hearing on capitol hill. we knew other the months and months years of these talks about the broad parameters having to do with sanctions versus inspections but this arms embargo, the lifting of the arms embargo as you said to the congressman, five for conventional eight for ballistic. that is i m told inside a meeting that joe biden had with congressional democrats a huge point of contention for what elise was talking about, the very real concern that iran, which is shiite and has been known to give arms to hezbollah and hamas, those who threaten israel will do that in a much more robust way and that the united states and its allies won t stop it. it s a last-minute move it seems that even some of the president s closest allies on this are saying it was very bad. the administration keeps talking about the trust but verify reaganesque phrase and a lot of opponents are saying you
that iran will not cheat and lie to reach a sham agreement. ronald reagan used to say trust but verify. but iran continues to stonewall irrespective of the international atomic energy the each side is leaking conflicting numbers about iran s nuclear stockpile. and how many concessions the united states is willing to make. the talks have changed f÷y x stopping iran s nuclear program to how much enriched uranium is acceptable. mr. obama is determined to get his way. ktx netanyahu is a tough customer who has endured. for years historians and journalists have written about his phases nation for churchill and the advice to never give in to fight and fight again couple with the well-known observations is chuff hill s politically incorrect analysis islamic world that warrant consideration. in his book the river war,
moscow. now, russian officials also assured the u.s. that russia was not behind the storming of that parliament building in eastern ukraine. lavrov said he learned about it first watching the television. there is a trust deficit here. when kerry asked if he trusted putin, he said, wolf, there is some value in putin and that s why you keep hearing from u.s. officials they are going to keep watching what russia does this weekend. we know they are watching closely from the air, from the ground to see if the troop movements amount to anything where they go into the country. reminds me sort of the worlds of ronald reagan s in the 80s, trust but verify. that s right. john kerry says verify, verify, and then verify. the situation is tense. jim sciutto, thank you very much. more on the rising tensions in the u.s. but just ahead, former chris
10,000 centrifuges that are still there? what s going to happen with this heavy water reactor? and how is all of this going to be inspected and verified. reporter: but is trust and verify enough when it comes to iran? the powerful chairman of the senate armed services committee says, no. i love the slogan, trust but verify, was i ve never understood it. but i think the right slogan is don t trust. i don t trust the iranians. and by the way, they don t trust us. reporter: so the message here at the reagan presidential library was many democrats joining with pro-defense republicans in being very skeptical of any nuclear agreement with iran. zoraida, martin? thank you, barbara. barbara star on the road with the defense secretary in southern california. well, the navy says that two sailors were injured when a drone malfunctioned and crashed into a ship during a training
in earlier situations under the slogan trust but verify. we should be prepared to take what iran says, that it will not build nuclear weapons, and that accords with current intelligence assessments that they have not taken a decision to weaponize their nuclear program, and american government spokesmen say that regularly. but we should seek to limit some of their activities and to have a much more intrusive inspection regime. now sir dalton, may i ask you, sir, do you trust what is being said about iranian program and that is much to be desired. sir, do you trust the iranians when they say that do you absolutely trust them? when they say they re not developing i don t yet. but the opinion of nearly all the analysts who look at this is that at worst what iran wants is