first, rob malley is here in the studio.special assistant to president obama, he was lead senior white house negotiator for the iran nuclear talks. he is now a vice president of the international crisis group. and, joining us from toronto is mark dubowitz. he is cheif executive of the foundation for defense of democracies, a washington, d.c.- based think tank. he writes frequently about iran. let me start with you, rob. what's your response to what the president said? i should pointed out that, in that interview, he went on to say that he thinks iran is taking advantage of this country. he said, they've taken advantage of a president named barack obama who didn't know what the hell he was doing. >> i'll respond to that but let's get the facts straight. since president trump has been in office, weiss the administration certified iran was in compliance with the deal. twice the administration waived the sanctions, which is a way of indicating that it's mutually reciprocal. this is the administration's response to the fact that