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Officials. >> second kerry headed to london soon after the deal. what is he doing there? >> hes meeting with uk officials here, certainly they held a short statement, short press conference a while ago in which they reiterated their commitment to that agreement saying it was a group effort. and really taking credit for all of the work that has been done through the p 5 plus 1 negotiations. u.s. secretary of estate also will be meeting with the libyan prime minister here in london, that will be a...

>> my guess, victor, thats something that can be worked out. and we had reports late last night that that had in fact been worked out. you know, the u.s. is not in the position of granting rights to other countries, so theres no need to say you do or do not have a right to enrich. and frankly, under this deal, whats going to happen is that irans no longer going to present 20% enriched uranium. its going to continue to enrich at a lower level, 3% to 5%. when there are words in the document that s...

Kerry is heading to london tomorrow. does that indicate a deal will be reached before then? >> reporter: thats what were waiting to see right now. theyre in intense negotiations. they keep coming in and out of bilateral meetings and trilateral meetings. the p5 plus 1 have gone back into meeting. and catherine ashton is now in a meeting with the iranian foreign minister. the point that secretary kerry is leaving tomorrow does put pressure on both sides to come up with the goods tonight because he...

Didnt do, and he doesnt have the courage to come look at me in the eye and tell me this is why i did it? i shouldnt serve one inning. >> in a statement major league baseball wrote in the entire history the commissioner did not testify in a single case. and said todays antics are an obvious attempt to justify his continuing refusal to testify under oath. iran is warning of red lines it will not compromise. iran and the p 5 plus 1 indicated wednesday an agreement is possible in exchange for lift...

Sanctions regime. so while i appreciate the intention of trying to build it back up, i think its going to be exceedingly tough if not impossible. i think a lot is being offered by the p5 plus 1 for iran. its getting just an enormous view from their point of deal and getting practically nothing in return. they are keeping their infrastructure to make nuclear bombs, but i think also to the signaling inside iran that its over. and signaling outside of iran to many countries that will start scrambli...

They have 18,000 centrifuges to enrich uranium to make the core of a bomb. they are not giving up even one centrifuge, candy, not one. so theyre keeping their capacity. now, heres what could happen and might very well happen if the -- there are billions of dollars of sanctions of easement, which is proposed by the p5 plus 1. youll get countries scrambling one after the other to try to get deals with iran, because economies and prices work on future expectations. if you took all that pressure, al...

Advanced in the most troubling aspects of their nuclear program are essentially being frozen or retarded? is it good enough to test the proposition that you can get a comprehensive agreement? again, as an american, i live in chevy chase circle in washington, maybe. but dont expect the israelis or the saudis or the uae, you know, to be celebrating on this one because its highly imperfect at the end. >> and would you bet that the israelis in the end would take military action, a tactical strike to...

Unconvincing. the meeting was set up to try to stop congress from imposing a new round of economic sanctions, a possible death blow for diplomacy. but senator bob corker said there were precious few details on what any new deal would look like, adding he was very disappointed. senator marc kirk called the briefing fairly anti-israel. a senator aid told the "new york times" anytime he anybody would say anything about what would the israelis say, they would get cut off and kerry would say stop lis...

Would persuade them to hold off on tightening sanctions? >> secretary kerry and under-secretary of state for political affairs wendy sherman are briefing the senate banking committee tomorrow. thats part of a broader effort to consult with congress and update them on p5 plus 1 negotiations as well as our consultations with our allies. when it comes to the issue of new sanctions legislation, its important to remember no one is suggesting an open ended delay for new sanctions because there may com...

Moments ago in his daily briefing white house secretary jay carney commented on the current p5 plus 1 talks with iran. here is a little bit about what he had to say. >> in exchange for concrete verifiable measures to address p5 plus 1 concerns during the first step p5 plus 1 would consider limited, targeted, reversible relief that does not affect core sanctions architecture. that core sanctions actexture would remain um theres comprehensive ver viable agreement that addresses concerns. if iran d...