ernest moniz served as 13th u.s. secretary of energy under barack obama from 2013 to 2017. worked on energy technology innovation, america's nuclear and strategic stability along with then secretary of state john kerry. he was a key negotiator of the iranian nuclear deal, formerly known as a joint conference a plan of action, jcpoa. moniz joins me no. he is professor emeritus at m.i.t. and ceo of the nuclear threat initiative . secretary moniz, good to see you. thank you for being with us this morning. >> thank you for having me. >> the recent events in iran and israel have been conventional, missiles and drones and things like that. there is no nuclear saber rattling at the moment and we don't believe iran has got a nuclear war had capability just yet. what are you alarmed by the escalation, and the role that are not having the relations we could've had with iran, is playing in all of this? >> certainly, and you summarized it very well. before the break. what is often not remembered about the nuclear deal, is that in our view, the most important part was an extraordinary r

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