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>> this is an abomination to this process and abomination to civil rights laws. >> there is no fire. all of this blowing smoke is just that. >> reporter: the civil rights commissions final report on the matter is scheduled for release in november and give ten acrimony today expressed over policy and politics and the law, it is a sure bet it wont be unanimous. wolf. >> all right. thank you very much. and you are in "the situation room," and in iran, on the verge of starting up a nuclear reactor...

Not as a human. >> reporter: their voices had been heard by representatives from over 70 countries. and united nations secretary-general ban ki-moon. the united states, britain, and france were there for the first time. their collective hope, to prevent the use of atomic weapons in todays radically different world. washingtons choice to have u.s. ambassador john roos attend could single a future visit by president obama which would be controversial and unprecedented for a sitting president. vini...

Carnage during world war ii. of course being the target of an american atomic bomb. >> and there is something different about this years anniversary memorial. margaret conley is in tokyo with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, vinita and rob. whether or not you believe the decision to use atomic weapons was right or wrong, 65 years later, the ceremony remains an emotionally charged as ever and the united states attended for the first time. a peace toll marked the minute the fir...

Comfortable with such a conference and i think that was an important statement. as far as a nuclear weapons free zone, you know, when the limelight is down lion -- lion is down with the lamb and you dont need a new lamb every day to satisfy the lion, we may have the transformation in the middle east, but so far you know who has been violating the nuclear nonproliferation pact, they are iran, iraq, libya and iran violates it while calling for israels destruction and working to develop atomic weap...

Of course, two key nations werent invited to this summit iran and north korea. both those nations have active nuclear programs and in fact north korea has already tested at least two atomic weapons. iran, maintaining its program is geared towards peaceful purposes but the u.s. and allies say that is simply not true that iran has one goal in mind a nuclear bomb. "the fox reports" chief correspondent jonathan hunt in the newsroom. word of progress tonight with iran in terms of a possible sanctions...

Presumed nuclear arsenal at the conference. as a result, netanyahu is sending his intelligence and atomic energy minister in his place. israel is believed to be the only nuclear-armed power in the middle east but has never confirmed nor denied publicly it possesses atomic weapons. just when we thought relationships between our country and israel were tense, now we have this. pat buchanan? >> you had egypt and turkey both. the turks have turned very anti-israel. the head of turkey calling a dear ...

With russian president medvedev on the heels of yesterdays historic signing of the strategic arms reduction treaty with russia. that new treaty reduces the number of strategic nuclear weapons in the u.s. and russian arsenals by one-third, a step toward obamas goal of a world without nuclear weapons. the president is expected to arrive in the united states later this afternoon. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has canceled a trip to washington next week where he planned to take part in...

By a third. just yesterday president obama announced new limits on when the united states can use atomic weapons. and next week he is hosting a nuclear summit in d.c. its all part of his goal to eventually live in a world without nukes. as ronald reagan once pined for. and in the meantime, keep them out of the hands of terrorists not to mention iran and north korea. senior white house correspondent major garrett is live in the czech prub tonight, major. so they are cutting nukes by a third by th...

Wire. with relations strained between the united states and israel, president obama is scheduled to meet later this afternoon here at the white house with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. just two weeks ago at the start of vice president bidens visit to israel the israeli government embarrassed the united states by announcing it was giving a green light to expand its settlements and construction in arab east jerusalem. that prompted some tense phone calls last week between netanyahu an...

Was completely derelict in its duty in not looking into this and finding hard evidence that the wmd were there, just like today they were derelict in their duty in not looking to see, is iran a couple of days or a couple of months away from atomic weapons, even though theyre driving us straight to war. >> pat, if anything, they were -- if you want to say derelict in their duty, it was that they trusted the information they were getting from the administration was true and accurate, and i think t...