ever on earth. >> ♪ and i fall to pieces >> it's important historically that people know who hank cochranhat he did, and he always wanted to be the hemingway of country music, and i think he did it. >> it's stunning when you look at the body of work that he was able to accomplish and stay relevant for so long. that's way out of the ordinary. >> ♪ i've got everything ♪ everything but you >> they will be recording hank cochran songs way down the line and probably not even know who he was. >> i think it's really important for people to understand where country music came from and the era of the '50s and '60s, which is hank cochran, harlan howard, willie nelson, roger miller. these guys set the standard for writing songs. >> ♪ don't you ever get tired ♪ of hurting me ♪ he was responsible, really, for me going to nashville and getting a job writing for pamper music. hank had a lot to do with me getting started. >> i met hank. he reached out his hand and had a cd that already had my name on it. i kind of gathered that this wasn't by chance. >> shortly after he first met him, hank was diagnosed

today, says cochran, the danger is not tyranny of kings, which motivated magna carta or majority, violated bill of rights, threats of freedom and rule of law now comes from regulatory state. this isn't totally new. richard nixon tried to get irs to audit enemies list but the tool is now much stronger. it's time for a magna carta for the regulatory state. charles murray makes a similar argument in this new book. he suggests selective civil

cochran that he wanted it in blue and this was before the air force started wearing blue. at that time they were wearing an.en and t our uniforms were santee blue and they were made by neiman marcus, and their seamstresses fitted us those uniforms, which is what i am wearing today. >> they also designed the santee argo blue. the women's were the first to wear that jacket. once they graduated, the women earned their silver wings. they were placed at 120 basis across the country. during this time, 38 women air force service pilots were killed while serving their country. some in training, some later on when they were stationed at a base across the country. -- wendy wassmen was started -- when the wasp was started that they were in such need for pilots they did not have time to militarize them. as civilian pilots they were not getting compensated. they did not have that status. so when they died, they had to figure out their own way to pay for the women to be sent home, to pay for their burial, to pay for their coffin. they did not get a flag on their coffin or casket and the

was -- indispensable thad cochran was. what a blessing that he was chairmans of the appropriations committee in the senate at mississippi's darkest hour of need in modern times, that he had the best position in the whole congress to help us, and he helped us. interestingly, thad and the delegation were very much like the local officials. thad told me on wednesday after the storm, on monday he said y'all are going to be down here, you're going to be closer to it than we are. we are not going to try to develop a plan, we're not going to tell y'all what we think y'all ought to do. you and the local people, y'all develop the plan in mississippi. you bring it to me, and i'll try to get it passed. you decide what we need to do, and i'll try to get it done. interestingly, the president bush the next week came to the next week the came to the first meeting about the back, dale commission, our commission about recovery and renewal, said almost exactly the same thing. he said want you and mississippi to decide how mississippi's gulf

in his grumpy economist blog, hoover institute john cochran points out most of today's rule makers werelators will rarely vote on the new rule. vast power to oppress comes from regulatory beaurocracy. regulators can ruin your life and business quickly. you have a little recourse. this power not only damages the economy but poses a new threat to our political freedom. that's because the rules are often vague. the firm shall not engage in abusive practices. that sounds good and reasonable, but what exactly is abusive. well, the regulator decides. that makes everyone cautious. hospital now waste enormous time and money because they have rule backs. the tv show wondered how dr. house would work his miracles under today's rule. >> if you're going to save today's patient you need this. >> get this thing out of my sight. >> most people won't toss it. what banker dare speak out against fed. what hospital or health insurer will speak out against obama care? what drug company challenges fda? local level what real estate dares speak out against zoning board. very few. that's a threat to our politi

in his grumpy economist blog, hoover institute john cochran points out most of today's rule makers werebeaurocracy. regulators can ruin your life and business quickly. you have a little recourse. this power not only damages the economy but poses a new threat to our political freedom. that's because the rules are often vague. the firm shall not engage in abusive practices. that sounds good and reasonable, but what exactly is abusive. well, the regulator decides. that makes everyone cautious. hospital now waste enormous time and money because they have rule backs. the tv show wondered how dr. house would work his miracles under today's rule. >> if you're going to save today's patient you need this. >> get this thing out of my sight. >> most people won't toss it. what banker dare speak out against fed. what hospital or health insurer will speak out against obama care? what drug company challenges fda? local level what real estate dares speak out against zoning board. very few. that's a threat to our political freedom. but fortunately make americans do resist. you met some on this show toni

accuweather's molly cochran is tracking the extreme weather. good morning. >> thanks, t.j. andreen reena. for monday the threat for strong to severe thunderstorms. it's out ahead of a cold front. i-95 not going to turn wet till monday night, but it is going to be a steamy monday. that severe weather threat includes syracuse and pittsburgh where flooding downpours and damaging winds are some pain main impacts. across northern california, wildfires continue to burn. not the best of news monday. some gusty winds will return. back to you. >> thank you so much. >>> we expect to learn new details today about the president's plan to tackle climate change, the most aggressive order requires the nation's existing plants to cut emissions by about a third in 15 years and places heavy emphasis on renewable energy sources. pour companies are expected to quickly challenge the plan in court. >>> breaking news overnight. our first xwlims of hillary clinton's first tv add set to begin running tomorrow in iowa and new hampshire. it features her late mother dorothy. she may be facing a new de

. >> coverage continues with accuweather with molly cochran. >> thanks. the threat for severe storms does exist for the northeast monday. >> 95 not getting in on the action till monday night. so it's a dry afternoon, but just steamy and a little bit uncomfortable. the threat for those severe storms exists from syracuse to pittsburgh, flooding downpours, damaging winds and isolated hail, some of the main impacts. across northern california, we continue to have some build fires fwurn. ed are flag warnings are in effect. unfortunately, not the best of news coming in monday. some breezy conditions and some dry thunderstorms, again not looking like great conditions for monday. drenching thunderstorms continue across florida. t.j. and reena, back to you. >> thank you so much. >>> we talked about the fires now. she was mentioning, more than two dozen of this em in northern california plus oregon. the biggest the rocky fire 100 miles north of san francisco. it doubled in size to 54,000 acres. more than 12,000 people have been told to leave their homes. two dozen

our coverage continues with accuweather's molly cochran. good morning to you. >> thanks, phillip and marcy. we do have the threat for some excessive heat coming into the pac northwest monday through wednesday. definitely not the best of news as we continue to have wildfires burn across idaho, washington and oregon. farther to the east, the threat for afternoon severe thunderstorms from denver to colorado springs monday. some of those storms could bring in a few isolated tornadoes and also the threat for hail. now, this area of low pressure going to be gaining strength as we go throughout tuesday and wednesday. moving into kansas city and wichita and then by the middle half of the week impacting chicago, as well. >>> the heat is going to be felt across the northeast for the early half of the workweek from new york city to d.c. phillip and marcy, back to you. >> thanks, molly. china's top prosecutor setting up a team to investigate possible crimes related to last week's warehouse explosion. a least 112 people died and hundreds of others were

accuweather's molly cochran is watching the fire zone forecast and the tropics. good morning, molly. >> good morning, reena and phillip. now not the best of news to kick off the workweek across the pack northwest. wildfires continue to burn across washington, oregon and idaho. so the heat remains on for monday. also some winds coming out of the west. southwest helping to fan some of those blazes, as well. so something to be on alert about. meanwhile, we keep an eye out on danny pushing into the northern leeward islands expecting to continue to weaken but still feeling impacts such as heavy rain, gusty winds and also some rough surf. also keeping an eye out on kilo, now, unlike danny, kilo is expected to strengthen for the early half of the week. could potentially become a category 1 hurricane and bring impacts to hawaii. reena and phillip back to you. >> all right, molly, thank you. >>> three americans who took down a suspected terrorist on a european train are receiving france's highest award today. the long-time friends honored with what's called the french leg

. >> with details on that and what's going on in the tropics, we're joined by accuweather's molly cochran. >> the heat remains on across the packed northwest. monday and tuesday. not the best of news with wildfires continuing to burn here. also, some raised air quality not looking so great due to smoke slumsplumes as well. we continue to keep an eye on danny. that's taking the life out of him. still feeling those impacts, heavy rain, gusty winds for the leeward islands and the virgin islands. reena and phillip, back to you. >>> a new sign that vice president joe biden is considering a white house run. over the weekend, he met with massachusetts senator elizabeth warren, a popular liberal voice among democrats. so far, she's refused to endorse any candidate. >>> president obama picking up key support for the iran nuclear deal. harry reid has thrown his full support behind the deal. the nevada senator says it's the best path to stop iran from getting a nuclear weapon. it will -- congress tet seth to vote on the deal by mid september. >>> the iran deal one of many things facing the president

let's check in with accuweather's molly cochran now. good morning, molly. >> thanks, t.j. and reena. now, for monday, we do have the threat for some severe storms across the northeast. the i-95, it is going to be a hot and steamy afternoon. that severe threat does include syracuse and near pittsburgh where flooding downpours and damaging winds will be some of the main impacts. meanwhile, across northern california, we continue to have wildfires burn. not the great news coming in for monday. we have dry thunderstorms in place and some additional gusty winds. t.j. and reena, back to you. >> molly, thank you. >>> we expect to learn new details today about president obama's sweeping plan on climate change. the most aggressive of regulations requires the nation's existing power plants to cut emissions by about one-third, and that's in 15 years. the plan also places heavy emphasis on renewable energy sources. power companies expected to quickly challenge the plan in court. >>> and on capitol hill today, a showdown over funding planned parenthood. a republican-led effort to cut f

our coverage continues with accuweather's molly cochran.we go throughout tuesday and wednesday. moving into kansas city and wichita and then by the middle half of the week impacting chicago, as well. >>> the heat is going to be felt across the northeast for the early half of the workweek from new york city to d.c. phillip and marcy, back to you. >> thanks, molly. china's top prosecutor setting up a team to investigate possible crimes related to last week's warehouse explosion. a least 112 people died and hundreds of others were injured. 85 firefighters are still missing. authorities say there were several hundred tons it of sodium cyanide on the site. that is a toxic chemical that can form a flammable gas upon contact with water. >>> search and rescue teams preparing to try to reach the site where a passenger plane crashed sunday in indonesia. a search plane spotted the wreckage but no word if any of the 54 people on board survived. the airline is a well-known airline in southeast asia but is black listed in many other parts of the world. >

. >> complete weather from accuweather's molly cochran. >> thanks. now for monday, we do have the threat for some severe storms across the northeast. the i-95, it is going to be a hot and steamy afternoon. that severe threat includes syracuse and pittsburgh where flooding downpours and damaging winds will be some of the main impacts. across northern california we continue to have wildfires burn, not the great news coming in for monday. we have dry thunderstorms in place and some additional gusty winds. t.j. and reena, back to you. >> thank you, molly. >>> another close call between a drone and passenger jet in the country's busiest airspace. sources tell abc news, that the pilot of a shuttle america flight spotted a drone while coming in for a landing at jfk airport in new york last night and the drone well came dangerously close to the plane packed with passengers. >> there is is a drone incident run way. >> location please. >> right behind -- [ inaudible ]. >> altitude? >> 30 feet. >> this was the third drone sighting near kennedy airport since fri

senator cochran? >> mr. chairman, dr.enderson, you mentioned in your testimony that the reimbursement parity issue was an important factor in the growth of services that are rendered through television and telehealth services. the diabetes pilot project you described a real are really remarkable. and obviously i like the potential for significant cost savings if they could be expanded into communities across the country. what do you see as the programs that could be expanded? are we talking about the diabetes pilot project? is that a possibility to serve more communities? >> yes. so we can expand the diabetes program to other geographic regions, but we can also expand it to other chronic diseases. and that program in particular is a remote patient monitoring program where we're helping day to day with patients in their home manage their disease and keep them healthy. and using the resources that are in that community more efficiently. but from telehealth perspective, it really is about connecting and coordinating all the

. >>> let's get the complete forecast from accuweather's molly cochran. >> for monday, we're looking at localized flooding across florida. flash flood watches in effect from tampa into orlando. until monday night. erika's moisture funneled into the sunshine state. over the next couple of days, the rain could add up. two to four inches between tampa, orlando, and jacksonville. prepare for heavy travel delays as well. meanwhile, with keep an eye out on hurricane ignacio. phillip and reena, back to you. >> all right, molly, thank you. >>> breaking overnight, two southwest planes clipped each other at the airport in oakland, california. passengers posting alarming photos to social media. we want to show you the top part of one wing is broken off. we don't have that video right now. southwest says both aircraft have been taken out of service to undergo a maintenance check. no one was hurt. passengers were put on later flights. >>> and a security breach at new york liberty airport forced the shutdown of a busy terminal. man was taken into custody after he entered a secure hallway through a

here's mollily cochran and accuweather. >> the heat remains on across the pac northwest.onday and tuesday so definitely not the best of news with wildfires continuing to burn here. also some raised air quality not looking so great due to the smoke plumes well. we continue to keep an eye out on danny. strong wind shear. that's taking the life out of him but still feeling impacts. heavy rain for the leeward and virgin islands. >> thank you. if you were hoping the weekend might help end the stock market volatility, it did not. not even close. asian markets slumping overnight. continuing the sharp selloff that started last week. the major averages in tokyo and hong kong both losing around 4% of their value today. wall street gets back to work this morning after the worst performance by the s&p 500 since 2011. >> we have gone 47 months without a decline of 10% or more versus the average of 18 months. so we really have been basking in the sun a little bit too long. and i think we're paying for it now. >>> the selling of stocks is being driven mostly by fears about a global econ

what's left of tropical can storm erika moves north with downpours our coverage continues with molly cochran at accuweather. >> thanks phillip and reena. for monday, heavy travel delays going to be a strong possibility across florida. erika's moisture continues to get pushed into the state. we're worried about some flash flooding issues. we have watches in effect, tampa, orlando it, 2 to 4 inches of rain is expected. where we see that dark green shading with locally higher amounts just to the north of miami, we've already picked up over 5 inches of rain and this threat continues into the middle half of the workweek. meanwhile, we continue to keep an eye out on hurricane ignacio. although going to likely miss hawaii impacts still going to be felt. we're looking at rough surf through thursday. gusty winds and locally heavy rain. phillip and reena, back to you. >> wow, that's fascinating. you were saying ignacio means nacho. >> no, it's like a nickname. hey nacho. >> i wouldn't tees is just yet. thank you so much for that. now phillip to your hometown, el paso. sorry. >> get it right. >> to det

that between cochran and lott and our relationship with the house and senate leadership, that we were going to get pretty well what we were asking for without their fingerprints on it. and i have to say, again, in fairness to them, president bush on everything he gave the maximum the law allowed. he pushed for everything. but they were afraid of the press, and so was the speaker of the house and the house leadership. they did not want to have a precedent where people who did not buy home owner's insurance, saw their homes destroyed by wind, a storm, which is covered by home owner's insurance, and then the federal government give them the money because they didn't have insurance, because they thought the press depth of that is, people will quit buying home owner's insurance and stick the taxpayers for it and that's not a good precedent, and we actually, because of that, said, you have to have home owner's insurance to -- in order to qualify for the support. but it is correct, they never told congress they wanted congress to vote for our plan. but i do believe it is because they thought

. >> if we go back to the studies footwork y if you look at the cochrane report, it basically said itdoor. the research is non conclusive either way. >> the door is closed. >> i'm not even talking about -- >> [ inaudible ]. other piece i'm referring to is you can't base science on stuff that is fraudulent that you have been told that is correct but is fraudulent. the cdc. >> your whole concept of your study is fraudulent. dr. wakefield his whole study is -- >> i'm not talking about dr. wyc field. i'm talking about the cdc, here in america. >> thank you so much for your time tonight. we'll resolve these matters as a later date. here is a simple math problem. two trains leave st. louis for albuquerque at the same time. same cargo, same size, same power. which one arrives first? hint: it's not the one on the left. the speedy guy on the right is part of an intelligent system that creates the optimal trip profile for all trains on the line. and the one on the left? uh, looks like it'll be counting cows for awhile. so maybe the same things aren't quite the same. ge software. get connected.

sustained solid support for defense, not to wake the baby with the bathwater, keep th that barbara cochran att with a stronger civilian surge? >> from a defense economy point of view, somewhat agnostic. the question is are we going to maintain and economic posture, and economic stands that clearly centrally will have a public-private collaborative element? this is not an argument for heavy-handed and social policy but it is about a degree of public investment, public creativity and experimentation in partnership with a private industry. >> one follow-up, maybe give a couple highlights about what you wrote about with the protocol about it as a case study and maybe ben has a follow-up and if not they will go to all of you. i will think to make this concrete you could tell about what's in the accident report from i guess now two years ago? please. >> well, we came on the scene there at the time of consternation late 2011, concern about the discussion of sequestration. and found regional economic development officials, various military leaders, and progressive democratic governor john hickenlo

senator cochran? >> no, thank you, mr. chairman. >> would you like a minute? >> no, thank you though. >> let's properly close out here. we'll leave the record open for a week for questions to be submitted. we thank our panel for coming and we are going to adjourn until 10:00 a.m. on thursday, april the 16th. thank you all for being here. that can't be right. on may the 16th. thank you all. >>> this week, we're bringing you american history tv in pry time here on c-span 3. tonight's focus is the atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki. programming includes remarks from president truman's grandson clifton truman daniel. from our real america program, the atom strikes. from 1945. a u.s. signal corps film that documents a manhattan project report on the destruction caused by the atomic bombs. on american artifacts, it's a look at the hiroshima/nagasaki atomic bomb exhibit from washington, d.c.'s american history museum. starting at 8:00 p.m. tonight on c-span, it's energy expert mark millings with mills with a presentation that suggests that oil and gas producti

my name is kelsey brown cochran. i first became involved with acs because i believe in its mission, like ics i believe that law should be a force to improve the lives of all people and it is a privilege to support acs in its efforts to make that happen. over the years i developed a deep appreciation for everything my acs membership has given me, countless professional development opportunities and a fantastic network of colleague and friends. at this particular moment i am deeply grateful to acs for the opportunity to introduce our final featured speakers of the convention two extraordinary jurorists. justice ruth bader ginsburg's biography is well-known. she served on the u.s. court of appeals for the d.c. circuit and prior to becoming a judge she was a law professor at rutgers. she has been an unwavering advocate for women on the bench and as one of the founders of the women's rights project for the aclu, where she served as general counsel and the national board of directors for nearly a decade. i have the extraor

thad cochran was voting for loretta lynch. of men then a group we went to his office and they would not meet with us and we said we were not leaving and they finally found five minutes and when he came in, he was 90 something years old so i do not know if he heard me. [laughter] roland martin: i want you all to understand, i looked him dead in his eyeroland martin: and said, you are not here without black people. because you are going to lose to a tea party person unless black people cross over. so i expect you to vote for loretta lynch. and he is light, i understand, like, does like, -- he is "i understand." i am not saying it is because of us. we're going to go to questions. to hear a question, i wanted to be tight and concise. if you are long-winded, i will cut you off. i will summarize your question, ok? five people here, nobody else get in line. three here, nobody else in line. i will start here. >> my name is lauren robinson, i am a blogger. my question is, how do we bridge the gap for young people, millennials more esta

cochran on the fence voting for loretta lynch.is office, and they wouldn't meet with us. we said, we aren't leaving. and then they finally found five minutes. when he came -- he's about 90-some years old. so i don't know if he heard me or not. i want you to understand. i looked him dead in his eye and i said let me be clear, you ain't here with our black people. because you were going to lose to that tea party person unless black people crossed over and voted in the republican primary. so i expect you to vote for loretta lynch. and he's like, i understand. i hear you. y'all know he voted for loretta lirvelg. i'm not saying that was the reason but somebody black has to look him in his eye and say i expect you to vote this way. we're going to go to questions now. here's the deal quick. i ain't got a problem cutting y'all off. so i want to hear a question. i want it to be tight, concise. if you go long-winded, i'm cutting you off. and i'm going to summarize your question. and okay? five people here, nobody else get in line. three her

side, does it make it tough for jim webb with his views to get to the nomination, or even to the cochrane was -- the caucus in iowa? becausei think it does, of money issues. and he spoke to those in regard to the campaign, and the insanity of how much money plays in electability in this era. but i think if he gets his voice out there in c-span and other forms, if the debates come up and they do not dodge him, then he will outshine them come outsmart them, and out of them. because he is not fake. he doesn't have to run with many thing. he is a democrat from virginia right up north of us here. -- asosed president bush i understand it, president bush said, how is your son? and jim webb was straightforward, but cold with him in one of their meetings. i appreciate him. he is a straight shooter. you do not find that in politicians in either party very much anymore. host: thanks for sharing that. in arizona, democrats line. go ahead. caller: i'm concerned that when said nuclear energy is clean and safe. how many places around the world you can't even step on the ground, people cannot live there

thad cochran was voting for loretta lynch.of men then a group we went to his office and they would not meet with us and we said we were not leaving and they finally found five minutes and when he came in, he was 90 something years old so i do not know if he heard me. [laughter] roland martin: i want you all to understand, i looked him dead in his eyeroland martin: and said, you are not here without black people. because you are going to lose to a tea party person unless black people cross over. so i expect you to vote for loretta lynch. and he is light, i understand, like, does like, -- he is "i understand." i am not saying it is because of us. we're going to go to questions. to hear a question, i wanted to be tight and concise. if you are long-winded, i will cut you off. i will summarize your question, ok? five people here, nobody else get in line. three here, nobody else in line. i will start here. >> my name is lauren robinson, i am a blogger. my question is, how do we bridge the gap for young people, millennials more estab

atlanta fire chief calvin cochran, what a vision for god.ergeant philip monk, who both after laff times of service were forced to depart their stations ecause of their faith. as aaron klein has said so powerfully, my fight in this situation is religious freed. it is the ability to live and work by the dictates of my faith without being punished by the government and all americans. should be free to do that. think of the stories on this stage. these are people for whom right and truth will always mean more than going along to get along or looking the other way when right is replaced with what is wrong. these heroes have boldly resisted the state encroaching on their first amendment rights. they have fought back against the washington elites' war on faith. as have other heroes across the country like the little sisters of the poor who have stood for faith although the federal government is litigating against this catholic charity to force nuns to pay for abortion inducing drugs in others. is it any surprise that the federal government we have

klein, the bakery in oregon and wayne adams t-shirt is missed in kentucky, atlanta fire chief, colin cochrane, what division for god. and senior master sergeant, philip monk who both after forcedes of service were to to park stations because of their faith. as aaron klein has said so powerfully, my fight in this situation is religious freedom. all american should be free to do that. think of the stories on this stage. these are people for whom right and true will always mean more than going along to get along or looking the other way when right is wrong. the heroes have boldly resisted the state in on the first amendment rights. they have fought back against on washington elite or faith. as have others euros across the country like the little sisters forhe poor who have stood fate, although the federal government is litigating against this catholic charity to force nuns to pay for abortion inducing drugs and others. surprise that the federal government we have today would use obamacare to assault and tried toth? deprive them of the constitutional rights. ourselves don't we need to know the fu

cochran was on the side voting for loretta lynch, and we went to his office and they wouldn't meet with we said we ain't leaving. they finally found five minutes and when he came in, he is like 90 for some years old i don't know if you heard me or not, i put on my show, i will looked in his eyes and said let me be clear, you ain't here for black people because you gonna move that tea party person but i expect you to vote for loretta lynch. he said i understand, i hear you, you, you know he voted for loretta lynch, i'm not saying that's the reason but somebody black had to look amended eyes and say i expect you to vote that way. if we don't show up to demand him to vote that way then he's going to do what he wants. were going to go to question now i don't have a problem cutting you off, i want it tight, concise, if you go along with that i'm cutting you off. i'm going to summarize your question okay, five people here nobody else get in line. i'm going to start here, go. >> i'm a blogger, my question is how do we bridge the gap for young people, millennial's millennial's to more establish

. >> tom cochran, i'm retired. colin n your opening remarks, you said that the administration define canned breakout in terms of the time required to obtain a bomb's worth of material. i believe the administration's definition is in terms of sq, strategic -- >> significant quantity. >> -- quantity. and so my question is, if it was discovered that iran had, let's say, 60% of an sq, say 16 kilograms of heu, 93% enriched, would the administration say they didn't have a bomb's worth? or stated another way, would you agree that if iran could make a weapon with an sq amount, they could make a weapon of same reliability but lower yield with, say, 60% of an sq? >> so i'm going to let john take on some of that, but a couple of just factual predicates to lay. under this agreement for the next 15 years, they're not allowed to have any enriched uranium above the 3.67% level, and they're only allowed a stockpile of 300 kilograms of that, period. they currently in different forms, gas and other forms, have about 12,000 kilograms

. >> tom cochran. i'm retired. colin, in your opening remarks that you said the administration define breakout in terms of time required to obtain a arms worth of material. i believe administration's definitions is in terms of sq, strategic -- >> significant quantity. >> so my question is, if it was discovered that iran had, let's say, 60% of an sq, say 16 kilograms of atu, 93% enriched, would the administration say that they didn't have a bomb's worth or stated another way, would you agree that if the iran could make a weapon with an sq amount, that they could make a weapon of same reliable but lower yield with say, 60% of an sq? >> so, i'm going to let jon take on some of that but a couple of just factual predicates to lay. under this agreement for the next 15 years they're not allowed to have any enriched-uranium about 3.6% level and only stockpile of 300 kilograms of that period. why this matters, in currently different forms, gas and other forms have 12,000 enriched kilograms below the 5,000 level that is enou

. >> tom cochrane. i am retired. in your opening remarks he said the administration can break out in the time required within arm's worth of material. the administration's definition is in terms of rescue, strategic -- >> significant quantity. >> if there was discovered iran with the administration they did and how the bombs were restated another way. which you agree i ran and they could make a weapon of same reliability but lower yield. >> i will let john take on some of that. a couple of factual predicate. under this agreement for the next 15 years they are not allowed to have been enriched uranium number of 3.67 level in the list of over 300 kilograms and why that matters is they currently have about 12,000 kilograms with the types that significant quantities for the weapons are talking about. 300 kilograms is a fourth of what you might mean and beyond 15 years iran never has the right to produce weapons grade uranium. i understand your question like we discovered 16 kilograms of weapons grade uranium. it would be