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That is a direct quote. imagine the fact we are going to help iran develop their capabilities to protect what could be elicit facilities from the sabotage their facilities faced in the past. i think this is a bad deal. >> theres no language that reads elicit facilities but they want insurance in the name of inspection the iaea or others wouldnt go in there and sabotage their own equipment. thats what that was, not helping them create a bomb. what would you do to stop them from getting a bomb? >>...

Road more legitimate if they cheat. but its not -- its not a way that the president is choosing to sell this in public. >> okay. so lets talk about sabre rattling lawrence because dick cheney has said in reference to this, quote, what obama has done has in effect sanctioned the acquisition by iran of nuclear capability and it can be a few years down the road it doesnt make any difference. its a matter of months before we see a situation where other people have to defend themselves by acquiring t...

Telling the president to be very careful. from what youve heard from this deal, how does europe respond? >> i think europe is going to be strongly in favor here. i think the p-5 plus one has been reasonably aligned. what is interesting last week around this arms embargo is that the russians came out publicly and said well the arms embargo would need to be removed very early because, of course the iranians are critical to fighting isis on the ground. the real reason of course the russians support...

Resign anyway. but alexis tsipras has argued that a no vote would put him in a better negotiating position. do we know if thats true yet? >> reporter: its difficult to say at the moment. because were not quite sure how europe really is going to react. we have an eu summit tomorrow and a euro group tomorrow as well. the first indications for the vote for the no vote so far at least from the euro group mr. dijsselbloem he has not seen this as a step to making discussions with greece any easier. an...

>> reporter: that would be the safer option, yes, max, but you have to take into account that this is an electorate that has been under extreme pressure in the last five or six years. austerity has damaged their psychology a lot and not many people see the situation the way you just described it. also the government says that a no vote will guarantee it a stronger negotiating position and as i said they would go back to europe they say and armed with a strong mandate, a fresh mandate, they would...

Spoke to are worried about the banks not being open on monday but at least we voted for something that perhaps will define and shape our future. we do not want to have our hands tied to proposals that really will make our life harder. they are scared the next couple of days. they are worried that the european central bank may not pump more money into the banks and they are worried that a deal will take more than 48 hours to reach. but as the prime minister said if people vote overwhelming no tha...

Stronger negotiating position and as i said they would go back to europe they say and armed with a strong mandate, a freshman date they would negotiate a better deal for greece. now, to many this sounds completely unrealistic, but the greek government says that is their game plan and many people many of the voters will believe them and this is all the indications that we have that more or less half the voters will probably believe them. >> angela merckle has made it pretty clear that this is a v...

I dont think so. i think this administration wants a nuclear deal so badly that everything including the red lines against syria and the assad regime is falling into third or fourth place. and iran knows it and is taking that position and running with it. whether it is pushing in syria, pushing in iraq pushing in yemen, it is starting to push in afghanistan. so our negotiating position has become so weak and iran realizes an opportunity, that theyre running as hard as they can. >> it sounds like...

I think this administration wants a nuclear deal so badly that everything including the red lines against syria and the assad regime is falling into third or fourth place. and iran knows it and is taking that position and running with it. whether it is pushing in syria, pushing in iraq pushing in yemen, it is starting to push in afghanistan. so our negotiating position has become so weak and iran realizes an opportunity, that theyre running as hard as they can. >> it sounds like iraq is controll...

Tsipras future. i want to bring in our reporter who is live from abu dhabi. alexis tsipras is saying if people vote no it will give greece a stronger negotiating position and said a no vote doesnt necessarily mean leaving the euro. i want to ask how much of that is true and how much is mere political posturing? >> well a lot of posturing. it is a tough sell for alexis tsipras. first and foremost it is wishful thinking that you could ask for a no vote and get money out of the european union right...