for more on u.s. tension with iran, let s go over to ali in tehran. translato . reporter: iran s president unveiled an indig nously built long-range missile system. in part, they say they were forced to build their own because the system they bought from the russians kept getting stalled because of sanctions. they displayed it. it came with some very tough words from iran s president. he said that this is a better system than the s 300. they boasted about its range and also today, the iranian leader
either. there have been calls throughout the day on social media for more protests, but they don t seem to have materialized. what we have seen today are marches in various cities across the country in support of the clerical regime. the situation is very puzzling here, hallie. what started as a provincial demonstration over the economy has turned into something very, very political. right now, we have more questions than answers. the biggest question of all is what does this all mean for the future of iran. back to you. ali in tehran. doug, we were listening to ali talk. you were nodding vigvigorously, particularly talking about a puzzling situation. i like that word, puzzling. why? gets back to what i was saying. we ve never seen anything like this before in iran. we just don t know what it means. as he said, there s really no leaders. it s not like there s some agenda these people are behind. it s not a student-based protest. we understand student-based protests and what the
sort of american/israeli/arab access against iran. ali in tehran. some technical problems there toward the end but we got the gist of that report. thank you. ron, thank you. a big thanks to all of our panel there. senator gillibrand and other prominent female senators have now called for senator al franken to resign. to resign amid the widening sexual harassment allegations against him. he is expected to make some sort of announcement tomorrow. more on that after this. this time of year is all about family. and we d like you to be part of ours. so our chevy employee discount is now available to everyone. this holiday season, you pay what we pay. and not a cent more. we re so happy to share this with you. hey, mom and dad deserve some toys too. it s our way of saying happy holidays. and welcome to the family. the chevy family. get the chevy employee discount for everyone today.
i m sure you re looking forward to the weekend now. thanks for joining me. thank you to ali in tehran. now let s go to former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. and former new mexico governor, bill richardson. governor, under these new sanctions, up to two dozen iranian people and companies will be penalized. why didn t the u.s. go to the u.n. or go to the eu and say, hey, we need to push back on iran. let s work together so we can make them more stringent and more effective? well, these ballistic missile tests are a violation of the security consul at the u.n. i agree with president trump s policy on the sanctions. they re proportional. they re limited to individuals, to the ballistic missile test. i think that s positive. i just don t like the way it was done. it s a bluster, bombastic. we should now turn to our
agreement. we will find out soon enough. we set the deadline at the end of the month to see whether there s a framework in place and we will see very shortly. do you think if they get to a deal it should be part of the congress responsibility to take a look at it? absolutely and the congress will weigh in one way or another. we will have our say in this. so that s going to happen. it is an issue of importance to both countries. we will see what they come up with. i am not going to prejudge it i want to see what the terms are if indeed there s agreement that s been reached, and proof will be in the pudding. congressman schiff pleasure to see you. thanks for being with me this morning. thanks, jose. senior u.s. and iranian officials kicked off the second day of nuclear negotiations. bring in ali in tehran. reporter: good morning.