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To have to stop doing some things. >> what message do you think this is sending to our adversaries right now, these cuts? >> i believe they question whether we will be able to respond. and so theyre willing to take maybe a bit more risk than they might have just a few years ago. in my mind we dont have the capacity to deter. what i remind everybody about the reason we have a military is to deter conflict and to prevent wars. and if people believe were not big enough or capable of responding then...

Courtroom, the "the washington post" correspondent is fighting allegations he was spying on tehran for the u.s. since shes negotiated with irans government during her time at the state department and she did so for both republicans and democrats. hilary its good to have you. you understand how this government works very well. what makes this different is that theyre not saying this man is charged with political crimes which is what they usually do. but what makes it the same is that once again i...

Sanctions on tehran and how soon they might be listed. notion ace they are demanding relief something the united states and other world powers wont agree to. ed henry joining us live with more. >> reporter: good to see you. its interesting. john kerry is wrapped up this round of negotiations. he will head to europe to try to brief some of our allies about where the talks are ahead of this march 24th deadline to get a deal. were told he is going to be on the phone with the chinese and russians to...

Nuclear deal with iran. lawmakers are working to keep the pressure on tehran. lets bring in our chief security correspondent jim sciutto. a little complex but critically important. >> no question. you can argue the administration had two very difficult negotiations under way. one with iran over its nuclear program. another with congress to hold off new sanctions on iran while this diplomatic path is open. now, at least those first negotiations are moving forward. the landmark nuclear deal with i...

What we have done in exchange is kept all these sanctions in place, the architecture remains with respect to oil, with respect to finance, with respect to banking. what weve done is we turned the spigot slightly and said here is maximum $7 billion out of the over $100 billion of revenue of theirs frozen as a consequence of our sanctions to give us the time and space to test whether they can move in a direction, a comprehensive, permanent agreement that would give us all assurances that theyre no...

Is kept all these sanctions in place. the architecture remains with respect to oil, with respect to finance, with respect to banking. what weve done is weve turned the spigot slightly and eave said heres maximum $7 billion out of the over $100 billion of revenue of theirs that is frozen as a consequence of our sanctions to give us the time and the space to test whether they can move in a direction, a comprehensive be permanent agreement that would give us all assurances that theyre not producing...

Planned, unarmed drill. there was no reaction to the chinese. theres tension in that part of the world. >> we have dramatic video for you of the u.s. -- 100 heche -- a helicopter moved in, as can you take a look here, after a boat filled with 150 people capsized monday night. the survivors clung to the hull of the 40-foot boat for hours as they waited to be saved. there were no life jackets on board. the boat capsized near miami beach. days after the big announcement of the nuclear deal with i...

Into the checkpoint. >> eric, thank you so much. new warnings from benjamin netanyahu on irans nuclear program. in the week of negotiations in geneva he says the world should not trust the rogue regime adding this is no time to let up on tehran. >> i think the pressure has to be maintained on iran and even increased on iran until it actually stops the nuclear program that has dismantled it. any partial deal could end up in dissolving the sanctions. a lot of countries are waiting for a signal, ...

Made essentially a declaration of war that syria couldnt use chemical weapons, it violates norms in the international community since 1935, all good points, by the way. and after kerry made the clear reason why unilateral action was necessary in syria, now the president says its not immediate. we dont need to do it soon. we can wait until september 9 when conscious comes back. it shows to me a real ambivalence give the president over his own policies. this is a tinder box thats affects the arab ...

Democratic syria without bass shar al-asad. that includes bringing together representatives of the regime and the opposition in geneva in the coming weeks to agree on a transitional body which would allow a transfer of power from assad to this governing body. meanwhile well continue to work to establish the facts around the use of chemical weapons in syria and those facts will help guide our next steps. we discussed iran where we agreed to keep up the pressure on tehran for its continued failure...