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Issue. >> reporter: under the deal with the six world powers including the u.s., iran would allow restrictions on and supervision of its nuclear program in exchange for an end to crippling economic sanctions. on its web site, the white house outlined four pathways for iran to obtain a nuclear weapon, saying each would be blocked by the deal. >> i think as an african-american i understand history teaches us that man can be very cruel to man. and you have to take threats seriously. >> reporter: wh...

Obama has oversold some virtues as he asserts it would block all pathways to nuclear weapons. what is your reaction to that. >> i think that is a bit of an overstatement on their part. i this i the president is on firm ground. he says this is the strongest non proliferation agreement ever negotiated. i a think that is true. ive been in this business over 30 years. this is by far the strongest agreement ive ever seen. just a couple of weeks ago i was one of the 75 national non proliferation nucle...

Yesterday congressman gerald nadler announced his endorsement two days after president obama sent him a letter. senator mccaskill has also signed on. will president obama get the necessary votes, congressman? >> i believe that he will and there was a powerful op-ed by brent scowcroft in the "washington post" today. youre seeing a lot of outside validation of the agreement. look, the agreement everybody acknowledges is not perfect by any means when you negotiate with an implacable foe like iran. ...

Signed an open letter in support of the deal writing, quote, the international deal blocks the potential pathways to a nuclear bomb, provides for intrusive verification and strengthens american national security. america and our allies in the middle east and around the world will be safer when this agreement is fully implemented. joining me now is retired admiral general. thank you for joining us. tell us why you signed this letter. >> we thought it was important to state what this agreement is....

Big night. important weekend for candidates. donald trump speak in new hampshire. hillary clinton speaking at a big democratic event, the wingding in clear lake, iowa. >> -- to build a global coalition against iran and impose the most kricrippling sanctions in history. that pressure -- that pressure delivered a blow to irans economy and gave us the leverage necessary to get to the negotiating table and begin the first preliminary talks. now thanks to president obama, secretary kerry, and secreta...

Planning on touching down in that helicopter of his. and were hearing that he may actually be allowed to give children rides on the helicopter. we had initially heard that that was going to be off-limits. so i think that what were going to see tomorrow is a spectacle beyond what, frankly, the iowa state fair has ever seen before, despite the fact that its essentially hallowed ground and that many, many presidents have trod the fields out here. >> lets take a listen for a second to see what hilla...

Surgery and can result in death. magnets are a big deal. they can get stuck when the child takes it and swallows it. these are colorful. some other dangerous ones like the bucky balls where theyre just these round, spherical objects. when you swallow them and it gets into your intestines that could stick together and you wind up getting adhesions, pathways from one part of the intestine to another, a real surgical emergency. >> some of the signs of poisoning, burns on the lips and the mouth. >> ...

Even read it. before it was posted. its reflective of an ideological commitment not to get a deal done. in that sense, they do have loot in common with hardliners who are satisfied with the status quo. >> really amazing, fareed. what is your sense after speaking with him that he really believes that kind of -- that line of logic, that rhetoric, will actually win over supporters? is your sense after speaking with him and you touched on a lot more is he has thrown in the towel in trying to win ove...

There is no single, simple key to this peace, no grand or imaginic formula to be adopted by one or two powers, genuine peace must be the product of many nations. the sum of many acts, it must be dynamic, not static. changing to meet the challenge of each new generation. for peace is a process. a way of solving problems. >> the agreement now reached between the international community and the islamic republic of iran builds on this tradition of strong prince. ed diplomacy. after two years of nego...

This is the most critical foreign policy debate since the iraq war, the president is going to lay out details for why he thinks this is the best al alternative for going to war with iran. hes going to make the case that this should not be a close call. this deal has the most comprehensive inspections and transparency regime weve negotiated. cuts off all of irans pathways to a bomb and includes a permanent prohibition on iran obtaining a nuclear weapon. to put this into the larger context, this i...