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This deal wont change iran for the better. It will only change the middle east for the worse. A deal thats supposed to prevent Nuclear Proliferation would instead spark a Nuclear Arms Race in the most dangerous part of the planet. This deal wont be a farewell to arms, it would be a fairwell torewell to arms control. The Prime Minister called the current plan being negotiated a very bad deal. And he warned about the dangers of islamic militants getting access to Nuclear Weapons. The greatest danger facing our world is the marriage of militant islam with Nuclear Weapons. To defeat isis and let Iran Get Nuclear Weapons would be to win the battle but lose the war. We cant let that happen. [ applause ] but that, my friends is exactly what could happen if the deal now being negotiated is accepted by iran. Were harnessing all of our Global Resources to cover this story as only cnn can do. From here in washington to jerusalem, from the Nuclear Talks in switzerland to the iranian capital, our correspondents are standing by to bring you all the latest details, all of the developments. Lets take a closer look at the Prime Ministers speech right now. Our Global Affairs correspondent elise labott is joining me here in washington. Listen to what the Prime Minister said about the alternatives to this current plan thats in the works. The greatest danger facing our world is the marriage of militant islam with Nuclear Weapons. To defeat isis and let Iran Get Nuclear Weapons would be to win the battle but lose the war. We cant let that happen. So the criticism coming in as you know from the white house, elsewhere is that bold words, tough words by the Prime Minister of israel but no specifics, no real alternative to whats going on. Thats right. Just a few minutes after the speech i got an email from very Top Administration officials calling this a, quote, very weak deal because the Prime Minister didnt offer a coherent alternative. The criticism of the administration by the Prime Minister is that he talks tough but without a deal would be the greatest way for iran to get the bomb that he is afraid of because without a deal, iran would be able to continue its nuclear program. It would go on unabated. You would not have those kinds of inspections and restrictions currently in place and would be in place for a long time to come. Going into the speech as you well know, the administration the white house were concerned he was going to release sensitive, classified information as part of this speech. He didnt do that. He didnt do that. His aides advertised some specifics of the deal. He really gave a very broad characterization. But i think when he was very effective, in this mixture of intelligence and emotion and painting this picture of not only the nature of the regime, talking about these tentacles of terror that iran has throughout the region the danger of them getting a Nuclear Weapon in the region but also why this deal would be a way for iran to go quickly to the bomb in less than a year if it were to violate the deal or once it expired and also talked the tinderbox that would be inside the middle east. The problem is he has no alternative, hes talking about a deal he wants greater restrictions for some time to come. He doesnt want those restrictions lifted until iran changes its behavior in the region. He wants to keep sanctions in place. That deal does not exist. Then you go back to the problem that what do you do if theres no deal . And the Prime Minister said israel will not stand alone. It will not stand by and watch iran get a Nuclear Weapon. The question is would they use military action to go after iran . And it doesnt seem likely they could do that at this point without the United States. And thats what they were afraid of that they would be in this position forced to defend themselves by themselves. I know youre getting more reaction. Ill have you stand by. I want to go to the white house right now. Officials there very very critical of the Prime Minister of israel and his speech. They released a statement just a little while ago. Our senior white house correspondent, jim acosta is getting reaction. How furious are they over there, jim . Reporter theyre furious with bibi netanyahu, no question about i. There is strong pushback from this administration to the Prime Ministers speech. And they really are offering up a rebuttal almost point by point throughout this speech theyre saying without this deal that theyre trying to reach with the iranians that tehran would be really on the path to developing a Nuclear Weapon. They also say that even military action would only curtail their program for a fraction of the time that this deal would offer. Theyre saying that that is another point that is in their favor. Another thing that theyre saying is that just because theyre talking to the iranians doesnt mean that theyre trying to normalize relations with the regime in tehran and saying that they dont trust the iranians. If this deal is put into place, there will be a monitoring regime that is put in place to make sure the iranians are living up to their end of the bargain. But if you just look at the personal nature of this white house response to the Prime Ministers speech it is stark, it is vivid and it cant be mistaken. I want to put this up on screen. Theyre basically asking Prime Minister netanyahu, where is your plan . It says quote, we are pursuing a deal that verifiably prevents iran from obtaining a Nuclear Weapon. Where is the alternative . Simply demanding that iran completely capitulate is not a plan plan. Potentially, theres a meeting with the defense secretary in about half an hour. Cameras will be going in. Were not sure whether or not the president will talk about it. But josh earnest will be peppered with questions about the Prime Ministers speech. That happens at 2 00. If the president s relationship with the Prime Minister was bad going into this speech, its poisonous right now. Jim, stand by. Well hear what the president has to say in his meeting with the new defense secretary, ash carter. Lets go to jerusalem, kate bolduan is on the scene for us. You have a special guest, youre getting reaction from some of the Prime Ministers supporters. Reporter absolutely. And some of the Prime Ministers critics. Right after the Prime Minister finished his speech his main opponent took to the microphone and began giving if you want to call it a response. In the response just really quickly, he said after the applause, netanyahu remains alone. Israel remains isolated and the negotiations with iran will continue. He accused netanyahu of sabotaging the relationship with the United States. That of course is the key opponent to Benjamin Netanyahus in upcoming election. But with me now, former deputy minister of defense, current member of the israeli parliament. I know you have a very different view in the Prime Ministers speech before congress. Kate Prime Minister netanyahu was sounding the alarm for the survival of our country. We are worried. And im very proud of our Prime Minister who came and said exactly what we feel. It is a bad deal. We prefer to wait not to sign this deal because the p5 plus 1, we want to stop iran for the long run. We cannot allow them to become nuclear. You cannot monitor them. Reporter this came out and we talked about this earlier, i want to get your take. The administration immediately after the Prime Minister spoke said that there is literally not one new idea not one single concrete alternative, its all rhetoric, no action. Then what did the Prime Minister gain in this speech . Well first of all, i see that in your politics you have officials. If somebody has something to say, he should come publicly and say what he thinks about our speech. The Prime Minister flew in the middle of the campaign and said exactly what we feel here in israel. But there is an alternative. We should continue with the sanctions. We should apply more pressure. This is a crucial moment. You dont sign the deal today. You put more pressure on iran. Then you get them to sign a better deal for us. Reporter you brought up that he flew in the middle of the campaign. Thats one of the biggest criticisms that im hearing from israelis here that are critical of the Prime Minister as well as youre hearing that concern over in the United States. That this was all about politics. Was this all about the campaign . The date it was set, march 24th by the p5 plus 1, i dont know reporter couldnt he have made this speech two weeks earlier . The negotiations in geneva the interim deal was signed in 2013. This speech could have come much earlier. We care about the politics. But the ayatollahs dont care about the elections in israel or in the u. S. They care about building the bomb. And i think that Prime Minister pushing the issue of iran for many years and hes worried about this issue because in two weeks, we will have a new government in israel. But iran will continue to build its nuclear containment. And in two weeks, well find out what impact if any that this speech the Prime Minister, gave before congress will have. Danny, thank you so much. Wolf back to you. One quick question, kate. Theres a rule in israel a law that two weeks before an election you cant do campaigning live on television. So theres this fiveminute delay. I understand when the opposition the main challenger to the Prime Minister the Labor Party Leader was speaking they took part of his rebuttal speech and they didnt allow it to go off to the israeli public. What happened . Reporter this spaekt of this is fascinating to me. I comes from strict rules, as you and i were discussing in election law. They had decided, a judge, that netanyahus speech needed to be on fiveminute delay for all networks and radio that were going to be broadcasting it in order to try to avoid letting it become a Political Campaign propaganda speech. On the flip side the interesting part about this when hertzog began making his speech the stations decided it was becoming too political and they pulled his speech, wolf. Interesting stuff. The politics in israel. Well see what happens two weeks from today when the elections take place. Between 50 and 60 democrats here in washington members of the house and senate chose not to attend the speech by the visiting Prime Minister. One who did attend is congressman adam schiff of california, Ranking Member of the house intelligence committee. Congressman, i know youre privy to all the sensitive information. What did you think of the Prime Ministers speech . I think the Prime Minister laid out fairly well the concerns that many israelis have about what theyve heard about the deal. The challenge, and this has been highlighted by the white house response is whats the alternative to this proposal . And there i do agree with the criticism that we didnt hear a lot of what happens next if this thing falls through. And what i think happens next is iran begins to spin up its centrifuges again, it starts to enrich to 20 , maybe beyond 20 . We get much closer than a oneyear breakout. And then the question is wheres israels red line and wheres ours . And im not sure theres enough time there for what the Prime Minister in part laid out. And that is that iran then comes back to the table for more negotiations. So thats really the dilemma that were going to face if there is any kind of an agreement. Have you seen the u. S. israeli relationship in public as poisonous as it appears to be right now, this personal relationship has really gotten a whole lot worse between the Prime Minister of israel and the president of the United States. I certainly havent. And this is a grave concern, i think, to all of us here on the hill and both sides of the aisle because the relationship has to be strong. And ironically the Prime Minister really needs the president , whether theres a deal and maybe even more so if there isnt because if there is no deal and iran begins to enrich again and israel makes the decision it needs to embark on military action, theyre going to want the support of this president. So its very dangerous, i think, to have allowed the relationship to get to this point. Thanks very much, congressman adam schiff. Well continue to stay in touch with you. Well have much more coverage of the Prime Ministers historic and very controversial speech before the United States congress. Thats coming up including a fact check of the comments he made about Irans Nuclear capabilities. And later, Hillary Clinton apparently breaking the rules, using her personal email account for every single email she sent during her four years as secretary of state. Will this come back to bite the likely 2016 democratic president ial candidate . Sweet mother of softness. Charmin take a closer look at charmin ultra soft and youll love what you see. Not only can you use less, but you can actually see the softness in our comfort cushions. We all go. Why not enjoy the go with charmin ultra soft . You total your brand new car. Nobodys hurt,but there will still be pain. 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That includes the secretary of state john kerry. Only three weeks remain to strike that framework of a deal in switzerland. Our chief National Security correspondent jim sciutto is joining us. Hes covering the talks in montreuxmono montreaux. Whats been the latest from there . Reporter no reaction, wolf. The reason is since before the speech started to know a good 2 1 2 hours, those negotiators led by secretary of state john kerry, and the Iranian Foreign minister, javad zarif, their fifth meeting in the last 24 hours. Gives you an indication of what theyre focused on, still working towards a deal. I did speak to the Iranian Foreign minister earlier, he said that netanyahus attention, in his view is to try to create tension and conflict here. The principal concern from secretary of state john kerry had been that the israeli Prime Minister would reveal some of the secret details of where the negotiation stands. That did not happen. But, of course the speech did show overall a fundamental disagreement between the president and the israeli Prime Minister between the u. S. And israel on the very idea of the talks. The Prime Minister said this is a bad deal. The white house said yesterday, the president in that interview with reuters, said maybe the chances were about 50 50 at best that there could be a deal. You think thats changed as a result of what we heard from netanyahu today . Reporter the 50 50 number has been an administration talking point for months less handicapping and more to deliver the message that these talks may get through, they may reach an agreement but they may not. When you look at the outstanding issues and you look at the time line a little over three weeks to the deadline for a framework agreement, there are major framework issues where the two sides are very apart on sanctions. Iran wants them lifted immediately. The u. S. Wants to parcel that out over time to make sure iran complies. You heard the iaea saying yesterday that iran still after more than a year and a half of negotiations have not fessed up on past weapons investigations. The number of centrifuges, the type of centrifuges, what kiptype of r d iran can do. All those things shows you why the administration making clear these talks may very well not come to an agreement. Jim sciutto in montreaux outside of geneva covering these talks for us. Cnn is the only network with a correspondent in iran at the moment. Lets go to Fred Pleitgen what are you hearing from the people there . I suspect they werent taping that speech live on Iranian State television. But i assume people have heard about it already. Reporter they certainly have heard about it, wolf. There have been some pretty vicious reactions so far already on iranian tv but also from iranians that we have been speaking to as well. They didnt take the speech live as netanyahu was giving it. But there is video of the speech thats running and there was a headline on iranian tv that called it a speech of iranophobia. In commentary on iranian tv after the speech they said the speech was a humiliation for barack obama. They also kept making the point that they believe that this speech would drive a wedge between the u. S. And israel and alienate a lot of the other western allies that israel has. That was one of the main points that they were making. I was afterwards able to speak to a political analyst whos very close to the government here in tehran. And he accused netanyahu of lying. He said that netanyahu was contradicting his own intelligence. Remember there was those cables that were leaked just a couple of days ago that seems to suggest Something Like that that perhaps netanyahu had been at odds with his own intelligence services. Thats certainly something that the iranians were building big on. But one of the main points taken up here was the points that the Prime Minister made where he said that he believed that iran needed the deal more than the west does and more than the United States does. Thats certainly something with the iranian leadership have tried to dispel that notion on various occasions. The Supreme Leader has said he believes a bad deal for iran would be worse than no deal and iran would carry on and would muddle through if indeed the sanctions remained in place and there was no agreement. Fred pleitgen in tehran well stay in close touch with you as well. Hes reporting what the reaction is over there. Coming up well get more reaction to the Prime Ministers speech at the United States congress including the Prime Ministers chief press secretary, mark rega hes here in washington. Well get his reaction as well. [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, weve always been at the forefront of advanced electronics. Providing technology to get more detail. 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But you also know that at the white house, theyre furious right now that the Prime Minister is questioning their commitment to israels security. Well i think its very ironic the president s overreaction made this a much much bigger speech. If the president just relaxed, had coffee with netanyahu, this would have been a normal foreign visitor speech. But by reacting for the last two weeks in the frenzy that theyve been in they guaranteed that this would be a speech noticed around the world. And its a pretty straightforward argument. Innocent yow whos worried about the very survival of his country is not prepared to take risks. Obama who has a gigantic country thousands of miles away is more prepared to take risks. Thats a straightforward, legitimate argument and one which i think netanyahu is going to win. And i think the reaction to the speech today shows you theres going to be a very large bipartisan majority opposed to any kind of a bad deal with iran. Because the accusation against him is that he did this largely or at least in part for domestic political reasons. Hes facing a stiff challenge, the elections in israel two weeks from today. What would have been the big deal if he would have waited at least until after the elections so he wouldnt be accused of doing this for domestic partisan reasons . Theres a grave danger from his perspective that the United States that the obama administration, will reach an agreement with the iranians. There was a deadline in late march. And i think that netanyahu was determined to draw a line in the sand before the deadline and to indicate to the american president the limits to any kind of agreement he could get away with. And i think he was very clear on the speech today that there are very strict limits beyond which it would be a bad deal. And i think you saw in the congressional reaction by both democrats and republicans that theres a pretty big bipartisan majority that is going to vigorously oppose any kind of a bad deal. If theres no deal the administration points out, the president of the United States himself, that theres nothing stopping iran from going ahead and enriching as much uranium as they want and going ahead with some sort of Nuclear Weapon. The only reason theyre not doing that now is because of the pressure because of all those negotiations with members of the u. N. Security council. Well i think first of all if theres no deal the congress will pass dramatically stiffer sanctions and combined with the drop in the price of oil which is costing the iranian dictatorship a great deal of money, the additional layer of sanctions will cause even more pain in the iranian economy and further weaken the government. So its not a question of them having an automatic free hand. I think its also clear and even president obama said were not going to tolerate the iranians getting a Nuclear Weapon. The question i ask the president is, what does that mean . Is he prepared to use military force . Is he prepared to use covert action . But what does not tolerate mean which is something he himself has said . Theyve often said if theres no deal and iran is moving forward, the United States will not allow iran to have a Nuclear Weapon all options, he says would be on the table, presumably referring to the military option as well. Newt gingrich thanks very much for joining us. In his address to the United States congress the israeli Prime Minister primarily focused his speech on a proposed deal on the table between iran and what are called the p5 plus 1, the five permanent members of the Unsecurity Council plus germany. The Prime Minister made a few allegations about Irans Nuclear programs. Lets check the facts. Tom foreman is joining us together with David Albright a former u. N. Nuclear weapons inspector. Tom, break it all down for us. Wolf one of the chief complaints of the Prime Minister is just that that this proposal really does not dismantle the Nuclear Capability for iran. Listen. Not a single Nuclear Facility would be demolished. Thousands of centrifuges used to enrich uranium would be left spinning. Thousands more would be temporarily disconnected but not destroyed. Because Irans Nuclear program would be left largely intact irans breakout time would be very short, about a year by u. S. Assessment even shorter by israels. So there you have the basic claim that theyre making Irans Nuclear Program Remains largely intact. Lets bring in the map. David, well talk about this. The sites scattered across iran right now, about 19,000 different centrifuges at work out there. You can see theyve had tours in past years with ahmadinejad when he was there. Heres an aerial view of the same thing. What about this claim, this idea that basically this will not be dismantled under this deal . What happens at natanz . The excess centrifuges will be made inoperative and very hard to restart. What does that mean . It means it will take them months to get going again. The pipes would be disconnected certainly turned off. In the negotiations you could also push to have some of the Vital Equipment actually destroyed. That could still be at issue. But the bottom line is its going to take iran a long time to restart those centrifuges. So theres still negotiations going on on that. Some facilities would be destroyed effectively . Well the u. S. Position is that the deeply buryied site at issue because its hard to destroy militarily that would be shut down and not involved in uranium enrichment anymore. If you look at these centrifuges and you think about how they produce material when we talk about breakout time how long does it take to get enough to make a bomb . The u. S. Said as recently as yesterday, two to three months before they could make a bomb from this material. And iran says more like a year year and a half. Whos right . I think the u. S. Estimates are the better of those three. At this moment . At this moment. Theyve certainly invested a lot of resources to understand this process better. Theyre using a great deal of intelligence. I think their estimates are the better one. Right now, if nothing changes, two to three months iran could say, we have the material for a bomb. Thats right. If they went headlong in that direction. And under this deal theyre trying to push it back to more like a year. Yeah. How do you deal with the question of secrecy . Thats one of the Big Questions for everyone. The goal is to get a year breakout time or at least a year at the declared sites. But then you have to worry about the covert sites. Then you need much better inspections. Part of the deal that the u. S. Wants is that the inspectors would have many more rights to inspect, to drastically reduce the chance that iran is building secret sites to enrich uranium and to create mechanisms for enforcement that if theyre caught david, thank you very much. Good insights there. And a reality check on where they stand in these good negotiations. Thanks very much. Coming up more on Prime Minister netanyahus speech. The white house weighing in with some severe criticism of the israeli leader. Ill also get reaction from the Prime Ministers press secretary. Theres mark rega up on capitol hill. Well check in with him when we come back. Im only in my 60s. Ive got a nice long life ahead. Big plans. So when i found out medicare doesnt pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. Then i got a Medicare Supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if youre eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80 of your part b medical expenses. The rest is up to you. 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While the final deal has not yet been signed certain elements of any potential deal are now a matter of public record. You dont need intelligence agencies and secret information to know this. You can google it. The Prime Minister spoke plenty this morning about what was wrong with the nuclear deal. But what about alternatives to the current negotiations under way in switzerland . Lets bring in the spokesperson for the Prime Minister traveling with the Prime Minister, joining us from capitol hill. There was a lot of angry reaction, mark. Youre hearing it from the white house. Youre hearing it from nancy pelosi the democratic leader in the house of representatives, the minority leader. Let me put up on the screen what she wrote. She said that is why, as one who values the u. S. israel relationship and loves israel i was near tears throughout the Prime Ministers speech saddened by the insult to the intelligence of the United States and part of the p5 plus one nations and saddened by the condescension toward our knowledge of the threat posed by iran and our broader commitment to preventing Nuclear Proliferation. Wow, what strong words coming from the democratic portion of the house of representatives. Your thoughts . This is an issue we should be able to rally around. A nucleararmed iran is a threat to the world. The iranians today are building Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles wolf. Their theyve already got missiles that can hit my country, tel aviv and jerusalem. Theyre building longrange missiles to hit targets in north america. As you know no ones ever built one to carry a conventional payload. This is a threat against us all. And it shouldnt be partisan politics. She saez the Prime Ministers basically insulting the intelligence of the president of the United States and his top leadership and that this is an active condescension by the Prime Minister. You dont often hear those kinds of words from a strong supporter of israel in washington. True. I would urge you, you would urge everybody, read the transcript of what the Prime Minister said because i think what you heard was a very measured and a very well thought out presentation of whats the problem with the parameters of the deal that is currently on the table and why it does not offer a real solution to the Iranian Nuclear threat. And i think if people look at the Prime Ministers remarks and review those remarks and weigh those remarks on their merits i think our case is compelling. Whats the alternative, though . Lets say the negotiations collapse. Irans going to get ahead and enrich its uranium and develop a bomb. We think theres a lot of iranian breavado and if the International Community demands concessions from iran that they take concrete steps to dismantle their nuclear program, we believe such a deal is possible. And we would support a good deal that actually peacefully solves the Iranian Nuclear program. The trouble is whats currently on the table just kicks the can down the table. And ten years from now, like with north korea, youll have Nuclear Proliferation in iran. That will cause other neighbors to go for their own programs. Thats a threat to us all. Multilateral Nuclear Proliferation in the most unstable part of the world. It would be catastrophic. Mark regev, thanks very much for joining us. Thanks for having me. Up next much more on the netanyahu address, the reaction is intense. Well speak with one of the members of the United States congress who boycotted the address. Is all this going to really hurt the u. S. israeli relationship . 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Hes in the meeting with the new secretary of defense, ash carter. Reporters were inside at the start of that meeting. The president said he did not have a chance to watch the Prime Minister netanyahus speech before a joint meeting of the United States congress but he did say he read the transcript and then added pointedly there was, in his words, nothing new. Well get that videotape played for the viewers as soon as that pool comes out of the oval office in the white house. Lets get more reaction a different perspective, democratic congressman steve cohen is cohn is joining us from tennessee. You didnt attend the meeting. I assume you watched it though on television right . I watched it with a group of aipac representatives in my office. Did the Prime Minister convince you . No, he didnt convince me. It was political theater and thats why i didnt attend. It used the chamber to put him in a position the president is often in. This puts him on equal footing with the president of the United States. I wasnt going to be part of it. I didnt attend. The political theater was worthy of an oscar. It was a great speech for Prime Minister netanyahus reelection in israel a good speech for speaker boehner. But it was not a good speech for the future of having a denuclearized iran. That conversation should be taking place in geneva not here in washington before the cameras. Im afraid it created a greater schism between the president and the Prime Minister. And thats not good for israel and not good for world peace. Im sure that the relationship which was bad to begin with is a whole lot worse right now. That personal relationship between the president of the United States and the Prime Minister of israel. On the substance when he said this current deal is really bad, will undermine potentially israels very existence, what do you say . Well, he doesnt know what the deal is. And he wouldnt be in favor of any deal. He talked about persian bazaar and you walk away and they go back oh mister mister, ill take this price. Its not the same thing. If the iranians dont make a deal they may straighten up their back and be tougher. I think it will hurt 200 israeli generals and officials who say this drives us further away from a good deal with iran and i think it drove us away. Steve cohen from tennessee, thank you. Lets get more analysis on whats going on. Gloria borger is with us john king is with us. The reaction has been intense, bitter words from nancy pelosi speaking about insulting comments from the Prime Minister of israel towards the United States condescension, you dont often hear that from the democratic leader in the house. You dont. And according to the reporting from the white house, Senior Administration official while not using that language also made it very clear that and this is a quote, the Prime Minister offered no concrete plan and the president basically said the same that he didnt hear anything new there. So i think what comes out of this is that the Prime Minister delivered, i thought, a very effective speech, making his case very well both to the American Public and to the audience back home. But in terms of the Iran Nuclear Negotiations nothing has changed. Were getting more details now from that pool spray from that photo opportunity in the white house. The president and the new secretary of Defense Ash Carter well get that videotape. But from reporters inside the president also said in addition to there was nothing new in this speech he said the Prime Minister didnt offer any viable alternatives to preventing iran from obtaining a Nuclear Weapon. The administration he said put in place extensive sanctions regime after a framework deal rolled back some of its nuclear program. When he announced that framework deal, the president says netanyahu, quote, made exact same speech as he made today. None of those warnings came true. Theyre going back and forth, john. Theyre going back and forth. This is not two Staff Members or two press secretaries. This is the president of the United States and the Prime Minister of one of the globes biggest security challenges of the moment. Thats whats so remarkable. This relationship its not icy. Its broken. Its broken, and the question is when the president says theres nothing new in the speech, in the back of his mind hes hoping theres something new in two weeks. Hed like a new Prime Minister to deal with. Its hard to see any significant progress or agreement in this relationship through the end of the obama administration. That gives you pause on a number of global issues. Theyve always said despite their personal dysfunction, they can get business done. I do think if youre the president of the United States and whether youre watching at home and disagree or agree with the president , imagine being him and standing in the spot where the Prime Minister gave his address and saying the president of the United States is betting the security of the world on a hope iran will change its behavior, saying the president says this is going to block irans path. No it doesnt. It paves irans path. From the president s perspective, hes a proud man and a competitive man, and he just saw the Prime Minister of an ally stand up in a very sacred spot in american politics and say, youre dead wrong. And accuse him of a certain amount of naivety and accusing all the people who are trying to negotiate this deal with iran. These are very complicated matters. There are clearly people inside the white house, although everyone says you cant take this personally and netanyahu did pay homage to obama on a lot of fronts before he went after the iranian deal. Theyre really upset about this. This is a serious breach. And the question is did netanyahu move the ball . The administration wants this is nothing new. When they count the votes, did the Prime Minister make a tough sell for the Administration Even harder . If thats the case the president is going to have to respond. Were going to get that videotape from the oval office the president meeting with the defense secretary. Were going to play it for our viewers. Stand by. Much more of our special coverage right after this. Miranda i got red dirt stains on my boots and jeans. Calloused fingers from my guitar strings. Wild like the wind in the tall pine trees. I got roots and i got wings. You total your brand new car. Nobodys hurt,but there will still be pain. 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That would be a violation of federal rules because it makes them less available as official records, and private email accounts are more susceptible to hacking as well. The former Florida Governor jeb bush, a top contender for the gop nomination pounced on the controversy with this quote. Transparency matters, unclassified Hillary Clinton emails should be released. You can see mine here jebbushemails. Com. Brianna, i guess rules were broken but how serious is this . This potentially could be pretty damaging. Well, were trying to figure out which rules, if rules, were broken. I dont know if this is something that is going to be terribly terribly damaging to her, but it really hurts when it comes to trying to package her as some sort of different clinton, as a more transparent clinton. But what i think is interesting, and i take issue with, coming from her spokesperson is they say she was really operating under the spirit and the letter of the rules here. Well no she wasnt. The spirit of this rule whether or not its even changed in the last few years, is towards security and towards transparency transparency. If you talk to any expert they will tell you that having a personal email address instead of a government account and using it solely is less security than using a government email address and that when it comes to this issue of transparency youve got Hillary Clinton and maybe those aides around her who have discretion. Hold on for one moment. We have the videotape coming in to cnn. This is the videotape of the president of the United States meeting with the defense secretary ash carter in the white house. This is going to be the first public reaction from the president to the Prime Minister of israel Benjamin Netanyahus controversial speech before a joint meeting of congress. The Prime Minister of israel basically accusing the president of undermining israels security and actual very existence by going along potentially with what the Prime Minister calls a bad nuclear deal with iran. Were about to hear from the president to get his reaction. This is the first time we have had an opportunity to hear from mr. Obama. Tell me when everybodys in. Everybodys all set . All right. Well this is going to be the first opportunity that i have to get an extensive debriefing from secretary carter who took a trip last week to afghanistan and other parts of the region. Hell be giving me some impressions about how were planning our drawdown and transition in afghanistan. And talk about some other regional issues. One issue that we will be discussing is iran and obviously thats been a topic of great interest today. So let me just make a couple comments on that. I did not have a chance to watch Prime Minister netanyahus speech. I was on a Video Conference with our European Partners with respect to ukraine. I did have a chance to take a look at the transcript. And as far as i can tell there was nothing new. The Prime Minister i think appropriately pointed out that the bond between the United States and america is unbreakable, and on that point, i thoroughly agree. He also pointed out that iran has been a dangerous regime and continues to engage in activities that are contrary to the interest of the United States to israel, and to the region. And on that we agree. He also pointed out the fact that iran has repeatedly threatened israel and engaged in the most venomous of antisemitic statements. No one can dispute that. But on the core issue, which is how do we prevent iran from obtaining a Nuclear Weapon which would make it far more dangerous and would give it scope for even greater action in the region the Prime Minister didnt offer any viable alternatives. So lets be clear about what exact ly exactly the central concern should be both for the United States and for israel. Ive said since before i became president that one of my primary goals in Foreign Policy would be preventing iran from getting Nuclear Weapons, and with the help of congress and our International Partners we constructed an extraordinarily effective sanctions regime that pressured iran to come to the table to negotiate in