fdr had an inquisitive mind. there were 22,000 books. every book in here was selected by fdr to be in this room. this room is almost identical to the way it was on the day that fdr died. nothing has changed. >> watch q & a from hyde park, new york. sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. the weekend ahead in congress includes debate in the senate on legislation that could impose new sanctions on iran. we spoke with a capitol hill reporter to learn more. >> rachel oswald is national security reporter with cq roll call. are these sanctions on iran new and why do senators in both parties feel they're necessary now? >> these senators are coming after -- there was a big desire last year to impose sanctions

when iran carried out a spate of ballistic missile tests but president obama strongly pushed against democrats from approaching sanctions now but with him out of the office that weight is now lifting. these are new sanctions that would require the sanctioning of anyone directly involved with the ballistic missile program and new sanctions on the iranian revolutionary guard corps. >> in your recent article at cq.com on this iran sanctions bill you write about likely russian sanctions amendment unrelated that could come up to an amendment to this bill. what is the purpose of these sanctions on russia and why now? >> these sanctions are a response to the 2016 election interference. democrats introduced a bill with considerable republican support back in january and it's taken this long for there to build up

enough so move the sanctions forward. they would codify existing sanctions making it difficult for president trump to remove the sanctions. and it would forbid the sale of potentially -- purchases of iranian sovereign debt and making it illegal to purchase privatized russian -- former russian state assets. >> why would they be attached to this bill and not a separate measure? >> i think democrats saw an opening when the iran bill was brought up, there is enough to clear a culture vote with this bill and democrats saw an opportunity to get their support for the iran bill to require republicans to at least allow a vote on the russia sanctions. >> lastly, in your article you

write about senator corker taking up the russia piece to this. who is taking the lead on the democratic and republican sides? >> the leaders are benjamin cardon, john mccain, bob corker and from the banking committee, the chairman, mike crepo and -- >> ray ch-- rachel oswald, than you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> c-span where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> c-span's washington journal live every day with news and

policy issues that impact you. coming up saturday morning, roosevelt institute fellow discusses overhaul of the dodd frank regulation law. and on the supreme court's decision to hear a cell phone privacy case. and how the every student succeeds act is impacting the ability of states to identify ineffective teachers. watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. eastern saturday morning. join the discussion. the arms control association held its annual meeting earlier this month in washington, d.c. the event included a decision on the nuclear weapons nonproliferations treaty and its future. there was an awards presentation for the 2016 arms control person of the year. this