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This morning minnesota senator al franken became the 19th senator democrat to come out in favor of the nuclear deal with iran, writing in an op-ed for cnn, for a long time it looked like our only options when it came to iran would be allowing it to have a nuclear bomb or having to bomb the country ourselves. this agreement represents a chance to break out of that no-win scenario. he was followed by senator john tester from montana. and with that the obama administration comes another step closer...

Needs to do, he is saying, everyone else do what you want to do. if it goes through, i wont make noise if i have my political kickoff. >> i think dts missing schumer with politics. a senior senator hes been there a long time. >> come on. >> you dont think its just politics? you dont think foreign policy has problems with the deal? >> i think its a lot of politics, thats fair to say. come on. look at how -- go ahead. >> the other side is all principle, right? >> no, i think its politics. i think ...

Things thats happened. it puts them out of step with a lot of democrats. however, that doesnt mean the senate democratic caucus isnt going to support chuck schumer and no one has emerged to challenge him yet. those are the two things you need to look for. >> morningry, have you 53 republicans in the senate. now we have chuck schumer, maybe man shawn has indicated he may vote with him. you are down to about 12 now. does the republican caucus get 12 more and override the presidential veto? >> well...

And my colleagues respect that as i will respect their decisions of conscience. >> hes not urging them to vote along with them him senator schumer is continuing to come under fire for his stance, david bluff, president obamas former campaign manager and senior adviser tweeted, quote, mitch mcconnell will have a field day with the. this kind na ivete, schumer is opposing the deal, president obama continued his criticism of those against the nuclear agreement in an interview with npr. >> what i kn...

We put it up on our website side-by-side, president obamas personal attacks on his critics. i think senator schumer comes at this better than those attacking him. >> cat can i kay, senator schumers statement gives given the state and the party he is in. does it affect the outcome of whether this deal goes through? >> unlikely, right? the chances of going back to renegotiate this deal are almost zero. chuck schumer is saying the world should come towing the p5 plus 1 and go back to the negotiatin...

Things thats happened. it puts them out of step with a lot of democrats. however, that doesnt mean the senate democratic caucus isnt going to support chuck schumer and no one has emerged to challenge him yet. those are the two things you need to look for. >> morningry, have you 53 republicans in the senate. now we have chuck schumer, maybe man shawn has indicated he may vote with him. you are down to about 12 now. does the republican caucus get 12 more and override the presidential veto? >> well...

Surprise but disappointment. the fact is you would rather from chuck schumer fighting with you than against hum. tougher fight. i still like the odds for kerry and the white house. i think they prevail. you have to get 13 democrats to override the veto. that is nearly impossible to do. if that happens, i think that schumer is going to have more problems than anybody else. >> well, okay, because he wants to be the democrat leader. i get that but marianne, im going to stay with you for a second. t...

Local rafting company. >> they should have had safeguards in place. >> reporter: how will this impact your bottom line? >> drastically. i mean, this is our lifeline. weve been a rafting company established for over 32 years. this will negatively impact our bottom line. >> reporter: we are waiting for the epa to tell us what is in the water and how dangerous it might be. theres huge concerns to impact wildlife and also used to irrigate crops, and as it goes downstream, theres the concern that it ...

Dollar would take a hit if the u.s. walked away from this deal saying the international community would lose confidence and, in fact, asked reporters to go to the treasury secretary and his folks who are doing, as he put it, a deep dive into what the worldwide monetary implications of such a decision might be. so i think what youre seeing in some ways a shift, a reemphasis from defending the specifics of the deal to actually talking about what they think the dire consequences would be if congres...

Surprise but disappointment. the fact is you would rather from chuck schumer fighting with you than against hum. tougher fight. i still like the odds for kerry and the white house. i think they prevail. you have to get 13 democrats to override the veto. that is nearly impossible to do. if that happens, i think that schumer is going to have more problems than anybody else. >> well, okay, because he wants to be the democrat leader. i get that but marianne, im going to stay with you for a second. t...