if you lead an organization called united against nuclear iran, you must have bottom lines, and what iran should be able to retain in the way of centrifuges and fissile material. >> those are the two key elements of the agreement, what are the physical limits on iran's producing fissile material and what are the verifications and monitoring provisions ensuring that iran is complying with the agreements. we are waiting to see the details. the physical limits have been defined by the parameters back in april. it would essentially prevent iran from producing plutonium for nuclear weapons permanently, iran would agree never to build a reprocessing facility, on the enrichment side, limits would be for only 15 years, and after that period iran would be able to expand the enrichment programme to the point where it would have a credible capacity to produce large quantities of highly enriched or weapons grade uranium. on the verification and monitoring piece, that's a critical element that has not been resolved. i agree that unless the iranians are prepared to accept an inspection regime that

he's currently ceo of united against nuclear iran. >> what you've seen since the revolution is the mullahs religious elites infiltrateing that economy. >> there's a select group of elite clerics who have become filthy rich through political corruption. >> through part of the political apparatus, they have benefitted or significantly. >> and in april in tehran the crashed a porsche, there was an outpouring of resentment over perceived hypocrisy over the tragedy. not only the young woman was not the man's fiancee but some wondered how the ayatollah's grandson got the porsche in the first place. many of the super rich linked to iran's unusual and complex network of charitable foundations. fox news has reported extensively on the ongoing case of iran's new york based charity. >> one of the quickest ways to make huge amounts of money is to become an important person. >> born after the iranian revolution these so-called charity foundations confiscated assets from the fleeing royal family existing businesses and ordinary iranians. in many cases powerful clerics used them as their own personal fun

nuclear weapons. host: our guest is gary samore he is affiliated with the president of united against a nuclear iran andrvard university's kennedy school of government. tom from new york city, democrat's line. good morning. caller: good morning. let me ask you this. it is a question of the u.s. incentive to continue these negotiations in the face of the unwillingness of iranians to allow really good inspection. you say we can go on indefinitely apparently with the little noncompliance and non-nuclear bomb was going on at the moment. using there was powerless. how do we know that? we do not have inspectors at the level that we seem to want. guest: actually we do. we have a very good inspection presence at all of the declared nuclear authorities, so we know that work has been limited or suspended or halted at those activities. the question is, is iran carrying out nuclear activities at secret locations? right now, i am confident that we have sufficient information to note that there is not major activities taking place in secret locations because we have had, we and our allies, we have had extremely good

iran conflict. the organizing principle of the iranian government is resistance against the united states. >> reporter: u.s. officials have long made clear there is no formal linkage between the iranian nuclear talks and the cases of several americans who are being held in iran against their will however these same officials continue to use all available channels including the sidelines of these talks, to press for the release of these americans. the officials told us they continue to work the cases on all fronts. brett? >> thank you. >>> today at the white house, president obama signed a pair of trade bills passed by congressional republicans over the objections of many democrats. one give's the president so so-called fast track authority. next up for the president, finishing a 12 nation pacific rim pat. >>> ben wattenburg has died. a former speech writer to president johnson. he coauthored "the real majority," a book that predicted demographic shifts in favor of the democrat party. he was 81. >>> nbc says you're fired to donald trump. the network announced today it will completely sever its business ties with trump because of his comments about mexican immigrants immigrants. nbc said in a

iran conflict. the organizing principle of the iranian government is resistance against the united states. >> reporter: u.s. officials have long made clear there is no formal linkage between the iranian nuclear talks and the cases of several americans who are being held in iran against their will however these same officials continue to use all available channels including the sidelines of these talks, to press for the release of these americans. the officials told us they continue to work the cases on all fronts. brett? >> thank you. >>> today at the white house, president obama signed a pair of trade bills passed by congressional republicans over the objections of many democrats. one give's the president so so-called fast track authority. next up for the president, finishing a 12 nation pacific rim pat. >>> ben wattenburg has died. a former speech writer to president johnson. he coauthored "the real majority," a book that predicted demographic shifts in favor of the democrat party. he was 81. >>> nbc says you're fired to donald trump. the network announced today it will completely sever its business ties with trump because of his comments about mexican immigrants immigrants. nbc said in a

against russia. beyond europe we discussed the negotiations over iran's nuclear program, and we remain united in theal stages of the talks. iran has historic opportunity to resolve the international community's concerns about its nuclear program and we agree that iran needs to seize that opportunity. our discussions with prime minister abady of iraq, president of tunisia and president buhari of nigeria to address the threats of isil and boko haram. the d-7 countries agree to work together and with our partners. as many of the world's leading partners and global development joined by leaders of the ethiopia liberia and the africa union we discussed the maximized impact of our development partnerships. we agree to promote food security and nutrition part of our effort to lift 500 million in developing countries out of hunger and malnutrition by 2030. we'll continue to work with our partners in west africa to get ebola cases down to zero, and as part of our global health security agenda, i'm pleased that the g-7 made a commitment to help 60 countries to achieve targets to better prevent detect and resp

against the united states. >> reporter: u.s. officials long made clear there is no formal linkage gene the nuclear talks and the cases of several americans held in iran against their will. the same officials told us they continue to use all available channels, including the sidelines to press for the release of the americans. asked if they see signs of progress on the count, these officials continue to work the cases on all fronts. trish? >> thanks to james rosen in vienna. much more on the greek debt crisis including how it will likely lead to a much talked about interest rate hike later this year. >>> the supreme court handed down three decisions before wrapping up current term. among them a major win for the energy industriesa the supreme court overturned the environmental protection agency's limits on certain power plant emissions. rules take effect in april. but the courts said in a 5-4 vote that the epa, quote, unreasonably failed to consider the cost of the regulations. in another 5-4 ruling, justices upheld the use of a controversial drug in lethal injections. justice samuel alito dismissed arguments the drug could not be used effectively as

against russia. beyond europe, we discussed negotiations over iran's nuclear program and remain united.ran has a historic opportunity to resolve international community's concerns about its nuclear program. our discussions with prime rock, the body of the president of tunisia, and the for thet of nigeria chance to address the threat of my soul. -- isil. g-7 countries agreed to further work together to counteract terrorist efforts. joined by leaders of ethiopia, senegal, and the african union, we discussed how to maximize the impact of our development partnerships. we agreed to continue to promote -- through security and education. we will continue to work with our partners in west africa to get ebola cases down to zero. as part of our global health agenda, i'm pleased that the g-7 meeting major commitment to help 60 countries over the next five years achieve specific targets to better prevent, detect, and respond to future outbreaks before they become epidemics. finally, i want to commend chancellor merkel to make sure the summit included a segment on expanding educational and economic

iran shouldn't be allowed to have nuclear weapons. here is a preview. >> the united states of america provided material and technology for saddam hussein to use weapons of mass destruction against 100,000 iranians were killed or injured. >> you don't want to go there. >> now they blame. >> you don't want to go there. >> you don't agree united states g... >> i was in the state department room when the policy was articulated. we talked to both sides. >> the united states secretly sold arms to iran. >> pages of congress support shows numerous export of illegal chemical material to saddam hussein, and the u.s. supported practically, and the u.s. supported the invasion - ambassador, don't forget. arab countries, allies of the u.s. invaded, and the u.s. supported saddam hussein invading iran. >> i was in the pentagon after the war broke out. there was no activity to support iraq's war effort inside iran. you know that we did have some small - a trickle of support for saddam hussein which was a life line. it was the same mistake we nad supplying arms to the ayatollah khamenei >>> you can say third rail later >>> thousands of tourists are fleeing tunisia after a terror attack. it was t

united states as well as the world stay vigilant. >> reporter: also working with greece to work out a financial fiasco and a nuclear deal with iran. tomorrow a session on the fight against isis which has proved a resilient enemy and a wealthy one. >> it's critical for us to stop the flow of money to isis because it enables so much of their activity. >> reporter: as isis controls more territory, it can collect taxes to finance the war of terror. oil refineries bring in millions and this shows the destruction of ancient sites. experts say they also pill laj those sites and is sell an tick wits on the black market. the iraqi prime minister isn't part of the g7 but he'll meet to ask for more help to fight a well-funded isis. the white house isn't prepared to announce any more help. >> a roll up your sleeves working dinner for the leaders of the world's major industrialized world economy to deal with the world's biggest problem. the problems include climate change an and an ongoing fight. there was also an argument over whether the breakfast beer was not alcoholic. the white house claims not to know. >> chris, thank you. here at home, another round of extreme weather for man

against russia. beyond europe we discussed the negotiations over iran's nuclear program and we remain united heading into the final stages of the talks. iran has a historic opportunity to resolve the international community's concerns about its nuclear program, and we agreed iran needs to seize that opportunity. our discussions with prime minister abadi of iraq the president of tunisia and the president of nigeria were a chance to address the threats of isil and boko haram. the g-7 countries agreed to work together and with our partners to further coordinate our counterterrorism efforts. as many of the world's leading partners in global development joined by leaders of ethiopia liberia, nigeria, senegal, and the african union, we discussed how to maximize the impact of our development partnerships. we grodagreed to continue food security and nutrition. our effort to lift 5 million people out of hunger and malnutrition by 2030. we'll continue to work with our partners in west africa to get ebola cases down to zero and as part of our global health security agenda, i'm pleased that the g-7 made a major

united states as well as the world stay vigilant. >> also working with greece to head off a financial fiasco and nuclear deal with iran. tomorrow a session on the fight against isis which has proved a resilient enemy and wealthy one. a roll of yourup your sleeves working dinner to deal with the problems. >> climate change and ongoing fight over trade deal and an unexpected brouhaha pun intended over whether the breakfast beer the president was served this morning was nonalcoholic. the white house claims not to know. i'm chris jansing, nearby the g-7 in austria, now back to you. >> new at 11:00, kaiser and workers reach an agreement after a marathon of negotiations. annual raises up to 4% to 105,000 employees. ranging from mantd maintenance workers to pharmacists. increases will be 3 to 4% in california depend ongt region and the year of the contract. they the street ratify this summer. it approved it goes in noointo effect in october and goes until 2018. >> apple wants to compete with spotify and pandora so it is revamping itunes to tap into the market. features and pricing is under wraps. the company will also unveil new features for the software like a sma

against russia. the under europe, we discussed the negotiations over it iran's nuclear program and remain united addinge final stages of the talks. iran has as torque opportunity to resolve the international committee's concerns about its nuclear program and we agreed iran needs to seize that opportunity. our discussions with prime test the premise for of iraq and its president of tunisia and the president of nigeria were a chance to address the threats of isl and boko baran. -- boko baran -- haram. as many of the world's leading partners in global development are joined by leaders of ethiopia, liberia, and nigeria senegal and the african union, we discussed how to maximize the defect -- the effective our partnerships and will continue food security and nutrition part of our effort to lift 500 million people in developing countries out of hunger and malnutrition by 2030. we'll continue to work with our partners in west africa to get ebola cases down to zero and, as part of our health security agenda, i am pleased the g-7 made a major commitment to help 60 countries over the next five years achieve spec

against russia. beyond europe we discussed the negotiations over iran's nuclear program and we remain united headingf the talks. iran has a historic opportunity to resolve the concerns about its nuclear program and we agreed that iran needs to seize that opportunity. our discussions with the prime minister of iraq the president of tunisia and the president of nigeria were a chance to address the threats of isil and boko haram. the countries agreed to work together and with our partners to further coordinate our counterterrorism partners. joined by leaders of ethiopia and the african union, we discussed how to maximize the impact of our development partnerships and agreed to continue our land marc initiative to provide nutrition. part of our effort to lift 500 million people out of malnutrition by 2030. we'll continue to work with our partners to get ebola down to syria. zero. i'm pleased we immediate agreements to to try to respond to future outbreaks before they become epidemics. and finally, i want to commend chancellor merkel for making sure this summit includeing opportunities for women. increas

against russia. beyond europe we discussed the negotiations over iran's nuclear program, and we remain united headings of the talks. iran has historic opportunity for concerns about its nuclear program and we agree that iran needs to seize that opportunity. our discussions with prime minister obadi of iraq president asepsi of tunisia were a chance to address the threats of isis and bo coko haran. as many of the world's leading partners in development joined by the leaders of ethiopia liberia and the african union, we discussed how to maximize the development of our partnerships. we agreed to have landmark food and attrition, part of the ability to lift thousands of people out of hunger and malnutrition by 2030. we'll continue to work with our partners in west africa to get ebola cases down to zero and as part of our global health security agenda, i'm pleased that the g7 made a major commitment to help over 60 countries in the next five years achieve specific targets to better prevent, detect and respond to future outbreaks before they become epidemics. finally, i want to commend chancellor merkel for

against the united states. iran's surface to surface missile expansion is a threat typically left out of discussions over its nuclear programs, but we cannot ignore that iran has now built itself the largest and most sophisticated long range missile arsenal in the middle east. the current nuclear framework agreed to in april represents a significant shift in u.s. policy regarding iran's nuclear program. under the agreed-upon framework, iran's nuclear centrifuges will be allowed to keep spinning for the next decade. this is the first presidential administration to agree to a deal that allows iran to continue enriching uranium. thereby legitimatizing iran's entire nuclear program. importantly, the administration's notion that oversight from international you a topic inspectors can keep iran from developing a weapon is simply not true. for over a decade, iran has evaded the very oversight body tasked with conducting inspections and monitoring its nuclear stockpiles. if the past 15 years are any indication tpwhorks iran will incur enormous financial costs and wreck its domestic economy all to continue enriching uranium.

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integrating them into a europe whole and free and today standing united against the challenges of terrorism russian aggression and a nuclear iran. the russian threat to eastern and central europe is very real. president putin is an autocrat whose pop popularity is based largely on his determination to reassert russia's domination over its neighbors but we have the means to counter this threat to support ukraine and other front-line states we need vigorous u.s. leadership in the trans-atlantic alliance. we need a robust mobilization of the alliance's military and financial resources and we need toen gauge vladimir putin aggressively -- to engage vladimir putin aggressively in the competition of ideas and ideals. our friends in ukraine are already in this fight. our allies elsewhere in central and eastern europe fear that they could be next. for the west to rise to this new challenge, the united states must once again be the indispensable nation. and i know that here in the senate we support that effort. so thank you mr. president. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until 9:50 a.m. tomorrow morn