. >> tom rogan joins us from washington d.c. to discuss the british elections and the u.s. british relationship. good to have you with us tom. you just heard john terret argue this relationship is more special to brits than to americans. doesn't america rely on the british for foreign policy in general. >> good to be with you. i think it's broadly fair, but i think a lot of things are obviously true. the u.s. relies on the u.k. as an interlocutor, and also as a key partner in terms of dploiks diplomacy around the world. there is an anchor in your report that is important to the united states, second point british prime ministers and u.s.ness p presidents have for long time, whether it's blair and bush or reagan and that mucher have close relationships that are built on personal trust. whether it's shared experience in different wars or shared language and shared values. that's equally important and it's been important for american presidents in the past and continues to be important at the present. >> let's look at the present you do look at the mutual admiration society bet

tom cotton quoted kerry saying, so what exactly are you doing? rogane kerry, we're not negotiating a legally binding plan with iran. cotton said, if deal is not legally binding, then what's to keep iran from breaking said deal and developing a bomb. we'll start there with our panel. let's bring our panel. yogi dreason marra lyson and charles crowner. charles, we had this back and forth yesterday about legally binding but to hear the secretary of state say it was interesting. >> his admission is also an admission that the letter by the 47 senators would actually -- was important because we had never heard the administration say that before. so it elicited an admission that should have been made months and years ago, but on the substance of it the question is not whether it's binding on the iranians. the iranians have no use for international law anyway or treaties that they sign. that's why we have to presumably have heavy inspection and why the entire agreement is built around the idea of iran cheating breaking out and developing a bomb on its own. the