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We had in the iran deal -- >> can you just say what you mean there? >> victor cha was going to be the nominee for our ambassador to seoul. he said something along the way that upset somebody in the white house and got his appointment yanked back. just like weve had lots of unfilled slots at the state department including many of the people who would have been doing the prep work for this summit. secondly, we had in the iran nuclear negotiations ernie moniz, a world-renowned nuclear physicist who...

Israels 70th anniversary celebrations. nearly an protesters have been killed by live israeli fire since the violence broke out on march 30th. at the same time, more violence between israel and iran in syria is raising fears of a possible war. it all comes the same week that donald trump officially pulled the plug on americas participation in the iran nuclear deal. i want to talk more about the unrest unraveling in the middle east with someone who helped write the iran nuclear deal. joining me no...

We had big long discussions about survivability. what sort of posture you want to have. the advantage of submarines, the whole idea of a trident. >> doesnt sound like 2018 conversation. we appreciate you breaking it down as always, hans nichols for us at the pentagon. i want to bring in earn east coast moniz, nuclear physicist, secretary of state under president obama. now the ceo and cochairman of the nuclear threat initiative. you you will be familiar with the fact secretary moniz was very i...

Were discovered by workers from. a firm which makes construction materials it had bought the property to mine for gypsum. now has been instructed to simply decontaminate the site. without knowing exactly what took place here the nuclear tests conducted here are still considered to be military secrets a company spokesman says theyre proceeding cautiously. gives out a site like theirs which is just its easy to spot these objects which are atypical and dont belong here he passed his info on to a sp...

Debate, the cnbc debate, that was one of the departments he wanted to get rid of. the department of energy, not a well-known fact, but they also control all of the nuclear weapons, keeping our weapons upgraded. he would be releasing a nuclear physicist, who was a key negotiator on the iran nuclear deal. >> well, for anyone whos been on a big stage with bright lights, its not, you know, unthinkable that he would forget it. but doesnt it turn out to be kind of ironic that he forgot the one -- so h...

Iran to violate the terms of this deal it would not turn into a kind of endless interpretation between the united states and, say, russia and china, that the sapgss would, in fact snap back? >> we have every reason to believe so. russia and china, as well as our european partners, were all very constructive members of this negotiation. i think theres a genuine common interest in again, iran not having a nuclear weapon and more generally in supporting the non-proliferation regime. >> you know thi...

Interpretation between the united states and, say, russia and china, that the sanctions would, in fact, snap back? >> we have every reason to believe so. russia and china, as well as our european partners, were all very constructive members of this negotiation. i think theres a genuine common interest in, again, iran not having a nuclear weapon, and more generally in supporting the non-proliferation regime. >> you know this is obviously a big deal for the united states, for the world. personally...

Time but almost certainly will prompt iran to rush towards a bomb will provide an excuse for hard liners inside of iran to say, this is what happens when you dont have a nuclear weapon america attacks. >> president obama speaking with "new york times" columnist tom friedman for the framework on a deal that has been negotiated with iran to trade away the most dangerous parts of their nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of the long-term hard-core international sanctions that have isolated ...

Keep spinning enriching uranium. thats a very bad deal. >> reporter: today, the white house fired back pushing the u.s. energy secretary and m.i.t. trained nuclear physicist and top negotiator of the deal to argue israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was wrong. >> this is not built upon trust. this is built upon hard-nosed requirements in terms of limitations on what they do. >> reporter: the israeli government is now on an all out offensive, distributing to reporters a set of detailed ques...

Deal any minute. both sides could also walk away from a week of talks with nothing. andrea mitchell is live in lausanne in what could be the final hours of the talks with iranians. andrea the obama administration had been adamant they werent going to extend this deadline. now they have. based on your conversations there on the ground are they getting any closer to a deal? >> well they certainly were. they were talking about progress overnight. the president was briefed by the team here. there wa...