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People forget that congress has as much power over foreign policy as the president does under the constitution. and it must serve as a check and balance. and we will see whether or not congress is persuaded that jeremy ben-ami is right, that this is the west best way to do it or whether increased sanctions -- nobody wants to put the military option on the table exempt as an absolute last resort but increasing sanctions rather than giving them a sunset provision which will send a green light not ...

Benami and in five or six years the provisions will kick in and iran will be guaranteed a nuclear weapon. if thats the case lets see if prime minister netanyahu can persuade congress. if he can then it will be good for the relationship. people forget that congress has as much power over foreign policy as the president does under the constitution. and must serve as a check and balance. and we will see whether or not congress is persuaded that jeremy is right and this is the best way, or whether i...

Netenyahu. the vast majority of israeli intelligence is against this deal. theyre against iran developing nuclear weapons. almost everybody except my distinguished opponent here believes that iran has already decided to develop nuclear weapons. heres my offer to you out there -- if you believe her and believe that iran has peaceful intentions and wants to develop nuclear energy for energy and medical purposes then accept the deal. but if you believe as i do and almost everybody in the intelligen...

Obtain an industrial scale nuclear capability. remember just a year ago we were saying they couldnt do any enrichment at all or at least toke an enrichment. now were giving that capability. the other aspect of the deal thats very concerning is theres a sunset provision. so after ten years or perhaps slightly more iran is basically in the free and clear. and that essentially means that we are not stopping them from getting a bomb. we are facilitating their acquisition of a nuclear industry that c...

Netanyahus address to congress where hes set to warn of disaster if iran is allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon. and our next guest thinks the news leaking out from the talks is really not good. "the wall street journal" columnist and former editor and chief -- brit stephen joins us live. thank you for joining us. not officially confirmed, but what does it say to you? >> the main point is it seems were prepared to allow iran to obtain an industrial scale nuclear capability. remember just a year a...

Sudatenland and if we give them that, there will be piece in our time. this is a great debate that shouldnt be reduced to a personality dispute between netenyahu and obama. >> do you agree that the netenyahu has overhyped his claims about what iran is capable of? >> absolutely not. iran is capable of and wants to develop nuclear weapons. everybody knows that. there is a dispute among intelligence communities, all intelligence communities have disputes. about how close they are, if youre israel a...

Battlefield-kathr battlefield catherine herridge is live in guantanamo bow. >> he was known in guantanamo bay in 2002, according to his military review in 2004, he was deemed high risk. and the recommendation is for continued detention. the allegation is he was part of al qaeda and part of the taliban. right here, with detainees it reads like a whos who in the terrorist world. theres the alleged leader of the attack abu mushiri. and there is a role for the military commissions even beyond the de...

Ordinary americans should know and then im like whoa, ordinary americans. >> melissa harris-perry, you know a little more because of that incident. >> about the world. >> and so can we -- if we are to evolve as human beings. >> information. >> i think information is useful in that process. >> its not actually just information. i believe we do need to see in order to know. i really think we cant imagine what this is. we need to see it. but i dont think that seeing is sufficient to knowing. and so...

The house and senate are both in session. there are reports of progress in reaching a deal there. here is senator majority leader harry reid in just the past half hour. >> there are a number of issues on which the two sides are still apart and negotiations are continuing as i speak. whether or not we reach an agreement in the short time we have left well need cooperation on both sides to prevent taxes going up tomorrow for every family in america. >> joining me live right now is democratic congr...

To repudiate that tonight? >> if you extend the bush tax cuts you dont cut taxes you keep taxes where they are. if you dont extend the bush tax cuts you raise taxes. if you dont extend the bush tax cuts in total you raise taxes. >> theyre set to expire. it was your party that set them to expire. i would add. i wasnt -- sitting here at the desk i didnt do that the republican party was the one that decided to do that so you guys had to deal with the sunset provision. >> its not an accounting measu...