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Jim, good to see you. >> good to see you, tony. i had a very bizarre experience a moment ago. i heard you in one ear and president ahmadinejad in the other ear and my brain didnt know what to make of it. >> does the npt need a makeover to make it tougher for nations to do what north korea did several years ago, which was to opt out? and also, to violate the treaty? >> yeah, well, im not a big believer in trying to go in and make major changes on the npt. and heres why. the language of the treaty...

Iranian president ahminedjad is speaking at the conference on nuclear nonproliferation where the u.s. delegation has walked out during his speech. he launched an attack on both the united states and the u.n. he says that the united states never lived up to its own commitments and he says the united states is changing the focus from its own noncompliance with the treaties. he also accused the cia of working with israel. hillary clinton said on "meet the press" on sunday, were not going to permit ...

Giannoulias. lynn sweet is with "the chicago sun times." i know youve been following this race. its interesting, i understand that senator dick durbin even went to the white house talking about this race and expressing his concern. >> well, the white house certainly knows because of rahm emanuel being there and david axelrod, you know, they keep tabs on illinois politics. the point is that the democratic national committee and the white house have not yet made their commitments in these major pa...

Members of the republican party and since the 08 election, the tea party movement. he says its the false allegations against him that are keeping him off the campus, the university says its not about free speech, its about the safety six its students. -- safety of its students. ill give you the last word. >> perhaps its about safety. bill ayres is a liar and hes been called out for being a liar by the nation magazine, which is a very radical left wing magazine. this isnt just republicans who are...

They were going to do about climate change and in their legislation, but when senator graham found out that the white house, the administration, was supporting immigration as a top priority he became very upset and sent out a letter saying im very ice adoint dollars at -- disappointed at this turn events, it flies in the face of commitments and statements made to the accept force, he says he deeply regrets election year politics will impede progress when it comes to legislation. senator kerry pu...

Irresponsible you could argue actions of arizona as will lead to the right actions. let me read to you what senator schumer and lindsay graham have in mind. this is apparently what the president is thinking about. includes the following. immigration action this summer. to do what, require biometric social security cards to insure that illegal workers cannot get jobs. fulfilling and strengthening our commitments on border security and interior enforcement. creating a process for admitting tempora...

Safe. in fact, ive instructed members of my administration to closely monitor the situation and examine the civil rights and other implications of their legislation. but if we continue to fail to act at a federal level, we will continue to see misguided efforts opening up around the country. >> well i guess i have to ask you about the president said that our failure to act could lead to irresponsible acts. im hoping as an american like you, that maybe the irresponsible you could argue actions of...

Commitments on border security and interior enforcement. creating a process of implementing a tough, but fair path to legalization for those already here. are there any elements there you dont like? >> well, i think the issue is that we have to deal with the reality that there are people in this country and that are law-abiding and that for some reason, need to have a path to legalization. and that should be open to them. we have to talk about family unification. which is critical. we have to ta...

Understands there are three pillars of national security, defense, diplomacy and development, and ive been very enthusiastic about the congress investing in education. it means money, it means coordination, it means training teachers. it means developing communities of learning where our schools are working in partnership with health clinics, diplomacy, democracy programs. this is a key priority of our development goals. >> and so, jessica, there are a lot of organizations that are making a very...

>> thats a signal in the story that either the reporters or their source dont understand the nonproliferation treaty. commitments that the nonnuclear weapon states make among other things are not to manufacture or receive assistance to manufacturer nuclear weapons. manufacturing doesnt mean turning the last screw it means a lot beforehand weaponization and that sort of thing thats why i think it is clear iran is plain fully violation of the nonproliferation treaty and why all of the steps we hav...