Weeks, the congress actively moving forward with its proposed sanctions bill could have an unpredictable effect on leadership opinion public opinion, in tehran. Just to set the scene then ill ask simon gas who is leading our delegation in the direct talks with the iranians to say something, but just to set the scene, there has been some movement over the last few weeks. We have seen some movement. There is reason for cautious optimism, signals coming out of tehran there is a desire to try to find a deal. But there is still difficult issues in which there is no movement at all. And you have to make heroic assumptions to get to the point where it is all agreed in the next two or three weeks. But i think compared to where we were when we left vienna in november, i think actually we have made quite significant progress over the last few weeks. But still very challenging. Well, firstly on the intervention, i think it cuts in both directions. You may have seen a spirited reply to the letter
Hypnotic state where the people with guns are basically running the country are going bankrupt. I think there is calls for some moderate optimism. But i wouldnt put it any higher than that. I dont think to be an expert on libya. But those who are tell me that the principle protagonists. If people are really fighting over territory and money and oil. It is easier to find solutions which divide the riches. And this is a rich country. So i would be moderately optimistic, but no more than that. Cautiously optimistic but there could be a chance of the government of national unity. I do think that the presence of isil in the country, the inevitability that there will be continued intervention that is able to deal with the problem itself. I do think those are helpful points of oppression on the sides of the civil war to think very hard about whether its in their collective best interests to try and resolve their differences and work together. Foreign secretary, can we turn to iran and the Nuc
The Republican Party as it on the line wi. Ponders itself. One headline says romney is i think we lost him. Digging a deeper hole for the hmael. Republican, is party. We want to hear from republicans only for the first 45 minutes of its monday edition. Caller how are you . What do you think the future of your party is, what do you stand for, and what should you stand for moving forward . Columbus, ohio. Here are the numbers i am a republican. What i love in the republicans eres the Washington Times this morning, the governor of is they when they say people louisiana, bobby jindal. Give us free money. The talk continues in the party about what to romney has had to say about why he lost to the president. [indiscernible] i worked for a company and thats where i loved my republican voice. Host lia is on the line. Caller i worked in the primary. What i think needs to happen is we just need to be able to coalesce around a single [video clip] candidate during the primaries. First, governor ro
Allow virtually along with the Intelligence Community to make this country safer. Host new jersey, democratic caller, good morning. Caller i have a question about the quality of the cyberspace to to the fact that there is so many outlets with apps and everything going on. These we cannot even get something simple like train procedures that will bring suspicious problems going on where i will give you an example. Like the terrorist attacks of 9 11, the pilots from the countries we were not aware of some of these people. They were trained to land a plane and not take off a plane, but not land a plane. Isnt that like an open sore right there . Host thanks. Guest i think one of the points i would make based on the color bangs comment is the need for intelligence. The caller talks about, as it relates to terrorism, people willing to fly planes but people learning to fly planes cannot land of them. That is indicative of a nefarious act. Intelligence is the key to understanding exactly what i
20s and 30s. Who came to washington on the eve of world war i. They all lived around dupont circle. There is an out of each others lives for the next 50 years. And they were Franklin Roosevelt, eleanor roosevelt, Walter Lippman the great newspaper columnist, felix frankfurter, the dulles brothers, allen and john foster. Most people dont make that connection between all of these people. Yet they were very much involved in the league of nations for nation, its collapse and ultimately the creation of the united nations. It all began right here in dupont circle. Is their social interaction . Kind of start there. Their political relationships or the other way around . They were what was called progressives. These were Theodore Roosevelt progressives. They came to washington to help him, but he ended up staying with Woodrow Wilson and getting involved in world war i and been in and out for the next 50 years. So they were really bonded more by the political beliefs and in fact they all hung o