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Needs to be known going forward? >> two things, chris. first, we have to expect that if we press north korea more and more on the nuclear -- in the nuclear arena, they are going to push back in the cyber arena. because they recognize that this is where we have a huge vulnerability. but it tends usually to be below the level at which we would retaliate. so if they go after banks, if they go after tv networks, if they go after movie studios, were probably not going to take a big risk on that. seco...

And after extensive consultations with our allies, i am announcing a new strategy to address the full range of irans destructive actions. >> melissa: president trump de certifying the iran nuclear deal, giving congress 60 deals to impose new sanctions on the country if they choose to do so. but congress can also decide to make some changes to the nuclear deal. president trump looking to punish terahn for their missile program. ariel cohen joins us now. a senior fellow at the council. thank you f...

They get hundreds of billions of dollars with oil contracts with projects and other things and so all of a sudden this bonanza has stopped and now theyre under pressure and i think thats important. look, i drew a red line in the u.n. against iranian enrichment and everybody said wow, is that going to cause a problem but in fact iran backed off and they never crossed that line because they know the power of crippling sanctions and other things that they would have to confront, so i would say righ...

Things you want to make sure. one is that you dont remove the restrictions on irans nuclear program just by changing the calendar. you want to see a real change in irans behavior. thats eliminating the so-called automatic sunset clause on restrictions. the second thing is prevent iran from developing intercontinental ballistic missiles that are only useful for nuclear weapons and you can do that. the third thing is equally is to see that you have real inspections right now iran, you know, iran d...

Arsenal of nuclear weapons. prime minister netanyahu has been a staunch proponent of president trump also calling the president u.n. general assembly address last month bold and courageous while agreeing with president trumps description of the iran nuclear deal as a quote embarrassment. officials with the u.k. france and germany however said that the iran agreement is quote in our shared national security interests and the eus foreign policy chief said it was not up to any single country to ter...

Arsenal of nuclear weapons. prime minister netanyahu has been a staunch proponent of president trump also calling the president u.n. general assembly address last month bold and courageous while agreeing with president trumps description of the iran nuclear deal as a quote embarrassment. officials with the u.k. france and germany however said that the iran agreement is quote in our shared national security interests and the eus foreign policy chief said it was not up to any single country to ter...

And freedom and democracy. this regime has proven before all of changing behavior. it is a religious dictatorship and domestic -- [inaudible] >> the only solution is regime change by the iranian -- eric: iranian behavior has been the issue, finally, michael, do you think what the president is doing is leverage, can potentially change iranian behavior at some point? >> well, i think if you see a number of sanctions on the missile program, on the support for terrorism and lets not forget that, you...

From many u.s. allies. >> heres abcs chief white house correspondent jonathan karl. >> reporter: defying some of americas closest allies and even some of his owned a advisers the president today declared iran is not keeping its side of the nuclear agreement negotiated under president obama. >> the iran deal was one of the worst and most one sided transactions the united states has ever entered into. >> reporter: the president called on congress to impose new sanctions on iran if it does not curb...

That president trump "boldly confronted irans terrorist regime in his speech last night." and the prime minister added that if the iran deal is left unchanged, according to the prime minister, in a few years, iran will have an arsenal of nuclear weapons. the prime ministers statement wasnt exactly a surprise. hes been a staunch opponent and ally. they have met several times since the president took office, including at the u.n. general assembly, where the president gave his speech, you may recal...

Saying that he boldly confronted iran terrorist regime and iran will have arsenal nuclear weapon. thats debatable but both leaders agree that irans ongoing icbm program remains and president trump said iran missile program violates spirit of nuclear agreement and that remains a contention for both he and his administration officials, having said that, officials with the uk, france and germany, however, said that the iran agreement is, quote, in our shared national security interest and the eus f...