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Shake the confidence of european partners, and then punt it to congress in a confused mess that isnt actually that intimidating or effective. you end up with the worst of all worlds. the iranians are probably saying we dont trust this guy and this could be the end of the nuclear agreement. on the other hand, for all this bluster, this is it, its not actually very intimidating. and then you add to the fact that you have others, russians, chinese looking at this probably scratching their heads and...

In other areas of middle east politics we believe the agreement must be preserved as the. iranian president hassan rouhani said his country will continue to respect the nuclear deal in spite of trumps quote insults in a speech on state television rouhani said the agreement was much stronger than trump thinks. we will continue to cooperate with the international atomic energy agency in the framework of international treaties but if someday our interests are not realized and other parties want to ...

Continue to respect the nuclear deal in spite of trumps quote insults in a speech on state television rouhani said the agreement was much stronger than trump thinks. we will continue to cooperate with the international atomic energy agency in the framework of international treaties but if someday our interests are not realized and other parties want to violate their commitments they should be aware that iran will not hesitate a moment and will respond to them. hard that they want to. whether con...

That included a plan, that i now know today, he was developing with colson to file against licensees to try to get their broadcast licenses, and particularly "the washington post." indeed they would have conversations in some detail about setting up what today became fox news. not in that particular conversation. >> jeff, president trump obviously loves to go after the press, loves to bluster. how seriously should this threat be taken? is this something he actually could do? >> i think the answe...

President nixon. john, you were actually in the room with president nixon when he discussed doing almost this exact same thing, explain what he wanted to do? >> well, what happened is, i was in there to to report on the indictments he had handed down. he was happy it hadnt gone higher than the men atwater gate. he rambled on what he was going to do to his enemies. and that included a plan that i now know today he was developing with colson to file on -- against licensees to try to get their broa...

Were against the agreement saying we told you, and we believe you cant trust the u.s. and a lot of them are saying that they believe something like this would happen all along, poppy. >> an important day to be in that country, to gauge the reaction as we will hear from the president twice toyday. joining us now international correspondent, nick robinson. nick, i want to start with you here. with all the bluster about the iran deal, and there will be more bluster today, we will hear from the pres...

Of terrorist groups as well as the taliban, they provided material support including training, peshl, military equipment. it does sound as if the trump ads min station is designating the islamic guard corps as a terrorist organization even though the administration would shop short of that. >> its hard not to read the statement in so many ways. it is designating it. that has been interpreted and granted the bluster. asserted as a declaration of war from irans perspective. it is significant and j...

He can do whatever he wants. he has first amendment privileges. but the part that was trouble is we will take away your license. if you write or air something i dont like, we should go after you. that part was beyond troubling. >> and the response from republicans and others is you took an old to uphold and defend the constitution. that includes the bill of rights. are you turning your back on that oath? a lot of them said what are you doing? >> hes not doing anything, but its an attempt to inti...

Question, not entirely clear how much is bluster and how much he might plan to put into action. you know, jeff sessions has talked about more aggressively prosecuting people who are involved in the leaks of classified material. that could extend to the media. even the first amendment protections for the press dont actually give the media total immunity to put any kind of government secret into print. if trump wanted to go after reporters on that score, he really could. and thats when you start g...

Catastrophic outcome. with respect to iran, that meant looking at what the options were, a diplomatic agreement like the one we reached to prevent iran from getting a nuclear weapon. knowing that absent diplomatic agreement the options youre left with is a war with iran or iran obtaining the nuclear weapon. the entire time we were in office we were dealing with a north korean regime that had the nuclear capability. mindful of that we worked to isolate and pressure north korea but were very caref...