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A bomb. >> because the state department stepped in and lifted the sanctions. that's what was so frustrating to the treasury department who put them in place. it was treasury who helped us develop stuart levy helped develop this concept. this is what should have been done. this is the alternative. and the president blocked it. it's unfortunate. >> i want you to stand by. we have more to talk about, including nancy pelosi calling netanyahu's speech an insult to the united states kond session toward u.s. knowledge of what's going on. much more with the chairman ever the house foreign affairs comm...

Sulamani. the sanctions you passed don't affect the revolutionary guard, what do you do about that? >> they would actually affect the revolutionary guard. they would affect the revolutionary guard because the revolutionary guard is repatriating the money from overseas as well as the banking system. this goes the extra step the treasury department, stuart levy, former undersecretary of treasury wanted to take to totally close doesn't economy there and block all repatriation of profits back into the country. it would cut off not just the revolutionary guard but it would bring the economy to a st...

Stadium. that speech did go off unhindered. it was a typical anti-israel rant from the iranian leader, went off as planned. he did not mention the incident in that speech. on the subject of iran, the treasury department is taking the lead in the latest round of economic sanctions targeting that government's officials, iranian-controlled businesses believed to be supporting terrism. stuart levy, under-secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence joins us now from the white house. stuart, great to see you. these are major new sanctions and this is a new step. so describe what you're tryi...

With us and take action in response to our listing of these companies. >> stuart, i can see you're having trouble with your earpiece. i hope you can hear me. i know there's alet of noise there as well. i want to ask you about this incident. we get so information out of iran. i've talked to everyone in the government, no one seems to have a fix on what happened to that motorcade today. do we have any information about what's going on? >> i'm afraid i don't have any information on that. i was listening to your introduction and you gave me the update about the speech that i frankly didn't know un...

Lie hoods or both. despite a national effort, a new government report shows that more people are technically obese than ever before. according to the centers for disease control, in the last three years, an additional 2.4 million people are considered obese. the rate is now 30%, nearly one in three people in nine different states. >> the u.s. is imposing a new round of sanctions on iran. instead of targeting iran's nuclear program, the latest effort is on targeting the alleged financing of terrorist gro groups. welcome, michael. you've been listening to the briefing from the treasury departmen...