settled but it could be a brutal battle. one of the top two candidates right now, herman cain is lashing out but not at an opponent. he is blaming media for continuing coverage of sexual harassment allegations dating back to the 1970s. we begin with a fox news alert. days after israel successfully tested a missile that could reach iran, israel s president says the international community is closer to pursuing a military solution to their concerns about iran s nuclear program rather than a diplomatic one. those comments are just the latest beating of war drums in the region. leland joins flurries jerusalem with more on the heated rhetoric. you have a situation where the israeli president is usually seen as a dove within the international community. he is now saying that the world needs to do whatever it takes
certainly want iran not to get a nuclear weapons. let s talk about iran s nuclear program for a . well buried. also well hidden. making an israeli strike extremely difficult. even if they were to strike thought they would only set the program back about two years. iran has promised a ing repriseal attack, that would include a regional war involving hamas, hezbollah, syria and iran. something world is concerned about. there s a thought that the world community will be iran coming this week. israel s threat may spur china and russia,ç who are usually iran s protect tore at the security council to act and vote against iran as to protect from an israeli strike this may be more of a pr offensive than a threat to do anything right now. but it can t be ignore wad is coming out of jerusalem. leland vittert, thank you.
up tensions. reporter: theç president in israel usually seen as a dove for him to say the international community needs to do whatever it takes is a raising the bar of the amount of spay better rattling out of jerusalem as israel fries to put iran and is nuclear back on the front page ahead of an report due out tuesday. alsoç important to note what israeli leaders are not saying. when netanyahu and the defense minister met with the u.s. defense secretary a month ago they would not tell the united states what specific military plan israel had for dealing with iran. twice before israel had struck the nuclear program of is neighbor and the u.s. is very interested in israel not taking any unilap)al action. the prime minister would not make that promise. clearly, israel is trying to raise the stakes as they