deal but iran says a u.s. withdrawal will kill it tehran has threatened to respond by pulling out of another agreement the nuclear nonproliferation agreement on weapons. and wednesday iran's president question trunk's ability to even comprehend the terms of any agreement shomer car shifted back to the hot seat you don't have any background in politics you don't have any background in law you don't have any background on international treaties how are going to tradesmen a merchant someone who builds towers for a living make judgments about international affairs and well he's currently signaling he's open to the u.s. for maining in the deal negotiated with iran and five other world powers given his impulsive nature there's still time for trump to change his mind and follow through with threats to leave the iran deal kimberly health at al-jazeera at the white house protest as a back on the streets of armenia's capital after the acting prime minister canceled crisis talks with the opposition protests in the end sa

he is arguing that iran always had a nuclear weapons program before this iran nuclear deal was agreed to in 2015 and signed in 2016. the u.s. intelligence would not argue with that. what the u.s. intelligence and what the iranian -- what the u.n. inspectors would argue is that they have not had a nuclear program since the signing of that nuclear deal, that they have been in compliance. and that is what we have to drill down on what netanyahu was saying. is he saying they were still -- of course they still preserve the knowledge. there is no way to destroy knowledge. so far i have not seen the smoking gun, does he have proof. i want to go back and reread what he says because it backed up to the president's news conference. is he saying that they are still cheating? that's not been established by either u.s. intelligence, israeli intelligence in fact, those we have spoken to, or u.n. inspectors. >> last week the news was the french president making an appeal to the congress of the united states to stand by that iran deal. the president today didn't seem too eager to do that. what is the

the iran nuclear situation no, the situation in the future, iran's ballistic missiles and regional peace and security. and that, i think, is something that is of interest to the president and worth pursuing, but in terms specifically of a nuclear deal, there's no decision on that yet. >> chris: i guess what i'm asking is does he feel that the deal itself is fatally flawed, or does he think that if you address some of the other concerns like ballistic missiles, like the sunset clause, like their regional actions as a bad actor around the world, that you could fix the deal? is it fixable is really a question. >> ambassador bolton: he certainly said very negative things about the deal, which implied that these other steps wouldn't really address that concern, but it's possible in the discussions with our european allies that we will be able to see some possibility there. he will make the decision when it's appropriate to make a decision and that will be up until may 12th. >> chris: we have been colleagues and always gotten along, but you know, i don't have to tell you, you are a controversi

but it was more to do with the planet than with iran i confirmed there is no plan for iran if you followed. the driver that. said. the un had ordered the general assembly last september. to be completed by five additional pillars ballistix regional influence instability i don't know the position the president will take on the g c p a and it's his responsibility to g.c. is the first pillar of this agreement that i've just as. i've just talked about i haven't said that one doesn't go from one agreement and another is one aspect of the aspects of republic have not been as critical as present i believe we can add to it. whatever the decision by president tran of the future and if it was it decided to come out of it i wish that as of now we can have i knew agreement over the four pillars what is today treated by the g.c.c. the current nuclear activity and after twenty twenty five the region situation and the ballistic activity there is no change at all. there is consistency but we're able over the last few weeks and most specifically to the end of a discussion which is vital only situation in t

iran is trying to gobble up one country after another. iran must be stopped. its quest for nuclear bombs must be stopped. it's aggression must be stopped. we are committed to stopping it together. i was very much encouraged once again by the steadfast support of the united states for our israel.- four our bond is special, it is based on shared values of democracy, freedom and the quest for security and peace. i can say that today, america and israel are closer than ever before and i have no doubt that we will glow -- will grow even closer in the years ahead. i want to welcome you back to israel, mr. secretary. it is a pleasure to see you and i wish you the best of luck in your important mission. >> thank you. good afternoon. it is a great honor to be here on my first trip as secretary of state. i have not been to my office yet. this relationship has never been stronger. i think we should both be proud of that. we had fantastic conversations today on difficult issues facing each of us. we are incredibly proud to be aening the new in the city on may 14. way ahea

is that iran just simply can't be trusted. and he used information intelligence information that while new, in terms of what we're seeing on the screen today was publicly known. iran has denied in the past its nuclear program. that's not news to anyone. we've heard that for decades now. but the fact that they have complied so far with this agreement is sort of the central question right now. but prime minister netanyahu laid out the argument that iran can't be trusted, that they lied in the past and they are continuing to lie. have a listen. >> even after, iran continued to sprefrb and expand its nuclear weapons for future use. why would a terrorist regime hide and meticulously catalog its secret nuclear files if not to use them in a later date? >> reporter: so one of the important things here is to keep in mind that he didn't actually say that iran has reconstituted its nuclear program. essentially he said that the program has been put on the shelf that the files have been saved, that they've been lying about this program for

donald trump on a man well mocambo the white house and suggests reworking the iran nuclear deal. for them to. live from london also coming out. of north korea prepared to meet in their first summit for more than a decade we were quote from both sides of the demilitarized. the man at the center of the facebook personal data scandalous question and course scorn on the idea that information was amy. when we asked what's changed in bangladesh's garment industry five years on from the factory disaster that claimed one thousand one hundred lights. a very warm welcome to the program washington where the french president manuel mccall says he wants to work with the u.s. to forge a new nuclear deal with iran is what he's described as very frank discussions with the u.s. president donald trump at the white house calls says it's not about tailoring the existing agreement apart but the building upon it. google she did take. it you know you consider that the around in the go shit in two thousand and fifteen is a bad deal for a number of months i have been saying that this isn't a sufficient d

because the iran deal -- again, one has to remind people, iran has no nuclear weapons. this is a deal which freezes their program 20 years before north korea is, in a sense. >> i disagree with my friend elliot. look, i think the president has tweeted himself into a corner. first, if he tears up the iran deal on may 12th, as everyone expects, it does send a terrible message to kim jong-un, we are not worth the agreements we sign. and that's going to make it more difficult to negotiate something with kim. second, in calling it repeatedly a terrible deal, the worst deal in history, trump has set the bar very high for himself in any negotiation with north korea. is he going to be able to get the north koreans like he did with iran to actually dismantle the bulk of their program? is he going to be able to get the most intrusive inspections regime in the history of any arms control agreement? that's the bar he set for himself. we should be dreaming about getting an iran-like deal with north korea. that would make us infinitely more secure than we are now. i think that's a ver

for nuclear are against against iran. french president calls on president trying to stick what they are on the nuclear deal. we begin and where president daniel ortega has withdrawn controversial social security reforms in a bid to quell violent protests that have been taking place there since wednesday the protests escalated to looting in the capital my earlier a more than twenty people have now been killed in clashes between demonstrators and police including a journalist who was filming a facebook live stream at the time let's get to john holdren who joins me now from mexico city hi there john so why has the president come out with this and i'm smitten. exactly that was quite a surprise especially since president will take a looser came out yesterday after four days of protest for the first time and struck quite a belligerent tone basically saying that criminal city infiltrated the protest movement that it was up to the police to do their jobs today it was slightly different and he said that he was willing to take back

it doesn't have a border with iran. it does not have a border thatis with iran. it does not have a border that is separated speakership is commission bomb in a limited fashion, but that is not fighting a war. that is not invasion. that is not really caring countries apart, as has happened in syria. it is not happen to stop the anxiety. these conversations — unless iran rival to sendin conversations — unless iran rival to send ina conversations — unless iran rival to send in a couple of divisions across iraq into syria... 80,000 is not a small, not a small... taken together, tens of thousands of troops in market is not a small manoeuvre. these conversations we are having our related. people don't wa nt are having our related. people don't want the iran in regime to become the next north korea with the power to stop... donald trump hang out with donald trump tweeted that iran would not be a nuclear power in two yea rs, would not be a nuclear power in two years, five years, never. these are tough lines being taken, but they are informed by the desire not to ge

the iran view it is not sufficient to see that iran's ambitions are curbed and contained it is most important to recognize that iran through its ballistic missile program is trying to exert geopolitical influence in syria and lebanon. solid or blockbuster verifiable agreements that guarantees that iran will not acquire nuclear weapons to denounce it without proposing anything else would be a serious mistake not respecting it would be irresponsible longly france thank you . and we should acknowledge that the current agreement doesn't allow us to address all of the issues among the things not covered by the iran nuclear deal is iran's activity in the region. politics professor saeed mohammad marandi thinks any backtracking on the iran deal will diminish merkel's own across credibility in the eyes of terror on. it did more damage to themselves and anyone else because iranians are looking at the actions and the statements of these european leaders and when they see that they flip flop so easily and they try to appease the u.s. president so readily then in future i don't think that the iranians wi

and that message was received by russia and iran. russia sat on its hands today and has a lot of explaining tomorrow. >> thank you for being here and staying up with us tonight to bring us instincts on your perspective of what is going on there in syria. we'll continue to follow breaking developments as they unfold. it is daylight in syria. we'll bring you pictures of that when it becomes available to us. you are following the continuing coverage on fox news channel of the joint military air strike against syria. i'm very proud of the fact that i served. i was a c130 mechanic in the corps, so i'm not happy unless my hands are dirty. between running a business and four kids, we're busy. auto insurance, homeowner's insurance, life insurance policies. knowing that usaa will always have my back... that's just one less thing you have to worry about. i couldn't imagine going anywhere else. they're like a friend of the family. we are the cochran family, and we'll be usaa members for life. save by bundling usaa home and auto insurance. get a

it's causing iran to be flush with more cash. the president is right to say we need to make sure return is not going to get a bomb. lou: the president has to countries he thoos contend with. first north korea and that process is under way with iran to withdraw from that agreement, even as he is threatening very seriously and severely should it threaten the united states. but both the leaders of iran and north korea must be surely paying great attention to how this president is dealing with both nations. >> this is a president who -- all this predecessors for 25 years did nothing about north korea. they hoped the problem would go away. he said this has to stop, i'm going to be the president to deal with it. he brought an unprecedented level of pressure on kim jong-un. that's why he's coming to the table. but certainly if obama was president we wouldn't be having this discussion. the same way with iran. all the smart people in europe and the beltway. saying you can't touch the iran deal. trump has shown he doesn't listen to the eli

the region and iran's ambition to dominate the middle east the remains of people thought that iran's aggression would be moderated as a result of signing to do the opposite has happened and iran is trying to gobble up one country after the other both men welcome the u.s. embassy move from tel aviv to jerusalem for the fourteenth of may the day the israeli state was declared seventy years ago on maintain that final boundaries within jerusalem were up for negotiation that the us was committed to a lasting peace between israel and the palestinians there was no mention though of the recent demonstrations along the gaza border fence where israeli snipers have shot unarmed protesters killing dozens and injuring hundreds my pompei was a different proposition from his predecessor rex tillerson who spent most of his tenure as secretary of state in a state of at best semi detachment from the white house on pay it was seen as very close to president trump in particular on the issue of iran and so that gives his words extra weight even perhaps especially when they mirror one of to listens freque

it was about -- rather than iran. now regarding iran. i've always been coherent and you can go back to what i said at the u.n. general assembly in september. i always say that there was the jsks cpoa but we needed to -- jcpoa but we needed to add three pillars. the ballistic and the regional influence. i do not know what president trump will decide regarding the jcpoa. it's his responsibility. the jcpoa is the first pillar of this framework i described. so i'm not saying that we're moving from one deal to another. i'm saying it is one aspect of the problem. i've never been critical of the jcpoa as president trump has because i believe we can usefully add to it. but no matter the decision that trump will take, i would like us to work on a new deal with four pillars, including what is already covered by the jcpoa, that is the ongoing -- i mean, the current nuclear activity, the other activities, the ballistic activities and the regional influence. so this is constant. but over the past few weeks and today, we've been tibling to very much t

president will be tested on issues ranging from syria to the future of the iran nuclear deal with iran maintains it's in compliance with the twenty fifteen agreement which the u.s. signed with iran and european allies back favors keeping the deal as does german chancellor angela merkel who also visits the white house this week the deal was one of the worst and most one sided transactions the united states has ever entered into but troubles vowed to withdraw by mid may unless european allies fix certain aspects of the agreement including improving inspections of iran's nuclear programs so far that hasn't happened trumps recent appointment of john bolton to national security advisor and his nomination of mike pompei oh to be secretary of state both of whom have criticized the agreement have caused even more concern about the deals future in less. donald trump must decide whether to allow iran sanctions to be put back in place effectively killing the deal that makes the influence of emanuel mccraw and angola merkel pivotal. whether or not the iran agreement remain intact kimberly help at

yet to write a lesson from the nuclear the nuclear crisis between iran and the west iran and the war continued for twelve years when they decided specifically president obama decided to engage constructively me to have peaceful negotiation to have mutual respect then they could settle one of them the most important and critical issues between iran and the west practically after lucian one hundred seventy nine now president maccaroni saying we should keep the deal and we will be fighting iran in the region the lesson from disappearing. there is if you were in gauge constructively with iran you would be able also to help to resolve the regional crisis would cooperate for peaceful management of the regional crisis but if you are going to fight with iran in the region in detention the animosity between on and the west would increase and the finitely sooner or related we will witness the death of nuclear lives in nicaragua president daniel ortega says he will withdraw the proposed pension reforms that sparked a wave of protests that killed twenty six people dozens of shops in the capital

can you give us the two of you on iran. can you give usa the two of you on iran. can you give us a sense the two of you on iran. can you give us a sense of what that might be hand are you confident you will have assurances from president trump that the european union will be excluded from tariffs on steel and aluminium? as for the second question, ijust wa nt as for the second question, ijust want to be clear on the trade issue. when you look at the trade issue between our two countries, they are balance. there is no unbalanced literature. second, we are following and respecting stability of rules because we are the one who contributed to the creation of the union and it makes sense to respect the rules we decided to create. in life that is a good method. third, because i do believe that we have a very serious issues, which is ove rca pacity very serious issues, which is overcapacity in steel and aluminium, and it's good to work together, and especially when you work so closely together on security issues like iran and syria. so i'm confident about the future of t

we therefore shall, together with the regional powers and iran, and in the context ofa powers and iran, and in the context of a demanding dialogue with iran, we shall cover all issues. first of all, the post 2025 situation of iran in the nuclear sector. second, dealing with the ballistic activities of iran in the region. next, containing the influence of iran in the region, in yemen, lebanon, iraq and syria. and these three subjects would add to the existing jcpla. and yesterday at the press c0 nfe re nce , existing jcpla. and yesterday at the press conference, as you existing jcpla. and yesterday at the press conference, as you have existing jcpla. and yesterday at the press conference, as you have seen, press conference, as you have seen, no matter the decision to be taken by the united states on 12 may, we shall act jointly by the united states on 12 may, we shall actjointly in the region in order to find a broader agreement and ajoint order to find a broader agreement and a joint strategic framework to talk to iran, to coverfour topics. the three i just talk to iran, to coverfour t

let us talk about iran. do you think the preston will have as much success with iran as he has had so far with north korea? can he convince allies in the west to abandon the deal or amend it? just like with north korea, there is a military component, a diplomatic component, and a sanctions economic component, and a sanctions economic component, the same as with iran. he has worked with the europeans to try to toughen the terms of the iran nuclear agreement, while at the same time he has his new secretary of state, mike pompeo, will working first with the turks up at nato and then with the saudis and jordanians and israelis to do exactly what president macron urged him to do this week and stop help to stop iran's much through the region. that is even a bigger threat than iran's missiles and nuclear programme. that is what donald trump is focusing on right now. it seems because of mike pompeo meeting leaders in the middle east. come may 12, what is your assessment, will president trump stick with the deal or w

they see iran as a major threat. at the expense definitely of other important issue like the palestinian issue like the syrian people right sami let me ask you today the number one so it's about going so are you and how to confront iran are you saying that you think that putting that much attention on iran i mean you can walk into chew gum at the same time but it seems like you're saying that you think that too much energy is being put into iran at the expense of other things that we usually. does. and definitely today that that is that it should be a new dynamic more effort to two words pushing this initiative because in my view this is the best way to counter america decision to word genocide them because the united states what they have done unfair to move it if you can put it in this way they have to give to the palestinian what they gave today is a day they gave only on the one hand and they kept the other hand a clause that one that should have given something to the palestinians and the best way to push americ

it all ties in with iran. at this point, we would be forgiven for knowing that these talks were happening. how worried about you about the current state of affairs? on one level, it is all the same. the new wrinkle is that israel in the last couple of weeks has attacked some iranians bases. there is a lot of speculation about, this may lead to some kind of direct conflict between israel and iran, and the secretary of defence is in israel today. i am slightly sceptical about shooting war between iran and israel coming out of this, although i think the possibility of direct conflict inside syria skirmishing style exists. it is hard to get reporting done. they going in under strict restrictions, it is very hard. iran controls the shi—ite militias of hezbollah, it has its own revolutionary guard that is a force. but the real arbiter in syria is russia. they control whether assad stays in power and interestingly, talking of the nuclear deal, we talk of how will the european governments, who are co—signatories f

and saudi arabia say such missiles come from iran who are commanded to cut and we also think that iran should be dealt with by imposing further sanctions for its violations of international laws relating to ballistic missiles. iranian missiles are a chief concern of israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu his focus on the risk of their being fired from iranian bases in syria and by hezbollah from lebanon with his talk of a u.s. pullout from the iran deal and new sanctions against tehran pompei as language was almost interchangeable with netanyahu we remain deeply concerned about iran's dangerous escalation of threats to israel in the region and iran's ambition to dominate the middle east the remains of people thought that iran's aggression would be moderated as a result of signing to do the opposite has happened and iran is trying to gobble up one country after the other both men welcome the u.s. embassy move from tel aviv to jerusalem for the fourteenth of may the day the israeli state was declared seventy years ago on maintained that final boundaries within jerusalem were up for n

iran. despite all their domestic problems, they continue to be a biggest sponsor of world terror activity. they spent $2 billion every year for all this crazy support for terror. you know, in lebanon, hezbollah, hamas and jihad islamic in gaza strip, houthi tribes in yemen, shia mailitia in iraq, they spet $2 billion every year for this. it's crazy with all their own domestic problems. they invest up until now in syria since this war about $13 billion. we think that it's biggest problem that the iffanatic leadership is not reasonable. we don't have any problem with iranian people. hundreds of years we enjoyed very close relations. we have a problem with their leadership. ideology. we hope also one day we see today in korea peninsula to establish good relations with iranian people. we will see political change. we will see leadership. certainly, we don't have any dispute with iran, but they remain political and destroy the straight of israel because of fanatic ideology. >> this leads to my n

over iran i appreciate the president's leadership and your position on stopping iran from acquiring nuclear weapons i appreciate the president's and your position on stopping iran's aggression in the region that aggression has grown many fold since the signing of the when you people thought that iran's aggression would be moderated as a result of signing to do the opposite has happened and iran is trying to gobble up one country after the other iran must be stopped well how are for such as life for us in west jerusalem harry the official line is that the deal is still on the table it must be improved it's been described as deeply flawed but was the impression you got today with the with the press conference at least in the message that the new secretary of state was bringing that it really was dead in the water. that it's hard to interpret it differently given what's been said by both in belgium then in riyadh now in jerusalem presumably his next stop a man as well this very much seems to be if not definitive does preemption of a decision to pull away from the iran nuclear deal at least a v

it was about -- rather than iran. now regarding iran. i've always been coherent and you can go back to what i said at the u.n. general assembly in september. i always say that there was the jcpoa but we needed to add three pillars. through 2025. the ballistic and the regional influence. i do not know what president trump will decide regarding the jcpoa. it's his responsibility. the jcpoa is the first pillar of this framework i described. so i'm not saying that we're moving from one deal to another. i'm saying it is one aspect of the problem. i've never been critical of the jcpoa as president trump has because i believe we can usefully add to it. but no matter the decision that president trump will take, i would like us to work on a new deal with four pillars, including what is already covered by the jcpoa, that is the ongoing -- i mean, the current nuclear activity, the other activities, the ballistic activities and the regional influence. so this is constant. but over the past few weeks and today, we've been attempting to very much talk

iran's president warning the united states if they leave the iran nuclear deal, there would be quote, grave consequences. earlier today president trump said if iran were to restart rather, their nuclear program, they would have bigger problems than ever before. the president seemed to double down on that and more so at the news conference with macron a little while ago, saying he hasn't made a decision whether or not he will pull the u.s. out of the deal on may 12th but leveled this warning right here. listen. >> it should have never been made. and, we're going to see what happens on the 12th. but i will say if iran threatens us in any way, they will pay a price like few countries have ever paid. reporter: u.s., frances rest of the world aligned on north korea. the president was asked about kim jong-un earlier today. he said kim jong-un has been dealing in an honorable fashion. that of course raised some eyebrows. the president was asked to clarify a little while ago? >> i hope that we will be able to deal in a very open and honorable fashion with north korea. i started a process and

there is no evidence that iran is not complying in any significant manner with the iran deal. and if all of a sudden the united states just rips it up, the north koreans will be asking themselves, how can we trust the u.s. in future negotiations? i think there are ways to use other agreements to address some of the efficiencies in the iran deal. but to completely rip it up i think would make it difficult to go with north korean negotiations on another deal with north korea. >> on another issue, you reacted to cnn's reporting on president trump's personal use of a cell phone by a -- a personal cell phone, i should say, by tweeting this. i'll read it. dear president trump, you can either use secure communications and general kelly will know who you are talking to or you can use your unsecured personal cell phone and foreign intelligence agencies will know who you are talking to and record your conversations. aide god with kelly. is this just a national security issue? do you believe congress should have some oversight as far as the president's use of a personal cell phone with s

iran is also fueling the humanitarian disaster in yemen with its houtis.of thei the iran nuclear deal has serious falls -- serious flaws. this committee has closely examined them. the administration is rightly working to address iran's ballistic missiles, to strengthen inspections and to fix the deal's sunset problem. the british, the french and the germans need to stand with us. the list of the region's other challenges is long. our relationship with turkey's strained as never before. it's military offensive against the kurds in syria has benefited isis. the kurdish syrian democratic forces we back now have to dever at -- now have to diverge their attention from the offenses they against isis to defense of action, defending from turkish military attack. turkey's increasing engagement with russia and iran is very concerning. in libya, radical jihadists remain strong. egypt is a critical partner in the fight against isis and should be supported, but its suppression of civil society risks backfiring. and hamas terrorists are inciting violence in gaza. as tempting as it is to say, enough

i've ask you if the president is talking tough on iran he doesn't appear to be acting tough on iran and syria. in the very real and dangerous they threatened to seriously destabilize and specifically i will try to make this as clear as possible. are they reliant on russia to influence iran. let's start with that question. speemac let me affirm our efforts and support in all of the americans who have been detained and held hostage missing in iran it will continue. we take these concerns very seriously we are in touch with all of the families and we will do all that we can to deal with is very difficult and very painful issue. with respect to iran and syria we identify the threat and the challenge not just israel but the region as a whole. and we've identified those concerns not only in our exceptional dialogue with israel and the and the have a few questions the first one is do they rely on russia in the region. we've certainly made clear that we see no reason in them and ably what iran is doing in syria or elsewhere in the region. if they are unwilling to provide us syrian regime. we wi

i opposed the iran deal. but i think it was a mistake for the united states unilaterally to withdraw from the agreement if iran is in compliance. i think a lot of my members who voted against the agreement agree with what i'm saying that we don't want to walk away from an agreement i think what the president of france was saying is we can expand it we can certainly get together to counter iran's behavior in supporting terrorism and violating human rights, what they're doing in regards to ballistic missile violation. the congress has already given the president stronger sanctions that he can impose in those regards. working with europe, we could effectively elevate our pressure on iran on the nonnuclear side. and as the president of france said, and i agree, iran has made a lifetime commitment not to become a nuclear weapons state. we certainly can enforce that. >> harris: okay. we can't even do really effective inspections on the ground from everything i'm reading i have lots of questions from what we think w

first is iran. you said once again in front of the press what your position was during the campaign as well as the president of the united states. it is not a mystery -- [inaudible] and neither you nor i have a habit of tending our expenses are going with the wind. that being said, i can say that we had a very different discussion on not just the two of us. you consider that the iranian deal, the one negotiated in 2015 is a bad deal. for a number of months, i've been saying that this was not the best deal, but at least until 2025 to have some control over the activities. we therefore reach to work on a new deal with iran. [speaking in french] >> translator: what we need, and i believe the discussions allowed to shed light and we need to govern for topics. the first one is to block any nuclear activity of iran until 2025. the second is to make sure in the long run there's no nuclear or her brain and neck cavity. the third topic is to be able to put an end to the ballistic activities of iran in the re

in iran were critical of it they were saying that iran has given too many confession but ultimately when the iranians decided to sign those critics and those who supported the agreement they all agreed that you're on must abide by its commitments over the last couple of years more than two years the iranians have been abiding by their side of the border bargain and the americans haven't. a leg conversation has revealed the u.s. democratic party's leadership pressured a candidate for a house seat in colorado to drop out of the race he would like to get. i know your fund raising. you guys are selling money. i'm. someone and then i read primary. you report that. the vitamin had been focusing his campaign on clean elections skull that in climate change and improving the health care system in the u.s. he was endorsed by the state senator last night that was later asked to drop out of the race the house minority leader has defended the move. i don't see anything inappropriate let. mr hoyer was engaged in a conversation about the realities of life in a race as to who can win the general electio

we will talk about more of iran ina progress. we will talk about more of iran in a moment. michael? we talk about the north korea pictures. thursday we would have been talking about the dandruff picture. things change, move very quickly. the meeting is as much about economic issues as anything. i do not think anyone is under any illusion as to whose voice donald trump listened to on iran. they are domestic political things happening, whispering in his earandi things happening, whispering in his earand i think things happening, whispering in his ear and i think an emotional inclination to distrust the irani regime. what they are worried about are the tariffs as actions against russia and this morning, for example, one of the things that is critical to germany is the price of aluminium. russia provides a tremendous amount of the aluminium that goes into holding at bus planes and this morning the oligarch who is under sanction by the us and made importing and purchasing the stuff more difficult has stepped aside. he is leaving the company. these sorts of things, when you read them afte

president will be tested on issues ranging from syria to the future of the iran nuclear deal with iran maintains it's in compliance with the twenty fifteen agreement which the u.s. signed with iran and european allies makarov favors keeping the deal as does german chancellor angela merkel who also visits the white house this week the iran deal was one of the worst and most one sided transactions the united states has ever entered into but troubles vowed to withdraw by mid may unless european allies fix certain aspects of the agreement including improving inspections of iran's nuclear programs so far that hasn't happened trumps recent appointment of john bolton to national security advisor and his nomination of mike pompei oh to be secretary of state both of whom have criticized the agreement. have caused even more concern about the deal's future in less than a month donald trump must decide whether to allow iran sanctions to be put back in place effectively killing the deal that makes the influence of emanuel mccraw and angle of merkel pivotal. whether or not the iran agreement remains

nuclear situation now and the iran nuclear situation in the future, iran's ballistic missiles and regional peace and security and that's something of interest to the president and worth pursuing. but in terms specifically of the nuclear deal, there's no decision on that yet. chris: but i guess what i'm asking is does he feel that the deal itself is fatally flawed or does he think if you address some of the other concerns like ballistic missiles, like the sunset clause, like the regional actions as bad actor around the world that he -- you could fix the deal? >> well -- chris: fixable is really the question. >> implies that the other steps wouldn't really address that concern, look, it's possible in the discussions with european allies that we will be able to see some possibility there. he would make the decision when it's appropriate to make the decision and that's be up to may 12th. chris: finally, we have been colleagues and gotten along but you are a controversial figure in washington and i want to talk briefly about that, former secretary powell said of ewe publicly, he's absolutely br

the iran of the euro is not sufficient to see that iran's ambitions are curbed and containment it is most important to recognize that iran through its ballistic missile program is trying to exert geopolitical influence in syria and lebanon. the solid or blockbuster verifiable agreement that guarantees that iran will not acquire nuclear weapons to denounce it without proposing anything else would be a serious mistake not respecting it would be irresponsible longly france thank you . but we should acknowledge that the current agreement doesn't allow us to address all of the issues among other things not covered by the iran nuclear deal is iran's activity in the region of. politics professor saeed mohammad marandi things any backtracking on the iran deal will diminish merkel and micron's credibility in the eyes of tehran. he did more damage to themselves than to anyone else because iranians are looking at the actions and the statements of these european leaders and when they see that they flip flop so easily and they try to appease the us presidents so readily then in future i don't thi

yet to write a lesson from the nuclear the nuclear crisis between iran and the us iran and their war continued for twelve years when they decided specifically president obama decided to engage constructively to have peaceful negotiation to have mutual respect then they could settle in one of the most important and critical issues between iran and the west practically after it will who should nine hundred seventy nine now president macaroni saying we should keep the deal and we should fight with iran in the region the lesson from disappearing tears if you were engaged constructively with iran you would be able also to help to resolve the regional crisis iran would cooperate for peaceful management of the regional crisis but if you are going to fight with iran in the region to tension that animosity be going on and a vessel would increase and definitely sooner or related we would witness the death of nuclear at the. in nicaragua president daniel ortega says that he'll withdraw the proposed pension reforms that sponsor a wave of violent protests killing twenty six people dozens of shops

that the current iran deal is not sufficient but that that controls some of iran's nuclear activities until twenty twenty five and the prats that's the french president is ready to work on the new deal so his strategy here seems to be to tell mr trump let's stick to the current deal please do not pull out of it and while we are working to try to achieve a better deal a deal that would be addressing other problems like iran's activities in places like yemen and syria and iran missile program and alexander we know that this is a week of european while being in washington german chancellor she's expected in washington on friday will i'm going to merkel is she going to get such a warm welcome in reception the way mr macro got today at the white house. i don't think so at the visits are totally different the german chancellor is coming to the white house on friday as you said it will be a working physics so there are going to be a few meetings in the white house and a joint press conference no dinner no military will come ceremony and we have to say that the german chancellor has been a mo

that the current iran deal is not sufficient but that that controls some of iran's nuclear activities until twenty twenty five and then the press that's the french president is ready to work on the new deal so his strategy here seems to be to tell mr trump let's stick to the current deal please do not pull out of it and while we are working to try to achieve a better deal a deal that would be addressing other problems like iran's activities in places like yemen and syria and iran missile program and alexander we know that this is a week of european lobbying in washington very german chancellor she's expected in washington on friday will i'm going to merkel is she going to get such a warm welcoming reception the way mr macro got today at the white house. i don't think so at the visits are totally different the german chancellor is coming to the white house on friday as you said it will be a working so there are going to be a few meetings in the white house and a joint press conference no there are no military will come ceremony and we have to say that the german chancellor has been mor

i mean, we have seen a breakthrough with the iran nuclear deal that i think will block iran's path to the bomb. narrator: after intense negotiations by the united states and european nations working with iran, there was an announcement made in vienna. it is a great honor for us to announce that we have reached an agreement on the iranian nuclear issue. the people who were involved in the negotiation developed a rapport and an understanding of one another and a certain trust in what one another was saying and that they could deliver. e.u. + 3 and the islamic republic of iran welcome this historic joint comprehensive plan of action which will ensure that iran's nuclear program will be exclusively peaceful and mark a fundamental shift in their approach for this issue. kimball: barack obama was very devoted to the diplomatic approach. obama: iran will not get its hands on a nuclear bomb. the region, the united states, and the world will be more secure. kimball: combined with the pressure of sanctions, with cooperation from the europeans and other international partners, and an iranian lea

the iran deal is not sufficient to see that iran's ambitions are curbed and contained it is most important to recognize is that iran through its ballistic missile program is trying to exert geopolitical influence in syria and lebanon. the solid or blockbuster verifiable agreements that guarantees that iran will not acquire nuclear weapons to denounce it without proposing anything else would be a serious mistake not respected it would be irresponsible longly france thank you. and we should have knowledge of the current agreement doesn't allow us to address all of us choose among the things not covered by the iran nuclear deal is iran's activity in the region. we discussed the flip flop on iran's nuclear deal by the french and german leaders with politics professor at the university of tehran side mohammad marandi who believes that such a move will diminish the credibility of merkel in the eyes of iran. he did more damage to themselves then twenty one else because iranians are looking at the actions and the statements of these european leaders and when they see that they flip flop so easily

and that is the iran deal. isn't it fair to say that if what you're trying to get north korea to sign is something probably not even close to the iran deal, because the iran deal doesn't allow iran to have any nuclear energy program that could lead to a nuclear weapons program. it would seem bizarre when you're trying to get north korea to do some watered down version of the iran deal, to tear up the iran deal. >> i don't think so, i think if trump stays in the iran deal which he won't do. then kim jong-un says i can get a deal like that that does not cause me to abandon anything, it just means i pause for a while. and i think like the president does, it's a very bad deal. if the president gets out of the deal, the message to kim jong-un is, i'm not going to do what the president views as a weak deal like that, you are truly going to have to denuclearize, which means abandon nuclear weapons forever. remember that the iran deal, the jcpoa, is just a ten-year deal, parts of it are a 5-year deal. and two of those

argues the iran deal gave too much up front to iran and continues giving iran too much in benefits. they argue iran's behavior has become more aggressive since the nuclear agreement. whether the ballistic missiles and cyber activities and interference in the wars in yemen and syria. >> bill: republican senators tim scott and marco rubio. welcome back to our program here. you have a joint operation together. we'll talk about it in a moment here. senator rubio, we may be interrupted by trump and macron in their oval office meeting. first on iran what do you think the president should do with this deadline coming up may 12? >> the iran deal is a bad deal. if our european allies will increase missile sanctions on the ballistic missile program it's something to look at. no matter how you feel about the iran deal you cannot believe it somehow grants iran immunity to do what they want on terrorism and anti-israeli activity on cyberattacks and on developing ballistic missiles that can reach europe and the united states. and so i hope our european allies will step forward. they are the ones

asked about iran, ms merkel said the existing international accord on iran was a good first step, but in itself not enough to curb the islamic republic‘s ambitions. she said europe and the us must be in "lock step" on the issue. translation: it is most important to see that iran after all is trying to exert a geopolitical influence in syria and lebanon, and in iraq. and we have to see to it that his attempt at influence is curbed, is contained. and that beyond there, riaola bill as he asked rihanna bility can be established and i think the united states and the two we re think the united states and the two were together very closely also to end the terrible bloodshed in syria and to bring about a solution for the region as a whole. joining me now live from washington is bbc north america correspondent barbara plett usher. welcome to you. did you get the sense that angela merkel did have some sympathy with donald trump's view on the iran nuclear deal? well, miss merkel and freckles all the other european leaders involved have been saying for a time that they do have concerns about ir

the sponsor of violence in the region not only iran not not actually iran that shouldn't answer for many of its sins but the skin lesion towards more tensions and towards more war in the region is worrisome. for you on the program sending a message to the wild that they are not defeated and the syrian national council meets for the first time in twenty two years. and forging ahead with his anticorruption agenda amin is opposition leader is only nominated for the post of prime minister. how we got more very warm whether it's eastern process of europe over the next couple of glossy clear skies of that fabulous weather just nice to see a little fun to head some live the show is starting to push their way in still looking are all around settled over towards the a west now the temperatures swensen says to looking pretty well nice a monday is highs thirty celsius in warsaw all those that hate compare that to six decrease in london real cold wet and windy day this one will improve with six one three cheese day thirteen celsius not great has to be said but that is an improvement thirteen th

news on iran we disagree on the j.c. but i believe we can come up with something that can deal with the fundamental issue of the j.c.b. away which is the nuclear issue but also deal with these other three issues that aren't included. trying to get suggested gulf nations need to make a larger financial investment in syria's future stability and security following the defeat of eisel the countries that are there that you all know very well are immensely wealthy they're going to have to pay. for this but the meeting appeared to do little to ease fears of a looming trade war with no sign trump had agreed to exempt the european union from tariffs on steel live aluminum imports set to take effect on may first we have the very first issue on trade which is overcapacity is still in a limb and it doesn't come from europe and not even from france the meeting between u.s. president donald trump and french president emanuel mccraw has highlighted key policy differences between the two leaders their divisions mccraw may address on we

and iran conducts cyber hacking campaigns. well iranian missiles are also a concern of israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu his focus on the risk of being fired from iranian bases in syria. from lebanon. need to now apparently couldn't be more pleased with the appointment grinning and warmly congratulating him their language at times interchangeable we remain deeply concerned about iran's dangerous escalation of threats to israel in the region and iran's ambition to dominate the middle east remains if people thought the iran's aggression would be moderated as a result of signing to do the opposite has happened and iran is trying to go one country after the other has flown back to washington but if tough talk on iran please some they lack of significant commitment. middle eastern conflict would worry others but at the. now for the first time in twenty two years the palestinian national council is officially meeting in the west bank city of ramallah to discuss several critical issues these are pictures of their actual for