did something quite extraordinary. he didn t even mention the word, israel, in his u.n. speech. ahminedjad used to rail against it all the time. he said to me how much they respect the tora, the holy book, the prophet, moses. on other issues such as the nuclear issue from the podium, he promised that iran wasn t building and wouldn t build a nuclear weapon, so i tried to push him on where these new negotiations might go. he himself was a former chief nuclear negotiator, so wasn t only negotiating with me on television, but did say that perhaps iraq facility, which many people are very worried, perhaps that could be used to create plutonium and create a
but this is a real change from what ahminedjad used to say about the holocaust. were you surprised to hear president rouhani acknowledge the holocaust did happen? i wasn t surprised. i was hoping that he would say what he thought about it and then see what the iranian president, the new iranian president has to say about it because what ahminedjad did was by his reprehensible holocaust denying and antisemitism in public was create a massive backlash, obviously amongst jews, amongst many people around the world, and created an incredibly bad reputation, worse reputation, for iran and the iranian people, so i was very interested to know whether this was something that was going to be continued under this new president, so i m pleased as a human being, that he actually acknowledged historical facts. i think beyond that, also, he
meeting with other diplomats from the other five permanent members, plus, germany is the so-called p5 plus one. they re trying to agree on a resolution to get rid of syria s chemical weapons. tomorrow, kerry and his iranian counterpart will meet with the security counsel members. they ll start discussing talks on iran s nuclear program. ke kerry instructed to do so by the president of the united states. iran s new president acknowledging the horrors of the holocaust now and he calls the crimes committed by the nazis, reprehensible. president rouhani s position is in stark contrast to ahminedjad. in a one-on-one interview with our christiane amanpour, he was asked about his views of the nazi atrocities. one of the things your predecessor used to do from this platform is deny the holocaust and pretend that it was a myth. i want to know you, your
knock guys down. knock guys down. let s go outfront. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good evening, everyone. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, stalling israel. when it comes to iran, president obama and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu are going to great lengths to look and sound like they re on the same page. today, there were handshakes, photo ops, a whole lot of cameras in that room. they wore blue ties. a two-hour meeting followed by a lunch and lots of friendly language. as i ve said, the bond between our two countries is unbreakable. israeli prime minister echoed the sentiment saying rendezvoused the and israel as one and the same. for them, you are the great satan. we re the little satan. for them, we are you and you are us. and you know something, mr. president? at least on this last point, i think they re right. we are you and you are us. we re together. but if you listen closely, it s not so cut and dry. there is reason to think the two
i m erin burnett and outfront tonight, hot rod show and tell. yes, you heard me right. hot rod. iran today defiantly flaunting its first iranian made nuclear rods. if iran is going to this is a crucial step towards building a weapon. now, a lot of this of course is propaganda and wearing the white labcoat for the cameras, president ahminedjad was on hand at a tehran nuclear facility as fuel rods were lowered into a nuclear reactor. rods contain the pellets of nuclear fuel. that s essential for nuclear reaction. while that was going on, iran was sharing other news. cake, which is another step to enriching uranium to the 90% holy grail weapons grade level. now, ahminedjad, as we re all well aware, insists that iran s nuclear program is for medical and peaceful purposes. i.e. nuclear power. but no one buys it not even the watchdog i.a.e.a. and definitely not washington or tel aviv. have we reached a tipping point with iran? where sanctions will not be enough? a new research