rob malley, i'm going to start with you. so what do you make of the president's now suggestion once again that he may be ready not to recertify this deal? >> well, i thought the writing was on the wall because the president could change his mind but i think all indications from him and members of his cabinet are that he's determined not to certify iran's compliance come mid october which is a decision that could be based on no evidence, since the atomic energy agency eight times certified iran is in compliance, the u.s. state department agreed iran is in compliance, secretary tillerson himself said technically speaking iran is in compliance and all the other signatories of the agreement say iran is in compliance. so that would be a political, not an evidentiary decision, which would have very negative consequences not just in terms of iran resuming its program at a more rapid pace but the credibility of the united states and the word it gives when it agrees to a deal would be seriously undermined. we just heard talk of north