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A bomb. >> because the state department stepped in and lifted the sanctions. thats what was so frustrating to the treasury department who put them in place. it was treasury who helped us develop stuart levy helped develop this concept. this is what should have been done. this is the alternative. and the president blocked it. its unfortunate. >> i want you to stand by. we have more to talk about, including nancy pelosi calling netanyahus speech an insult to the united states kond session toward u...

Sulamani. the sanctions you passed dont affect the revolutionary guard, what do you do about that? >> they would actually affect the revolutionary guard. they would affect the revolutionary guard because the revolutionary guard is repatriating the money from overseas as well as the banking system. this goes the extra step the treasury department, stuart levy, former undersecretary of treasury wanted to take to totally close doesnt economy there and block all repatriation of profits back into the...

Stadium. that speech did go off unhindered. it was a typical anti-israel rant from the iranian leader, went off as planned. he did not mention the incident in that speech. on the subject of iran, the treasury department is taking the lead in the latest round of economic sanctions targeting that governments officials, iranian-controlled businesses believed to be supporting terrism. stuart levy, under-secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence joins us now from the white house. stuart, g...

With us and take action in response to our listing of these companies. >> stuart, i can see youre having trouble with your earpiece. i hope you can hear me. i know theres alet of noise there as well. i want to ask you about this incident. we get so information out of iran. ive talked to everyone in the government, no one seems to have a fix on what happened to that motorcade today. do we have any information about whats going on? >> im afraid i dont have any information on that. i was listening ...

Lie hoods or both. despite a national effort, a new government report shows that more people are technically obese than ever before. according to the centers for disease control, in the last three years, an additional 2.4 million people are considered obese. the rate is now 30%, nearly one in three people in nine different states. >> the u.s. is imposing a new round of sanctions on iran. instead of targeting irans nuclear program, the latest effort is on targeting the alleged financing of terror...

Support. he said, yes, its there, the charges were made. at this point its limited and not at a concern thats particularly of concern to us. levy was asked that and he said he wasnt going to contradict gates. its there, but how big, is far from clear. >> and this is the first time that theyre moving these entitities in a number of didnt companies saying iran is sponsoring these companies, theyre iranian fronts. >> yes. in addition, they designaticemse social reform nations in lebanon and others ...