huge mistake partly because which is that these talks fall apart you want to be in position to blame iran. now there is a plausible narrative if the talks fall apart dissention on the u.s. side. secondly if they do fall apart going to want to put back together, ratchet up the sanctions regime. that requires huge international cooperation. this makes it harder so that in the worst case scenario that could be the biggest effect that we get no deal but harder to keep pressure on iran going forward. >> schieffer: one of the things that sect kerry talked about he talked to our margaret brennan last night was syria whole situation there. i want to just play a portion of what he said. >> we are working very hard with other interested parties to see if we can reignite diplomatic outcome, why because everybody agrees there is no military solution. there's only a political solution. but to get the regime to negotiate, we're going to have to make it clear to him that there is a determination by everybody to seek our political outcome and that underway right now. i am convinced that with the efforts

is blaming iran. iran is being relent lesley upbeat trying to put the ownership on the united states if this doesn't come together. we're told iran is refusing to accept limits on its nuclear research and development. a lot has been agreed to but nothing is settled until all is agreed to. the talks are not going well. >> as you mentioned, this is a self-imposed deadline of tuesday. what if a deal isn't met by tuesday? >> reporter: well if it isn't met by tuesday, certainly, it's a setback for john kerry and the united states. as the leader of this effort there are six nations, china, russia, all of europe and the european union here together. this would be a huge setback for president obama's foreign policy. this is his legacy moment. >> we'll be watching. andrea mitchell live for us this morning. >>> chuck todd is moderator of "immediate" "meet the press." good morning. >> good morning, peter. >> what happens to republicans if they get a deal? i'm referring to the 47 republican senators who wrote the

thes is blaming iran. iran is being relentlessly upbeat trying to put the onus on the united states if this does not come together. the biggest sticking point has been we're told that iran is refusing to accept limtsz onits on its nuclear research and development. although a lot has been agreed to nothing is settled until all is agreed to and they say that the talks are not going well erica. >> andrea you mentioned it is a self-imposed deadline of tuesday. but what if a deal isn't met by tuesday? >> reporter: well if it isn't met by tuesday, certainly it is a big setback for john kerry and the united states as the leader of this effort. there are six nations -- china, russia, all of europe and the european union here together. so this would be a huge setback for president obama's foreign policy. this is his legacy moment. >> we'll certainly be watching it. andrea mitchell live for us this morning in switzerland. >>> chuck todd is moderator of "meet the press." chuck, good morning to you. >> good morning, pe

. >> arab leaders gathering in egypt also blamed iran for stoking the situation in yemen. the two day arab league summit has just wrapped up. vowing to continue air strikes. and as hashem annem anhelbarra reports. >> rocket launchers in sanaa sada ibb. a fuel facility, the saudis have also deployed thousands of soldiers along the border they share with yemen. >> translator: the houthis are a group of militias that stage a coup. the backing of former president ali abdalla saleh. >> started to retreat from areas in the south according to local forces. sunni tribes mefnlmen are on the move to capture territory they lost in the past few weeks. killed in an ambush while in the southern city. the arab league summit in egypt has been dominated by yemen's deteriorating security situation. the saudis and their allies say the air strikes will continue until the houthis and the deposed president ali abdalla saleh disband their militias. they also insist that the deposed president abd rabbu mansour hadi is yemen's legitimate leader. >> translator: yemen arab states and the internation

arab leaders gathering in egypt also blamed iran for stoking the situation in yemen. members involve in the saudi-led coalition against houthi rebels are vowing to continue air strikes. they also have not ruled out sending out ground troops. >> air strikes hit targets across the country including in the capital. jets from the saudi-led coalition have bombed ammunition depots airport, and long range rocket launchers. this is the aftermath of one attack. it destroyed helicopters, fighter jets and a fuel facilities. the saudis have also deployed thousands of soldiers on the border they share with yemen. >> the houthis have expanded because of the former president saleh and the iranians. >>reporter: air strikes seem to be weakening houthi fighters. sunni tribesmen are on the move to recapture areas they lost in the last few weeks. these are houthi fighters killed in an ambush while in the southern cities. the arab league summit in egypt has been dominated by yemen's deteriorating security situation. the saudis and their allies say the air strikes will continue until the h

one told reporters there that they were not close to a deal and blamed iran for not wanting to compromise in these last technical issues that remain. tomorrow evening is the iranian new year and i'm sure the iranian delegation wants to go home with good news but the final stretch will be very difficult as both sides try to leverage whatever they can in the final stages before they reach this end-of-march deadline. but i have to say, tamron, if this deal was to go south, it wouldn't be as bad for iran now as it would have been say six months ago because the rouhani government can argue that the negotiation was made in very good faith and congress influenced by israel made it impossible. all the time this would make hard liners in iran very happy because they would have gotten exactly what they want and wouldn't get any of the blame for t.tamron? >> i should point out the state department official says the fundamental framework issues are still under comprehensive discussion, but there is no draft document being circulated. again, just in from the state department. now to more developing ne

they say it is a tactic by the west to blame iran for not cooperating if the deal falls through. aking action. diminish their standing in the international community and have impact on the talks. >> as far as iran is concerned, what are major sticking points they're willing to accept? >> reporter: we are not sure what they're willing to accept or not at this stage because they're being tight lipped about it. what we do have a pretty good sense about what sticking points are western demands that restrictions on sensitive nuclear work stay in place for 10 to 15 years, as well as limits on iran's research and development in the nuclear field. tehran wants swift removal of sanctions that hamper the economy and trade with the international community. one of iran's leading negotiators reiterated sending stock piles of enriched uranium, the state department agreed this is a point of contention with people that aren't around the negotiating table that have a problem with the deal. jose? >> thank you so much. good to see you. >>> now developing news from yemen. getting reports that pakista

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they insist on being part of the problem, not the solution and only have themselves to blame in the case and iran of course. >> thank you very much for talking to us. thank you. >>> u.s. secretary of state john kerry is in the city of luzan to meet with his iranian counter part. they tried to reach a deal on how to limit the programme by the march 31st deadline. the framework is laid out to reduce the nuclear capability in return for easing sanctions. our diplomatic editor james bays is live from the city. let's talk about the talks. where are we what are we expecting this time? >> well i said this before but i think from everyone we are speaking to these could be the series of negotiations ahead of this framework document because the date for that to be signed is the end of the month. it seems likely that this will be the last round. they were there, here in fact until the end of last week negotiating and decided in the end to take a break. relatively positive noises we are hearing in the last few hours and minutes, i spoke to iran's nuclear energy chief, and he was on a morning walk beside the

yemen's foreign minister blamed rebel artillery. iran's revolutionary guard is claiming a u.s. strike killed two of its advisors in iraq last monday. the guard says they were aiding an iraqi offensive to retake the city of tikrit from islamic state fighters. american-led air strikes are now supporting that effort. u.s. officials dispute the iranian claim. they say there were no coalition air strikes around tikrit on monday. german authorities confirmed today the co-pilot of that doomed germanwings airliner, had contemplated killing himself. it's believed andreas lubitz deliberately crashed the plane in france last week, killing all 150 people on board. we have more from rebecca barry of independent television news. >> reporter: today, we learned the pilot had suffered from serious mental illness. the prosecutor in dusseldorf says, "several years ago before he got his pilot's license, he had extended psychological therapy because he had suicidal tendencies. but, he says, at the time of the crash, there was no evidence that he was suicidal or aggressive." investigators have alrea

but now they're saying the west is trying to shift the table and put the blame on iran so the next 24to be critical. back to you. >> thank you so much for that. let me pick up here. i want to show where european markets are doing this morning. we're higher. we're seeing a lot of green. we're seeing tech stock outperforming today in response to the m&a stories we're see ought u.s. and the drop in tech shares in the last week. >> some encouraging economic data out of italy this morning. perhaps it's boosting sentiment. u.s. futures indicating a higher open. perhaps taking cues from europe. dow jones industrial up about 24 points. let's get a you a run down what to watch the trading day. february personal income and spend numbers are out at 8:30 a.m. eastern. february pending home sales which track side contracts for sales that have not closed yet. vice chairman stanley fischer is speaking this evening. let's get more about today's trading action with chief market strategies. bob, thank you for getting up early with us. the markets seem to continue to show a lot of volatility i should sa

air campaign against those iranian rebels in yemen yemenese president points another finger of blame at iranfears grow that the crisis in yemen could spread across the region. we're going to talk to an expert on the middle east about that coming up. >> and it's liftoff for the international space station crew and a year long experiment. we're going to talk to an astro astronaut who was once a commander about the unique opportunity the agency has with the kelly brothers. stay with us. >>> the gloves are off and top democrats are ready to rumble not over a bill but over who will replace senator harry reid as their leader in the senate. on the short list for potential replacements -- >> i really tried my hardest to represent the people. >> he certainly tried hard did a lot in his years on the senate. on the short list minority whip dick durbin, senator chuck schumer, senator patty murray and senator elizabeth warren. however, reid gave his endorsement to shumer in giving him an early lead. let's bring in penny lee who joins us now. in so many ways harry reid was so effective, at the same time s

are vowing to see iran's influence in yemen gone and they've not ruled out using ground troops to drive the rebels back. yemen's ousted pro-u.s. president, meanwhile, placing the blame for the turmoil squarely on tehran, calling the rebels that have driven him to egypt "the stooges of iran." conner powell has more tonight from our middle east newsroom. conner? i. >> heather saudi jets continued to strike iranian lunged houthi rebels in yemen for the third straight day. the air strikes appear to be targeting weapon depots in missiles captured by the rebel bus it isn't clear what type of impact the saudi strikes had on the houthi rebels' advance. they continue to make a push for the port city of aden. there are also reports of clashes between shiite rebels and sunni tribal fighters in the southern part of yemen. u.n. officials and diplomats from several countries, including saudi arabia, fleeing the port city as fighting intensifies. in egypt yemen's deposed president mansour hadi told the arab league summit that the houthi rebels are iran's puppets and called on sunni arab countries to help defeat them. iran denies sending money to and supporting the shiite houthis.

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iran. frankly can you blame them? no scratch that. e in the neighborhood and kind of have a vested interest in these iran deal and how it turns out. after all, we can har ump about a deal that makes sense to us. israel is in easy missile shot if it does not. that's what's called having skin in the game. save the lectures for the iranians who need them and not the israelis who are doing their damnedest not to get obliterated by them. you went over leaders heads in iran to sell your spiel, so don't get high and mighty when israel goes over yours. they're dead if you screw up, after all. now you can retire after this and make speeches whether you do or do not. all right, columnist extraordinaire, this guy gets it. john. on that and the scandal the administration and the ongoing -- my god, let it go. >> well look. if israel says it did not spy on the talks that is entirely plausible. i would for us. there are six nations in the talks. we know at least that the french are very skeptical about them. aa lot of points of echo -- >> we lecturin

>> the white house is slamming republicans for trying to prevent a nuke deal with iran, so they blame the efforts of neo cons in the previous administration to do that,

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netanyahu speech before congress obama is playing this whole thing up, so when negotiation with iran fail, he can blameyahu. butler in view of spoiled brat, sniffattitude i wonder if anyone knows how to make a welcome list u.s. netanyahu. to show our support for israel. >> and i am so embarrassed by the way that leaders of each country act so jewel juvenile, especially our president i guess he got his feelings hurt, i have never anything like that. i am almost 80. >> my wife likes. >> you and in my family, if someone knocks on the door, and we don't top open it, we hide up stairs and don't make a sound if democrats were smart they would have locked doors to the house so no one could get in, problem solved. that is one way. thank you for watching. strange inheritance, right nowock 'n roll legend. >> crazy thing about roy orbison from 1959 to 1964 he had 21, top 40 hits. >> he dies too soon with 3 young sons. >> he sep secretly wanted us to be musicians but he was not going to push. >> i rubbed my eyes and look add the this. >> i have a cassette of a song nobody heard before. before. >> it will bring roy

administration refuses to concede even more and talks fail, that you iran, won't be blamed for the failuref the negotiations. the blame will be put on the u.s. congress or the israeli prime minister who came to visit last week. and so i think this in a way emboldens the hard-liners in tehran to try to drive for a much harder bargain. again, if talks fail they feel they will win the blame game. the blame will be placed elsewhere. >> in fact, the u.s. could now be blamed because of this influence. people could say it was an influence of the letter. a.b., we always hear the saying about politics stopping at the water's edge. now we know four of the gop senators who thinking about running for president, marco rubio, cruz they all signed this letter. what does it tell you? >> it's interesting. people counting votes and counting heads an want a strong majority for congressional involvement in this deal didn't want to be on the letter. people do want -- people who disagree with what they're hearing are the components of the deal want to make their disagreements known. but this kind of talking poi

. >>> some republican senators are now regretting their letter to iran and are blaming instead a snowstormr the secret service involving a crashed car on the white house, property and ted cruz wants to fund nasa for space exploration, just not science research. first, gunshots ring out in ferguson once again, putting the city on edge. it's thursday, march 12th and this is "now." >>> we are following the latest developments out of ferguson missouri, where two police officers have now been released from a local hospital after being shot in quote, an ambush during protests overnight. >> what happened last night was a pure ambush. this was not someone trying to bring healing to ferguson. this was a damn punk. a punk who was trying to sew discord in an area that is trying to get its act together in trying to bring together a community that has been fractured for too long. >> hours ago a team of officers dressed in s.w.a.t. gear, sur surrounded a home in ferguson but no arrests have been made. the shooting happened amid peaceful demonstrations outside the city's police department just hours afte

blamed for deforestation. >> >> they're looking at issues that are very important to them -- maybe has spent too much time obsessing over iran's nuclear program and these are the issues that hardzog from the zionist union wants to address. >> and right now we're looking at arrive pictures of the israeli prime minister and his wife passing a polling station. what are some of the factors that where he should be watching? >>> wants to seal the deal. >> the secretary is expected to stay there all week. will return here for further talks in the coming days. the iranian delegation is expected to return at the end of the week with a deadline set at the end of this month. >> at least 12 more people have been hanged in pack stand after the government extended the death penalty to all capital crimes. it introduced it last september. pack stand has executed dozens of people most convicted of terrorism charges. the nigerian military says it's retaken a town from boko haram. they captured it last september. during a battle for control on monday fighters allegedly set fire to buildings forcing people to escape towards the state capitol. >>

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. >> you heard from becky there. >> right. >> many of these arab nations are saying iran you are in large part to blame in yemen are being backed by iran but then there's some -- i guess there's some debate iranians are saying we can't be to blame on this. so who is telling the truth or how do these arab leaders get to the bottom of this and why is this important for the u.s.? >> well they have been attempting for years now to regain control or expand control of their area in yemen. this ising in new-- is nothing new. they were forced into a negotiated settle amment the last time and the big issue is ungoverned space. a large part of the country is now under al qaeda control. they are a natural enemy of the alexander because the fact they're led by the shia elements and funded by iran. the al qaeda is sunni, and they are completely opposite the other side of the islamic faith. with that said though often said the idea of the enemy of my enemy is my friend you may see the houthi come together. they're threatening suicide bombings in saudi arabia as well as al qaeda. so what you see here are two natural

country who are alarmed that this is a very bad deal that is going to allow iran in the future to get a nuclear weapon. >> i don't blame netanyahu for -- this is his mortal enemy. it brings up this issue of what is a normal leader? a normal leader generally seeks like minded leaders who share your beliefs. they are called allies. obama in his belief system does the reverse. he looks for people that hate him and goes let's go bowling. i want to talk to iran. and who does the president listen to? he is not listening to his allies but more to valerie. this is her show. maybe she is like the high school drama teacher in iran is her pippin. this is a big deal. in the meantime we've got a legitimately concerned leader and we have a media who thinks his speech is bad but the potential for nuclear iran is less bad. that seems backwards to me. it is like being concerned over crab grass when you have poisonous mushrooms. >> i think that is the real point here. so much concern that aipac conference they had 16,000 attendees including 3,000 college students. we have been talking about the growing anti-semitism on campuses so i thi

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negative and iran positive and try to go blame each other. this is the first time that u.s. officials are talking openly on what would happen if there's no deal. >> the fall out does that put the president in a stronger position domestically because of the skepticism on capital hill about a deal any way? >> it could. you have the democrats and republicans and iran opponents and leaders in the gulf and saudi not wanting this deal because they think that it's not tough enough. more broadly with so many other problems the white house sees it as the legacy. that's why they see it as the opposition. they want this badly. do they want it too badly and the other point is technical. it's the limits. limits on the program, and they have not violated them we're told. if there's no deal all bets are off and they can do what they want and stop un inspectors from getting in. >> i know that you're going to be there as this thing is hammered out as it does. >> thank you. >> for inside on how the negotiations are conducted i am joined by -- talks over the nuclear weapons program in 2005 and

blame. but also coming out of switzerland and iran the iranians are upbeat about the talks, the chief foreigns main disagreements with the u.s. and their negotiating partners have been resolved expressing optimism they'll reach a framework by end of march. the nuclear chief says the main issues have been closed and that they have resolved 90% of technical issues and one important issue remains, and they hope to resolve that by the end of the day. there's also a great sense of optimism in tehran showing they want to get the deal done. they say the iranians have shown a lot of political will and are selling this as almost a done deal. if this was to fail the iranians would squarely lay the blame on the americans. back to you. >> thank you, ali. >>> coming up the jury in the boston bombing trial is said to have come from the man that found dzhokhar tsarnaev hiding in that boat. a live update from court. >>> and a big topic. a lot of people chatting about it. san francisco 49ers rookie chris bore lynn makes a shocking announcement after one season in the nfl, he is retiring. the reason he is worr

there's a danger now if this deal doesn't happen that they start to put the blame on the israeli prime minister. up until now, iran has had the least anti-semitic anti-israeli population in the middle east. i'm worried the dynamic will switch. >> thank you so much. >>> up next on "the lead," one of the world's most wanted man about leaking secrets about america's spy program. edward snowden is willing to come out of hiding possibly. >>> is the terrorist group boko haram looking to show it can go toe-to-toe with isis? ♪♪ at mfs, we believe in the power of active management. every day, our teams collaborate around the world to actively uncover, discuss and debate investment opportunities. which leads to better decisions for our clients. it's a uniquely collaborative approach you won't find anywhere else. put our global active management expertise to work for you. mfs. there is no expertise without collaboration. photos are great for capturing your world. and now they can transform it. with the new angie's list app, you can get projects done in a snap. take a photo of your project or just tell us what you need done a

iran taking over iraq. this is what i call the hezbollahization of iraq's military. you mentioned that the ayatollah is not backing away from nuclear negotiations and that he blames theunited states for isis. shia groups trained and backed by the qods force, iran's elite foreign intelligence operations team, are going around saying the u.s. is dropping aid to isis. one group claimed that they're launching and moving anti-aircraft missiles to target american cargo planes. >> so they don't say that the americans created the islamic state by going in and knocking off saddam hussein. they say we're actively in there, like the 9/11 inside job. >> and this curtails with assad's regime from day one. the u.s. and the zionists and the saudis are responsible for the rise of al qaeda. so listen to the rhetoric. these shia militia groups, the ideology that is funding them, fouling them, this is an anti-american ideology. they are asking to kill american soldiers. so we are creating an enormous mess. this battle in tikrit, there wasn't a single u.s. warplane bombing isis. we had not a single u.s. equipped team nor that location. an iranian master spy, a terrorist, described by da

being very negative, iran being very positive, to try to blame each other if this all falls apart.ficials are talking pretty openly about what would happen if there is no deal. >> and the fallout, andrea, if there is no deal politically, this puts the president in a stronger position domestically considering how much skepticism there is on capitol hill about it anyway? >> reporter: it could. you got democrats and republicans and some crucial allies, not just israel, but iran opponents, not wanting this deal because they think it isn't tough enough. i think more broadly, with so many other problems on the foreign policy front, the white house sees this as its legacy. that's why they were so angry at netanyahu's opposition. and he wants this badly. the problem is do they want it too badly. the other point is technical. iran observed its limits. limits on its program. they have not violated them, we're told, during the negotiations. if there is no deal, all bets are off, they can do whatever they want and they can stop nuclear inspectors from getting in. chuck? >> andrea mitchell, i k

agreement then our sanctions regime is in worst shape because we will get blamed for the collapse of the talks. we all agree we don't want irano have a nuclear weapon. and a poll coming out from the university of maryland said 60 percent of americans think diplomatic agreement is the way to go. >> and the question is will iran uphold that end of it. i would love to talk to you all afternoon. thank you, both. >> thanks. >> i would too that was great. the obama administration choosing not to it send representatives to prime minister netanyahu's address to congress and many democrats chose to sit it out. and the congressman speech including kentucky's congressman. and hillary clinton is under scrutiny again after she used a personal e-mail address to contact state business. more on that, next. you total your brand new car. nobody's hurt,but there will still be pain. it comes when your insurance company says they'll only pay three-quarters of what it takes to replace it. what are you supposed to do, drive three-quarters of a car? now if you had a liberty mutual new car replacement, you'd get your whole car back. i guess they don'

blaming us first? >> i will tell you very obvs thing they pulled iran and hezbollah off the terror watch list. >> iran, hezbollah and muslim brotherhood off the terror watch list. >> i have a hard time believing that. >> didn't you make it this year? >> i have a hard time believing hezbollah is off the terror list. >> ed henry asked about the president's message to iran. >> he addressed the iranian people about the deal and why not the american people and talked about the details and been transparent about what is on the table? >> the president has talked about our priorities in terms of trying to resolve diplomatically the concerns with iran's nuclear program. what is also true is that there isn't a deal. and if we are able to reach one by the deadline at the end of this month i am confident that there will be ample opportunity for the president to speak publically. >> along the lines of what he said. >> he said what i said. you don't send a community organizer to negotiate with mullahs. it's like sending me to get something off a high shelf. he is born and bred from the leafy campus. he believes if w

iran's foreign minister is blaming western nations for the rise of isis saying western nations marginalizes causing radicalization. he made the allegations during his speech to the u.n. human rights counsel in geneva. >>> lehman brothers paid out $34 million in 2014 bonuses to the team winding down its business. that's according to a court filing. the investment bank collapsed more than six years ago. >>> senator barbara mccullski will not seek re-election. the 78-year-old now in her fifth term was first elected to the house in 1976. >>> the richest person in the world just got richer. forbes says bill gates net worth rose to $79.2 billion in 2014 from $76 billion last year. that puts him at the top of the magazine's list of the world's billionaires for the second consecutive year. and incidentally robert frank will have more in the next half hour on that. >>> coming up on "closing bell" stanley drubbingenmiller. there he is. that's your cnbc news update this hour. back to you, mandy. >> wonderful. thank you very much sue. >>> let's take a look at what precious metals are up to. gold price

iran. how do we get to this mess? >> it's easy to blame the united states. we haven't done everything right. but you start off with a region that as long as i've been involved, since 1974 is in one or another in a state of crisis. what's new is in the last few years since the rise of al qaeda, the situation has gotten worse. and the recipes we have tried to use to stem the violence and to stem the destabilization the nation states in the region by one or another islamic religious movement, be it iranians, isis, al qaeda, have not been successful. now we're at a crisis point. >> approximate what recipe hasn't worked? how do you define the recipes in. >> we have tried impact after 9/11. we have democracies in afghanistan and iraq but under a lot of pressure. and the american people were not particularly supportive of large commitments of american troops. president obama was going to fix that. we don't have the military commitment we had a decade ago. we have more support at least up until very recently from the american public to that. but the situation in the

that would send a message to the meal as -- mullahs in iran if we recognize it. trish: does the blamet the white house, not just the obama administration but the bush administration as well? david: they were placed on the terrorist list in the 90's. they were removed several years ago. were they put on the list as appeasement to iran to get iran to come to the table? they have been removed because there is nothing to keep them on that list. are they terrorists? are they not? they are not. they are a resistance organization led by a woman who wants to bring about regime change in iran. i think you will see a ripple effect that affects yemen, syria, iraq, the entire region including afghanistan. >> does that mean the government is asleep at the wheel in dealing with these issues? >> i wish that was the answer but they are well aware of the 2500 men and women being held by the iraqis outside of baghdad airport. they have been held for years now. they were supposed to move down to camp liberty in baghdad for about or months and then be sent out as refugees to other countries around the wo

iran? >> well look all the united states -- the biggest thing that the u.s. is worried about is that somehow if the talks break down, who gets the blameg that the five countries are holding tight here with the united states and that, you know, the u.s. goal is to make it so that the final offer to iran is something that all six countries are agreeing upon and that way if iran rejects, then it's iran who is rejecting and under that circumstance, then the u.s. side believes and these are according to sources i have been talking to they can keep the sanctions regime together. they can keep those six countries together. but if it breaks down and somehow the u.s. bears the brunt of the blame that's the real fear on the u.s. side because then suddenly those other countries say, you know what? we don't care about the sanctions as much as the u.s. does. so western europe will start trading with iran for instance. >> chuck, thank you. we'll see you this weekend. >> thanks chuck. >> you got it. see you sunday. >> chuck will have a lot more on all of these issues. "meet the press" this sunday, nbc, do not miss it. >>> after much resistance and p

[applause] so if iran refuses to resolve the matter diplomatically, and is clearly to blame for thatailure, its isolation will only increase. the cost will continue to grow. finally, i know that some question a deal of any duration but it has always been clear that the pursuit of an indefinite -- of an agreement of indefinite duration would result in no agreement at all. the question is, what is the best way to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon? a deal that extends for a decade or more would accomplish this goal better than any other course of action, longer by far than military strikes, which would only set back iran's program for a fraction of that time. and, at the end of any deal, iran would still be required to provide comprehensive access to its nuclear facilities, and to provide the international community the assurance that it was not pursuing nuclear weapons. and, if it fails to do so, we would have the ability to make our own decisions about how to move forward, just as we do today. very simply -- there is simple in no alternative that prevents iran from obtainin

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blame obama for that and not netanyahu. >> all right gil hoffman could good to talk to you, thank you very much. >> iran has called netanyahu'sech a deceitful show meant to appeal to hard liners in the upcoming israel i elects. u.s. secretary of state and john kerry iranian foreign minister continue to hold talks in switzerland. the deadline for an agreement on iran's nuclear program is the end of march. >>> turkey's defense ministers in baghdad is an offensive to win back at that treat to isil continues. other according to the iraqi military, they are advance on the ground four front towards the city. jane arraf is in the capital baghdad. so day three advance on the ground four front. how is it playing out? what are the challengeses, jane? >> reporter: well, the challenges are pretty much everywhere. they are advancing on several front. but making slow gains because they are dealing with an enemy that has proved that it's able to adapt these are fighters who are not just willing but eager to die in many cases what they did in tikrit as the population left as it became more dangerous they rigged pretty much the entire city wi

blaming bush. are we actually more concerned about the mullah regime in iran having possession of a nuclear weapon versus what we seem to be just talking about, is their ability to manufacture a nuclear weapon? don't we see this -- do you see that in this debate, mr. secretary? and shouldn't we be -- i think frankly, with mr. netanyahu's (202) 748-8000 i think, frankly, with mr. netanyahu's speech as well as what we have been hearing here i think the american people are being lulled into a false sense of security that if we just prevent them from being able to manufacture the weapon, that these crazy mullahs aren't going to have their hand on the ability to possess a nuclear weapon. you have to push a button. mr. blinken: apologize. like your not, iran has mastered the fuel cycle and we can't bomb that away, we can't sanction that away, and unfortunately we probably can't negotiate that away. representative: negotiate what a way? mr. blinken: their mattery of the fuel cycle. they have the knowledge how to put together a weapon. so the issue is whether the program they have is so limited so cob str

blame game really rings hollow. let me ask you, what do you think that we should be doing with iran? because i don't think that we should be going to war with them and i don't think we should be talking about bombing facilities. >> i don't think that we will have a choice in the thing. the meeting that took ways, it included the pakistani of prime minister. why would that be? because they needed to seal the deal and the possibility of this has gone up dramatically and we won't have a heckuva lot to say about that because they know that whatever they are calling this, that's not enough to change a thing on the ground, they are going to take care of themselves and that means that it's going up. the legacy of this administration which started out, remember, one of the reasons that they gave this commander in chief the nobel prize is because he was committed to the nonproliferation of weapons of mass distraction and instead his legacy is going to be a horrible war precipitated by the ineptness and incompetence toward persia. >> it certainly could be, but let's say republican president is

iran is not taking out on the u.s. its frustration that arab nations are ganging up against it in yemen. even though the iranians could clearly blame america. the u.s. government assisted the saw ti air strikes providing targeting help as saudi bombs blasted rebels in yemen. the rebels who drove out the u.s.-backed president. houthi houthis, shiite muslims backed by iran whose foreign minister today protested the air strikes and by extension american involvement. >> we have condemned them. we believe that they will only cause loss of human life. they have to stop and everybody has to encourage dialogue. >> reporter: mohamed zarif is in switzerland, trying to make a deal with u.s. secretary of state kerry on nuclear weapons and there's a positive sign. iran's president, hassan rouhani, wrote president obama, calling this an exceptional opportunity. even though with ten sunni nation forces joining forces against yemen's rebels egypt sent to send warships the u.s. is signing against iran while pushing a deal on nukes. >> a nuclear-armed iran engaging in destabilizing activity would be even more destabilizing. that is why there's a pre

iran from having nuclear capability. i just don't support a bad deal. >> can you blame the israeli prime minister for taking this opportunity to address congress? after all, he has a point that the iranians have been on fuse casing. even the iaea said they haven't come clean from the nuclear program almost a year and a half ago. >> i don't blame him for accepting. if i were a politician -- well i am a politician. if i was invited to an event that advanced my police calkal political interests, i would stupid not to. i would have ample opportunity to express my concerns about the negotiations but i don't want to turn this into a partisan divisive event, which it already has done. do i fault him for accepting the invitation? no. i fault speaker boehner for making the invitation and for representing it as a bipartisan invitation which it was not. that was in the letter that he sent to prime minister netanyahu. so i think prime minister netanyahu's acting like any politician would. he has a campaign in a close race. he has two weeks to go sure take a shot. i was in the house in 2011 when he spoke. and then i saw in 2013 how he u