't even get our prisoners back, and now after the deal is made, they want to start talking as a new deal to get our prisoners back and they want a lot for the prisoners, for the four prisoners. >> russia is part of that deal as well. >> hey, you know why, because russia is making a lot of money with the deal, because they're selling missiles and other military armaments to iran. because they're smart. you know what we're getting from that deal? nothing. the deal because russia's selling armaments, and beautiful new, modern missiles. they're selling them to iran because our people don't know what they're doing. of course, russia wanted that deal to be made because they're making -- russia is a negotiator with us at the table. russia wanted iran to make that deal. because they wanted iran to have a lot of mon

we let iran become, it's a terror nation and we let iran become very powerful. they don't need to create nuclear they're now so rich they go out and buy it directly. we're the ones that really empowered iran not russia. but, through sheer stupidity of a deal, we're are the ones that truly empowered iran. it's a disgrace. >> we empowered iran more than russia? >> george, we just made one of the worst deals i have ever seen in dealmaking. we don't even get our prisoners back and now after the deal is made, they want to start talking as a new deal to get our prisoners back and they want a lot for the prisoners, for the four prisoners. >> russia is part of that deal as well. >> hey, you know why, because russia is making a lot of money with the deals, because they're selling missiles and other military armaments. because they're smart. you know what we're getting from that deal? nothing. russia should want them to make the deal because they're selling armaments, new, modern missiles. they're selling them to iran because our people don't know what they're doing. of c

the iran nuke deal was wrong. now iran just proved them "bulls and bears." >>> forget the new deal. iran tested a missile and one capable of a -- more proof that we need to slap iran with more sation >>yes,e d thoh th hav a de. i n't ow weoplre -- i n't ow w it'otide spadews. ient onhentert a w wantp th sta partnt's tter andn novber 19th. ok ait . an h notigne ade. e ste dartmtdmit that it's not a signed deal or legally binding deal. they came out and said why would i sign the deal and bind them to do anything. so there's no deal here. this is in sane. john kerry was out negotiated from go to whao and now you have a political commitment. it took decades to get them place. this is a horrible horrible deal that by the way was never signed. >> well, if it were not signed the un said that they stopped them and told them to reframe from using the missiles. it's violating the old deal and not just the new one. >> this is just american. i am so embarrassed about this. this is painful and it's the sanctions working. we almost had it where we needed it. the bottom line is that negotiations r

russia and iran may come to see bashar al-assad as expendable. john kerry may persuade them that a continuing illegal role for this regime is indeed poisons to the prospect of a united syrian front against isil. i think they already know this. it's just that their interests lie elsewhere. this is just my opinion. on the other hand, of the russians, they actually think that the turkmen that are currently pounding in northern province really are isil. maybe iran thinks that there is a genuine appetite in syria for subordination that transcends the assad family. so because my assumptions may be wrong i have tried to devise an alternate syria strategy for obama administration consideration that would not, would not be at odds with the current vienna process. may propose alternative is based on come is based on an assumption about the kind of syria resident barack obama ideally would like to hand off to his successor. such a syria i think would have the following characteristics. one, isil would be gone. number two, assad and his entourage would be go

iran will be defamed. and the u.n. will be put on notice that if you can't continue to come after our friends in israel you won't get a dime of money from the american taxpayers. there are three threats to the state of israel and the united states. two in common, one unique to israel. iran with a nuclear weapon is the nightmare of all nightmares for the world, but particularly to the one and only jewish state. isil and other forms of radical islam are about to take our friends down in the middle east, they would attack our homeland if they could. i'm going to stop them and they represent an existential threat to our friends in israel. isil in the golan heights is not a good deal. the third is the marginalization of the jewish state by united nations. to the united nations, if you take the french security council resolution, i will defend the u.n. if i'm the president of the united states. to the international criminal court, if you bring one member up before the court as a war criminal i will shut you down. to the pale

people about iran? you are strongly supposed to it? >> yes but it's a done deal. what might be dong for the future. and the problem is that iran is continuing using terror, supporting terrorist in the region. i believe that the international communities should ask against iran supporting terror. now, iran ached what iran is >> do you have any confidence. that that will be done? >> no, i believe i need to slayer these ideas and to speak with international leaders and convince them this needs to be done. >> is the u.s. taking too have strong a leadership. >> according to their understanding this is something that is better the situation. sometimes the choice is between the adoption and the president was told this is last bad option to sign a deal with iran. but i heard in the last few days also u.s. leaders and candidate speaking about the needs too prevent not only to prevent iran from having a nuclear weapon, this is something that now needs to be supervised in the agreements but also to relate to the s

well, i hitchhiked around, i spent some time in iran. okay, you're going back to iran. so he ends up back in iran. back in his, this little thing going on with his would-be girlfriend. well, i won't get in -- i don't want to spoil it. it's in the book. meanwhile, ida has befriended another polish refugee girl, somewhat younger. her name is wanda pollack, and she works for a swiss businessman named ernst mercer. well, mercer is an interesting character, as was the case so often with the international businessmen in the 1930s as the 1930s became the 1940s. he was a double agent. he was recruited in the 1930s by the german military intelligence and hired on with them and started supplying them with information because he was, he moved between europe and the middle east with his business dealings. so he was, he was able to supply them with a lot of information. meanwhile, he had as a, as a young man he had studied in england, and he had the same kind of affinity for the british that cicero had a dislike for the british. he was quite an anglophile. he didn't mention that in

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and iran over its missile program. it is firing of missiles can you tell us why this has not been resolved? a bit of context around he's tensions? >> well, in the past year most recently in mid-october, the iranians test fired a ballistic missile. according to the united states and other countries that's a violation of international prohibitions on iran from testing it's ballistic missiles. so the u.s. is looking at implementing a new round of unilateral sanctions against the iranian government where persons who have been supporting this work. now the wall street journal said that people and businesses in three countries, hong kong, abu dhabi, and the u.a.e. and in iran would be facing these sanctions. now even though the u.s. official would not confirm overnight to al jazeera that those particular people in those particular locations are, in fact, going to be the target of the sanctions, the u.s. official did tell al jazeera that especially in light of the mid-october launch the u.s. is looking for ways to holding ira

>> what worries me is iran -- we have this nuclear deal with iran, they are getting $100 billion of essential relief. yet they are testing ballistic missiles and actions in yemen and syria. it's not a good sign yet we continue to have this hope that iran is going to become a better actor and it is not panning out that way. >> jamil, thanks for joining us, we appreciate it. >>> in turkey police detained two men suspected of plotting tomorrow night's celebrations in ankara. investigators say the men had an explosive filled vest as well as equipment to make bombs. >>> in brussels, belgium, fears have prompted officials to cancel new year's eerve festivities. the mayor said it would be impossible to guarantee everyone's safety. this week belgian authorities arrested two men suspected of plotting attacks. >>> new year's eve will go on as planned in paris, but increased security and a spirit of togetherness. the year began with attacks on chabchebdcharlie hebdo magazine. >> the presence of these forces across the country and what we've seen today shows that we have to be extremely vigilant but that

that is the campaign to undermine the iran deal. secondly they said that netanyahu, who was subject to stepped-up nsa eavesdropping. so not only were they targeting netanyahu, they were prioritizing netanyahu and they were using it if you believe the reporting in this piece, for the purposes of a political campaign here in the united states. that is a problem. if they're monitoring government leaders, foreign friendly, unfriendly, that's fine. if they're doing it for the purposes of winning a domestic political debate. that is deeply problematic. >> we're no longer monitor heads of state. his specific wording was heads of state. benjamin netanyahu is not the head of state of israel. the head of state of israel is the president of israel who is reuben rivlin. >> that's a technicality. the real issue is if like kirsten you define the administration's leeway as anything that will get through an administration action because it believes in the national security of the united states, including trying to undermine the arguments that the d

sites, we rely on iran to inspec themselves. the iranian nuclear deal follows the -- they trusted the administration to inspect themselves and miraculously in both instances. the inspectors discovered no wrongdoing whatsoever. i think the odds are quite significant that the next president of the united states in january 2017 will be informed that he or she has two and only two options. in allowingesce iran to acquire nuclear weapons, or take action to prevent it. in my view, this general election poses a very simple and clear choice. to stand on the debate stage with hillary clinton. [applause] and to make abundantly clear that if hillary is elected, iran will acquire nuclear weapons your if i am elected, underis with the ayatollah who chance death to america, under no circumstances will the ayatollah have nuclear weapons. [applause] [indiscernible] [applause] sen. cruz: thank you very much. [applause] >> c-span takes you on the road to the white house and into the classroom. this year, i was student ham documentary -- our stude

which is an aggressive iran. now possibly emboldened with billions and billions of dollars this agreement, this horrible agreement, is going to give them. the radical regime in tehran has to be confronted. i believe we're going to end up building the sanctions regime again. they will continue to provide support as the largest supporter of terrorism in the world. the united states when we pull back creates so much uncertainty that it will come to our shore. we have to be engaged in this in a meaningful way. and our friends need to know we have their back. the simple fact is today our allies no longer believe the united states is serious, that we'll be there, that we'll have their back. and the first place to start that relationship is to restore the ruptured relationship with israel. that has to be the first step. and the best way to do that is on day one, to announce the next president. and should i be president, i will do this, that will move the united states embassy to jerusalem. [ applause ] and on day one, w