congressman brad ashford, you did something quite unusual in 2014. defeated a republican member of the house. how did you do that? >> well, that's an interesting question. i think i've spent many years in the nebraska unit i cammer ral legislature representing a primarily republican district. i was a republican for 40 years so i had a natural constituency in the center and we were able to -- we were able to par lay that really into the congressional race. to reach out to moderate republicans and democrats, and it helped having represented those areas in the legislature. >> why have you switch parties so often? >> it wasn't really so often. i was republican -- >> you were republican and independent and then democrat. >> i started out -- yes. i started out as -- it was republican for most of my life. i suppose generally i got to the end. my -- we have term limits in nebraska, and i spent 16 years in the legislature. i was really term-limited a few years ago. i really ran -- i ran for mayor of omaha as an independent because it was a nonpartisan race an

brad ashford tweeting, productive meetings in israel and palestine with each of their renowned leadersat to hear both perspectives. he also tweeted the delegation met with israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu and former palestinian authority. a couple more here from seth moulton who says idf former head of intelligence major nadeen speaking on the iranian threat. he said president ruvi of israel can do more to advance the alliance. a previous caller was talking about that. and elizabeth esty, freshman democrat, tweets, meeting with israel president reuven and learning about issues critical to the relationship. let's hear from albert next who's on the line in robbins, illinois. good morning. good. >> caller: good morning. thank you for c-span. i believe that the president's making the best case for the deal because his argument has been well thought out, whereas the opposition's argument hasn't been thought out, as usual. for instance, they're talking about the four americans should have been a part of negotiations. why would you want to tie the fate of four americans to a deal that