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Of the deal cared about our reputation around the world, restarteding talks with iran, thats ludicrous. does he mean that or say that to solidify his long-term political feeds. >> chuck schumer is a democrat, not a republican. >> im very clear on that. >> he said republicans should know. >> especially republicans like you. >> so lets talk about it. president obama said republicans will oppose everyone on everything. what was the big vote on congress? it was the trade authority supported by repub...

New york democratic senator chuck smchumer says rejecting te iran deal is one of the toughest decisions hes ever had to make. >> this agreement sanctions a tle threshold nuclear iranian state. that means the united states and all of the governments of the world say its okay for iran to be a threshold nuclear state. thats a lot different than doing it on its own. and that caused me real trouble. >> is senator schumers "no" vote enough to close the deal? it would still need a whopping 44 needed in...

Executive function in a way that if he doesnt get his way, he just goes and wants to destroy everyone who disagrees with him. there comes a point -- and as governor for 10 1/2 years, you learn, come, let us reason together. you do your negotiation in private, secret, quiet, thoughtful meetings and find out youre not always right. sometimes the opposition is there for a purpose. our founders had a great idea. it was called governing with three branches of government with checks and balances. this...

And the highly enriched uranium back. the bill does delay the nuclear acquirin acquiring. but the foundation and elements are so poorly put together it certifies and guarantees them a weapon. iran is a rogue state seeking regional domination. >> and not just domination but destruction of israel and death to america. i want to ask you something, because harris brought up a good point, people are wondering how we can stop this deal. it is congress. they are going home for august recess in the coup...

Well. all the republicans need to do is pick off 13 democrats in the senate and 44 in the house, assuming all republicans vote against the deal, which i think is a fair assumption, and they can defeat this deal with a veto-proof majority. its very significant development. there are those who say that schumer would not have come out this way unless he knew ahead of time that there was a way to make sure that this was not going to be veto-proof. i dont know that for a fact but a lot of people are ...

Toughest decision he has ever made. and the vilification of chuck schumer over the weekend and i would say that even if he came out on the other side of the bill, deeply, deeply offensive suggesting that a call this close for people who have supported not only israel but the defense of this nation and legitimately believe it puts our nation at risk and allies at risk and to delegitimize him this way is pretty stunning. >> its over the top. this president gave the greatest speech at charleston si...

Capitol hill is that there is this asymmetry between the deep intensity of the opponents of the deal and the more shallow support for the deal. >> so the president had said shortly after the deal was made, brokered by all of these nations, he said hes going to do whatever he can to be accessible to answer questions, especially for those opponents on capitol hill. but at this juncture does he feel like he has any way to combat or respond to the same concern that chuck schumer has just expressed? ...

Heavily sanctioned by u.n. security council sanctions son fined to iran he traveled to russia. and he was talking about s 300 missile systems and met with a lot of people including russian president vladimir putin. were back with the panel for the friday lightning round. jonah, what about this story? >> i think its a huge story. its symbolically also judge huge because it jud miundermine entire idea the iranians can be trusted to play by the rules. theyre not playing by the rules now. the idea t...

One-third of the senate plus one. im not going to enlarge my coalition. im going to tell them what i think of them and this is the way im going to do it and im going to win this battle for my deal. the question -- this is what the president clearly believes. the question is is this a wise strategy that he is pursuing to antagonize antagonize alienate and anger really the entire republican party? >> indeed. what does it say about presidential leadership when something so important right now and t...

Come out against this deal but it was senator schumers vote that really matters. not only is he the most influential jewish voice in congress but is in line to become the next senate democratic leader. now several top officials within the obama administration are openly questioning if schumer could still get the job. former senior adviser dan pfeiffer posted quote, senator schumer siding against obama. it will make it hard to lead the dems. and speechwriter said schumer, who said it was a mistak...