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>> schieffer: april bob schieffer today on "face the nation." is the united states close to a deal to limit iran's nuclear power. >> we have not yet reached the finish line. but make no mistake we have the opportunity to try to get this right. >> schieffer: but if a deal is made will congress go along and what about the new isis terror threats? we'll talk to the foreign relations committee chairman bob corker. we'll hear from the house majority leader kevin mccarthy and democrat tulsi gabbard. also san francisco 49er rocky linebacker chris borland shocked the sports world by quitting the nfl. we'll talk to him about his concerns that football is too violent. and we'll have analysis on all the news because this is "face the nation."
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captioning sponsored by cbs and good morning again. secretary of state john kerry is back in washington after nearly a week now in negotiation with iranian leaders over curbing iran's nuclear program. there is no deal yet u.s. and allys are pressing for more inspections and tighter restrictions on iran's ability to enrich uranium. the talks are going to resume thursday we turn first to the chairman of the foreign relations committee senator bob corker of tennessee. senator, thank you so much. what is your understanding at this hour of where the iran nuclear talks stand? >> well, i think bob that we're very close to political agreement. i talked to senator kerry on thursday, vice president biden on thursday. it appears that we're close to
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political agreement. i think most people understand that that is sort of a broad framework and final deal would be arrived at with all the detail, those types of things by the end of june. >> schieffer: last week 47 republicans in the senate signed a letter sent it to iranian leaders telling them to be weary of signing a deal with the obama administration unless the congress approves the deal. now you did not sign that letter. what i want to ask you is, are you for a deal or are you just want to see that the senate approves it? >> i don't know of anyone that doesn't want negotiated agreement with iran that is a good deal. one that will stand the test of time. i think the concern has been from day one that we keep moving from our initial position,
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towards iran's position. so there's a concern that administration cares more about making a deal versus the right deal. i think you know that one of the things that brought iran to the table where they congressional lehman dated sanctionss, the u.n. security sanctions but congress played a vital role getting iran to the table. what we'd like and ranking member menendez on both sides of the aisle is to ensure that before any deal is implemented that congress has the ability to weigh in on the front end before the congressional lehman dated sanction, is that we put in place are taken off the table and suspended ad innfinitum there is concern about the type of deal but i don't know of anyone that wouldn't like to see this come to a good end by an arrange. that would keep iran from getting a nuclear weapon. but the question obviously is
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great concern what the trend is towards iran's position. >> schieffer: do you think that that letter that the republican signed, did it complicate this in any way? >> look, bob there's been a lot of drama around this issue. i didn't think it was something that was productive toward the end that i'm thinking. if there is an arrangement we appropriately weigh in. been a lot of drama back and forth. administration in israel are more strange than ever. there's been a lot of issues. but look, we're going to be -- moving towards what it looks like a deal, i think that the vast majority of people on both sides of the aisle are very sober and thoughtful about this. what we cannot do is let drama take us off our course of, again, congress playing appropriate role. it has been fascinating, bob.
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i wake up every day trying to do everything i can to move foreign policy ahead to work with everyone. and i've never seen such resistance by an administration towards a responsible role for congress. i think that is obviously created some of the drama that you're referring to right now. it's unprecedented. people who looked at the piece of legislation that we put forth have said, why wouldn't the administration embrace that because if congress were to embrace the deal with iran it has much better chance of standing the test of time. what is going to happen, i fear, first of all what i fear most that entering into arrangement that really allows iran to get a nuclear weapon and by the way releases $130 billion of resources to them to continue to carry out the operations like we're seeing in yemen. but we've seen in syria so many other places. i fear that.
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but what i also fear is that they're going to negotiate a deal, the way they go about it it ends up being the central element, if you will, in this presidential campaign because they didn't get american buy in. instead of doing something that ends up resolving an issue it becomes even more unresolved. >> schieffer: do you think this is all the fault of the administration? you don't think that some of the tactics the republicans have used might have added to this friction here? >> well, look, i don't think anybody when you get into situation like this, i don't think any group has acted in a perfect manner. as i mentioned there are a lot of tensions, a lot of drama. but let's face it. they have been pushing congress away from this from day one. this has gone back for a long time. please remember, bob menendez signed on. chuck schumer is supportive of this legislation. bob, regardless of some of the drama the fact is we have a
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building strong bipartisan consensus that at the end. day before anything is implemented, congress should hat east be able to say grace over the fact that these sanction, is that we put in place that brought iran to the table we ought to be able to analyze this deal as is the norm and say grace up or down as to whether or not we think those -- >> schieffer: what happened if there is no deal? obviously nobody wants a bad deal. but let's say two sides just can't get together, what do you do then? >> there's a couple of things that can happen. we do have the interim deal in place. it could continue for some time. >> schieffer: keeps the sanctions? >> it keeps existing sanctions in place there some some sanction for iran it stays in place. >> schieffer: don't the iranians just press ahead with
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their nuclear program? why wouldn't they? >> i don't think that's necessarily the case. the other is congress reacts and puts in place the menenez piece which puts even more pressure in place. but look at the end of the day i do think that this deadline, the fact that the p5 plus one negotiations about seven weeks ago gave way to bilateral negotiations between united states and iran, now all the groups are back involved. i think we saw at that time, bob, a huge movement, if you will, towards iran's position. and as we see them, not coming more -- becoming more responsible how they're dealing with so many issues in the region, what we see them doing is ratcheting up their activities. so again i hope we end up with a good deal that stands the test of time, negotiations are the very best way of doing that.
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the other options are certainly not pleasant but we can also maintain the status quo for some period of time until iran becomes about allowing us to know that they're not conducting covert activity. that their research and development activities aren't moving to a place that accelerates their ability to create nuclear weapons. that we understand what their previous military dimensions were to stop the 2003. we have access to the scientists and others that were developing what we know at that time was a move towards a nuclear weapon. we can -- i think secretary kerry is right. let's get it right. let's not rush to a place where we end up with a deal that does not stand the test of time. and further destabilize the region. >> schieffer: thank you so much senator, for joining us this morning. now we go to the other side of the capital house majority leader republican kevin mccarthy he's in bakersfield california this morning.
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mr. mccarthy, do you think full congress has to be on record supporting this deal or senate obviously wants to vote on it, do you think the house ought to vote on it, too? >> the house should have some responsibility because just as mr. corker said the house is one of the individuals that passed the sanction that brought iran to the table. regardless of what happens we have responsibility with whether lifting the sanction or imposing greater sanctions. we will continue to review when we go forward. >> schieffer: the house did play a role in this debate going on by inviting prime minister netanyahu to come and address joint session of congress, the administration, of course, considered that a snub. where do you think israeli american relations are at this point? >> well, i would tell you that from the president and administration they're trying to make this about the prime minister netanyahu.
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it's not about him. it's not about the administration. this is about the mutual concern we have for iran obtaining a nuclear weapon. i will tell you that the special relationship that america has with the israeli people transcends any of the politics. this administration should be better than that. that prime minister netanyahu has been re-elected, we have a unique relationship, we should build that instead of trying to make it personal. >> schieffer: let me ask you about something else. this week house republicans formally asked secretary of state clinton to turn over her private e-mail server to the state department inspector general or a third examiner. why do you think that is necessary? >> well, i think it's clearly fair. because first i think the american people have right to know the truth. i think secretary clinton has responsibility to tell it. we're not interested in her private e-mails. we're not even interested in her
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e-mails regarding russia or syria, only those pertaining to benghazi. she is the individual that created this. we think a third party inspector general at the state department could have a responsibility to know which is responsible just for benghazi, the sensitivity to all the different e-mails. >> schieffer: do you think at this point that she may have done something illegal? >> well, bob, i don't know. if you were secretary of state would you set up a server and put it in your own house and then ask top aides only to use that only use your attorney to determine what is that of the public or not. we have federal act when it comes to how to use it. i think she brings a lot of doubt with her own use. but she has the ability to clear
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this up. she has responsibility to tell the truth to the american public and she can release them. >> schieffer: is what you're saying she was just trying to make sure she didn't leave aail here for the decisions she made on benghazi and other things? >> she was there for five years i think she started the process. i don't know of anybody else they go into the federal government creates a server in their own house. i just think american people had right to the truth and she knows the responsibility that she has going to a third party it's fair, it's clear we don't want any of the e-mails we don't want to go through them. just give us the e-mails pertaining to benghazi. and this to be forwarded to the american public. >> schieffer: let me go back to the whole situation with terror, we saw two horrible terror incidents this week. now we hear that isis has sent personal information about a hundred members of the military
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out and told people to attack them or do something in some way. do we have at this point a coherent strategy to fight isis? >> i think the president has been consistently wrong with this. this goes into the concern with any agreement with iran. think what this administering has told the american public. first that we have -- know that is not true today. then that isis was a jv team. then the president said just few months ago that yemen is the example to the foreign policy it came to the middle east. now he wants to trust us on getting a deal with iran not able to obtain a nuclear weapon. i believe the administration has misinterpreted the entire arab spring. that is the concern we have. you look at the president sent to congress authorization for use of military force he
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constrains the military even further to combat isis. he has more authority today than when he's asking going forward. the problems we're having today around the world are because of this administration redirection of our foreign policy that puts more emphasis on defending our enemy instead of supporting our allies and creating chaos around the world. >> schieffer: i want to stop you there an thank you very much for being with us this morning. we're going to welcome now congresswoman tulsi gabbard democrat from hawaii to the broadcast, first time on "face the nation." she sits on both the armed services and the foreign affairs committees. and before her election served two tours in iraq in the u.s. army. >> thanks for having me here. >> schieffer: thanks very much congresswoman. you heard this thing that's come out about isis sending out this information on a hundred members of the military. do you know anything more about this? >> i think this is exactly the kind of tactic that we are
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starting to see increase not only here but in ear parts of the world where islamic extremists terrorist elements are looking to different so-called soft targets. the unconventional approach they're taking to this war that they're waging not only against united states but to anyone who doesn't follow their vein of this radical islamic ideology. >> you are a democrat, of course, but not been afraid to criticize the administration on occasion on these matters. should we be doing something differently now in this war on terror than what we're doing? >> we should be. i think as we have just passed the 12th anniversary of the invasion of iraq in the beginning of the iraq war i think it's important that we look at what are the lessons learned from that war. as we look at this, we see these very clear need for a clear and winning strategy. this is not something that can only be done militarily, right
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alongside the military strategy which must consist of working with our partners in the region and must consist with working with the sunnis and kurds and really going to the heart of the sectarian conflict, right alongside that military strategy must be a political one. again that goes to this sectarian divide that allowed iraq isis to grow and really increase in its strength and presence there. when we looked at the continuation of the failed bush policy now in this administration of propping up this shia-led government in baghdad that is heavily influenced by iran, this is what caused essentially for isis to grow. >> schieffer: do you see these shia militia as being more dangerous than say isis, because i think general petraeus said something to that affect recently. >> i think whether it's more or less you have to look at the core set of problems here, that the shia militia being there continuing to oppress and
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persecute the sunnis what is causing isis to grow in strength. that's a fact. we look what is happening in tikrit, we look what we expect in mosul to my knowledge i've asked questions of military leaders here and members of the administration there is no clear plan in place for sunni people to take charge of these sunni dominated parts of iraq which is the only thing that would prevent isis from coming back in, even if there is a military victory. >> schieffer: how important is it that congress pass some kind of authorization that the president wants to authorize the war against isis and terrorists? >> this authorization goes to the military question. before we examine that again we've got to look at what are the overall strategy to defeat this threat before we drill down the details. without a winning strategy whether this president or the next president we're not getting to the heart of the problem here. i think another issue with
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authorization that the president put forward administration is very clear that they will continue the military action, is that they're conducting with or without this authorization to use military force going back to that 2001. that this only needs to be passed as message or symbol to the american people. i think that is where you're seeing lack of urgency. even as we look at that on its face we have to go to the deeper question of what is the strategy here? what are we going to do mil rarely politically and ideologically to defeat this enemy. >> schieffer: all right congresswoman thank you so much. hope you'll come back to see us. we'll be back in one minute with some personal thoughts. 80% of the poor in africa are rural farmers. 96% of them are doing rain-fed agriculture. they're all competing with each other; they're all making very low margins making enough to survive but not enough to get out of poverty.
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so kickstart designs low cost irrigation pumps enabling them to grow high value crops throughout the year so you can make a lot of money. it's all very well to have a whole lot of small innovations but unless we can scale it up enough to where we are talking about millions of farmers, we're not going to solve their biggest challenge. this is precisely where the kind of finance that citi is giving us is enabling us to scale up on a much more rapid pace. when we talk to the farmers and ask them what's the most important thing. first of all they say we can feed our families. secondly, we can send our children to school. it's really that first step that allows them to get out of poverty and most importantly have money left over to plan for the future they want. >> schieffer: so the prime minister of is he real doesn't like the president has decided dealing with this administration is no walk in the park.
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i get that. there are some in washington including some democrats who feel the same way. and the president thinks the prime minister dissed him when he spoke to the joint session of congress without a presidential invitation. i get that, too. it was not just rude but disrespectful to the office. and, yes, i can understand why the president would be upset when the prime minister blindsided him said he no longer favored the creation of a palestinian state, long favored by the united states and israel. yet when the prime minister backed away from that thursday, the white house reacted with pointed, even snarky skepticism as if they wanted to keep the public going. i question that. sure the white house is upset but let's remember what's important here and it is not who gets the last word on twitter. there have been hard to take insults from both sides but the relationship between israel and
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america is unique. and israel is the only true democracy in that part of the world. we need israel and israel needs us. it's time to stop the back and forth and repair the alliance quietly. nothing makes america and israel's enemies happy than believing relationship between israel and america is unraveled. right now they have to wonder. back in a minute. do you have something for pain? i have bayer aspirin. i'm not having a heart attack, it's my back.
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49ers, chris borland stunned the sports world by announcing he was retiring because he cited fierce over his long term health. chris, thank you so much for coming. you are literally walking away probably from millions of dollars. one year in the nfl you say you're going to quit. why did you talk away? >> well thanks for having me, mr. schieffer. to me the decision was simple after i had done a lot of research it was personal. i was concerned about neurological diseases down the road if i continued to play football. i did a lot of research, gathered a lot of research to me the decision made sense. >> schieffer: was there one event, was there one play that led you to this decision? >> there was a moment in camp where i probably sustained a mild concussion. it wasn't something that was detrimental to my health immediately. but it just changed the way i viewed the risks of my chosen profession, i don't want to go
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down where for years i was doing something that could ultimately be detrimental to my health. >> schieffer: so you just said i'm willing going to do it. >> i thought i would. i wrote my parents a letter before the season, said my career may be brief for those concerns. did a lot of research throughout the season and afterwards came to the conclusion, yes best decision for me. >> schieffer: we'll ask you to hold on for a moment. we'll have more of this conversation coming up we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ great rates for great rides. geico motorcycle see how much you could save. you can't predict the market. but at t. rowe price we've helped guide our clients
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>> schieffer: welcome back to "face the nation" continuing our conversation with chris bore lapped the star rookie linebacker of the san francisco 49ers. i have to say every parent now that has a child especially those who have boys, has to be thinking about is it worth it, should my child play football. i think that is why what you had to say was so important. i want to read, though, in response to your announcement what the nfl said. jeff miller, senior vice president for health and safety put out statement saying, by any measure, football has never been safer and we continue to make progress with changes. safer tackling techniques at all elves of football even better equipment, protocols and medical care for players. everyone involved in the game do
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you agree first of all with that statement? >> i think that may be true. however, football is inherently dangerous that will never change. when i see a full back on a run play talking about the culture safety is irrelevant. >> schieffer: that's the part that i think is going to be hard to fix. people talk about well change tackling techniques you won't get down in three-point stance but the fact of the matter is, i don't think football is football if it's touch football or if it's flag football. football it seems to me is a game about blocking and tackling. >> i agree. i love the visceral feeling of the violence of the game, i think everyone that plays at high level is passionate about that. however, i don't think you shouldn't be informed, you should have every opportunity to know all you can about the dangers of that feeling you love and the sport you're passionate about. >> what would you tell young
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people playing football in high school right now should they try to go on play in college? i guess every person makes their own decision. >> i'm not here to tell anybody what to do, i think the one thing i can say, not to play through concoction. such small percentage of players of that play in the nfl. don't do anything silly when you're 16, 17 years old. >> schieffer: did you play through concussions? >> i would say so. >> schieffer: in high school and college? >> there's a lot made of diagnosed concussions or things like that. if you play linebacker or full back or offense and defense line, you're physical, i think you'll sustain at least mild concussions of which over 20 different definitions. there's a lot of grey area, but in my opinion yes you sustain consuggestion. >> schieffer: how do you know if you have a concussion, you know you've been knocked out probably had concussion, can you have one not know it? >> yeah. there's term called
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subconcussive hits where you don't feel anything at all. there is still accumulation of those things can have terrible effect on you long term. >> schieffer: you are a good player. and you play hard, obviously nobody gets to the nfl unless they do but i saw you play when you were at wisconsin. and wisconsin played a school i know vcu in the rose bowl you had a great game there. tcu did happen to win. but the whole culture, do you feel that something in this culture of football that is causing these horrible things we see, abuse toward women and so forth, is there a connection there or are we stretching a point when we talk about it? >> personally i'm uncomfortable making that connection others made. to me there's culture of violence, i loved that. that was part of my passion for football was a lot of excitement and sensation of a big hit in front of a big crowd is like a drug. that doesn't mean football players are pieces of meat.
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i think most important people to convey that message to is the football player himself. not commodity you're a person. do what you're passionate about play at a high level but never forget it's what you do not who you are. >> schieffer: you're giving up millions of dollars probably. >> yeah. >> schieffer: you're happy you're satisfied with your decision, any buyer's remorse as it were? >> absolutely not. to play one year is not a cash grab as i've been accused of. i'm paying back three-fourths of my signing bonus this to me just about health, nothing else. i never played the game for money or attention. i love football. i've had a blast. i don't regret last ten years of my life at all. i'd do it over the exact same way. from here on i'm moving forward. >> schieffer: chris thank you very much. >> thanks for having me. >> schieffer: >> schieffer: wish you the very best. quite a courageous decision i think you made. we thank you for coming and being here to talk. >> i appreciate it. thanks for having me on.
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recovering from acl tear we welcome her back. first time in not on crutches. michael crowley is the senior foreign affairs correspondent. peggy i have to ask you abut this kid we just saw. 24 years old. i thought you were going to give him a morally hug. >> i kind of did in the green room. he is an impressive, well spoken utterly sincere young man who with no edge makes an important case about safety. >> schieffer: you know what i'm impressed we have lot of people willing to speak up get on television somehow do a stunt, some times for good reasons, sometimes for not. this kid is giving up millions of dollars we should not overlook that i think gives him great credibility that he does that. >> he's trying to be helpful. not everybody gives up
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millionsed of dollars to make things a little bet every. >> schieffer: that's a good thing. margaret, you're. >> jon: back from all these travels with the secretary of state. you were in switzerland what is the latest on these talks? are we getting close to the deal or not close to the deal? >> negotiators spent nearly two years getting to this point i think many of them want to cross that finish line on march 31 with a deal in hand. the president of iran tweeted something to that affect in the past few days, but at the same time getting these mixed messages:criticism from those at the table. negotiating alongside the u.s., french ambassador saying essentially the u.s. may be rushing towards this march 31 deadline. also had supreme leader of iran, man who runs that country making some belligerent comments in the mast 48 hours. people at the table are making real progress we may be able to close something by next -- end of next week.
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>> schieffer: what is your take of this, peggy? do you see -- we saw those 47 republicans that wrote that unprecedented letter to the iranian leader be weary of any deal with the obama administration. i'm not sure how to duane impact on the negotiations, but if there is a deal will republicans, is it your sense that they will go along in the congress or just totally against it? >> i had a feeling bob corker today reflected lot of the republican viewpoint which is simply reasonable corker did not sign -- >> schieffer: did not. >> signed by the 47 which i think was yet another one of those not helpful moments. but marked entire mid east engagement. i think corker is saying, look, trying to get a deal is a good thing. let's make sure it's a good deal
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and please, mr. president treat the u.s. congress the senate especially with respect. show us what you got at the end. bring us in for quote advise and consent. i know this is not quite the phrase. but treat us with respect. something like go straight to the u.n. them to sign off on it. but i think corker was essentially saying, go forward have talks try to do something good. we'll try to help you make it gooder. >> but about this reference with iran against sunni extremism in the region. realization that that is presenting problems. now have iranian proxies and militias all the way from beirut to baghdad having tremendous influence, the vacuum of american influence. i think that undergirds a lot of this criticism. makes countries like israel and
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arab ally, is that there is a shift willing on. rebalancing going on by the administration as it concerns iran more broadly. >> schieffer: michael providely you mentioned relationship with israel. netanyahu says i'm not for the palinian state then he walks it back. but the administration seems to be trying to keep the fight going instead of sort of remaining silent which is what i would have suggested they do after he walked it back just got repair things behind the screens. it seemed like they were trying to get the last word to the news cycle in. what is the administrat strategy here? >> i think in a way we saw exaggerated surprise from the white house because i think they doubted for a long time now that netanyahu was sincere about
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a solution. but i think couple of things happened, number one is i think the president and people around him were viscerally appalled by what they saw netanyahu say in the closing days of the campaign. particularly netanyahu was warning his supporters that arab-israeli coming out to vote against opponent say you have to come out because arabs are coming out. he played the race card. you can imagine how that goes over in the west wing. this way -- but i think there's also just exasperation that peace process not going anywhere under this guy. that he has one former obama official showed his true colors here. that he paid lip service but he doesn't want it. i have to wonder speculative but hard line that the white house is taking these kind of implied threats that we may not have israel's back at the forums where people are pressuring israel.
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a little high inside fast ball in the context of iran saying, maybe you can pipe down a little bit an iran deal we'll lay off on this other stuff. because there is a point at which it's not clear to me why the house keeps pressing this. what is the leverage they want here. i wonder have to do with this. >> schieffer: interesting point. >> there's a lot of sting here. remember, secretary of state kerry, i was on that plane going back and forth for a good 18 months with him trying to negotiate a peace process between israel and palestine in the past year. that now you have standing up there how they in per brett it as repraise you. i was never serious you wasted lot of time talking abut this solution. there's some really sort of shock at that aspect of it. also have one arab official said to me, frustration here that he coming out in droves, arab israeli to vote may have empowered extremism by saying look putting our cards on the
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guys we'll come to negotiation with the palestinian authority may not terribly legitimate now making people say what's our alternative. and go more towards.>> schieffer: really just play latest word on what the president in an interview with huffing to ton post what he said abut this whether or not netanyahu had flip-flopped. this is the latest. >> we take him at his word what he said. what happened during his prime ministership. that is why we evaluate what other options are available to make sure that we don't see chaotic situation. >> schieffer: so peggy, do you think the israeli-american relationship has been harmed here or -- >> i absolutely do. from the moment prime minister netanyahu was invited to speak before the congress, by the republicans of congress without alerting getting sign off by the white house.
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by an administration that you let them they are in charge of u.s. diplomacy and nice tease and tradition ought to be respected. from that moment straight through what happened in the past week with regard to what netanyahu said during the election, what the white house feels about it. some day history will show us a transcript of the barack obama-netanyahu phone call which the president called netanyahu which pieces are starting to come out. it sounds like it was a fairly abrasive conversation. not marked by trust on both sides. i think u.s.-israeli relations right now are in the worst shape i have ever seen them in. the worst shape they have been in since 1948 when america was instrumental in inventing israel. the relationship has had ups and
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downs but has been held together by mutuality of affection and shared interests. i think the poisonous relationship between these two leaders has been very damaging and different way seeing the world. >> schieffer: what do we do now? >> i agree with all that. but that does not explain the failure of the peace talks. the peace talks would note fail because of the election, they are failing because of gaza. israel heated territory to palestinian authority. rewarded by missiles. there is no israeli prime minister of either party going to allow the west gang to be turned into another gaza, that's the situation. that is what netanyahu was really saying when he said, right now we can't have this deal because we don't have responsible partner. that's been the problem all along. >> the question is, which has to come first. i think some people in the administration think you're never going to make progress in
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gaza defang hamas if you don't stop settlement building show more of appetite for peace. i'm not saying that clearly the right answer. really complicated and hard to know for sure. it is true, bob at the end of the day the fundamental relationship is still there. if it came to kind of a shooting where we have israel's back. still send $3 billion a year. the intelligence cooperation very strong, we rely on israeli for very useful intelligence. are very helpful to us in all kinds of ways particularly when it comes to iran. i don't think we're going to see relationship completely ruptured but poison at the top level leader to leader is almost unprecedented. >> schieffer: margaret, what happens if there is not a deal? will the administration even talk about that? >> possibility of the iran talks failing or just sort of going --
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>> i thought it was interesting that senator corker told you that what they call jpo joint plan of action could continue and stay in place. which the administration would have successful frozen reiran's program they would say for duration of time at the table. but so many unknowable factors including how back in tehran that would be perceived. the supreme leaders messages are very blustery wants to have negotiations going forward. who wins out if this nearly two-year process is rewarded with just nothing. more of the same. it's not clear yet. >> schieffer: i've got to ask you about republican politics, i guess peggy ted cruz is going to announce he's running. what do you make right now of the republican field? i thought you wrote fascinating column saturday where you said, you thought there was kind of apprehension in both democratic party and republican party about
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front runners who is going to get this nomination. >> as democratic establishment as it is, is word that mrs. clinton is the perfect who keeps the party together, who can probably do that through the cycle. she's popular, she has money she has backing built she is a scandal magnet. she is not always a runner of good campaigns, they lived through '08. this whole thing could be very problematic for them. the republican side, so much is happening, so much drama. will ted cruz be the first g.o.p. announced candidate? at liberty university. there are a lot of people in this thing about a year ago we thought it might be six people now it's like it might be 12 or 18. lot of chaos. jeb bush is the front run there are, people are worried about him because he doesn't necessarily have a natural
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constable juan see. but got to have the money lot of the egg heads not that the regular heads matter that much but always nice to have them. i see uncertainty and do we have to do bushes and clintons again? a lot of people say that. >> schieffer: what is your sense of it, right now michael? >> i think the scandal, is that surround hillary clinton could be a trap of sorts. republicans have a huge reform effort they need to undergo to reach women to reach minorities, to reach working class voters. and just to attack hillary clinton, she is really -- when it comes to secrecy resentment and other issues, that can be drawn into a concept that hillary clinton wins, people forget that richard nixon won two presidential elections because he was -- because he was viewed as smart and knowledgeable about the world and tough. that's often the way that people
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view hillary clinton. i don't think the scandal charge would be enough. republicans have their own house in order to appeal on very difficult national matter. >> schieffer: what about on the republican side? >> it's as open as i've ever seen it. we are going to have someone a jeb bush in the summer who will have over helping financial advantage and be third or fourth in the polls. that is an unusual circumstance. usually those things go more together that will be very -- >> schieffer: i kind of remember when john connelly had all the money. and he wound up with one delegate to the republican national convention. margaret? >> i just wanted -- iran, i think it's interesting, in the first two days that letter from the 47 came up twice in the room between u.s. and american -- iranian negotiators you hear from iran now more and more of emphasis on, okay, well, we know what is happening on the u.s. front let's get these u.n.
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related sanction, stop proliferation, don't let them buy parts that could be used to build different kinds of weapons, they are more focused on that than they are on the american sanctions and european which is what actually is being offered to those more quickly. >> schieffer: i'm going to thank all of you this morning this is a very interesting panel. we'll be right back with some sports news.
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state-owned airlines. protectionism at its worst. and their actions threaten thousands of u.s. aviation jobs. it's time for middle east countries to play by the rules. restore competition. restore open skies. fight for american jobs. >> schieffer: turning now to the other sports news as they say on tv, president obama yesterday walked in on the princeton and university of wisconsin green bay game to see his niece leslie robinson win the school's first women's ncaa tournament game in school history. >> you know what a real fan he is? you're not leaving at halftime. he's hang ink for the whole thing. loving every minute of it. >> schieffer: princeton won by ten and continues their undefeated streak, former
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president george w. bush in dallas got into a discussion on the pluses and minuses of videotape with a new commissioner of baseball who disclosed that umpires actually like instant replay. >> traditionally they were opposed to replay as undermining their authority, i think their philosophy changed largely because they got tired of watching their mistakes on espn. i mean that. serious about that. they were very cooperative in terms of making that change. >> i had to watch my mistakes on nbc. [ laughter ] >> schieffer: the feeling mr. president, on videotape all men are created equal politicians umpires even wives and old tv reporters. back in a minute. you had some blocks and you had major thoroughfares and corridors
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that were just totally pitch black. those things had to change. we wanted to restore our lighting system in the city. you can have the greatest dreams in the world, but unless you can finance those dreams, it doesn't happen. at the time that the bankruptcy filing was done, the public lighting authority had a hard time of finding a bank. citi did not run away from the table like some other bankers did. citi had the strength to help us go to the credit markets and raise the money. it's a brighter day in detroit. people can see better when they're out doing their tasks, young people are moving back in town the kids are feeling safer while they walk to school. and folks are making investments and the community is moving forward. 40% of the lights were out, but they're not out for long.they're coming back.
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good morning, everybody. thank you for joining us for this march madness edition of the game on. i'm kristen berset live in columbus ohio. we have a look at what's on tap for maryland and virginia and head to portland oregon where we saw a georgetown season come to an end. # seeded maryland taking on
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