let me just invite one round of discussion between thomas pickering and ariel on the question whether this is likely to produce more arms race stability in the region. you remember suggesting no -- saying yes, how what do you make the argument he was making? >> the argument was he was making has to be presumed on what he heard from the turk. and the turk said if iran goes nuclear gets a nuclear weapon we may go. and that may be true. that agreement is designed to prevent iran from getting a nuclear weapon despite the fact mr. netanyahu qowld like to have you adopt the nightmarish view that the agreement facilitates it. but there's nothing in the agreement. i won't get into details on this but there's nothing in the agreement that facilitates that. so it is extremely important the record of nonproliferation so far is -- that what happens in nearby counties with respect to civil nuclear power, does not drive the nearby countries to a weapon's posture. the second point that's very important here michael reys kelsey raised it. ariel in his own way raised. what happens after 15, 25 years,

among those taking part, ambassador thomas picker, and former national security advisor, samuel burger. live at is:00 p.m. eastern on our companion network c-span3 today. here on c-span we'll be live at 1:00 eastern with republican presidential candidate lindsey graham, south carolina senator is the luncheon speaker at the national press club. he is expected to talk about the iran nuclear deal also. you can see his remarks right here on c-span. again, starting at 1:00 p.m. eastern. as we mentioned the house and senate are expected to take up the iran deal this week. the house gavels in at 2:00 eastern, but will spend the day on other issues. members will start consideration of the nuclear deal tomorrow with a vote possible this week. the senate also gaveling in today and lawmakers are expected to begin their deliberations on the agreement today. congress was given 60 days to review the deal. a vote on it is expected by the 17th of this month. >> he was a nazi. he was a concentration camp commandant. and he was responsible for the murder of thousands of jews. >> this sunday night, on "q

on our companion network, c-span3, we'll be live for former ambassador thomas pickering talking aboute iran agreement, 1:00 eastern. and also the house rules committee, they'll begin work this evening on bringing the resolution of disapproval to the house floor. the committee will decide the rules for the house debate scheduled to begin later this week. you can watch that debate live on c-span3. >> he was a nazi, he was a concentration camp commandant, and he was responsible for the murder of thousands of jews. >> this sunday night on q&a, jennifer teague georgia on her life-altering discover that her grandfather was a concentration camp known as the butcher of -- [inaudible] >> we would see a tremendously cool person, a person who, yes, who was -- i mean, he was capable of -- he had dogs, and he trained them to tear humans apart. i think this sums it up really good. he was a person who there was a pleasure that he felt when he, when he killed people. and this is, yeah, something that when you're normal if you don't have this aspect in your personality, it is very, very difficult to g

let me invite one round of discussion between thomas pickering and arial cohen on whether this is likely to produce more arms race arm stability in the region. you were suggesting no -- arial cohen was saying yes, what do you mick of the agreement he was making? and then you'll -- >> the argument that he was making on what he hear from the turk. the turk said if iran gets a thue clear weapon we may go. and that may be true. the agreement is to prevent iran rom getting a nuclear weapon despite that netanyahu would like you to don't that the cility -- area facilitates that. record of nonproliferation so far is that, in fact, what happens in nearby countries with respect to civil nuclear power es not drive the nearbi-countries to a weapons posture. what happens after 10, 15, 25 years? a very important piece in addition to what kelsey said. she said a number of porn things is that iran has some interest in nuclear power. they have, in fact, bought a reactor twice, once from germany and secondly from russia. the russian policy is no reactor without a strong commitment to provide fuel and take

60 bipartisan national security leaders supported, including leaders like madeleine albright, thomas pickering, ryan crocker. you know those names, you know those people. they have integrity. they have intelligence. they have experience. they were appointed by republicans and democrats alike. they point out that there are no viable alternatives to this agreement, and they are right. now, anyone -- and you're going to hear this from our republican friends. anyone who says we should go back to the embargoing table. you will -- to the bargaining table. you will hear this over and over again. just go back to the bargaining table. anyone who says that after 20 months of negotiation and huge support in the world is either engaging in fantasy or they truly want to sink this deal. so if you hear somebody say oh, just go back to the table, just forget the support of the 100 nations, just go back, renegotiate this deal. let me tell you they are either engaging in fantasy or they want to sink this deal. there is a hard, cold truth here. if we walk away, there will be no agreement. let's be clear. and if

also at 1:00 on c-span3, former ambassador thomas pickering will talk about the nuclear agreement with former national security advisor sandy berger. and a former undersecretary of state for political affairs. and the house rules committee begins work this evening bringing resolution of disapproval to the house floor of the committee will decide the parameters for debate in the house which is scheduled to begin later this week. watch the rules committee live on c-span3. >> he was a nazi. he was a concentration camp commandant, and he was responsible for the murder of thousands of jews. >> this sunday night, on "q&a," jennifer tiga, on her life altering discovery that her grandfather was the nazi concentration camp commandant, known as the butcher of plaseau. >> he was tremendously cruel person. a person, who was, yes, a person who was, i mean he was capable of, he had dogs, he had two dogs and trained them to tear humans apart. i think that sums it up really good. he was a person, there was a pleasure that he felt when he, when he killed people. and this is, yes, something that when yo

among those taking part ambassador thomas pickering, former undersecretary of state for political affairs, and former national security advisor, samuel burger. you can watch that live at 1:00 p.m. eastern on our companion network, c-span3. here on c-span we'll be live at 1:00 eastern with republican presidential candidate lindsey graham, south carolina senator's a luncheon speaker at the national press club. he's expected to talk about the iran nuclear deal and you can see his remarks here on c. again that starts in about 55 minutes or so, at 1:00 eastern. as we get closer to the congressional debate on the deal, today's senate democrats have rallied enough votes to filibuster a resolution disapproving the iran deal. senators blumenthal, peters, and widen announce their support bringing the total to 41, which essentially makes any republican opposition to the deal null and void. earlier today west virginia democrat senator joe manchin announced his opposition, but still out there are decisions from democrat senators collins of maine and washington state senator maria cantwell. we'll likel

we'll hear from undersecretary of state for political affairs thomas pickering and sandy berger who served as national security adviser in president clinton's second term. at 5:00 p.m. the house rules committee begins consideration of 64. the rules committee sets the rules for debate on that resolution and we have the meeting at 5:00 p.m. eastern today live here on c-span 3. >>> he was a nazi. he was a concentration camp common dant and responsible for the murder of thousands of jews. >> this sunday night on q&a, jennifer tiga on her discovery that her grandfather was the nazi concentration camp also known as the butcher. >> we would see tremendously cruel person, a person who was capable of he had had two dogs. he trained them to tear humans apart. it sums it up really good. he was a person, there was a a pressure that he felt when he killed people. this is something that we are normal if you don't have this aspect in your personality it is very difficult to grasp. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's q&a. >>> the atlantic council about national security cooperation bet

thomas pickering is the man to ask, former ambassador to jordan and israel. joining us, mr.assador, thank you very much. cnn reporting that two russian ships are at a port in syria. their satellites seen over 100 naval infantry troops to coordinate action. they say it's about fighting isis. is it as likely they are there to help assad? what is your take? >> i think they are there to help assad. fighting isis may be a good reason. assad is fighting isis but we have a very complicated multi-cornered conflict going on in syria. and it doesn't look like mr. assad has been doing well lately and the russians may want to keep their hand in for a combination of political and strategic reasons. particularly if the situation in syria begins to shift. and i suspect that secretary kerry has that very much in mind. the u.s. position has been that assad has to go. and anything that helps against isis seemingly at least is at the center of u.s. concerns and may be a greater revelation of the reason why russia's interest in buffering its own position to play a role should the situation shif

it came to pickering and wolcott through the british minister to the united states george hammond because hed randolph thought he was a pawn of thomas jefferson who hammond also despised. this document was naturally written in french. pickering and wolcott could not read nor write french. thehey clumsily translated dispatch, and because washington rench, hed not read f had to rely on their amateurish work. and then there was the toxic connection of money and the impecunious randolph, which was enough to suggest to george washington that this merrited investigation. ofid: the resulting series events gives little credit to anyone. walcott's actions disappointed randolph but washington's behavior nonplussed him. when all was done, randolph thought washington had behaved in ways that were most deceitful and most vicious. andolph reacted imprudently irrationally, probably for the first time in his life. he resigned in anger, then comported himself in a way that was, that could not do anything but permanently seal washington's enmity.. of this isall understandable, predictable but regrettable, the outcome of a massive misunderstanding com

thomas jefferson, who hammond also despised. this document was naturally written in french. pickering and wolcott could not read nor write french. translated hisy dispatch, and because washington also could not read french, he had to rely on their amateurish work. and then there was the toxic connection of money, and the security is -- and the [indiscernible] -- randolph. mr. heidler: the resulting series of events did little credit to anyone. actionsg and walcott's obviously disappointed edmund randolph, but washington's behavior irked him. randolph thought washington had behaved in ways that were most deceitful and then most vicious. imprudently and irrationally. probably for the first time in his life. he resigned in anger, and then comported himself in a way that could not do anything but washington'seal entity. to appoint, all this is understandable. predictor will, but regrettable -- predictable, but regrettable. we all must admit that this is the last rupture with this last virginia strange, an event that the thighs traditional explanations. washington and randolph were quite c