alt with our allies, our workers, including israel, and the gulf states. and we have vigorously reaffirmed our enduring commitment to their security. no one should mistake that. we will continue to stand by that commitment in the years and days ahead. >> we lost the connection there. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry, this really is his hour.

he has been working extremely hard on getting some kind of agreement with the iranians. it was looking increasingly like he wasn't going to get that. that's told quickly to our correspondent philip in washington. you were listening to john kerry, giving us even more detail on this deal. it looks like the americans got everything they wanted. >> it looks like it. you heard the end of the comments from secretary of state john kerry that there are also things to work on your it first of all, of course this is not the deal yet. it's an understanding that the u.s. has until the end of june to come up with a decisive deal. when you look at the details but the administration it self sees as the highlights of the deal it's pretty much what proponents of the deal would want to see. i'm reading from what the obama administration considers the outline of the deal. first of all there is that breakout time, the time it would take for iran to build a nuclear

weapon, that is over a year, according to the administration. that is even more than critics of the deal might have wanted. inside the potential deal there is also that mention of the iaea inspectors. they are the ones who will be verifying whether sanctions will be lifted and when they will be lifted. that is a big bone of contention here in the united date. many in congress and large parts of the american public want the sanctions to be put in place and not lifted straight away. they will be lifted as soon as vector see that iran is doing what it promises to do in this deal. probably the most important in terms of how the obama administration cells the deal to the public and to the american congress, iran will receive sanctions relief if it verifiably abide by its commitment, the administration going on say that the protector

of u.s. nuclear sanctions on iran will be read a for the time being. this is essentially what critic were hoping would be in the deal , and the defenders of this potential deal said would be in it. this is probably why you're seeing optimism from the white house today and also from the iranian delegation. next thanks very much indeed from washing. let's listen if we can to him speaking earlier. >> when we implement our measures, there will be no sanctions against the islamic republic of iran. that i think would be a major step forward. we have stopped a cycle that was not an interest of anybody. not in the interest of nonproliferation and not in the interests of anybody that would

in fact be a gain for all parties to turn. i hope that at the end of the process we will all show that through dialogue and engagement with dignity, we can it resolve problems and move forward. >> that with the iranian foreign minister. just reading some transcripts from the rest of the speech, he also said this is not about normalizing ties between iran and the united date. he said that is an entirely different issue. he said iran and u.s. relations have nothing to do with this deal, it's just about the nuclear issue. we still have differences with the united states and there has send mutual distrust that i'm sure we are all aware of. philip, as we have been hoarding , this is just a framework agreement. it has not yet been fine. barack obama had us turn warning for members of the u.s. congress. he said it not about politics.

it's not even about a deal between the united dates and iran it about international and making the world a safer place. it was basically saying do those congressmen want that was to build on their shoulders. philip: it has not been sold entirely, from what president obama said there. he was addressing himself largely to an american public, but he did mention who he will have to eat to now to sell this deal. first of all, in terms of foreign policy and other world leaders, he said he would call israel he prime minister benjamin netanyahu later today every he will have to convince him somehow or other the this is a good deal. he will also be calling and has called parts of the leadership in congress. essentially we are looking at a u.s. congress, not only the republicans but also many democrats, who would like to vote on a bill that would include the final terms of his

deal. the danger for the white house here is that this will, and in other words this deal that might be finished by the end of june might be voted down by congress. that is the fear. that's why we talked so much about obama having to sell the deal to the u.s. congress. he will have to convince pretty much everybody who already has criticized the deal that it is the right deal for the united. when you say this is more foreign policy than anything, that is absolutely right. the white house believes it has a right to negotiate, to use diplomacy in this way and to use international diplomacy instead of going through congress every single step giving the white house reserve the right to do the kind of high level talk and discussion on foreign policy without congress intervening. it's relatively quiet for now here in it. congress only comes back in two weeks time, and that's when the fireworks will really start.

but i mentioned just now that it's not about renewed relations between washington and a run it's just about the new year deal. obama was pretty harsh with iran as well. he said we recognize this is a state that does cause unrest and instability in the middle east and we will still be imposing sanctions and related to the year deal on tehran. it's not about everybody sending ground singing can buy off -- ku mbaya. press it is within what the administration has headed out to, u.s. sanctions on iran for human rights abuses and ballistic will remain in place under the deal. what president obama did him he was not as early in directly to iranians. he was speaking to the american public who want the united date to negotiate, but also want

congress to have a bit of a say in think. the beach was carried for the first time by iranian state television. in other words, iranians heard these words on the u.s. president come these critical words toward iranian foreign policy in the past. this is largely or only about the nuclear deal but also a rapprochement between these two countries. it does take us back to the issue of 2008 and him of those big campaign promises from barack obama. you remember that he said he wanted to eat to his enemies that he worried to use diplomacy. that's why for this white house there was so much riding on these talks. the white house wants to show that this is the obama foreign policy working, talking with the iranian instead of -- basically

going to war. that was one of the options that was mentioned by president obama. >> were going to leave it there for now. thank you very much, joining us with them perspectives from washington. one man who was robustly against any kind of agreement with iran was the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. he was recently reelected for term. no secret there are different between netanyahu and obama when it comes to have to deal with the rapprochement. they don't want iran to develop a nuclear weapon. they have different ways of bringing that about. more on that from jerusalem. the crux of the argument of netanyahu is that the iranians are patient and they will find their time. any agreement is just kicking it down the road.

israel is their number one target. >> that's always been his argument. this particular prime minister of israel is made iran the issue of all his terms in government. some a even to the detriment of his deal with the palestinians. so it's very important to him. have not heard a reaction to him yet. perhaps he is waiting for that call from the u.s. president. barack obama indicated he would be bringing him to make a normal reaction. we have heard reactions in the days leading up to this, and all alone, the israeli prime minister has said as recently as this afternoon, if you're going to sign a deal -- >> technical problems again. we will try to get jerusalem back on the line shortly. maybe you would like to pick up a little on that, obama bringing

in israel at the end of his speech. very careful to mention both israel and the saudi state. all these countries are extremely worried about any kind of deal with iran. they simply don't trust the iranian regime. >> he made the point to say he would be calling benjamin netanyahu. as you point out, he has been his most forthright critic over the last few weeks on the whole issue of a deal with iran, then that iran was not to be trust as far as he understood it, the terms being discussed would not provide the guarantees necessary to prevent iran from pressing toward a nuclear bomb. he said he was going to call. he is not calling to convince benjamin netanyahu of anything. is calling him to tell him what he has agreed and what the united states is going to be doing. his role is not to convince netanyahu of anything. the same with saudi arabia, he

will be calling the saudi leaders to explain what has been agreed and why it is beneficial and white is better than any other possible approach for this problem. >> there are three choices facing the world, we have to sign the agreement which obliges iran to comply with international monitoring and all the rest of it otherwise we bomb nuclear facilities and they're going to develop a bomb later on anyway, or they're going to do it in secret. when you look at the details of the agreement, it does look like the americans have pretty much got everything they asked for. >> really it does. it was evident almost from the start that this was a very confident man's thinking. he got essentially what he stated he was going out to get. beyond the expectations of most

people, even those who were strongly in favor of doing a deal with iran. many thought the result deal in the offing that could be reached more compromise would be needed to reach it. in effect, i was about to say it's not just the americans, the russians, the chinese, the six negotiating powers. from verification to reducing the number of centrifuges iran would be allowed to have, to the amount of enriched uranium. an enormous cut, 98% to the end of the tony them from the iraq heavy water reactor. and so on and so forth. it seems that every single point almost he seems to have gotten what he set out to achieve. not to say there will not be welcome between now and june 30. we don't know yet what the

reaction is going to be from iran. >> we don't even know if they are going to sign it yet. were talking about it as if it is a done deal would let listen to the french minister who is worse at the negotiations. he flew back to paris last night when it looked like nothing is happening. let see what he had to say today. it's an interim agreement but there is still work to be done that we need to finish before the end of june. i can give you an example in this house located the duration. if they want to have enriched uranium, the have to use centrifuges. right now -- from this point they will only be able to use 5060 centrifuges. >> he is the former french ambassador to tehran.

the french of course have been particularly skeptical about this agreement, probably the most skeptical of all the powers negotiating with iran. do you think the french will be happy with what has been agreed so far? >> they will drag their feet a little bit, but the have to agree, the french cannot be the guys you're going to be responsible for the failure of no agreement and so on. by listening to the presentations of secretary of state carrykerry in defense of the agreement, it strikes me there are many more details than what we could find in the only

agreed-upon statement, which was a very short aikman statement by the iranian minister of foreign affairs. i hope the iranians -- with all the details. when you listen to the presentation or agreement, it insists on lifting of sanctions and so on. all these detailed points about enrichment and the reactors and so on. you have to remember it happened one when there was a provisional worst agreement by the white house and the iranians that we don't agree with what has been presented. we believe only in what has been

agreed on paper. >> you are a diplomat with many years experience in this kind of thing. how do you lane the call of having a very short statement on the people involved in the negotiations followed by long statements by president obama and then another statement by john kerry. before that, let's don't forget various others tweeting their views. chris is something a bit new to me. i'm sure that the iranian press will they the presentation of president obama was very arrogant, pointing at iran on human rights and so on. it will be a difficult moment until the dust falls down.

we will need probably a few days to know what has been really agreed-upon. >> and whether or not it will these lines at the end of the day. that is the big question. thank you very much. were going to move on now to other news to kenya, where 70 people have been killed and dozens more wounded after the latest attack by the somali islamist group al-shabaab. based toward the university in a northeast province and reportedly went door to door asking students about their religion sparing the lives of muslims and killing christians on the spot. marian has the story. >> waking up to terror emergency crews arrive on the scene after gunmen stormed a kenyan university in a predawn attack. up to 800 -- 800 students came under indiscriminate wire in

their dormitory as some were preparing for morning there's a terrified to streamed out of the campus. some without a shirt on their back looking for cover from the hail of the list. it's an internet -- it is unfortunate. the gunshots continued and we tried to run to get out. >> gunfire was still audible at least six hours after the attack again. as the fight to regain control of the university continued. ousted bob has claimed responsibility for the attack and has reportedly -- out to battle -- al shabaab has claimed

responsibility for the attack. >> an update on the situation in kenya, the death toll has been raised substantially, 147 people , most of them thought to be students, killed in that attack. that is by far the bloodiest assault by the islamist group. 147 people now killed after that raid on the university. we will bring you more details on that story as we get them. the copilot that crashed the plane into the alps last week had been researching cockpit security and suicide messages in the days leading up to the disaster. authorities found evidence of google searches days after his former employees at lufthansa admitted he had previously informed him he had been offering from a serious mental illness. take a listen now to the german

prosecutor who spoke earlier today. >> during the search in düsseldorf tablet computer was confiscated. according to the results he informed himself about medical treatment as well as different kinds of methods of suicide. on at least one day, he search for several minutes about cockpit doors and their safety precautions. quick search teams said have located the second black box recorder. the chief prosecutors says he hopes it will reveal more information about exactly what happened. >> the overall condition of the black ox -- blackbox gives me the reasonable hope we may be able to -- as you probably know,

the box contains about 500 different recordings among them the lanes fees -- speed, altitude it's engine system, and the pilots actions at the controls. as well as the various modes of piloting the plane. go back to our top story, that agreement, framework agreement has been announced between iran and world powers over iran's nuclear program. will hildebrandt has the business angle. there is a big financial angle it's all about lifting sanctions on iran. a lot of potential lucrative opportunity, what have you got in terms of reaction to the announcement? >> the first reaction is about the oil prices. iran is one of the world's largest oil producers before the sanctions were implemented. oil prices have been climbing on the back of news the possible deal between iran and world powers.

the global benchmark for oil prices fell more than 5% after that news. iran is where the world's major oil producers and easing of those sanctions could potentially bring millions of euros of additional crude oil into an already saturated market. that would further depress those prices. it dropped from 2.5 million barrels per day in 2011 to 1.9 in 2013, following limitation of those sanctions. another big story today, feeling pressure over a -- from brussels to make tougher reforms and from supporters who voted the party into power. they wanted to not fall in line with the reforms. athens latest list of reforms are unlikely to please either side. that has left the country's finance minister in it tricky

position. he did his best to defend the proposal. reporter: lacking substance and not going far enough, that's the unofficial verdict from the eurozone on the proposal for budget reforms written by the greek government on wednesday. the greek on its minister said he was furious that the confidential boat found its way to the press. >> it undermines the trust of a -- of europeans. >> the government promised to increase revenues by cracking down on tax fraud, asset sales and higher tax on luxury, measures it has will keep the country afloat. they will vote on that proper anti-austerity promise. the eurozone and imf have refused to make payments degrees until it implements budget reforms, but there has been no

agreement so far. meanwhile the drawnout negotiations mean the greeks now have only weeks before runs out of cash. >> the negotiations could finish by now. we would've had to cut supplementary pensions by 70%-80%. we would've had to accept an increase caps on the island. >> criticism has not only been coming from europe's leaders. it is increasingly heard in the countries streets. disappointments outline the fear of cuts the government may soon be forced to make. >> policymakers remain firm on the bond buying program and expect to continue the stimulus measure known as quantitative easing. your closed mixed with the footsie and the dax -- the dax

was down about .3. all three indices will be closed for good friday and easter monday. stocks are trading in the green in the u.s., all indices up now. the all-important job status should come out friday. today they got a bit of good news, reassuring news about the jobless lanes. it fell to 268,000, 20,000 fewer than the week four.

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