. >> reporter: but some lawmakers like representative vicky hartsler said the white house may have broken the law in the process. >> they went around congress and released these terrorists without notifying us and that's wrong. >> reporter: meanwhile, in yemen, an american held by houthi rebels was released today. the white house said very little about the other three. they had been battered by saudi air strikes with the aid of u.s. intelligence and president obama said keeping iran nuclear-free remains his top priority. >> i think i can demonstrate, not based on any hope but on facts and evidence and analysis that the best way to prevent iran from having a nuclear weapon is a verifiable tough agreement. >> reporter: when isis overran iraqi military troops last year in mosul, the second largest city in that country, we're told tonight by the prime minister of that country that they lost some 2300 humvee armored vehicles making it easier for isis to fight and that much tougher for the iraqis. bret? >> kevin corke live from the white house, thank you. >>> the cloture vote tomorrow on the us

. >> reporter: but some lawmakers like representative vicky hartsler said the white house may have broken the law in the process. >> they went around congress and released these terrorists without notifying us and that's wrong. >> reporter: meanwhile, in yemen, an american held by houthi rebels was released today. the white house said very little about the other three. they had been battered by saudi air strikes with the aid of u.s. intelligence and president obama said keeping iran nuclear-free remains his top priority. >> i think i can demonstrate, not based on any hope but on facts and evidence and analysis that the best way to prevent iran from having a nuclear weapon is a verifiable tough agreement. >> reporter: when isis overran iraqi military troops last year in mosul, the second largest city in that country, we're told tonight by the prime minister of that country that they lost some 2300 humvee armored vehicles making it easier for isis to fight and that much tougher for the iraqis. bret? >> kevin corke live from the white house, thank you. >>> the cloture vote tomorrow on the us

we will talk to missouri republican vicki hartsler, and connecticut democrat joe courtney, also on the armed services committee. washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. a eastern on c-span. >> chief financial officers for major corporations gathered in washington, d.c. this week to discuss the financial challenges facing their companies and the global economy. next is several international trade pacs are finalized and the government considers whether to give fast track trade authority we heard from michael froman and charlene barshefsky. this is a half hour. >> so thank you. we have a lot of trade negotiators up hear on stage. this is good. we should all get some action and have a negotiation session. you know, the best strategies for that. mr. froman, this has been quite a remarkable day just in sort of the evolution of this -- the latest trade pact. let's assume for the moment so we don't get into the politics of this since we've been discussing it a fair amount so far today, that tpa, the trans-pacific partnership gets to a vote. what does this trade deal hold in store for these compan