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>> love it. love being here. >> is there a feeling among the u.s. delegation, among people covering this and who know this subject tightly, is there a feeling that there is going to be something to sign, that there is going to be a binding agreement, that the u.s. is going to be part of something quite different than what we have done in the past? >> i think theres a sense of optimism. theres also a sense of urgency and they kind of go together. when you think about first of all what theyre doin...

Binding agreement that would need to be affirmed by the senate. and that is, some detractors say, a weakness in the u.s. position here, that the president could not bring that kind of certainty to it. his advisers counter that by saying it really is an opportunity to invite nations that might not be key players right now, to consider themselves part of this going forward. i guess thats a way you might look at this and of course until its completed here, they want to give it the most optimistic t...

Taking his crusade to the upcoming climate talks in paris attempting to block a binding agreement by being what he calls a "one-man truth squad. while he may be the public face after republican denialism, one of his colleagues in the house is waging something like guerrilla warfare on climate science. lamar smith, republican from texas, chairs the house committee on science, space and technology. a body that david roberts argues is even worse than the select committee on benghazi. because while ...

Attempting to block a binding agreement by being what he calls a "one-man truth squad. while he may be the public face after republican denialism, one of his colleagues in the house is waging something like guerrilla warfare on climate science. lamar smith, republican from texas, chairs the house committee on science, space and technology. a body that david roberts argues is even worse than the select committee on benghazi. because while the benghazi committee is at the very least investigating ...

Change in congress, chairman jim inhofe is now thinking about taking his crusade to the upcoming climate talks in paris attempting to block a binding agreement by being what he calls a "one-man truth squad. while he may be the public face after republican denialism, one of his colleagues in the house is waging something like guerrilla warfare on climate science. lamar smith, republican from texas, chairs the house committee on science, space and technology. a body that david roberts argues is ev...

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Discussed in that meeting and come out of it? >> well, what we want tooz is a binding agreement between these governments here to look at a couple key things. first of all, to find all the boats that are stim out at sea and bring those people safely to shore. allow them to disembark. importantly, allow access to do refugee status determination, to sort out who was a victim of human trafficking and ensure the international community knows who were talking about and find the appropriate solution f...

>> what i would say to the israeli people is, however, that there is no formula there is no option to prevent iran from getting a nuclear weapon that will be more effective than the diplomatic initiative and framework we put edward and that is demonstrable. >> congress in town next week and ready to challenge president obama on the details of this deal. president obama indicated some openness to be able to have congress register their feelings about this deal. but without making it a binding agr...

What is his best bet? >> i think the best bet this is a historic opportunity to change the way we do business with this country and we have to keep our eye on the big prize that if the framework results in a binding agreement, which we hope it will that iran will agree not to obtain nuclear weapons for a good amount of time and that is you know, a game-changer in terms of the security of the whole world. >> kevin, you heard richards point. he is not alone. we have heard two completely different ...

For nuclear program. >> we have a role, thats our constitutional system. we thought it was important to educate the leaders of iran about how it works in the united states. and if they sign this deal with president obama, and it is not ratified by the senate then it will be a personal agreement, not a binding agreement for future leaders of the united states. >> not a traitor senator? >> absolutely not. this is about the survival of the west, our values america, and israel. iran is one of our mo...