jcpoa.rify whether or not they are actually doing that. we do not have access. the regime is still in the jcpoa, even though -- that it was going to retaliate. iranian -- iran needs the jcpoa more than the u.s. does. what i find troubling is that iran is treating -- cheating on the u.k. with impunity. there are no sanctions from europeans, there are no demands from the russians and the chinese for iran to comply. why is that the u.s. have to be the guarantor to make sure iran does not have to become a nuclear power? we are in this deal with -- we were in the steel with partners, and our partners are being cheated on. iran is being facilitated by russia and china because they continue to protect this regime. that is where we stand. host: let's put the numbers on the screen for guests and we will get callers. here, republicans (202) 748-8001 . democrats, (202) 748-8000. independent, (202) 748-8002. let's hear from jen psaki, white house press secretary from this past wednesday. [video clip] >>

would have to lift the sanctions that are inconsistent with the 2015 jcpoa.an has been demanding from the start. >> nobody expects these proximity talks will be easy, but how long andrduous do you think this process will end up being? >> i think it will take some time because both sides are coming into this discussion with hard-line positions. iran:'s position is the united states needs to remove all the sanctions imposed under the trump administration and also possibly compensation for the financial damages to the iranian economy. on the u.s. side, there is demand iran reverse the steps it has taken to step outside of the uranium enrichment limits of the jcpoa. i think the europeans have a bit of a challenge to try to bridge this gap. there are some suggestions of a phased approach or step-by-step action for action approach. i think we need to wait a couple of days to see how this will pan out the two sides are meeting in vienna at two hotels that are pretty much opposite each other with the europeans shuttling back and forth. >> how confident do iranian off

with the jcpoa. amy: the u.s. and iran have begun holding talks throughout the nuclear deal after donald trump withdrew from the agreement three years ago. we will speak to former iranian ambassador and you clear negotiator hossein mousavian. then we speak to nobel peace prize laureate jody williams about the biden administration leaving in place a trump era policy allowing military commanders use landmines across the globe. >> maybe a landmine helps the military for two weeks or something or two hours of a battle, but then they go away and they lve them the. d then for generatns, literall people die when there is no war. amy: then vaccine passports? >> not now nor will be be supporting a system that requires americans to carry a credential. there will be no federal mandate requiring everyone to obtain a single vaccination credential. amy: we will speak to the aclu, which warrants a lot can go wrong with vaccine passports. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the

and that is to rejoin the jcpoa.erally, pulled out of in 2018. the virtual meeting, by the other members of the jcpoa, concluding that there will be a follow-on meeting, face to face, in vienna, in a week's time. the united states will have representatives there in vienna. they won't be sitting around the table, with those other members. with -- with russia, with china, and the european union, with the uk, with iran, with france, with germany. all those key members of the jcpoa. the u.s. won't be around the table but this does seem to be inching toward that position. that the united states has said that it wants to get to. where it will consider lifting sanctions, on -- on iran. that iran wants lifted. iran had, previously, said the u.s. can't rejoin the jcpoa, until those sanctions are lifted. the united states has said iran must, fully, comply with the jcpoa leaders, who seem to be two mutually exclusive positions. the european union have taken on the role they are trying to bring the sides together. so, inching cl

so, which sanctions, exactly or inconsistent with the jcpoa? our sanctions on terrorist organizations? or its ballistic missile program? most republicans would be thrilled if president biden could actually secure a better deal that holds iran accountable, giving up the leverage of sanctions before we even get to the table, before we get to the table, or just return to a bad deal, certainly not a good sign. it would be hard to support any deal that is not part of a broader strategy that also confronts the nonnuclear of threats that iran poses to america and the region. on china, the administration's tough talk has been welcome. but its proposal to cut defense spending after inflation suggests there is less interest in walking the walk. it will not keep pace by china and russia by cutting defense spending to placate fringe parts of the left. the american people need and deserve a foreign policy that puts our security, our partners, and our interest ahead of the reflexive desire to break with the last four years at any cost. if this administration

i supported the jcpoa.fterwards there were things done by the iranian regime such as testing ballistic missiles in march 2016, three months after the deal went into effect. i still hope there is going to be a negotiated settlement. biden is not under pressure more than iran. it is the iranian government that only has $4 billion left in its account accessible for reserves that according to the imf, not the united states, it is the islamic republic -- if you go on social media, you see the way people are so angry about the mismanagement and the corruption of the country, huge abuses of human rights, so it is the iranian regime that is under pressure here. not biden. biden can take his time. and i don't agree with this assessment that -- first of all, i hope there is going to be an agreement, but not every time that iran does something, and america and israel does something in return, people say israel and america want war. suddenly they say there's going to be war. when iran does something, they don't talk ab

position is that iran has to first come into compliance with the jcpoa which was signed in 2015 for anyanctions will be lifted. the iranians are saying no, the sanctions need to be lifted first. that is the first obstacle. the second obstacle of coue is that there is an iranian presidential election coming up this summer and it is likely that someone far more conservative will be elected. the iranians now are not in a position to make concessions to the united states particularly as this upcoming election approaches. i think the third point for the united states is that unlike the obama administration, biden has said he is going to take into account the views of saudi arabia, of the uae, and israel. under obama of course there were contentious relations. these countries do not want the united states to reenter a nuclear negotiation with iran on current terms. they want any negotiations to expand to include otheissues besides the nuclear issue. those other issues are, iran must stop its proxy activity in the middle east. its militarization in iraq, yemen, syria, has only increased since

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lee: jcpoa. michael: yeah. they call it that instead of a treaty. but it sure does look like a treaty because it commits the united states to not enforcing various laws passed by congress that impose sanctions on iran in exchange for future promises from iran. that looks an awful lot like a treaty. why didn't that have to go to the senate for treaty ratification? sen. lee: it did. it should have, but they decided not to do it. at the time, i was serving on the senate armed services committee. then-secretary of state john kerry testified about the jcpoa. i asked that very question. why haven't you submitted this as a treaty? because it fits all the hallmark characteristics of a treaty. and far from being just a mere policy statement or an aspirational document, this thing, as you point out, materially altered the legal obligations of the united states relative to other nations and also relative to our own system of laws. our own laws passed by congress. that is the kind of thing that really should not take effect as an international agreement without

rejoins the jcpoa and come back to the talks table, they have to lift the sanctions. the biden administration said very clearly that iran must come back into compliance with the terms of the jcpoa, but that the united states is willing to let the european union sort of negotiate a sequencing of steps in this regards. there's some small flexibility on the u.s. side here. and iran seems to be, at the moment, to be exploiting that, if you will. this is what we saw with iran when they were in the talks in 2015 before a deal was signed. they were able to get as many concessions as possible before they finally sealed the deal. so while this is a positive step in vienna that everyone is going to be in the same city, it's not a deal done yet. there's still a lot of comprises that need to be made. undoubtedly the expectations is for a lot of tough talks. >> all right. short story, not there yet. nic robertson, thank you so much. >>> business news into cnn. lg will shut down the smartphone business in july. they struggled to compete with apple, samsung, and other companies base

it seems as if they're motoring on with these negotiations when it comes to getting back into the jcpoa, talking about the progress they've made so far. and he said this. when it comes to iran, there have been some signs of progress but i wouldn't want to overstate it. i think what i said yesterday certainly remains true that we probably have a long road ahead of us than we do in the rearview mirror at this point. talk about the dynamics of this situation and the negotiations so far, kareem. >> yasmin, i think the iranian ghost knows the biden administration is committed to reviving the jcpoa. at the moment iran is trying to reduce as much sanctions as possible. a lot of these sanctions that iran wants relief from are not pegged to iran's nuclear ambitions, they're pegged to iran's support for, quote unquote, terrorism, iran's human rights abuses. it's going to be a little challenging for the biden administration in the context of domestic u.s. politics to justify sanctions relief. i remain optimistic we'll see either full or partial revival of the deal sometime in 2021. >> but in negot

or european or an asian business to go back into iran if the ministration cheeses to go back to the jcpoa. i want if you been to the attorney general, eventual lawyer, even a county judge, if you were advising a texas corporation a big energy corporation obviously what would you advise the corporation about going back into iran if the jcpoa was all of our were taken apart? >> >> i was a don't do it. particular matters of national security it is hard but it is the only thing that provides durable and predictable policies for the united states something i would hope we would all want. this idea of taking temporary advantage and any senate confirmation of a treaty or trying to do things on your own as administration and think a very shortsighted and they do not provide the certainty for american businesses that might want to do business in countries like iran. : : : >> it is a corrupt and illegitimate regime. so majority leader schumer has announced he plans to move the china bill in the senate this year that bipartisanship and the bird will you really can't be thinking about reconciliation.

any of the discussions of the jason or even in the introduction to the jcpoa? that there was a hostage crisis. it only started with it was a revolution in iran and the united states any iran, no longer had any relations. so for me i feel to a large degree. that's a hot potato for the united states. but i do still think that we deserve compensation and i i know gary would say to me that that would have been another. who knows how many more months to deal that one? but to a large degree, i think that we feel i feel for myself at least. that we were done wrong. the story the story that i have heard on this, was it the iranians insisted as the negotiations were going on. the iranians assisted the speed of the agreement that we be barred from going to court to seek compensation and apparently present carter didn't want to agree to this. and his legal advisors. i am told maybe gary knows better. it's legal advice is called. well. this will never hold up in an american court. no american court. would would enforce such a judgment so he went ahead he went ahead and agr

things with iran we have relative peace in the middle east right now because we withdraw from the jcpoaplimented campaign of maximum pressure on iran, that made them poorer weaker and less influential in last several decades, and it's almost as if the biden administration is so intent on trying to prove trump wrong that they're gong to prove him right. they've done that at the border and took policies that were working on border security and immigration and they reversed them for no reason and now we have crisis. and i fear that they're going to be doing that -- in the middle east and particularly with regard to iran as you points of pointed out wen administration playing full hand, full house if you will and managing to lose to iranian who were playing pair of threes. listen, if returning to nuclear talks with iran -- returning to the jcpoa was going bring peace to middle east why would country that cares most about that and have most at stake israel why take action against iranian nuclear facility in the tom it is because they know that that's not what's really happening here. they kn

these talks are structured around working groups with remaining partners in the jcpoa including iran and the primary issue will be the nuclear steps that iran will take to return to compliance with jcpoa and the sanctions the united states would need to take to return to compliance as well. we don't anticipate presently there will be direct talks between the united states and iran so that we certainly remain open to them. >> on the southern part of united states border protection has preliminary numbers about unaccompanied minors crossing over and they are way up 18,500 preliminary numbers but a big jump suggesting it's more than just the conditions on the ground. is there a sense now that the administration needs to do something different in terms of the message of this is not the time to come but children who are unaccompanied will be protected and cared for and be able to stay producer and a movement on that as the message? >> that continues to be our message and we continue to look for ways to project it more broadly and more effectively in the region but that is a sliver of what

nuclear steps that iran would need to take in order to return to compliance with the terms of the jcpoathat the united states would need to take in order to return to compliance as well. diplomats close to the discussion said two sides have already exchanged discussions and ideas. back to you. >> bret: a little skepticism about how that will all come out but we will follow it. rich, thank you. some other stories beyond our borders tonight. at least 51 people are dead in tehran. dozens more are injured in the deadliest rail diseaser. the truck's emergency break was not properly engaged and the vehicle slid about 65 feet down a hillside on to that track. president biden says he cares about and wants to visit ukraine. the president talking with his ukrainian counterpart today on the phone for the first time since taking office. president biden affirmed u.s. support of ukraine as russia continues military movements near their shared border. the ukrainian leader said he appreciates u.s. support. american rap artist and singer akon visits uganda in search of investment opportunities that week

to the administration recommending this compliance approach and i hope that we are going to see the jcpoa back into effect very soon. it would be very very important for the security of the region and the world. >> it isn't the well irredeemably poisoned? >> with respect to what? >> to iran! i mean, they struck a deal. we walked away from it then their nuclear scientists are getting whacked left and right under the rules based international order i mean, come on. >> no, and listen i think all throughout the world we are having trouble recommitting our friends and adversaries to a diplomatic path because they worry about what comes next, this sort of seesaw of foreign policy makes it really hard for anybody to enter into negotiation with the united states but the sanctions that have been put on iran are serious, they are crippling and they are a mechanism to getting them back to the table so no i think there's still a pathway to get into this agreement. >> senator chris murphy, thank you for your time. that's all in on this tuesday night. rachel meadow chauvet starts right now, good evenin

as we're trying to renegotiate the jcpoa this seems to undermine our efforts, so, you know, the truthsn't look good for either side frankly. >> the timing, as you note, is crucial because the u.s. delegation is overseas right now involved in these talks to possibly revive the iran nuclear deal. you think this complicates the talks definitely? mean, there's no proof that israel did it. all suspect it, perhaps, but there's no proof of it. >> i think your word is correct. it complicates the talks. >> fact of the matter is iranians want to come back to the table. we certainly want them to come back to the table. this just complicates matters unless all of a sudden they have a smoking gun which they don't have. >> let's talk about your new book "the hero code." you tell the stories of some of the most outstanding heroes you've met ranging from service members to astronauts and celebrities who spend their time in relief efforts. what was your biggest takeaway after writing this book. >> you know, the fact of the matter is we all need heroes. every society needs hero, and heroes, frankly the

we share a common stated objective in returning to mutual compliance with the jcpoa with the rotted we have what we felt was constructive dialogue last week in vienna, even though indirect. we expect this to be long, but we have not been alerted of any change of plans intended in meetings that will resume this week. we are concerned about these provocative announcements but our goal remains seeing through a diplomatic process, which we expect will resume in vienna this week. reporter: d expect indirect the ghost -- do you expect indirect negotiations to continue even though you question their seriousness? ms. psaki: the diplomatic path is the only path forward and a discussion, even indirect, is the best way to come to resolution. it doesn't mean we hold back on concerns and don't encourage our partners to express the same concerns. reporter: with the u.s. given any heads up about the attack on the power facility? ms. psaki: i have nothing further about our understanding of the origin or intent of the attack. reporter: was the u.s. involved? ms. psaki: we were not. reporter: this poten

whiplash where the obama restriction negotiated along with the french, along with the british the jcpoae joint plan on iran's nuclear program. donald trump took the united states out of that. what are your insights not only as an observer of the u.s. side of that but of iran's gain in this? >> to be frank, i am quite worried. again, the nuclear deal with iran was a compromise. it was only to handle the nuclear issue. i think that one of the mistakes of the obama administration in 2015 was not immediately after this deal to address the other issue of concern raised by the iranian behavior, terrorism, missiles, ballistic activities. so trump when out of the agreement and now, the question is how to go back to it. it is not easy. the iranians feel aggrieved. and rightly so in a way. the iranians are entering a presidential campaign. on the american side, it is not possible simply to go back to the agreement because the u.s. cannot ignore the worries, the concerns expressed by israel. they also cannot ignore the other issues of concern. it is a very complicated equation. i am not sure that

regard to the nuclear talks and underscores the imperative of returning to mutual compliance with jcpoa. we remain committed to compliance with jcpoa with iran and the engaged constructively with dialogue last week as it was in direct indiana. while expect this to be long we expect and we have not been alerted of any change in plans these will resume later this week so americans are announcements but our goal remains sticking to our diplomatic process which we expect to resume indiana. >> but you expect the negotiations to continue even though you are questioning their seriousness . >> i think we believe that diplomatic path is the only path for the discussion you interact is the best way to come to resolution. it doesn't mean we hold back on concerns we have don't encourage our partners to expressing those same concerns as part of the discussion. >> was the us giving you heads up about the attack from potential israel on the facilities? >> i have nothing further to reach out about our understanding of the originor intention of the tax . >> are you at all in any way involved on the atta

in a way even more significant than the jcpoa deal to not have nuclear weapons in the future ever.d set horizons out longer, 10 years, 15 years. and even under jcpoa, the obama administration never agreed after 10 or 15 years that iran could have nuclear weapons. they're still a signatory to to that and israel is right to force iran to abide by that. gillian: here is to hoping you're right and getting it on paper to make everybody happy. because it certainly looks like the biden administration is moving full steam ahead, especially this coming week. thank you, we appreciate it. >> thanks, gillian. gillian: you bet. kristin: a confrontation on tape, and officer harassed while on the job. are waking up to what's possible with rybelsus®. ♪ you are my sunshine ♪ ♪ my only sunshine... ♪ rybelsus® works differently than any other diabetes pill to lower blood sugar in all 3 of these ways... increases insulin... decreases sugar... and slows food. the majority of people taking rybelsus® lowered their blood sugar and reached an a1c of less than 7. people taking rybelsus® lost up to 8 pounds.

we knew before that the israelis have bnery negative abo the ongoing talks with the jcpoa right now innna. we certainly have no certainty. brent: we've heard from iran that the centrifuges there at the facility were damaged. why is that important, and do we know how has that impacted iran's ability to enrich uranium? >> in the history of iran's program, there have always been some setbacks, that iran somehow managed to relatively easily overcome. and every setback has led to an increased zeal of furthering the nuclear program. and it's a perfect excuse, obviously, to say, now that outside forces are trying to undermine our progress, we will double down on developing new centrifuges, etc. right now, the iranian position is, we are going to recover from this. regardless of how many months it is set back, if there is no accomplishment on the diplomatic front with regards to the nuclear agreement, we can assume iran will try to further its nuclear program and show that it won't be held back to do so. brent: iran says that this is israel's attempt to sabotage those talks in vienna. how coul

sides to come together and achieve a goal set up some weeks ago for the united states to return to the jcpoan a compliance-four-compance basis. --ompliance-for-compliance basis. that is, the u.s. returns to the deal when trump took it out of it -- took us out of it, and the iranians rollback efforts to enhance nuclear capability. and there is at least a road ahead. but the choreography of the steps will become located. clare: i do want to ask you about that, because one of the challenges is that both the u.s. and iran want the other side to make the first move in terms of comiance. what has changed here to make stocks possible? >> -- makes talks possible? >> there is a formula that permits both sides to reach out to each other using the instrumentality of the joint commission and the good offices of the europeans to make sure good ideas are transmitted back and forth until there is a negotiated understanding. that is the way i believe it is going to work, but the details are going to have to come out, and i don't have them. clare: you are a former u.s. ambassador, you worked in numerous posi

all sanctions have to be lifted but the biden administration is saying the nuclear sanctions, the jcpoabe lifted, not separate terrorism sanctions or human rights sanctions, so that is going to turn into quite an argument. french lawmakers have voted to ban many short—haul domestic flights, in a bid to reduce carbon emissions. the legislation will end routes where the same journey could be made by train in less than two—and—a—half hours. the planned measures will face a further vote in the senate before becoming law. the bbc�*s tim allman reports. thanks to the pandemic, fewer people are taking to the skies. but the french government wants to see a reduction, even when things get back to normal. it says it's committed to reducing carbon emissions, and the airline industry is a big producer of c02. hence the vote to ban a number of domestic flights, although connecting flights won't be directly affected. either way, some lawmakers remain to be convinced. translation: | think this | method is not the right one. the environmental choice must take precedence, but let's not abandon the socia

that's one thing to keep in mind is that, aside from the united states, every other party to the 2015 jcpoa, including iran. and so that's why you see these direct talks with everyone except the united states. but, of course, without us co—operation the deal has been very, very difficult to sustain. so there's reason to be hopeful knowing that on both the iranian side under the rouhani administration and now in the us under the biden administration there's an impetus to want to come back to the deal. yes. the state of iran's economy suggests that iran would like sanctions to be lifted. but there are plenty, aren't there, in terms of domestic politics, who benefit in a way from a kind of cold war with the united states. and with elections coming up that could get complicated. and that's why this window of opportunity is so important. elections are coming up injune in iran. under this administration, the rouhani administration, they really stake their administration on detante with united states, on diplomacy, and on this deal. so this is the perfect window of opportunity for the united, keep

one is on the iran nuclear programme where the united states needs russia to make it happen for the jcpoa change and former secretary kerry has engaged in conversations with the russians but i would say that overall, in the grand scheme of things, in the context of the relationship, those are very small bright spots to the extent. eugene rumer, thank _ spots to the extent. eugene rumer, thank you _ spots to the extent. eugene rumer, thank you for - spots to the extent. eugene l rumer, thank you for coming spots to the extent. eugene - rumer, thank you for coming on. rate to have your expertise. —— great. an explosion in the pakistani city of quetta has killed three people and injured 11 others. the blast took place in the car park of the serena luxury hotel, which is often visited by officials. a bbc correspondent in pakistan says the chinese ambassador is suspected to have been the target of the explosion. the pakistani taliban say they were behind the blast but did not mention any target. a bottle that drifted in the atlantic ocean for more than 100 years carried with it vital clues abo

and i'm not convinced that reentering the jcpoa had stop them. i look forward to hearing more about the plan for ending the quest for nuclear weapons and how they intend to deal with the rest of the regimes destabilizing actions. cutting defense spending below inflation will meet commanders will not have the resources and capabilities they need to do their jobs. i look forward to working with both republicans and the democrats on this committee to pass a defense budget that supports our servicemen and women. >> thank you. >> thank you, chairman smith and ranking members. and distinguished members of of the committee, i appreciate the opportunity to testify on our defense policy and the africa command and u.s. central command areas of responsibility alongside the commanders. congress as a career civilian and the office of the secretary of defense, i have seen firsthand how the executive and legislative branches worked together to ensure our armed forces have the resources and authorities required to deter and if necessary defeat any foe. secretary

we have relative peace in the middle east right now because we withdrew from the jcpoa, and a campaigns ourure on iran. and it is almost as if the biden administration is so intent on trying to prove trump wrong they will prove him right, they have done it at the border, they took policies that were working on border security and immigration, they reversed them for no reason, now we have a crisis. i fear they will do that in the middle east in particular with regard to iran. you point out we left biden administration playing a full house, and they are managing to lose to the iranians who are playing a pair of threes, if returning to nuclear talks to with iran and was really going to bring peace on middle east, why would country that cares most, israel where would they take acted this week in natanz, they were that reversal of trump administration policy that made peace in middle east possible are being reversed. the effect could be -- that is not backed up by our intelligence, i was hopeful when president biden saw intelligence, it so clearly reflected with what i'm telling but the sta

step even if the diplomatic road ahead may be long as it was during the first negotiations around the jcpoa. we are very clear eyed about the hurdles. these will be structured around working groups at the e.u. will form with their remaining partners including iran, and the primary issues that will be discussed as the steps that iran would need to take in order to return to compliance. and, the sanctions of releases that the united states would need to take to return to compliance as well. we do not anticipate presently that there will be direct talks between the united states and iran through the process, that we remain open to them. >> on the southern border, customs and border protection had new luminary numbers about unaccompanied minors crossing in march and they are up. 18,500, april 11 area number but a big jump suggesting that it is more than seasonal and more than just the just the conditions on the ground. is there a sense now that the administration needs to do something different in terms of the message of this is not the time to come, but children who are unaccompanied will be p

if it's going back to anything remotely like the jcpoa, they should be careful, and these are thingsrica less secure. if they don't put america first on the other direction for our country. >> sean: how embarrassing was it for you, i found it very embarrassing, lectured by the communist chinese, getting lectured on human rights and human conditions. and it receiving an apology for the biden administration. >> when your leaders are constantly apologizing, we saw what the u.s. ambassador at the united nations said the other day companies that our nation is inherently racist and we are somehow morally equivalent to china or russia. it's hard to critique other countries when they come slam you two things you would admit on your own. we know that we don't get it right every day. that was pretty easy, i probably would have walked out. i wouldn't have stood there and allowed someone to somehow suggest america wasn't the greatest nation in the history of civilization. we know it is and we know it's exceptional and we should defend it everywhere and always. >> sean: you know what, i'm i so wi

during the trump administration administration, after that administration pulled out of the jcpoa, the iran nuclear deal, which john kerry negotiated, and by the way, the majority, a bipartisan majority of u.s. senators in this body were against, were against that deal, john kerry started to freelance. he admitted to meeting with zarif in 2018 to try to salvage the nuclear deal. in other words, he was likely acting and working against the previous administration, the elected administration of the trump administration, and many of us here in congress who applauded when we pulled out of the jcpoa. madam president, i'd like to submit for the record an article written today by the national review titled, john kerry, enemy of israel. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sullivan: the beginning of this article says let's pause to reflect on how monumentally stunning it is that the former u.s. secretary of state allegedly tattled on israel to iran. it goes on to say, a high-ranking american official would feel comfortable sharing this kind of classified information with an autocratic

so which sanctions exactly are inconsistent with the jcpoa? our sanctions on iran's terrorist organizations or its ballistic missle program? most republicans would be thrilled if president biden could actually secure a better deal that holds iran accountable. giving up the leverage of sanctions before we even get to the table -- before we even get to the table or just return to a bad deal certainly not a good sign. it would be hard to support any deal that isn't part of a broader strategy that also confronts the nonnuclear threats that iran poses to america and to the region. on china, the administration's tough talk has been welcomed, but its proposal to cut defense spending after inflation suggests there is less interest in walking the walk. we'll not keep pace with china and russia by cutting spending to placate fringe parts of the far left. the american people need and they deserve a foreign policy that puts our security, our partners, and our interests ahead of the reflective desire to break with the past four years at any cost -- at any

i suspect the americans want this new deal or resumption of the jcpoa more than the iranians do so they'll make a lot of concessions. however, as vali said, they lose any leverage for follow-on deal and the sunset clause is particularly on the construction of advanced centrifuges are coming out as rapidly. so it is a very untenable situation for the biden administration. you have to remember, the obama administration premised i think the entire negotiation strategy on a hope, a belief that if the united states were nicer, that tehran would be nicer, that engagement particularly commercial engagement would somehow moderate the regime. and i think the events since 2012 have dispatched that illusion, which makes this very transactional, which is why i think the biden administration is hesitating. >> vali, how would you respond to rules pointed out about the hopes for the deal? >> i agree that the hopes are not -- are not great. largely because this is the situation that president trump put us in. we don't know how things would have unfolded had the united states followed a different course. i

they are going to be attending a meeting next week in europe with people with the signatories of the jcpoaso why is that important? that's important because iran has done nothing in the past few months since this new administration took power to deserve sanctions relief or to deserve the united states entering some sort of deal. and i think what's fundamentally happening here is you're seeing that this administration does not appear to understand how much the middle east has changed in the past four years. we had four peace deals between arab states and the state of israel. of course, ric grenell, negotiated the deal between kosovo and israel as well and so the region has fundamentally changed, but this new administration, because all of their political appointees worked in the obama administration, they seem hell bent on repeating what they did four years ago without realizing how much the middle east has changed, and importantly, what is iran doing? we have a dead american in iraq on president biden's watch which happened because of the proxies, the shia proxies, and they have them attac

take the steps necessary to return to compliances including lifting sanctions inconsistent with the jcpoa >>> meanwhile, president biden is expected to announce executive actions on gun control. he'll stop ghost guns and better regulate stable liesing braces that effectively turn a pistol into a rifle. expected to address firearms trafficking and a possible red flag legislation. and address an evidenced based community violence investigation other than incarceration. he announced david chipman as advisor of gun control. a special agent at a.t.f. for 25 years. joining us now, news correspondent. thank you for being up early with us. the president cannot go as far with these executive orders as legislation could go. this is an acknowledgment that it doesn't seem like any real bills in congress are going anywhere. what do they plan to accomplish? >> exactly. this is a president and a white house that say a time for inaction is not now. it was really both of these mass shootings that took place both in georgia and colorado over the last couple of weeks that prompted president biden to say i c