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The works here? >> i think its already happened, alex. we have seen russia, which was with us on creating sanctions against iran to prevent them from getting a nuclear weapon steadily moving toward iran over the last two to three years. why? because pragmatically they want support. they, russia, want support for assad, who is their client and, frankly, their creature. so theres a confluence of interest between the two. thats dangerous, not only for the long-term future of syria, but for our alli...

There are also underground nuclear facilities and of course this happens just weeks after the u.s. and iran and the west signed this nuclear deal. this video released broadcast on iranian state television keep in mind they say its one of many underground facilities, comes just a few days after iran did a missile test of a new generation long-range ballistic missile, which the u.s. says and heres the missile here going up, broadcast as well on iranian state tv. they wanted the world to know this....

Banning ballistic missile testing. >> nobody will turn a blind eye to the destabilizing activities that iran continues to prove capable of. >> reporter: now iran is expanding military operations inside syria. the u.s. believes as many as 1,000 iranian troops are on the ground. joining thousands more fighters from the iranian backed lebanese militia. the white house says tehran is acting out of desperation. >> to ramp up their support in a public and conspeckous way is an indication it has not wo...

Secretarys words why this would be prosecuted as a hate crime and what has led them to that specific. in other news the iranians have now confirmed that the issue of the americans held captive there did come up in nuclear talks, so they discussed it. is tehran going to let the americans go anytime soon. more from planet blago as well. and youve heard so much about the bill cosby case, weve heard woman after woman. but weve never heard from the bill cosby side of the story. today, we will o...

Because senator corker there said that over time he has watched the president move closer to iranian positions over the two years of these negotiations that the iranians in effect started here and the presidents position has been moving closer including on the basic issue of its program remains. all these nuclear sites remain. modified but none of them dismantled. i wonder if you agree with that assessment. does the obama administration want this deal more than tehran and are they showing that? ...

Trickle-down authoritarianism. a hundred years from now, 50 years from now people will look back and say, what were we doing? this is not what marriage is. >> the attorney general says it will recognize same-sex marriage as broadly as possible but there are still a lot of limitations. >> joe johns, thanks very much. happening now, iran threats. tough talk. provocative moves just as the talks on the countrys nuclear program are about to resume. is tehran sending war ships toward the united stat...

Obama certainly isnt mincing any words about syria and hes repeating his argument as to why a military strike has to be carried out to deter what he calls syrias outrageous behavior. there are a lot of possible repercussions if the united states does attack the assad regime and one of the most serious, a possible retaliation by this man and his nation. the countrys supreme leader, iran, is now warning the united states that it would suffer if syria is attacked, and "the wall street journal" is r...

Theyre sort of at their limit right now in terms of staffing, in terms of supplies, so theres a lot of nervousness here. but, again, jake, fascinating that this makeshift clinic, this makeshift hospital, completely run by syrians. part of the coalition of the free syria army. the patients being cared for here as well as the staff, despite the fact that were in lebanon, jake. >> all right, dr. sanjay gupta, thanks so much. thank you for joining me today. "legal view" with ashleigh banfield star...

Syria. iran has already got enough headaches with its nuclear program. the new president has a lot on his hands. i dont think he wants to wade into another inferno in syria quite yet, unless it looks like the u.s. want to remove assad. thats tehrans red line. they do not want to see assad removed from power. if there was going to be some minor strikes and surgical strikes, iran may hold back. they can still influence syria in politics. they may not go in neck deep. theyve also said that if the u...

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