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Considering the number of deadlines that have passed in the year and a half since this interim agreement was first signed. you have two extensions of several months and now two short ones of a day or so but that could extend another day. diplomats at the same time are also greatly shrinking expectations of what they will come away with and thats if they do come to agreement. with a deal in danger of disappearing secretary of state john kerry and his fellow gesht negotiators searching for resolut...

Productive we have not yet received the specific tangible commitments the international community seeks. >> iran shifted it back to the west. >> i certainly hope that our colleagues will recognize the fact that this is a unique opportunity that will not be repeated. and they need to take advantage of this opportunity. >> fact is extension has been the name of the game in the talks since the sides reached an interim agreement in november 2013. the talks were extended the following july extended a...

Sort of infiltrate its influence further throughout the middle east at a time when the united states has less interested in cracking down on iranian proxies throughout the region as weve seen in yemen, for example. for the iranians they have much to gain by keeping these talks going. back home here president obama is under a lot of political pressure and he may have more of a stake in getting this deadline -- reaching this deadline some kind of agreement that says we have progress here. >> what ...

Iranians to send a clear signal to the international community about whether or not they are willing to make the serious commitments required and live up to their rhetoric that they are not trying to acquire a nuclear weapon. if they can make the commitments they should be able to do that by the end of march. >> asked how the talks were going russian foreign minister said im not paid to be optimistic. >> meanwhile i understand congress is setting its own agenda for involvement in the talks even ...

Retirement trying to get out more with the llamas and take them to more care facilities and schools. its put a stop to it for now. >> what was the sprns when you would take them to retirement communities? >> people loved them. >> they loved it. its not very auchb you get to see a llama come walking into your room. they all loved it. they took photos, they petted them. it was a great day. >> what do you think is at work here? is it the federal government trying to extract more taxes in the forms ...

And in policy implementation and may not actually be able to deliver on the commitments the united states puts on the table. so the iranians are very focused on getting u.n. security guarantees, u.n. sanctions lifted and thats something that i think is the remaining sticking point as they try to get a deal by tuesday. >> so coherence hey me one part of this. what youve offered a critique about is how the obama administration has explained the value of these talks to american foreign policy to am...

International community to live up to their rhetoric that theyre not trying to acquire a nuclear weapon. if they can make those commitments, they should be able to do that by the end of march. >> we should point out of course that they just need to come up with a frame work for a deal by advertise. the full deal doesnt have to be flushed out until the end of june fred. >> so if no real deal struck in two days then what are the options for congress what might it do? >> again, what republicans are...

Extended the last agreement, you know this joint plan of action this interim agreement, they put march 31s as a deadline for whats called political frame work, basically an outline of what the deal would look like that that deadline is critical for those who want to show hardliners back home theres a reason they are negotiating and theres a path way to lift sapgs sanctions, but for the obama administration they want to show congress iran is making commitments, they want to prevent congress from ...

Successful. now were at a crisis point. >> approximate what recipe hasnt worked? how do you define the recipes in. >> we have tried impact after 9/11. we have democracies in afghanistan and iraq but under a lot of pressure. and the american people were not particularly supportive of large commitments of american troops. president obama was going to fix that. we dont have the military commitment we had a decade ago. we have more support at least up until very recently from the american public to ...

If were able to reach an agreement in switzerland still an if that the point, if were able to reach an agreement in switzerland we can present the terms of that agreement to the congress, to our allies in israel, and to our partners throughout the region to make the case that this is the most effective way for fous prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. >> iran is insisting there not be terms laid out on paper, you can present to congress. iran is insisting it be a secret deal understandi...