obviously, that is what the campaign will be about. >>trace: ed and julie, thank you both for joining us. iran has seriously stepped up efforts to build nuclear weapons using on underground laboratory that is safe from most aerial attacks. that report is from the u.n. wax -- watchdog. they find iran has doubled the number of nuclear facilities and they covered up another nuclear site to hide it from spy satellites. iran leaders deny that saying the u.n. reports makes "no technical sense." they deny building nuclear weapons a claim western nations simply do not boy. the new report could help fuel israel's calls for military strikes against iran, something u.s. officials have said they oppose, preferring harsh economic punishment, instead. we will bring in former state department official.