Cause for concern

" Damn good morning I'm Bill Hemmer good morning everybody around three -- Tehran's latest battery ballistics. First they fired a few short range missiles in the medium range and now. Either breaking out the best they have now."

" males as a slap in the White House Mike tells you what's your reaction at the white house on these missile tests. -- obviously the US military the White House the US intelligence community is carefully watching these. War games if you will breaking out the long range missiles capable of traveling. The Ronnie and say 1200 miles obviously cause for concern. For people in the region obviously the United States has a great deal of troops in the region as well and so certainly being watched the highest levels. Both here at the White House and throughout the military national security. Apparatus in the United States. Trying to see exactly how effective some of these tools are."

" For the Iranians have played like you think back to last weekend you know the those stronger words that came from President Obama about this about sanctions and then we had Netanyahu would very strong language. And all of that comes as the backdrop of an underground facility that we're learning about now that belongs Iran's revolutionary guard what do we heard about fat."

" are absolutely right there's a lot of concern about that facility when the US the French and the bridge came up with their intelligence talking about this site just yesterday lifting questioned. Defense Secretary gates was asked to they have any other surprise or secret facilities let's take a listen of that."

" Well I'm not gonna I'm not going to get into that I would just say that we're watching very closely. Does the United States government believe that Iran has an active nuclear weapons program. I think that my personal opinion is that the Iranians have the intention of having nuclear weapons. "

" Now gates also said yesterday that -- wasn't taking options off the table he didn't really see any real military response to this. He said the military responsible only basically by the west more time --"

" And -- you know so we continue here at Moscow's responses to this because over the years they have sold a lot of equipment to Iran. What are they saying about watching you know some of this equipment go off over the weekend."

" right United States is carefully watching what. Both Moscow and China say about. The situation Moscow is urging restraint saying let's not let emotions get away things important thing is successful negotiations with Iran instant so. You better believe that there are folks at the UN and throughout the US government were reading between lines to say. Is that suggesting that Moscow may be backing off for the idea of stronger sanctions against Iran and so. -- better what that there's going to be some phone calls between the US and obviously Moscow trying to figure out exactly what they mean by saying. Let's not get emotion lets not get emotional about this let's have restraint and all this thing."

" That's why you would think it would of when the leverage their side of that with the missile defense a decision now we'll see if that actually happens Mike Emanuel right you very much from the White House thank you."

" Arthur Ross are getting troubling reports that a Venezuela this morning new evidence that Iran is helping other countries with their own nuclear ambitions. Who are no friends of the united states of Venezuela says Iran. One of its biggest allies is helping it find and test uranium deposits. President Chavez and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad no strangers though Venezuela claims it will not supply. Uranium for Iran's nuclear program. And President Hugo Chavez denies that he wants to develop nuclear weapons watch that story we will all week right here and --"