of advanced missiles to iran. this in the midst of the sensitive nuclear negotiations. he says there s still military options on the table for the u.s. with regards to iran s nuclear program. and they say that those plans are in the words of general dempsey, in tact, even with this russian missile sale. so chris, it appears they ve factored in these missiles to any possibility of a u.s. strike on iranian nuclear facilities if the negotiations fail if that becomes a possibility. but of course it s a very busy agenda now for the u.s. defense secretary with hot spots in so many parts of the world, chris. seems more unsafe than safe spots right now, thank you very much. appreciate the reporting. let s discuss, mike rogers cnn national security commentator, former chair of the house intelligence committee. it is good to have you. where do we start, chairman? let s start with the arrest that we just had. do you see this new approach by the fbi, which julia called don t go there lowering th
ahead even now before there is a formal agreement and sell new what he called defensive missiles to iran. pretty remarkable. he said he basically was saying i m surprised they held the deal this long. he was sort of thanking russia thanks for pushing it back but these are advanced missiles, though. that said when we were speaking to the chairman of the joint chiefs yesterday general dempsey he was asked about this and said our military option with regard to iran s nuclear program is intact in his words with the missile sale. in other words, saying american plans could get by it. we ve thought about that. we ve thought about that and we re going to work around it. still russia is selling advanced missile systems to iran to defend its nuclear sites in the middle of a nuclear negotiation. that s not nothing. one theory american planes might be able to deal with the surface-to-air missiles but israeli planes might not be able to deal with those. i want both of you to stand by. much
the white house and the kremlin. clearly the white house would say well, they need russia as part of the p-5 plus one talks. on the other hand this is probably a reflection of the struggling russian economy. they simply need the money. i asked josh earnest about it in the briefing not long ago. are the russians friends, foes, are they frenemies? i think we articulated on a number of occasions the united states has a complicated relationship with russia. there are some areas where our two countries can work together constructively in pursuit of interests that benefit both our countries. which of course includes a number of areas of difference. don t keep forgetting and i know a lot of people like to gloss over these things. you have not just the missile sale we are also talking about buzzing our aircraft our reconnaissance aircraft. other ways for a lack of a better description the kremlin
so wolf there, the iranian side saying hey, mr. president, if you re making this deal with us we expect you to follow through on this deal regardless of what happens on capitol hill. let s see if there is a deal. they still got 2 and a half months to negotiate it. the fine points will be significant. russia meanwhile as you know jim, is going ahead and delivering surface-to-air missiles to iran how much of a complication potentially could this be even when the sanctions are theoretically still supposed to be in effect. they announced a major missile sale to iran. reporter: this has enormous implications. this is the missile here the s300. advanced missile system. what is it designed to do take down low-flying aircraft and low-flying missile, the kind of weapons the u.s. or israel might use if these talks fail to strike iranian nuclear sites. now, i m told that the s-300. u.s. warplane u.s. technology could likely get by it. israeli technology could not. of course there s a scenario
delivery of a missile defense system on iran. john kerry immediately calling russian s foreign minister to object to the missile sale. this coming after the white house endanger nuclear deal. adam kinzinger joins you. $800 million for iran that means to me iran is getting ready in case it gets hit. of course i have got to tell you something more interesting in that briefing, secretary kerry was asked about this by representative mike turner. and secretary kerry s response was well, you ve got to kind of understand the iranian position. they are worried about the saudi arabians. they are worried about this shia/sunni kind of thing. and oh, by the way, the russians have a really bad economy and they really need the sales. and frankly, israel and egypt never delivered on their promises. that s what had you in this briefing, secretary kerry basically kind of brush off that this was happening.