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50% plus 1% of the parliament that he needs, so i think there are already meetings among shia saying do we have to have nuri al maliki again, is there someone else? i think theyre working that issue. i want to stress, too, theres been especially in the u.s. press a lot of focus on malikis failure to reach out to the sunnis. well, first of all, it takes two to reconcile, and sunnis in iraq, sunnis all over the middle east have been kind of slow to accept the notion that there should be a shia-run...

U.s. would intervene in this in any way in which it couldnt be essentially allied with one of those two sides? >> well, we certainly dont think of it as allied, but i -- the diplomacy is not black and white, and we have a shared concern about the threat of isil, about the stability of iraq. thats a concern the united states has, iran has. many countries in the region have. and so engaging with iran and having a dialogue about what theyre thinking about, what theyre planning, as well as many othe...

Given the fact you have isis on one side and the iranians on the other, describe to me how it could possibly be the case the u.s. would intervene in this in any way in which it couldnt be essentially allied with one of those two sides? >> well, we certainly dont think of it as allied, but i -- the diplomacy is not black and white, and we have a shared concern about the threat of isil, about the stability of iraq. thats a concern the united states has, iran has. many countries in the region have....

>> well, we certainly dont think of it as allied, but i -- the diplomacy is not black and white, and we have a shared concern about the threat of isil, about the stability of iraq. thats a concern the united states has, iran has. many countries in the region have. and so engaging with iran and having a dialogue about what theyre thinking about, what theyre planning, as well as many other countries in our view makes a great deal of sense. >> are u.s. officials at this moment talking to iranian co...

And quizes that children are taking and they have so many questions. indiana just exited common core because two mothers wrote op-eds, called local radio stations, wrote into newspapers and said what were seeing our kids bring home is total nonsense. john: and in fairness, these are not national standards, their states chose to do that. heres an example one of the few things we know about the national common core math rules. what do you get if you multiply 11 times 23? kids in third and fourth g...

Children are taking. they have so many questions. indiana has exited common core. basically because two mothers wrote op eds wrote into newspapers and said what we are seeing our kids bring home is total nonsense. >> these are not national standards their state choose to do that. heres an example of one of the few things we know about the national common core math rules. what do you get if you multiply 11 times 23? kids are supposed to use the area. >> i know that 11 is equal to 10 plus 1. first...

Got out. what is the u.s. doing? i hear we have direct negotiations which we didnt have. >> i spoke to the president and secretary kerry, every opportunity for discuss with iran this case comes up, even when president obama spoke with president rowhani the case was raised. we dont want and neither did the family, want his case to be part of a transition in the p5 plus 1 negotiations. >> over the nuclear agenda. >> the way ive characterized this and i know other members of congress believe the sa...

African-americans. we know how important it is to get to 50 plus 1 percent in the state in the presidential campaign. >> reporter: a president sham campaign even before hillary clinton has decided whether to run. >> she doesnready for day one i comes. and, of course, theres always this concern that the building up essentially of hillary clintons ground game puts her in the spotlight. thats why many people who were coming in and advising, craig smith who has known the clintons for decades worked ...

Play out. president obama himself said earlier this year he thinks theres only a 50/50 chance we actually get a binding, valid good agreement on irans nuclear program. how do you see it? >> i think he may be optimistic at that. i have two worries. the first is this is reportedly a six-month negotiation. the iranians, the persians, if you will, are past masters at slow rolling in negotiation. six months becomes eight, becomes ten, becomes a year. well, we are very close if we can just take a litt...

1 because that includes russia and china. what kind of mood is putin going to be in at this point to be as tough minded as i think we and the french are in terms of what needs, what iran must do to have a valid agreement. so i worry that were going to end up in two negotiations. one, with our p5 plus 1 negotiating partners and the other with the iranians. the iranians can see through that. and i think they see many opportunities to keep the western side, if you will, divided. >> we thank you ver...