and who will govern the islamic republic in very challenging times and we ll, while this country will be getting a new president, one thing that s unlikely to change is iranian foreign policy. the country s leadership having made clear that they will continue their hard line towards the united states. and of course, towards israel as well. we ll fred pleitgen in tear ron, thank you very much. erin burnett, outfront starts right now outright next, the breaking news, not repeating the bleep show new reporting tonight about what trump is telling confidence he will not do it. cnn s debate two days from now, this is we learned about one of the comebacks. biden is gearing up to deliver. also breaking polls about to close boost in the most expensive democratic primary ever. the biggest progressive names out in full force aoc, sanders, warren is it enough to save jamaal bowman and barak obama is half-sister teargassed, live on cnn. what happened? brown there. let s go out front
outfront tonight, the new cold war. this evening, the united nations security council has wrapped up an emergency meeting on what, if anything, can be done to rein in north korea. there are sharp, growing fears that the nation s new, young leader, kim jong-un may be planning a dangerous show of power to repair his country s image after its humiliating failure to launch a long-range rocket into space. the primary concern, the detonation of a nuclear weapon with, a test blast, which intelligence analysts believe north korea is even now preparing. president obama weighed in just moments ago, calling the situation an area of deep concern. the failed rocket launch was a slap in the face to the international community, which repeatedly warned the rogue state to back away from its plans. now, add in iran, which security experts also believe is hiding nuclear secrets, and the big picture gets much more critical. look at this. look at how the nuclear map is changing. during the col
ahmadinejad on the spot. the president summoned before parliament for the first time since the 1979 revolution. conservative parliament members called him out on everything from the limping economy, which is a victim of u.s. sanctions, to his public disagreements with the ayatollah who of course is a supreme leader of iran. now, ahmadinejad tries to make jokes and he made no secret of his distain for the event saying, quote, the fact is that i tried not to attend this session, but i guess it was ordained that i should come, so there is nothing i could do about it. i met him once in person. that seems the way she would have delivered it. there s much more going on. president obama watched today as tehran action, and he used some of the strongest language while standing next to the prime minister of america s closest ally. they must infer they can t escape or invade the choice before it. meet your obligations or face the consequences. while leaving no room for doubt, the pr
and outfront tonight, ahmadinejad on the spot. an unexpected spectacle in tehran today. the president summoned before parliament for the first time since the 1979 revolution. conservative parliament members called ahmadinejad out on everything from the limping economy, which is a victim of u.s. sanctions, to his public disagreements with the ayatollah who, of course, is the supreme leader of iran. ahmadinejad tried to make jokes, and he made no secret of his disdain for this event, saying, quote, the fact is that i tried not to attend this session, but i guess it was ordained that i should come, so there was nothing i could do about it. i met him once in person. that sort of seemed the way he might have delivered that, a little nonchalant. a growing power struggle between ahmadinejad and the supreme leader khomeini. president obama watched tehran s action and he used some of his strongest language yet while standing next to the prime minister of america s closest ally.
good evening, everyone, i m erin burnett. and outfront tonight, ahmadinejad on the spot. an unexpected spectacle in tehran today. the president summoned before parliament for the first time since the 1979 revolution. conservative parliament members called ahmadinejad out on everything from the limping economy, which is a victim of u.s. sanctions, to his public disagreements with the ayatollah who, of course, is the supreme leader of iran. ahmadinejad tried to make jokes, and he made no secret of his disdain for this event, saying, quote, the fact is that i tried not to attend this session, but i guess it was ordained that i should come, so there was nothing i could do about it. i met him once in person. that sort of seemed the way he might have delivered that, a little nonchalant. a growing power struggle between ahmadinejad and the supreme leader khomeini. president obama watched tehran s action and he used some of his strongest language yet while standing next to the pr