. >> my name is sam thompson i used to work at the state department with gary by the way on nonproliferation. i was disturbed by the title of your book and then was more encouraged as you progressed and indicated that you were favorably disposed in diplomatic efforts but then as i listen to you you are pretty cynical about the diplomatic efforts and you say even if we proceed down that path i think that's a huge disadvantage. >> thank you very much. first you said that i pooh-poohed the diplomatic option. to be absolutely clear i do think the diplomatic option is the best option but i think we have to be realistic. there's a good chance we won't get a conference a deal because president obama says less than 50/50 and as i said if we get a deal there's a possibility it might unravel so better chance for diplomacy won't solve the problem but that's the case i think we should pursue it. one of the advantages of a military strike as it buys time but diplomacy also buys time. as long as this interim deal is in place iran is not making the final -- to a nuclear weapon and if you get a conference a

. >> my name is sam thompson i used to work at the state department with gary by the way on nonproliferation. i was disturbed by the title of your book and then was more encouraged as you progressed and indicated that you were favorably disposed in diplomatic efforts but then as i listen to you you are pretty cynical about the diplomatic efforts and you say even if we proceed down that path i think that's a huge disadvantage. >> thank you very much. first you said that i pooh-poohed the diplomatic option. to be absolutely clear i do think the diplomatic option is the best option but i think we have to be realistic. there's a good chance we won't get a conference a deal because president obama says less than 50/50 and as i said if we get a deal there's a possibility it might unravel so better chance for diplomacy won't solve the problem but that's the case i think we should pursue it. one of the advantages of a military strike as it buys time but diplomacy also buys time. as long as this interim deal is in place iran is not making the final -- to a nuclear weapon and if you get a conference a

. >> my name is sam thompson i used to work at the state department with gary by the way on nonproliferations disturbed by the title of your book and then was more encouraged as you progressed and indicated that you were favorably disposed in diplomatic efforts but then as i listen to you you are pretty cynical about the diplomatic efforts and you say even if we proceed down that path of diplomatic efforts. that's my first point. secondly, why aren't you as concerned about north korea as you are about iran? what's the big difference here? we've come to accept that north korea has nuclear weapons. they'll eventually -- they can hit our allies now with missiles and they have nuclear weapons to do it with. so we've gotten used to having that situation, but for some reason with iran, it's totally unacceptable. i gather that the wild card there is israel, but i'd like your thoughts on that. and finally, i didn't think you really paid enough attention to some of the other detrimental effects if we did attack. iran will certainly go full force forward with a nuclear weapons program. any doubt that

thomas, running back chris thompson with wide receiver nick williams, making it eight signed players to the practice squad. the team has two more spots remaining. and michael sam not claimed by any team off waivers. sam was the first openly gay player drafted in the nfl back in may. >>> let's switch gears to baseball. the nationals going for the sweep today in seattle. their nine-game road trip didn't get off to a great start in philly but looks like they're back on track now. bryce harper and the nats have gone yard a lot in this series. to have of the second, this is deep to right. a towering shot here. solo blast. that gave the nats an early 1-0 lead. top of the fourth now, it's 2-1. still more from harper. this time he's going to center. that ball is out of the park, his second of the game. 10th home run this season. nats take a 3-1 lead. check out what happens in the dugout. ian desmond throws up his helmet and hits gonzalez in the head. got to protect yourself in the dugout at all times. this was no shocking matter here. dustin ackley goes deep. that is a three-run blast. gave seattle a 4-3 lead. right now mariners on top 4-3 in the 7th. >>> orioles host

, thompson just couldn't stay healthy for the redskins, playing only two pre-season games this year. for a full list check out redskinswashington.com. >>> the st. louis rams said goodbye to michael sam. sam became the first openly gay player to be drafted by the nfl back in may, but today he was cut by st. louis. the seventh round draft pick finished with drafts. they wished sam well and said there were no issues outside football. >>> the first weekend of college football did not disappoint for fans. some big games being played for local teams in the area. we start with the maryland terps, not necessarily a big game in college. >> they're all big, jason. >> but it was great to see players healthy, diggs, deion long, to name a few. when you have a guy like c.j. brown as a quarterback, the first quarter was scoreless. he gets into the end zone, an 11-yard touchdown, the terps are up 7-0 early. later on in the second quarter, maryland is up 17-0, going for it on fourth and goal, and how about brown, bouncing out tackles, running over his own offensive linemen and finding pay dirt. he had three rushing touchdowns in this game. maryland is up 24-0. third quarter now, showing off the arm,