ambassador to nato, nicholas burns, joining us from harvard. thank you so much. we have breaking news about brazil. the central bank will consider a marginal increase in interest rates if the government fails to shore up fiscal accounts, according to a member of president rousseff's economic team. policymakers still expect president rousseff to implement tax increases and spending cuts that will reverse a projected budget deficit before interest payments go into a surplus next year. stay with us. ♪ mark: welcome back. i am mark done with scarlet fu. scarlet: we need to check in with julie hyman for another check on the markets. the bestome of performers and worst performers to julie: in the sb 500, the top performers all have to do with deals. being bought for $6.59. cablevision being bought by lt's -- altice. resources being bought. when you see outperformance here, compared with the rest of the major averages, or on average, the major averages, it is all deal-driven. this prompted me to look on my bloomberg terminal to see how the deal flow has been this quarte

some of the experts like nicholas burns and michael hayden have expressed worry about this concern. >> let me start with an answer to that. ithat. i do not think the us made a series of concessions. this is a bargaining process , negotiation. we went and with strong positions. would have preferred iran give up its nuclear program entirely. the safest outcome is that there is no enrichment facility, no nuclear activity of any kind. that was the position of the us back in 202,003 and 2005. that failed. iran built up a nuclear complex that in 2003 had about 164 centrifuges to something that had 20,000. now you trying to get them to go all the way down. it is not a freebie if iran is going to cut two thirds of the centrifuges what are we going to do? that is what the us and its partners started putting it sanctions relief on the table. these are the kind of things we do. but i don't see outside of the sanctions relief package any other concessions that the us made. it did not lack nonproliferation standards or have a lucid verification regime. it does not legitimize the behavior. we are n

joining me for more on the president's latest foreign policy moves, nicholas burns, former u.s.ssador to nato. great to have you with me. let's get into this. we have the president meeting with vladimir putin and both sides describing it as we hear from ron's reporting, business like. i want to play for everybody what secretary of state john kerry said about the issue of syria today on "morning joe." take a listen. >> there was agreement on fundamental principles. there's an agreement that syria should be a unified country. united, it needs to be secular. isil needs to be taken on. and that there needs to be a managed transition, but there is a difference, obviously, in what that means and what that outcome may or may not be. >> so do you think the administration is serious about partnering with russia? vladimir putin says yesterday he feels very strongly about working with the current syrian government. >> i think the administration is serious about trying to open up negotiations. look, it may take years to end the war in syria. nearly every war ends at the negotiating table. t

some of the experts like nicholas burns and michael hayden have expressed worry about this concern. >> let me start with an answer to that. ithat. i do not think the us made a series of concessions. this is a bargaining process , negotiation. we went and with strong positions. would have preferred iran give up its nuclear program entirely. the safest outcome is that there is no enrichment facility, no nuclear activity of any kind. that was the position of the us back in 202,003 and 2005. that failed. iran built up a nuclear complex that in 2003 had about 164 centrifuges to something that had 20,000. now you trying to get them to go all the way down. it is not a freebie if iran is going to cut two thirds of the centrifuges what are we going to do? that is what the us and its partners started putting it sanctions relief on the table. these are the kind of things we do. but i don't see outside of the sanctions relief package any other concessions that the us made. it did not lack nonproliferation standards or have a lucid verification regime. it does not legitimize the behavior. we are n

ambassador nicholas burns, a former top u.s. negotiator with iran on its nuclear program and former under secretary of state for political affairs said i don't believe that war would be inevitable. rather than misrepresenting the facts and our country's options, i challenge supporters of this agreement to explain to the american people why they are supporting a flawed and bad deal today when we should be letting our citizens' interests and their security first. i'd also note that this administration was willing to leave the negotiating table without securing an end to iran's support of terrorism. iran is the world's leading sponsor of terror and we are giving them a free pass in this deal to continue those efforts. in addition to the billions of dollars of relief which leaves iran poised to double down on its support of terrorism, the president also agreed to lift the u.n. arms embargo for advanced conventional arms and ballistic missiles. as a veteran of kuwait and iraq, in support of operation iraqi freedom, i am beside myself

we hosted nicholas burns in the bush state department at "barron's" dinner. he doesn't have any illusions about putin, about russia. look between option of not talking to the guy and talking to the guy it is easy call. you talk. maybe you get nothing out of it. keep dialogue going. i think he is right. i think it is important to have the meeting. clearly positioning it he is going not expecting much. couldn't be lower expectations. so i don't think he will give away the store but have a sit-down. maria: this, dagen as russia building up military in syria. >> right. and i suggested that because the russian economy is been so hard-hit by collapse in oil and natural resources prices, if you're leader of russia, wouldn't you try to do something to jack oil prices back up, or to stir up trouble which automatically put as little more risk in the price of oil? some people disagree with me. i wouldn't put it past them. maria: sure. >> i disagree in terms of starting up and creating more of a -- >> concern. >> what can they do? we're seeing record supply. demand is st

opinion piece by nicholas burns. "mr. obama should not be content to have his veto.hould committion to a policy of course of diplomacy -- major steps to keep pushon the defensive and back against his growing power in the middle east -- want to let you know as well we will be covering a speech this morning by secretary of state john kerry. he is that the constitution center in philadelphia talking about the iran deal. we have live comments this morning at 11:00 a.m. on c-span. . let's get back to your calls. our topic about the police shootings to kansas city, missouri, and rob on our democrats line. good morning. to place most of the blame on the conservatives in the 1970's and 1980's where they were saying the democrats were weak on crime and they said let's get tougher on criminals and after ronald wrangled, -- after ronald reagan, bill clinton came up with the three strikes and you are out law. we have millions more americans in jail. we have capital punishment in states like missouri. the crime rate does not go down. reset buttont the on our criminal justice syst

. >>> joining us is nicholas burns, former u.s.ndersecretary for political affairs and former ambassador to nato. ambassador burns, thanks so much for being here. you say that vladimir putin has a very specific agenda. what is it? >> well, putin's agenda is to strengthen the syrian state and president assad. he made a big point in that speech where he had withering criticism for the united states and president obama, that you can't fight the islamic state, putin said, unless you have a strong government in damascus. the problem with putin's analysis is that the government of syria has caused most of the casualties, the great majority of them in syria over the last 4 1/2 years because of this vicious, brutal, barrel bombing of civilian towns and cities. >> isn't the other problem with vladimir putin's assessment is that it's not working. hears has been overrun by isis. it's now in control of 50% to 60% of the country. assad is not working to fight isis. >> in a way, syria ceased to exist as a nation state. president assad controls a

en how calm i a nicholas sarkozy says he has changed a lot. he told those readers it is a burningassion and i cannot rein it in. molly: let's stay here in france. certainly fans are drawing their eyes to the french a poorall team, they had showing in the european basketball championship. flo: let's take a look at the front page of the sports daily. one word, cruel. tony parker looking stunned here. france lost to their arch rivals in basketball, spain. this was the game taking place in lilles, a game france was supposed to win. front oftook place in 27 thousand supporters. that is a record for european basketball. lots of disappointment about the french showing there. let's take another look. it is a little bit smaller today. this is the first time the magazine has changed its format. going for a tabloid style. it is the last paper in france that held out with the big format until today. it lasted 70 years. quite a change. if france had a poor showing in basketball, maybe it will do better in red the? -- in rugby. the rugby world cup kicks off in england. can france win? perhaps t

burning car. >> watching my fellow officers go up and bust windows out and try to save this guy's life. i mean it was remarkable. >> reporter: officers michael morass, nicholas clayden, and jeremy perch were on patrol around 12:30 this morning on lakeland street in suitland. the man crashed and his car bust into flames, trapping him inside. you can see officer morris immediately run towards the flames. >> there was a lot of flames. it smelt like gas. but it was so quick. it was very quick. >> reporter: moments later, officer nicholas clayden jumps out of his patrol car. >> it was an intense fire. the heat was overwhelming. the tires were popping. explosions were going off in the car. i've never experienced a car fire before. so i was very nervous. >> reporter: police say they arrived moments before fire ems units showed up. officer clayton used his baton to pry open the door, while volunteer firefighter daniel collins grabbed the man and pulled him out. the driver was on fire. >> we were trying to get him away. we were trying to save his life. >> reporter: and they did. medics rushed him to a hospital. tonight the man has serious burns, and he is in critical

burning car. >> watching my fellow officers go up and bust windows out, trying to save this guys life. it was -- >> michael, nicholas, luis and jeremy were on patrol in suitland. the car crashed and burst into flames. officer morris immediately ran toward the flames. >> there was a lot of flames. it was so quick. very quick. >> reporter: moments later, nicholas jumps autoof his patrol car. >> it was intense fire. the heat was overwhelming. explosives going off in the car. i never experienced a car fire before, so, i was very nervous. >> reporter: police say they arrived moments before fire ems units showed up. they used a baton to pry open the door while a volunteer firefighter grabbed the man and pulled him out. the driver was on fire. >> we were trying to pull him away and save his life. >> reporter: and they did. they rushed him to the hospital. he has serious burns, in critical condition. >> if it wasn't for me and my fellow officers, there's a good chance he wouldn't have survived. >> reporter: i'm shomari stone, news 4. >>> a man literally walks into the lion's den at the national zoo. why are officials not pl

burning car. >> i am watching my fellow officers go up and try to save his life. it was a miracle. >> michael, nicholas, lewis and jeremy are all on patrol around 12:30 early this morning in suitland. the man crashed and his car burst into flames. officer morris immediately runs toward the flames. >> there were a lot of flames. it was so quick, very quick. >> reporter: moments later, nicholas jumps out of his patrol car. >> intense fire. the heat was overwhelming. the tires were popping, explosions going off in a car. i have never experienced this before. i was nervous. >> they arrived moments before fire and ems showed up. a volunteer firefighter grabbed the man and pulled him out. the driver was on fire. >> we were trying to get him away and save his life. >> and they did. tonight, the man has serious burns and is in critical condition. >> if it wasn't for me and my fellow officers, there's a good chance he wouldn't have survived. >> reporter: i'm shomari stone, news 4. >> a great point there. it could explode. >> i know, the man is still in critical condition. we are hoping for the best. true herois

burning the driver. the officers jumped out of their cruisers and ran out to rescue the map. officer nicholas clayton used a baton pry open the door, broke the window. a firefighter helped them pull the man out. he was on fire, but medics rushed him to a hospital and right now he is in critical condition. police are investigating what caused the crash. again, this man is expected to survive, thanks to these four heroic prince george's county police officers. live in prince george's county police head quarters, i'm shomari stone, news4. >>> new at 5:00, a apology coming from prince george's county schools after a furious mother tol news4 that a bus driver let her two sons off in the wrong neighborhood. it happened earlier this week. the school district admits it did get this one wrong. the 5-year-old and his second grade brother both attend barack obama elementary school in upper marlboro. on tuesday night, the 7-year-old boarded the wrong bus, leaving his 5-year-old brother who is in kindergarten all alone. the older brother was let off miles away from home. the younger one was allowed to get