president when he proposed the possibility of meeting with hossam rouhani he faced a lot of anger from the left and the right donald trump now proposes much the same what do you expect the reaction is going to be from lawmakers in the u.s. especially republicans. well at this point i think the entire political class the political elite in washington are somewhat beaten down after. a summit meeting with vladimir putin in helsinki and his meeting in singapore with the north korean leader i think the political elite are quite beaten down in washington that said there is nothing like the the pro israel anti iran industry in washington that you have north korea and russia it is an enormous industry here and all guns will be out to prevent some kind of meeting between presidents trump and rouhani so we'll have to see where that where that lands are and we're going to have to leave it there we're out of time thanks so much to all our guests hillary mann leverett for what is already and john mark rickly and thank you too for watching you can see the program again any time by visiting our websi