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Program and froze the program in place. but beyond that again, we understand the threats to israel. everybody appreciates that and very sensitive and eph athetic. we didn't are hear from him what he considers as alternative. he wants a perfect deal. we said there is a possibility of a acceptable deal that freezes the nuclear program of iran and make israel and the region safer and hope that the president will reach that agreement. if not and he doesn't then we have all options available to us. ratcheting up sanctions and ultimately military force if they don't work. but to come to congress 2 o...

That is why he launched his charm offensive. he definitely wants to get the sanctions lifted, i guaranty you that. but he doesn't want to piv up iranian, iran's nuclear weapons program in return. jenna: last hour we spoke with mark tube wits about the sanctions hurting iran's economy the most, limiting oil production and limiting access to foreign banks and blacklisting iranian banks. in july the house passed a bill for tougher sanctions because of iran's nuclear ambitions. it is unclear if the senate would pass the bill and unclear that the senate would pass it and the president would sign it...

Is getting closer to developing a ballistic missile that can carry a nuclear warhead. the rogue nation announcing on state tv it has detonated a miniaturized nuclear device after international monitors detected considerable seismic activity at the country's nuclear test site. the united nations and president obama quick to condemn the north's actions. mr. obama calling the latest nuke test a provocative act that threatens the world community, and in north korea's democratic neighbor, south korea, angry protesters in seoul burning a north korean flag calling for a strong punishment. internation...

Loading fuel into iran's bashir reactor this week, on saturday. joining us now, jim walsh, iran analyst at the mit securities studies program. nice to see you, jim into good morning. >> give us perspective on this. what does the news mean about where iran is, in the nuclear process, and what does it mean for us? >> well, i think the first thing to realize is that iran is prone to overblown rhetoric. if they -- there is an international metal competition in overblown rhetoric they might not take the competing and might get the bronze, they say they'll planted 20 nuclear power plants, it took th...

For sanctions could work, listen to this. >> sanctions passed by the congress, this last week will have additional impact, it could help weaken the regime, it could create serious economic problems, will it deter them? from their ambitions, with regards to nuclear capability? probably not. >> we think they have enough low enriched uranium now for two weapons, they have to enrich it, fully, in order to get there. and we would estimate that if they made the decision, probably it would take a year to get there, probably another year to develop the kind of weapon delivery system in order to make t...