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Attending. and you had the president, mahmoud ahmadinejad, who is very much loathed by the opposition, he gave a long speech, during which he denounced western governments. he declared that iran has started to enrich its first batch of 20% highly enriched uranium, far short of weapons grade. he said this is for medical uses only. lets take a listen to what he had to say -- >> translator: they do not have the power to confront the united nation. although they tried to create tensions in various r...

Banner of ayatollah khomeini torn apart by protesters. i would say that the opposition to this fanatic al government ad regime in tehran is not going to go away. its a matter of time, in my opinion, before people overthrow this government that does not really represent them anymore. >> with ahmadinejad saying today iran is a nuclear state -- theres no way for us or the iaea to confirm this, theyve reached 20% enrichment, a big change from 3.5% or so. theyve done the hard stuff, if this is true. ...

This is cape canaveral, florida, we are getting ready to launch this rocket, the solar explorer, on top of one of the workhorses of the massive fleet, the atlas 5 rocket. it is fueled up, ready to go. everything looks go for a launch in just about two minutes. were going to have that liftoff for you live when this thing goes skyward. the satellite onboard expected to give us some of the clearest pick pictures ever of the sun. jane: so news about iran just coming in, were learning about the u.s. ...

Revolutionary guards and their transaction, then it will definitely have an impact. >> reporter: this is as iran released new imagines reporting to show the plant enhancing uranium closer to weapons grade. official claims theyd accept a western offer to enrich the uranium outside the country. >> if they come forward and supply the fuel, then we would stop the process of the 20% enrienrichment. >> reporter: but iran still hasnt confirmed it with the iaeh and some call it nuclear blackma blackmail...

Great risk to their own safety. what you heard john voice there was not only deep appreciation for everything that they do, the intelligence professionals, our military, law enforcement professionals every day, but some exasperation with the willingness here in washington to turn everything into a political football. so, what were going to do, as i said, is keep our eye on the target here, keeping the country safe. well let somebody else take care of the politics. thats their job. we know they w...

Of irans nuclear program and now it is enriching 3.5%, going from 3.5% to 20% is actually getting most of the way towards having the ability to do it at weapons-grade and that is what people are most concerned about. that is 90% and robert gates speaking in paris today said the international community really would have to turn to the pressure track by which he means sanction and this french foreign minister accused the iranians of engaging in blackmail and irans president mahmoud ahmadinejad sai...

Plane was carrying nine people that plunged into the sea minutes after takeoff from beirut airport. it was heading to the capital of ethiopia. eight more bodies have now been recovered and total of 23 have been found since that crash. >> julie: iran taunting the world once again with nuclear ambitions, british government says tehran is breaking five u.n. resolutions. ordering the enrichment of higher grade uranium inching closer to make weapons grade weapons. >> gregg: its the question on the mi...

In this moment be so, so careful with any kind of package you receive. >> especially if you see it on your front steps. they believe these packages were delivered at night. individuals go out in the morning. this one happened -- the latest this morning happened about 6:44. were still trying to get details on this third explosion. police will hopefully give us an update in the conference thats supposed to happen soon. >> now to another piece of breaking news this afternoon from the british prime ...

Than weapons grade. >> hey, scott, no doubt you paid attention to oprahs speech last week at the initiation of awards season. i thought of you as i watched her speak, because it was a barn burner, and i thought if she really gets into this thing, does he give her a nickname, as well, and is there anything he could come up with to take her down a couple of pegs? >> you know whats interesting about this, first of all, i dont think shell run. and if she did, he would have to have a bit of a softer ...

Weve just heard there britain has announced serious punitive measures against russia is this not a little early considering that there is no proof of russian involvement or do you know something that we dont. there is proof of russian involvement this is a russian defector whos been threatened by the president on several occasions this is a russian made weapons grade nerve agent made in a libertarian moscow which is now being confirmed by british intelligence and ratified by american and french ...