who's on iran we disagree on the j.c. but i believe we can come up with something that can deal with the fundamental issue of the j.c. which is the nuclear issue but also deal with these other three issues that aren't included. trump again suggested gulf nations need to make a larger financial investment in syria's future stability and security following the defeat of eisel the countries that. are there that you all know very well are immensely wealthy they're going to have to pay for this but the meeting appeared to do little to ease fears of a looming trade war with no sign trump had agreed to exempt the european union from tariffs on steel and aluminum imports set to take effect on may first we have the very first issue on trade which is overcapacity is still in a limb in him it doesn't come from europe and not even from friends can really help it al-jazeera at the white house with the u.s. and france trying to resolve their differences there is no disagreement over iran's next news as we mentioned earlier its foreign

iran even under the jcpoa. they have these goals in sight. , with the ballistic missile the program and what they have been able to develop and calibrate and make them walking awayu see from any of that? no, not really. i think it is interesting that you can use the ballistic missile program as one of the tests of iranian intention. you would not spend so much -- on tophis program of the missile. the fact that we were told that make dealing will with this ballistic missile in the context of the deal, we are now seeing that it did not come into fruition and there is nothing easy about negotiating the ballistic missile program because the deal does not change their attentions why they want to have a nuclear weapon. weaponmeans to deliver a is a critical component in the iranian strategy utilizing outlined,missiles as the evidence is well aware of ,he importance of this program and it was one of the conditions that the president wanted to see fixed in the context of congressional law, negotiations with iran, and t

bank of iran?ow does that impact everything that we talked about from -- i'll leave that to you. how does that impact everything we talked about. the adventurism, ballistic missile technology? >> it's a potential game changer. truly. when we look at right before the jcpoa, one of the tragedies of the nuclear deal was the increasing amount of leverage the united states had over iran and it was increasing rapidly. the iranians wanted to talk. they wanted a deal. they wanted sanctions relief fast. the combination of the central bank sanctions which include the oil reductions along with going after insurance and reinsurance and the tankers of iran down th exchange reserves overseas, they were having a balance of payment crisis, and all their banks had been disconnected including the central bank in the swift disconnection in europe, those two together got their attention very fast, very fast, and combined with the existence of a credible military threat, especially at the time from israel, they were lo

iran said to the i.a.e.a. . no work has been conducted with multipoint an issue this is multi-point initiation you've got to forgive this jargon the scientific terminology is something that is necessary to understand the production of nuclear weapons but here's what they say no work has been conducted with m.p.i. technology and hemispherical geometry but again the archives shows that this is a complete fabrication iran conducted extensive work with n.p.r. technology in hemispherical geometry is an example hundreds of more documents prove that iran said. to the agency that it did not conducted metallurgical work specifically designed for a nuclear device but the files again show that this is a lie iran conducted extensive metallurgical work specifically designed for a nuclear device it was an original winning photo plenty more in the in the archive so what i've shown you tonight. is just a fraction of the total material that we have but even from this sample. you can draw four main conclusions first iran lied abo

iran lied. big time. after signing the nuclear deal in 2015, iran intensified its efforts to hide its secret nuclear weapons. in 2015, iran moved its nuclear file to a secretly contained area in iran. this is where they kept the atomic archives. right here. few iranians knew where it was, very few. and also a few israelis. now, from the outside, this was an innocent-looking compound. it looks like a didlapidated warehouse. on the inside, it contains nuclear weapons in massive files. they're a little bigger than this. a few weeks ago, in a great intelligence achievement, israel obtained half a ton of the material inside these walls. and here's what we got. 55,000 pages, another 55,000 files on 183 cds. everything you're about to see is an exact copy of the original uranium material. you may want to know where are the originals? well, i can say they're now in a very safe place. here's what the files included. incriminating documents, incriminating charts, incriminating presentations, incriminating blueprint

iran. -- has sought to assure us that it sees this cooperation as a necessary steppingstone towards process -- progress and the geneva process. the ease with which -- to facilitate the operation olive branch, arrangements to which america was not privy, was greatly concerning. theas agreed to purchase russian missile system which could potentially lead to sanctions and adversely impact turkey's participation in the f-35 program. it is in the american national interest to see turkey remain aligned with the west. our policy has been to combine close engagement with clear messaging, that the united states will actively defend our interests. we haveontext of syria, engaged in high-level interagency discussions, to -- and avoid inadvertent collisions between our forces. these conversations are ongoing. moving forward, our aim is to enlist turkey as a more active ally. the defeat of isis and stabilization of syria, as well as a long-term factor in thwarting the expansion of russia and iran. let u

iran lied. big time. after signing the deal, iran intensified efforts to hide its secret nuclear files. in 2017, iran moved its nuclear weapons files to a highly secret location in southern tehran. orabad district. this is where they kept the archives. right here. few iranians knew where it was. very few. and also a few israelis. from the outside, this was an innocent looking compound. it looks like a dilapidated warehouse. but from the inside, it contained iran's secret archives locked in massive files. actually, they are bigger than this. a few weeks ago, in a great intelligence achievement, israel obtained half a ton of the material inside these vaults. here is what we got -- 55,000 pages. another 55,000 files on 183 cd's. everything you are about to see is an exact copy of the iranian material. you may want to see the originals. they are in a very safe place. here is what we found -- incriminating charts, incriminating presentations, incriminating blueprints, incriminating photos, incriminating videos

iran lied. big time. , i ranigning the deal intensified efforts to hide it see clear -- secret nuclear files. iran moved its nuclear weapons files to a highly secret location. kept thehere they archives. right here. if you knew where it was. very few. a few israelis. from the outside this was an innocent looking compound. it looks like a dilapidated warehouse. containedide it archives locked in massive files. ago in a great intelligence achievement israel obtained half a ton of the material inside these vaults. here is what we got. pages. files on 183 cds. seeything you are about to is an exact copy of the iranian material. incriminating presentations. incriminating blueprints. -- criminalize it incriminating photos. incriminating videos, and more. we have shared this with the united states. united states can vouch for its authenticity. we will also share it with other countries and the international .tomic energy we have known for years i ran a secret nuclear weapons program. it was aove compre

with respect to iran in syria. we certainly identify and threatened to challenge, not just israel but to the reason as a whole. we have identified those concerns not only an hour dialogue with israel and the israeli security -- >> i apologize, i do not wish to had a fewut i just questions. the first one is, does the united states rely on russia to influence iran and the reason -- region? >> we have made clear to moscow that we have seen no region -- reason, even by action or inaction, what russia is doing in syria is a threat. >> if russia is unable to provide assurance that the syrian regime, or other iranian forces will cease violence in these areas, what is the next option for the united states? what do we do then? >> with respect to russia i will defer to my colleague. athave a variety of means our disposal which are under constant and active consideration to try to bring about the kinds of mitigation of harm and risk that we are all seeking in syria. those decisions lie in many cases with the president himself

if we are going to counter iran's abuses, iran's terrorism, iran's threats to our troops and our national security interests, we must work with our partners around the globe. we will stand together against repression and the violation of human rights. we will stand together against religious persecution. we will stand together for the rule of law and democratic values, and taking hostages and violating the most fundamental values that cut to the core of our dignity as human beings is unacceptable to this congress and to members of the international community. i urge all of my colleagues to stand up to iran's rogue regime, to stand up for human rights and for the people of iran, to stand with the levinsons and the other families whose loved ones are missing from their lives, and to fight for their return home by supporting this bill. please support h.r. 4744, and together we will stand for basic human rights. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york reserves. the gentleman from california. mr. royce: i yield three minutes to the gentlelady from florida, ileana ros

iran was required by the i.a.e.a. to come clean by the nuclear deal to come clean to the international atomic energy agency about its nuclear program this was an explicit condition for implementing the nuclear deal iran has to come clean so in december two thousand and fifteen the i.a.e.a. published its final assessment of what it called the military aspects of iran's nuclear program this is the report this was iran's chance to fully come clean to the i.a.e.a. they could tell the truth they could say that we had this program the secret program it's over and we showed that it doesn't exist we destroyed the material here's what iran actually told the. it said. iran denied the existence of a coordinated program aimed at the development of a nuclear explosive device and specifically denied that this specifically denied the existence of the amount planned. the material proves otherwise that iran authorized initiated and funded project ahmad a coordinated program aimed at the development of a nuclear explosive device here's

iran is also fueling the humanitarian disaster in yemen with its houtis.of thei the iran nuclear deal has serious falls -- serious flaws. this committee has closely examined them. the administration is rightly working to address iran's ballistic missiles, to strengthen inspections and to fix the deal's sunset problem. the british, the french and the germans need to stand with us. the list of the region's other challenges is long. our relationship with turkey's strained as never before. it's military offensive against the kurds in syria has benefited isis. the kurdish syrian democratic forces we back now have to dever at -- now have to diverge their attention from the offenses they against isis to defense of action, defending from turkish military attack. turkey's increasing engagement with russia and iran is very concerning. in libya, radical jihadists remain strong. egypt is a critical partner in the fight against isis and should be supported, but its suppression of civil society risks backfiring. and hamas terrorists are inciting violence in gaza. as tempting as it is to say, enough

iran lied. big time. after signing the nuclear deal in 2015, iran intensified its efforts to hide the secret nuclear files. in 2017, iran moved its nuclear weapon's filed to a highly secret district in southern teheran. this is where they kept the atomic archives right here. few iranians knew where it was. very few. and also few israelis. now from the outside, this was an innocent lookingly compound and looks like a dilapidated warehouse. but from the inside it contained the iranian atomic archives and look bigger than this. and in a great intelligence achievement a few weeks ago, israel obtained half a ton of the material inside of these vault and this is what we got. 55000 pages, another 55000 files on 183 cd's. everything you are about to see, is an exact copy of the original iranian material. you may want to know where are the originals? they are now in a very safe place. this is what the files included. incriminating documents, incriminating charts. incriminating presentation and blue printing. incri

a legitimized iran and it flooded iran with cash.ections of president trump had in one of the major problems that i have had and many critics of the iran deal have had is we never got to the bottom of the military dimension of the military program and that's what the prime minister is pointing to. they have been lying and you cannot trust the regime that has been lying about the dimensions of its nuclear program to begin with. david: there are two sides to this debate. please the french and the german trying to convince us to stay in the deal and today we saw our israeli allies tried to convince us to get out of the deal. how do we balance those two allies with their various approaches to this? >> the reason that israel care so much as israel is the one with the giant target on his back. it's one of our closest if not our closest allies and they are the ones that are being targeted by iran. david: we should also mention they are targeting iranians working in syria. it's not only the nukes if the iranian agents and the agents around t

the iran foreign minister says it hurts our credibility and leadership and iran say what they will do with retaliation and our own president saying if they threaten the united states, they will see a response like few other countries have ever seen before. your last word. >> the iranian regime is playing with fire. they aren't dealing with the weak nato u.s. the number one goal for the united states must be to prevent iran from becoming a nuclear weapons power. the iran nuclear agreement unfortunately does not guarantee that. the united states must lead on the world stage and rally the free world to confront what is it an extremely dangerous and brutal regime. >> harris: nile gardiner from the heritage foundation. an important time. thank you for that dollar figure of $5 billion between the trade with germany and iran. that sets us up. we've been waiting the joint news conference between president trump and chancellor merkel, a historic meeting between the leaders of north and south korea, ahead of president trump's planned summit with kim jong un. whether the president should get cre

that the iran deal was to be preserved. now you are talking about a new deal with iran. why did you change your mind? did you join the stronger approach suggested by president trump? is it because he could not convince him and in addition, to think those that signed the agreement deal will follow you? [speaking french] >> i say there's no plan b, regarding iran, i've always been coherent. you can go back to what i say, the u.n. in september, always saying we needed to add until 2025, the ballistic deal in the region. i do not know what president trump will be but with his responsibility, the pillar of the framework, i'm not sayinm one deal to another, i am saying it's one aspect of the problem. i've never been critical of the deal that president trump has because i believe we can usefully add to it but no matter the decision that president trump will take, i would like to work on the duty, including what is already covered by the deal. ongoing -- the current nuclear activities, the long-term activities, ballistic activitie activities. over the past few weeks and for exam

their problem with iran really wasn't the nuclear program it was iran's independent foreign policy just recently pompei o when he was the head of the cia before he became the head of the state department he admitted that before that j c p o a the iranians were not moving towards a nuclear weapon he was using this argument to say that if the united states exits the agreement iran won't go and try to create a nuclear weapon so this was an admission by the head of the cia that the whole narrative that the americans and their allies have been promoting for over a decade was all dishonest and that iran was telling the truth all along and now the reason why these countries are. trying to. limit iran with regards to its regional role or with regard to its. missile defense capability is more to do again with iran's political independence the iranians know for example that in the case of syria if they had not supported the syrian government or the iraqi government along with the russians and hezbollah that these two countries would have collapsed and that we would have black flags over the citie

france is not naive when it comes to iran. we have also a lot of respect for the rein in people, which through their history, its history has always shown its trends. we do not want to repeat the mistakes of the past. each time we tried to unilaterally replace sovereignty fo for the people, we brought some more terror. for our allies, we want stability. i believe the discussions we've had make it possible to open the way, to pave the way on a new agreement, an agreement on which we will work and beyond our european partners, we would like to involve the regional areas, of course, russia and turkey. it is within this framework fighting it together, we can find a solution to the syria situation. in syria, we are together, engaged within the national coalition against the terrorists. we will continue to the end in this framework until victory. that being said, in the long run, we need to win peace and make sure syria does not fall into any germany in the region. to that effect, the approach, which is agreed, means we can work on

iran lied.fter signing the nuclear deal in 2015, iran intensified its efforts to hide its secret files. moved the weapons to a highly secret location. this is where they kept the atomic bombs. right here. few iranians knew where it was. very few. and also few israelis. outside, this was an innocent looking compound. it looks like a dilapidated warehouse. from the inside, it contains iran's secret archives, locked in massive files. they are a little bigger than this. a greateks ago, in intelligence achievement, israel obtained half a ton of the materials inside these halls. here is what we got. pages. files and 183 cds. seeything you are about to is an exact copy of the original material. you may want to know where are the originals? i can say they are now in a very safe place. these are what the files included. charts,s, incriminating incriminating presentations, incriminating blueprints, incriminating videos, and more. we share this material with the united states. the united states can vouch f

iran quibbled with that. what iran's nuke deal is looking at an assessment.

first, iran.once again in front of the press what your position was during the campaign, as well as the president of the united states. not a mystery. we did not have the same starting positions, stances, and neither you nor i have a habit of changing stances are going with the wind. that being said, i can say that we have had a very frank discussion on back, just the two of us. you consider that the iranian deal, the one negotiated in 2015 with iran, is a bad deal. for a number of months, i have been saying this was not sufficient deal but it enabled it until 2025 to have some control over their nuclear activities. wish for now to work on a new deal with iran. need, and i believe that on that, our discussions allowed us to shed light on the convergence is that we need to cover four topics. to block nuclear activity of iran until 2025. this was feasible thanks to the agreements. the second is to make sure there is no iranian nuclear activity. the third, to be able to put an end to the ballista goa

and saudi arabia say such missiles come from iran who are commanded to cut and we also think that iran should be dealt with by imposing further sanctions for its violations of international laws relating to ballistic missiles. iranian missiles are a chief concern of israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu his focus on the risk of their being fired from iranian bases in syria and by hezbollah from lebanon with his talk of a u.s. pullout from the iran deal and new sanctions against tehran pompei as language was almost interchangeable with netanyahu we remain deeply concerned about iran's dangerous escalation of threats to israel in the region and iran's ambition to dominate the middle east the remains of people thought that iran's aggression would be moderated as a result of signing to do the opposite has happened and iran is trying to gobble up one country after the other both men welcome the u.s. embassy move from tel aviv to jerusalem for the fourteenth of may the day the israeli state was declared seventy years ago on maintained that final boundaries within jerusalem were up for n

camps and iran.ezbollah possesses approximately 150,000 missiles. hezbollah provides the construction facilities near israel to produce more of these munitions. in that context, the former secretary of state described hezbollah as part of the political process in lebanon. i think we would be fools to disregard that but i just wonder if there's any concern from state that this tends to legitimize a violent theological extremist group who stated goal is to destroy israel? >> in no way do we intend to legitimize hezbollah. in no way do we distinguish between hezbollah's terrorist activities, its so-called military wing, from its so-called political wing. that's a distinction many in the world make. it is one we reject completely and have done historically. the same. >> i want to make sure that there's a bright line. >> there is. >> and i appreciate that. let me ask you this and maybe this for you, dr. mitchell. i'm sorry if i got that wrong. the eu seems to resist designating hezbollah in its entirety a

and seventeen iran moved its nuclear weapons files to a highly secret location into iran this is the shore about district in southern turkey on. this is where they kept the atomic archives right here few radians knew where it was very few and also a few israelis now from the outside this was an innocent looking compound it looks like a dilapidated warehouse but from the inside it contained iran secret atomic archives locked in massive files actually the little bigger than this. a few weeks ago in a great intelligence achievement israel obtained half a ton of the material inside these vaults and here's what we got. to five thousand pages. another fifty five thousand files and one hundred eighty three c.d.'s everything you're about to see is an exact copy of the original iranian material you may want to know where the originals well i can say they're now in a very safe place here's what the files included incriminating documents incriminating charts incriminating presentations incriminating blueprints incriminating photos incriminating videos and more we've shared this material with th

i've ask you if the president is talking tough on iran he doesn't appear to be acting tough on iran and syria. in the very real and dangerous they threatened to seriously destabilize and specifically i will try to make this as clear as possible. are they reliant on russia to influence iran. let's start with that question. speemac let me affirm our efforts and support in all of the americans who have been detained and held hostage missing in iran it will continue. we take these concerns very seriously we are in touch with all of the families and we will do all that we can to deal with is very difficult and very painful issue. with respect to iran and syria we identify the threat and the challenge not just israel but the region as a whole. and we've identified those concerns not only in our exceptional dialogue with israel and the and the have a few questions the first one is do they rely on russia in the region. we've certainly made clear that we see no reason in them and ably what iran is doing in syria or elsewhere in the region. if they are unwilling to provide us syrian regime. we wi

and saudi arabia say such missiles come from iran or combine that ticket and we also think that iran should be dealt with by imposing further sanctions further violations of international laws relating to ballistic missiles. iranian missiles are a chief concern of israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu his focus on the risk of their being fired from iranian bases in syria and by hezbollah from lebanon with his talk of a u.s. pullout from the iran deal and new sanctions against tehran pompei as language was almost interchangeable with netanyahu we remain deeply concerned about iran's dangerous escalation of threats to israel in the region and iran's ambition to dominate the middle east the remains of people thought that iran's aggression would be moderated as a result of signing the do the opposite has happened and iran is trying to gobble up one country after the other both men welcome the u.s. embassy move from tel aviv to jerusalem for the fourteenth of may the day the israeli state was declared seventy years ago maintain that final boundaries within jerusalem were up for negot

it all ties in with iran.ese talks were happening, that they broke up on thursday. how worried about you about the current state of affairs? on one level, it is all the same. the new wrinkle is that israel in the last couple of weeks has attacked some iranian bases. there is a lot of speculation about, this may lead to some kind of direct conflict between israel and iran, and the secretary of defence is in israel today. i am slightly sceptical about a shooting war between iran and israel coming out of this, although i think the possibility of direct conflict inside syria skirmishing style exist. it is hard to get reporting done. you go in under strict restrictions, and then western reporters come out, it is very hard. iran controls the shia militias, it has its own revolutionary guard — that is a force. but the real arbiter in syria is russia. they control whether assad stays in power, and interestingly, russia, talking of the iran nuclear deal, we talk of how will the european governments, who are co—signator

is that iran just simply can't be trusted. and he used information intelligence information that while new, in terms of what we're seeing on the screen today was publicly known. iran has denied in the past its nuclear program. that's not news to anyone. we've heard that for decades now. but the fact that they have complied so far with this agreement is sort of the central question right now. but prime minister netanyahu laid out the argument that iran can't be trusted, that they lied in the past and they are continuing to lie. have a listen. >> even after, iran continued to sprefrb and expand its nuclear weapons for future use. why would a terrorist regime hide and meticulously catalog its secret nuclear files if not to use them in a later date? >> reporter: so one of the important things here is to keep in mind that he didn't actually say that iran has reconstituted its nuclear program. essentially he said that the program has been put on the shelf that the files have been saved, that they've been lying about this program for

because the iran deal -- again, one has to remind people, iran has no nuclear weapons.a deal which freezes their program 20 years before north korea is, in a sense. >> i disagree with my friend elliot. look, i think the president has tweeted himself into a corner. first, if he tears up the iran deal on may 12th, as everyone expects, it does send a terrible message to kim jong-un, we are not worth the agreements we sign. and that's going to make it more difficult to negotiate something with kim. second, in calling it repeatedly a terrible deal, the worst deal in history, trump has set the bar very high for himself in any negotiation with north korea. is he going to be able to get the north koreans like he did with iran to actually dismantle the bulk of their program? is he going to be able to get the most intrusive inspections regime in the history of any arms control agreement? that's the bar he set for himself. we should be dreaming about getting an iran-like deal with north korea. that would make us infinitely more secure than we are now. i think that's a very high ba

first topic is iran.d once again in front of the press with your position was during the campaign and as well as president of the united states. it's not a mystery, we did not have the same starting positions stances, and neither you nor i have a habit of changing our stances or going with the wind. that being said i can say that we have had very frank discussions, discussion on, just the two of us. you considered the iranian deal the jcpoa, the one negotiated in 2015 with iran is a bad deal. for a number of months i say it is not a sufficient deal but it enables at least until 2025, to have some control over their nuclear activities. we therefore wish from now on to work on a new deals with what we need and i believe that on that, our discussions allowed us to shed light on our convergence is that we need to cover four topics. the first one is to block any nuclear activity of iran until 2025. this was feasible thanks to the jcpoa. the second is to make sure in the long run there is nuclear iranian activi

getting in eliminating an enemy of iran and then getting out and leave iran actually we are not going to do this in syria so after defeat the defeat we are not going to allow iran to take control in this part of the world so it was clear to me from that time that the united states will be doing something in order to do to reach that containing iran so by striking now at the installations might by having this and at least like i think that was somehow. a message also sent to iran that we will not accept any sort of iranian military presence in syria there is an easy read. dyess air base last week was also another message that will not allow any sort of iranian military presence in syria so iran is the key objective right now just some was dropping from iran's revolutionary guard let's just use events will certainly not be in america's interest that's from the fars news agency and of course iran has an influence in that it's keeping its american involvement both in syria and in iraq there's involvement in the northeast of syria and also advisors in iraq you know this has to be a concern

and that is the iran deal.'t it fair to say that if what you're trying to get north korea to sign is something probably not even close to the iran deal, because the iran deal doesn't allow iran to have any nuclear energy program that could lead to a nuclear weapons program. it would seem bizarre when you're trying to get north korea to do some watered down version of the iran deal, to tear up the iran deal. >> i don't think so, i think if trump stays in the iran deal which he won't do. then kim jong-un says i can get a deal like that that does not cause me to abandon anything, it just means i pause for a while. and i think like the president does, it's a very bad deal. if the president gets out of the deal, the message to kim jong-un is, i'm not going to do what the president views as a weak deal like that, you are truly going to have to denuclearize, which means abandon nuclear weapons forever. remember that the iran deal, the jcpoa, is just a ten-year deal, parts of it are a 5-year deal. and two of those are

he was talking about iran there.t's pretty good because we know his mission while macron was here was to keep the united states staying in the iran deal. those prospects seemed very dim in the last hour, but there the president seemed very open to that suggestion. they said they wanted a better deal. just yesterday sarah sanders was saying she believes the president is the best negotiator to have at a table for something like that. but the question is where they're going to end up where they leave. now they're at the business part, kate. >> i feel like i just need to end this by saying, but wait, there's more. we're looking inside the white house where the president and president macron will be holding a joint press conference any minute now. stay tuned. we'll be back with more after this. have laser drilled holes. they release medicine fast, for fast pain relief. tylenol® almost $800 when we switched our auto and home insurance. with liberty, we could afford a real babysitter instead of your brother. hey! oh, that's

rather than climate iran. now regarding iran. i've always been coherent and you can go back to what i said at the u.n. general assembly in september. i always say that there was the jcpoa but we needed to add three pillars. through 2025, the ballistic and the regional influence. i do not know what president trump will decide regarding the jcpoa. it's his responsibility. the jcpoa is the first pillar of this framework i described. so i'm not saying that we're moving from one deal to another. i'm saying it is one aspect of the problem. i've never been critical of the jcpoa as president trump has because i believe we can usefully add to it. but no matter the decision that president trump will take, i would like us to work on a new deal with four pillars, including what is already covered by the jcpoa, that is the ongoing -- i mean, the current nuclear activity, the other activities, the ballistic activities and the regional influence. so this is constant. but over the past few weeks and today, we've been attempting to very much talk

iran the recent pressure started about a year ago when trump got into office in iran threaten to drop the dollar the mainstream media will likely run increasing number of reports pushing for a bleed a rating yet another country such as this from p.b.s. over on the still of top state sponsor of terrorism one must assume this list of terrorist ponces does not include the country that mase arms that significantly enhanced isis's military capabilities or the country that averages over one hundred forty bombs dropped per day under donald trump but those bombs don't cause terror those are the happy bombs there they are they just drop one thousand nine hundred ninety five richard simmons down on people that. this is very jazzy and fun it's going time. but if this is all about dropping the dollar then why was french president macpro not running around d.c. this week trying to get trump to stay in the iran nuclear deal yet france was leading the charge to attack libya and bring down gadhafi and you really are second otherly they really are. i'll tell you why iran dropped the dollar for the. eu

is very disturbed about iran. talked about that they got we got countries in the middle east i think maybe the difference with this investigation is they feel more comfortable with regional allies such as israel if you delete it. in terms of the long term strategy that israel would have on this situation can they continue to keep attacking syria while syria is so fractured or as i've sort of suggested before can we expect a response from the syrian regime. syrian regime i have a hard time responding how it could be very difficult i think we have to watch and see if iran responds in what way. now israel has room to maneuver inside of syrian territory for them and we'll leave it there andrew tabler thanks so much for your insight joining us from washington d.c. thank you x. well earlier syrian state media also reported a deal between the syrian government and opposition fighters now under the proposed deal rebels will evacuate the area south of the capital damascus the syrian government had lost an offensive in the

iran's deal is a disaster they're testing missiles so what is that all about to resume. security. and a lot of over issues we will discuss so we have a lot of work to be done together you just take a look at what's happening in any prover chile any place in the middle east iran is behind it. that if anyone be traced the deal they should know that they will face sit p.r. consequences. they restart their nuclear program they will have bigger problems and they have ever had before. also coming up a special report on weight lifting muscles and raising the bar on women's rights in iran. what men can do women can do to leave already broken more than half of the women to weightlifting records that's glorious. or we begin the day asking how much influence does the french president. really have over us president dogwood truong mccrone is in washington on his first state visit since truck took office and both men have referred to the u.s. france relationship as special but even more so they say their personal relationship is something special although they began with trunk telling reporters

will remain in the iran nuke deal. here's the operate that. >> president trump: we will be talking about a lot of different subjects. but the iran deal will be one of them. people know my views on the iran deal, it was a terrible deal. should never, ever have been made. we could have made a good deal but that is a herible deal. we paid $150 billion, $1.8 mill billion in cash, actual cash, barrels of cash. insane, ridiculous, never should have been made. but we will be talking about it. >> white house correspondent john roberts is live at the white house where more is about to get under way with the two orlando leaders. >> good afternoon. they're running substantially behind. we thought we man midway through the press conference at this point scheduled for 11:45 eastern time, it's been delayed, some 45 minutes to an hour because the meetings the president is having with president macron are going long. when the president opened up that pool spray as we call it in the cabinet room, he said they talked at length in the ov

iran -- it is always there.we're not going to allow certain things to happen that are happening. and the iran deal is a disaster. they're testing missiles. what is that all about? you look at the ballistic missiles that they're going and testing, what kind of a deal is it where you're allowed to test missiles, all over the place. what kind of a deal is it when you don't talk about yemen and you don't talk about all of the other problems that we have with respect to iran, especially look at what they're doing in iraq. you just take a look at what is happening in any -- virtually any place in the middle east, iran is behind it. so what kind of a deal is this? where it wasn't even discussed? and i know john kerry made the statement that he didn't want to discuss other things while he was making the deal, despite all of the money that we gave them, he didn't want to discuss it because it was too complicated. that's not the way to do it. because it was too complicated. we made this terrible deal, but we'll be discuss

we therefore shall, together with the regional powers and iran, and in the context ofa powers and irand in the context of a demanding dialogue with iran, we shall cover all issues. first of all, the post 2025 situation of iran in the nuclear sector. second, dealing with the ballistic activities of iran in the region. next, containing the influence of iran in the region, in yemen, lebanon, iraq and syria. and these three subjects would add to the existing jcpla. and yesterday at the press c0 nfe re nce , existing jcpla. and yesterday at the press conference, as you existing jcpla. and yesterday at the press conference, as you have existing jcpla. and yesterday at the press conference, as you have seen, press conference, as you have seen, no matter the decision to be taken by the united states on 12 may, we shall act jointly by the united states on 12 may, we shall actjointly in the region in order to find a broader agreement and ajoint order to find a broader agreement and a joint strategic framework to talk to iran, to coverfour topics. the three i just talk to iran, to coverfour topic

those backers are iran and russia. the administration has said on multiple occasions that russia and iran are complicit in assad's chemical weapons attacks. so i just ask another question here. does the administration support imposing costs on the russians and the iranians for their role in the assad regime's war crimes against its own people? >> mr. chairman, the administration has taken steps with respect to both iran, iranian supported proxy forces, notably hezbollah, and with respect to russia for engagement variously in the kind of proliferation, criminal behaviors, and actions both in syria and outside syria that you reference. and we will continue to act aggressively to use the authorities available to us to that end. >> one area that i think is, if i could just close here, i hope that the senate, with a lot of pressure from the administration and us, will move quickly on the seizure civilian protection act, the seizure syrian civilian protection act, in order to put this into law. and i think that that will hel

they say that iran can't be trusted because in the 1990s and two thousands iran lied about the nuclear program. and it is a estimate that iran is cataloging the past nuclear program. >> even after the deal, iran continued to preserve and expand the nuclear weapons for future use. why would a terrorist regime hide and meticulously cat log its secret nuclear files if not to use them at a later date. >> reporter: while netanyahu implied it. he did not lay out a case of iran starting the nuclear program. the secretary praised the overall deal. >> it is written with the assumption that iran would try to cheat. so the verification much what is in there is pretty robust. >> reporter: iran's foreign minister mocked netanyahu for the speech writing on twitter. the boy who can't stop crying wolf is at it again. undeterred by the cartoon fiasco. you can only fool some of the people some of the times. >> the debate over the nuclear agreement comes as tensions are heating up between syria and israel and iran. israeli jets struck at iranian targets inside of syria. >> bret: thank you. president trum

president will decide the fate of the iran nuclear deal iran says that israel is crying wolf also coming up deadly blast in afghanistan coordinated suicide bombings leave a trail of bloodshed wreaking havoc in the capital kabul in a separate sacking to sell the eleven children have been killed. it's good to have you with us we begin tonight with israel and what it calls an intelligence coup israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu went on prime time t.v. to present what he says is proof that iran has always lied about its nuclear weapons program tehran immediately issuing a clear rejection saying the israeli prime minister is doing nothing but crying wolf well here in europe germany is defending the nuclear deal and has called for an immediate investigation into netanyahu is claims and here is part of what the israeli prime minister said earlier today a few weeks ago in a great intelligence achievement. israel obtained half a ton of the material inside these walls and here's what we got. fifty five thousand pages. another fifty five thousand files and one hundred eighty three c.d.'s in

the sponsor of violence in the region not only iran not not actually iran that shouldn't answer for many of its sins but the skin lesion towards more tensions and towards more war in the region is worrisome. for you on the program sending a message to the wild that they are not defeated and the syrian national council meets for the first time in twenty two years. and forging ahead with his anticorruption agenda amin is opposition leader is only nominated for the post of prime minister. how we got more very warm whether it's eastern process of europe over the next couple of glossy clear skies of that fabulous weather just nice to see a little fun to head some live the show is starting to push their way in still looking are all around settled over towards the a west now the temperatures swensen says to looking pretty well nice a monday is highs thirty celsius in warsaw all those that hate compare that to six decrease in london real cold wet and windy day this one will improve with six one three cheese day thirteen celsius not great has to be said but that is an improvement thirteen th

the iran deal is not sufficient to see that iran's ambitions are curbed and contained it is most important to recognize that iran through its ballistic missile program is trying to exert your political influence in syria and lebanon. the solid old robust verifiable agreement that guarantees that iran will not acquire nuclear weapons to denounce it without proposing anything else would be a serious mistake not respected it would be irresponsible longleat france thank you . and we should have knowledge of the current agreement doesn't allow us to address all of the issues among the things not covered by the iran nuclear deal is iran's activity in regional. politics professor saeed mohammad marandi thinks any backtracking on the iran deal will diminish merkel and mccall's credibility in the eyes of tara. did more damage to themselves anyone else because iranians are looking at the actions and the statements of these european leaders and when they see that they flip flop so easily and they try to piece the us president. so readily then in future i don't think that the iranians will ever take t

one is the fact that iran deal did not deal with the ballistic missile program that iran has.t mr. trump feels the inspection regime snolt strong enough and number three, that sunset clauses. certain part of the iran deal that expire after ten or 15 years. it gets to iran's ability to enriched uranium basically. they're having negotiators out there and trying to find side agreements to solve these problems, but there's no guarantee that they'll get there. i suspect what you'll hear president trump say at his press conference today, we're talking about this, i still don't like the deal. i want the deal to be stronger and if it can get there then we'll think about staying in and if not, i won't. i don't think he's going to show any leg today other than that. i don't think that they have reached resolution on those side agreements but it is possible. the real outlier here is iran and whether iran comply with these side agreements that are being negotiated between europe and the united states. iran's the key player here and they are likely not going to want to be -- to strengthen

another guarantor is iran. they have a serious implication in the chemical attack and yes we should homed russia accountable. how do we go about doing that. we need to build a coalition. turkey, israel and other countries in the area, iraq and all of those countries have a stake of what happens in syria. we need a strategy buildum. and we need alliance with europe and nato. and one other thing, the people that were talking here. walid was going in laying out part of the problem that exists. clearly the obama administration fame would in its attempt to deal with the syrian situation. they did have a strategy and it did not work. they were unable to identify an organization or subsets of the resistance to work with. and turned out most of them were bad actors and so yes, that was a serious problem and a failure of the obama administration. we don't need another failure here. it is it pretty clear going forward we'll have to deal with assad sometime in the future. how can we do that? >> all right. thank you. >> th