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Democrats to join us, to protect congress constitutional responsibilities. the founding fathers insisted that congress have the power to ensure that no president, whoever he or she may be can make a binding international agreement especially one about nuclear weapons, the worst state sponsor of terrorism. >> what do you make of the fact that joe biden came out saying it is beneath the dignity of an institution he revered. he said its designed to undercut a sitting president in the midst of sensi...

Maybe the united states isnt after all acting in as good a faith as they should. >> reporter: one of the fundamental disputes at the heart of this is should this potential deal with iran be considered a treaty. some in congress say it is important enough it rises to that level, it is a treaty and as such should demand a vote from congress. but the way the white house is treating it as an executive agreement. it doesnt have the binding of law. we asked them about that today and they said you know...

Relations with iran now. >> why not engage in these negotiations on a level that would lead to a treaty or something that is legally binding and that would require a vote in congress? >> the negotiations that are underway seek very serious and firm commitments from the iranians and would build in precautions in the form of historically intrusive inspections to ensure that iran was living up to their commit zblmts part of the hearing today secretary kerry saying the negotiated plan ordeal with ir...

Democrats who share our viewpoint, regardless whether they signed a letter or sponsored legislation, the president doesnt want them to speak out and share their views that iran cannot be allowed to get a nuclear weapon. >> you can make the case that president obama has exceeded his executive authority right? many republicans are making that case on many issues from immigration to obamacare right now. but discouraging the democrats in the senate from saying bad things about his deal isnt exactly ...

A harder bargain. >> to drive a harder bargain. thats whats going on right now. sure as you well know and are learning in the haulhalls of the senate and the congress, the guy youre negotiating with doesnt have the power, we do. not only is that not true but hows to that help the negotiating do anything but hinder the efforts we all agree are vital to u.s. security interests? >> well it is true. the simple matter of constitutional law that the congress only has the power to approve international...

Offense to this letter. one thing they found condescending was a passage where gop senators said that perhaps the iranian government was not familiar with the u.s. constitutional process. one of the things iranian foreign minister said in his reply was that the government here is well aware of the constitutional process and that they believe that if the president of the united states signs an agreement, that that would be a legally binding even for administrations that would follow. they also sa...

Focus less on revenue and more on policing less on intense use of force and more on nonviolent and de-escalation methods. what were going to hear later from the attorney general is whether theres a plan to make some of that binding. >> ari, great to see you. thanks, buddy. see you coming up in the next hour. be sure to catch ari on "the cycle," week days at 3:00 p.m. here on msnbc. basically 90 minutes from now. to overseas and a region being held together by a fragile cease-fire. ukraine figh...

Here on the actual widespread conduct of the ferguson plidolice department, they found racial bias, improper policing, potential violations of federal law there. interestingly, you ask whats new. they found there was an overall effort by the police department to use policing and arrests and fines to raise revenue rather than secure public safety. they say thats an endemic problem there. >> so when we talk about an endemic problem in that community and as we look at other communities around the c...

Sanctions, sanctions congress created against iran. its a pretty simple proposition. before congress agrees to relieve the sanctions it created, we would like to look at the deal and vote on it up or down. i believe democrats and republicans are coming together along these lines saying a deal with iran is so important to our own national security and that of israel that we would want to look at the deal and have a say before it becomes binding. and i think theres going to be bipartisan support f...

Complete disaster? president obama in his entire national security team are really the keystone cops. >> all right. secretary kerry vowed today iran will not get nuclear weapons. you laugh. >> well, these are the same people that drew a red line for assad. these are the same people that say we are going to degrade and destroy isil and isil is gapping territory in syria. >> you think iran is going to get a nuclear weapon? >> yes. if something doesnt change. these are the same people that said put...