maria cantwell. we saw a democrat come out against it. as everyone has been lining up and the votes counted. that 40 when we hit today was a crucial number. both the house and the senate have to vote to disapprove to get a bill to the president's. so if one body backs down, the white house gets a win. >> that looks like what will happen. thank you for that. let's suppose, as libby says, the president's opponents in congress get their way. if the united states demand that iran renegotiate the terms of the agreement. the other parties, britain, france, germany, russia bulk. iran spent years negotiating with all six countries, agreeing to curbs on the nuclear programme in exchange for a lifting of sanctions. other countries, including u.s. allies might tell the u.s. to go it alone. if congress were to stand in the way of ratification, meaning america could end up in the position of maintaining sanctions on iran, while the rest of the world breaks them. still, there are those nagging concerns that iran's regional influence, which is considera

the addition of richard blumenthal of connecticut, maria cantwell of washington, gary peters of michigan and ron wyden of oregon brings the total number of supporters in the senate to 42. the new total appears to ensure president obama will not need to veto any republican attempt to undermine the nuclear deal, since republicans now lack the 60 votes needed to overcome a democratic filibuster of a resolution against the nuclear deal. meanwhile, former vice president dick cheney has emerged as a leading critic of the iran deal, telling an audience at the american enterprise institute the agreement would "give iran the means to launch a nuclear attack on the u.s. homeland." cheney was interrupted by michaela anang, a peace protester with codepink, who called cheney a war criminal and held a banner which read, "wrong in iraq, wrong in iran." >> the iranians get the better of us in these negotiations. >> [inaudible] [indiscernible] amy: democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton is expected to deliver a major address on the iran nuclear deal today, voicing support for the agreement aft

the final from maria cantwell this afternoon. in a speech, harry reid declared victory for president obama. >> today i'm gratified to say to my fellow americans our negotiating partner and allies around the world, this agreement will stand. america will uphold its commitment and we will seize this opportunity to stop iran from getting a nuclear weapon. >> tomorrow, republican presidential candidates donald trump and ted cruz will participate in a previously scheduled rally in washington to "stop the iran deal. it is clearly too late to do that. on "meet the press" on sunday, general colin powell announced his support for the iran deal. >> i think a vigorous verification regime has been put in place. the iaea and other organizations and especially listening to secretary of energy moniz. he knows this stuff. he's a nuclear physicist and he and the intelligence community are confident they can verify what is happening inside of iran. >> joining us now is energy secretary ernest moniz, also professor of physics emeritus at m.i.t. whe

and with senator maria cantwell announcing her support tonight, well, the deal now has 42 votes in theate. and that, that is enough to block the resolution altogether with the filibuster and keep it from getting to president obama's desk for his veto. it's a momentous victory for the white house. and a crushing defeat for the forces aligned against the deal. from lobbying groups like apac to think tanks to republican presidential candidates. some of them aren't ready to move on without trying to extract some kind of political benefit from the debacle. according to "politico," republicans are discussing the possibility of voting on friday, september 11th, to put maximum political pressure on democrats. taking a cue from alanis morrissette tweeted, ironic that congress may vote on the iran nuke deal on 9/11. donald trump and ted cruz are expected to hold their stop the iran deal on capitol hill. but today belonged to dick cheney who argued against the deal in the speech at the american enterprise institute. >> with the removal of restrictions on the iran missile program, this will give i

maria cantwell says she will support the iran deal in any way she can but others say they are undecided on the filibuster. rachel oswalt joins us from capitol hill, reporting on the iran nuclear agreement. what can we expect as the debate gets underway? they is not as clear -- were not receptive and for the august recess he said he wanted to terminate for the duration of the debate. now he says he only wants them in their seats for the beginning. this is something that almost never happens, where you have all 100 voters at the desk, listening to one another on a serious topic. i don't know of any reporter that can think of a time where that has happened in recent memory. says thatticle in cq senate democrats are on the verge of blocking the around the veto, talking about their ability to filibuster -- what are you hearing about democratic plans? >> we know they have 32 votes in favor, but it is not clear if there is enough support to filibuster the deal. at least three senators are supporting the deal, but three told me they were undecided on the issue. we know that the minority leader

republican from north dakota, but we begin with the democratic senator from washington state, maria cantwell. senator cantwell, welcome to "hardball". >> good evening. >> let me ask you personally, what does the pope's visit mean to you? what does this pope mean to you? maybe differently than previous popes or not. >> well, i just want to point out, i was raised in a catholic family. what i really like about this pope, though, is his jesuit background. the jesuits taking a pledge to focus on the poor and the less fortunate in our society. and i think that that's what we've seen from this pope already. and one thing i like is he's also talked about our planet. and what we need to do to protect our planet and mother earth. >> what do you hope to hear from him when he addresses congress? >> well, i think he's been outspoken on some of these issues about the impoverished and challenged. everything from immigration to making sure, but i think this notion of thinking that we all need to work together to reduce co2, that there are countries around the globe that basically are feeling the brunt of t

from 41 to 42 with the additional yea or nay vote depending on how you add this up of senator maria cantwell from washington state. what's the significance of this number of 41 or 42 as it is tonight? >> technically our viewers probably caught on it doesn't change the end game. the white house had enough votes to support this deal to, keep it alive last week, but it is very significant, because it says something about the strength of this deal and the strength of this president. the strength of this deal is important because international watchers and american allies are wondering how long will this deal last. will this deal last through say another president? 41 votes shows it has some more strength than it did last week, or 42 votes. and also about the strength of this president. president obama won these votes one by one by convincing senators. many of these democrats had huge doubts. frankly, one source told me today they don't trust the president here. it's not a question of trust. it's a question of them verifying what they see in this deal. 41%, gwen, interestingly, that's around the

there is still one remaining democrat left, maria cantwell of washington state, and she is a yes, givingocrats as much as 42 and maybe a little wiggle room to yield that filibuster. >> thank you very much, mark. >>> coming up, the pope makes a big move ahead of his trip to the united states. the church is simplifying procedures for marriage annullments, saying it would bring millions of divorced catholics back to the church. we'll dig into that story when we return. i was out for a bike ride. i didn't think i'd have a heart attack. but i did. i'm mike, and i'm very much alive. now my doctor recommends a bayer aspirin regimen to help prevent another heart attack. be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. my name is phil zietlow, and i've been an engineer on the cheerios team for 51 years. about five years ago, i found out that if my daughter-in-law, joyce, eats anything with gluten in it she feels pretty darn terrible. so my team and i came up with a way to remove the grains that contain gluten, from the naturally gluten free oats that cheerios are made of. so no

yesterday senator maria cantwell of washington state was the final senator to announce she supports agreement. there are now 58 senators who support the disapproval resolution and 54 republicans including collins and four democrats, including cardin, menendez, manchin and schumer. all 54, sorry, 58 senators who are opposed to the nuclear agreement, 42 senators oppose the disapproval resolution. that would be 40 democrats and two independents. and so, since there are more than 41 senate opponents of the disapproval resolution, there could be filibuster of the resolution which would block a final passage vote. the house will take up debate on the bill today when they gavel in. we do expect a vote on the final vote on the bill which would happen by this friday. you can see live coverage of the house when they gavel in today on c-span. the senate here on c-span2. they will begin deliberations the a 10:00 this morning. [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> again waiting to hear from former secretary of state hillary clinton who is obviously also running

the undecided democrats are richard blumenthal, maria cantwell, joe manchin of west virginia and freshman michigan senator gary peters and oregon senator ron wyden. this labor day weekend, three days of politics, books, and american history. on a full day of special programs on c-span, here are a few of the features for labor day monday. beginning at 10 a clock a.m. eastern, a town hall event in seattle discusses the pros and cons of big data and civil liberties. later that evening at 6:30 p.m., a debate on how to reduce poverty between president obama and the president of the american enterprise institute arthur brooks. at 8:00, mark cuban and former presidents bill clinton and george w. bush on leadership skills. beginning saturday at 10:00 a.m. on c-span two book tv, we are live all day in the nation's capital for the 15th annual national book festival with programs featuring cokie roberts and joseph ellis and your opportunity to talk with pulitzer prize-winning historian david mccullough, astronaut buzz aldrin and others sunday at noon. a live three-hour conversation on in-depth with

out there are decisions from democrat senators collins of maine and washington state senator maria cantwell. we'll likely hear more about all of this in the house and senate tafmente they are back for the first session after their summer break. earlier today we spoke with a capitol hill reporter about what we expect to see in congress this week. of blooerg. she is there congressional reporter. it morning. -- good morning. let's start with the iran deal. can you tell us where we are? the main thing here is that it seems as if president obama has the votes he is going to need in order to get that deal approved. but it's going to be a very contentious process. with the house only being in basically 10 days this month, it's going to consume a lot of airtime. and also the senate will consume a lot of time on the iran deal. i'm reading that the opponents of the iran deal are likely to max out the debate, especially some of the republican presidential candidates in the senate. what they are all saying is that in all contributes to a tosening outlook for bill extend government funding at the end of

still on the list, senator carden among them, michael bennett web cory booker of new jersey, maria cantwellf washington state, jo manchin of west virginia w, gary peters of michigan, mark warner of virginia and ron widen from oregon. and a list of all of the republican senators and all of the house members opposing the deal. the only democratic senators announcing publicly that they will oppose to deal, we heard from senator bob menendez from new jersey and earlier this summer from chuck schumer of new york. next is eric from antioch, california. good morning. your take on all of this. >> caller: i support the deal beforehand because basically we should back the president. but kerry's presentation was excellent. i think if ben franklin had been there watching it he would have been impressed. >> if the iran deal is voted down, those who vote no will not be able to tell you how many sent trifujs iran will have next year or the year after. the deal can you that. ron from north carolina. good morning. >> caller: listen, i think this is a good deal. from the first time i hear it i thought it was

notes thatton post the announcements were made by senator richard blumenthal comer maria cantwell, ronyden. it is a margin that would deprive washington republicans of the 60 votes necessary to debate disapproval legislation. mario. you are on the air. caller: good morning. i oppose the deal. i don't think it is going to make a difference. war is coming because the shiites and the sunnis are going to go at it. you are going to have a nuclear race, there is no doubt about it . every time there was a great war, there was always a great treaty signed. i think this is just a next use to say that we are trying to prevent the war, but if anything, this is going to lead us to war. it is not going to stop the shiites and sunnis from fighting. we have the petrodollar. targeting saudi arabia because that is the biggest blow to america. war is going to come no matter what. i'm sure they want to kill the what, we arematter going into war. to pretend that this treaty is going to prevent war, history shows that that is not going to happen. host: ok. beverly is in michigan. support. michigan.silanti,