bob corker is a very careful to keep it bipartisan.until he got a democrat and was building out from the middle and all of a sudden it got blown up. i mean, this is -- if this isn't an example of snatching victory from the defeat from the jaws of victory, i've never seen it. it's a very strange turn of events. they have politicized, they have politicized and made partisan an issue that was never partisan before. >> i wanted -- i'm glad you brought up senator corker because that last point is what i was going to ask you. senator corker as far as i understand is one of the republicans who did not sign on to senator cotton's letter today. it's got unanimous democratic opposition. it split the republicans senators including senator corker and his incredibly key position on this. i wonder if you see this as sort of a fluke occurrence or does this imply that there are sort of fishers in the senate in terms of people trying to take a leadership role in this where we shouldn't really feel like we can predict what's going to happen next on this

fred: bob corker and senator alexander are both clients of mine. i know them very well.hey are very reasonable human beings. they are not bomb throwers and they just want to see the world progress. mark: i will put words in your mouth. i guess you are saying that the rest of the republican conference is just a bunch of irresponsible bomb throwers? fred: no, but you are talking about two people that are very much thought leaders on the republican side. i can imagine them in the caucus talking about that and i can see them saying, let's take a practical, reasoned approach. chris: you guys had talked in an earlier segment about the idea that it that are to have a primary challenger because you don't end up having to run against the press. that is a good point. i would posit that if you look at this issue of the 47 signatures, the department of homeland security threatening to close down last week, each week goes by where the republican right has created a huge issue for the presumed democratic nominee, hillary clinton, to engage. i don't think think whether she has a primar

we'll talk to the foreign relations committee chairman bob corker. we'll hear from the house majority leader kevin mccarthy and democrat tulsi gabbard. also san francisco 49er rocky linebacker chris borland shocked the sports world by quitting the nfl. we'll talk to him about his concerns that football is too violent. and we'll have analysis on all the news because this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs and good morning again. secretary of state john kerry is back in washington after nearly a week now in negotiation with iranian leaders over curbing iran's nuclear program. there is no deal yet u.s. and allys are pressing for more inspections and tighter restrictions on iran's ability to enrich uranium. the talks are going to resume thursday we turn first to the chairman of the foreign relations committee senator bob corker of tennessee. senator, thank you so much. what is your understanding at this hour of where the iran nuclear talks stand? >> well, i think bob that we're very close to political agreement. i talked to senator kerry o

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>> well, steve, first of all, bob corker is a dear friend of mine. he came and he asked me to look at the letter, or look at the bill and sign on. i've looked at the bill i'm not comfortable signing onto that bill if i see we're able to through diplomacy and diplomatic measures get a commitment and a treaty, if you will. let me say this. you know when we had all, tom, a year and a half, two years ago when the white house and the state department wanted to drop bombs on syria? i spoke out very loudly against that because i didn't know what it was going to prove. we weren't going to take out assad, weren't going to be able to get the weapons, chemical weapons off the table, if you will. we were table to convince and change because of the input. we worked through the process. we didn't get the final signoff. but they worked out a deal with russia and now we have chemical weapons taken off the table in syria. i think that was a success. so i'm going to do everything i can through the process we have, i'll be outspoken when needed. i'm in a position now t

bob corkere together. a legitimacy here in the notion that the executive branch has to come to the congress on the issues thatfá impact the congress. >> even if in this case there won't be a deal? >> i think you need to bring these things to the congress. the strategic framework with iraq. with the bush administration we did not get a full discussion of that or the possibility of voting on it. the iraqi parliament voted on it twice. the idea that the executive branch can negotiate these comprehensive agreements without the full participation of the congress i think is a bad id >> in the speech we showed you talked about powerful financial interests spending billions to think that the current situation is okay. who are the spress and how are they encouraging a aristocracy? >> i think if you see what has been happening to our country over the past 20 or 25 years, or so, with the economic model. first, the model itself has broken apart. the traditional model has broken apart. the -- employment model that was

congress will have a chance to weigh in and in fact i'm supporting bob corker's proposal at least for now that will give congress a chance to weigh in but you know i've got to be convinced that those 46 47 people that signed that letter are going to make the decision on the merits and not on some effort to embarrass the president or score points in a presidential primary. this is too serious. is there no issue that we can't turn into a partisan issue around here? come on. let's see what this really says and then make our decisions accordingly. >> but the white house says senator, that your role, congress' role the senate's role will be relatively limited. it's not going to be seen as a treaty where you have to vote up or down two-thirds vote. it's going to be seen as an executive agreement by the united states. in fact the administration seems to be ready to go to the united nations security council for an up or down vote long before it raises this issue before the united states senate. >> well i think we've got to do both. don't forget everybody talks about this deal as if it's the u

the flare up was enough to send a letter to bob corker assuring him there will be a vote. in the interview taped last week with "vice," this is what the president had to say. >> this is a good example of the state of our politics that leads republicans to be more worried about a tea party primary than they are about what ordinary folks are thinking. it damages our country. in this day and age where we have such big issues we cannot afford it. >> reporter: josh earnest says they are missing a key point there is no deal yet. the white house would rather congress hold off on votes until the end of march when a framework agreement is reached and the end of june. john. >> jim at the white house. american voters are siding with the white house when it comes with the letter to iran. more people thought that the senate republicans went too far by a margin of ten points. 39% said it was appropriate. more on that poll coming up on "new day." >>> the president not alone in the concerns about the letter. iranian diplomats raised the letter as an issue in talks in switzerland. the talk

white house doesn't reach out enough to bob corker. >> that's something we should talk about. and corker was nice to join the other side. senator cotton said the threat of military force is the only message governments like iran understand, the threat of force. >> israel struck iraq's nuclear program in 1981 and didn't reconstitute it. they struck iran's and they haven't reconsty statute it. rogue regimes get the picture when there is a credible threat of military force on the table that we won't allow them to get the worst weapons. that's why it's important we have the credible threat of force on the table to enhance a better deal that leads to iran disarming its nuclear weapons program. >> you know, i think we constantly underestimate the country of iran. i don't like their policies, nobody here does but to keep treat them like they're nothing, they're not syria, they're iran. >> they have education -- >> worries about them, not because they're not tin pot dictator. >> that cotton wants to run our foreign policy here, by the way. >> the president said they cannot have nuclea

seven republican senators did not sign them among them bob corker.h democratic senator ris. i want to show you cover of new york daily news that shows a picture of colleagues that did sign on the letter and then has the words traitors here. do you think that's a fair assessment? >> traitors may be too strong of a word but certainly they are undermining the bipartisan approach that has characterized our work in congress. i've been part of this work for the last four years to forge a really nonpartisan, bipartisan approach and actions toward our policy and strengthening congress' role. we are in agreement, i am, that congress must have a role in approving this agreement if it's reached. but this effort by our republican colleagues really polarizes and undermines the bipartisanship which is now in tatters and i'm really dedicated and determined that we stitch back together and we piece together the bipartisanship that ought to characterize this issue. >> you say that congress should have a say in terms of nuclear negotiations and timing of which obvious

the flare up was enough for the chief of staff to send a letter to bob corker and the sanctions will be loosened with iran. in the interview, president obama said cotton's letter was damaging to the nation. >> this is a good example, i think, of where the state of our politics that leads republicans to be more worried about a tea party primary than they are about what ordinary folks are thinking. it damages the country. it damages our standing. it is not productive. in this day and age where we have such big issues we cannot afford. it. >> reporter: white house press secretary says the critics are missing a key point there is no deal yet. earnest said the white house would rather hold off on votes on iran beyond the end of march when the framework must be reached and at least until june. that is the deadline that republicans and democrats may have a problem with that. john. >> american voters may seem to side on the white house. more people thought the senate republicans went too far by a margin of ten points. 39% said it was an fropppropriateappropriate. we will have more on the iss

it may not have done what bob corker is trying -- >> actually don't know whether it was destructive or not pause we don't know the impact that this is gonna have to the hard liners in tehran whether they will call up people in the negotiating people in geneva and say we don't know this is going to happen let's pull. which is where the real battle is. >> you call that destructive, i call that progress. i don't want to -- >> settle this. >> i don't want to deal most of the -- the majority of the people in the senate don't want to deal. the imagine xbrority of people in the house don't want to deal and 71% of americans don't think a deal is worth the paper that it is written on based on this nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. i see that as positive. >> the onus is to come up with an alternative scenario and that's not when wither hearing. we're not hearing an alternative scenario. >> who decided we can trust iran, the epicenter of -- >> that is different. >> but barack obama, you just said it yourself you said, well what's the alternative? the alternative is don't do a deal with the dev

bob corker is the guy you should be taking direction from on these issues. when he says, look this isn't productive that should take weight. conservative populus stunts carry more weight than acting responsibly in achieving end goals, that's a dangerous place for the party to be at the end of the day. >> in terms of iran support for direct negotiations appears to be across party lines. take a look at this here. 77% of democrats support direct diplomacy. 65% of republicans also in favor among the independents. you see the same thing. more than half support the talks. larry, does that surprise you there? >> well i think people separate the political stunts from the substantive issue. what's interesting to me is that despite this letter and the blow back from the letter you still have a strong bipartisan coalition in both houses of congress to make sure that iran either adheres to any deal that is reached or suffer additional sanctions. you actually have a very substantial number of democrats who signed on to tough iran bills, and that may survive this although

senate foreign relations chairman bob corker is going to be joining us.ern time. >>> the federal prosecutors and the fbi are probing herbalife stock. this coming from "the wall street journal," a couple of other reports. but unclear whether this is new, in fact. i did speak to bill ackman last night on his way back to new york. we will have him on the show in just a little bit. he said in part i am puzzled by the story. we have not heard from the fbi or department of justice. if they have any questions for me, i'm happy to answer them. i stand by every statement i've made about herbalife. the company has never identified anything we've said that is false. kate kelly is also here this morning. she joins us with more on this story. >> thanks. the investigation by federal prosecutors as you mentioned is not actually new. the financial times first reported it on april 11th of 2014 giving herb alive shares a 14% drubbing. herb a herbalife has continued that. including the s.e.c. but more importantly the federal trade commission. this along with the core busine

bob corker was talking about how aumf as it's written signaled a lack of commitment. senator menendez was talking about how this can't be an open ended mission. i think as this plays out, you're going to see those debates between the senators and the administration also in the questioning. >> and josh before we broke away they were talking about the legality of the president's action when it comes to waging war against isis. what are they trying to get at there? >> they are saying the administration has been fighting this war against isis for about eight months now and has argued it has legal justification to do so. why do they need another administration? administration's argument is simple is that it would be a bipartisan show of support and show the international community unity and it would eliminate the unclear application of the previous aumf to the current war. they also said very clearly that if congress doesn't get its act together and doesn't pass an aumf, they feel like they have legal cover to keep doing what they're doing. message to congress is simple. w

bob corker and i were together. there's a >> even if in this case there won't be a deal?ink you need to bring these things to the congress. the strategic framework with iraq. we did not get a full discussion or the possibility of voting on that. the iraqi parliament voted on it twice. the idea gnat thethat the executive branch with negotiate these without the pull participation of congress is a bad idea. >> powerful financial interests to spending millions. >> i think if you see what has been happening to our country over the past 20 or 25 years, or so, with the economic model. first, the model itself has broken apart. the traditional model has broken apart. the -- employment model that was based on full-time employment manufacturing base taking care of your working people fell apart a lot when the manufacturing sector was hurt so bad in the past 20 years. the other thing is if you have capital, if you have assets you're doing well. the stock market has almost tripled since april 2009. this is particularly true with the generation coming into full adulthood. they don't ha

and seven did not, including the chairman bob corker said to be furious with the letter. what more can you tell us about senator corker's reaction. >> corker is concerned this could disrupt a bipartisan deal he is trying to push through the senate a bill he has done with robert menendez ranking democrat. that would require any iranian deal first get congressional approval. corker was close to getting 67 votes to overturning presidential veto on that particular piece of legislation. what he is worried about is that this letter could undermine those efforts, could make the fight more partisan make it harder to get democrats on board with his effort. that's what he is worried about here. you're hearing that from a handful of republicans who worry that these tactics are not going to work. >> this is a question on what's an acceptable deal. let me lay what senator tom cotton said about what would be considered an acceptable deal. >> the real alternative to a bad deal is a better deal with more sanctions, confronting iran only giving them the choice of the deal that would comple

chairman bob corker said today the negotiating partners are not driving a hard enough bargain. >> we keep moving from our initial position, the 5 plus one. there's a concern the administration cares more about making a deal versus the right deal. i think you know that one of the things that brought iran to the table for the mandated sections. >> cia director speaking on fox news sunday today hinted that the u.s. has a number of options, presumably that it could keep iran from getting a bomb. >> there are a number of things that the united states has available to it to prevent iran from getting a bomb. president obama has made it clear we are going to prevent iran from having a tine of nuclear weapon that they were maybe going on the track to obtain. if they decided to go down that rout, they know that they will do so at their material. >> and another congressional obstacle on friday. graham threatened to cut off funding. a lot of players at work. arthel, back to you. >> doug, thanks a lot. >> arthel, one of the biggest issues in the nuclear talks at the so-called break out time. how

it was created by senator bob corker and it will say that any deal will be subject to congressional approval within 60 days after it was struck effectively preventing the obama administration from going in -- from going ahead with implementation of a deal. we don't know who the picture of that fight between capitol hill and the white house would be. >> richard walker in washington, thank you very much. >> now to the ongoing offensive in yemen, where pakistan has now joined the alliance of countries waging the fight against houthi rebels in yemen. >> a coalition airstrike targeting the militants struck a refugee camp near herat, killing at least 40 and injuring 200. jordan only in, a spokesman for the international organization for migration, spoke with dw about the attack. >> i know that we heard reports this afternoon, 3:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. local time, that quite a lot of explosions hit camp known as the out missouri -- the al masra camp in yemen. it was mostly refugees of the fighting between the government and the who these --houthies going back to 2001. of those injured, 25 were civilians

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i want to bring in the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, senator bob corker republicantennessee. thanks for being here as always. you said you knew right away this letter was not quote, going to be constructive. do you fear that your colleagues did more harm than good by sending this letter to the iranian leadership? >> you know jake the only way we are going to be successful in getting us to a place where we have the ability to vote on this is for me to keep focused on the task at hand. so i know there will be a lot of editorials and thoughts about some of the -- there has been a lot of drama as you know and a lot of issues over the last ten days but i want to keep focused on this very important matter of congress being able to weigh in. i will let others if you will determine some of the pluses and minuses over the last week. >> a key partner in the coalition fight against isis of course kurdish forces. one of your republican colleagues in the senate rand paul of kentucky said today that the u.s. not only should send weapons straight to the kurds, but promised them th

house essentially said stay out of it and in a statement responding, the chair of the committee bob corker of tennessee said no, in facto very specifical get into this before a final deal is reached. will we reach a final deal with iran is to curb their nuclear program? that we don't know. secretary of john kerry is in geneva today to talk about it with his iranian counter part. what they're trying to do is curb iran' back united nations sanctions. >>> and tomorrow prince charles and duchess camilla will begin their four day trip to the u.s.. during the trip the prince will visit the national archives to mark the 800th an verse rift macarta. on wednesday, they will visit mount vernon and the shakespeare theater. on thursday they will meet with president oba i the white house. and on friday, the royals will head to louisville, kentuc for a health symposium. >>> the debt ceiling when expires today. treasury secw say his departmt is taking extraordinary measures to make sure the government does n default on its debt. those measures could work through october, but congress must decide whether

saturday night when the chief of staff wrote the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee bob corker warning the president would veto legislation giving congress a vote on any deal with iran. writing, we believe that the legislation would likely have a profoundly negative impact on the negotiations. corker fired back. i believe it is very important that congress appropriately weigh in before any final agreement is implemented. some foreign policy experts say the political brinksmanship at home could derail the deal. >> the extraordinary diplomatic effort could be undermined by bitter partisan politics in washington and that's heartbreaking. >> reporter: the deadline to reach a framework for a deal comes at the end of this month, but top officials from the u.s. and five other nations have until june the reach a final agreement. today secretary kerry signaled the u.s. has no plans to extend that deadline. >>> kristen welker at the white house, thank you. >>> when "nightly news" continues on this sunday the drug that could be a breakthrough in the fight against cholesterol and heart dis

case against the iran deal and at the moment you know for instance in the senate you have senator bob corker who introduced a bill saying that the senate needs to be able to vote -- to approve this deal once it's announced. and he now in the past days has gotten 64 members of the members to sign on. that means there's a lot of democrats who decided that they want to sign off on this bill and i think part of that is the result of prime minister netanyahu expressing the seriousness of what we're committing ourselves to in this deal with iran. >> and john kerry is in the gulf and arab governments now agree with netanyahu. >> they're publicly saying that the kaqataris, saudi arabia feels like they're being thrown under the bus with this deal. >> before we leave this speech, i do want to show you one brief item that occurred within the speech. it is former speaker nancy pelosi. i think she turned her back on prime minister netanyahu. there you have it. she's turning her back. that happened several times. i'm rolling this videotape quite deliberately before i invite dorothy rabinowitz to pass judg

[applause] >> more now on foreign policy with bob corker. he spoke about the russia-ukraine conflict. corker. we spoke about the russia-ukraine conflict. nuclear glorks with iran and the u.s. strategy for combating isis. this is 35 minutes. >> turks tom. and it is my great privilege to entrust my senator this morning. a great tennessee congressman davey crockett once adopted as his slogan first be sure you're right then go ahead and i think that could apply to bob koch -- corker because that's the way he approaches the issues. checks his facts, thinks seriously about the underlying problems and doesn't act until he's convinced he's on the right path. senator corker, i've had the privilege of watching senator corker move through the political process and he lived out the american dream. he started with a pickup truck and $8,000 and formed a construction company that became a multimillion dollar business operating in 18 states. he then became commissioner of finance for the state of tennessee where he astounded the members of the legislature wi

and at the moment i think you know for instance, in the senate you have senator bob corker who has introduced a bill that says the senate needs to be able to vote to approve this deal once it's announced. and he now in the past days has got 64 members of the senate signed on. that means there's a lot of democrats who have decided that they want to sign off on this bill. and i think part of that is the result of prime minister netanyahu expressing the seriousness of what we are committing ourselves to in this deal with iran. >> john kerry has been in the gulf and it seems like arab governments now agree with netanyahu. >> "the wall street journal" had two very interesting stories this past week in which they are publicly saying, the saudis, the qataris, united arab emirates they feel they're being thrown under the bus by the united states in this deal with iran, a sworn enemy. why is the u.s. elevating iran in their region in such a dangerous way. >> before we leave the speech, i do want to show you one brief item that occurred within the speech. it is former speaker nancy pelosi. i think she

republican bob corker, he's the chairman of the foreign relations committee. he has legislation moving through the chamber right now. the white house is urging him to stand down telling him that would impair these negotiations. dennis mcdonagh sent him a letter, i have it right here, pressing him to stop. let me read part of that to you. he writes, we believe that the legislation would likely have a profoundly negative impact on the ongoing negotiations. emboldening iranian hard liners, inviting a counter production response from the iran yaj majiles, differentiating the u.s. position in from our allies in the negotiations and once again calling into question our ability to negotiate this deal. the deadline is in two more weeks, christi. >> is there any likelihood congress will back off? >> not necessarily, no. christi, throughout this letter mcdonagh dayze -- does say that he believes the white house has played fair on this. at the end of the letter he says, just let us complete the negotiations before the congress acts on legislation. so they do agree that c

i mean, the letter has 47 senators on it but you did not get bob corker who is the chairman, republican chairman of the foreign relations committee and it just doesn't look like we're speaking with a unified voice. i think that we could -- we're being i go forward globally because of this noise coming out of washington. >> steve, it is true even among republicans there's not a unified voice on this. senator cotton who came up with the letter is getting a lot of flak from the republicans, too right? >> he's getting flak from some republicans who felt cotton was going on their turf. that's politics, turf battle. the tact of the matter is republicans are fairly united on this and the country is divided. i think most of the country realizes you can't trust iran, only the white house and secretary of state kerry trusts iran. so this is a bad deal and i'm sorry that u.s. senators have to instruct a foreign country about the u.s. constitution when you make a major agreement it's supposed to go before the sthat. >> let's bring it back to money because a lot of americans are getting sick of our

you have legislation moving forward that bob corker and robert menendez have done.hey are very close at the moment to getting a veto proof override -- i mean a veto override if the president were to veto this bill. what this letter did was it made some democrats a little bit nervous. you see corker and menendez working very hard to remedy that and they seem to be working some progress again. >> all right. kim thanks. >>> when we come back just in time for 2016 the justice department says it's cracking down on coordination between candidates and the outside groups that support them. so should conservatives expect the irs treatment from the doj? ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ great rates for great rides. geico motorcycle see how much you could save. you're here to buy a car. what would help is simply being able to recognize a fair price. that's never really been possible. but along comes a radically new way to buy a car called truecar. now it is. truecar has pricing data on every make and model so all you have to do is search for the car you want there it is. now you're an exper

the old rules, you checked in with your chairman, that would be bob corker or you check in with majority leader, mitch mcconnell. tom cotton didn't do that. it reminds me if you've covered this town for a long time you tend to process stories by the rules. but is the new rules especially with the republicans. besaw it in the house with the rise of the tea party, maybe the new rule is there are no rules. >> it's a constant political cycle now and it always has been. one thing on my mind is unemployment is 5.5%. here we are talking about foreign policy. i don't know that iran is among the leading concerns of americans right now, but it is a deep concern to some republicans. i don't mean to say that all 47 senators were insincere in signing that letter, but they signed it. they signed it perhaps without thinking a lot. i say that as one who has traveled a lot of times, covered the story. there seem to be two messages of that letter. one is saying to iran, we don't think you're very smart. two, we're going to say it in a way that doesn't make us look smart. i don't know that it was the most

i think that could be applied to bob corker.e does not act until he is convinced he is on the wright pat. -- on the right path. he lived out the american dream. he formed a construction company that became a multimillion dollar business operating in 18 states. he then became commissioner of finance for the state of tennessee where he astounded members of the legislature with his breck -- with his breathtaking candor and transparency. apparently there easily astounded. or transparency and candor are a rare thing in finance. he was elected mayor of chattanooga he presided over an incredible revitalization of that city's urban core. then he was elected to the united states senate during the democratic wave election of 26 -- of 2006, he coming the sole member of the republican freshman class for that year. he was reelected last cycle with 65% of the vote in tennessee. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, bob corker . senator corker: thank you and thank you for your longtime friendship and what you do on behalf of all of us. i am thrille

senator bob corker, chairman of the foreign relations committee today wrote to the president saying "enabling the united nations to consider an agreement while simultaneously threatening to veto legislation that would enable congress to do the same is a direct affront to the american people and seeks to undermine congress's appropriate role." marc thiessen is an american enterprise fellow. and fox news contributor. marc we've learned the white house has found a way to completely exclude the u.s. senate from having any say on this deal. and basically said it's not a treaty and you only get to approve if it's a treaty. take that. and now he said u.n. i love your approval. why is he doing that? >> well first of all, i mean it's an outrage that he would do this. what the president is basically saying is that i care more about the approval of the united nations than i care about the approval of the elected representatives of the american people. he's not simply not going to congress. he's going to the united nations and seeking their approval of dictatorships of russia and china while thre

and now we move to bob menendez but in any event, corker wants the administration to come forward androval or disapproval from the senate. so no shortage of contention on a host of issues. let's not forget ukraine, where the president is exhibiting some reluctance to arm the ukrainian military as he is being pressed to do including the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff who is sitting at that table, along with the secretary of defense and secretary of state. >> mike lyons is our national security contributor here at al jazeera america. forces are said to be making gains in tikrit. can the u.s. defeat isil with those boots on the ground? >> well, we have left out the iranians, and that's the key. they are very involved in this mission. and i think that's a problem right now for the united states because now you have iraqi security forces becoming closer tied with these iranian forces. those ties get formed and bonded in combat are usually means for success later on and it might be difficult to insert americans or peshmerga forces into that process in the future. >> yes, it is a sepa

ladies and gentlemen, bob corker. [applause] >> john, thank you, and thank you for your longtime friendship i guess since 1994 and thank you for all of you do for our state and for your continued sound judgment. i'll thrilled to you be all of y'all today. i spent most of my life in business and even if you are republican attorneys, i still get a little nervous around attorneys but i thank you for what you do on behalf of our country, to make sure we have fair and free election. i heard a little bit of the panel before i stepped to the podium and enjoyed that thank you. what i'd like to do this morning and just make a few opening comments and then i'd mutch rather hear from you relative to your questions about foreign policy or whatever else you want to talk about. john how long am i supposed to be here? ok. let me just start by saying that i came to the united states senate having been a person who built shopping centers around the country. over time acquired real estate and did some development, loved my community wi

and in the old days bob corker who is the republican chairman of the foreign relations committee did not sign the letter and knew that the letter was a bad idea. in the old days if the chairman of that committee said i'm against the letter, none of his fellow republicans would have done the letter. now they don't pay attention to seniority, elders, respect. it's all what is in it for me. i want to be famous. i'm hungry. it has ruined everything. >> senator of dakota said letters unfortunate voted for the sanctions bill in committee and is going to sponsor the congressional approval legislation. that doesn't diminish my support for the legislation we have introduced. let's get back to netanyahu. how is he tied into all of this with iran? >> he made it clear that this is a threat the agreement as it is presently crafted. >> why try to take him out? >> politically it proves to all of obama's enemies around the world or his adversaries that obama is able to exercise power. in politics power trumps everything. that's what this involves. it is a personal fight to the political death. >> wh

>> reporte we ar heard back from bob corker chash of the se relations committee.weekend the white house sent a lettering eleshsy saying bow out. working on legislation that could undercut these negotiatio. after that letr sent to iranian leaders. but lawmakers here say they want to make sure th it's a final deal. that's why they're working on that legislation. the white hou is concerned that while the sensitive negotiat are going on iran may be paying as much attention to congress as they are to secretary kerry right there at the table. bras- barbara? >> thanks, tracie. > a missouri man in court accused of shooting two police officers. jay gray has what prosecutors pp >> reporte the blast of gunfire just after midnight last wedny scattered the crowd outside the ferguson police department shots fired. officer down. >> rd and police say this man 20-year-old jeffrey williams who tulled the trigger. charged with two counts of assault in the first degree for the two police officers who were shot. investigators say williams has admitted to firing the shots, but says he

bob corker is concerned that the u.s. and its partners are giving up valuable negotiating tools. >> we keep moving from our initial position, the p5 plus 1 towards iran's position. so there's a concern that the administration cares more about making a deal versus a right deal. i think you know one of the things that brought iran to the table was congress mandated sessions. congress played a vital role bringing iran to the table. >> also saying there's a number of things u.s. has available to keep iran from getting above. but critics say iran has continually cheated in the past and are asking why should things be different this time around. >> i think we've gone to school over those developments over the last decade or so so that we now can have a better plan to verify some of the things they say they will do and not do. >> and lindsey graham threatening to pull u.s. funding if the administration bypasses congress. >> if they try to bypass us and leave us as the last guy standing is there will be a violent reaction against

. >> you have bob corker crossed out but i think he's going to change his mind. he'll come rushing back in. we already have our first loss there. both are best known for participation in our fantasy draft. it's 2015. warmest winter on record. 2014 was the warmest year on record. should we take anyone running for public office who refuses to believe that climate change exists seriously? >> i think it's safe to say that more than 100 students selected for the white house science fair are all winners. they created a gadget or app. they are the super girls. they are kindergartners. try not to fall in love. >> this is wonderful. how did you figure this out? >> we had a brainstorming session. are you able to slow it down and speed it up? >> no. >> so that would require an adjustment. >> yes. it's a prototype. it's a prototype. it will get refined later. >> have you ever had a brainstorm session yourself? >> i've had a couple brainstorming sessions but didn't come up with anything this good. >> what did you come up with? >> you know, i came up with things like, you know