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>> the u.n.s nuclear watch dog group, the iaea reporting that iran had significantly increased its stock pile of nuclear materials that are near weapons grade and according to some there is he evidence that they have experience in making a nuclear weapon. not everyone is convinced of the iranians motives. kristin widen is working for newt gingrich campaign and a principle with the d.c. international advisory group. always nice to see you. thank you for joining us, as we said not everyone is conv...

Pinetta and dempsey, they all say there is no evidence that iran has decided to build a bomb. do you think they are mistaken? >> i do think they are mistaken. if you go back and look at intelligence estimates, they are just that. they are estimates. in the early 90s we underestimated the intelligence. in 2000-2003 we overestimated what iraq was developing. so i think its important to remember sometimes the intelligence community gets it right and sometimes they get it wrong. they got it wrong wh...

How they responded that way. lets make it clear. there is one difference between popularity and progress. i think this president is clearly popular in some quarters. she clearly popular up at the. in but i think you have to ask the question, why is he popular. were not making progress on these issues and we certainly havent been able to convince russians or the turks and follow us on priority issues. >> gregg: it may be driven by the accomplished the mission of killing osama bin laden. lets talk...

im erin burnett, "outfront" tonight, iran. we begin with a new report on irans nuclear program an 11-page release from the international atomic energy agency. the conclusions reveal the doubts and suspicions about what the iranian government the telling the world about its nuclear efforts. iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes including cancer treatment. we read the report and it does not say that iran is making a bomb, but it does say that iran is rapidly expanding it...

im erin burnett. outfront tonight, iran. we begin with a new report on irans nuclear program. got our hands on it today. its an 11-page release from the international atomic agency. they reveal doubts and suspicions about what the iranian government is telling the world about its nuclear efforts. they say their nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. we read the report, and it does not say that iran is making a bomb, but it does say that iran is rapidly expanding its nuclear activity...

im erin burnett, "outfront" tonight, iran. we begin with a new report on irans nuclear program an 11-page release from the international atomic energy agency. the conclusions reveal the doubts and suspicions about what the iranian government the telling the world about its nuclear efforts. iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes including cancer treatment. we read the report and it does not say that iran is making a bomb, but it does say that iran is rapidly expanding it...

A clear decision to burn the material and, now, they are investigating to figure out who it happened. but thousands of afghans are furious saying apologies are not enough. they are chanting "death to america," and as one protests put it "we are ready to sacrifice our heads for the koran, to give our lives for the sanctity of the holy book." and some of them already have. the fox report chief correspondent, jonathan hunt; live in new york. everyone is appeals for calm. >>jonathan: the appeals are...

>>trace: this is "studio b." the united nations nuclear watch dog reports yet again that it has serious concerns over irans nuclear program. but, in this new report, the international atomic industry agency, or the iaea claims the last four months the islamic republic has rapidly ramped up production of high-grade enriched uranium bringing tehran closer to weapons-grade material. of course iran insists the nuclear program is only for "medical research," and "energy," production and that it has i...

Those they had been using and those are the ones they would install at the facility there. and what it shows in the face of all the chit-chat about economic sanctions is iran continues to march toward the long-sought objective of nuclear weapons. >> with the new development how quickly do you think they could potentially develop a nuclear warhead? >> i think very, very quickly. defense secretary panetta said they could do it within a year and i think they could do it less than that and have alre...

>> reporter: jon, this is not exactly exploding a nuclear bomb tu it is certainly a step down the road that the united states, israel and the west hope sanctions would prevent iran from taking. three things happened today: number one, this new fuel rod, and its important, because it was made by the iranians with iranian nuclear material and a big part of the sanction evident here was to keep iran from getting nuclear material. clearly that no longer is an issue. in fact the iranians used it as s...