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Out against it but did not bring along his colleague in new york senator gillibrand suggests to me hes not going to lead the democrats in opposition and that hes not going to try to go all-out to kill this deal because frankly, ill tell you, uma, if they do kill this deal the two/thirds of both houses i think they break the obama presidency and they castrate the secretary of state john kerry. i mean i would be surprised if kerry did not resign if both houses of the congress voted to not only rej...

A lot in common with hard liners who are much more satisfied with the status quo. >> reporter: and the white house says officials deny schumers defection will persuade other democrats to oppose the deal. >> so i think theres a preponderance of evidence to indicate democrats are going to make up their minds not based on senator schumers conclusions but based on their own conclusions about the merits of this agreement and the strategy to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. >> reporter: t...

Challenge in trying to convince democrats that the agreement will not seriously impair israels security. >> yesterday we had senator bob menendez of new jersey on and seemed to be leading with a no didnt seem enthusiastic about the possibilities of supporting the deal but in the past, senator menendez has been one of the biggest critics of the negotiations with iran. are there others in the senate or the house that could see what schumer is doing and see that that is a possibility now that someo...

Buying it. now including a very influential democrat, senator chuck schumer of new york. cnns senior white house correspondent jim acosta has details on this. this was a big hit to the white house. >> reporter: absolutely. the warehouse is trying to downplay the impact of losing new york senator chuck schumers vote on the iran deal, but the presidents allies are so furious, some are threatening to deny some of that schumer has always coveted, the job of senate majority leader. reporters were hu ...

Especially millenials, they have to be entrepreneurs on their own, they look to people like carly fiorina. >> howard fineman and michael steele, thanks so much for being with me and a great job there. i appreciate you being with me. >> ill put my shades back on. >> there you go. >> so cool. >> you look so cool with or without the glasses. thanks guys. president obama has lost a key member of his party in the fight to keep the iran nuclear deal from falling apart. democratic senator chuck schum...

Vacation. now the white house is not ruling out the possibility that he could do some phone calls and a little lobbying while hes there as they head towards that september vote. >> working vacation from the vineyard for the president. chris thank you very much. ambassador burns, thanks for joining us. one problem senator schumer had with this bill apparently is that inspections are not thorough enough. at a hearing on capitol hill this week, you yourself said it was, quote, inevitable that ira...

Mcconnell blasted the president for what he calls his crass tone. >> the president strikes me as so far, as treating this like a political campaign. demonize your opponents. jam up the bass. get the democrats all angry. >> reporter: the senate will be on recess until september. their first order of business when they come back is debating this deal. the president, he leaves for his two-week vacation today where white house officials say he will work up support for the deal. >> interesting timing...

Statement, quote, i will vote to disapprove the agreement not because i believe war is a viable or desirable option nor to challenge the path of diplomacy. it is because i believe iran will not change. this on capitol hill could pave the way for other democrats undecided to come out against the deal as quickly after we saw representative engle of new york. he had a one-on-one with president obama last week. the white house needs to hold on to the number of democrats to sustain the veto. the whit...

Head of the iranian quds force 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 playi...

Done. and in that sense, they do have a lot in common with hard liners who are much more satisfied with the status quo. >> reporter: and the white house says officials deny schumers defection will persuade other democrats to oppose the deal. >> so i think theres a preponderance of evidence to indicate democrats are going to make up their minds not based on senator schumers conclusions but based on their own conclusions about the merits of this agreement and the strategy to prevent iran from obta...