but we are prepared and i think wendy sherman is going to be briefing shortly on that senator. but what we can provide is the actual road map that the iaea put out. and the iaea has issued a full road map of what their expectations are. >> i understand that but i'm talking about the secret document -- >> it's a confidential agreement. it's being postured as this -- it's a confidential agreement which is the standard procedure of the iaea. and we have lived with the iaea senators, and relied on the iaea for years and years, and historically they iaea always creates what is called a comprehensive safeguards agreement, which they negotiate with the country. and that is not shared with the world. there are reasons it is confidential it has to do with what you can get out of that country, but we do get briefed on it. we're aware of it. secretary muniz has actually made recommendations to

ambassador wendy sherman joins us now.ar talks with iran. also joining us bianna golodryga. good to have you onboard again, bianna. ambassador, first of all, can you response to cruz's statements to huckabee's statements and maybe the statements that are maybe ploys to get into debates or to cut through the noise, how it impacts the cause. >> well, i think, you know we all understand that we're in a presidential season in some ways and we have a lot of candidates who, i'm sure sincerely believe what they do about this deal. but they're really looking, i think, more for the sound bite than for the bite of this deal. we're trying to insure that iran does not acquire a nuclear weapon. that's really serious business. it is true that iran is doing a lot of nefarious things in the region. and we want to stop those as well but you can't load everything onto one deal. what we decided, what the president of the united states decided, is we needed to get the nuclear weapons off the table so we can focus on the terrorism, on the huma

listen to wendy sherman correct a reporter's terminology. >> the hostages did they ever come up in the talks directly? or was it only a sideline issue? >> the americans -- we probably legally would not call them hostages. detainees. >> detained in iran. >> americans detained in iran and robert levinson who has been missing for some years that we think the iranians have knowledge of. >> joining me now me the wife of pastor abedini. great to have you. >> thank you gretchen. >> what do you make -- wendy sherman, she was involved in the negotiations. what do you make of her terminology correction for that reporter? >> well i think they are hostages. our congress has continuously called they will hostages. our administration has said that they are being held unjustly and on bogus charges. and so what do you call that? they have been taken hostage, unfortunately. >> i want to go back to a couple of days ago when the deal was announced and president obama had his news conference. and he got a relatively tough question that involved your husband, still being held in iran and whether or not he

i very much appreciate the negotiators and the team and give a shout out to wendy sherman, and i would like to recognize our colleague, angus king of maine who has been sitting here from the beginning very conscientiously trying to stay involved in this issue. this is a very important deal one based on verification and sound science. those who areas are what i would like to focus on today. as you know the national labs in tennessee, m francois hollande net income and california have played an important role and i think it's important that we do the best job we can to explain to the american people why this deal meets the scientific rigors for preventing iran from acquiring a bomb. so secretary monese can you tell the people what the half life of uranium and plutonium are. and what that means? >> you are creating the urge for a 50-minute nuclear physics lecture. >> but i don't want that. >> the half life of uranium, is roughly the age of the earth, that's why we still have it in the ground. uranium 235 is maybe a factor of ten less. plutonium is much shorter, 20,000 years, probably whic

>> i -- it's possible -- i don't know for sure but it's possible wendy sherman may have. but i don't know that for sure. >> secretary muniz have you read the text? >> no. >> on my medium? >> no. >> has anyone on your team at the department of energy? >> i'm not sure. i don't know. i think not, but i don't know about that. i can ask, in terms of the technical team maybe somebody saw something. >> secretary kerry as anyone else in the united states government reviewed the text of these agreements? >> not that i'm aware of. i don't think so. >> if under secretary sherman has read these agreements -- >> i don't know whether she read a summary or draft, i have no idea. i said i think, and i'm not sure. but i know she's briefing the senate very shortly, senator, so she'll be briefing in classified -- >> i have received several classified briefings about the deal and look forward to another one. but congress would like the text of these agreements as required by u.s. law. certain published reports starting yesterday, say that the content of the side deal that discusses the milit

israel i can't media are reporting that the under secretary of state wendy sherman said there was a dialog israel and i american experts over the past year. sherman reportedly spoke to prime minute star benjamin netanyahu's national security advise tore discuss the deal. now that that there is a deal more cash is expected to flow in to iran. ali velshi reports from teheran. is. >> translator: we need to have relations with the world. we need to be able to export what we make. and also need to import some things that are not worth creating in-house. >> reporter: he is an executive in a car parts factory west of teheran. he's like many iranians we met. hesitant to talk politics, but eager to tell us that given a choice between iran's nuclear ambitions and the country's economic prosperity, he would choose i want grating iran back in to the world economy. >> translator: in this very unique moment in time iran needs to move away from its oil exporting depend is a and move toward a more production-based economy. >> reporter: his auto parts couple of is part of iran's auto industry, one of the l

. >> i want to say, thank wendy sherman for me personally. donald trump said something why don't you bring women into the negotiations, it would go much better. she is fantastic and wish she was here. >> she is absolutely spectacular. she did an extraordinary job. we would not be where we are without wendy and jack and an incredible team, a team, by the way, all across the government of the united states experts whose life is spent analyzing iran and analyzing nuclear prolive nation that came from the energy department and intelligence community and from the state department elsewhere, all who worked together, and believe me they're a savvy group of people and nobody pulled any wool over their eyes. >> thank you. senator rubio. >> thank you, thank you all for being here today. secretary kerry the administration publicly stated that you expect this deal is going to be rejected by majorities in both houses of congress, and you said while winning approval of congress would be nice your goal is to basically convince enough democrats so you can ov

boxer: would you just think wendy sherman for me, personally, for her worked on? donald trump said something -- why don't you bring women into this negotiation -- it would go much better. wendy sherman is fantastic. i wish she was here. sec. kerry: she is spectacular. she did an extraordinary job. we will not be where we are without whitney, jack, and an incredible team -- a team, by the way, all across the government of the united states. experts whose life is spent analyzing iran, who came from the and -- the energy department, the intelligence committee, believe me, they are resetting group of people, and nobody -- they are a savvy group of people, and nobody pulled all over their eyes. >> thank you, senator remo -- rubio. sen. rubio: it has been stated that you believe this deal is going to be rejected. while winning the approval of congress would be nice, your goal is basically to convince enough democrats to support the deal that you can override and the president can veto. for the most part, this is a done deal, but i think it is important for the world and

. >> i want to say, thank wendy sherman for me personally. donald trump said something why don't you bring women into the negotiations, it would go much better. she is fantastic and wish she was here. >> she is absolutely spectacular. she did an extraordinary job. we would not be where we are without wendy and jack and an incredible team, a team, by the way, all across the government of the united states experts whose life is spent analyzing iran and analyzing nuclear prolive nation that came from the energy department and intelligence community and from the state department elsewhere, all who worked together, and believe me they're a savvy group of people and nobody pulled any wool over their eyes. >> thank you. senator rubio. >> thank you, thank you all for being here today. secretary kerry the administration publicly stated that you expect this deal is going to be rejected by majorities in both houses of congress, and you said while winning approval of congress would be nice your goal is to basically convince enough democrats so you can ov

i want to thank secretary kerry and monez and lui and your team and wendy sherman and many others whooted the last two years to negotiating with iran incredible service to our country, incredible sacrifice to their families. and we thank you very much for your dedicated service, your hard work and what you have your service to america. the iranian nuclear agreement and review act that senator korker reviewed to passed earlier this year was an effort by the members of congress to set up the appropriate review for potential deal with iran. we are extremely pleased that after very difficult negotiations we were able to get unanimous vote of this committee, get the support of the white house and we believe we accomplished two major objectives in passing that statute. first, of course we set up the appropriate review for congress. it allows us to take action or we don't have to take action. it recognizes the fact that the sanction regime was passed by congress and that we have a role to play in regards to implementing any agreement as we now see in the jcpoa that congress has a role to pla

indeed, one of our key negotiators, the day to day lead negotiator, wendy sherman, was briefed on it.rnie moneys was like life -- likewise briefed on it. we are aware. alix: the committee is looking at how the deal could affect the iranian neighbors and military balance of the middle east. the senate has advanced its version of a highway funding bill. keeping them swelling for the next three months. the 65 to 35 of would provide three years of highway funding to renew the charter of the u.s. export import bank. the banks charter expired on june 30 and house leaders have said they would not consider the senate measure. alix: fox is letting everybody in on the act for the first republican presidential debate. now that will be not one, but two debates on august cleveland. it does help lindsey graham, george pataki, and carly fiorina. they would not qualify under the old rules. scarlet: -- pending home sales -- scarlet: pending home sales dropped for the first time this year. they had thought that sales would increase. the housing market has shrunk from slow growth due to higher lending s

wendi sherman took pains to say we did not have bilateral talks with the americans.verything was through translation. everything was that a snail's pace. since the new administration came to power, there has been a whole new set -- a whole new energy into these talks. look at these photographs. they are laughing around the table. there are personal relationships that have been built. a whole new chemistry. you are talking for 14 hours a day for weeks on end. john kerry has set records for the hours he has spent negotiating. you do have to find a way to get through it on a personal level. you mentioned all of those things. we will not go through them on this half-hour. they have really come far in terms of trying to wrestle one of the big security challenges of our time. trying to curb iran's ability to develop the materials to produce a bomb. not less than a year that iran was veering from its commitment that it was pursuing a bomb they have a year that they can use a snapback. if things start going wrong they have a way to put it right. that is a critical disagreeme

but we are prepared, and i think wendy sherman is going to be briefing shortly on that. what we did providing can provide is the actual roadmap that the iaea put out and the iaea has issued a full roadmap of their expectation -- senator: i understand that. but i am talking about the secret document. mr. kerry: it's a confidential agreement. it's being postured as this -- it's a confidential agreement which is the standard of the iaea. we have lived with the iaea for years. historically, they always create what is called a comprehensive safeguard agreement, a csa which they negotiate with the country, and we don't get that -- it's not shared with the world. the reason it is confidential has to do with what you can get out of that country, but we do get briefed on it. we are aware of it. secretary moneyonize may have tightened it up a bit. you have confidence in it. senator: i would say as chairman it is incomprehensible that we did not have full access to that and i think most people agree with that. but my time is expired. thank you. mr. mccain: senator nelson. senator n

secretary kerry: it's possible i don't know for sure, but it's possible wendy sherman, but i don't know for sure. senator cotton: secretary moniz, have you read the context of these agreements? secretary moniz: no. senator cotton: has anyone else reviewed the text of these agreements? secretary kerry: not that i am aware of him i don't think so. senator cotton: if secretary sherman has read these agreements, does that not undercut the claim of confidentiality? secretary kerry: i don't know she said -- if she read a summary or a draft. she will be briefing in classified. senator cotton: i have received several testified briefings on the deal. what congress would like is the text of these agreements as required by u.s. law. the associated press mentioned yesterday that the content of the side deal mentions the nuclear base where tests were rolled out. much like an nfl taking his own euros and -- his own urine sample. senator kerry: what i can confirm is that secretary moniz, in his discussions with the team, made recommendations to them. i am the -- i believe it satisfied whatever they pr

ambassador, that the chief negotiator in talks with iran is this woman, wendy sherman.s the number three person at the state department in the united states. she served the obama administration since 2011. she was also a top aide in coordinating policy on trying to contain north korea's nuclear proliferation during the clinton administration. here she is with her north korean counterpart in 2000. given how the north korean talks turned out, you wonder why she was tapped to do the same thing with iran. do you wonder about that, mr. ambassador? >> i do wonder. anyone who dealt with north korea should have learned a lesson. the thing that worries me most, not just about miss sherman, who i respect very much but everybody who sat across the table including secretary kerry and his team, i'm sure they meant well. i think these are decent people who meant well. but somehow they were taken for a ride by the iranians. mohammad javad zarif the iranian foreign minister served with me for four years as iran's ambassador to the united nations. the minute he was appointed i knew that

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in december of 2013, the chief negotiator wendy sherman told pbs that a final agreement should include -- quote -- "a lot of dismantling of their infrastructure." end quote. yet under this deal, we're seeing that iran's program will in fact almost all be preserved not dismantled. the length of the agreement the p-5 plus 1 initially speculated and stipulated that iran must accept restrictions on its nuclear program for 20 years plus another 25 years and then later they said 20 years plus another 10 years. finally their last offer was just 20 years, which was in the end reduced to 10 years. and i think over the next 60 days as people read the fine print of the agreement they might find out that it's even less than 10 years. but they certainly know now that it's not 25 -- 20 years plus 25 years, mr. president. this is a bad deal for the united states and one that will embolden our enemies jeopardize the security of our allies, further lead our friends to not believe they can trust us, and our enemies not to be afraid of us. what worse place could we be in in a dangerous world than that? t

wendy sherman raises it. >> are they giving any signal this may be any reason to be optimistic?cially for these families on this anniversary, this one-year anniversary of the detention of "washington post" bureau chief? >> we are not going to be optimistic. i would never use that word until the americans are home with their families. i remember personally jason, last july being in vienna covering the iran talks for "the washington post." not having him there this year everyone certainly felt that. secretary kerry raises it. we are pushing every way we can. we will continue to do so until they're home. >> would it help for the administration in making its case to congress if iran were to release these detainees? >> well we believe that congress should judge the nuclear deal based on the facts that are in the nuclear deal. that's what they should look at. but separately we are being very clear with congress. sure it came up today. sure it will come up on the hill tomorrow. we are using every single opportunity to press the iranians to bring them home. to allow them to come home. >

wendy sherman who i respect very much, negotiated that deal with north korea and president clinton was a very good friend assuring us that north korea would never go nuclear, and they did. and synvery more dangerous because north korea created them out of desperation while iran is seeking them out of aspiration. so we have history, a precedent of rowing regime of weapons. and there's another between north korea and iran. north korea has a sponsor, which is china, which we may disagree with. but what i think wants north korea to be under control. iran has no sponsor. it is itself. the sponsor, the main sponsor of terrorism around the world, it still cares out terrorism all around the world. not just in our region. >> yeah. >> and therefore -- you know, we believe the iranians. we believe them when they say they want to wipe israel off the map. when they say death to america. so, you know, why should we -- if we believe these things, why should we believe those empty words in the un resolution document? >> former israeli ambassador to the united nations. we'll see what happens both with

boxer: would you just think wendy sherman for me personally for her work? donald trump said, why don't you bring women into this negotiation, it would be most -- much better. she is fantastic. sec. kerry: she is absolutely spectacular, she did an extraordinary job. we would not be where we were -- where we are without wendy. at incredible team, all across the government of the united states. experts, whose life is spent analyzing iran, analyzing nuclear proliferation who came from the energy department, the intelligence community, from the state department and elsewhere all who work together and believe me, they are a savvy group of people. nobody cold any wool over their eyes. >> thank you. senator rubio. sen: rubio: the administration has publicly stated that you expect this deal will be rejected majorities in both houses of congress. you said that while winning approval of congress would be nice, your goal was basically to convince enough democrats to support the deal so you could avoid a veto. as far as the administration is concerned, this is a done de

>> i -- it's possible -- i don't know for sure but it's possible wendy sherman but i don't know that for sure. >> secretary moniz, have you read the text of these agreements? >> no, sir. i have not seen them. >> have you read any prior version? >> no, sir. >> on any medium computer, tablet, phone? >> nope. >> has anyone on your team at the department of energy? >> not -- i'm not sure. i don't know. i think not, but i am not sure about that. i can ask in terms of the technical team, maybe saw something. >> please do and get back to us. >> okay. >> secretary kerry, besides potentially undersecretary sherman, has, to your knowledge anyone else in the united states reviewed the text of these agreements? >> not that i'm aware of. i don't know. i don't think so. >> if undersecretary sherman has read the text of these agreements, even if they are not in her possession does that not undercut the claims of confidentiality between the iaea and iran? >> i don't know whether she read a summary or a draft, i have no idea. i said i think and i'm not sure but i know she's briefing the senate very s

. >> it's possible i don't know for sure, but it's possible wendy sherman, but i don't know for sure. >> secretary moniz have you read the context of these agreements? >> notice. >> have you read any previous version? >> no. >> has anyone on your team at the department of energy? >> not -- i'm not sure. i think not but i'm not sure about that. i can ask in terms of the technical team. maybe somebody saw something. >> please do and get back to us. secretary kerry besides potentially under secretary sherman has to your knowledge anyone else in the united states government reviewed the text of these agreements? >> not that i'm aware of. i don't know. i don't think so. >> if under secretary sherman has read the text of these agreements, does that not undercut the claims of confidentiality -- >> i don't know whether she read a summary or a draft. i know she's briefing the senate very shortly, senator. so she'll be briefing in classified -- >> i've received several classified briefings about the deal. i look forward to another one. but what congress would like is the text of these agreement

i have confidence that wendy sherman and the other folks on his team are negotiating hard and i'm hopeful the deal will a tough deal an enforcement deal and one i can support. if it's not a good deal i won't support. >> we see what appears to be a state department aide putting remarks on the podium a sign john kerry may be very close to coming out. talk to us about this deadline as we wait for him. a target wait i think is a good way to put it. east coast time we're talking the text would need to come in the morning. we see john kerry. you're saying the deadline isn't as hard and fast. >> there's a 30-day review period if they get us the text. >> let's listen to john kerry in vienna, austria. >> well good evening, everybody, and let me start by thanking all of you for your remarkable patience. i know in fact all of us involved in this know that this has been a very difficult couple of weeks for the many journalists who are here in vienna with us. but let me assure you we would not be here continuing to negotiate just for the sake of negotiating. we're here because we believe we're making

wendy sherman, the chief negotiator for the united states during these talks stated in february of last year of 2014 to the senate foreign relations committee that iranian ballistic missiles or "indeed are going to be part of something that will have to be addressed as part of a copperheads of agreement." at the time was secretary sherman referring to lifting the u.n. embargo on ballistic technology when she made this statement to the foreign relations committee? or did the united states intend to include restrictions on ballistic missiles in this agreement? secretary kerry it does include : -- it's under chapter seven and enforceable under the united nations. article 41. and there are restrictions within this agreement and i would also comment on the earlier question that the defensive weapons are not covered by the embargo. so the is 300, for example, from russia, is not covered anyway. senator lee: this is a roguish state. it has made not only threats but taken aggressive actions towards the united states, made threats to wipe israel off the map. there are real reasons why we don't w

agreement, that was historic, but it failed and the same individuals who worked on that agreement -- wendy sherman, i remember some of our debates on the time, i was on the committee, and i remember the views of john kerry at that time, they were wrong and north korea obtained a nuclear weapon as a result. so there's a lot consequential about this and that's what congress will have to look into. >> rose: i'm going to be here. i can't wait. all this is intriguing to me, including, david thanking you and also i suspect there are thousands of stories still not told. >> we're going to learn a lot about what happened back here in the coberg that we don't know and i'm sure it's a pretty fascinating tale. a lot of that centers as jeff was suggesting, on secretary kerry. this was the longest we've ever seen a secretary of state stay in one city outside the united states working on one project in decades. >> rose: i said historic figure not no bell aspirant. >> don't be surprised if you see that. >> rose: i wouldn't be surprised in all kinds of rewards are offered and if it doesn't, history will be unkind.

i think secretary kerry and his delegation wendy sherman have proven they're tough minded and willing to walk away without a deal. the iranians need to know that. there are some issues upon which the united states is not going to compromise. i think the administration has handled these negotiations very capably but it's always tough at the end. i don't think the criticism has much merit at all. i think, andrea the advantage the administration will have if they do get this agreement is what is the alternative? is there a better alternative to safeguard american national security and to prevent the iranians from becoming a nuclear weapons power? i don't think there is. i think this is the best way for the united states to proceed. >> and what we are just looking at while you were talking there, nick, new pictures just taken moments ago of zarif, the iranian foreign minister on his balcony. he knows the camera down below. he indicated they're tired, a little sleepy. certainly another signal that we're not going to get an agreement by the deadline of midnight tonight. thanks so much nick

the deal negotiated by john kerry, wendy sherman, ernie moniz, our allies our partners the p5+1 achievest goal. it achieves our top priority -- making sure that iran does not get a nuclear weapon. but we have always recognized that even if iran doesn't get a nuclear weapon iran still poses challenges to our interests and our values both in the region and around the world. so when this deal gets implemented we know that we will have dismantled the immediate concerns around iran's nuclear program. we will have brought their stockpiles down to 98%. we will have significantly reduced the number of centrifuges that they operate. we will have installed an unprecedented inspections regime and that will remain in place not just for ten years but, for example, on the stockpiles will continue to 15 years. iran will have pledged to the international community that it will not develop a nuclear weapon and now will be subject to an additional protocol, a more vigorous inspection and monitoring regime that lasts in perpetuity. we will have disabled a facility like the iraq facility from allowing iran

negotiators wendy sherman. they met until 3:00 a.m. trying to hammer out the details in this agreement. here on thursday, we had most of the european foreign ministers as well as the chinese foreign minister. they've now left, but here in vienna the u.s. delegation, e.u. delegation and the iranians continue to work on all of the details of this. remember that this is the eighth day that secretary of state john kerry has been here in vienna, putting aside all his other work. the same goes for the iranian foreign minister. there are still stiction points. this is a deal if they get it that is going to govern the relationship of iran and its nuclear activities, first for a 10 year period, then a period beyond that. it needs to be a legally binding agreement, a lot of deals have to be absolutely water title. >> what do you believe is the biggest sticking point here? >> well, i think there have been two for sometime. one is that issue of the iaea inspections. that's the part of the u.n. that does nuclear inspections. that's why there was th

the deal negotiated by john kerry, wendy sherman, ernie monese, our allies our partners, the p5 plus 1 achieves that goal. it achieves the top priority making sure iran does not get a nuclear weapon. but we have always recognized that even if iran doesn't get a nuclear weapon iran still poses challenges to our interests and our values both in the region and around the world. so when this deal gets implemented, we know that we will have dismantled the immediate concerns around iran's nuclear program. we will have brought their stockpiles down to 98%. we will have significantly reduced the number of centrifuges they operate. we will have installed an inprecedented inspections regime and that will remain in place not just for ten years but, for example, on the stockpiles, we'll continue to 15 years. iran will have pledged to the international community that it will not develop a nuclear weapon and now we'll be subject to an additional protocol a more vigorous inspection and monitoring regime that lasts in perpetuity. we will have disabled a facility like iraq the iraq facility, from all

wendy sherman met with the two deputy iranian foreign ministers here.six-hour all night session. that shows that things are pretty intense. >> andrea if no agreement is reached by tuesday can they simply extend the deadline again? >> they can. there are a couple of problems with that but i think if they are close to an agreement, i think they would extend again. one problem is that the other foreign ministers, russia china have to go to a meeting of another organization with brazil and india and china and some others. they have to be in moscow on the nineth for this summit. that's one problem. the other problem is the congressional deadline. if they are close, i think they would stay. >> in congress senators kirk and menendez put for additional sanctions. how much does american politics play into these negotiations? >> a lot. i think what's going to happen here kerry is very focused on getting the best deal and worrying about selling it back home. the real problems here are will iran live up to what it's promised. they promised some things in switzerlan

my understanding is that wendy sherman is the individual who briefed house members in a classified setting earlier this week, and she has made an offer to brief members of the u.s. senate in a classified setting. that leads me to believe that she is the one who was briefed by the iaea on the contents of the agreement, but you should ask the state department directly. andrew: obviously you can't speak about confidential protocol, but can you envision a situation where the iaea would come to a broader conclusion as far as iran's nuclear intentions without access to iranian scientists? mr. earnest: my understanding is that the iaea has indicated they will have access to all the information they need to write the report. i mentioned yesterday some irony of some republicans in the united states senate who say they are not scientists and therefore cannot form an opinion about the reality of climate change, yet, all of a sudden they have the expertise of a nuclear physicist and can effectively determine what sort of access and information the iaea needs to write the report. i think it is -- that

the deal negotiated by john kerry, wendy sherman, ernie moniz, our allies, our partners, the p5 plus one, achieves that goal. it achieves our top priority, making sure iran does not get a nuclear weapon. but we have always recognized that even if iran doesn't get a nuclear weapon iran still poses challenges to our interests and our values both in the region and around the world. so, when this deal gets implemented, we know that we will have dismantled the immediate concerns around iran's nuclear program. we will have brought their stockpiles down to 98%. we will have significantly reduced the number of centrifuges they operate. we will have installed an unprecedented inspection regime and that will remain in place not just for 10 years but for, example on the stockpiles, will continue to 15 years. iran will have pledged to the international community that it will not develop a nuclear weapon and now will be subject to an additional protocol, a more vigorous inspection and monitoring regime, that lasts in perpetuity. we will have disabled a facility like iraq, the iraq facility, from

indeed one of our key negotiators, the day-to-day lead negotiator wendy sherman, was briefed on it andernie moniz was, likewise briefed on it so we're aware of what the basics of it are. it's standard procedure, and there are 189 countries that have an agreement with the iaea. >> my question is, are we entitled to all of the related -- >> correct. yes, those that are part of the agreement, per se. this is, by reference and no country has access to the confidential agreements directly of the iaea -- >> i don't mean to interrupt you, but my time is limited here. i can't imagine this wouldn't be part of what we all would be briefed on. yesterday when congressman poe asked the question about a secret deal and secretary rice said she has seen the deal with iaea and she is going to share it with -- >> i gave the exact quote to congressman poe and the quote is she has been briefed on it but has not seen it. >> i will give her quote. she said she did she did see it she did evaluate it and she said she did six days ago, and that's seven days ago now, and she said six days ago she had seen it an

wendy sherman was as wrong about that as she was about north korea not using the nuclear capacity we gave them to make nuclear weapons. of course december 7 2013, president obama himself said, it's my strong belief that we can envision an end state that gives us an assurance that even if they have some modest enrichment capability, it's so constrained and the inspections so intrusive that they as a practical matter do not have breakout capacity. now, that's a great statement there because he's not saying that we'll get iran to that point. if you look carefully. he says that we'll have an end state that gives us an assurance. well, iran is willing to give us assurance. but they're not even willing to give us an assurance of what president obama hoped for for goodness sake. secretary kerry said, november 24 2013, quote there is no right to enrich, we do not recognize a right to enrich. it is clear in the n.p.t., in the nonproliferation treaty, it's verier, very clear there's no right to enrich. well now we know that secretary kerry was very, very wrong about it being very, very clear t

the deal negotiated by john kerry, wendy sherman, ernie moniz, our allies our partners the p5+1, achieves that goal. it achieves our top priority make pentagon sure that iran does not get a nuclear weapon. but we have always recognized that even if iran doesn't get a nuclear weapon iran still poses challenges to our interests and our values, both in the region and around the world. so when this deal gets implemented, we know that we will have dismantled the immediate concerns around iran's nuclear program. we will have brought their stockpiles down to 98%. we will have significantly reduced the number of centrifuges that they operate. we will have installed and unprecedented inspections regime, and that will remain in place not just for ten years, but, for example, on the stockpiles, will continue to 15 years. iran will have pledged to the international community that it will not develop a nuclear weapon, and now will be subject to an additional protocol a more vigorous are ininspection and monitoring regime that lasts in perpetuity. we will have disabled a facility like iraq the iraq fac

the deal negotiated by john kerry, wendy sherman ernie moan ezz, our allies, our partners, the p 5 plus 1 achieves that goal. it achieves our top priority. making always recognized that even if iran does not get a nuclear weapon it still poses challenges to our interest and our values in the region and around the world. when this deal gets implemented, we know that we will have dismantled the immediate concerns around iran's nuclear program. we will have brought the stockpile down to 98%. we will have reduce the number of centrifuges they operate. we will have installed an unprecedented inspections regime. that will remain in place not just for 10 years, but for the stockpile 15 years. iran will have pledged to the international community that it will not develop a nuclear weapon that will be subject to additional protocols. we will have disabled a facility like iraq the iraq facility from allowing iran to develop plutonium they could be used for a bomb. we will have greatly reduced the stockpile of uranium that is enriched, and we will have put into place inspections along the entire s

. >> would you just thank wendy sherman? can you bring women into this? >> it was an incredible team. a team all across the government of the united states, and experts whose life is spent analyzing iran and nuclear proliferation coming from the intelligence department and state department and elsewhere, all who worked together and believe me they are a savvy group of people and no body pulled any wool over their eyes. >> senator ruben? >> it was expected this deal is going to be rejected by majorities of both sides in the house. so as far as the administration is concerned this is a done deal. but i do think it is important for it world and iran to understand this is a deal whose survival is not guaranteed beyond the term of the current president. and by the way i personally hope the next president is someone who will remove the national security waver and reimpose the sanctions passed. this deal is flaw and i believe it weakens the national security and makes the world a more dangerous place. throughout the process, this administration in my opinion is

said you i very much appreciate the negotiators and the team and especially give a shout out to wendy sherman. i would also just like to recognize -- i don't think he has been recognized yet -- our colleague, senator of maine, has been sitting here from the beginning. secretary kerry and secretary lew and secretary moniz this is a very important deal. one based on verification and sound science. those two areas are what i would like to focus on today. as you know, the national labs in tennessee, new mexico, and california have played an important role in a think it is important that we do the best job we can to explain to the american people why this deal means -- needs the scientific workers from preventing iran from acquiring a nuclear bomb. can you tell the committee with a half-life of uranium and plutonium are and what this means regarding how long we can detect its signature in nature and why that is important? secretary moniz: you are creating the urge for a 50 minute nuclear physics lesson. mr. udall: i don't want that. secretary moniz: the half-life of uranium uranium 238, which is t

the deal negotiated by john kerry, wendy sherman, ernie moniz, our allies, our partners, the p5+1, achieves that goal. it achieves our top priority making sure that iran does not get a nuclear weapon. but we have always recognized that even if iran doesn't get a nuclear weapon, iran still poses challenges to our interests and our values, both in the region and around the world. so when this deal gets implemented, we know that we will have dismantled the immediate concerns around iran's nuclear program. we will have brought their stockpiles down to 98%. we will have significantly reduced the number of centrifuges they operate. we will have installed an unprecedented inspections regime . and that will remain in place not just for 10 years but, for example on the stockpiles, what will continue to 15 years. iran will have pledged to the international community that it will not develop a nuclear weapon, and now will be subject to an -- subject to an additional protocol, a more vigorous inspection and monitoring regime, that lasts two for duty. -- two -- to for 280. we will have disabled a facili

i want to thank secretary kerry sect moniz and secretary lew and your entire negotiating team, wendy sherman and many others who have devoted the last two years to negotiating with iran in -- incredible service to our country and incredible sacrifice to thur families and we thank you for your dedicated service and hard work and what you -- your service to america. the iranian nuclear agreement review act that senator corker reviewed to passed earlier this year was an effort by the -- the members of congress to set up the appropriate review for potential deal with iran. we are extremely pleased that after very difficult negotiations we were able to get a unanimous vote of this committee and get the support of the white house and we believe we accomplished two major objectives in passing that statute. first, of course we set up the appropriate review for congress. it allows us to take action or we don't have to take action. it recognizes the fact that the sanctions regime was passed by congress and we have a role to play in regards to implementing any agreement as we now see in the jcpoa that

last year the negotiator wendy sherman testified before the foreign relations committee that iran had -- quote -- "not shut down all of their production of any ballistic missile the issue was -- and she said -- quote --"indeed going to be part of something that has to be addressed as part of the comprehensive agreement." ballistic missiles as we know can be useed to deliver a nuclear weapon and now under the current deal the arms embargo own iran will be completely lifted in just eight years' time including on ballistic missiles. i don't think the administration simply changed their minds and decided this wasn't an important issue. i think they simply caved on yet another important item to our national security, and that of our allies. earlier this month, for example, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff martin dempsey testified -- quote -- "under no circumstances should the united states relieve pressure on iran with regard to ballistic missiles capabilities and arms trafficking." so with this purported deal that the administration apparently has caved once again on something th

i appreciate the negotiators and the team and especially give a shoutdout to wendy sherman. i'd also like to recognize our colleague senator angus king who has been sitting here from the beginning. back in their office or here to stay involved in this designation. this is a very important deal, one based on verification and sound science. those two areas are what i'd like to focus on today. the national labs in tennessee new mexico and california have played an important role, and i think it's important we do the best job we can to explain to the american people why this meets the scientific rigors for preventing iran from developing a bomb. secretary moniz, can you say what the half life of uranium and plutonium are and what this means about how long we can detect its signature in nature and why that's important. >> you are creating the need for a 50-minute lecture. the half life of uranium is roughly the age of the earth 5 billion years. and that's why we still have it in the ground,ranium 235 is a factor of maybe ten less which is why it's a major isotope now. plutonium i

the deal negotiated by john kerry, wendy sherman, ernie monese, our allies our partners, the p5+1 achieves that goal. it achieves our top priority making sure that iran does not get a nuclear weapon. but we have always recognized that even if iran doesn't get a nuclear weapon iran still poses challenges to our interests and our values both in the region and around the world. so when this deal gets implemented, we know that we will have dismantled the immediate concerns around iran's nuclear program. we will have brought their stockpiles down to 98%. we will have significantly reduced the number of centrifuges that they operate. we will have installed an unprecedented inspections regime and that will remain in place not just for ten years, but, for example, on the stockpiles, we'll continue to 15 years. iran will have pledged to the international community that it will not develop a nuclear weapon and now will be subject to an additional protocol a more vigorous inspection and monitoring regime that lasts in perpetuity. we will have disabled a facility like iraq the iraq facility, from allo

kerry, and wendy sherman -- i don't know she's any relation. guest: no relation. caller: i hope not. they have no stuck an ice pick -- now stuck an ice pick in the eye of mr. netanyahu. host: mr. sherman, whether you go ahead. guest: i was part of the small committee that was given the honor of escorting the prime minister of israel into the house chambers. it is not true that every member of congress stood up and cheered at everything the prime minister of israel had to say. in fact there were about 50 of my colleagues who announced they were boycotting and not standing up. the idea that every president has been pro-israel is historically not true. it was eisenhower that forced the israelis to withdraw from sinai back in 1956. the last president, george w. bush, had an absolutely terrible policy on iran. for eight years he blocked every effort to pass new sanctions on iran. people think this is genuine male pattern bold -- baldness, but this is just banging my head against every wall in washington trying to pass sanctions. president george bush deliberately intent