speaking to the group j street mcdonough said the u.s.ot ignore netanyahu's disavowal of a two-state solution. >> after the election, the prime minister said he is not changed his position. but for many in israel and the international committee, such contradictory comments call into question his commitment to a two state solution, as did his suggestion the construction of settlements has a strategic purpose of dividing palestinian communities and his claim that conditions in the larger middle east must be more stable before a palestinian state can be established. we cannot simply pretend that these comments were never made. aaron: mcdonough went on to say that israel's nearly 50-year occupation of palestinians must end. but whether the white house is prepared to drop its longstanding support for the occupation is the question that lies ahead. the obama administration has said it is considering not blocking, or maybe even backing, a u.n. security council resolution that would call for a two-state solution based on an israeli withdrawal fro

in the speech that you cited by denis mcdonough, a chief of staff, when he speaks, he speaks for the president. he said it's not a matter of personal opinion. >> what do you believe that -- >> what they've said in the last four years, israel is an unjust occupier, israel is an obstacle to peace. i think the president believes that. >> so he's willing to pursue that kind of a policy. dorothy think about -- try to put this in historical context. can you think of a case where an american president treated recently elected democratic government, ally like this? >> there's one word to answer. that is, this is unprecedented, completely and unmistake blee so. the targeting of this nation has the unmistakable odor of something with very long and deep roots and -- >> when you say that do you mean just the president's personal feeling or -- >> yes. >> not just part of a larger world view? >> that's right. >> i can be the orchestrate for of peace and particularly an iran deal and israel is an obstacle to that and therefore i have to punish israel. >> this has been there for a very long time, be

. >> judy white house chief of staff denis mcdonough is going to speak to jay street tomorrow. democratic group that has been very critical of netanyahu and just seems to be one more indication, you know, we don't know what mcdonough is we don't know what mcdonough is going to say but it would seem to indicate that they are going to continue to ratchet it up. >> it looks that way. but as bob said and i think as liz is suggesting there's so much at stake between the relationship of united states and israel it's hard to believe that people like denis mcdonough is not taking the longview. yes there clearly is a long peak over what happened and i think people are looking at both the politics of it because it's clear to me that republicans are going to be do better with the jewish vote in the future, given what has happened in the last few weeks with netanyahu. you know, one can assume there are going to be more votes and more money from jewish voters who never thought they would be voting republican or seriously considering doing that. at the same time what netanyahu has done is cr

mcdonough president obama, you are completely delusional about the world as it is. you're negotiating with the iranian regime and the president's new year's greeting to the iranian people called for them to speak out in support of a nuclear deal. mr. president, don't you understand that in iran, you can't speak out. that if you do speak out and petition your government, you will get shot or put in jail? you don't understand that? you're talking to people as if they have a voice. you're talking about the regime as if there is some kind of rational actor. in that same year's greeting, he complimented the regime headed up by the ayatollahs as being cooperative in terms of their nuclear negotiations with the p p5-plus-one. what the president didn't mention is this terror is spreading terror unlike any time in recent memory. they are wreaking havoc on the neighborhood. as we negotiate on their nuclear deal, they are still the largest state sponsor of terrorism. they called for death to america two days ago. so to the obama administration, wake up and change your policies

and for mcdonough to go out and to the applause of a bunch of liberals to call for the quote occupation to use language that is way beyond what's been acceptable to the united states before. >> beyond what is acceptable to the united states, but perhaps -- i was going to say secondly but primarily it's clear that the chief of the staff of the white house would be saying that advisedly, intentionally insulting the israelis, wouldn't you agree? >> yeah. just deliberately. this does not happen by accident. he said to the president, mr. president we're in this offensive against netanyahu. i'm going to go to that conference and why don't i just kick him in the teeth by calling for the end of the occupation? i can it being played out. the president is surrounded by people who do want challenge him. do want say mr. president, this is childish. act like an adult. instead, they feed it. >>> let's turn to the republican race. the first candidate has announced for his party's nomination, senator ted cruz making his announcement, a big splash. "the wall street journal" not necessarily applauding, b

and for mcdonough to go out and to the applause of a bunch of liberals to call for the quote occupation to use language that is way beyond what's been acceptable to the united states before. >> beyond what is acceptable to the united states, but perhaps -- i was going to say secondly but primarily it's clear that the chief of the staff of the white house would be saying that advisedly, intentionally insulting the israelis, wouldn't you agree? >> yeah. just deliberately. this does not happen by accident. he said to the president, mr. president we're in this offensive against netanyahu. i'm going to go to that conference and why don't i just kick him in the teeth by calling for the end of the occupation? i can it being played out. the president is surrounded by people who do want challenge him. do want say mr. president, this is childish. act like an adult. instead, they feed it. >>> let's turn to the republican race. the first candidate has announced for his party's nomination, senator ted cruz making his announcement, a big splash. "the wall street journal" not necessarily applauding, b

proceeds go to the andrew mcdonough foundation.year the students raised more than $850,000. >>> more than a dozen elderly people in northeast philadelphia are living in spruced up homes tonight thanks to some dedicated young people. 20 skilled crafts people from habitat for humanity philadelphia teamed up with more than 100 young volunteers from the renaissance group of the jewish federation of greater philadelphia. together they renovated and repaired homes of older neighbors helping make it possible for them to continue to live in their homes. >> i can be healthier because they are getting rid of -- they are helping to clean a little bit. but they are helping me to be safe in my home and give me that security. >> as you just heard, the neighbors on the receiving ends are very grateful for all the help. >>> talk about being at the right place at the right time, two pittsburgh police officers are being credited with helping dlafr baby on the side of road this weekend. the freeman family was heading to the hospital to have baby numb

. >> judy, white house chief of staff dennis mcdonough is going to speak to jay street tomorrow.s is a democratic group that has been very critical of netanyahu and just seems to be one more indication, you know we don't know what mcdonagh is going to say, the fact he would speak to this group seems they're going to continue to ratchet this up. >> it looks that. but i think as bob said and as liz is suggesting there's so much at stake in the relationship between the united states and israel. it's hard to believe that people like dennis mcdonough and people making decisions in this administration aren't taking the long view. yes there clearly a short-term peak over what happened. and i think people are looking both at the politics of it because it's clear -- i mean, it's clear to me that republicans are going to do better with the jewish vote in the future given what's happened in the last few weeks with netanyahu. you know, one can assume there will be more votes more money from jewish people who thought they never would be voting republican are seriously considering doing that n

the president himself in his interview with sam stein on "huffing ton post", denis mcdonough going tod to other lobbying groups in washington. should the white house dial it back or is this a appropriate rebuke for what israel has allegedly done and denied doing? >> i think part of the problem was what the prime minister said last week a day before the election about a palestinian state will not come into being during my administration was a real enormous change of policy and a real rebuke two state solution has been u.s. policy for something like 40 years. and i think the white house was shocked by that. then the comment about arabs and now this allegation today, so you know i think the administration has to react. they can't just be acquiescence ent on these things. i hope everybody can dial it back a bit because we've got some really serious problems with serious enemies in that region. we shouldn't be spending so much time and energy arguing with our allies. >> senator, thank you very much for being with us on a busy news day. appreciate it. >> and more on that breaking news of th

at the same time the white house is saying and dennis mcdonough does in the letter we're going to take this to the un and ask them if we get a deal to lift sanctions. so what do you think about this idea, yeah, we're going to put it to a vote at the un but congress, per secretary kerry will have to stay out? >> the president has certain powers as president of the united states, the congress has powers as the legislative branch. we respect both branchs. the president has every right to enter into agreements. every president has done that and major policy agreements with other countries and multi-national agreements. he has every right to do that. ultimately the congress is the policy arm of government. we have the right to pass legislation. we can counter what the president has done. we can support what the president has done. in regards to iran we have a common objective. that objective is to prevent iran from having the capacity for a nuclear weapon. >> when john kerry says, congress has no ability to change an executive agreement, you say -- >> i don't think that's exactly what the s

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu continued this week with white house chief of staff denis mcdonough declaring that an occupation that has lasted for almost 50 years must end. his remarks came after the president vowed to reassess the u.s./israeli relations in light of mr. netanyahu's comments on palestinian statehood during his re-election campaign, and as top administration officials suggested the u.s. could withhold support for israel at the united nations. we're back with dan henninger and bill mcgurn. editorial board member dorothy rabinowitz also joins the panel. bill, i would have thought in the wake of an election victory benjamin netanyahu, he won in a big way, you'd want to calm things down. restore ties, put some of the -- you know, the ill feeling behind us. behind them. >> right. >> he's not. so what's the president thinking here? >> i think the obvious thing which we don't take into account, he beliefsves it. the chief of staff speaks for the president. i actually believe that. >> when you say what does he believe -- >> i think he believes that -- what they have said in

>> said jannie markets mcdonough's plan to use the levy greens in some of it menu items soon. i don't know, when i think mcdonald's, i definitely do not think kale. but i guess i have to re-think healthier. >> yes, can i get some fries with that, indeed. >> there you go, kale salad with fries. i like. >> ya, that sound really healthy. >> uh-huh. >> and a big mac? >> talk to you a littltle later this morning. after a short break, traffic and weather together. we do it o >> 4:53, let's get our traic and weather together. check in with jessica. >> good morning, everyone happy tuesday. 4:54 outside on 95, where we do have a disable truck in the area here, blocking out the right hand shoulder, and the southbound lanes and partially blocking the off ramp to highland avenue. let's get a check on new jersey, everything looking okay. starting to see a little volume in the northbound lanes of everything still moving along great. if you are headed northbound toward 295 or to philadelphia, the surround area bridges, no problems there. out in west vincent route 401 closed due to accident a

did i say mcdonough? dennis mcdonough is the chief of staff. he didn't take on added responsibility since my confirmation. dennis mcclaren, i apologize. we are looking at ways that while we may need more time to explore the final cleanup, the record of decision on this that we will have sites ready and moving forward regardless of when that decision gets made so we will get that decision made as quickly as possible but we are also getting all the preliminary steps ready so that we can continue to move forward and not sequentially think about these issues. i think we are working really hard with oregon to make sure that is the case so don't lose any time in this process. >> with all due respect we have lost a lot of time. i'm not sure the current administrator shares your enthusiasm with getting this done in a timely manner and the biggest concern i have is you collaborative partnerships want to step up and they are getting beaten up on a regular basis. here's a group that should be a shining example of how the process could work and your contin

now, in the letter chief of staff denis mcdonough reiterates a veto threat.onough writing, quote, we believe that the legislation would likely have a profoundly negative impact on the ongoing negotiations emboldening iranian hard-liners, differentiating the u.s. position from our allies in negotiations and once again calling into question our ability to negotiate this deal. and again, issuing a veto threat there, steve. now, the nuclear talks with iran are set to resume today in switzerland. secretary kerry will travel there later today. and of course, this comes as the obama administration has been fuming about that letter that you mentioned, that letter that was written by more than 40 senate republicans to iranian officials, essentially warning that any deal could ultimately be overturned by a future president. senator corker and his senate colleagues insist that congress should be allowed to weigh in to consider and vote on any agreement with iran. but the obama administration has asked that congress let the negotiations play out before taking any legisla

bill: i think mcdonough also suggested there will be a fight there will be this big debate in congress. he called it a robust congressional debate but you still have a chance of the veto threat from the commander-in-chief even if congress does act. >> right, we do but the thing is, this is an ongoing battle between the coequal branches. presidency a coequal branch with the congress. laws are written by congress. we wrote and passed the sanctions that can only be undone by congress. simply what we pointed out in the letter is what the constitution states and what the law states. laws can only be undone by the congress. bill: there is a deadline in two weeks and they're meeting again today in switzerland and john kerry was quoted over the weekend that an extension is not likely. we'll see whether that is the case or not. topic, number two hillary clinton's emails on sunday her campaign confirmed with fox news about the fact that they personally saw 30,000 emails declaring what was personal and what was not but you made news yesterday saying you clearly believe she broke the law. what law

meanwhile chief of staff dennis mcdonough sent a let'ser to lawmakers saturday saying have a, quote profoundly . and later today, we expect learn the names of four army national gua members killed in a helicopter crash. seven marines were also killed last week. black hawk hr went town in thick fog during a training exercise. >>> a man died while hiking when a tree fell and crushed him in mary.n parish was hiking on the appalachian tra investigators say a gust of wind blew the tree over. a park ranger performed cpr, but could not save him. parish started his hike on friday. >>> th investigators are trying to figure out what led to a car hitting two children in montgomery county. this happened yesterday afternoon on regency drive in potomac. crews rushed the children to children's hospital. no word on their conditions this morning. >>> former basketball coach at georgetown recovering from a major surgnow. the university says john thompson jr. had surgery for a twisted intestine earlier this month. he led the ohio i can't say to the national championship 30 years ago. thompson jr.'s son now coach

coming on the heels of some strong words about israel from the president's chief of staff, denis mcdonough, while addressing j-street yesterday, today's report in the "wall street journal" built on leaks from senior u.s. officials, let's be clear, looks like the latest salvo in an increasingly acrimonious battle between the white house and benjamin netanyahu. joining me is white house national security correspondent, adam entis. first, i want you to respond to blanket denials being issued by members of the israeli government. did you get this story wrong? >> so if you look carefully at "the wall street journal" story, basically said that the israelis were spying on the negotiations, not on the -- it didn't say specifically spying on the u.s. negotiators. so there's a critical distinction here between what israeli officials consider to be targeted espionage against u.s. officials. ie, bugging officials, hacking into secure u.s. communication systems, and what israeli officials say that they do do, which is, they sweep up u.s. communications, with other officials that they are targeting, inc

on monday, president obama's chief of staff, dennisis mcdonough addressed a group and reminded peoplee current extraordinary committed an extraordinary a time and energy. >> that's why the prime minister's comments on the leave of the election in which he first internated and then made very clear in smons to a follow-up question that a palestinian state will not be established while he is prime minister were so very troubling. we cannot simply pretend that these comments were never made. [ applause ] >> and to make it perfectly clear where the current administration stands he added this headline grabber. >> an occupation that has lasted for almost 50 years must end. [cheers and applause] and the palestinian people ern themselves in their own sovereign state. >> so right now, it seems the white house is still furious with the israeli prime minister. it's hard not to take notice of a keynote speech like the one delivered by the president's chief of staff. cnn's political correspondent joins us now. it's an indication, do you see it as far as the administration is concerned that it's no

the white house chief of staff denis mcdonough was talking to a group and said we can't pretend these comments don't exist. it calls into question his commitment to a two-state solution. officials say, listen it's going to take words, not actions. it's going to -- sorry. it's going to take actions, not words, to prove that he's serious and it's going to take some time. you can't just put that genie back in the bottle. >> no you can't. >> now, steven yates along with president at the arab american institute is joining me. it took a few days. he's been taking a lot of heat for that comment about bussing arabs, getting his base to go out and vote. do you think his apology is sincere? >> they are not going to accept it and they have ever reason not to accept it. the fact is that netanyahu is netanyahu and a known comedy and he's been pursing racist policies his entire political career even before he became boim back in prime minister back in the '90s. they know him and how he operates and saw the jewish state bill that he was proposing that brought his government down that was establishin

. >> a letter to chief of staff denis mcdonough writes, in part -- thursday, corker wrote president obama saying there is, in his words, significant and growing bipartisan support for congress to consider and vote on any plans. so with a new set of iran talks, set for this week, in fact, what impact could this rift between republicans and the obama administration have? because the white house is giving a glimpse in that letter to senator corker. here is something else that was in it. they wrote if congressional action is perceived as preventing us from reaching a deal, it will create divisions within the international community putting at risk the very international cooperation that's been essential to our ability to pressure iran. put simply make it possible to secure international cooperation for additional sanctions while putting at risk the multiexisting lateral sanctions. let's talk with kimberly dozier of "the daily beast." is there truth in what they are saying there that congressional action would impede in some part u.s. international relationships internationally? >> what mauck

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white house chief of staff dennis mcdonough wrote an e-mail to the president's cabinet 2013 and one of addressees was this gmail account believed to belong to hagel, the 24th secretary of defense. the pentagon says any official government e-mail sent from any of hagel's accounts would be archived under agency policy at the george washington university national security archive, which specializes in the archiving of government documents. they said use of gmail by a cabinet leader carries risk. >> in general, the government's e-mail systems are going to have far more security encryption protection ability to track, ability to fend off hackers than would private systems, especially if you're the secretary of defense, where the national security agency is under your domain. >> we've asked the pentagon what steps it took to secure mr. hagel's private e-mail account and the agency said it's declining to comment on its security. wendy? >> scott mcfarlane. >>> new testimony today in the trial of the man who's accused of planting bombs at the boston marathon. today a carjacking victim took the

netanyahu and it is another indication -- we do not know , you of netanyahu, we don't know what b mcdonoughooks like they're going to continue to ratchet this up. >> i think as bob and as liz is suggesting there's so much at stake in thee relationship hard between the united states and israel, it's hard to believe that the people who are making decisions in the administration aren't taking the longview. yes, there clearly is a short-term peak over what happened and i think peoplele arepeak looking both at the bomb tickpolitics of it although it's clear that republicans are going to do bart with the jewish vote given las what's happened in the last few you weeks, with knetanyahu, one can assume there's going to be more votes or more money. vot at the same time, i think what wh netanyahuat has helped to do is to create questions about this historic bipartisan support for an israel in the united states. andd i think to the younger generation of jewish voters people who know the jewish community well younger jewish voters, or voter who is just are not comfortable with netanyahu his domestic pos

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until last month and on at least one occasion in october 2013 white house chief of staff dennis mcdonough wrote to a group of u.s. cabinet secretaries and copied this now defunct private address, the e-mail believed to have belonged to the 24th secretary of defense chuck hagel hagel. contacted by news4, a spokesman said of hagel, "he understood the need to keep two separate and to keep government business emails on his official e-mail and on some limited occasions an e-mail may have been sent to or from the wrong account." the pentagon spokesman also says ash karlter, chuck hagel's successor, also maintains separate personal and governmental e-mail accounts. we just put the white house spops to our story on nbcwashington.com.response to our story on nbcwashington. >>> iran's foreign minister says a letter from u.s. republican lawmakers suggest the united states is not trustworthy. 47 gop senators sent a letter warning that any nuclear deal with the obama administration could be scrapped once the president leaves office. the white house and senate democrats have denounced this letter accus

. >> reporter: dennis mcdonough sent a letter to bob corker assuring him that congress will have a role to play and will have to take a vote but the white house conceded that they would rather congress stay out of the process for months for a framework agreement. >> for all of the hyperventilating that we see on capitol hill there is no green that has been reached. >> and press secretary josh earnest said they may want congress to hold off even longer. that is not going to fly with republicans or perhaps even democrats. as for cotton's letter officials are calling it a distraction but one official told me it's not a helpful one and we should keep in mind that cotton went after the white house again after his first speech on the senate floor, he described the talks under way as quote, appeasement. erin? >> obviously a reference to world war ii. thank you jim acosta. john john barrasso is joining me. you were one of the senators that signed the letter. what do you say, senator, to the american people who think obviously there by a margin of 10 percentage points they think what you did is

in a three-page letter to corker, chief of staff denis mcdonough writes. we have it here.nce again, calling into question our ability to negotiate this deal. we have got cnn global affairs analyst and contributing writer for "the daily beast" kimberly dozier with us now. how much of that is true or is that just bluster from the white house? >> they have about two weeks to finish this deal in geneva, so anything like an additional sign from republicans in congress that they might throw the deal out the window adds pressure to those negotiations, specifically it puts pressure on the iranian negotiators from their own hardliners. hardliners in the religious administration in iran do not want this deal and seize on any possible objection to say, see? walk away. that is why you see the iranian negotiators pushing harder for a faster lifting of both u.n. and u.s. sanctions and that just ratchets tension up at the negotiating table. >> beyond the iranians, this just started. the biggest punch is when the 47 senators sent a letter over to the ayatollah. the foreign minister said t

i know that we're not only making at sure that we get the clean-up correct -- did i make mcdonough.e chief of staff of the president. he didn't take on added responsibility during -- dennis mcclarion. i apologize. we are looking at ways that while we may need time to explore the final clean-up, the record of decision on this that we'll have sites ready and moving forward regardless of when that decision gets made. so we'll get that decision made as quickly as possible. but we are also getting all of the preliminary steps ready so that we can continue to move forward and not sequentially think about these issues and i think we're working really hard with oregon to make sure that is the case so that we don't lose any time in this process. >> with all due respect, we've lost a lot of time and i'm not sure the administrator shares your enthusiasm forgetting this done in a timely matter. and the biggest concern i have is you have a clib taf partnership -- collaborate partnership trying to step up and getting beaten up with requirements and regulations and i appreciate your cooperation. >

white house chief of staff dennis mcdonough said yesterday that they cannot pretend these commence were never made and added that the occupation that has lasted more than 50 years must end. now these are very strong statements. clearly. talk to us about how this is also playing out and how it has really changed the relationship each more between the united states and israel. >> reporter: absolutely. we've seen netanyahu backtrack on both commence. first the commence about arab voters on election day. then the commence he made right before election day when he said there would be no two-state solution under him. he's tried to backtrack the two-state solution comments. the white house rejected that backtracking. he's apologized for the comments he made about arabs. the white house not the only one not accepting the apology. the joint arab list one of the strongest parties -- parties that made the strongest showing in the elections rejecting his apologies. again, comments that infuriated many here and in the united states certainly will not improve relations in any way. but at this point w

. >> dennis mcdonough wrote to congress, to the senate on friday night saying please back off, not just to the 47 senators but also to democratic allies and this was tim kaine's response on "meet the press." >> the deal being negotiated with iran is about what will iran do to get out from under congressional sanctions. so it is unrealistic to think that congress is not going to be involved in looking at a final deal. i am a pro diplomacy senator and i have supported the negotiations to this point. but any deal that touches upon the congressional statutory sanctions is going to get a review of congress. >> they are going to have the final say one way or the other, this is a treaty farce the administration is concerned and executive agreement others have been negotiated. congress is going to have its say whether through appropriations or the unilateral sanctions, the phasing out of sanctions that will be part of the agreement. >> senator kaine is right, the issue is and there seems to have been some confusion in the minds of the 47 that somehow this kind of agreement requires a two-thirds

over the weekend white house chief of staff dennis mcdonough sending a letter to corker urging him to reconsider that. he wrote "we believe the legislation would likely have a profoundly negative impact on the ongoing negotiations emboldening iranian hardliners, differentiating the allies in the negotiations and once again calling into question our ability to negotiate this deal. the administration's request to the congress is simple, let us complete the negotiations before the congress acts on legislation. if we successfully negotiate a framework by the end of this month in a final deal by the end of june, we expect a robust debate in congress." let me ask you, what is the role in your mind, the proper role for congress here? because the case that the republicans are making, the democrats who signed on to the corker legislation make is, hey, look, any deal that's struck is going to involve easing sanctions that congress passed. so shouldn't congress get a vote on any deal? >> well, steve, first of all, bob corker is a dear friend of mine. he came and he asked me to look at the letter

. >> and the white house chief of staff denis mcdonough talking this week about the relationship anded the word occupation and something we've heard around the world but never in the united states. >> the independent palestinian should be based on the 1969 plot each state made secure by borders and robust provisions that safeguard's israel's security. an occupation that has lasted for 50 years must end and the palestinian people -- the palestinian people must have the right to live in and govern themself in their own sovereign state. >> is it fair to use the word occupation to describe that relationship and what does it say about the relationship between the united states and israel that we're using that word publicly. >> i'm proud to say as a democrat i'm zionist to the core. but the fact of the matter is i use the word "occupation." however, let's make sure we understand it in the terms of the context -- and i was there. i wanted to see that speech. and when you single out one side and leave the palestinians basically immunized as if they are operating with clean hands and when the

this white house has been very tough in its response post election, i misspoke when i said denis mcdonough'ss the first time we heard a u.s. official use the term occupation. the president used it back in his cairo speech and jerusalem in 2013 but it was the way he phrased it that was so telling because he said -- >> 50 years of occupation painted a much bleaker picture. >> but the world occupation has been used for. i want to correct the record on that. now what -- what does israel do as they see these moves? there's some indications that netanyahu may not be as o vert against the nuclear agreement as it emerges, depending on how. >> it depends what it is. the official position is they are going to be against any deal that doesn't bring them down to zero. and that's -- you talk to israeli officials and they say we get that zero is as spirational not probable. >> but he is beginning to say some amount -- >> there is some amount and they accept that. i think what you see here is netanyahu trying to start the basic negotiations with the u.n. the way the u.n. thing is going to shape out. there'

here is what denis mcdonough writes. we believe the legislation would likely have a profoundly negative impact on the ongoing negotiations, emboldening iranian hard-liners. moreover, if congressional action is perceived as preventing us from reaching a deal, it will create divisions within the international community, putting at risk the very international cooperation that has been to pressure iran. what do you say to the president? clo who clearly doesn't like the legislation that you're a cosponsor of? >> i'm a proud co-sponsor of the legislation and, look, the white house is frustrated with congress because congress is taking action in the last few weeks, showing an unacceptable level of contempt for the office of the president. however, let's be realistic here, the deal that is being negotiated with iran is about what will iran do in order to get out from under congressional sanctions? and so it is unrealistic to think that congress is not going to be involved in looking at a final deal. i am a pro-diplomacy senator