charlie crist joins a democratic fundraiser here in washington. whose side is he on. welcome to the viewers in the united states and beyond. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in the situation room. >> the new olive branch to iran to the inner sang tum of the war council. retired general james jones sitting next to the president in the white house situation room. he left that high-level meeting this week and he came right here for an exclusive interview. we spoke at length about a range of topics including the iranian nuclear threat and the fate of the american hikers being held by teheran. we begin with the possibility of direct u.s. talks with the ahmadinejad government, or military action? >> if the sanctions don't work and there are two years, one year left before they have the