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senator corker: if b.p. built a llion dollar facility to so they l in iran, invested that billion dollars, so they are performing under that contract, they are producing x barrels a day, and they did that after the sanctions were lifted, could they continue under that contract or not? mr. nephew: my understanding is no. at the moment the snapback is triggered the b.p. staff and whatever financing is still going on or technical assistance going on has to be stopped. the united states government will now not sanction them for having built the plant in the first place. senator corker: you agree with that? chairman zarate: i'm not sure. it's a question how it gets interpreted. this can be affected by the nature of the snapback if there is a tailored snapback, this could be impacted by the gnaw ture of the contract itself. it -- nature of the contract itself. special vehicles created to contend with this provision to make sure there could be continuity of the actions. i think you could have parties at the u.n., p
senator corker: if b.p. built a llion dollar facility to so they l in iran, invested that billion dollars, so they are performing under that contract, they are producing x barrels a day, and they did that after the sanctions were lifted, could they continue under that contract or not? mr. nephew: my understanding is no. at the moment the snapback is triggered the b.p. staff and whatever financing is still going on or technical assistance going on has to be stopped. the united states government...
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senator corker: if b.p. built a billion dollar facility to produce oil in iran, so they invested that billion dollars, so they are performing under that contract, they are producing x barrels a day, and they did that after the sanctions were lifted, could they continue under that contract or not? mr. nephew: my understanding is no. at the moment the snapback is triggered the b.p. staff and whatever financing is still going on or technical assistance going on has to be stopped. the united states government will now not sanction them for having built the plant in the first place. senator corker: you agree with that? chairman zarate: i'm not sure. it's a question how it gets interpreted. this can be affected by the nature of the snapback if there is a tailored snapback, this could be impacted by the nature of the contract itself. there could be special purpose vehicles created to contend with this provision to ensure the continuity of the actions. i think you could have parties at the u.n., permanent five, argu
senator corker: if b.p. built a billion dollar facility to produce oil in iran, so they invested that billion dollars, so they are performing under that contract, they are producing x barrels a day, and they did that after the sanctions were lifted, could they continue under that contract or not? mr. nephew: my understanding is no. at the moment the snapback is triggered the b.p. staff and whatever financing is still going on or technical assistance going on has to be stopped. the united states...
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i did vote for the corker bill. i think it is sometimes mischaracterized.bill says that the agreement does have to come back and be voted on. the president objected to corker's bill and in the end it was passed and the president went along with it. the bill does have to come back and be voted on. so there will be a chance for all of us to agree or disagree. >> but you didn't need the corker bill. it's in the constitution. you're a libertarian. you're a constitutional conservative. why did you need that bill when it's in the constitution as the senate -- needs 2/3 approval? >> yeah, but here's the problem. let's say that i say it's a treaty. i do agree it's a treaty. so i'm with you. i think it's a treaty. the president says it isn't a treaty. so what we is a -- >> take him to court. take it to court. don't give him -- don't reduce -- >> i know. but here's what happens. if we vote to say it's a treaty, the president then vetoes it, it would take 2/3 to override t. so really where we are with the corker bill it's going to take 2/3 to override the president's
i did vote for the corker bill. i think it is sometimes mischaracterized.bill says that the agreement does have to come back and be voted on. the president objected to corker's bill and in the end it was passed and the president went along with it. the bill does have to come back and be voted on. so there will be a chance for all of us to agree or disagree. >> but you didn't need the corker bill. it's in the constitution. you're a libertarian. you're a constitutional conservative. why did...
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senator corker: are we good? i do want to say we, because of the chinese relations, we did grant some significant flexibilities to them. to say that they have held firm to this would be a little bit of an exaggeration because we -- they were not going to hold firm so we granted them some , flexibility. senator menendez. senator menendez: just a quick question and a comment. if it's true that sanctions did not stop iran's nuclear program neither did this agreement. it may delay it but it doesn't stop it, so let's look at the standard we are trying to look at. i have a concern that people think of snapback as an instantaneous reality. and yet in page six of your testimony testimony talking about how we got to the point, you say, this approach took time, patience, and coordination within the u.s. government with allies. it would not be a financial shock and awe campaign using a series of coordinated steps to isolate key elements of the iranian economy. starting with banks shipping, and insurance, and finally with th
senator corker: are we good? i do want to say we, because of the chinese relations, we did grant some significant flexibilities to them. to say that they have held firm to this would be a little bit of an exaggeration because we -- they were not going to hold firm so we granted them some , flexibility. senator menendez. senator menendez: just a quick question and a comment. if it's true that sanctions did not stop iran's nuclear program neither did this agreement. it may delay it but it doesn't...
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senator corker. senator corker: thank you, mr. chairman. madame chairman, thank you for being here. i spent a lot of time with you when you are getting ready to be affirmed and enjoyed that. i appreciated talking about views on monetary policy. this is not a pejorative statement, but i know as you are coming in, you were claimed to be the first "dove" coming in as the head of the federal reserve. i know you support all the rate hikes, on the other hand, that took place. so i want to make sure everybody under dance that. : thank you. senator corker: but we did talk a lot about this moment in time we are in, and it seems that many are getting -- let me put it this way -- the impression, many who are spending their daily lives dealing with the stock market, is that the fed has become very affected by the market swings, and much of that may actually be driving monetary policy, not just the stats. this is the first -- i guess we have had two other times in monitored history -- modern history where we have had negative interest rate them at least times i am aware of. 2002 to 2004.nd this
senator corker. senator corker: thank you, mr. chairman. madame chairman, thank you for being here. i spent a lot of time with you when you are getting ready to be affirmed and enjoyed that. i appreciated talking about views on monetary policy. this is not a pejorative statement, but i know as you are coming in, you were claimed to be the first "dove" coming in as the head of the federal reserve. i know you support all the rate hikes, on the other hand, that took place. so i want to...
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reporter: senator bob corker corker believes the world will not know if iran is cheeky -- is cheating and drew this striking analogy. senator corker: there are policies to this program that would not be unlike causing athletes to just mail in their own urine specimens through the mail and us believing it came from them. reporter: the secretary of state was robust and his defense of the deal -- it was good for america and good for the world. secretary kerry: the alternative to the deal we have reached is not what i have seen ads on television suggesting. it is not a better deal, some sort of unicorn arrangement involving iran's complete capitulation. that is a addressee. reporter: he said of congress rejected the deal, it would give iran a great degree might to carry on developing weapons -- a great day green light to carry on developing weapons. secretary kerry we cannot sanction the knowledge away. reporter: it's not just republicans who are skeptical. democrat bob menendez went to the president to make an unequivocal statement. menendez: ativan under no circumstances will be -- that
reporter: senator bob corker corker believes the world will not know if iran is cheeky -- is cheating and drew this striking analogy. senator corker: there are policies to this program that would not be unlike causing athletes to just mail in their own urine specimens through the mail and us believing it came from them. reporter: the secretary of state was robust and his defense of the deal -- it was good for america and good for the world. secretary kerry: the alternative to the deal we have...
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senator corker, what worries you the most about these negotiations? >> we'll we've gone from dismantling the program to managing proliferation. that's the biggest concern that's already done. but right now we have the issues of are we going to have any time anywhere inspections. will we know what their past military dimensions, were. every person who ham come in to testify has talked about the importance of that. will the iaea ever be required to declare that iran over time has a civil program not a military program. there are numbers of issues. it's been going on a negative trend for some time and john, back to what your correspondent mentioned it's not congress that's pushing to have all the documents here by july the 9th. it's these six major countries plus iran that really on behalf of the american people they want congress only to have 30 days to review this deal instead of 60. that has been going on now for almost two years. it's amazing to me as we come to the end of this deal, the biggest issue of concern to these countries right now is that c
senator corker, what worries you the most about these negotiations? >> we'll we've gone from dismantling the program to managing proliferation. that's the biggest concern that's already done. but right now we have the issues of are we going to have any time anywhere inspections. will we know what their past military dimensions, were. every person who ham come in to testify has talked about the importance of that. will the iaea ever be required to declare that iran over time has a civil...
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senator bob corker and by governor bill haslan mayor andy burke, special agent in charge of the f.b.i. for the eastern district of tennessee, special agent in charge of the alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives. i'm bill killian, eastern district of tennessee u.s. attorney. we will answer those questions that we can answer. we will keep you apprised of this situation as we can. federal law prohibltits us from revealing certain information. please respect our inability to answer some of your questions. otherwise, we will answer what we can. if you're contacted by the law enforcement agencies or the f.b.i., please cooperate. if you think you have information that might assist this investigation please call the f.b.i. and they will deal with that accordingly. otherwise, this as far as we know at this juncture there are no safety concerns for the general public. so with that being said i turn it over to the governor of ten tn. >> thank you, sir. chattanooga is a great city with a broken heart tonight. the u.s. attorney put it very well. it's been a tragic and long and sad day. and i t
senator bob corker and by governor bill haslan mayor andy burke, special agent in charge of the f.b.i. for the eastern district of tennessee, special agent in charge of the alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives. i'm bill killian, eastern district of tennessee u.s. attorney. we will answer those questions that we can answer. we will keep you apprised of this situation as we can. federal law prohibltits us from revealing certain information. please respect our inability to answer some of your...
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corker: thank you, senator cardin. i appreciate so much the work we had done together and the entire committee. with that, i know eyewitnesses here today need no introduction. they are well known not only here, around the world, in spite of our policy differences. i think each of us deeply appreciate -- there may not be policy differences in some cases, but we -- we deeply appreciate the tremendous effort that you put out on behalf of our country. we thank you for being here today. we thank you for being -- thank you for the willing to be here today. and with that, i would like to introduce collectively secretary john kerry, who has served with us secretary ernest moniz who has been incredibly helpful to all of us, and some of that i think we all appreciate deeply. secretary lew who served in multiple positions here, has certainly been affirmed by this committee several times. thank you all for your great service to our nation. in spite of some of the concerns we have here today. i think you all understand the drill. t
corker: thank you, senator cardin. i appreciate so much the work we had done together and the entire committee. with that, i know eyewitnesses here today need no introduction. they are well known not only here, around the world, in spite of our policy differences. i think each of us deeply appreciate -- there may not be policy differences in some cases, but we -- we deeply appreciate the tremendous effort that you put out on behalf of our country. we thank you for being here today. we thank you...
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senator corker: over the next 60 days, we're going to go through this in great detale. we're going to have a thoughtful and deliberate process. those who believe that this truly is going to keep iran from getting a nuclear weapon will vote for it. those who believe that that is not the case, and the world is not going to be safer and in some ways it may pave the way for them to get a nuclear weapon, will vote against it. that's our responsibility. gwen: on one hand, on the other hand. where is the hand? i don't know how to put this. how is lady justice handling this today? >> i think senator corker if we take him at his word is going to be open minded and is going to read deal and listen to the administration's briefings on it. i think there are other members of congress who are not lessening at all. they don't care. gwen: too many people running -- including people running for president. >> who have prejubddle this deal is terrible without reading it or knowing the intelligence behind it. they will find that out but i still think they're not going to support it and a r
senator corker: over the next 60 days, we're going to go through this in great detale. we're going to have a thoughtful and deliberate process. those who believe that this truly is going to keep iran from getting a nuclear weapon will vote for it. those who believe that that is not the case, and the world is not going to be safer and in some ways it may pave the way for them to get a nuclear weapon, will vote against it. that's our responsibility. gwen: on one hand, on the other hand. where is...
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plus the chair of the for written relates it is committee bob corker and top democrat ben carden carden. good day, i'm andrea mitchell in vienna on a day when john kerry's long march to a nuclear deal crossed the finish line. it was only in the early hours of the morning after three missed deadlines and 1 days of intense talks iran and six world powers agreed on the terms of limiting iran's nuclear program and reducing its nuclear stockpile. in return iran will gain hundreds of billions of dollars in sanction relief. one it meets its nuclear commitments. and with the deal truly stopped the spread of nuclear weapons in the region as president obama suggested today. i sat down with secretary of state john kerry just after the deal was announced and asked him whether this is tough enough. >>. and it's wrong for people to think that this doesn't have long-term accountability. iran has agreed to a i adopt the additional protocol of iaea. that has huge set of additional requirements for access and for accountability. in addition we negotiated a series of restraints on iran ranging from a 300
plus the chair of the for written relates it is committee bob corker and top democrat ben carden carden. good day, i'm andrea mitchell in vienna on a day when john kerry's long march to a nuclear deal crossed the finish line. it was only in the early hours of the morning after three missed deadlines and 1 days of intense talks iran and six world powers agreed on the terms of limiting iran's nuclear program and reducing its nuclear stockpile. in return iran will gain hundreds of billions of...
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i think bob corker still possible in the end that corker could be for it. unlikely.oing to be one of the most consequential national decisions that's been made and it's going to be subject -- >> i wanted -- >> every other decision in washington is subject to. >> let me go to richard haass. you remember the weinberger doctrine, what america supposedly learned from the lessons of vietnam, you don't go into a war and engage in major foreign policy engagements unless you have the support of the country. what is the impact of having one of the most significant agreements on the foreign policy stage over the past two or three decades and having the president get it through congress by overriding a veto? >> it would obviously be less than optimal. what it would do is exacerbate the problem of managing the nuclear expectations of iran's neighbors and reinforce the concerns in israel. that's why coming back to something you asked mark it comes down in some ways to senator schumer and others. what kind of conditions or understandings directly or indirectly they attach to any p
i think bob corker still possible in the end that corker could be for it. unlikely.oing to be one of the most consequential national decisions that's been made and it's going to be subject -- >> i wanted -- >> every other decision in washington is subject to. >> let me go to richard haass. you remember the weinberger doctrine, what america supposedly learned from the lessons of vietnam, you don't go into a war and engage in major foreign policy engagements unless you have the...
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i thought it was important that we unanimously voted out the corker-carden bill that gives congress aeal role. i will listen to their experts as they testified but i will reach my own judgment as to whether this is in america's best interest. the most important point here is whether we have effectively blocked off all the different pathways that iran might have toward a nuclear weapons capability. if this agreement does that, if it walks iran's path toward acquiring a nuclear weapon, i will support it. if it fails and i will not. heidi: you talk to your colleagues all the time. what do you think it will take once a deal is reached to get republican support from folks like senator corker? >> he is very well studied on this issue and it will have to be a very strong and solid deal to win his support. i do not speak for him but in his comments, in his questions he has raised a series of concerns. he has a number of concerns about the framework and the approach so i suspect he will have to be a very strong deal to win his word. mark: you have four colleagues running. a simple question, is
i thought it was important that we unanimously voted out the corker-carden bill that gives congress aeal role. i will listen to their experts as they testified but i will reach my own judgment as to whether this is in america's best interest. the most important point here is whether we have effectively blocked off all the different pathways that iran might have toward a nuclear weapons capability. if this agreement does that, if it walks iran's path toward acquiring a nuclear weapon, i will...
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senator corker: thank you. mr. nephew: it is a privilege and honor to speak to you about a subject to which i have dedicated my professional life. the iranian nuclear program and sanctions, and with juan who pioneered a lot of the work we'll be discussing today. i would like to begin by extending my personal gratitude to the members of the u.s. negotiating team. regardless of how one evaluates this deal, we are all most fortunate this country produces diplomats, civil servants, and experts like those who worked on this deal. in my opinion, the deal that they negotiated is a very good one. especially compared to the most realistic alternative. and any negative consequences can be managed. it satisfies the two most important u.s. national security objectives for iran's nuclear program. first, lengthening the time iran would need to produce enough nuclear material for one nuclear weapon. and second, ensuring that any such attempt could be quickly detected. in doing so, it creates a 10 to 15 year band of time in which
senator corker: thank you. mr. nephew: it is a privilege and honor to speak to you about a subject to which i have dedicated my professional life. the iranian nuclear program and sanctions, and with juan who pioneered a lot of the work we'll be discussing today. i would like to begin by extending my personal gratitude to the members of the u.s. negotiating team. regardless of how one evaluates this deal, we are all most fortunate this country produces diplomats, civil servants, and experts like...
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i am joined by senator bob corker. senator welcome.et's begin with your reaxes to the words we heard from benjamin netanyahu. >> martha, they are what i expected. when you have putin and the leader of iran spiking the ball over what happened you can imagine that would be the reaction from benjamin netanyahu. we have not seen the details of the agreement. they will be forthcoming. we will have my guess is we may get them by the end of the week. and the 60 day clock starts on our review period once we get those documents. but the early read, creates great unsent certainty on my part and concern for the country and that part of the world. >> the president made it clear he wants congress to have oversight of the deal if you vote it down he will try to override that. >> i always expected that to be the case. if you remember congress had no role in this. the president made it clear he was going straight to the un council and not allow congress to have any review process because of legislation he said he was going to veto until he saw it woul
i am joined by senator bob corker. senator welcome.et's begin with your reaxes to the words we heard from benjamin netanyahu. >> martha, they are what i expected. when you have putin and the leader of iran spiking the ball over what happened you can imagine that would be the reaction from benjamin netanyahu. we have not seen the details of the agreement. they will be forthcoming. we will have my guess is we may get them by the end of the week. and the 60 day clock starts on our review...
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that is why i thought it was important that we unanimously voted out the corker-carden bill that givesgress a real role. of course, i will listen to the administration and their experts as they come and revis and testify in front of the committee. but i will reach my own judgment as to whether this is in america's best interest. at the end of the day, the most important point is whether we have effectively blocked off all the different pathways that iran might have toward a nuclear weapons capability. if this agreement does that, if it blocks iran's path toward acquiring a nuclear weapon, i will support it. if it fails and i will not. heidi: you are on the senate foreign relations committee. you talk to your colleagues all the time. what do you think it will take once a deal is reached to get republican support from folks like senator corker? senator coons: he has presided over a significant number of briefings. he is very well studied on this issue and i think it will have to be a very strong and solid deal to win his support. i don't speak for him, but in his comments and questions a
that is why i thought it was important that we unanimously voted out the corker-carden bill that givesgress a real role. of course, i will listen to the administration and their experts as they come and revis and testify in front of the committee. but i will reach my own judgment as to whether this is in america's best interest. at the end of the day, the most important point is whether we have effectively blocked off all the different pathways that iran might have toward a nuclear weapons...
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senator corker welcome back to "meet the press." >> chuck good to be with you.re perhaps the single most important lawmaker when it comes to giving a thumbs up or thumbs down on a deal. there's plenty of reports. expectation is some provisional deal is getting close to being agreed to and announced tomorrow. are you feeling better today than you did last week about secretary kerry as a negotiator? >> well, chuck, it's -- no. >> okay. >> i went over to the white house on thursday night and had an update but no. i mean i think we've been on a downward trend for some time. we really crossed the rubicon when we went from agreeing to dismantling their program to managing proliferation. there are some key issues that remain that i hope we will hold firm to. we've got to ensure that this is verifiable. that we have any time, anywhere inspections, that they are accountable, that we know what their previous military dimensions were. we have access to all of their scientists. we know they were building a bomb. we just want to know how far they got in previous efforts. and
senator corker welcome back to "meet the press." >> chuck good to be with you.re perhaps the single most important lawmaker when it comes to giving a thumbs up or thumbs down on a deal. there's plenty of reports. expectation is some provisional deal is getting close to being agreed to and announced tomorrow. are you feeling better today than you did last week about secretary kerry as a negotiator? >> well, chuck, it's -- no. >> okay. >> i went over to the white...
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and what we were talking about with that urine specimen mention, is chairman corker said look this is like asking an athlete to provide his own urine test. and what the administration official said is a lot of this is confidential. that got a lot of pushback. so the secretary is trying to allay the fears, and talk them through just how hands on both members of the united nations teams will be as well as international teams will be in making sure that iran is following through, and as senator udall said iran may be able to break the rules of the agreement, but they cannot break the rulesover physics. >> there are certain details that are not being made public but we should say that members of this committee are getting these confidential briefings, and i will say the iran deal twitter account has tweeted about 25 minutes ago that there is no secret or side deal with iran. congress has everything we have on the iran deal. is that true? >> so congress does have access to everything but a lot of this is behind closed doors. not everything is being revealed to members of the public. one of
and what we were talking about with that urine specimen mention, is chairman corker said look this is like asking an athlete to provide his own urine test. and what the administration official said is a lot of this is confidential. that got a lot of pushback. so the secretary is trying to allay the fears, and talk them through just how hands on both members of the united nations teams will be as well as international teams will be in making sure that iran is following through, and as senator...
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that senator bob corker out of tennessee.s committee here where secretary of state john kerry and among other white house officials now answering direct questions before congress on this deyl with iran. it is the start of a 6-day review. it starts today -- 60 day review. that hearing just getting started now. plus here is this. have a listen. >> all i can say sometimes i think "the donald" is full of bs when he said that called him, begging him for a reference to get on "fox & friends." i know that's bs. martha: there you go. forget lindsey graham versus donald trump. now trump versus marco rubio who says the billionaire is not dignified enough to be president. trumps response to that coming up next. bill: also terrifying moments when the oxygen masks drop from above. why a mystery illness forced an emergency landing on this plane. >> there was a lot of people complaining of being lightheaded, nausea sick the gentleman in front of me looked like he was having a seizure when it all started. so you really couldn't tell what was
that senator bob corker out of tennessee.s committee here where secretary of state john kerry and among other white house officials now answering direct questions before congress on this deyl with iran. it is the start of a 6-day review. it starts today -- 60 day review. that hearing just getting started now. plus here is this. have a listen. >> all i can say sometimes i think "the donald" is full of bs when he said that called him, begging him for a reference to get on...
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senator shelby: senator corker. senator corker: thank you, mr. chairman. ranking member, i appreciate it. madam chairman, thank you for being here. i spent a lot of time with you when you were getting ready to be affirmed and enjoyed that and appreciated talking about views on monetary policy. this is not a per jor tiff statement but i know when you were coming in you were claimed to be the, quote, defense, head of the federal reserve. i know we had a number of conversations about that. i know you supported all of the rate hikes on the other hand that took place as we were leading up so i want to make sure that everybody understands that. chair yellen: thank you. senator corker: but we did talk a lot about this moment in time we're in, and it seems many are getting -- let me put it this way -- the impression many who are spending their daily lives dealing with the stock market and is that the fed has become very affected by the market swings and that much of that may actually be driving monetary policy, not just the stats. we got -- we had -- i guess we ha
senator shelby: senator corker. senator corker: thank you, mr. chairman. ranking member, i appreciate it. madam chairman, thank you for being here. i spent a lot of time with you when you were getting ready to be affirmed and enjoyed that and appreciated talking about views on monetary policy. this is not a per jor tiff statement but i know when you were coming in you were claimed to be the, quote, defense, head of the federal reserve. i know we had a number of conversations about that. i know...
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congress is set to begin reviewing a potential deal by thursday but chairman corker told kerry to take his time in order to get a stronger deal. but the administration fears that stretching this out will only give skeptics more time to skewer it, jeff. >> glor: margaret brennan, thank you. it was another bloody day in nigeria. a suicide bombing left six dead and more injured. that will likely be the main part of a pattern of violence that will likely be the main focus of discussion later this month during a visit from president obama. here's debora patta. >> reporter: this battered shell of a building is all that remains of the redeemed existian church of god in the nigerian city of potsikum. it had been full of sunday worshippers but their prayers were shattered when a woman packed with explosives blew herself up in the crowdedl evangelical service. at least six people lay dead peo many more are still being treated for injuries. well over a year ago the extremist islamic group boko haram shot to infamy after kidnapping more than 200 school girls on the eve of their final exams.th they
congress is set to begin reviewing a potential deal by thursday but chairman corker told kerry to take his time in order to get a stronger deal. but the administration fears that stretching this out will only give skeptics more time to skewer it, jeff. >> glor: margaret brennan, thank you. it was another bloody day in nigeria. a suicide bombing left six dead and more injured. that will likely be the main part of a pattern of violence that will likely be the main focus of discussion later...
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corker: mr. secretary, just to ensure that i have appropriately addressed the situation, i want to reframe it and say that we have been fleeced and not make that think it is directed at him. -- at you. one of the ways we have brought them in compliance is that we have agreed to let them do what they are doing and actually agreed to let them do it on an industrialized basis. i have to say, that is how we brought them into compliance. sec. kerry: this is an important point. we are not alone in this. the bush ministration propose the exact same thing. -- administration proposed the exact same thing. this is not just something that president obama dreamed up of. in 2000 eight, president bush and condoleezza rice signed the referendum with p5 plus one, and they said that in return for iran doing things with a nuclear program, years were going to do -- recognize iran's right to nuclear energy for peaceful purposes will stop that's all we are doing. treat iran's nuclear program in the same matter of any
corker: mr. secretary, just to ensure that i have appropriately addressed the situation, i want to reframe it and say that we have been fleeced and not make that think it is directed at him. -- at you. one of the ways we have brought them in compliance is that we have agreed to let them do what they are doing and actually agreed to let them do it on an industrialized basis. i have to say, that is how we brought them into compliance. sec. kerry: this is an important point. we are not alone in...
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it's great to have you, senator corker. thank you so much. >> have a good day.k you. >> he did say he does believe there are some breakthroughs that happened. interesting to hear secretary of state john kerry at 1:00 p.m. today. meanwhile, tens of millions of people are looking at the picture of this little girl. take a good look at it. it's a composite image showing a toddler whose body was found in a trash bag right off boston harbor. we're going to speak to a man trying to figure out who this girl is. that's coming up. >>> do you know this child? more than 45 million people are asking that question, and police in massachusetts are struggling to find the answer two weeks after discovery of the young girl's remains in a trash bag off boston harbor. millions on facebook have shared this composite of what the child might have looked like. >> she is only known as baby doe. police believe she's about 4 years old. no one has reported her missing. the district attorney there has made an impassioned plea to the parents or caregivers of this child and come forward and
it's great to have you, senator corker. thank you so much. >> have a good day.k you. >> he did say he does believe there are some breakthroughs that happened. interesting to hear secretary of state john kerry at 1:00 p.m. today. meanwhile, tens of millions of people are looking at the picture of this little girl. take a good look at it. it's a composite image showing a toddler whose body was found in a trash bag right off boston harbor. we're going to speak to a man trying to figure...
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some people, and that includes people like bob corker, want to understand the dimensions of that and how this nuclear arrangement is going to be substantially different. corker continues to impress me as someone who is differentiating himself from knee-jerk republican opposition. he comes from a place of skepticism and he may shame some others who look at this not in a knee-jerk way or raw political way because it's an important arrangement he may inspire a chunk of people. i still think the senate largely is going to vote in opposition but i think at the end of the day you may end up with a couple republicans that actually end up supporting the arrangement. >> we'll look for schumer on the democratic side and corker on the republican side. steve clemons, thank you for joining us today. we'll be right back. ... ... ... >>> still ahead tonight, the scenes from washington, d.c. and havana, cuba. stay with us. many wrinkle creams come with high hopes, but hope... doesn't work on wrinkles. neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair has the fastest retinol formula... to work on fine lines and even
some people, and that includes people like bob corker, want to understand the dimensions of that and how this nuclear arrangement is going to be substantially different. corker continues to impress me as someone who is differentiating himself from knee-jerk republican opposition. he comes from a place of skepticism and he may shame some others who look at this not in a knee-jerk way or raw political way because it's an important arrangement he may inspire a chunk of people. i still think the...
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and corker sends out a lot of those signals. and so he may very well emerge as a greater person through this process. chuck schumer has the same challenge because he's clearly the heir apparent on the democratic side in the senate. he's known to be a very pro-israel person. he has concerns with this negotiation. but he needs to show a judiciousness and objectivity if he wants to rise above as well. >> let's bring in now ayman mohyeldin. ayman, steve was talking about how this could be a foreign policy tipping point. how much hand holding does president obama have to do not only for israel but for other gulf states like saudi arabia another one of iran's chief opponents in the region? >> well he has to convince them that the united states is very much committed to their security and is also going to work on keeping iran's regional influence in check. when you look at a big picture of the countries that are now in a state of conflict across the middle east, yemen, iraq syria, in all of these countries you have iran in some cases f
and corker sends out a lot of those signals. and so he may very well emerge as a greater person through this process. chuck schumer has the same challenge because he's clearly the heir apparent on the democratic side in the senate. he's known to be a very pro-israel person. he has concerns with this negotiation. but he needs to show a judiciousness and objectivity if he wants to rise above as well. >> let's bring in now ayman mohyeldin. ayman, steve was talking about how this could be a...
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so corker later revised his remarks to say we were fleeced by the iranians. bret. >> james rosen live on the north lawn. james thank you. >>> president obama's contention this week that there was no irs targeting of conservative groups is taking a big hit tonight. correspondent peter doocy tells us about a new report that basically states no one was minding the store at the tax agency. >> a watch dog told theirs ten months ago there are ten things they should do to make sure nobody is unfairly audited again. so far the irs has only implemented two of their suggestions. >> when i have a list of this many recommendations that still need to be done it's awfully hard for me to tell the people in myq district that yes, you can@1:f trust the irs. >> at 76-page-long government accountability report finds religious groups and pro-life groups are -- their forms are viewed without consulting bosses or leaving much of a paper trail, making it almost impossible to go back and figure out if a person or group actually deserved extra scrutiny or if they were singled out for
so corker later revised his remarks to say we were fleeced by the iranians. bret. >> james rosen live on the north lawn. james thank you. >>> president obama's contention this week that there was no irs targeting of conservative groups is taking a big hit tonight. correspondent peter doocy tells us about a new report that basically states no one was minding the store at the tax agency. >> a watch dog told theirs ten months ago there are ten things they should do to make...
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all went awry and they have nuclear weapons today some people, and that includes people like bob corkers of that and hnuclear arrangement is going to be substantially different. corker continues to impress me as someone who is differentiating himself from knee-jerk republican opposition. copies to keep his powder dry. he comes from a place of skepticism and he may shame some others who look at this not in a knee-jerk way or raw political way because it's an important arrangement he may inspire a chunk of people. i still think the senate largely is going to vote in opposition but i think at the end of the day you may end up with a couple republicans that actually end up supporting the arrangement. >> we'll look for schumer on the democratic side and corker on the republican side. two keys to this deal. steve clemens editor-at-large for the atlantic. thanks for joining us tonight. we'll be right back. sleep in sleep out star gaze dream big wander more care less beat sunrise chase sunset do it all. on us. get your first month's payment plus five years wear and tear coverage. make the most
all went awry and they have nuclear weapons today some people, and that includes people like bob corkers of that and hnuclear arrangement is going to be substantially different. corker continues to impress me as someone who is differentiating himself from knee-jerk republican opposition. copies to keep his powder dry. he comes from a place of skepticism and he may shame some others who look at this not in a knee-jerk way or raw political way because it's an important arrangement he may inspire...
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going to have an impact on a key congressional review led by none other than farm relations chair bob corker who joins me now from capitol hill. senator, this does in the practical sense, if they don't do it in the next day or two and most of the other ministers reliefving for other obligations in moscow and elsewhere, this does mean that you will have 60 days, twice as much as you would have had, it would have been a 30-day review if they had gotten it to you this week. but now if they stay here and keep negotiating you will have twice as long to take shots at it or to see whether or not it is to your liking. what are the implications? >> again, we don't know whether they're going to try to ship documents over be i the 9th or what. look, i'm thankful on one hand that they are taking their time and not trying to meet some arbitrary date just to keep us, if you will from having an additional 30 days. on the other hand, i'm fairly despondent that we find ourselves in this place where, you know, with we have these remaining qualitative issues that are important, but certainly with a deal that i
going to have an impact on a key congressional review led by none other than farm relations chair bob corker who joins me now from capitol hill. senator, this does in the practical sense, if they don't do it in the next day or two and most of the other ministers reliefving for other obligations in moscow and elsewhere, this does mean that you will have 60 days, twice as much as you would have had, it would have been a 30-day review if they had gotten it to you this week. but now if they stay...
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and bob corker told them flat out i believe you have been policed by the iranians. and corker said taking the situation in which the iran was the puryea and you made the united states that example. >> we began with a country with a rogue nation with a boot on its neck and our goal was to dismantle their program. we ended up in a situation where the deal on the table codifies the industrialization of their nuclear program. >> reporter: in the nine days since iran the united states and five other world powers announced the deal for sanctions relief and inspections and other steps to curb the program, kerry and others down have argued this was the best that could be achieved while keeping partners like russia on board and one that closes off pathways for a nuclear weapon for at least 10-15 years. britain france and germany signed off on the deal and added they are not dumb. >> they are experts, everyone of them in nuclear technology radification verification and smart people who spent a life time on this. -- ratification -- >> reporter: the deal is not believed to have
and bob corker told them flat out i believe you have been policed by the iranians. and corker said taking the situation in which the iran was the puryea and you made the united states that example. >> we began with a country with a rogue nation with a boot on its neck and our goal was to dismantle their program. we ended up in a situation where the deal on the table codifies the industrialization of their nuclear program. >> reporter: in the nine days since iran the united states...
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senator bob corker chairs. [applause] sen. corker: i want to thank the witnesses for being here today. we look forward to couples and hearing. i want to thank all of those also who are in attendance. i know there was an outbreak prior to his convening. we thank you for being here. we do hope you will respect that now that the meeting is in order, outbursts of any kind are unwarranted and respect the democratic process that is taking place here. we thank you for being here, we also thank you for your courtesy as we move ahead. other witnesses have agreed to be here as long as we wish. we will start with seven minute questions. based on live from -- last night visitation, there is sometimes a tendency to want to interject. what i would say is obviously we conduct our meetings with a lot of respect and courtesy. i would ask the witnesses that they would to respond directly to the question from senators on both sides of the aisle as if they ask it directly to a witness. get them to respond. someone else wants to interject they can
senator bob corker chairs. [applause] sen. corker: i want to thank the witnesses for being here today. we look forward to couples and hearing. i want to thank all of those also who are in attendance. i know there was an outbreak prior to his convening. we thank you for being here. we do hope you will respect that now that the meeting is in order, outbursts of any kind are unwarranted and respect the democratic process that is taking place here. we thank you for being here, we also thank you for...
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. >>> joining us to talk about the new conference senator bob corker chairman of the foreign relations committee, honestly one of the key members of congress through the 60-plus days as congress weighs in. >> john that's why we're having the 60 days you alluded to. we'll take our time and go through it. we obviously have 159-page document that came over yesterday. there will be a u.n. security council resolution that would be public 23 it's not already public in the last hour. there will be hoards of annexes, and going through that and asking questions with relevant witnesses, we'll figure out if that is the case or not and people will vote based on what they feel is the case. will it keep iran from getting a nuclear weapon or not? >> i appreciate you don't have yet all the annexes, and the american people respect you have to read through the whole deal. based on what is reported right now, what you know today, do you have confidence that this will at a minute mid slow down iran's path. >> as i mentioned, when it came out i approach this with a lot of skepticism but against, i want to
. >>> joining us to talk about the new conference senator bob corker chairman of the foreign relations committee, honestly one of the key members of congress through the 60-plus days as congress weighs in. >> john that's why we're having the 60 days you alluded to. we'll take our time and go through it. we obviously have 159-page document that came over yesterday. there will be a u.n. security council resolution that would be public 23 it's not already public in the last hour....
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there's nothing that relieved my skepticism. >> chairman bob corker said paperwork of the final deal could come up to capitol hill by the end of the week, this would start the 60-day period of review allowed to lawmakers. >> the matter of americans being held hostage by iran has been fodder of critics and the president addressed that. >> he talked about if you tie the fate of the four americans releasing the four americans to the nuclear deal then you threaten the possibility that the iranians could think they could extract more concessions from the u.s. side. >> there are four americans in iran. three held on trumped up charges according to your administration and one, whereabouts unknown. can you tell the country why are you are content with the fan fair around the deal to leave the strength of the nation unaccounted for in relation to the four americans and last week the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said under no circumstances should there be any relief for iran in terms on of ballistic missiles or conventional weapons. it was perceived that was a last minute capitulation
there's nothing that relieved my skepticism. >> chairman bob corker said paperwork of the final deal could come up to capitol hill by the end of the week, this would start the 60-day period of review allowed to lawmakers. >> the matter of americans being held hostage by iran has been fodder of critics and the president addressed that. >> he talked about if you tie the fate of the four americans releasing the four americans to the nuclear deal then you threaten the possibility...
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bob corker, (r-tn) el senador bob corker, quien fue alcalde de chattanooga expres su preocupacin porimas del tiroteo. por ahora hay poca informacin sobre el presunto pistolero pero se sabe que se llamaba muhammad youssef abdulazeez originario de kuwait y con ciudadana aqu. s/randy serrano el incidente se da mientras el país sigue sanando del tiroteo, sucedido apenas el mes pasado, en una iglesia de carolina del sur donde murieron nueve personas. from: monsalve, juliana (nbcuniversal) sent: thursday, july 16, 2015 4:02 pm to: machin, ivette (nbcuniversal); @nbc uni tlmd stations distribution; @nbc uni tlmd affiliate news feed; @nbc uni telemundo affiliate news subject: dc draft scripttake vo/cesar --despues de la masacre, epsidente obamaindico que es una circunstancia muy dolorosa... --...contra personas que han servido al pais con gran valor, para ser asesinados de esa manera. --el mandatario agrego que los familiares de las victimas tendran todo el apoyo para superar este duro momento. --mientras tanto el pentagono continua trabajando para brindarle mas proteccion a las otras instal
bob corker, (r-tn) el senador bob corker, quien fue alcalde de chattanooga expres su preocupacin porimas del tiroteo. por ahora hay poca informacin sobre el presunto pistolero pero se sabe que se llamaba muhammad youssef abdulazeez originario de kuwait y con ciudadana aqu. s/randy serrano el incidente se da mientras el país sigue sanando del tiroteo, sucedido apenas el mes pasado, en una iglesia de carolina del sur donde murieron nueve personas. from: monsalve, juliana (nbcuniversal) sent:...
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senator corker joins us. this deal, i mean, i guess i'm looking at the option plays here. we've all known the options, continue the sanctions, if you can. if you can't, you can't. if you can't get china and russia to go along with continued sanctions you have a deal, it seems to me. if you don't deal and they continue their march toward a nuclear weapon, the pressure in this country will be to bomb them. am i right or wrong in that assessment? >> chris, i think just saying that whatever deal has been negotiated is the deal. it's amazing to look at where iran has come over the last two years. they were a -- they are a roguish nation that had a boot on their neck and with six important countries they have come out and actually achieved every single goal they wanted to achieve. i hear you and i understand you're trying to create a context that makes it very difficult for congress to vote its conscience but i think that's what's going to happen. look, we have 159 pages today, a portion of the deal. there will be more coming from the secretary of state, we'll have robust hearin
senator corker joins us. this deal, i mean, i guess i'm looking at the option plays here. we've all known the options, continue the sanctions, if you can. if you can't, you can't. if you can't get china and russia to go along with continued sanctions you have a deal, it seems to me. if you don't deal and they continue their march toward a nuclear weapon, the pressure in this country will be to bomb them. am i right or wrong in that assessment? >> chris, i think just saying that whatever...