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Writing op eds in the "wall street journal," i think all of that contributes to a number of democrats thinking, maybe this is not where we want to go. and i think the persuasive powers of the president, one-on-one. this was not an lbj arm twisting. this was the president of the united states and the secretary of state very koeg endly making sober minded arguments about why there isnt a good choice here. the other side, the opponents never answered the question adequately. what happens if the u.s...

The ted cruz, glenn becks, dick cheney of the world at rallies, writing op eds in the "wall street journal," i think all of that contributes to a number of democrats thinking, maybe this is not where we want to go. and i think the persuasive powers of the president, one-on-one. this was not an lbj arm twisting. this was the president of the united states and the secretary of state very koeg endly making sober minded arguments about why there isnt a good choice here. the other side, the opponents...

This right, this will keep nuclear weapons out of their hands for years and years, instead of right now, iran is pretty much a nuclear threshold state. theyre not that far from a nuclear women now. this pulls back in a way that works for safety for a much better middle east and keeps the nuclear weapons out of the hands of the iranians. >> you mentioned something interesting. you said this was an lbj arm twisting. in the past two months, the president has had two big heavily contested battles. o...

Virtually all of corporate america were on one side is a pretty powerful bloc. conversations in persuasiveness or lack of persuasiveness notwithstandi notwithstanding. i dont quite see that. i do believe the president, it is not lbj arm twisting. ive watched him in small meekts on this issue. ive watched him speaking to a larger group of senators. and ive seen he is persuasive. democrats, and i think most of the public, i wont talk about republican members of the house and senate, but democrats ...

Hands for years and years, instead of right now, iran is pretty much a nuclear threshold state. theyre not that far from a nuclear women now. this pulls back in a way that works for safety for a much better middle east and keeps the nuclear weapons out of the hands of the iranians. >> you mentioned something interesting. you said this was an lbj arm twisting. in the past two months, the president has had two big heavily contested battles. one on tpp and one on the iran deal. you were on differen...

To go after with these democrats in the house? >> well unfortunately i think they are showing a level of commitment, twisting of arms the use of resources unlike theyve deployed for any of their priorities. i think folks who are watching your wonderful coverage over the last year-plus of fast track and the tpp want to make sure that there is no way that a majority of democrats and republicans in the house end up supporting fast track, then they are really the only remedy. the only thing that bea...

And not just the ceos of large corporations. this is a huge issue. my record is pretty clear on that and secretary clinton and any other candidate will have to tell us which sides theyre on. this is one you cant buckle. you are either for the tpp or against it. im veemtly against it. >> okay. does it surprise you that president obama is in campaign mode with this? that administration officials are putting pressure on some environmental groups saying, hey, we were with you on climate change. you ...

President obama is doing some serious arm twisting this week to try to get democrats in congress to approve expanded trade authority. correspondent kevin corke has the latest from the white house. >> reporter: despite meeting with more than 30 pro business democratic lawmakers it at the white house president obama for the first time in his six-plus years in office faces the likelihood of a stinging rebuke by his own party on capitol hill. the white house bid for so-called fast track authority is...

Meet with house democrats to discuss it. do you know what this is all about? this is all about president obama knowing he does not have the votes and does not have the support. this is your last will have minute arm twisting and deal cutting to try to get him fast-track authority. what this meeting signals is that the president is nervous about his own party, and he knows he cant get this through, and he really wants it. other countries are waiting for this to happen. im joined by the congressma...

Votes, enough of them to make sure this passes so that they dont have the tables turned on them and get blamed for a shutdown of the department of homeland security. >> it looks like right now, no time left. our viewers can see it on the screen. it looks like 222 nays 218 is the majority. they could still change their votes, i take it but if no one changes their votes, this is going to fail. >> reporter: thats correct. it has been out of vote so to speak, out of time for quite some time. you jus...