announce yesterday, so-called advances in its nuclear program are also aimed at increasing its negotiating leverage. this is, iran s response to the sanctions. you hit us, they re saying we re going to hit you back except they re in a fundamentally weak position. they re trying to puff themselves up but it s all aimed at the negotiating table. just yesterday iran finally responded to the european union saying they were willing to come back to talks. those talks are expected to start sometime in the next month. jenna: joe, we talk a lot about iran s nuclear program. let s take a moment to talk about ours because a big story from the associated press came out this week, we actually talked a little bit about it last week, about a reduction in some of our nuclear arms and a proposal by the obama administration to cut our nuclear weapons, to what is described as some new lows, lows we haven t seen since the 1950s. what impact would that really have especially in the world today when we see
sanctions will not change the regime, sanctions not effectively stop the nuclear program. but the sanctions that have been put into place as of the start of 2012 because before that we had watered-down sanctions i call them diet sanctions because they weren t doing anything ever since 2012 we re seeing that the metrics that we re using to measure whether sanctions work are in place, 20% inflation, the currency s gone down 40%, two-thirds of their oil exports have been cut down, so they are working to achieve what they are set out to do. and that is to prevent the iranian regime from going after getting new technology to further their nuclear program, to cut off their finances in order to achieve, you know, their nuclear agenda. so in those terms they are working. jon: lisa, who has very good sources inside syria and iran, thank you. thank thank you. jenna: well, a school assignment, what a teacher asked her fifth graders to do that
developments over iran and what is happening inside their country. the debate over whether or not the sanctions are working is one we re taking a closer look at today. we re also talking about iran s nuclear capabilities while there s a report we could be drastically cutting ours. we ll go in depth on that. plus a dump truck crashes into a school bus and the accident is deadly. brand new information just coming into our newsroom next. food, meet flavor. flavor, meet food. introducing swanson flavor boost. concentrated broth in easy to use packets. mix it into skillet dishes, for an instant dose of. hell-o! [ female announcer ] new swanson flavor boost.
which ostensibly could be used for legitimate peaceful purposes. so if they go beyond that obviously that would be, you know, not a good, a negative indicator, i ll put it that way. reporter: clapper said more information about iran iranian yuch enrichment is you had left to a closes. clapper said to the best of our knowledge clapper said israel has not decided to attack. he added u.s. and international sanctions are having impact on iran s economy and including devaluation of his currency. he says if its population becomes restive enough it might result in a change in policy jon. jon: doug mckelway. thank you. report report my pleasure. jenna: this is certainly a story that has gotten a lot of attention. it is drug shortages in our country. foxnews.com had this incredible report about a shortage of a life saving cancer drug that can help children. this is very real to so many
pursuing nuclear ambitions. does it matter whether or not the sanctions are working? no question the sanctions are having impact on iran. the economy is crippled. divisions in the government are growing. they have very real problems. there are more sanctions being added almost every week. the european union just voted to stop importing oil from iran. that will kick in july. the u.s. just put new sanctions on iranian bank. that constricts the ability of the bank to do basic things like transfer fund and get foreign investments. we have time to let these sanctions really roll into place. i think they re softening up the iranian regime. jenna: is it realistic to think some day, somehow because iran has ignored the u.n. and everybody else about the nuclear program that somehow these sanctions will force iran to abandon the program all together? i don t think the sanctions alone will do that all this is really geared at negotiations. in fact what you saw iran