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Loved one have Mesothelial Mac will send you youre in the cnn newsroom. Im Alex Marquardt here in washington. Thank you so much for joining us today. We begin with President Joe Biden urging the senate two quickly send a foreign aid package to his desk so that he can sign it into law. Senators are expected to take up this series of bills this tuesday. It was just past moments ago by house lawmakers a special saturday session. Therell be combined and they include 95 billion in military aid for uk...

Syria from targeting iranian diplomatic facilities and thats why the iranians, i think adopted a different approach. >> ali, before i let you go, do you think that these sanctions that the us the uk, and eu rolled out this week are going to have any real impact look, alex, were now basically still implementing the previous administrations, maximum pressure policy. and one of the side effects of pursuing a policy like that is that you basically maxed yourself out of leverage and i dont think ther...

People on the street and thats something thats hard to ignore according to washington you know and many respects what my pump a.o. said and that press conference was sort of sort of hinting or just direction saying it and i mean the figures sort of back it open thats what whats being said over here in the united states irans g.d.p. is it is dropping considerably more so than was expected and theyre saying that that has a direct its because of this maximum pressure policy which is exploiting esse...

Interrogating the crew of the british vessel. >> and well see if this back and forth continues. certainly, the volatility is there. we appreciate your time and perspective on this today, thank you. well talk more about it with the chair of the contemporary middle east studies at the london school of economics joining us from lon n london. and a foremost expert on iran. always glad to have you with us. first up, britain warned friday there would be serious consequences if iran does not release ...

Question is how did we get here and the administration has been thumping its chest and saying they restored the tariffs against iran and if this is an iranian attack, it doesnt look like that iran is deterred, it looks like provoked in maximum pressure policy in doing increasingly dangerous things. >> if iran is attacking tankers in the gulf, is the appropriate reaction by the u.s. military action? do you think were closer to that? >> we have to defend our partners in the gulf. we have to defend...

Deterrence against iran. this is indeed entering the attack, it doesnt look like iran is deterred. looks like they have been provoked by this maximum pressure policy into doing increasingly dangerous things. >> harris: and you say what? >> i say this is a long way from the russian invasion of the ukraine or the war fought in georgia or the face-off with china in the south china sea. harris, this is amateur hour. these guys are stumbling around trying to make a point and so far it hasnt come off ...

He wants the big reward at the end, but les learning i would hope, that these things take effort and they take time. >> no, i think he learned. this is why he misjudged kim too. he thought kim came because of maximum pressure policy but honestly, they came in negotiating table because his own cartoon musician. >> i think hes realized tnobel peace prize. vietnam at least won before they pursued this economic path. north korea has to deal with rival south korea thats freer, richer, more democratic...

>> donald trump said now meeting. and any test expressed that. >> a permanent end to nuclearn, being plans. it will be the first t met with leader and it appears it was donald trumps pressure that brought this about. >> donald trump, his leadership, his maximum pressure policy, international solidarity at this