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In fact, he has kind of taken a little bit of a backseat, at least in the eyes of the public, since this interim civilian government has been put in place. there's no doubt he still carries a tremendous amount of weight. a lot of the security decisions in the country are certainly being done or at least being carried out with close consultation with the military. right now most of the public comments are coming from the presidency and the prime minister, and they have vowed to crack down on any type of violence, including the use of live ammunition, if necessary, to try and thwart the type of ...

It is currently under u.n. sanctions under orders to stop enriching uranium. the world is watching to see what approach the new president takes. con or powell has more. >> reporter: he has long been a member of iran's senior political leadership, but his victory in june was a surprise in and out of iran. he is known as a reformer and pragmatist. he vowed to jump start the economy and end international isolation. iran's economy has suffered greatly from international sanctions in place because of iran's nuclear ambition. but the new president has limited power and control. the real authority in...

Because of their nuclear ambitions. he has limited power and control over the future of iran. real authority, of course, is ayatollah. they make all nuclear and security decisions. so rouhani is seen as negotiator, someone that can bridge the gap between iran and the rest of the world. he wants to change the tone from tehran if not the overall policy. he is unlikely to convince the religious leaders to end the nuclear program. still, the white house says they will work with rouhani if he engages in serious changes, but whether they will do that is real big question. there is some moderate home...

Conditions on the aid and say it is not endless and if you don't move forward our goals of democracy and not only elections, but greater freedom and democracy, our aid is conditional. >> the death toll is rising there. and many in the muslim brotherhood will fight to the death and will not go away peacefully. how does this resolve? >> it is a very scary situation and we should condemn any type of killings or violence and we should put pressure on the military to make sure they understood that there are long- term implications for the short- term security decisions are doing. >> thank you, rich...

Here is urban legend, rudy guiliani pretending last night back in his days as mayor of new york he was a successful terrorism fighter. >> i truly believe that if competent decisions were made, the four people in benghazi who are now dead would now be alive, and i'm not just talking about that night. i'm talking about in the six months before that. i believe that political necessities trumped sensible security decisions. there is no possible way, if i had found out for six months that one of my police precinctses was being attacked i would deprive of it security. and if i did, there is no possi...