with it, doctor. well, you know it is our job to make sure they don t getaway with it. we saw a huge uptick in this sort of religious persecution following the contested elections in 2009. we have other elections coming up now in june. bill: okay. iran is a country that seems to be getting away with it but internally there is great instability and great opposition to this brutal regime. bill: we will hear gnawing ma testify today. we appreciate your time. katrina swett. we ll watch the hearing from here. thank you. martha? martha: another vacation cut short. thousands of people stuck on another cruise ship. the plan to get them home and what they re being promised by carnival. we ll till you about that. bill: stay on dry land. tempers flaring on the hill. what caused two law makers to get so worked up. i m not a sixth grader. senator i ve been on the committee 20 years. i studied constitution
abedini front and center and we have seen that being done by our counter parts in the european union. so i hope that this hearing is just the first step in raising the profile of this case. bill: but you know you don t want the europeans to be leading a cause that the americans should be doing on behalf of an american citizen there. now he is being held in one of the more notorious prisons in the entire country. he has family in iran. they have visited him from time to time. they say he is suffering from internal bleeding because he has been tortured at the prison. about a month ago we spoke to a woman in canada. she is persian by birth. she spent time in this prison. this is how she described the treatment there. have a listen from february. it is a place where you dissolve in pain. i forgot my name. i forgot who i was. in that space there is nothing but pain. you re reduced to something that you don t even know what it is. i forgot how to count. i wanted to. i couldn t. i couldn t
listen up. the last question i have, in your professional opinion in the current diplomatic and efforts to stop iran from obtaining nuclear capability. are they working? no, sir. reporter: there you have it. mattis went on to say he is paid to take a very dim view of iran. israel agrees those sanctions are simply knot working. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said that many times over the last several months. martha? martha: it will be interesting to watch the two of them together. between north korea and iran this president has a lot on his plate right now. thanks very much. bill: mattis is a tough marine. he has been around the block too. this is what we know about iran s nuclear timeline from the u.n. nuclear inspection specses. 2007, u.n. inspectors reported that iran has begun making nuclear fuel on industrial scale underground with 1300 centrifuges. 2011, four years after that a key nuclear power station
personality of the president, whether they thought it was negative in george bush and positive in president obama is not changing the actions of these hardened leaders. hopefully there is a more sober reality in calibrating our approach going forward. martha: do you think there is a direct connection between that move in eastern european the aggressiveness of north korea? well, the way they ve come together is that the threats from iran and north korea on missiles and nuclear are linked. they are part of the same proliferation network and the same great powers enable them. when we show weakness to those great powers they see opportunity but also rogues are not deterred. when you see russia with a freer hand there is less pressure on these other targets of sanctions because their enablers will help them weather the sanctions. martha: we ve had very little cooperation from russia in china, in syria or in iran for that matter. steven yates thank you so much. always good to talk to you.
mike lea republican from utah, he delivered his big speech yesterday. thank you, sir. martha: there is news that the pentagon is raplg u ramping up security on the west coast because of a recent threat from north korea. what does this say about the president s foreign policy? when you look at north korea, when you look at iran, we re going to talk about this coming up. [ fishing rod casting line, marching band playing ] [ male announcer ] the rhythm of life. [ whistle blowing ] where do you hear that beat? campbell s healthy request soup lets you hear it. in your heart. [ basketball bouncing ] heart healthy. great taste. mmm. [ male announcer ] sounds good. it s amazing what soup can do. could lose tens of thousands of dollars on their 401(k) to hidden fees. thankfully e-trade has low cost investments and no hidden fees.