president, i conclude by saying that, sadly this week is the eighth year that bob levinson a retired f.b.i. agent who disappeared on the tourist island in iran called kish island, this is eight years that he has not been seen or heard from ... a wife and seven children. a couple of years ago the family received a video. a few months after they received a photo. mr. president in these extensive discussions with iran over matters of war and peace as to whether or not iran is going to be willing to step down and not have a nuclear weapon, one of the discussion items also are not only the three known americans in captivity in iran but bob levinson who has been missing for eight years. only the iranian government can produce the evidence of what has happened to bob and where he is, and we continue that vigil. mr. president, i yield the floor. mr. cornyn: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i had a ask consent to -- i'd ask consent to speak for up to ten minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cornyn: mr. president all week we

supershan newper shan newpersian new year, the president asked tehran to help find former fbi agent bob levinson who went missing in iran. president of the american iranian council and iranian presidential candidate. thank you forking being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> let's talk about the ongoing nuclear talks. they took a break after today but it's being reported that france wants more from iran, they want even more than the obama administration wants apparently. is this a potential deal breaker or are we just seeing posturing? >> most likely it is posturing. i think at the end of the day i believe france is going to have to follow the u.s. i think the u.s. has put the sanctions in place and now it's just amazing that france is going to stay, you know, on top of it. i think it's just that -- just a posturing i would say at some point in the future they will also be accommodating. >> are there any other big sticking points that remain? >> yes i think obviously, there is. the one point is obviously how far in the very beginning it should go to relax sanctions. i think there has been a

bob levinson disappears on iran's kish island. for years the american suspected of being on a cia mission is totally missing. no word where he is. levinson's daughter going "on the record" with greta. >> that's why i'm here today to plead with the iranian government that, again, they do have the power to help and i just beg them the wedding is in nine days and i cannot bear to imagine that day without my father walking me down the aisle. >> but he didn't make the aisle. years later these photos released by captors showing him alive. his condition and his location still a mystery. and today more than 8 years later levinson is still missing. >> we have for eight years now been seeking information from the iranian government about the details surrounding mr. levinson's disappearance. >> and levinson the longest held american on the planet isn't alone. >> my name is amir- >> -- august 2011 u.s. marine amir heck maddy suddenly arrested in iran. his family says he was visiting his grandparents, iran says he was cooperating with hostile

plus with today's bigberg call's news what if anything is obama doing about former agent bob levinsons been missing in iran 8 years. bob listen son's wife ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ great rates for great rides. geico motorcycle see how much you could save. majority of democrats sent the in the a letter reminding him again that the constitution says congress is a part of this process. and with the sanction relationship that is in place, congressments the president to know they are part of it. so, it's one thing for the president to say we may not be making it public, but at least talk to your partners in having to ratify it as to what is going on. is he making a serious mistake. >> he doesn't think it's ratifying it timing bad for him. same day at least now the same time that the sergeant bergdahl hearing charges. that too is a time when the president decided he wasn't going to tell congress. he just didn't. at the just did it himself. now he has got -- he is pushing that right back in the face of congress. >> look, i i think the fact that you tie this a little bit to what he did on bergdahl

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secretary, bob levinson, his family will mark the eighth anniversary of his disappearance and you'll meet with others between now and then between the end of march and i implore you to continue to raise that and do so. and you asked us not to prejudge but i think it is fair to comment on reports -- media reports about where this may be headed, particularly since what is often a lot of the report s including information that comes from the administration. so given that, just a couple of points. on enrichment, you had said earlier that you came and sat before a committee as others and suggested the jpoa might not work, but with respect to enrichment, it referred to a mutually agreed upon enrichment when you suggest might be zero. but the u.n. seven times in security resolutions suggested there could be no enrichment. so the frustration that some have and when you look at a deal that may ultimately include as many as 6,000 or 7,000 centrifuges is trying to understand why iran needs that many since currently there is one nuclear reactor fueled by russian fuel and they can't use any of th

raising the issue at this point can no longer suffice with respect to jason and bob levinson if anyone is to take them seriously that there is any commitment they can make that would be adhered to that best would be to return those americans i would urge you to make that a priority. next to pledge any deal certainly it is okay for us to address. i want to go through a few of those. will it be readily available to the congress and to the public. >> we strongly agree with the statement about the american citizens and i want to assure you this is something we are working on every day that comes up regularly in the context of the nuclear discussions. with regards to whether the agreement will be made public certainly the core elements i don't know at this stage because we don't know what form it would take whether certain pieces would be made classified and subject to classify and what parts with parts would be public i can't tell you at this stage. >> it was made public and congress have full access to it. does iran remained the most active state sponsor of terror? >> whether it is the mo

raising the issue at this point can no longer suffice with respect to jason and bob levinson if anyone is to take , them seriously that there is any commitment they can make that would be adhered to that best would be to return those americans. i would urge you to make that a priority. next. i have been clear. i know we are not supposed to prejudge any deal, but there's certainly things that would concern us in any deal and i think it is ok to address. i want to go through a few of those. first, a couple of straightforward questions. will a final agreement be made public be readily available to congress and the public? mr. blinken: thank you. first, let me say, we strongly agree with the statement about the american citizens in prison in iran. i want to assure you this is something we are working on every day that comes up regularly in the context of the nuclear discussions. we are working on it very vigorously. we want to bring them home. we very much share your commitment to do that. with regards to whether the agreement will be made public, certainly the core elements well. i don't

levinson. the fbi raising the award safe return a million dollars. last year his wife went "on the record." >> the reason we haven't talked about it before is because of bob's safety. i have no contact with the cia. i know that secretary kerry he is working as far as he can to get bob home it will never be enough until he is home. the whole united states government should be working on this. if there knew now lessonson last seen in proof-of-life photos released in 2013. tomorrow is his 67th birthday 47 republicans including leadership accusing obama going around the senate in negotiations with iran. today is president obama's turn to it be furious. those 47 republicans doing their own end run around the president. issuing own warning directly to the government of iran. their message that any nuclear deal without congressional approval could be reversed by the next president with just a signature. just hours ago the white house firing back. >> i would describe this letter as the continuation of a partisan strategy to undermine president's to negotiate policy around the globe. >> i think it's ironic to see some members of congress wanting to make common cause