walid, where do you stand on the iran nuclear deal?a lot of discussion including today in congress about will we be able to monitor? will the iranians change their attitude once we start to send them the money? i think the strategic priority should be what would the iranian regime do with the money we're sending? with the 130 or 120 whatever that money is? they're going to buy the weapons, the deterrents they would need so by the day they decide we're not doing well, they will say it's going to cost much more if you want to put the sanctions. liz: steven, you learned as deputy vice president for national security, there have been deals along the way over the years with many presidents that americans hated that congress hated. i can remember when ronald reagan wanted to sell awacs and wanted to sell planes to the saudis, and people say wait, the saudis bitterly hate israel. he was successful in doing that. turned out okay. is it possible that these types of deals can eventually work in the nations that the world favor? >> possible in th

lou: joining us tonight walid phares, retired major general robert scales. we begin with the saw. tion made -- saw. sumption made immediately this person, muhammad youssef abdulazeez is being investigated now as a domestic terrorist. are you surprised that there is a instance judgment, and dis position? >> let me say way that operations were conducted, this was u.s. milltary targeted -- there a previous operation in 2009 in arkansas, this fits profile of what al qaeda and isis wants, we know that, most likely this is part of a yee had -- jihad i operation in use but what we don't know who triggered this operation. lou: one cannot help but think of president of united states, who said, months ago, last year, that we were going to see the islamic state degraded, and destroy by u.s. forces. that is not happened, it shows no signs of happening. your reaction? >> well, you are right. you know, wa - -- walid is righ, young i islamic whack jobs like thissen to go out and kill for a losing cause. the can't count the aim of people who are -- by the success of isis in middle east. until you

terror expert and author of the coming revolution walid phares joins us. good evening sir. >> good evening. >> the secretary of defense calls this a heinous crime. maybe he also called it terrorism. i don't know. but, you know, when you have someone who, you know, who is raised in kuwait, i mean naturally you are suspicious this isn't just a crime but this is much more. >> it's certainly a crime. every act of terrorism is a crime. so double definition of what it is. what we are interested now in the u.s. is to determine the kind of operation. this is a terror operation. killing military. part of it so far i think fits with the jihadi description. they are targeting the military. we have seen that before. they are doing multiple -- trying to do multiple action ended up as a suicide mission there is a part that i don't think is clear yet. where was he radicalized. usually if there previous cases we would see a lot of facebook social activities that shows us. so far we haven't seen this. the issue of kuwait. he was born in kuwait but we don't know was he a ku

government. >> walid, it is dagen mcdowell.mey the head of the fbi did indeed said federal government is clearly what it is doing in terms of own social media message something not enough. but the we're not in the messaging biggs. the senate intelligence committee approved a bill that would require social media companies to alert federal authorities when they become aware of terror-related content on their sites. is that a step in the right direction? >> it is. but at same time we are telling these companies go after them. detect them. but we tell them detect what? at what point? let me give you an example. what is the word, for example, let you know there is radicalization? caliphate. is the government pushing that point? is there any list of words or terms? no, that is my point. this administration basically is not fighting battle of ideas. maria: they're not. dr. walid phares. thanks for joining us. straight ahead on "mornings with maria." greek banks set to reopen. we're told they will open on monday. limit on atm withdrawa

. >> walid, let's hope that changes. thank you. >> thank you. >> we are getting new information on the escape of drug man. the prison break prompted a worldwide manhunt with authorities determined to put the kingpin behind bars. hi adam. >> we showed the mug shot. his hair was allowed to grow out. is the manhunt continues in mexico. and the u.s. is helping in small ways. not as much as u.s. authorities would like. they are helping mexican authorities and the focus of the search remains in mexico. he has no reason to leave that country. his contacts and he had people help him escape the prison. he walks around the cell and disappeared behind the half wall. it was 18 minutes that passed before anyone was alerted to the scape of the drug lord. he was able to get far. and it is controversial. there was not a single person a signed to monitoring guzzman. there was images from 20 different cameras and the number one prisoner in the entire country was not individually monitored and the details of the tunnel that cost 5 million

charles: we havua walid -- waled phares with us, we lost him. amazing, i want his perspective. to you heather. >> privacy issue is a big one. we passed freedom act over patriot act. charles: what about profiling? how do you do it? where do you draw the line? you are an attorney. but then there is a notion that, there is a common thread with these, do we have to put our heards in sand or should be honest about it. >> we have law enforcement in a tough position, this obama administration they leaning forward protecting the people as opposed to general people, they are protecting people who are afraid of being profiled, and claiming racial profiling, to the extent it is putting us in danger, as bo said we have to go toward being all encompassing there a ripe for picking out a -- reince fo reason for pickingt a certain group or person. charles: people around the boston mayo marathon bombers, kw there was something wrong. what role do americans have here? stepping up to the little bit, saying something. i don't think they should get 5 years for aidin