>> i think netanyahu's statement is clearly misleading.he reality is it takes years to build and operate a facility to make the nuclear materials you need for a nuclear bomb. as tom was pointing out, 24 days is actually quite short on a time scale of years and it's not just a matter of flushing stuff down the toilet. it is very difficult to clean up a site in a way where inspectors can't find traces. take, for example, the case of syria. they built an illegal reactor. israel bombed the raekter. syria bulldozed the site kept the iaea away for months but when the inspectors got there they still managed to find uranium particles even though syria bulldozed the site completely. the notion it is easy to clean up these places in a few days is just not correct. >> i want to listen to something else netanyahu said about iran being an actual threat to the united states. let's listen to that. >> we think this is not merely a threat to us. we think it is a threat to you, as well. just five days ago, the so-called moderate president of iran was at a r

netanyahu saying he was used such strong language that people weren't taking him seriously. again as we have been mentioning and suggesting that iran's ultimate goal to take over the world was in the words of one israeli politician foolish and they have a weaker one than israel and the economy is smaller than the u.s. state of new york so again many people criticizing mr. netanyahu for overstating the threat of iran when he could have put forward a very deliberate and carefully reasoned argument for not agreeing with the deal but whatever the case it's pretty clear a deal has been reached and that iran is certainly going to be moving forward from years of isolation and sanctions. >> reporting to us there from west jerusalem in israel. now a former director general of the international atomic energy agency and joins me now from stockholm and thank you for being with us. first of all your initial reaction to the news of this deal. >> i think very positive and i think after so many years of talks between the western world and iran it is welcome that there is the result and the

israel's prime minister netanyahu has denounced the deal and president obama phoned him to restate u.scking for israel. also ahead in yemen rebel houthi fighters have been driven out of the international airport in aiden. and close encounter nasa's new horizon craft swings by pluto at the climax of a decade old journey. >> reporter: turmoil in the richest richest cricket league and suspended after a corruption investigation. ♪ taken almost a decade to reach and iran and six major world powers have agreed to a historic nuclear deal which will see iran limit nuclear activities in return the lifting of crippling sanctions, under agreement iran will destroy 98% of weapons grade uranium and remove center fuges used to enrich uraninum and allow inspectors to the sites when necessary and a clause is in place to allow sanctions to be reinstated within 65 days and al jazeera diplomatic editor james base reports from vienna. >> reporter: the moment agreement was finally reached, after hours of intense negotiations into the night the key players here said it was a historic deal. its opponents bel

by the way benjamin netanyahu is going to be speaking at 9:30 eastern. we'll carry his remarks live. >>> still to come in the "newsroom" a historic mistake for the world, that's how israel is describing the iranian nuclear deal. up next benjamin netanyahu is set to speak in just minutes. i'll be right back. [meow mix jingle slowly and quietly plucks] right on cue. [cat meows] ♪meow, meow, meow, meow...♪ it's more than just a meal it's meow mix mealtime. with great taste and 100% complete nutrition, it's the only one cats ask for by name. did you know that meeting your daily protein needs actually helps to support your muscle health? boost® high protein nutritional drink can help you get the protein you need. each serving has 15 grams of protein to help maintain muscle, plus 26 vitamins and minerals including calcium and vitamin d to support strong bones. boost® high protein is the #1 selling high protein complete nutritional drink and it has a great taste-guaranteed! help get the nutrition you need everyday with boost® high protein. join the club at bran

that's how benjamin netanyahu is describing the deal with iran.ring you more israeli reaction when we come back. staying in rhythm... it's how i try to live... how i stay active. so i need nutrition... that won't weigh me down. for the nutrition you want without the calories you don't... introducing boost® 100 calories. each delicious snack size drink gives you... 25 vitamins and minerals and 10 grams of protein. so it's big in nutrition and small in calories. i'm not about to swim in the slow lane. get a coupon for a free sample at boost.com does your makeup remover take it all off? every kiss-proof cry-proof, stay-proof look? neutrogena® makeup remover does. it erases 99% of your most stubborn makeup with one towelette. need any more proof than that? neutrogena. >>> welcome back to our special coverage of the nuclear deal with iran. israel has condemned the deal in no uncertain terms. the president benjamin netanyahu says the world is a most much dangerous place today than it was yesterday and he adds israel will not be bound by what he calls a

yes already called israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. these are important regional allies with united states, who are, of course, not happy that there appeared to have been very clear overtures from the united states toward iran. the united states is now seen as having divided loyalties in that region by both saudi arabia and israel. and certainly the united states is seen by prime minister of israel as making the world more dangerous place. you already know that the relationship between netanyahu and obama is not a good one. we know they were on the phone with each other earlier today and did not appear to agree on much. just a case of obama noting and stating things to benjamin netanyahu. no indication of any kind of agreement between these two men recently don't get along. laura: as far as obama is concerned, some are calling this his nixon in china moment. is this the foreign policy legacy he is looking for? philip: well, that was in a 72 when president nixon opened up to what was an enemy at the time. that is a similar certainly in

netanyahu said, he said that this deal effectively gives, and i quote, iran a short path to a nuclear weapon and he also said it would ensure that iran receives hundreds of billions of dollars to and i quote spread terrorism and said this was a bad mistake of historical proportions and levelling a lot of criticism against the deal the deal he has been the most focal critic about since the talks began. >> it will be interesting to see we will have a larger public reaction to this and obviously the israeli prime minister has a lot of support and his starts on this deal but what has been the kind of general reaction from the public to this and how are they likely to see this? >> it's really interesting and iran sort of occupies this space in the psyche and obviously when you have a prime minister like netanyahu who has been a public figure in israel for many many years and has been prime minister now four times and throughout his career he has consistently reiterated the threat of iran and now here we have it his fourth term as prime minister and not consecutive but serving as prime mini

netanyahu takes the threat of iran. and it is something that i would say that a lot of israelis are increasingly feeling is the same as well. and you only have to pay attention to the political discourse owing going on here in israel currently now that it looks very clear that a deal has been reached. you have opposition politicians here in israel fiercely criticizing mr. netanyahu because he failed in their view to stop this deal. so this deal between iran and these western powers and certainly world leaders deeply continue her shall herecontroversial in israel and mr. netanyahu will no doubt continue to criticize the deal and certainly put pressure president obama in the united states as mr. obama takes this deal to u.s. law makers to try to get it through the houses of -- or wrath rather to get it passed as law. >> imtiaz tyab joining us from jerusalem with the reaction from israel on the historic deal with iraq. al jazerra's senior political analyst joins me now from london. and we talked earlier there about the fac

eric: we are awaiting comments from benjamin netanyahu.e'll have his comments for you live in just a few moments. and we'll hear from one of the republican critics. kelly ayotte. >> i think this is such a bad deal it would be hard to muster 20 votes. the president has taken the world's most destabilizing power, our country's chief anre tag tonight and aguaranteed they will become a nuclear nation. at ally bank no branches equals great rates. it's a fact. kind of like shopping hungry equals overshopping. martha: israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu set to speak any minute on the iran deal. he even made a special appearance before congress in march to lobby against the talks. that was hugely controversial as you remember. in the meantime president obama is warning critics in congress what will happen if they try to sink this long negotiated and worked for deal. >> i'm confident this deal will meet the national security interests of the united states and our allies. i'll veto any legislation that prevents the successful implementation of

says the deal meets objectives but some of iran's neighbors are not so happy and prime minister netanyahuenounced the deal and president obama phoned him for u.s. backing from israel. also ahead in yemen rebel houthi fighters have been driven out of the international airforce in aiden. and close encounter, nasa's new horizon swings by pluto with a climax of a decade-old journey. ♪ it has taken a decade to reach and finally iran and six major world powers agreed to a historic nuclear deal and see iran limit the nuclear activities in return for the lifting of crippling sanctions and destroy 98% of weapons and remove two thirds of center fuges used to enrich uranium and access to the sites when and where necessary and by mutual agreement and if iran breaches the agreement a clause has been put in place which will allow sanctions to be reinstated within 65 days and al jazeera's diplomatic reporter james base reports from vienna. >> reporter: the moment agreement was finally reached. after hours of intense negotiations into the night the key players here said it was a historic deal. its oppone

benjamin netanyahu has been prime minister for six years. reason he hasn't taken military option. >> critics of the deal have said the sanctions were working. why not just ratchet up the pressure with sanctions? >> the problem is there's a whole world outside the united states. even if we ratchet up sanctions, the rest of the world is not going to indefinitely keep sanctions on iran without a deal. so global pressure on iran probably goes down rather than up which means our leverage for a better deal is lower, not higher. that's why the alternatives to this deal were worse. >> screw up the sankctions. that's a real area of pushback. we have this other concern, which is that when you lift the sanctions, billions and billions will flood into legitimizing them and making them a bigger terror tool than ever. >> reporter: you have to look at the administrations on standards of success on this deal. i hear peter on this. i've covered iran for ten years. i was there when the president made that phone call. when you look at theprogress in the last t

netanyahu? >> israel is safer. >> historic mistake is what he said. >> he said the same thing about the interim agreement. and he was wrong. the fact is that he's practically been making comments that are way over the top. he doesn't even know what the concessions are that we have not engaged in because we haven't made concessions. so there's a game -- there's a process here. this is under attack by people who really don't know the terms of the agreement. and they don't offer an alternative. their alternative is what perpetual state of sanctions? not gonna happen. are european and chinese and russian friends are not going to do that. what are they going to do say, well, we're going to bring you to heel by saying you can't have enrichment at all? that's what president bush had as a policy and they went from 164 centrifuges to 19,000. so we are the first administration to actually stop their program, roll it back, make it accountable, and set up a system going for ward into the future. that's a be

now, netanyahu has a few choices. he can reach out to the president, invite the conversation on this issue and try to make aments for a real separation on policy between the two nations unprecedented in the last 25-30 years. or he could say we don't have to abide by this deal. we're not bound to this deal. that's what netanyahu seems to be saying apart from what president obama and his state department needs to do is engage israel on that fact. it does not help the situation but they have their own interests, and the president really needs to, and i think he will in this press conference convince people that this does not put israel in further danger, and he's very cognizant of the dangers imposed by iran in the past. >> such a good point. lisa stark the announcement that ash carter will be headed to israel, making it clear to members of congress that we're going to be giving israel additional military help. how is that going over with israeli supporters on capitol hill? >> of course, the president did call benjamin n

netanyahu and president obama succeeded. the policy led by president obama in 2011 and 2012 with the harsh sanctions, harsh rhetorics and making it very clear to the iranians that he's tough, that changed iran, that brought it to the table. and i think that, if we would go -- if there's still an option, perhaps, it's not too late, to go back to that kind of attitude, of assertive diplomacy led by a person who represents the rest of america and the free world, saying to the people out there who have different ideas and different psyches and different approaches to life that we will not let them take over the middle east and endanger world stability. >> rose: the president says this is the best possible deal and way and there is no alternative as good as . this that's his argument. his argument is this will stop iran from getting a nuclear weapon. you agree with that, over the next ten years correct? but things may happen. but let's assume where we are now. with the passion you have with the intelligence you have, with the exp

. >> that has been articulated best by prime minister netanyahu netanyahu. both came head to head on the iran issue. israel worked hard to put pressure on the negotiators, u.s. negotiators and european negotiators. they believe that iran would not stick to a deal that iran is hiding nuclear work that they could use for military purposes and not nuclear energy. in the last hours of the deal there were states out of tel aviv and jerusalem that this deal was going to be bad. we saw american jewish leaders early this morning including the the head of world jewish congress saying this is bad, we want to see details. we don't just iran. for them to see iran leadership and cause of death to america and death to israel in the streets of teheran even this past weekend. they're threatened by iran i think from the other side. i would say iran sees israel as a nuclear power not one trying to get nuclear weapons but already established. iran has troops on the borders in afghanistan and iraq. it's felt they're in the dangerous neighborhood and felt threatened by israel. t

this has been prime minister bench benjamin netanyahu's priority. making sure that get a nuclear weapon. the deal by our allies, our partners the p5+1, achieves that goal. it achieves our top priority. making sure that iran does not get a nuclear weapon. we have always recognized that even if iran does not get a nuclear weapon iran still poses challenges to our interests, and our values both in the region and around the world. so when this deal gets implemented we know that we will have dismantleed the immediate concerns around iran's nuclear program. we'll have brought their stock piles down to 98%. we'll have significantly reduced the number of centrifuges that they operate. we'll have installed unprecedented inspections regime, and that will remain in place not just for ten years but for, for example on the stock piles will continue for 15 years. iran will have pledged to the international community that it will not develop a nuclear weapon, and now will be subject to an additional protocol a more vigorous inspection and monitoring regime that la

and israel and between president obama and prime minister binyamin netanyahu.also falls to binyamin netanyahu for leaving israel marginalized and left out of the negotiations >>> and this from the israeli newspaper writing that it will allow iran to interfere in syria, saying that sanctions will free up billions. and that the deal could reduce international criticisms of iran said roll in syria. the website offers this tape titled the real works starts now. >> the deal is touted as historic, but more work needs to be done before it becomes history. one of the biggest hurdles is the u.s. congress. some leaders in the middle east worry that the deal could be strengthened. >> reporter: with this historic nuclear agreement iranians can throw all the chain of sanctions. exports are expected to sky rocked. billions in trade and invest in sectors such as oil, aviation housing and technology. >> it was a gold hin. >> it has a huge population it has an able citizenry that can work and be creative and do more than manual labour. it has a strong regional link. it has year

israel's prime minister netanyahu has denounced the deal and president obama phoned him to restate u.sfor israel. also ahead in yemen rebel houthi fighters have been driven out of the inter

but at the end of the day netanyahu tends to be driven by domestic political calculations. and his partners in his coalition government and he has a very narrow coalition government some of his partners are to his right. and insist on constructing more settlements. so even as we saw some settlement -- some of the settlement you know being frozen or him not supporting settlement expansion, at the same time, we saw him cave in to the settler dmansdz, into the demands of his right wing construction of 300 new units in bae el. >> what does the prime minister nenlt need to do here you think? >> well, i think there are several steps that the government needs to take and that the prime minister in particular needs to take soon. first, i think that he and his education minister, naftali bennett of the right wing party need to allocate and increase funds in the educational budget that would support programs to fight racism in israel. secondly netanyahu should inform any of his ministers any of the knesset members that are part of his coalition that if they are going to speak out aga

netanyahu is hoping republicans in congress will agree the deal gives away far too much. while israel has been by far the most vocal critic arab states especially saudi arabia are also skeptical. they worry that iran will cheat and that an emboldened tehran will just make the middle east even more chaotic. lester? >> richard engel in tel aviv tonight. thank you. i want to turn to chuck todd nbc news political director and moderator of "meet the press" in our washington bureau. chuck, how deep is the opposition in congress to this deal? >> it's pretty deep. lester, it was really hard to find a republican either on the presidential campaign trail or on capitol hill to say anything nice about this deal at all. most of them criticized it before even reading the deal. that said the senate republican leader mitch mcconnell admitted that congress's ability to actually block the implementation of the agreement is going to be very hard. and here's why. while congress has some oversight on what sanctions that the president can turn off, the republican-controlled congress is going t

. >>> israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu had a strained relationship with president obama. the discord reached a peak in march when binyamin netanyahu broke with roto cole and addressed -- protocol and addressed the u.s. congress without an invitation of the white house. israeli and u.s. relations may be tested as never before of the let's get more of the israeli perspective from a likud member of the knesset. she joins us from tel aviv. thank you for joining us. you share some, at least, of prime minister binyamin netanyahu's view that not only is the deal flawed, but negotiations towards this were destroyed. -- flawed. >> thank you for having me. i would like to say the problem is not all about israel. it's about the recession, and the problem with this agreement is around the stability of the whole region and war. we are not speaking about the western world. today it's bastille day, 14th of july, and this is the head of the other - the arab world, israel and the west on the guillotine of iran. it's not less than that. i think that the west choose to put the eggs in the b

netanyahu said. that israel's concern is that iran is effectively being given the green light it pave the way, as he described it, to a nuclear weapon. he also went onto say that iran because of the lifting of sanctions, will also have access to hundreds of billions of dollars to, what he described as spreading terrorism. and ended it by saying that this deal was a mistake of historic calhistoricalproportions none of what mr. netanyahu has said is new. he has been, extremely vocal critic of the deal but as we have said it looks almost certain that these western powers and iran have come one some kind of an agreement. >> and as far as popular opinion in israel right now, is there kind of any body of opinion that might be spotter this is deal -- support this is deal at all? >> it appears that we have lost our connection to imtiaz there in jerusalem arc poll i didn'ts for that. we will move on for now to the other top story dominating our headlines this monday. >>> hundreds of ante austerity practicepro

that's prime minister benjamin netanyahu. he said pretty much what you expected him to say, this this deal was a historic mistake that puts israel in ever more danger. we're going to talk about this on the other side of a break. i'll be right back. introducing neutrogena hydro boost water gel. instantly quenches skin to keep it supple and hydrated day after day. formulated with hydrating hyaluronic acid which retains up to 1000 times its weight in water. this refreshing water gel plumps skin cells with intense hydration and locks it in. for supple, hydrated skin that bounces back. new hydro boost. from neutrogena. so what i'm saying is, people like options. when you take geico, you can call them anytime you feel like saving money. it don't matter, day or night. use your computer, your smartphone, your tablet, whatever. the point is you have options. oh, how convenient. hey. crab cakes, what are you looking at? geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. this allergy season, will you be a so

all of the middle eastern nations are as appalled at least privately as netanyahu is. they know iran is a bad actor. you don't reward bad behavior hoping it results in better behavior. what this deal essentially does is to give an enormous reward -- i'll tell you how this deal works. it works under two conditions that you trust perform and that you trust the iranians. gretchen let me be blunt. i trust neither president obama nor the iranians. for that reason alone, even apart from language this is a colossal failure. all we can do is hope that the members of congress are acting in the best interest of safety security not just of the middle east but the entire world. >> as you just mentioned, we have at least four americans as well still being held by iran. we have no idea if they were any part of this deal governor. doesn't seem like they were. three in jail. a fourth believed to be held captive still. what do we need to do to bring them home? >> that should have been part of any deal. the deal is on its face bad. what makes it worse is that we didn't even get some of

but the prime minister netanyahu is right.ran is a dangerous destabilizing force in the middle east. somehow good policy seems to me to use the deal to cap the nuclear threat that iran would pose for ten years. but work on that other problem. i wish i heard more how to change iranian behavior that is still threatening. >> dickerson: what do you think is biggest selling point of the deal. best selling point? >> the best selling point that it's a way if the iranians actually don't cheat, it's a way to keep them from building nuclear bomb for half generation or more. the worst part to build on what david is saying is that, the issue is what they're going to do with their windfall. that is the question that we haven't seen answered yet. they could take that money they're going to get $150 billion out of this. the first sort of iteration they could create havoc or more havoc in the middle east, the question going forward is, to this story is not ending the question going forwards how are we going to contain them conventionally. we'

netanyahu and president obama succeed. the policy led by president obama in 2011 and 2012 with harsh sanctions and harsh rhetoric, making it very clear to the irani and that he is tough, that changed iran and brought them to the table. if there is still an option perhaps it is too late, to go back to that kind of attitude of diplomacy led by a person who represents the best of america and the free world but saying to the people out there who have different ideas and different psyche and a different approach to life, that we will not have it, that we will not let them take over the middle east and endanger world stability. charlie: this is the best possible deal in best possible way and that there is no alternative as good as this is what the president would say. that is his argument. his argument is this will stop iran from getting a nuclear weapon and you agree with that over the next 10 years. let's assume where we are now. with the passion you have, the intelligence you have, any experience you have and the amount of en

prime minister netanyahu says he will not stand for a nuclear iran.o the question becomes, if he feels the deal will pave the way for iran to develop nuclear weapons. what will israel do next? cnn, jerusalem. >>> christiane amanpour spoke to one of the top negotiator. that was shortly after the deal was done. >> he called the deal a historic moment but says it is certainly not perfect. here's more of their conversation. >> history is made by good decisions implemented. i think it is good for all. it is now time to implement it. more importantly than that if you want to make history today, this has to be the foundation for building on something that can in fact break a several year old misperception, unnecessary crisis so we can deal with the real cry cease that are affecting all of us. >> iran has always called the united states the great satan. now you are making a deal with the united states the great satan. some are already saying it's a surrender. how will you sell it back home? >> well first of all, we have an agreement it's not with the united s

and the most severe criticism came from the israeli prime minister netanyahu.inion as to what he thinks of this landmark agreement. >> what a stunning historic mistake. israel is not done is not bound by this deal with iran. and israel is not bound by this deal with iran because iran continues to seek our destruction. we will always defend ourselves. >> joining me now at the top of the hour at the white house, nbc's chris jansing, richard engle and peter nephew who worked on sanctions at the state department. chris, i want to start with you because you have an update about the president peeking with israeli prime minister netanyahu. >> reporter: i did. and he spoke to him after you heard the words that benjamin netanyahu and that wasn't the toughest thing he said a stunning historic mistake. now that this is a surprise. when you had netanyahu come here to washington and stand on the floor of congress and argue against this deal. there never was any question of where he stood but the president did speak with him and ash carter the defense secretary is going to b

this has been prime minister netanyahu's priority.s been our gulf allies' priority is making sure iran does not get a nuclear weapon. the deal negotiated by john kerry, wendy sherman, ernie moniz, our allies our partners the p5+1 achieves that goal. it achieves our top priority -- making sure that iran does not get a nuclear weapon. but we have always recognized that even if iran doesn't get a nuclear weapon iran still poses challenges to our interests and our values both in the region and around the world. so when this deal gets implemented we know that we will have dismantled the immediate concerns around iran's nuclear program. we will have brought their stockpiles down to 98%. we will have significantly reduced the number of centrifuges that they operate. we will have installed an unprecedented inspections regime and that will remain in place not just for ten years but, for example, on the stockpiles will continue to 15 years. iran will have pledged to the international community that it will not develop a nuclear weapon and now w

we are hearing from prime minister netanyahu this morning. he met with the dutch foreign minister here in jerusalem in which he called the agreement quote a historic mistake. members of his government also speaking out. we are hearing from his deputy foreign minister. tweeted this morning the following. she says quote, this agreement is historic surrender agreement of the west to the axis of evil. we will try to prevent the approval of the agreement. already we're hearing from his government. despite the fact they have yet to read the text of the agreement in detail. israeli officials i have been speaking to outline very serious concerns. they are very concerned this agreement will leave iran with what they characterize to be a formidable nuclear infrastructure to leave iran in a position of a nuclear threshold state capable of not producing one nuclear weapon, but an arsenal. they are concerned that the inspections and intelligence that the agreement is based upon is not enough to prevent iran potentially from cheating. already prior to the

. >> israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu said no dice as u.s. defense ash carter tries to convince him. >> despite normalization of u.s.-cuba relations the fight heats up over the right to consist as an u.s. naval base on cuban soil. >>> democracy dispute. >> the electoral process has been tainted. >> burundi's president hopes for a third term in office, but opponents and the u.s. question his legitimacy. >>> russian roulette. >> they were hoping that these sanctions would hurt vladimir putin personally, then they haven't worked. >> the russian president's gamble pays off in popularity as he thumbs his nose at the e.u. and the u.s. >> good evening. this is al jazeera america. i'm antonio mora. we begin with america's full court press to sell the iran nuclear deal to its mideast allies. ash carter met with prime minister benjamin netanyahu in jerusalem. he's trying to convince netanyahu that the deal are iran will not threaten israel's security. carter also held talks in jordan today. he heads to saudi arabia on wednesday where he tries to convin

anyway, speaking of netanyahu, here he is on nbc today, he had a message for americans. be afraid. that's watch. >> i fought and i said that this deal poses a great danger to israel and i believe it poses a great danger to america and the world, when you let the number one terrorist regime in the world have a sure path to the bomb and hundreds of billions of dollars with which to finance its terrorism around the world, that's not good for any of us. >> american hawks echoed that message of fear, let's watch. >> this proposed deal is a terrible, dangerous mistake, that's going to pave the path for iran to get a nuclear weapon. we've ensured they back a nuclear nation. >> it's a death sentence for israel. >> this is the most dangerous, irresponsible step i've ever seen in the history of watching the mid east. >> why would you make a deal with someone who's lied to you before? and would you play poker with somebody who cheated you before? we've made a deal with a murderer, with a homicidal maniac, the ayatollah of iran. >> it is catastrophic. if it goes through, it will result in fund

what is prime minister benjamin netanyahu, your before the guess doing to do? reach out directly to congress which he did in a few months ago in a widely discussed meetings where he stood on the floor of congress here in the united states? what will he do to get his message and his side to the united states congress which has 60 days to of course look over this deal? >> well, liz, no doubt that prime minister netanyahu will continue to make the case however very respectfully, and without getting into the political process, the domestic issues here in the united states, but i would say that right now the main option that israel has is first of all, to have a more robust and to really upgrade its defensive capabilities, its deterrent capabilities. there is also a unique time and unique moment where new allies in the region can be found. certainly because there is converging interest now between israel and the main sunni-arab states, saudi arabia, certainly jordan and egypt and other gulf countries. i think that would be the course of action and i'm afraid tension

netanyahu will likely use that time to pressure his political allies in the republican and democrat partiesject it but president obama said he would veto any bill that would block the deal. the agreement between iran and global powers has achieved a rare show of political consensus here in israel and politicians from across the spectrum have criticized the deal saying any kind of iranian nuclear program poses a threat but with the core holding there is very little they can do about it al jazeera, west jerusalem. >>> still to come on the program updates on the rest of the world news plus his family believes polygamy should be legalized in the u.s. and celebrations at nasa headquarters as a ten-year mission to pluto comes true. ♪ >> the new al jazeera america primetime. get the real news you've been looking for. at 7:00, a thorough wrap-up of the day's events. then at 8:00, john seigenthaler digs deeper into the stories of the day. and at 9:00, get a global perspective on the news. weeknights on al jazeera america. top stories on al jazeera iran and six major world powers agreed on a historic

netanyahu and his country are coming out on the short end of the stick.ll, turning to the iranian nuclear deal itself. you know, there's a large question about whether republicans and other critics and opponents of the deal will be able to stop it on any term whether they muster the votes. and at the same time, we find out is it's a farce is all i can say. we find out the site agreements don't mean anything, don't include inspections, valid inspections not only by americans but anyone else in the iaea? >> right, they're literally in bed with each other. what's so interesting is the clip you just showed a minute ago, that shows russian s-300 missiles. real quick for the audience, inside baseball. these are the russian versions of the patriot missiles. they are actually excluded -- included in the agreement with iran and have the first delivery in a year which gives them several years to build an antiaircraft ring that prohibits the israeli air force from effectively conducting a strike against them, so almost like building insurance into the program. and b

>> well, certainly not only from prime minister netanyahu. it's a question as to how vocal he's going to be to try to pressure congress. they are pro israel groups who are mounting a concerted campaign particularly in with regards to try to convince them to vote against the bill. >> do you think they'll stop it? >> i don't. ultimately it's not just going to be a question whether they don't like the deal, and they may not like the deal, but whether they're willing to defeat president obama on the signature foreign policies. i think ultimately those democratic senators or enough of them will decide to support obama and not allow an override. i think this is really a losing battle on the part of netanyahu and those that support him. >> professor, good to see you again. thank you very much. >>> no. georgia tonight a memorial held for one of the five service members killed in chattanooga. friends and family gathered to mourn the youngest victims in the attack. >> there are new calls to allow military to carry guns on military soil. >> american wom

just a short while ago, prime minister netanyahu gave another statement. he's issued several statements today to say in his opinion, that is a fantasy. that in ten years' time iran gnt -- but that it will be incentivized to be mora gress sieve, to be em boldened and will have a weapons program that it doesn't have right now. the u.s. coming out of this very strongly and used the comments to make its case. >> richard engel, thank you so much. good to hear from you. >>> i want to bring in now democratic congressman adam smith of washington state. the top democrat on the house armed services committee. when you hear about this and knowing that work ahead for congress, initially, what's your reaction to this deal knowing 18 days 80 pages. will the work now be in your hands? >> first of all, the goal was not to change the iranian regime. the goal was to stop them from building a nuclear weapon. that was the existential threat. on those grounds, this deal requires iran to get rid of, and they get rid of a whole bunch so develop nuclear weapons, which was kind of

nperhaps a st-minute phone call from benjamin netanyahu. >> what is the reaction from the saudis? >> cautious. united arab emrates put out a statement congratulating iran and i think all of these nations are absorbing the details. the gulf nations they are making a decision how to deal with iran going forward. >> let's hear it from the president bret baier. >> good afternoon. everybody. >> yesterday was historic day. the comprehensive long- term deal we had achieved with our allies and partners to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear party shoes american leadership and diplomacy and we accomplish when we lead from strength and principle and unite the international community around a shared vision and we resolve to solve problems peacefully. as i said yesterday, it is important for american people and congress to get an opportunity to review this deal. that process is under way. we have reached out to congress on both sided of the aisle and our national security team has offered extensive briefings. i expect robust debate. national security policies are stronger and effective when

netanyahu to really do anything to change the outcome of this agreement. this historic agreement. >> sorry, we're breaking out of that report to bring you the iranian. ambassador speaking to the council. >> marks the shape in iran's peaceful nuclear program. the result of extensive and collective for close to two years to keep diplomacy a chance and end the result to pressure. it is a fundamentally different approach helped all us butt an end to an unnecessary crisis and accomplish major achievement for all the parties involved in the whole international community. the resolution adapted provided also for the determination of the security council resolution that unjustifybly placed sanctions on iran for its efforts to exercise it's rights. nobody has ever presented any proof indicating that iran's program has been anything but peaceful. they have consistently reported that iran has dutifully astute in every accomplishment. only the japan has bigger scrutiny than iran. iran surpassed japan in the number of inspections. therefore, the government in the secur

what does benjamin netanyahu want?minent confrontation with iran or wants the united states to destroy the iranian nuclear program. the final point here jose and i'm sorry to be very provocative. i understand if the saudis say they would like to get rid of the iran ii nuclear program. israel has between 100 and 200 nuclear devices. these are not my numbers, they're american numbers. so i don't understand why the prime minister of a country that has 100 nuclear devices would like to destroy a supposedly peaceful nuclear program. iran is on record, it will never have the capacity or ability to build a nuclear bomb. it will be enshrined. this is good news. >> always a pleasure to see you. thank you for being with me this morning. >> thank you. >>> much more ahead on "the rundown." we expect to hear from hillary clinton sometime this morning. >>> back here in mexico a manhunt for one of the most dangerous drug kingpins joaquin "el chapo" guzman. when broker chris hill stays at laquinta and fires up free wi-fi, with a netwo

so it's a very interesting bifurcation, the effect of netanyahu and the completely ineffective netanyahu. on the larger question, you know, this is one of the huge questions, i think, you know, we have to assume, to a certain degree, that the assad regime will get bolstered, or at least greater stability, or greater instability, we'll see how they're fight with i.s.i.s. and some of the other sunni extremist groups go. one could argue that assad was slipping and that i.s.i.s. and other groups were ascending and maybe some money coming in will help them, i don't know. obviously, it's not only the iranian money that might influence these conflicts it's iranian lejet massey that also has a lot of sunni arabs worried that iran is on the march across the region. that doesn't affect israel the way it does in the gulf states and syria. but to be fair and to be fair to the president, i don't think he's overly pollyanna-ish about iran becoming a good neighbor to some of these countries anytime soon. i think he has a long-term wish that they will change and maybe this will set in motion a virtuous

lester holt spoke a short time ago with israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu. >> mr. prime minister i'd like to begin by asking you about your conversation with president obama yesterday. can you give us the essence of what you told him? >> well you know i respect president obama and we can respectfully disagree. i thought and i said that this deal poses a great danger to israel. i believe it poses a great danger to america and the world. when you let the number one terrorist regime in the world have a sure path to the bomb and hundreds of billions of dollars with which to finance its terrorism around the world, that's not good for any of us. >> do you think that the relationship between israel and the u.s. has been fractured? do you feel the president has betrayed you on this issue? >> no. look i think we have a disagreement and i appreciate the alliance with the united states, the support that we receive from the president, the congress and the american people but we have a real disagreement. we think this is not merely a threat to us we think it's a threat to you a